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17:45, 30 May 2017
Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly disappears in Georgia
Since May 29, the whereabouts of Afghan Mukhtarly, an Azerbaijani investigative journalist, who has been living in Tbilisi since 2014, is unknown. He is well known for criticizing the authorities of Azerbaijan.
Tatiana Moskalkova, Russian Human Rights Commissioner. Photo http://flashnord.com:443/flashcrimea.com/news/moskalkova-sobiraetsya-v-krym-chtoby-proverit-soblyudenie-prav-krymskih-tatar
16:51, 30 May 2017
Sergey Lavrov and Tatiana Moskalkova announce absence of facts of gay persecution in Chechnya
Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said that his Ministry "does not see a single fact" of violations of the rights of LGBT community in Chechnya. Tatiana Moskalkova, Russian Human Rights Commissioner, has added that she did not receive any appeal from gays from Chechnya.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: personal page on Facebook https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_456244581%2Fphotos279938622
15:10, 30 May 2017
Kadyrov invites President Macron to get personally acquainted with gays' situation in Chechnya
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has invited the President of France to visit Chechnya in order to personally see the situation with the rights of minorities. A day earlier, simultaneously with the President Vladimir Putin's visit to Paris, the first gay refugee from Chechnya arrived in France, human rights defenders report.
Anna Pobezhimova. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for "Caucasian Knot"
15:00, 30 May 2017
Police detain opponents of juvenile justice on picket in Volgograd
In Volgograd, Anna Pobezhimova and Victor Shilin, activists of the "All-Russian Parents' Resistance", who held solo pickets, were brought to the police.
The international festival "Intermuseum" in "Manezh". Photo http://cultinfo.ru/news/2017/5/projects-of-the-kirillo-belozersky-museum-reserve-intermus
10:24, 30 May 2017
Four Dagestani projects presented at Moscow "Intermuseum" festival
In Moscow, the annual festival "Intermuseum" has ended. At the festival, four projects from Dagestan were presented, and one of them was granted an award of the Union of Russian Museums named after L.A. Alexandrova. Museums from Krasnodar and Ingushetia could not take part in the festival because of lack of funding.
Igor Stenin. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for "Caucasian Knot"
09:57, 30 May 2017
Case against Igor Stenin closed
Today, the Presidium of the Astrakhan Regional Court has considered a cassation appeal filed by advocate Tatiana Ivanushkina against the verdict to nationalist Igor Stenin and pronounced the decision to close the case because of the absence of corpus delicti.
A pilgrim's bicycle. Photo http://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/61986/
09:55, 30 May 2017
Residents of Chechnya go to hajj by bicycles
Two residents of Chechnya left Grozny for Saudi Arabia on bicycles. They plan to arrive there by late August.
A plenary session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for "Caucasian Knot"
05:20, 30 May 2017
Politicians express their optimism about Georgia's membership in NATO
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) in Georgia has justified the expectations of Georgian politicians. Victor Dolidze believes that NATO is optimistic about Georgia's membership. According to Irakli Sesiashvili, Chairman of the Defence and Security Committee, such an event held in a country that is not a NATO member will affect its future steps in the organization.
An anticorruption rally held in Makhachkala. May 27, 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for "Caucasian Knot"
00:17, 30 May 2017
Dagestani journalists: participants of anticorruption rally deliberately refuse to criticize Kremlin
An anticorruption rally held in Makhachkala had nothing in common with the actions held by Alexei Navalny's supporters: participants of the event did not criticize the federal centre, but asked for help. This was noted by Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
At the site of the explosion of a four-storey building in Volgograd. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for "Caucasian Knot"
20:10, 29 May 2017
Regional Court leaves man suspected of causing explosion in Volgograd in custody
The court has dismissed an appeal filed against the arrest of 80-year-old Yuri Babayan, accused of damaging a gas pipe. According to investigators, the above damage caused an explosion in a residential building in University Avenue in Volgograd. This was reported by Olga Tokareva, Senior PR Assistant to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor.
