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European Parliament plenary session, May 19, 2021. Photo: Fred MARVAUX / Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the Kingdom of Belgium
11:35, 20 May 2021
European Parliament calls on Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide
With the aim of further reconciliation of the two nations, the European Parliament has urged Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Sheremetyevo International Airport. Photo: Shuklina Olga / flickr.com (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
11:25, 20 May 2021
Rights defenders worry about fate of Chechen Ismailov, deported from France
Mansur Ismailov, deported from France, risks his health and life in Russia, human rights defenders believe. They treat his extradition as illegal, since the man has been tortured in Chechnya, while the medicines he needs are available only in France.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by "Present Time. Reports" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXOefA5bcak
23:59, 19 May 2021
Human rights defenders consider Kadyrov’s answer to Instagram user a threat of murder
Ramzan Kadyrov’s threats against a user who called him a “shaitan” (demon) fall under the murder threat clause. However, even if the Instagram user or human rights defenders file a complaint, the Chechen Prosecutor’s Office will ignore it, the human rights defenders note.
Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Photos: Time for Sport - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWyclHTd89o; Grozny Inform news agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYnVDSqgwDA Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 19 May 2021
Dagestani fighter Nurmagomedov ignores a challenge to a duel with an “Akhmat” fighter
The leader of Chechnya says his proposal to Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov to hold a duel with a fighter from the “Akhmat” league was a spontaneous move. In their comments, social media users note that the Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement about Khabib Nurmagomedov contained no insults. The fighter ignored the challenge.
Oleg Orlov, Lev Ponomaryov, and Svetlana Gannushkina with Bagaudin Myakiev, a member of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans), before the hearing in case of leaders of Ingush protests. Photo by Imsail Tatiev
13:41, 19 May 2021
Defence points to bias of trial of Ingush activists
More than half of the prosecution witnesses in the case of Ingush activists have abandoned their claims against the defendants; however, everything develops towards a guilty verdict to be passed by the court, said Djabrail Kuriev, an advocate.
An Armenian soldier on active duty. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence
13:38, 19 May 2021
Russia offers mediation in demarcation of Armenian-Azerbaijani border
To resolve the conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan should set up a commission to fix the border; Moscow is ready to act as a mediator, said Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister.
12:42, 19 May 2021
Azerbaijani political analysts predict peaceful settlement of Syunik conflict
The rhetoric around the situation in the Syunik Region of Armenia will be followed by agreements, since the conflict escalation is out of the plans of either Yerevan or Baku, political analysts believe.
Clashes in Dmanisi. Screenshot of the video by the Sputnik Georgia YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BSxdy0ZJhk&t=21s
12:39, 19 May 2021
Georgian rights defenders criticize Patriarchy for its position on Dmanisi conflict
Dmanisi is a region with an unfavourable ethnic balance; while the conflict of Svans with Azerbaijanis was fuelled by external forces, said Andriy Djagmaidze, the spokesman for the Georgian Patriarchate. He was criticized by human rights defenders, who called on the Patriarchy not to incite ethnic hatred in the society.
A visitor to the museum. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:33, 19 May 2021
Exhibitions in Stepanakert museums remind local residents of lost heritage
On the International Museum Day, exhibitions and lectures were held in Nagorno-Karabakh on the cultural heritage. The Shushi State Museum of Fine Arts presented an exhibition of 90 paintings that Armenia managed to preserve after the last autumn war. The problem of preserving the cultural heritage is especially acute today, visitors of the exhibitions have stated.
The Yarag-Kazmalyar customs checkpoint in Dagestan. Photo by the user rosgrandstroy19 https://yandex.ru/
12:25, 19 May 2021
Over 600 Russians return from Azerbaijan through corridor in Dagestan in two days
On May 17-18, a total of 639 Russian citizens, who had to stay in Azerbaijan due to the pandemic, returned to their homeland through the customs checkpoint in Dagestan.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://grozny.tv/news/main/36266
12:19, 19 May 2021
Analysts assess chances of de-anonymizing the author of negative comment on Kadyrov
The author of the comment, who called Ramzan Kadyrov a "shaitan", can be identified by the content or data in social networks, experts in cyber security believe. Such statements by Kadyrov are quite serious; the commentator is in real danger, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, believes.
