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12:01, 15 May 2021
Victims of Georgian law enforcers turn for help to EU and USA
Those who suffered from law enforcers' actions during the harsh dispersal of the rally in Tbilisi in June 2019, have asked, in their appeals to the Embassies of the European Union (EU) and the United States, not to allow applying amnesty to those responsible for the use of violence on the so-called "Gavrilov's Night".
Sevlich (Kara gol) lake, also known as the Black Lake. Photo: Albero, http://commons.wikimedia.org/index.php?curid=79560385
11:43, 15 May 2021
Caucasian scholars tell about problems of establishing border in Syunik Region
The maps created in the USSR fail to unambiguously fix the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Black Lake area in the Syunik Region, the experts on the Caucasus interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Azerbaijani military servicemen. Screenshot: armlur.am
11:30, 15 May 2021
Armenian political analysts treat CSTO's intervention into conflict with Azerbaijan as unlikely
The countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will not enter into confrontation with Azerbaijan over Armenia, but one can hope that the Kremlin will persuade Baku to pull back the troops, the Yerevan political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via REUTERS
08:40, 15 May 2021
Pashinyan asks Putin for military support
Nikol Pashinyan, the acting head of the Armenian Government (Premier), has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to provide assistance, including military one, in resolving the situation in the Syunik Region on the border with Azerbaijan.
Sheremetyevo Airport. Photo: A.Savin, http://ru.wikipedia.org
08:27, 15 May 2021
Rights defenders achieve hospitalization of deported Chechen
Mansur Ismailov, a native of Chechnya, who was deported from France, has received emergency medical care at a hospital.
South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
22:08, 14 May 2021
South Ossetia extradites to Georgia a man sentenced for border violation
Today, a 45-year-old Alan Djaparidze, who was detained at the border on January 10, has been handed over to the Georgian authorities, the KGB of South Ossetia reports. The Tskhinvali District Court found the man guilty of illegally crossing the border and sentenced him to a year of suspended imprisonment, the South-Ossetian KGB reported on its Facebook page.
Black lake in the Syunik Region of Armenia. Photo: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1317087292021917&id=100011619750447
21:52, 14 May 2021
Armenia appeals to CSTO to solve conflict at border with Azerbaijan
An official appeal has been sent to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in connection with the penetration of Azerbaijani soldiers into the territory of Armenia, Tigran Avinyan, acting Deputy Prime Minister, reports today.
Khabib Nurmagomedov (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: REUTERS/Christopher Pike
21:38, 14 May 2021
Social media users consider Kadyrov’s address to Khabib a provocation
By his statements about Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ramzan Kadyrov provoked disputes between Chechens and Dagestanis, and the desire of the leader of Chechnya to stage a demonstration fight is inappropriate during the aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Instagram users note.
Artists in Gelendzhik. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CO1-dkfnSHY/
17:24, 14 May 2021
Instagram users find it illogical to cancel carnival in Gelendzhik
While commenting on the ban imposed by the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare) on holding a traditional carnival in Gelendzhik, social media users noted that tourists from all over Russia came to the city for festivities and the cancellation of the outdoor event looked unjustified.
Nikolai Chuyanov, a lonely World War II veteran, at home. Screenshot of the video posted by the Caucasian Knot
17:01, 14 May 2021
Tbilisi City Mayoralty: WW2 veteran’s request to improve his housing conditions cannot be fulfilled
Nikolai Chuyanov, a lonely World War II veteran, did not agree to an offer of the Tbilisi City Mayoralty to move to a nursing home, made after the “Caucasian Knot” had posted a video about the veteran’s complaints about his housing conditions. Officials from the Tbilisi City Mayoralty explain the city budget may not purchase the repairs of private housing.
Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan
14:48, 14 May 2021
Baku explains situation on border with Armenia by redeployment of armed forces
Azerbaijani border guards are changing their deployment in the Lachin and Kelbadjar Districts bordering on Armenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan announced in response to accusations that Azerbaijani soldiers took up positions in the Syunik Region of Armenia.
