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01:55, 20 April 2017
Woman from Dagestan reports her husband’s disappearance after search
Men in camouflage uniform searched the house of Magomedshapi Maglaev, a resident of the village of Tarumovka of the Kizlyar District, after which they took him away to some unknown place. His whereabouts are unknown since April 18, said his wife.
22:29, 19 April 2017
Motorists solve problem with tachographs in KBR
Drivers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) will no longer be fined for the absence of electronic tachographs, said the activists of the “Union of KBR’s Motorists” after their meeting with the leadership of the regional Ministry of Transports.
Nadezhda Azhgikhina. Photo http://ruspekh.ru
21:42, 19 April 2017
"Free Word" links threats to “Novaya Gazeta” with Akhmednabiyev’s and Estemirova’s cases
Threats to journalists coming from Chechnya after publications about persecutions of members of the LGBT-community in the republic may harbinger of greater misfortune, said Nadezhda Azhgikhina, a member of the “Free Word” Association; and Alisa Ganieva, a member of the Association, has added that they would strengthen the support of the journalists, threatened for their honestly performed professional work.
Alexander Iskandaryan, a political analyst. Photo: RFE/RL
20:06, 19 April 2017
Political analysts find Erdogan's reforms good for Armenia
After the constitutional referendum, Turkish authorities will be more concerned with addressing domestic rather than foreign policy problems, the Armenian political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believed. They hope that Western countries, dissatisfied with the Turkish reforms, will provide even greater support to Armenia.
Evgeny Panchuk at Navalny's office in Krasnodar. Screenshot of a video from the YouTube channel of the office, Youtube.com/watch?v=UZ7-Sza5Wn4
18:56, 19 April 2017
Supporter of Navalny treats his exclusion from Cossack Army as unjustified
The Cossack Evgeny Panchuk, who had supported Navalny and was excluded from the registry of the Ekaterinodar District Cossack Society, decided to become a member of another Cossack Society. Panchuk should not support Navalny on behalf of all the Cossacks, his opponents believe.
18:49, 19 April 2017
Truckers of North Ossetia announce termination of their protest action
The carriers from North Ossetia, protesting against the “Platon” system, began leaving the protest camp. Some of them return to work in order to pay off their credits, while others do not intend to go on routes yet.
15:30, 19 April 2017
Dagestani disappears after search of his house
Relatives of a Khasavyurt resident have turned to rights defenders stating his disappearance after detention by unidentified power agents on April 18. They fear that he may be tortured.
Darya Polyudova. Photo: http://www.yugopolis.ru/news/sud-v-krasnodare-prigovoril-aktivistku-dar-yu-polyudovu-k-2-godam-kolonii-87496
14:31, 19 April 2017
Darya Polyudova denied CER because of guilt non-recognition
The Leninsky District Court of Novorossiysk has rejected the application for conditional early relief (CER) lodged by the Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, who is serving her tern in the Novorossiysk colony on charges of extremism. Her defence will appeal against the judgement.
War in Syria. Photo by the user Kurdishstruggle https://www.flickr.com
14:23, 19 April 2017
Court awards native of Dagestan with two years in colony for helping militant in Syria
The North-Caucasian District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Renat Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Dagestan, to two years in a high-security for giving money to a militant for leaving for Syria. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt it at the court's press service.
Konstantin Sedov, the Elder of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses of Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Kbot"
13:32, 19 April 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses refute accusations of financing extremism
Today, at the trial on the liquidation of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses' in Russia as an extremist organization, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has presented documents on the Centre’s finances and stated that money was spent on extremism; however, was not able to justify its assertions.
The Kerch Strait. Photo by Nina Tumanova for "Caucasian Knot"
10:55, 19 April 2017
MfE denies report on three rescued person from sunken dry cargo ship
The Crimean Department of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Russian Federation confirms information about one rescued crew member of the sunken ship "Arsenal Heroes". The search for other 11 sailors is hampered by weather conditions.
