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14:00, 7 May 2012
Baku police disperse opposition protest
About 150 supporters of the opposition tried to hold a protest action against violations of the freedom of assembly in front of the Baku Mayoralty. The police squeezed the protesters away from the building and forced them to disperse.
11:00, 7 May 2012
Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out their own ethic charter
Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out a Charter of a responsible blogger whose participants would take the responsibility to abstain from offence on ethnic, religious of race grounds. This motion was advanced at a meeting of the bloggers of Northern and Southern Caucasus.
10:00, 7 May 2012
About 50 people gathered at an oppositional meeting in Rostov-on-Don
About 50 people gathered at an oppositional meeting “For honest and legitimate authority” held on May, 6, in Rostov-on-Don. The main slogan of the action was “Freedom to political prisoners!”.
08:00, 7 May 2012
The United States Department of State called for the Russian Federation to investigate the murder of founder of “Chernovik” newspaper Hajimurad Kamalov
Russia must stop arbitrariness against journalists and investigate the murder of founder of “Chernovik” newspaper Hajimurad Kamalov committed in Dagestan, Mark Toner, official representative of the United States Department of State, declared at a press conference in Washington timed to World Press Freedom Day.
23:00, 5 May 2012
In Dagestan, court finds two information websites as extremist
On May 4, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala upheld the demand of the Prosecutor's Office and recognized two Internet resources as extremist ones. According to the Office, they acted in the interests of the local bandit underground.
22:40, 5 May 2012
ICRC helps victims of double terror act in Makhachkala
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has helped two hospitals in Makhachkala, where the patients wounded at the double terror act take their treatment. We also know that two especially grave patients have been sent today from Dagestan into one of Moscow clinics by a special aircraft.
22:00, 5 May 2012
Armenian Constitutional Court dismisses MPs' claim to abolish ban on publication of lists of voters who voted
Today, the Constitutional Court of Armenia has denied the claim lodged by Deputies of the National Assembly to abolish the prohibition stipulated by the Electoral Code to disclose the list of those voters, who have actually cast their ballot papers.
21:00, 5 May 2012
Dagestan: court decides to liquidate books of the follower of Turkish theologian
Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has upheld the decision of the Lenin Magistrate Court of Makhachkala, prescribing to liquidate the religious books confiscated from Ziyavdin Dapaev, a follower of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, who had been earlier convicted of organizing an extremist organization.
20:13, 5 May 2012
Three teens injured by terror act are still in Dagestani hospitals
As a result of the double terror act committed in Makhachkala, five teenagers were injured – three are in local medical institutions; and two kids were let home after first aid. In total, 62 victims were hospitalized in Makhachkala.
19:00, 5 May 2012
Picket in defence of pensioner accused of extremism dispersed in Stavropol
The police have dispersed a picket held in Stavropol on May 4 at midday in front of the House of Justice in defence of pensioner Valentina Prasolova, who was accused of extremism. According to the police, the action was illegal.
18:00, 5 May 2012
In Yerevan, Armenian environmental activists stand in defence of Tsagov Forest
On May 4, in Yerevan, the "Civil Movement of Tegut Defenders" organized a protest against felling the Tsagov Forest in the town of Zhukovsky, Moscow Region. Activists marched from the Mashtots Park to the Embassy of Russia in Armenia and expressed their support for Russian ecologists.
16:00, 5 May 2012
Mingaev dismissed from his post after scandal at "Evropieskiy" Trading Centre
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has dismissed Tamerlan Mingaev from his post of Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Chechen Republic under the Russian President. The dismissal has to do with the improper conduct of his wife Madina Mingaeva, said Ramzan Kadyrov.
Consequences of the double terror act committed on May 3 at the police post "Alaska-30" in Makhachkala; May 4, 2012. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:00, 5 May 2012
Alleged perpetrators of terror act in Makhachkala are searched on suspicion of preparing explosions on May 9
Today, the head of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov has told reporters that the alleged executors of the double terror act on May 3 in Makhachkala were brother and sister Rizvan Aliev and Muslimat Alieva. On the eve of the terror act, a law enforcement source cited their names as searched suspects of preparing terror acts on May 9.
12:00, 5 May 2012
Chechnya: houses of relatives of Bantaev, killed in special operation, burnt down, locals say
Shortly after the April 22 special operation in the village of Komsomolskoe, Gudermes District of Chechnya, armed men in camouflage burned down the houses belonging to relatives of Akhmed Bantaev, one of those killed in the special operation. This was reported by local residents to human rights defenders.
11:00, 5 May 2012
25 victims of gas explosion in Armenia are still under intensive care
As reported by the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), 25 victims of the explosion in Republic Square of Yerevan are still treated at intensive care units of local medical centres. The exploded balloons could be filled with hydrogen or methane, which have the lifting force and are explosives at the same time, said Vladimir Fedotov, Deputy Director of the Scientific and Production Association (SPA) "Geliymash". He denies that the balloons could be filled with helium, the RIA "Novosti" reports.
23:00, 4 May 2012
Trial on cancellation of election of Astrakhan Mayor listens to 16 witnesses
The court session in Astrakhan on the lawsuit initiated by Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the Mayor of the city and organizer of a hunger strike for cancellation of the election outcome, has interrogated 16 witnesses of the claimant.
22:00, 4 May 2012
144 people suffered from explosion in Yerevan
The explosion occurred on May 4 in Republic Square during a pre-election rally-concert of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. The number of victims was 144, said the spokesman of the Armenia's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
21:00, 4 May 2012
Prosecutor's Office takes control over inquiry into the quarrel of "StopHAM" activists with relatives of Chechen official
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office will supervise the investigation into the brawl near the "Evropeiskiy" Trading Centre between activists of the movement "Nashi" and relatives of Tamerlan Mingaev, Deputy Representative of the Chechen Republic at the President of the Russian Federation, the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) reports.
20:00, 4 May 2012
"Memorial" prepares materials on power agents' crimes in Dagestan for ICRF
Materials on the crimes committed by employees of law enforcement bodies in Dagestan will be transferred to the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation additionally, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported. The crimes are rapes, murders, acts of torture and kidnappings.
18:00, 4 May 2012
Kidnapped resident of Dagestan was earlier detained by police, says his wife
Kamil Mutaev, a resident of the village of Zubutli-Miatli, Kizilyurt District, who was kidnapped in Dagestan, had been earlier detained several times by the police, said his wife Zukhra Mutaeva.
News
A criminal case regarding the demolition of a dilapidated building in Rostov-on-Don has been dismissed.

Former Rostov-on-Don Interior Minister Shpak was denied a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

A Ukrainian citizen was convicted by a Rostov court for an attempted terrorist attack.

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.