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Theatrical performance in the Makhachkala Lyceum. Screenshot from video posted by Ruslan Kurbanov on YouTube
13:40, 27 May 2021
Makhachkala: scandal around school ballet points to transformation of public perception
A comic dance of young men in ballet tutus at the Makhachkala Lyceum had no bad connotation, said a lyceum employee. Similar dances have been performed in schools earlier, but due to the increased attention to the LGBT community, they are now perceived perversely, psychologists believe.
Mountains in the Gegarkunik District of Armenia. Photo: Sogomon Matevosyan, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гехаркуникская_область
13:19, 27 May 2021
Six Armenian militaries taken prisoners on Azerbaijani border
Today, in the border Gegarkunik Region, six servicemen were captured during engineering works, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. Azerbaijan insists that they were scouts.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN photo via REUTERS
11:17, 27 May 2021
Russia's and CSTO's reaction to border conflict triggers criticism in Armenia
Armenia is unhappy with the reaction of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Russia to the problem of withdrawing Azerbaijani troops from the border area, and is ready to appeal to the UN Security Council, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister, has stated. Armenian MPs have also criticized Russia and the CSTO.
Protest rally in Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
11:06, 27 May 2021
Rioni Gorge defenders leave Tbilisi after protests
The last protest action against the construction of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Rioni River was held in Tbilisi. Now, protesters move their actions to the Imereti Region, to the construction site of the HPP.
08:46, 27 May 2021
Four natives from Northern Caucasus detained in France
In the Lower Rhine Region, law enforcers detained three minor Chechen natives and one adult; they are suspected of preparing a terror act, French media have reported. The Russian Embassy to Germany is verifying this information.
Akhmed Pogorov speaks at the rally in Magas, March 26, 2019. Screenshot from video posted by Fortanga Org
08:33, 27 May 2021
Law enforcers take Pogorov from hospital for interrogation
On May 26, Akhmed Pogorov, an Ingush activist, transferred to house arrest, was hospitalized due to his health deterioration. However, law enforcers used a reanimobile to take him from hospital to Essentuki for conducting some investigative actions.
Ministry of Defence of Armenia. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
23:43, 26 May 2021
Armenian MoD considers accusations of Azerbaijan a provocation
The Armenian military personnel did not fire a single shot in the direction of Azerbaijan, the Ministry Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today. Armenian military officials requested Azerbaijan to withdraw its soldiers from the territory of Armenia immediately.
Erzi Nature Reserve. Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, http://www.vascoplanet.com
23:28, 26 May 2021
Erzi Nature Reserve employees report details of conflict on border with Chechnya
On May 21, the incident with the beating of four employees of the Erzi Nature Reserve took place on the territory of the Sunzha District of Chechnya, employees of the Erzi Nature Reserve told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. They preferred to remain anonymous.
Armenian military serviceman. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
20:27, 26 May 2021
Azerbaijan claims a shelling attack from Armenia
During three days, the Armenian military personnel were shelling the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Kelbadjar and Gadabay District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today.
Arsen Luguev (right) assures that he treats the Avars and other peoples of Dagestan with respect. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CPTqaz3KahY/
20:08, 26 May 2021
Organizers apologize for fashion show in Makhachkala
The demonstration of a transparent dress at a fashion show in Makhachkala provoked am outburst of indignation on Instagram. Organizers of the fashion show disseminated a video message, in which they called the incident “an unfortunate mistake.”
Law enforcers at a meeting at the anti-virus headquarters, May 25, 2021. Ramzan Kadyrov, screenshot from video posted by the press service of the head of Chechnya
13:42, 26 May 2021
Kadyrov promises problems with treatment for refusing to get vaccinated
Residents of Chechnya are massively refusing to get vaccinated against coronavirus and spread conspiracy theories in social networks; such people should be the last to receive medical care, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.
Policemen. Photo: Maxim Tishin/Yugopolis
13:16, 26 May 2021
Rights defenders demand to resume inquiry into torture of four Anapa residents
A Krasnodar court has upheld the termination of the criminal case on the torture of Anapa residents, Artyom Ponomarchuk, Aram Arustamyan, Karen and Erik Engoyan, detained in 2015, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed. Defence intends to appeal against this decision.
Highlands in the Gegarkunik District of Armenia. Photo: Inner999, http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74360713
11:31, 26 May 2021
Analysts in Yerevan claim capture of strategic heights by Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani militaries have occupied strategic heights in Armenia in order to take control over all the roads leading to Karvachar, the military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Defendants in the case on Magas protests. Photo by the Caucasia Knot
11:14, 26 May 2021
"Rosgvardia" fighters refuse from being victims in Ingush protest leaders' case
The employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) interrogated at the Essentuki City Court have stated that they did not know the defendants  and refuse to be treated as the suffered party under the case of the protest action in Magas, Magomed Bekov, an advocate, has informed.
08:33, 26 May 2021
Baku treats Armenian soldier's death at border as result of accident
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied reports about the shelling by Azerbaijani militaries of Armenian Army's positions on the border near the village of Verin Shorzha and stated that the Armenian soldier's death was an accident.
Artyom Dzyuba (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photos taken from Ramzan Kadyrov's VKontakte page and from video posted at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?=f79kbkDcyro
08:20, 26 May 2021
Dzyuba defines limits of apologizing practice to Kadyrov
The practice of public repentances for the words unpleasant to Ramzan Kadyrov has its limits, which was demonstrated by the fair response of Artyom Dzyuba, a "Zenit" FC striker, to the demand to apologize for his opinion about the hard atmosphere of matches in the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Gegarkunik Region. Photo: Yuri Troitsky, http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:33, 25 May 2021
In Armenia, heads of border villages announce advancement of Azerbaijani forces
The Azerbaijani armed forces have advanced deep into the territory of the Syunik and Gegarkunik Regions of Armenia, where a soldier has been killed today, the heads of the Armenian border communities report. Vage Akopyan, the leader of the “Reviving Armenia” Party, announced the presence of 1000 Azerbaijani soldiers in the Armenian territory.
Detention of a man suspected of plotting a terror act. Screenshot: http://youtu.be/-_LDs5-jllQ
23:16, 25 May 2021
FSB reports detention in Stavropol Territory of a man suspected of plotting a terror act
In the Stavropol Territory, a supporter of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”), who was plotting a terror act in Norilsk, was detained, the FSB reports. The detainee has an earlier criminal record for terrorism and spent 15 years in prisons, sources reported.
Armenia military serviceman. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
22:59, 25 May 2021
Armenian soldier killed in a shootout on border with Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani soldiers used firearms on the border near the village of Verin Shorzha, and as a result, a 32-year-old contract soldier was killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.
A show of wedding dresses in Makhachkala. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CPSaxF8q21L/
18:18, 25 May 2021
Instagram users criticize a show of wedding dresses in Makhachkala
In Dagestan, any show of transparent dresses is unacceptable, Instagram users point out after having watched a fragment of a video from the wedding fashion show organized by the “Discourse” contemporary art club. Some of Instagram users called for a ban on events violating the moral norms adopted in the republic.
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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.