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23:40, 10 May 2011
Chechen refugee Abdullah Erzanukaev killed in France
As reported by the information resources that support North-Caucasian rebels, on May 6, the Chechen refugee Abdullah Erzanukaev (Avstriiskiy) was shot dead from a pistol in France. So far, there is no official information.
23:30, 10 May 2011
Figurants in the "Domodedovo" attack case evidence in place
In the course of the investigatory action held at the "Domodedovo" Airport, Evloev and Idriev, detainees in the case about the January 29 terror act, told in place what they knew about preparation of the explosion. The work of the airport was suspended for an hour; all the main entrances and exits were blocked.
23:20, 10 May 2011
Dokku Umarov appoints new leader of Dagestani armed underground
The commander of North-Caucasian militants Dokku Umarov has appointed Ibragimkhalil Daudov (Amir Salikh) to be the new head of Dagestani underground.
Egle Kusiate in the courtroom. Vilnius, Lithuania, May 5, 2011. Photo by Ritos Gečiūnaitės, Alfa.lt
23:10, 10 May 2011
Lithuanian Court of Appeal releases Egle Kusaite, accused of preparing terror act in Russia
Today, Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, accused of preparing a terror act in Russia, was released from custody by the decision of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, which found her arrest ungrounded. The decision is final and cannot be challenged; it says that Kusaite cannot be kept in custody, since the pre-trial investigation is over; and the case has been forwarded to the court.
23:10, 10 May 2011
In Krasnodar, court finds four publications of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist
The Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar has found four publications issued by the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses to be extremist ones. Earlier, on one of these publications the court had already ruled that "it contained no signs of extremist materials."
23:00, 10 May 2011
Searches of suspected terrorists in Astrakhan reveal FSB chevrons
As reported by a law enforcement source of the Astrakhan Region, the suspects detained by special agents of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) and MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) at night on May 7 in Astrakhan had planned terror acts under the guise of security forces, which is evidenced by the things found on them. Meanwhile, so far, there are no officially confirmed evidences that the detainees had intended to commit terror acts in Astrakhan.
22:50, 10 May 2011
In Azerbaijan, prosecutor asks two years in prison for Bakhtiyar Gadjiev
Today, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, which is trying the youth activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evasion from military service, listened to the speech of the state prosecutor. The prosecutor Alexei Abbasov asked the court to sentence Gadjiev to the maximum term envisioned by this article of the Criminal Code - imprisonment for 2 years.
Place of self-explosion of a suicide bomber in Makhachkala, May 10, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 10 May 2011
Dagestan: suicide bomber who blew himself up in central Makhachkala identified
The Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Abdurashid Magomedov has reported today to Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, who arrived in Dagestan today, that the suicide bomber who blew himself up in the centre of Makhachkala had been identified. Among his potential targets experts name the building of the Lenin ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, or the medical unit of the MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) employees.
22:30, 10 May 2011
Armenian rights defenders support Thomas Hammarberg's report
The report of Thomas Hammarberg, Supreme Commissioner for Human Rights Council of Europe, published on May 9, is truly reflecting the situation in Armenia, and the rigorous assessments made therein could have been expected, say the Armenian rights defenders.
Andrei Krasnenkov, who is representing Ramzan Kadyrov, the claimant in litigation against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial". Moscow, Khamovniki Court, May 10, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 10 May 2011
Advocate of head of Chechnya moves new motions in case of head of the HRC "Memorial"
Today, at a regular session of the Khamovniki Court of Moscow on the slander case initiated against the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" Oleg Orlov, Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, has moved a number of new petitions.
22:10, 10 May 2011
Kabardino-Balkaria: all supposed militants, liquidated in special operation, identified
According to preliminary data, Nadezhda Petruchenya and Anatoly Ozrokov have been identified among the suspected militants, killed today in a special operation in Nalchik.
22:10, 10 May 2011
Azerbaijan: five believers arrested for holding protests
Protesters against the ban on hijabs in schools, held May 6 in Baku, have been sentenced to administrative arrests.
Celebrations of the Victory Day in Rostov-on-Don. Ekaterina Dekanis (left), South-Western Front, May 9, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 10 May 2011
Regions of SFD and NCFD, and countries of Southern Caucasus, celebrate Victory Day
In the regions of Southern Russia and Transcaucasian countries the Victory Day was celebrated in various formats.
18:00, 10 May 2011
28 people were killed in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus during a week
During the week from April, 25, till May, 1, no less than 28 people were killed and minimum 18 wounded in armed confrontations in Northern Caucasus. These are the totals of calculation by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and other open sources.
23:40, 9 May 2011
OMON company deputy commander killed in Dagestan
On May 8, in the village of Shamkhal, Kirov District of Makhachkala, an unidentified person made several pistol shots at Asvad Abdullaev, deputy commander of OMON (riot police) company No. 1 for the Republic of Dagestan (RD), who was at that moment in the yard of his house. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the RD.
23:30, 9 May 2011
Huge batch of counterfeit alcohol confiscated in north of Chechnya
In the plain Shelkovskoy District of the Chechen Republic the police detained a truck carrying more than a thousand bottles of alcohol. A source from law enforcement bodies of Chechnya asserts that this is the largest of the recently detected batches of alcoholic beverages.
23:20, 9 May 2011
Gagoshidze: Georgia may recognize "Circassian Genocide" before May 21
The Georgian parliament may recognize the so-called "Genocide of the Circassian Nation" before May 21, since the Circassian issue has rather powerful lobby in Georgia, said Yulon Gagoshidze, Minister on the Matters of Georgian Diaspora.
Zoya Svetova at presentation of her book "Innocent Is Found Guilty". Advocate Victor Parshutkin is on the left. Moscow, Cultural Centre "Pokrovskie Vorota", April 27, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 9 May 2011
Author of the book about native of Chechnya convicted for terrorism dedicated it to Anna Politkovskaya
The presentation of the book by Zoya Svetova "Innocent Is Found Guilty" about the scientist Igor Sutyagin, accused of espionage, and the Chechen girl Zara Murtazalieva, convicted for terrorism, was attended by about a hundred persons; half of them were journalists of Russian and foreign mass media. As it turned out later, some visitors could not get into the hall and waited outside hoping to get an autograph from the author of the book. According to Zoya Svetova, she dedicated her book to Anna Politkovskaya.
Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, Memorial Complex. Military parade in honour of the Victory Day, May 9, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:30, 9 May 2011
Festive ceremonies are going on in Nagorno-Karabakh since May, 7
A triple holiday is celebrated in Nagorno-Karabakh on May, 9: the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the 19th anniversary of creation of the Defense Army of Karabakh and the day of liberation of the town of Shushi.
22:20, 9 May 2011
Operative search officers started search of missing people in South Osetia
A search group of Peace-support mission named after General Lebed started search of those missing since the period of the Georgian-Osetian conflict of 1989-2008.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Yakub Belkhoroev. Video frame from the ingushetiya tv channel https://youtu.be/mr8TUmtIFVM The defense declined to appeal Belkhoroev's sentence.

The prosecution has requested a 12-year sentence for Yakub Belkhoroev in the embezzlement case.

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.