Entrance to the boarding school in the city of Ninotsminda. Screenshot of Radio NOR's FB page
14:31, 14 May 2021
Human rights defenders secure an inspection of an orphan boarding school in Ninotsminda
After requests from human rights defenders and a letter from the UN profile committee, officials from the Georgian Ministry for Public Health visited an orphan boarding school in the town of Ninotsminda to check information about child abuse.
Military servicemen of the Armenian Army, May 11, 2021. Photo courtesy of the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
11:41, 14 May 2021
Baku military experts dispute about reasons for situation aggravation on Armenian border
The Azerbaijani experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent have commented on the situation around the Syunik Region, while their opinions on Baku's intentions were different.
Vorotnavank Monastery in the Syunik Region of Armenia, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сюникская_область
11:22, 14 May 2021
Armenian analysts assess likelihood of conflict escalation in Syunik Region
The unleashing of an armed conflict in the Syunik Region is unlikely; the Armenian party is trying to resolve the incident by diplomatic means, the Armenian military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Prison in Tskhinvali. Screenshot from video 'Ruslan Kochiev'
08:36, 14 May 2021
Those arrested within Djabiev's case go on hunger strike
The law enforcers, arrested within the Inal Djabiev's death case, refuse to eat for five days and demand to meet South-Ossetian MPs and the Ombudsperson. They claim that investigators had failed to prove their guilt, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated today.
Handcuffs. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
08:23, 14 May 2021
Rights defenders achieve criminal prosecution of law enforcer for beating Kuban resident
A deputy head of a ROVD (District Interior Division) of Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) is suspected of beating up a detainee. Three persons were beaten up at once; they were forced to confess to a theft, human rights defenders assert.
Azerbaijani military servicemen. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan
23:12, 13 May 2021
Armenia claims second violation of border by Azerbaijani soldiers within two days
For the second time within two days, Azerbaijani soldiers attempted to advance deep into the Syunik Region, but were stopped, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.
Policemen in the Sheremetyevo Airport. Photo courtesy of the press service of the HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org
22:56, 13 May 2021
Rights defenders: Chechen native subjected to pressure after his deportation from France
Agents of the Russian FSB have not let Mansur Ismailov, deported from France, to leave the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow and are forcing him to fly to Chechnya, human rights defenders report. Mansur Ismailov is deprived of urgently needed medicines and complains of poor health state, his spouse states.
Dmitry Peskov (left) and screenshot of the BBC investigation concerning a palace located at Cape Idokopas. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot, REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina, BBC News – Russian Service
18:13, 13 May 2021
Peskov rejects Putin’s connection to Kuban palace after BBC investigation
Today, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, has called a “fiddle” the BBC investigation concerning a palace located at Cape Idokopas in the Krasnodar Territory.
Ramzan Kadyrov, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Screeshot: Dagestanskiye Izvestia, http://www.instagram.com/p/COygUcOI7kj and REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
17:49, 13 May 2021
Kadyrov offers Nurmagomedov a duel with “Akhmat” fighter
The leader of Chechnya announces his willingness to pay Khabib Nurmagomedov any remuneration for the victory over a fighter from the “Akhmat” club. Ramzan Kadyrov reproaches the Dagestani fighter for performing under the auspices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and not under the flag of Russia or Dagestan.
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Former internally displaced persons. May 25, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/sotsium/v-selo-syukyurbeili-dzabrailskogo-raiona-otpravlena-ocerednaya-gruppa-pereselencev-foto-653589 119 Azerbaijani families returned to the Jabrayil region.

Armenian and Turkish flags near a railway. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in Photoshop. Armenia has gained access to freight transport via the Akhalkalaki-Kars railway.

Anar Asadli. Photo: https://qafqazinfo.az/news/detailru/-6129 Azerbaijani opposition figure convicted in fraud case

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.