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Zoya Svetova at presentation of her book "Innocent Is Found Guilty". Advocate Victor Parshutkin is on the left. Moscow, Cultural Centre "Pokrovskie Vorota", April 27, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 9 May 2011
Author of the book about native of Chechnya convicted for terrorism dedicated it to Anna Politkovskaya
The presentation of the book by Zoya Svetova "Innocent Is Found Guilty" about the scientist Igor Sutyagin, accused of espionage, and the Chechen girl Zara Murtazalieva, convicted for terrorism, was attended by about a hundred persons; half of them were journalists of Russian and foreign mass media. As it turned out later, some visitors could not get into the hall and waited outside hoping to get an autograph from the author of the book. According to Zoya Svetova, she dedicated her book to Anna Politkovskaya.
Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, Memorial Complex. Military parade in honour of the Victory Day, May 9, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:30, 9 May 2011
Festive ceremonies are going on in Nagorno-Karabakh since May, 7
A triple holiday is celebrated in Nagorno-Karabakh on May, 9: the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the 19th anniversary of creation of the Defense Army of Karabakh and the day of liberation of the town of Shushi.
22:20, 9 May 2011
Operative search officers started search of missing people in South Osetia
A search group of Peace-support mission named after General Lebed started search of those missing since the period of the Georgian-Osetian conflict of 1989-2008.
22:10, 9 May 2011
A fortune-teller's family fired upon in Dagestan, two persons wounded
Unidentified people committed an attempt at a woman fortune-teller and her husband in Sergokala district of Dagestan, both of them were hospitalized with grave gunshot wounding.
22:00, 9 May 2011
Investigation in Dagestan does not rule out that the journalist of an Islamic newspaper was killed by mistake
According to a preliminary version, Yahya Magomedov, journalist of an Islamic newspaper "As-Salam", might be killed by mistake: he might have been confused with his relative, a police officer, Alkhas Amirhanov, Senior Assistant Chief of Investigative Department of the Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan, reported.
21:00, 9 May 2011
Militants who perished last week in Chechnya committed suicide rather than were liquidated in assault, eyewitnesses assert
The two members of the armed underground, whose liquidation was reported on April 25 by the republic's authorities and power agents, blew themselves up after they ran out of ammunition, but not killed in the course of the special operation, said the head of one of the republic's public organizations (NGOs).
20:00, 9 May 2011
Dagestan: rights defender who opposed environment pollution fined by "Rospotrebnadzor"
The Inter-District Division of "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) for Dagestan fined Murtazali Tagirov, head of public organization "Fighter for Justice" by 4500 roubles.
19:00, 9 May 2011
Finnish court finds Shamil Basaev's brother innocent in the case of illegal immigration
Today, a trial took place in Finland on the case on illegal immigration of Chechen natives. The defendants Abdulkhamid Mechiev and Mikael Storsjo were acquitted.
18:00, 9 May 2011
Head of Nazran GUVD demands to open criminal case against oppositionist Khazbiev
On May 6, the Ingush oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev was summoned to the Investigatory Committee of Ingushetia by investigator Gaitov for questioning. Magomed Tambiev, head of the Nazran GUVD (Chief Interior Department), has asked the Prosecutor's Office initiate a criminal case against the oppositionist.
23:00, 7 May 2011
In Dagestan, dozens of houses are flooded by heavy rains
About 50 houses were flooded in the village of Atlanaul, Buinaksk District of Dagestan, after heavy rains. This was reported by the republic's department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
22:30, 7 May 2011
Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia: oppositionist Khazbiev was not kidnapped
The Ingush Prosecutor's Office has conducted a check of the application lodged by Lydia Khazbieva, mother of the oppositionist Magomed Khazbiev, who complained of illegal actions of law enforcers, who on March 23 kidnapped Khazbiev and his brothers.
22:00, 7 May 2011
On May 17, South Ossetia starts issuing new passports
Following the order given by President Eduard Kokoity to the government, on May 17 South Ossetia should start issuing new passports to its citizens.
21:00, 7 May 2011
In Georgia, police arrests protesters
The today's protest action held in the city of Rustavi by the oppositional organization "National Assembly" has ended in detention of its participants.
20:00, 7 May 2011
Azerbaijan: advocates of wearing hijabs are criminally prosecuted
A criminal case under the articles of the Criminal Code, which assume responsibility for disorderly conduct and rendering resistance to state officials, was initiated against a group of Azerbaijani believers, who held on May 6 a rally outside the Ministry of Education in Baku demanding the freedom for wearing hijabs in schools.
Nagorno-Karabakh. Participants of International Cyclists' Races that started on May 6, 2011, in Stepanakert. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:30, 7 May 2011
International cycling races are on in Nagorno-Karabakh
On May 6, the central square of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, hosted the opening ceremony of the International Bicycle Races. They are attended by over fifty athletes from Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Estonia, Romania, Austria, Germany and France.
19:00, 7 May 2011
Over 40 houses flooded by rain in Vladikavkaz
On May 6, more than 40 private houses were flooded in the capital of North Ossetia as a result of rain and hail that attacked the city: roads were washed off; power lines were broken; and some buildings lost their roofs, reports the administration of the head of the republic.
18:00, 7 May 2011
France allocates 200 workplaces for citizens of Georgia
Citizens of Georgia will be able to work legally in the territory of France; 200 jobs have been allocated for this purpose, said Giorgi Vashadze, Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia.
17:30, 7 May 2011
Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh situation with head of PA OSCE
Armenia and Azerbaijan intend to discuss the issue of increased concentration of snipers on the contact line of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and other topical problems during the visit on May 9-13 to Southern Caucasus of Petros Efthimiou, head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE.
Sasha Shevelev explains the "lesson" to Maria Mikhailovna. May 6, 2011, Rostov-on-Don. Nuclear Energy Info Center. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 7 May 2011
Action "Safe Internet for Veterans" held in Rostov-on-Don
Within the project "Grandmother Online", Rostov-on-Don hosts the action "Safe Internet for Veterans" with the task to teach elderly people to computer skills.
16:00, 7 May 2011
Resident of Ingushetia killed in special operation in Grozny identified
The suspected member of the armed underground, who was killed on May 6 in the Zavodskoy District of the capital of Chechnya, was identified as Muslim Agiev, 26, a native of Ingushetia, the local police reports.
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Russian passports. A screenshot photo by https://rkomi.ru/news/3024. Procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia simplified

An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

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.