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The Latvia’s Saeima. Photo by Ralf Roletschek https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сейм_Латвии
21:57, 6 May 2021
Latvia’s parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide
Members of the Latvia’s Saeima (parliament) passed a declaration on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The document resulted from a discussion between historians, the press service for the Latvia’s Saeima notes.
Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, has scolded two women and a man who were repeatedly detained by law enforcers for providing occult services. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/COf-xMAp-35/
20:54, 6 May 2021
Chechen theologian publicly scolds detainees for witchcraft
Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, has scolded two women and a man who were repeatedly detained by law enforcers for providing occult services, the "Grozny" TV Channel has reported. Social network users have agreed with the reporters that the persecution of sorcerers in Chechnya yields no results.
Magomed Khazbiev. Screenshot of the video "МАГОМЕД ХАЗБИЕВ на СВОБОДЕ!" on Ruslan Albakov-Myarshkhi's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY4FJCosIqw
18:56, 6 May 2021
Ingush activist rejects guarding despite blood feud announced by Kadyrov people
Ingush law enforcers have offered state protection to Magomed Khazbiev, an activist, against whom Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, and Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, have announced a blood feud. The activist said that he refused from law enforcers' services.
11:38, 6 May 2021
Powers of three Azerbaijani lawyers restored
The Presidium of the Azerbaijani Bar Association (ABA) has recalled the lawsuit against the lawyers, Shakhla Gumbatova, Irada Djavadova and Tyurkel Suleimanly, allowing them to restart their work.
Law enforcers at a protest action against the visit of Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Yerevan. Screenshot of the video by the National Democratic Pole www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewqNoZ4mMV0
11:36, 6 May 2021
Armenian police stop protests against visit of Lavrov, head of Russian MFA
Tigran Khzmalyan, the leader of the European Party of Armenia, and a party supporter were detained at the Russian Embassy before the start of the action against the visit of Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The National Democratic Pole refused to march against Lavrov's visit to Yerevan in order to avoid provocations and clashes.
Central mosque in Nalchik. Photo by the press service of the KBR's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (kbrdum.ru)
11:34, 6 May 2021
KBR resident apologizes to Mufti for beating up alcohol drinkers
At the meeting at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims, the young man and his father have apologized to the Mufti of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and republic's Imams for beating up two men who drank alcohol. This was announced by Alim Sizhazhev, a Deputy Mufti.
Gadrut in December 2020, after the territory had come under the control of Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 5 May 2021
Refugees from Gadrut District demand to return their homeland
Participants of an action near the building of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) dated their protest to a visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The protestors demand a meeting with the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The MFA should activate diplomatic processes so that residents of Gadrut could return home, forced migrants note.
23:55, 5 May 2021
A soldier killed in Armenia
Regular soldier Artyom Melkonyan was killed at a combat position by a shot from his colleague, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. Investigation into a criminal case on the careless handling of firearms is underway.
A hospital in Chechnya. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Health of Chechnya, https://www.mzchr.ru
23:51, 5 May 2021
Social media users: Chechen authorities ignore problem of corruption
Total corruption in Chechen maternity hospitals and other hospitals is a well-known fact, but officials fail to fight the problem, Instagram users note. In their comments, some users fear they will be forced to apologize for voicing criticism.
The Azerbaijani flag. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:17, 5 May 2021
Relatives of convicts under "Ganja case" demand MPs' help
On May 4, at their protest action held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, near the parliament building, relatives of those convicted under the so-called "Ganja case" demanded to release the convicts. Prior to parliamentary elections, candidates for MPs had promised to help the prisoners, but after the voting they forgot about them, activists assert.
Bairam Mamedov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0wXQ4phcic&t=4s
17:09, 5 May 2021
Azerbaijani activist Bairam Mamedov found dead in Istanbul
Turkish police have found in the sea the body of Bairam Mamedov, who had been persecuted in Azerbaijan for graffiti on the monument to Geidar Aliev, his friends have informed.
The Church of the Holy Christ the All-Saviour in Shusha after the shelling attack in October 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:01, 5 May 2021
Baku explains dismantling of temple dome in Shusha by restoration works
Restoration is underway in the Church of the Holy Christ the All-Saviour in Shusha in order to restore its historical appearance, the Azerbaijani authorities have claimed. The MPs from the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia had treated the dome dismantling as an attempt to eradicate the Armenian appearance of the city.
A bust of Stalin. Photo by the press service of the KPRF (the Communist Party of the Russian Federation), http://m.sibkray.ru/news/1/896937/
16:53, 5 May 2021
Veneration of Stalin in Caucasus is response to declining living standards
In North-Caucasian republics, certain residents are honouring Joseph Stalin, because they mistakenly associate him with the notion of "social justice", which they have despaired to obtain from the current authorities, historians have noted.
06:50, 5 May 2021
Azerbaijan hands three POWs over to Armenia
On May 4, three Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) kept by Azerbaijan were taken by plane from Baku to Yerevan and sent to the hospital for examination.
06:49, 5 May 2021
Investigators ban relatives' visits to Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev
Because of a resolution about state protection, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested in Chechnya, have been transferred to another block of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), in which video recording is made in the corridors, while because of the threat of an "honour killing" investigators have prohibited their relatives to visit them.
The acting Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by the press service of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, https://www.gov.am
06:47, 5 May 2021
Pashinyan's threats voiced out despite opposition's observance of obligations
The parliamentary opposition gave no reason to doubt its compliance with the agreements with the Armenian authorities; and the acting Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, fully controls the situation in the country, political analysts believe.
A young man attacked an elderly men who was drinking alcohol. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/COcPUoNHBZO/
06:46, 5 May 2021
Three KBR residents publicly apologize for beating up alcohol lovers
In a video posted in the social network, young men have asked to forgive them for attacking, in the Tersky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), two men who were drinking alcohol.
Magomed Daudov (on the left) and Magomed Khazbiev. Screenshots of the videos on Daudov's and Khazbiev's Instagram pages: https://www.instagram.com/khazbiev_magomed/ and https://www.instagram.com/lord_095/ Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
06:45, 5 May 2021
Magomed Khazbiev reports about blood feud declared by Chechen leaders
Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, and Adam Delimkhanov, a member of the State Duma, declared a blood feud after a video criticizing the Chechen authorities for their harsh reaction to the terror act in Grozny, Ingush activist Magomed Khazbiev reports today.
Gobustan closed prison in Azerbaijan. Photo by Kyamal Ali for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 4 May 2021
Human rights defenders call on President Aliev to pardon political prisoners
More than 100 political prisoners remain in Azerbaijani prisons, announces the human rights organization “Line of Defence”. The NGO urges President Ilham Aliev to time the pardoning of political prisoners to the holy month of Ramadan. Other human rights defenders supported the call.
A solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Makhachkala, May 3, 2021. Screenshot of the post on the Telegram channel "Ask Rasul"
23:51, 4 May 2021
Makhachkala picketers demand to free Abdulmumin Gadjiev
On May 3, in Makhachkala, two solo pickets demanding freedom for Abdulmumin Gadjiev, the arrested journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, were held by his colleagues Magomed Magomedov and Magdi Kamalov. During the pickets, Magomedramazan Abdulkerimov, a Dagestani MP, called on the head of Dagestan to pay attention to the emergency state of rural schools.
News
The body of an eight-year-old boy missing in Ingushetia has been found.

The search for the Ingush boy was used by Chechen authorities for PR.

Special operation in Ukraine. Screenshot from video https://function.mil.ru The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,250.

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.