A participant of the action in support of homosexuals in Northern Caucasus with a poster "No Concentration Camps". Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for "Caucasian Knot"
10:31, 19 April 2017
Georgian LGBT-activists hold support action of North-Caucasian gays
On April 18, activists of the Georgian LGBT-community held an action in front of the former Russian Embassy in Tbilisi. They demanded from the Russian authorities to stop persecuting homosexuals in Northern Caucasus.
The trucks of the protesters. Dagestan, April 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for "Caucasian Knot"
03:42, 19 April 2017
Ingush truckers reproach authorities for absence of reaction to protest
There was no reaction of officials to the action against the "Platon" system in Karabulak, the local truckers assert. According to their story, almost all the private carriers of Ingushetia have joined the protest.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo: screenshot of a video by the Publishing House "Kommersant" "At five metres distance I fired that shot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lzbBkU83vk
03:03, 19 April 2017
"Kommersant": at first interrogation, Dadaev disclosed details of Nemtsov’s murder
During his interrogation, Zaur Dadaev told that he had shot Boris Nemtsov dead from the distance of about five meters. According to his version, this was the fourth meeting with the victim since the start of shadowing the politician, the “Kommersant” writes.
01:31, 19 April 2017
Truckers report detention of protester near Manas
In Dagestan, Ullubiy Zainudinov, a participant of the truckers’ action against the “Platon” system, was detained after crossing the motorway by a pedestrian crossing. At first the truck failed to give way to Zainudinov, and then he struck the truck’s cab with his fist, the eyewitnesses told the "Caucasian Knot".
The truckers' protest action in the village of Manas. Photo by Ruslan Alibekov for "Caucasian Knot"
23:51, 18 April 2017
Dagestani truckers name five demands to authorities (+video)
Apart from abolishing the “Platon” system, the authorities must abolish the transport tax, justify the rate of fuel excises, solve the problem with the weight control of trucks, put in order the rationing of work and rest hours for heavy truck drivers. These are the demands presented by Dagestani truckers at the meeting with Gadjimet Safaraliev, a State Duma MP.
Activists have appealed to the city prosecutor's office demanding to clear out the situation with the arrested supporters of Alexei Navalny. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot"
22:24, 18 April 2017
Activists demand to look into arrests for action in Sochi "Hyde Park"
Members of the board of the movement "Open Sochi" have turned to the city prosecutor's office demanding to clear out the situation with the arrested supporters of Alexei Navalny after the action held in the "Hyde Park". Organizers have no need to coordinate actions planned in the "Hyde Park" three days in advance with the authorities, activists assert.
The participants of the protest action in the gym at school No. 1 in September 2016. Photo: Diana Khachatryan http://www.president-sovet.ru/
21:01, 18 April 2017
“Beslan Mothers” reproach critics for pettiness and ignorance
The main purpose of addressing the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was to uphold the right to a fair investigation, and not to receive compensations, as some users of social networks assert, said the “Beslan Mothers” Committee. Based on the decision of the ECtHR, Russian authorities should eliminate violations in the inquiry into the terror act, the "Legal Initiative" has stated.
Zelimkhan Evloev. Photo http://sunja.su
19:06, 18 April 2017
Ingush Speaker suggests three-year imprisonment for bride abductors
Zelimkhan Evloev, the Speaker of the Parliament of Ingushetia, has suggested introducing a sentence of three years in prison for abducting brides. He asked MPs to draft an appropriate bill.
A poster of the protesters against the "Platon" system. Photo https://golos-kubani.ru
17:49, 18 April 2017
Activists complain about disunity of Kuban truckers
The disunion of actions of the heavy truck drivers (truckers) of the Krasnodar Territory (Kuban), who are protesting against the "Platon" system, is caused by the pressure of power agents and policemen, the truckers have stated. Many of them confessed that they decided to abandon the protests.
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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.