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The detention of a man suspected of plotting terror acts. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/-_LDs5-jIlQ
23:15, 31 May 2021
On May 24-30, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of May 24-30, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Members of the families of soldiers, missing in action during the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, have blocked Geratsi Street in Yerevan. Screenshot of the video by the "Sputnik Armenia" https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20210531/27747192/Bolee-200-tel-tayno-khranilos-v-kholodilnikakh-rodnye-voennykh-perekryli-ulitsu-v-Erevane.html
23:06, 31 May 2021
Relatives of missing soldiers block a street in Yerevan
Today, members of the families of soldiers, missing in action during the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh, have blocked Geratsi Street in Yerevan. The protestors claim discrepancies in the official information concerning the number of the dead bodies found. The relatives of the missing soldiers were met by officers from the scientific and practical centre of forensic medicine, and after the meeting, the traffic along the street was restored.
21:08, 31 May 2021
Investigators again refuse to inquire into beating Mozdok resident by law enforcer
The Investigating Committee for North Ossetia has once again refused to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcer, whom Rostislav Melnichenko, a resident of Mozdok, accuses of beating. Earlier, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia found a similar decision to be illegal.
A lava field of the Porak (Axarbaxar) volcano on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Photo: Jim Luhr, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Азербайджано-армянская_граница
21:05, 31 May 2021
ASFS reacts to reports on shootout at border
Reports of an armed conflict on the border with Armenia have nothing to do with reality, the Azerbaijani State Frontier Service (ASFS) has stated.
Fatima Magomedova. Screenshot of the post https://www.instagram.com/p/CPL6KXXn9nd/?utm_medium=copy_link
10:47, 31 May 2021
"Goryanka of the Year" contest reminds of Dagestan people's traditions
Almost 170 applications had submitted for participation in the ethno-contest "Goryanka of the Year" ("Goryanka" means a highlander woman, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"). The winner was Fatima Magomedova from the village of Ratlub, Shamil District. The organizers and participants have noted the value of such contests for preserving the traditions of Dagestani nations and the interest of young people in them.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo from his page on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/COx9tu8sSyt/
10:43, 31 May 2021
Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov explains unwillingness to challenge Kadyrov's reproach
Ramzan Kadyrov's words are not offensive and require no reaction, Khabib Nurmagomedov has explained his refusal to debate with the head of Chechnya, who called the Dagestani fighter an "UFC project".
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10:40, 31 May 2021
Pashinyan accuses Baku of trying to influence election outcomes in Armenia
Azerbaijan is provoking tensions on the Armenian border in order to influence the outcome of the Armenian parliamentary elections, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Premier, has stated and treated the Moscow's proposal to create a trilateral commission on the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border as acceptable for Yerevan.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via REUTERS
10:37, 31 May 2021
Pashinyan blames General Staff for situation on the border
After the war, instead of strengthening the borders, Onik Gasparyan, a former Armenian General Staff Commander, of was engaged in political intrigues, Nikol Pashinyan, the acting Prime Minister, has stated.
Timur Tumgoev. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6M0HgKca6s
12:03, 30 May 2021
After prisoners' protest action, Tumgoev faces a new sentence
Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, took part in a prisoners' hunger strike in the colony and cut himself in protest against custody conditions; now, he faces a new prison term under the article on disrupting the work of the correctional institution.
Syunik District of Armenia. Photo: Marcin Konsek, http://ru.wikipedia.org
11:32, 30 May 2021
Analysts point to political aspect of Armenian-Azerbaijani border conflict
If Russian peacemakers are placed on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the parties may drag Russia into a conflict to be used against each other, the Russian military analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev (left) in a courtroom. Photo: Moscow Presnensky District Court
11:15, 30 May 2021
Prosecution requests five years in colony for Djumaev
The state prosecutor believes that Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, deserves a punishment of five years in a general security colony, a source familiar with the trial has informed.
Border village of Norabak. Screenshot: Sputnik Armenia, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G05pSwTXErU
17:34, 29 May 2021
Armenia declares its readiness to withdraw troops from Azerbaijani border
Armenian militaries can be withdrawn from the Azerbaijani border at any moment, provided the simultaneous withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops, Nikol Pashinyan, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, has stated.
Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CPbGt-HHwxF/
16:56, 29 May 2021
Social network users outraged by unsanitary conditions on Makhachkala beaches
The Dagestan branch of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has banned swimming and bathing on the beaches of Makhachkala, explaining this by the risk of getting parasitic and intestinal infections. Instagram users demanded to liquidate the unsanitary status of beaches instead of closing them.
People in Place de la République in Paris pay tribute to Samuel Pati, a French teacher who was beheaded in the streets of a Parisian suburb, France, October 18, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Charles Platiau
16:29, 29 May 2021
France: rights defenders demand to stop deporting Chechen natives
French authorities are deliberately violating international rules by deporting natives of Chechnya from France to Russia, where they are at risk of torture and ill-treatment, French human rights defenders have declared in their joint statement.
Vladikavkaz, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Владикавказ
13:55, 29 May 2021
Vladikavkaz: Conversation Club draws attention to problem of preserving Ossetian language
Lana Sokhieva, a young philologist from Vladikavkaz, has created a linguistic conversation club of the Ossetian language. The first session was attended by 13 people, but many residents of the republic are interested in the club, the creator has noted.
13:35, 29 May 2021
Detained opponents of Namakhvan HPP released
The Kutaisi City Court has postponed the trial of the protesters against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Rioni Gorge. Eight detainees were released in the courtroom.
The pastures in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia. Photo: http://armenpress.am
08:45, 29 May 2021
Azerbaijani militaries' invasion deprived Kut villagers of their pastures
The pastures of the village of Kut in the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia have come under the control of Azerbaijani troops; and in the absence of land for cattle breeding, villagers will have to leave their houses, a local resident has stated.
Shamil Basayev. Photo: Natalia Medvedeva, http://ru.wikipedia.org
08:34, 29 May 2021
Relatives of Kuban resident treat the case of his participation in Basaev's raid on Dagestan as fabricated
The advocate of Alexander Ponomarenko, accused of involvement in the attack on Dagestan with the militants of Basaev and Khattab, has stated that the charges had not been proved; however, the court has upheld the decision to arrest him.
08:22, 29 May 2021
EU supports Pashinyan's idea of observers on Azerbaijani border
The Foreign Service of the European Union (EU) has welcomed the offer to place observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, urging the parties to start talks on the border delimitation.
A football match between the “Akhmat” and “Lokomotiv” teams. Photo: official website of the 'Lokomotiv' club, http://www.fclm.ru/ru
22:05, 28 May 2021
Chechen athletes continue Kadyrov’s immunity trend
While commenting on an attack on a referee and players of the Moscow football club during a match with the “Akhmat” Football Club (FC) in Grozny, human rights defenders Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev have noted that in Chechnya, athletes feel like an elite and try to copy the behaviour of the republic’s leaders.
News
Aishat Khizrieva has been released from police custody.

Aishat Khizrieva. Still from the video "Marem" from April 22, 2026, https://t.me/marem_group/1658. An attempt was made to kidnap a fugitive from Chechnya in Novosibirsk.

Maria Smelaya was forced to give up custody of her child to the father.

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.