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19:04, 29 May 2017
Truckers from Southern Russia forced to leave Khimki protest camp
After leaving their camp in Khimki, truckers moved to hold the action at the sixth kilometre of the Moscow Ring Highway (known as MKAD). In total, Moscow hosts three protest camps, the Association of Russian Carriers (known as OPR) has reported.
Firefighters and rescue workers in Karachaevo-Cherkessia are helping the residents of the Stavropol Territory. Photo http://www.mchsmedia.ru/news/item/6542929/
17:58, 29 May 2017
Residents of Stavropol Territory blame authorities for failure to alert them
The authorities of the Stavropol Territory have again postponed the evacuation of residents of eastern districts, who are under a threat of flooding, the governor's press service has reported. Local residents-social network users have blamed officials for being unable to timely alert the population and for contradictory evacuation data.
An opening of the commemorative plaque in honour of Magomed Nurbagandov, a staff member of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru
17:00, 29 May 2017
Street in Makhachkala named after Nurbagandov brothers
In the Lenin District of Makhachkala, Nikolaev Street was named in honour of Magomed Nurbagandov, a staff member of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and his brother Abdurashid Nurbagandov, who were killed by militants. The renaming of the street was reported by the administration of Makhachkala.
An opening of the session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Photo © Ruptly. FB / Georgian Parliament
16:49, 29 May 2017
NATO PA calls on Russia to renounce recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
In its declaration, the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of NATO has called on the Russian Federation to withdraw troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, respect the territorial integrity of Georgia and respond to its unilateral commitment of non-use of force.
Participants of the anticorruption rally in Makhachkala. May 27, 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for "Caucasian Knot"
16:00, 29 May 2017
In Makhachkala, police release detained participants of anticorruption rally
In Makhachkala, all the detained participants of the anticorruption rally were released on the same day. Two of them and an organizer of the rally are accused of violating the procedure for holding the rally, and another participant of the rally is charged of disorderly conduct.
Arthur Aliev, the head of the Batlaich village administration. Photo https://www.kavkazr.com/a/28510890.html
15:09, 29 May 2017
Batlaich protesters demand to punish those who beat up village head
They decided to send an official letter to the head of Dagestan with a demand to bring to justice those guilty of beating up Arthur Aliev, the head of the Batlaich village administration in the Khunzakh District. The participants of the rally have also stated that their protests will be continued.
A symbol of the National Guard (known as "Natsgvardia"). Photo http://rosgvard.ru/ru/news/article/novye-naznacheniya-v-federalnoj-sluzhbe-vojsk-nacionalnoj-gvardii-rossijskoj-federacii-1
15:06, 29 May 2017
Russia's "Natsgvardia" identifies man suspected of killing retired law enforcer in Grozny
Ruslan M., detained in the case of the murder of a pensioner of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Grozny on May 26, is a staff member of the Chechen police and not a fighter of the special unit for the National Guard (known as "Natsgvardia") of Russia. This has been clarified by the press service of the North-Caucasian District of the troops of the National Guard of Russia.
13:26, 29 May 2017
HRC "Memorial" extends list of political prisoners
The lists of people recognized by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" as political prisoners mention 23 people, including residents of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, and the Krasnodar Territory. In total, there are 118 people in the lists, and that is 16 more than in late October of 2016.
11:08, 29 May 2017
On May 22-28, 2017, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of May 22-28, 2017, two persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded 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.
Maria Kuchina. Photo: Alexander Safonov https://cska.in/other/news/text/39444/mariya-kuchina-vse-naladitsya-i-budet-horosho-mi-verim-nashemu-rukovodstvu/
10:17, 29 May 2017
After US tournament, Maria Kuchina heads world ranking in high jump
Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), a track and field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, took part in the third stage of the prestigious series of the track-and-field events "Diamond League" in the American city of Eugene. She took the bar installed at height of 2.03 meters.
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Pro-government Russian politicians and the Armenian opposition pointed to the risks in the event of the withdrawal of the military base.

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.