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23:49, 4 May 2019
Georgian parliament defines punishments for sexual harassments
Georgian MPs have approved the introduction of fines, arrests and corrective works for sexual harassments in public places and at work.
Ramzan Kadyrov at a horse ride on April 30, 2019. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTAEOhHMv3Q
11:28, 4 May 2019
Kadyrov answers to blogger's criticism of his father comparison with Prophet Muhammad
Ramzan Kadyrov continued his remote dispute with blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov about his father and equated Akhmat Kadyrov with Prophet Muhammad. Residents of Chechnya have treated this comparison as incorrect. Kadyrov has equated his father to the prophet in an effort to win believers' sympathy, Orientalists believe.
Tornike Mamaladze, the brother of Giorgi Mamaladze, with his nephews at a protest action on May 3, 2019. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:16, 4 May 2019
Relatives of Georgian priest Mamaladze announce round-the-clock protest action
On May 3, relatives of Giorgi Mamaladze, a priest, who was found guilty of trying to poison the patriarch's secretary, launched an action demanding from the Georgian Church to submit a petition asking to pardon the convict.
A protest action of journalists against the restriction of their right to leave Azerbaijan. Baku, May 3, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:25, 4 May 2019
At action in Baku, journalists demand freedom of travel
In Baku, a group of journalists timed their protest action against the restriction of their right to leave Azerbaijan to the World Press Freedom Day marked on May 3. The protesters were accepted at the Prosecutor's Office and promised that soon the ban on their leaving the country would be lifted.
Screenshot of the opening of the T-72 tank monument in Shali on May 2, 2019, https://vk.com/wall279938622_395197
03:13, 4 May 2019
Authorities perpetuate tank as symbol of two Chechen Wars
Contrary to the authorities' idea, the T-72 tank installed in Shali, became a reminder of two military campaigns in Chechnya, residents of the city believe. The monument is associated with the victims of the conflict in Chechnya, observers have noted.
On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:06, 4 May 2019
NKR fixes aggravation of situation in conflict zone
On May 2-3, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made 330 shots at the positions of the Karabakh Defence Army in the vicinity of the village of Madagiz, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.
Screenshot of a video "An appeal to the President Vladimir Putin" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k08wXn7Y5qM
23:54, 3 May 2019
YouTube users are sceptical about Ingush elders' appeal to Putin
The Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) has complained to the President of Russia about the persecution of protesters and asked Mr Putin to protect Ingushes' rights in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia. The appeal will give no expected result, users of the YouTube have suggested.
Participants of a protest action in the Pankisi Gorge clashed with the police. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WOd5bOftv4
21:53, 3 May 2019
Georgian authorities admit mistakes made in Pankisi
The lack of authorities' attention to problems in the Pankisi Gorge has led to a violent dispersal of the action of opponents of the construction of hydropower plants (HPPs), the head of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. Authorities are afraid of the aggravation of the situation, analysts believe.
14:23, 3 May 2019
AI declares detainees at May 1 actions to be prisoners of conscience
The detentions and arrests of all those who took part in the May 1 actions, including in the "Monstration" in Makhachkala, have violated people's rights to the freedom of peaceful assembly, the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has stated.
A terminal of the "Zvartnots" Airport in Yerevan. November 11, 2011. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:14, 3 May 2019
Rights defenders demand to remove Russian border guards from Armenian airport
The Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly has demanded from the Armenian authorities to suspend the work of Russian border guards at the "Zvartnots" Airport after an incident of non-admission of the Ukrainian MP into the country.
09:39, 3 May 2019
Azerbaijani journalist detained on suspicion of drug dealing
In Baku, law enforcers have detained the editor-in-chief of the website "Bakupress.az" on suspicion of drug dealing. The journalist said that she was slandered.
The "David Gareji" Monastery Complex. Photo: Paata Vardanashvili from Tbilisi, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3529065
09:37, 3 May 2019
Georgia declares border demarcation with Azerbaijan after conflict at monastery
Georgia and Azerbaijan should complete the border demarcation as soon as possible to resolve the dispute over the ownership of the "David Gareji" Monastery Complex. This was stated by Giorgi Gakhariya, Secretary of the National Security Council and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Fuad Akhmedli. Photo: Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS)
09:29, 3 May 2019
Azerbaijani oppositionist receives second refusal for CER
On May 1, a court in Baku refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Fuad Akhmedli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), because of a negative opinion of the colony boss. The defence intends to appeal against this second CER denial.
Screenshot of the video of the opening of a monument to Holocaust victims in the village of Stepnoy in Stavropol Territory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y25Dgt3qh9A
08:31, 3 May 2019
Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Stavropol Territory commemorate Holocaust victims
On the Holocaust and Resistance Heroes Remembrance Day, marked on May 2, events were held in Jewish schools of Baku and Pyatigorsk, as well as mourning meetings in places of mass execution of Mountain Jews in the Stavropol Territory.
Screenshot of the video "An exciting scene of the bride abduction in North Ossetia" https://youtu.be/6cEFeoo-83A
08:29, 3 May 2019
Report from Ingushetia confirms survival of bride abduction custom
The Ingush deputy has refuted the information that he had abducted his bride. Such cases are fewer and fewer in Ingushetia; the parties usually agree on them, a lawyer and a sociologist assert.
Screenshot of a webpage about Sergey Metreveli on the website of the Yad Vashem International Holocaust Memorial Centre
23:09, 2 May 2019
Georgia pays tribute to Holocaust victims
The film "Georgian Schindler" about Sergey Metreveli, a native of Georgia, who saved a group of Jews in the Stavropol Territory during World War II, was presented at the event held in memory of the Holocaust victims in Tbilisi.
Manvel Grigoryan. Photo by the press service of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union
22:57, 2 May 2019
In Armenia, court leaves former General Manvel Grigoryan under arrest
In Yerevan, the court dismissed the defence motions for the release of General Manvel Grigoryan on bail and holding a field court hearing in the hospital where the defendant stayed.
An opposition rally held in Baku in March 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:18, 2 May 2019
Opposition criticizes Baku City Mayoralty for refusing to sanction rally
The Baku authorities have once again refused to sanction a rally in defence of political prisoners to be organized by the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF). The opposition intends to go to court to challenge the officials' actions, announces a member of the NCDF.
Participants of the rally organized by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:13, 2 May 2019
In Makhachkala, participants of May Day rally report violations of their rights
Events dedicated to the May Day were held in Makhachkala. The rights of workers are violated, and the organizations called upon to protect them do not work, say residents of Dagestan at a rally.
14:28, 2 May 2019
Azerbaijan claims shelling of two villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were subjected to shelling for 24 times, including in the villages of the two districts bordering on Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
News
Residents of South Ossetia named the main problems of the republic ahead of the presidential elections.

Protesters have taken to the streets in Tbilisi and Batumi for the 634th consecutive day.

Nikolai Levshits (recognized as a foreign agent). Screenshot of a photo from his Facebook page (the activities of the company Meta, which owns the social network, are banned in Russia) Nikolai Levshits* has been sentenced in absentia by a court in Moscow.

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.