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A participants of a rally in Baku demands to release political prisoners. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:36, 28 May 2022
Azeri rights defenders treat number of pardoned political prisoners as insufficient
The President of Azerbaijan has pardoned 213 people. Human rights defenders have treated his decision as a "half-way one", since only a small part of the country's political prisoners have been pardoned.
Policemen during a protest action. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
21:13, 27 May 2022
Three participants of opposition motor rallies detained in Armenia
Today, the “Resistance” movement has held motor rallies to the cities of Spitak and Sevan, during which traffic has been temporarily blocked. Three protesters are detained.
Ambulance in Tbilisi. Photo: official website of the Mayoralty of Tbilisi
21:02, 27 May 2022
In Tbilisi, ambulance workers complain about poor working conditions and low salaries
In the Georgian capital, employees of an ambulance station dissatisfied with working conditions and low salaries, threaten to start protest actions.
Airport in Grozny. Photo: autocifero https://ru.wikipedia.org
18:26, 27 May 2022
“Rostourism”: first tourist flight to Chechnya 100% full
The first charter tourist flight to Chechnya will take place on June 10, and it is already 100% booked, reports Zarina Doguzova, the head of the “Rostourism” (Federal Agency for Tourism).
An ANAMA officer prepares to detonate a mine. March 16, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
17:56, 27 May 2022
A soldier blown up by a mine in Agdam District
An Azerbaijani soldier was blown up by a mine while performing military duties in the village of Chemenli in the Agdam District. He was hospitalized with injuries, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan reported.
Rashad Ramazanov. Photo: https://haqqin.az/news/12807
17:40, 27 May 2022
Azerbaijani blogger Ramazanov left in custody
The Baku Court of Appeal dismissed a complaint against the arrest of blogger Rashad Ramazanov. The defendant pleaded not guilty and stated that law enforcers tortured him to force him to confess to a crime he never committed.
14:53, 27 May 2022
Deputy head of FSIN hospital in Rostov-on-Don suspected of involvement in torture
By a court ruling, Alexander Lyakh was placed under house arrest until July 7. The case against him is being considered under the article on abuse of power.
A police car. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:35, 27 May 2022
Police stop activist's picket in Sochi
Anna Goretskaya went out to a picket near the Sochi branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party and was detained by policemen.
Ancestors’ will, artist Vadim Kadzhaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bG5eeZit80&t=155s
11:53, 27 May 2022
Murder of bride abductor in Ingushetia creates pretext for blood feud
According to local customs, relatives of the Ingush resident, who was killed after the abducting the bride, can declare blood feud against the killer. Besides, the bride's fate is alarming, since earlier her relatives were against this marriage, and now they can kill her for disobedience, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, has stressed.
Opposition activitsts in Yerevan. Image made from video posted by NEWS AM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3eU-kSex74
11:35, 27 May 2022
Opposition tries disrupting Pashinyan's meeting with Montenegrin president
The meeting of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, with Milo Djukanovic, President of Montenegro, in Yerevan was held amid a protest action. Pashinyan cannot represent the interests of the Armenian people, oppositionists have stated.
Alan Godjiev. Screenshot: https://t.me/MozdokRaionAMS/279
08:32, 27 May 2022
Authorities report deaths of two natives of Mozdok District in Ukraine
Alan Godjiev and Vadim Davydov have perished in Ukraine, the administration of the Mozdok District has informed. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 48 natives of North Ossetia have been officially confirmed as dead there.
At a polling station in South Ossetia, May 8, 2022. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent
08:09, 27 May 2022
Bibilov's personnel decisions are basis for revenge
By appointing persons to positions and signing decrees before the inauguration of the new president of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov wanted to annoy his successor and show that he has potentials for political revenge, the journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" has noted.
Policemen during a rally near the building of the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia. May 26, 2022. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1pPIKjbTY
23:18, 26 May 2022
Relatives of perished Armenian soldiers demand a public trial
An action held by parents of the perished soldiers near the building of the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia was caused by a court’s decision to consider behind closed doors a complaint about the refusal to institute a criminal case on high treason and involve Nikol Pashinyan as a defendant.
22:45, 26 May 2022
Azerbaijan returns a captured soldier to Armenia
Soldier Eduard Martirosov, who was detained by Azerbaijani border guards in April, has been returned from captivity, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.
Ali Zakaev (left) and Akhmed Zakaev. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbQTEQ4mqs https://www.instagram.com/p/CW7rZIxvJOR/
22:23, 26 May 2022
A brother’s video message to Akhmed Zakaev staged, Instagram* users believe
Ali Zakaev, a resident of Urus-Martan, was forced to record a video message criticizing his brother living in Great Britain, social media users suggested.
Law enforcers from the National Guard of Russia arrive in the Botlikh District after a mass fight occurred near the Central District Hospital. Screenshot: https://t.me/mash_gor/1832
18:14, 26 May 2022
National Guard of Russia accumulated in Botlikh District after a mass fight
Law enforcers from the National Guard of Russia arrived in the Botlikh District in Dagestan after a mass fight occurred near the Central District Hospital, a video posted on social media reports.
Opposition rally in Yerevan. Screenshot: NEWS AM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jh3_fE7acE
17:54, 26 May 2022
Opposition resumes protests in Yerevan
In Yerevan, participants of a protest action gathered in front of the building of the Supreme Judicial Council and demanded to institute a criminal case against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The protestors also expressed their solidarity with relatives of those killed during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict in 2020.
Dmitry Peskov, map of South Ossetia. Photo: Kremlin press service, ru.m.wikipedia.org
14:11, 26 May 2022
Analysts argue about Peskov's words about referendum in South Ossetia
The words pronounced by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, that Moscow is not taking steps to annex South Ossetia are a signal for Georgia, which treats South Ossetia as its territory. At the same time, by Peskov's words that the referendum issue itself needs to be updated, the Kremlin made it clear to the authorities of South Ossetia that the initiative to hold a referendum should be cancelled, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Charles Michel. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Charles_Michel_(politician)
13:50, 26 May 2022
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities criticize statement of European Council's President
The wording "Karabakh ethnic Armenian population", used by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels, excludes the right of Nagorno-Karabakh residents to self-determination, which they have been seeking for thirty years, the president and the MPs of the unrecognized republic have stated.
A pensioner holds money in her hands. Photo courtesy of Nina Tumanova
11:48, 26 May 2022
Chechen social media users react ironically to authorities' promise to increase pensions
The message about pension indexing and increase of the floor wage has caused no joy among users of the Chechen segment of the Instagram* social network. The pension is barely enough for food; and its slight increase will lead to an increase in prices for foodstuffs and services, social network users in Chechnya assert.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.