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15:00, 4 May 2012
At least six double terror acts committed in Northern Caucasus since start of 2011
The double explosion in Makhachkala at night on May 3 was the sixth such incident in Northern Caucasus since the beginning of 2011.
14:00, 4 May 2012
Azerbaijan starts website for journalists-investigators
On May 3 in Baku, the celebrations of the World Press Freedom Day were accompanied by the presentation of the website of the Regional School of Investigative Journalism (RSIJ). The website investigator.az, operated in three languages (Azerbaijani, Russian and English) will be the first and the only in Azerbaijan special resource for investigative journalists.
10:00, 4 May 2012
The family of deceased convict in Georgia demands inquiry on the cause of his death
Zurab Delianidze aged 39 died in hospital of Gland prison of Tbilisi. According to the official version, the convict who was serving a six-years term of imprisonment for storage of drugs died from a serious disease, however, his people dispute this version. Delianidze’s wife Ketino Beridze states that her husband was quite healthy. She also said that the officials of the correctional facility informed her about her husband’s death too late.
09:00, 4 May 2012
Public prosecutor’s office offers the defendants on the acts of terror in Georgia a procedural agreement
Pronouncement of a verdict on the case of acts of terror in Georgia in 2009-2010 was deferred. The defendants’ attorneys are negotiating with Public prosecutor’s office on the conditions of procedural agreement.
08:00, 4 May 2012
The Day of Renaissance of the Karachay people was celebrated in Karachay-Cherkessia
On the day of the 55th anniversary of return of the Karachay people to their historic homeland after forcible deportation, ceremonies of celebration were held in the towns and districts of the republic.
06:00, 4 May 2012
The court in Astrakhan on Sein’s lawsuit started interrogating the witnesses
Interrogation of the witnesses on the lawsuit of ex-candidate for Mayor’s Office of Astrakhan Oleg Shein started in court. At the trial of May, 3, the witnesses invited by the plaintiff stated violations in the polling stations during the election of Mayor.
23:00, 3 May 2012
Nagorno-Karabakh youngsters clean Shusha of garbage
In Nagorno-Karabakh, about 60 young men held a subbotnik to clean the Dzhdrduz Meadow and the territory around the Church Gazanchetsots in the city of Shusha. The action was dated to the Workers' International Solidarity Day and May 9.
22:00, 3 May 2012
Yerevan hosts many-thousand-strong oppositional rally
Today, the Freedom Square in Yerevanhas hosted the final pre-election rally of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC). The elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will take place on May 6.
21:00, 3 May 2012
HRC "Memorial" gives materials on power agents' crimes to ICRF
Today, the materials gathered by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"on the crimes committed, according to human rights defenders, by law enforcement officials in Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Chechnya, were sent to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to be investigated by the special unit of the ICRF.
19:00, 3 May 2012
North Ossetia opens computer training centrefor pensioners
A training centre aimed to teach old people in the basics of computer and IT skills has been opened today in Vladikavkaz.
17:00, 3 May 2012
ECtHR: Russian authorities failed to properly investigate disappearance of Dagestani Shafiev
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found no proofs of involvement of power agents in Sirazhudin Shafiev's kidnapping in September 2009. However, the decision of the ECtHR states the guilt of Russian authorities of a failure to properly investigate the case.
16:00, 3 May 2012
Gataevs from Chechnya receive asylum in Finland
Khadizhat and Malik Gataev, the founders of the family children's home in Chechnya, have received political asylum in Finland; the same protection was also granted to three of their children. This was reported by Oksana Chelysheva, ahuman rights activist and Vice-Chair of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.
15:00, 3 May 2012
In Georgia, rights activists hold action on World Press Freedom Day
Georgian human rights organizations have held a staged action – in Tbilisi, inRustaveli Avenue– under the motto "I am a reporter, not a spy!" dated to the World Press Freedom Day.
14:00, 3 May 2012
Popular website attacked by hackers in Armenia
A well-known Armenian Internet edition "1in.am", which is an electronic version of the "Zhamanak" newspaper, was attacked by hackers three days before the elections. As reported by Ruben Megrabyan,the editor of the Russian service of the website, currently they are actively recovering the resource and hope to cope with it by today's evening.
13:00, 3 May 2012
Complaints of victims of 2004 Beslan terror communicated by ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated to the Russian Federation seven complaints against violation by the state the rights to life and effective remedy in respect of acts and inaction of the authorities before, during and after the hostage-taking at School No. 1 in Beslan on September 1, 2004. The whole proceeding was awarded the name "Tagaeva and others versusRussia and six other complaints".
12:00, 3 May 2012
In Dagestan, armed men kidnap a local
Unidentified armed men have kidnapped Djavar Khanmagomedov, 31, a resident of the city of Derbent. Relatives do not exclude that is could be made by power agents.
08:00, 3 May 2012
Stalls dismantled in Mashtots park of Yerevan
Dismantling the stalls in Mashtots park was carried out upon the order of Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan who acknowledged the decision of construction in this territory invalid.
07:00, 3 May 2012
A resident of Dagestan who is under house arrest fears for his life
Some unknown people wearing camouflage uniforms are spying on Seifudin Babaev, resident of the town of Dagestanskie Ogni, who is under house arrest.He fears for his life. This was reported by Dagestani regional organization (DRO) “Human Rights Protection”.
05:00, 3 May 2012
Activist of the “Georgian Dream” party report dispersal of the participants of an action in Kutaisi by means of fire-engines
The authorities attempted to disperse an action of the youth branch of the oppositional party “Georgian Dream” in the town of Kutaisi by water from fire-engines. A representative of the ruling party was skeptic about this statement of the opposition.
23:00, 2 May 2012
Dagestani woman states kidnapping of her husband
Zukhra Mutaeva, a resident of the villageof Zubutli-Miatli, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, claims that her husband KamilMutaev,36, father of four young children, was kidnapped and taken away to some unknown place by armed men in camouflage and masks.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.