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Elchin Mamed. Screenshot of the video published on the Kanal13 YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmH31Q8uTdQ
23:47, 5 May 2022
Human rights defender Elchin Mamed’s mother asks President Aliev to pardon her son
Rakhilya Mamedova, a mother of convicted journalist and human rights defender Elchin Mamed, called on the President of Azerbaijan to pardon her son. The woman fears that a hunger strike in prison could result in her son’s death.
Participants in the rally. Yerevan, May 4, 2022. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:35, 5 May 2022
Number of activists detained in Yerevan reaches 69
In Yerevan, the police detained 69 protesters for failure to obey the police. Levon Kocharyan, one of the organizers of the protest action, called a clash between marchers and policemen the result of a provocation by the police.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev (on the right) in the courtroom. Photo by the press service of the Presnya District Court of Moscow
16:22, 5 May 2022
Chechen Djumaev placed into dungeon
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who was sentenced to five years within the case of using violence against law enforcers, has been place into the dungeon (punishment cell).
Alanian Men's Monastery in North Ossetia. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:16, 5 May 2022
Amid sanctions, Russian govt corrects NCFD development plans
With account of the anti-Russian sanctions, the North-Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) will mainly develop its agriculture, the transport infrastructure and tourism, including in Dagestan, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Chechnya, the Russian government has indicated in the development strategy for Northern Caucasus.
The opponents of Pashinyan have blocked streets in Yerevan. Screenshot of the video by the NEWS AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZSYLsi0WFk
15:56, 5 May 2022
Pashinyan's opponents block streets in Yerevan
The activists demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, have blocked several streets in Yerevan, the Armenian capital. Law enforcers have detained at least three persons.
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili. Photo: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=410894323838316&ref=sharing
15:36, 5 May 2022
Rights defenders state doctors' non-admittance to Saakashvili
The prison administration has refused a council of doctors to visit Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, an ex-president of Georgia, the NGO "Empathy Centre for Psychological Rehabilitation of Torture Victims" has informed. In Tbilisi, protesters demanded to let Saakashvili to go abroad for medical treatment.
Volunteers from Chechnya. Photo by the Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company https://grozny.tv/news/main/47477
14:36, 5 May 2022
Military experts dispute about Kadyrov's data on sending volunteers to Ukraine
In Chechnya, it is realistic to train within a week about two hundred volunteers to be sent to Ukraine, if they already have experience in military service, a military expert has pointed out in his comment on Ramzan Kadyrov's words about training of volunteers.
Participants in the rally. Yerevan, May 4, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:33, 5 May 2022
Analysts assess potentials of protest movement in Armenia
The Armenian protest movement has the potentials capable to paralyze the state ruling, but the organizers are using them incorrectly, experts believe.
A participant in the rally against restricting the activities of media and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan. December 28, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:27, 5 May 2022
Azerbaijani activists demand to stop pressing media
In Azerbaijan, the independent journalists and bloggers who expose corruption are under pressure and persecution, the participants of the conference on the state of media in the country have stated.
Participants in the rally. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 4 May 2022
National Security Service of Armenia warns opposition against storming parliament
The opposition is preparing to storm the parliament building, the National Security Service of Armenia has announced, warning protesters of criminal liability. The parliament building is under heavy police protection.
Coming out of Deniz, a native of Dagestan, a transgender woman. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllZrHgfuK4
23:57, 4 May 2022
Coming-out of a transgender woman from Dagestan highlights problems of queer people in Northern Caucasus
In Northern Caucasus, transgender people face rejection from their relatives and friends and persecution, and they are exposed to mortal danger, therefore they prefer to hide their sexual orientation and leave their native lands, but they also face difficulties with employment and documents outside their homeland.
The police during the rally. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:53, 4 May 2022
Armenian Ombudsperson criticizes police actions
The police act aggressively while detaining people at protest actions in Armenia, and a number of activists have been injured, Ombudsperson Kristine Grigoryan reports.
Vadim Shekurov. Screenshot https://vk.com/club175236711?w=wall-175236711_845
23:50, 4 May 2022
Administration of Temryuk District reports about death of a military man in Ukraine
Artilleryman Vadim Shekurov perished in Ukraine, the Temryuk district administration reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the information about at least 19 perished natives of the Krasnodar Territory has been officially confirmed.
The police during a rally in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:33, 4 May 2022
Activists block bridge in central Yerevan
Law enforcers have begun detaining opposition supporters who blocked the Kyiv Bridge located in central Yerevan.
Krasnodar Regional Court. Photo by the court's press service
16:30, 4 May 2022
Krasnodar resident fails in challenging the imposed fine for discrediting Russian Army
After his participation in an action against a special operation in Ukraine, a Krasnodar court has upheld the fine imposed on Denis Dolgushin, a resident of Krasnodar, for his alleged discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Elchin Mamed. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/PmH31Q8uTdQ
16:14, 4 May 2022
Rights defender Elchin Mamed goes on hunger strike in Azerbaijani prison
Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani human rights defender and a journalist has refused to eat while demanding his release from jail. Mr Mamed, who is suffering from serious illnesses, has decided to go on a hunger strike because he has despaired of gaining freedom, human rights defenders have noted.
Doctors held a protest action demanding to release Mikhail Saakashvili, May 3, 2022. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoSzPli0Ufs
16:07, 4 May 2022
Georgian doctors ask USA to help releasing Saakashvili
In Tbilisi, protesters demand a meeting with the US ambassador aiming to tell him about the state of health of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, and ask for help in setting Saakashvili free. His health condition has worsened, an oppositional MP has informed.
The village of Khramort, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:00, 4 May 2022
Khramort villagers treat it premature to return home from evacuation
In recent days, the situation on the contact line near the village of Khramort has been calm; several families have returned to the village, but agrarian works can't be performed, the administration of the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.
A participant in the rally against restricting the activities of media and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan. December 28, 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:58, 4 May 2022
Analysts assess Azerbaijan's place in RWB's press freedom index
Despite its progress from the 167th to 154th place in the World Press Freedom Index, Azerbaijan remains among the countries with a non-free press.
Participants in the rally demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan. Yerevan, May 3, 2022. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:34, 4 May 2022
Yerevan: oppositional rally invites Armenian citizens to join protests
An oppositional rally held in France Square in Yerevan gathered up to 7000 people, the police have informed. After Nikol Pashinyan's resignation, an interim government will be formed, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, an oppositional MP, has stated.
News
Human rights activists have identified a propaganda element in the new arrests in connection with the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

In November 2025, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.

Rosaviatsiya has closed the airports of Grozny and Vladikavkaz.

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.