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Rally demanding inquiry into the murder of Gamzatov brothers and their nephew Magomed Omarov, Makhachkala, May 24, 2012. Photo by Akhmed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 24 May 2012
Today, Makhachkala hosted a rally, which participants demanded to investigate the murder of Gamzatov brothers and their nephew Magomed Omarov, who were shot dead on March 18 in Kizlyar. In total, the protest action was attended by about 600 persons: residents of Kizlyar, Makhachkala, the Kizlyar and the Tsumadin Districts, and natives of the Tsumadin Districts residing in Astrakhan.
22:00, 24 May 2012
In Azerbaijan, Anar Geraily, the activist of the civil movement "NIDA" and the correspondent of the website "gunxeber.com", was arrested for 10 days on charges of violating public order and disobeying police.
20:00, 24 May 2012
Two residents of Nogai district of Dagestan who had left home and were searched for by the police upon their parents' requests were identified among members of armed underground killed in a special operation in Kizliyar district, Public prosecutor's office reported.
19:00, 24 May 2012
A soldier of statutory service perished in Sunzha district of Ingushetia as a result of an explosion of an unidentified explosive device, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.
18:00, 24 May 2012
Julia Penzina, Chief of the section of the affairs of the underage (SAU) of Police Department, initiator of inquiry on pupils of "Caucasian nationality" in the schools of Chelyabinsk, was suspended from office until accomplishment of inspection, Press service of regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs reported. Ombudsman of Chelyabinsk region Alexey Sevostianov considers that the police must know national composition of the population, however he emphasizes incorrectness of the inquiry.
Opponents of the action "Cultural Diversity" in front of the building of the Union of Artists, Yerevan, May 21, 2012. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 23 May 2012
In response to an action in defence of sexual minorities "Cultural diversity", carried out by NGOs in Armenia, dozens of young people came out to the streets, chanting the slogan: 'No perversion at holy land!''.
Eugenia Chirikova, Victor Dutlov and Suren Gazaryan at the Tuapse District Court on the day of preliminary hearing on the case of damaging the fence around the cottage of Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Tuapse, May 15, 2012. Photo by Maria Ukhova: http://maryukhova.livejournal.com
23:20, 23 May 2012
On May 22, in Tuapse, preliminary hearings in the criminal case against Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko, members of the Board of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" and the "Yabloko" Party, accused of damaging a fence around the alleged summer cottage of Alexander Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, were completed. The court dismissed most part of the defence's motions.
23:00, 23 May 2012
On May 22, the Kirov District Court of Astrakhan began to consider materials on the lawsuit filed by Oleg Shein, the ex-candidate for the position of City Mayor, relating to electoral precincts in the Lenin District. Witnesses, speaking at the trial, reported on a number of violations in the course of the election of City Mayor.
22:40, 23 May 2012
On May 11, Muslimat Magomedova, the resident of the village of Nechaevka of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, sent to President Vladimir Putin an appeal, in which she asked him to take investigation into the murder of Maryam Magomedova, her daughter, under his personal control and take steps to ensure that the criminal case against the murderers would be brought to court.
22:20, 23 May 2012
Ruslan Rakhaev, ex-Deputy Chief of Cherkessk Police, accused of beating to death a detainee, did not commit that crime. This was stated by his aunt Lydia Zhabelova and his sister Amina Kazakova from Nalchik. They conducted their own investigation and believe that the case against Ruslan Rakhaev bears signs of falsification. Rakhaev's lawyer believes that his client had no motive to commit the crime, of which he is charged. According to Adalbi Shkhagoshev, the State Duma Deputy, the version of Ruslan Rakhaev's relatives is worth attention of investigators.
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23, 2012, participants of the walk-protest in white T-shirts with inscription "Sing for Democracy". Photo by the IA "Turan"
22:10, 23 May 2012
Tonight, in the centre of Baku, activists held a walking rally to attract attention of city residents and foreign visitors, who arrived in Azerbaijan to watch the song contest "Eurovision 2012", to the problems with democracy in the country. The protesters wore white T-shirts with slogans reading: "Sing for Democracy".
22:00, 23 May 2012
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Dagestan (RD) refused to sanction rally against the arbitrariness of law enforcement bodies planned to be held on May 28 in Makhachkala. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the Ministry of Justice.
21:00, 23 May 2012
A soldier of the Azerbaijani State Border Guard Service shot dead his colleague and then committed suicide.
20:00, 23 May 2012
Today Abdurahman Magomedov detained on May, 19, during a special operation in Makhachkala was released from Kirov district Department of Interior Affairs, his attorney Ziyavdin Uvaisov reported.
19:00, 23 May 2012
On May, 22, four employees of Dendrologic park "Southern Cultures" in Adler district of Sochi went on a hunger strike because of non-payment of wages, leader of local branch of KPRF Yury Dzagania reported.
The Director of Chelyabinsk physical and mathematical Lyceum No 31 Alexander Popov. Photo from www.ura.ru
18:00, 23 May 2012
Information appeared in Russian blogs and mass media that a police officer in Chelyabinsk made an inquiry about schoolchildren natives of the Caucasus in the educational institutions. Representatives of the Public Chamber of Russia are currently going to look into the situation.
23:00, 22 May 2012
In Stavropol, more than forty activists of different organizations took part in the protest action against the pointwise development of the historical centre. The protest action was organized by social movement "Protest Committee of Stavropol City".
22:00, 22 May 2012
Today, initiators of the ended campaign "Sing for Democracy" summed up of their activities of several months and noted serious problems with the situation of human rights in Azerbaijan.
20:00, 22 May 2012
The Youth Parliament of the State Council-Khase of Adygea, which organized the first national contest of bloggers, plans to establish a bloggers' school.
19:00, 22 May 2012
In accordance with the verdict of the Tver Regional Court on the case of undermining the "Neva-Express" train committed in 2009, four defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment. The remaining six defendants were sentenced to 7-8 years of imprisonment. This was reported by Musa Pliev, the lawyer of defendant Timur Kartoev.
LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.