A meeting of the local residents in the village of Krasny Bazar on May 18, 2021 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjSSk5Ez8ME
23:56, 18 May 2021
Karabakh residents accuse Azerbaijani armed forces of a shelling attack on a village
The Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the Tagavard village, which territory is split by the demarcation line after the war. This was reported by Sevak Khachatryan, the deputy head of the village. Residents of the Tagavard community tried to protest and block the road along which the Azerbaijani military convoys were moving.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISmYr9PhQU
23:54, 18 May 2021
Instagram users criticize Kadyrov for threatening author of a negative comment
A promise of Ramzan Kadyrov to destroy an author of the comment, who called him a “shaitan” (demon), is not appropriate for the person with the status of the leader of the region, Instagram users note. Their opponents argue that the reaction of the leader of Chechnya to the anonymous insult is understandable.
Magomed Gadaev. Screenshot of the post on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/CNqA3VOhnL
22:57, 18 May 2021
French authorities ban Chechen native Gadaev from returning to country
The French authorities banned Magomed Gadaev, a deported Chechen native, from returning to the country and explained their decision by his suspected connections with a radical movement. The Magomed Gadaev’s defence lodged a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with the fact that the French authorities ignored complaints about the threat to the Magomed Gadaev’s life.
The Syunik Region of Armenia. Photo: Ashot Arzumanyan https://ru.wikipedia.org/
22:54, 18 May 2021
In Armenia, residents of border villages urge authorities to arm them
Several groups of Azerbaijani soldiers left the territory of Armenia, but some of them remain in their new positions. The close deployment of the Azerbaijani troops alarmed residents of the Syunik Region, and they called on the local authorities to provide them with firearms.
The police officers in the city of Dmanisi. Screenshot of the video https://www.rustavi2.ge/ka/news/199274
17:04, 18 May 2021
Rioters in Georgian Dmanisi announce parties' reconciliation
Residents of the city of Dmanisi have reconciled and agreed not to admit continuation of riots. Despite the announcement about the end of conflict, reinforced police units are still on duty in the city.
Nikol Pashinyan, Jake Sullivan, and Ilham Aliev. Photos: Tatarstan https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пашинян; National Security Council - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Салливан,_Джейк; press service of the Azerbaijani President. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:37, 18 May 2021
US calls on Yerevan and Baku to ease border tensions
Jake Sullivan, an assistant to the US President for national security, has called on Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliev to hold talks on Armenian-Azerbaijani border demarcation, and treated the movement of troops on the border as irresponsible.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISmYr9PhQU
12:32, 18 May 2021
Kadyrov threatens to kill social media user for comment
One of Instagram commentators has called Ramzan Kadyrov a "shaitan". In response, the head of Chechnya promised to find the user who needed to write a will and threatened to liquidate him.
A participant of a picket in support of Gadjiev in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:27, 18 May 2021
Makhachkala: passers-by interested in picket in support of journalist Gadjiev
At his solo picket in Makhachkala, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, demanded freedom to journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev. People passing by got interested in Gadjiev's fate; and drivers of the passing cars supported the action with signals, said the picketer.
Traces of torture on Inal Djabiev's body. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=946507415829604&set=pcb.2721689724815819
23:49, 17 May 2021
Defence of policemen interprets results of examination on Djabiev’s death in their favour
Inal Djabiev entered a police station being already injured, and the criminal case against policemen should be closed, the defence has claimed following the results of the examination. One of the charges was dropped from the policemen, but the General Prosecutor’s Office did not inform relatives of Inal Djabiev about that, his widow points out.
News
Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue supported the demands of parents of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 509 consecutive days.

Parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy complained about a ban on setting up tents in Tbilisi.

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.