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Ivan Zubkov. Photo: https://bloknot-rostov.ru/news/v-rostovskoy-oblasti-prostilis-s-29-letnim-desantn-1479406
15:50, 19 May 2022
In the Rostov Region, they said farewell to a 29-year-old paratrooper who perished on April 29. Along with his colleagues, he was covered by an explosion in the village of Lebedinskoye.
The counter-terrorist operation in the Leninsky District of Makhachkala. Photo by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee http://nac.gov.ru
15:42, 19 May 2022
The regime of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) in Makhachkala has been lifted, the Russian FSB has reported. The CTO conducted in the capital of Dagestan has confirmed analysts' conclusions about the transition of the local armed underground to the tactics of clandestine cells.
A protest action in Yerevan. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=706&v=qpt7oFeZ53E&feature=emb_logo
14:55, 19 May 2022
Authorities have allocated about USD 6.5 million as bonuses to policemen for their work at protests, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, a vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, has stated. The opposition has demanded to suspend the powers of law enforcers involved in using violence against demonstrators.
A march of the opposition supporters in Yerevan on May 17, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-fZ-8ZsOc
14:52, 19 May 2022
The principle of a mirror withdrawal of troops is unacceptable, since Armenia will lose control over strategic positions, protesters in Yerevan have stated. They demanded to hold the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, accountable for the outcome of the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Dmitry Peskov (on the left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo http://www.kremlin.ru Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmsph0ObD20
23:59, 18 May 2022
Ramzan Kadyrov has confirmed that mutual criticism in a dispute with Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, is of a friendly nature. The leader of Chechnya has noted that he does not like some of his opponent’s statements.
The police at a rally in Yerevan. May 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 18 May 2022
In Yerevan, hundreds of activists are being detained due to the authorities’ desire to prevent a rise in the number of protesters, analysts suggest. The police began checking a complaint filed by opposition MP Artsvik Minasyan about his unjustified detention.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5eSCfOXdg4
23:54, 18 May 2022
There is no need to declare mobilization in Russia, but citizens of the country should mobilize on their own because of the situation in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov announces.
The police at a rally. Yerevan, May 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:52, 18 May 2022
Detained opposition supporters are suspected of failure to obey lawful demands of the police.
Chechen volunteers ready for dispatch to Ukraine. May 14, 2022. Screenshot t.me/RKadyrov_95/2099
23:48, 18 May 2022
About 3000 Chechen fighters have been sent to Ukraine since the start of the special military operation, Ramzan Kadyrov reports.
The Armenian soldiers. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence https://mil.am/hy/news/10107
17:30, 18 May 2022
Last night, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army were intensively shelled in the direction of the dwelling settlement of Zeilik in the Kelbadjar District.
The counterterrorist operation   conducted in the Leninsky District of Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video by the RUSSIA 24 https://smotrim.ru/live/21
17:27, 18 May 2022
The counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in Makhachkala, during which law enforcers killed two militants, was the first in Dagestan in the last eight months. The previous CTO was carried out on September 10, 2021, in the Buynaksk District.
Explosion of an anti-tank mine. Photo https://report.az/multimedia/qalib-artilleriyacilar-doyuse-hazirlasir-fotoreportaj
17:23, 18 May 2022
A contract military serviceman has been wounded by a mine explosion; however, there is no threat to his life.
Special vehicles of the police in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:15, 18 May 2022
Today, activists are blocking streets and motor traffic in different parts of Yerevan. The police began detaining demonstrators.
Gadji Tagirov. Photo https://web.telegram.org/z/#-1331641097
12:56, 18 May 2022
Gadji Tagirov has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Gunib District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 110 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.
Protesters in Yerevan. May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:53, 18 May 2022
The public and political figures detained at peaceful protests in Yerevan are acting openly and will not hide from the investigation or obstruct it, the petition of the "Resistance" oppositional movement reads.
Quarries in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. Photo by the All-Russian Popular Front (known as ONF)
23:14, 17 May 2022
For many years, residents of several villages in the Kizilyurt District have been suffering from dust from nearby crushed stone quarries, and the authorities of Dagestan do not respond to their complaints.
Djamil Mamedli. Photo: https://rus.az24saat.org/2021/04/02/суд-признал-журналиста-джамиля-мамед/
23:10, 17 May 2022
The court of appeal did not grant the complaints against the sentence of Azerbaijani blogger Djamil Mamedli, who was convicted on the charge of defaming an official.
Ismail Isaev (on the left) and  Salekh Magamadov. Screenshot https://ren.tv/news/v-rossii/800000-v-groznom-zaderzhali-dvoikh-predpolagaemykh-posobnikov-bandy-biutukaeva
23:09, 17 May 2022
With a court’s permission, relatives visited in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, who were convicted in Chechnya on the charge of providing assistance to a militant. The convicted brothers did not voice complaints about new torture, their advocate said.
Dmitry Peskov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by the Kremlin's press office
23:01, 17 May 2022
The mutual criticism in the polemic with the head of Chechnya is friendly, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, has assured.
The police detains an activist at a protest. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:53, 17 May 2022
Other 131 activists have been detained at a protest held in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, bringing the total number of detainees up to 286, the police have informed. The opposition announced the end of street protests.
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.