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A gavel. Photo from pixabay.com
12:41, 17 May 2022
Case of Dagestani resident beaten up by law enforcers reaches the court
In the village of Akhty, four law enforcers had beaten up a local resident in order to force him to confess to a theft, the prosecution asserts.
Khasan Khalitov, a blogger. Screenshot https://svtv.org/news/2021-12-25/v-chiechnie-pokhishchieny/
12:36, 17 May 2022
Chechen emigrants in Turkey claim threat of their relatives' kidnappings
After the video showing the beating of Beslan Edilov, a former police boss of the village of Gikalo, Chechen political emigrants in Turkey expect a new wave of kidnappings of their relatives.
The detention of activists in Baku. November 17, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:32, 17 May 2022
Rights defenders demand from Azerbaijani authorities to ensure freedom of expression
Azeri authorities must ensure the inquiry into attacks on journalists and the freedom of expression in the country, the Norwegian "Human Rights House" Fund has stated.
Residents of Grozny. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/135331/
12:20, 17 May 2022
Human rights defenders assess risks of forced sending of Chechen residents to Ukraine
Forced sending of public sector employees from Chechnya to Ukraine to participate in the special military operation is quite possible if the Kremlin demands, and those who refuse to go to Ukraine will risk being dismissed from work, human rights defenders suggest.
Dmitry Davydov. Screenshot https://bloknot-kamyshin.ru/news/vo-frolovo-ne-v-primer-kamyshinu-glava-goroda-opub-1477798
19:49, 16 May 2022
Mayor of Frolovo in Volgograd Region confirms information about three compatriots perished in Ukraine
Sergeant Vladimir Kerin, Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Davydov, and Private Mikhail Efremov perished in Ukraine, the Mayor of Frolovo reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 35 perished natives of the Volgograd Region has been officially confirmed.
The police detains activists in Yerevan. May 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:41, 16 May 2022
Number of activists detained in Yerevan reaches 91
Law enforcers brought 91 protesters to police stations, the Armenian police reported. The police called on opposition supporters to stop their motor rallies and threatened to bring them to justice.
Participants in the action at the "Tree of Life" monument, May 21, 2021. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:32, 16 May 2022
Cancellation of march in Nalchik on Adygs' Memory Day outrages social network users
Authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have denied the request of the initiative group to hold on May 21 a mourning march for victims of the Caucasian War, Valery Khatazhukov, a human rights defender, has stated.
Kurban Urudjev. Photo https://t.me/novostitabasaran/1016
19:28, 16 May 2022
Dagestan: head of Tabasaran District reports military's death in Ukraine
Corporal Kurban Urudjev from the village of Tinit has perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Tabasaran District of Dagestan has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 108 natives of Dagestan have been officially confirmed.
Sending Chechen volunteers to Ukraine. Screenshot of the video from Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram-channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/2099
11:33, 16 May 2022
Telegram users urge Kadyrov to reveal Chechen death toll in Ukraine
Many volunteers have been sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, but the republic's authorities fail to disclose the number of those who perished in the special operation, the commentators to the Ramzan Kadyrov's another report about sending 600 volunteers to Ukraine have pointed out.
The funeral of Georgian volunteers. Screenshot of the video "Слава Україні! - Героям слава!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n75k3qPRAuo
11:29, 16 May 2022
Death toll of Georgian volunteers in Ukraine reaches eleven
Rati Shurgaya, 38, became the 11th Georgian volunteer to perish in Ukraine since the start of the Russia's special operation.
Opposition supporters held a march in Yerevan on May 15, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/novostiarmenia/39258
11:21, 16 May 2022
Armenian opposition calls on its supporters to scale up disobedience actions
Opposition supporters held a march in Yerevan, calling on the townspeople to join them. Large-scale disobedience actions will lead to a pan-Armenian strike and ensure the success of the protest movement, Ishkhan Sagatelyan has stated, announcing the blocking of the metro.
The "Eurovision-2022" participants from Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Georgia. Screenshots of the video by the Eurovision Song Contest
11:16, 16 May 2022
Azerbaijan and Georgia accused Eurovision organizers of replacing marks
Representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia have stated that the organizers of the Eurovision song contest had changed the marks of their jury when vote tabulation.
Zarema Musaeva. Image made from video posted by ChGTRK ‘Grozny’
11:52, 15 May 2022
Zarema Musaeva's son informs about start of her treatment at SIZO
Doctors began treating Zarema Musaeva as prescribed, Abubakar Yangulbaev, her son, has informed, expressing his concern over his mother's custody in Grozny.
11:35, 15 May 2022
Armenia rejects accusation of shelling Azerbaijani border
Armenian militaries did not shell the positions of the Azerbaijani Army, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Clashes with policemen at a protest action in Baku. Image made from video posted by Meydan TV on May 14, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5w2VgDymLU
11:22, 15 May 2022
Police stop rally against violence on journalists in Baku
Law enforcers have dispersed a protest action against violence on journalists and activists; the action was triggered by the attack on the journalist Aiten Mamedova. At least 28 people were detained at the action.
Khadizhat Kadyrova, head of the preschool department of the Grozny Mayoralty, inspects local kindergartens. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdfTHEsISF8/
17:01, 14 May 2022
Residents of Chechnya demand eliminating violations in kindergartens
During inspections, violations have been revealed in four kindergartens in Grozny, officials of the Mayoralty have reported. There are problems in other preschool institutions, including extortions, lack of places in groups and poor heating, residents of the republic pointed out to officials on the Instagram*.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia. Photo by Elena Vekua for the Caucasian Knot
16:37, 14 May 2022
Abkhaz authorities ban youth project on intercultural dialogue with Georgia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Abkhazia has banned the project of the NGO "Movement against Hunger" on intercultural dialogue of young people of Abkhazia with their peers in Georgia, claiming that with the help thereof Georgia is promoting its political goals.
16:04, 14 May 2022
Georgian PM rules out Saakashvili's transfer abroad for medical treatment
Poland is ready to provide Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili with the necessary treatment and send a plane to Georgia to pick him up, Giuli Alasaniya, the mother of the country's third president, has informed. However, Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister (PM) has treated the information about Saakashvili's grave health condition as a speculation.
A mosque in a Dagestani village. Photo: https://riadagestan.ru/news/g_kizilyurt/v_tsentralnoy_mecheti_goroda_kizilyurta_organizovali_mavlid_dlya_slabovidyashchikh/
15:35, 14 May 2022
Analysts explain reasons for conflicts over land near Dagestani mosques
The territories around mosques in Dagestan are attractive for doing business; therefore, disputes around them are not uncommon, the journalists and Caucasian scholar interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted in their comments on the incident in the village of Karabudakhkent District.
Protest action in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
12:10, 14 May 2022
Armenian opposition starts blocking state institutions
The oppositional "Resistance" movement has held disobedience actions in Yerevan. They blocked for an hour one of the government buildings, where a number of Armenian ministries are located. Activists will periodically block state institutions until Nikol Pashinyan resigns, oppositionists have claimed.
News
A picketer holds signs. Screenshot from RusNews photo from May 2, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/84132. Activists in Yerevan demanded the release of Russian political prisoners.

Armenian politicians began their campaign for votes before the start of their campaign.

Azerbaijan's Parliament. Screenshot of the photo from Report? https://report.az/ru/vneshnyaya-politika/azerbajdzhan-priostanavlivaet-sotrudnichestvo-s-evroparlamentom The Azerbaijani Parliament has suspended relations with the European Parliament.

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.