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23:55, 2 May 2011
In Armenia, Association of Political Sciences asks to pardon political prisoners
The Association of Political Sciences of Armenia (APSA) has addressed President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan asking to pardon political prisoners convicted on the case of March 1, 2008. According to the authors of the petition, this step will facilitate the internal political dialogue and strengthen the internal security of the country.
23:50, 2 May 2011
Azerbaijani MoD: soldiers in Karabakh were killed by Armenian militaries
On April 29, a soldier, an Armenian citizen, killed two soldiers, who were born in the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), from his submachine gun, says the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan in its statement. In its turn, the Armenian MoD accused Azerbaijan of killing the soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh.
23:45, 2 May 2011
"European Union of Deportees and Displaced Persons" to acquaint European community with Karabakh problem
The organization named "European Union of Deportees and Displaced Persons" (EUDDP) plans to hold actions aimed to acquaint the European community with the Karabakh problem. As reported by Maximiliano Lakota, secretary general of the EUDDP, the first such event will be held this autumn in Italy.
23:40, 2 May 2011
Reznik: Kadyrov's representative in Moscow City Court tries to replace subject of trial
Andrei Krasnenkov, representative of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov at the criminal trial on slandering Kadyrov, is misleading the court by trying to substitute the subject of the trial. This was stated on April 28 by Genry Reznik, advocate of Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", at the session at the Moscow City Court. This was Mr Reznik's reaction to Krasnenkov's demand to add Kadyrov's interview and video from his meeting with human rights defenders to the materials of the case.
23:30, 2 May 2011
Rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov arrested in Azerbaijan
Mr Iskenderov, head of the NGO "Promotion of Democracy Defence" and a member of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" was arrested on charges of violating the law during the parliamentary elections in 2010.
23:10, 2 May 2011
Political prisoner Aram Baregamyan released in Armenia
Aram Baregamyan, head of the Razdan branch of the Party "Armenian Nationwide Movement" (ANM) and a board member of the ANM, received his CER (conditional early relief) and left the penal institution "Sevan".
23:10, 2 May 2011
In Georgia, five footballers detained on suspicion of game rigging
A corruption network has been revealed within the national football championship; several persons were detained. According to investigators, players agreed beforehand on the course and results of football matches with organizers of illegal totes, as reported at a news briefing by Soso Topuridze, Deputy Head of the Department of Constitutional Security of the MIA of Georgia.
23:00, 2 May 2011
NGOs and opposition hold protest action in Tbilisi
Activists of several NGOs, youth organizations and oppositional parties have held a protest action near Tbilisi courts, where in May 2005 Zurab Vazagashvili and Alexander Khubulov were killed in a police special operation.
22:50, 2 May 2011
Repatriation of Meskhetian Turks to Georgia to start in 2012
It is expected that since January 2012, the process of repatriation to Georgia of Meskhetian Turks from various countries of the world will begin.
22:40, 2 May 2011
Freedom House: Georgia is best in Southern Caucasus by freedom of press
Today, the international NGO Freedom House has issued a comparative analysis of the status with the freedom of press in 196 countries worldwide. Georgia is in the 118th place, which is the best among the countries of Southern Caucasus.
22:10, 2 May 2011
In Dagestan, beaten journalist states he was threatened by attackers
Journalist Magomed Khanmagomedov, beaten in Derbent, sent a telegram on the fact on attack on him to the head of the Dagestani MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) Abdurashid Magomedov, where he reports about the threats expressed by the assailants.
Independent Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas. Photo by Ruslan Kondratiev, Balsas.lt
22:00, 2 May 2011
Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas demanded from Public prosecutor's office to attach his articles to Egle Kusaite's case
On April, 27, Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas appealed to the prosecuting party asking to attach his articles to the case of Egle Kusaite accused of terrorism equally with the telephone talks of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko and human rights activist Oksana Chelysheva submitted by Public prosecutor's office as one of the evidences of Egle Kusaite's pressure upon the investigation.
21:00, 2 May 2011
Chief of Department of Interior Affairs of Sergokala district killed in Dagestan
In the evening of May, 1, some strangers shot down Nasrulla Magomedov, Chief of the Department of Interior Affairs of Sergokala district.
19:00, 2 May 2011
A tour of the sights of the Olympic objects opened in Sochi
The authorities of Sochi in cooperation with an excursion agency opened a new excursion route over the Olympic objects of the winter Games of 2014.
19:00, 2 May 2011
Three officers of the Ministry of Interior Affairs wounded in the South of Chechnya
Three officers of the republican law enforcement bodies got wounded on May, 1, at about 17:30, during operational search actions in the mountainous and wooded area near the settlement of Eshelkhatoy, Vedeno district.
18:00, 2 May 2011
IFSR called for Obama to demand release of Azerbaijani journalist Fatullaev
Azerbaijani Institute of Freedom and Safety of Reporters (IFSR) wrote a letter to President of the USA Barack Obama asking him to mention the name of convicted journalist Einullah Fatullaev in the speech of Head of the USA devoted to World Press Day.
23:00, 30 April 2011
Speaker of Armenian Parliament asks President to pardon Mikaelyan
On April 29, Chairman (Speaker) of the National Assembly of Armenia Ovik Abramyan addressed President Serzh Sargsyan asking him to pardon Sasun Mikaelyan, an opposition activist and a veteran of the Karabakh War.
Picket of the Movement "Accessible Preschool Education for Russian Children", Volgograd, April 30, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:11, 30 April 2011
Picket of the Movement "Accessible preschool education for Russian children" held in Volgograd
Activists of the movement "Accessible preschool education for Russian children" held a picket in Volgograd demanding to solve the problem of shortage of kindergarten places. The action took place within the nationwide day of protest.
22:00, 30 April 2011
KBR: suspected militant blows himself up at detention
In the evening on April 29, Ruslan Dolov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), suspected of involvement in IAFs (illegal armed formations), triggered a grenade in his car, when power agents tried to detain him.
Youth laying flowers at the ASOA building in memory of massacre victims, Baku, April 30, 2011. Photo by Abbas Atilay (RFE/RL), www.azadliq.org
21:00, 30 April 2011
Baku commemorates victims of massacre in ASOA
Today, activists of oppositional political parties and youth organizations of Azerbaijan have managed, despite the obstacles erected by the police, to hold in Baku an action in memory of the casualties of the mass murder committed at the Azerbaijani State Oil Academy (ASOA).
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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.