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A law enforcer. Ingushetia. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
11:16, 25 April 2019
Chechen MIA reports decrease in number of militants killed in Q1 2019
In Chechnya, in January-March this year, one alleged member of the armed underground was killed, whereas in the same period of 2018, there were six of them, an official of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed, thus, confirming the data of the "Caucasian Knot" about the number of alleged members of the armed underground killed during these periods.
Protests in the village of Nardaran. November, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:08, 25 April 2019
Relatives report grave condition of convict in "Nardaran case"
Farkhad Muradov, a supporter of the "Muslim Unity" (MU) movement, is denied a transfer to a prison hospital; his condition is worsening, his relatives have complained.
Vano Merabishvili. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180924/242211921/U-Merabishvili-otravlenie-Otvet-spetsialnoy-penitentsiarnoy-sluzhby.html
08:42, 25 April 2019
Vano Merabishvili denied CER
The commission has refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Vano Merabishvili, the former Georgian Interior Minister, who had been convicted in the case of beating an MP. The defence has treated the denial as politically motivated.
08:37, 25 April 2019
Court legalizes refusal to investigate torture of Grozny resident
A court in Grozny has refused to satisfy a complaint against a refusal to open a case on the application of Ibragim Yangulbaev about his torture by law enforcers, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has reported today. The defence intends to appeal against the ruling.
08:32, 25 April 2019
Ingush activist Aushev arrested for two months
A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has ruled to imprison Ruslan Aushev, suspected of involvement in clashes with law enforcers at a rally in Magas. While justifying the arrest, investigators presented uncertified copies of documents, but the court ignored this, the advocates Akhmed Kaloev and Magomed Bekov affirm.
Screenshot from video 'Policemen from Moscow Region are beating a father of MMA world champion Magomed Yunusilau', https://youtu.be/MamA4pnlMEE
21:44, 24 April 2019
In Moscow Region, three policemen suspected of cruel beating of Dagestani native
Three policemen suspected of beating a man in Orekhovo-Zuevo, who later died in hospital from the injuries he got, were arrested. A source from the law enforcement bodies reported that the deceased man was a father of MMA world champion Magomed Yunusilau.
Policeman Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:35, 24 April 2019
"Mothers of Beslan" gets MIA's support in struggle for checkpoint
The Chief Directorate for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NFCD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) found rational an appeal filed by the NGO "Mothers of Beslan" with a request to preserve the "Chermen" checkpoint at the border with Chechnya, a member of the NGO reports today. The "Mothers of Beslan" opposed the Ramzan Kadyrov's call to remove all checkpoints between the regions of Northern Caucasus.
Policemen, Cairo. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
18:55, 24 April 2019
Ingush students arrested in Egypt face sharp health deterioration, their relatives report
Four Ingush students kept in a Cairo prison were transferred to a medical unit because of deterioration of their health state after a hunger strike, their relatives reported. After a meeting with family members of the arrested students, human rights defenders promised to contact the Russia's Ombudsperson.
Takhir Begeldiev. Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauunxvbGtM
18:35, 24 April 2019
ICRF: two residents of Stavropol Territory involved in Shamil Basaev's raid on Dagestan
Takhir Begeldiev and Nariman Otepov, two residents of the Stavropol Territory, were involved in an attack on Dagestan led by Shamil Basaev and Emir Khattab in 1999, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Banner at the torchlight procession held in Stepanakert on April 23, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:43, 24 April 2019
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh demand compensation for Armenian Genocide
In Stepanakert, participants of a torchlight procession urged the international community to give the legal assessment of the Armenian Genocide and force the guilty party to pay compensation to the Armenian people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
The US Navy USS Ross DDG-71 destroyer. Photo: Paul Farley - http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060625-N-0780F-001.jpg, Общественное достояние, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4544703
15:31, 24 April 2019
NATO ship arrives for joint exercises with Georgian military personnel
The US Navy USS Ross DDG-71 destroyer has arrived in Batumi. The US ship will take part in joint exercises with two Georgian patrol boats, and then it will leave the territorial waters of Georgia on April 25.
Aslan Yandiev in the courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
15:20, 24 April 2019
Key witnesses testify in favour of Aslan Yandiev
Umar Khadziev and Ruslan Tsurov, sentenced in cases on terror acts committed in North Ossetia, deny the prosecutor's version in the Aslan Yandiev's case. Both witnesses state that they do not know Aslan Yandiev and that they confessed to the crimes under torture.
Participants of torchlight march in Yerevan. Photo: Facebook page of organizers of the torchlight march: https://www.facebook.com/events/325013381406396/permalink/325013398073061/
11:34, 24 April 2019
Armenian residents commemorate genocide victims with torchlight marches
Armenia has held torchlight marches in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. In the capital of the country, the event was held under the motto "Full and fair compensation".
11:22, 24 April 2019
Dagestan: detainee confesses to preparing attack on policemen
One of the five persons detained in Chechnya and Dagestan on suspicion of preparing terror acts, has told law enforcers their plan to attack policemen with the help of a quadcopter.
Torchlight march in Stepanakert, April 23, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:13, 24 April 2019
Over 2300 take part in torchlight march in Stepanakert (+video)
More than 2300 residents of Stepanakert have participated in the traditional torchlight march in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Apart from torches and candles, the marchers carried flags of the countries, which have recognized the Armenian Genocide.
Races at a hippodrome in Gudermes. Screenshot from video report by TV Company 'Grozny', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVRrAIhfkEc
01:27, 24 April 2019
Construction of hippodromes in Chechnya raises payback issues of Kadyrov's projects
The second hippodrome in Chechnya has been opened in Shali; the third one is being built in Grozny; it will be the largest in Northern Caucasus. Horse races in Chechnya are held very rarely, local residents said. To make a hippodrome profitable, it must have hundreds of races per year and take toto bets, said the branch workers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Sculpture "Exemplary Kaspiysk Resident". Screenshot from "golos.dagestana" Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwlrcr4n216/
01:07, 24 April 2019
Idea of installing sculpture in Kaspiysk sparks debates about garbage in social networks
A sculpture to a citizen who has brought garbage to a bin will be installed in Kaspiysk in order to draw attention to the problem of spontaneous dumps in the city. The initiative of one of the construction companies has caused a hot debate in social networks about the sources of garbage in the streets of Kaspiysk and other cities of Dagestan.
Rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:09, 23 April 2019
Third Ingush activist detained over the day
Rashid Aushev has become today, together with the activists detained earlier, Khasan Katsiev and Akhmed Nalgiev, the third suspect in the case of clashes with law enforcers at a rally in Magas, the advocates, Akhmed Kaloev and Magomed Bekov, have informed.
One of five people detained in Dagestan and Chechnya on charges of preparing terror attacks. Screenshot from post by Telegram Channel 'Oper slil' dated April 23, 2019. https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@operdrain
22:54, 23 April 2019
Five persons suspected of plotting terror acts in Chechnya and Dagestan
Five members of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, were preparing attacks on law enforcers in the cities of Kaspiysk and Grozny, the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has informed.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (left). Screenshot from video by Abu-Saddam Shishani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNfFPaXpqAo; Magomed Daudov, screenshot from video at http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o. Collage by the Caucasian Knot
22:33, 23 April 2019
Daudov and Abdurakhmanov dispute about Aslan Maskhadov's Russian passport
Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, has entered a remote dispute with the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, and supported Ramzan Kadyrov's opinion.
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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.