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The police in Azerbaijan detains an activist. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
21:04, 15 May 2019
Activists criticize EU's reaction to human rights violations in Azerbaijan
In its annual report on human rights, the European Union (EU) has claimed persecutions of journalists and restrictions on lawyers' work in Azerbaijan. In this regard, rights defenders and oppositionists believe that the EU fails to make use of all the influence tools to solve the human rights problem in Azerbaijan.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
20:36, 15 May 2019
ECtHR demands from Russia explanations on complaint of Sochi schoolboy about torture
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russian authorities to answer on how efficiently the torture complaint of Georgy Sveshnikov, a Sochi schoolboy had been investigated. This was reported by the head of the Krasnodar branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT).
20:33, 15 May 2019
Hideout with weapons found near Dagestani village
A hideout with weapons and ammunition that belonged to the alleged militants, killed this January has been liquidated in Dagestan, the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) has reported.
A fire in the "Diglas" Shopping Centre in Baku. March 26, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:09, 15 May 2019
Baku police disperses protest action held by fire victims in "Diglas"
In Baku, the entrepreneurs, who suffered from a fire in the "Diglas" Shopping Centre, held a protest action demanding compensation for their suffered damage.
A statue of Lady Justice. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
15:02, 15 May 2019
Employees of shelter for domestic violence victims tell about law gaps
Problems of domestic violence victims have aggravated after the decriminalization of this violence; moreover, rapists very often manipulate victims of family conflicts, employees of shelters for domestic violence victims have stated in their comments on the incident that happened at the Makhachkala centre for the protection of motherhood and childhood. According to their version, the legislation on the protection of mothers' and fathers' rights in Russia is defective.
On a contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:30, 15 May 2019
OSCE mission fixes no violations in the Karabakh conflict zone
The officials of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) have visited the troops contact line and revealed no violations of the ceasefire regime, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have reported.
Afghan Mukhtarly (in the center). Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
11:27, 15 May 2019
Afghan Mukhtarly's defence Protection states obstacles to complaint to ECtHR
The complaints on the cases of the journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, and the oppositional politician, Nemat Panakhly, sent by mail to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, failed to leave Azerbaijan within a month, Elchin Sadygov, an advocate, has stated. He believes that the sending of letters is delayed intentionally.
08:28, 15 May 2019
Soldier dies at exercises in Armenia
Ararat Khechumyan, a serviceman of the automobile company, turned over in a combat vehicle during exercises and died, investigators have reported.
08:25, 15 May 2019
Two "Nida" activists expelled from university in Baku
After his release from prison, Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, was not allowed to continue his studies at the Baku Slavic University. Mamedov's associate, Giyas Ibragimov, has been also expelled from the same university.
Aslan Cherkesov, convicted of killing a football fan. Photo: screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot"
08:21, 15 May 2019
Advocates treat Cherkesov's struggle against ban on praying in jail as promising
Aslan Cherkesov, who is challenging the legality of the ban on administering namaz (prayer) in colony, received no rights defenders' reaction within six days, said his advocate. In Chechnya, the court earlier passed a positive decision on a similar convict's complaint.
Robert Kocharyan in the courtroom. May 14, 2019. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 14 May 2019
Armenian ex-president Robert Kocharyan reports about dispersal of protests in 2008
The police dispersed the protest actions in March 2008, since the special services reported that protestors were taking up arms, reported Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia.
Law enforcers. Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:52, 14 May 2019
Analysts associate detentions in Chechnya with attack on law enforcers claimed by IS
The detention of nine suspected militants in Chechnya was preceded by a statement released by the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") about an attack on law enforcers in the Urus-Martan District. The law enforcement bodies called the jihadists' statement the disinformation, but a special operation might have been triggered by it, said scientists engaged in the studies of the Caucasus.
An opponent of Robert Kocharyan holds a poster saying, "A life sentence!". Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:48, 14 May 2019
Supporters and opponents of Robert Kocharyan gather outside court building
David Grigoryan dismissed the motion filed by advocates of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan concerning disqualification of the judge. The police warned supporters and opponents of Robert Kocharyan, gathered in front of the court building, against provocations.
A law enforcer. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
23:37, 14 May 2019
Veterans of special services doubt version about detention of militants in Chechnya
Sergey Goncharov, the president of the Alpha Anti-Terrorism Unit Veterans' Association, and Gennady Gudkov, the retired FSB Colonel, doubt the credibility of the reports about the detention of militants in Chechnya. Political analyst Alexander Perendjiev suggests that people undesired by the Chechen authorities could be declared militants.
Stepanakert. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
17:32, 14 May 2019
Nagorno-Karabakh demands to resume trilateral format of negotiations on conflict
The agreement of May 12, 1994, signed by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh remains the basis of the ceasefire regime, maintenance of peace and security in Southern Caucasus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for Nagorno-Karabakh reports.
A part of the "David Garedja" Monastery Complex located in the territory of Azerbaijan. Photo: Andrzej Wójtowicz from Poznań, Poland -https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30058738
17:20, 14 May 2019
Analysts believe in possible compromise in Azerbaijani-Georgian dispute around David Gareja complex
The disputable monasteries on the border with Azerbaijan are Georgian monuments, state historians. Religious sites often provoke conflicts, but Georgia and Azerbaijan have every reason to agree peacefully, said analysts.
12:10, 14 May 2019
Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office threatens rights defender with criminal punishment
The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan threatened human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev with criminal responsibility for his posts in social networks.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: REUTERS / David Mdzinarishvili
12:06, 14 May 2019
Two residents of Georgian border village released in South Ossetia
Vasily Patarkatsishvili and Dmitry Izergishvili, residents of the Kvemo Chugali village, located on the border with South Ossetia, were released, the State Security Service of Georgia reported.
Vladimir Vasiliev. Photo: press service of the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasian Federal District SKFO.gov.ru
10:08, 14 May 2019
Media fix downgrade of Dagestani leader's rating
At the same time, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, demonstrates one of the highest ratings.
Ismail Nalgiev. Photo by Magomed Mutsolgov https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/342/posts/33993
10:02, 14 May 2019
Ismail Nalgiev, Ingush activist, arrested for two months
The court has arrested in absentia the Ingush activist, Ismail Nalgiev, for two months, his advocate Andrei Sabinin and law enforcement sources inform.
News
In March 2026, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Muftis of the North Caucasus republics have announced the start dates for Ramadan.

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.