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Father of Makhma Muskiev (in the foreground) makes a speech in front of his fellow villagers at the meeting on January 13, 2017. Screenshot of the report made by the TV channel Grozny.tv
11:38, 8 April 2017
Father of Turpal-Ali Muskiev exiled from Chechnya buried under control of law enforcers
Turpal-Ali Muskiev, a resident of the village of Tsotsi-Yurt of the Kurchaloi District, who was exiled from his village in January 2017, died in Dagestan several ago and was buried in Chechnya. The funeral took place in the native village of Turpal-Ali Muskiev under the control of law enforcers, local residents report.
People who came to the Supreme Court of Russia to express their support of the management centre of Jehovah's Witnesses. Photo: https://www.jw-russia.org/news/17040614-133.html
06:57, 8 April 2017
Experts see no extremism in statements of Jehovah's Witnesses about truth of their religion
Members of many religious movements express their conviction of the uniqueness of their doctrines. This opinion was voiced by members of human rights organizations and religious scholars questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
The participants of a protest action of truck drivers in Dagestan. Screenshot of a video by "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gQJixhYYSg
05:50, 8 April 2017
Truck drivers on protest in Tukhchar move to Krasnoarmeysk
After the dispersal of the protest action in the village of Tukhchar, Dagestani truck drivers in 20 vehicles have moved to the town of Krasnoarmeysk.
The participants of the truckers' protest action in Dagestan. Screenshot of a video by "Caucasian Knot", published on YouTube
23:59, 7 April 2017
Dagestani truckers blame authorities of ignoring their protests
Andrei Bazhutin, the leader of the Association of Russian Carriers, came to meet the heavy truck drivers, who hold their protesting in Dagestan, who told him that during 12 days of their strike Federal TV Channels had not dared to truthfully cover the protests, while local authorities failed to start dialogue.
20:08, 7 April 2017
Sochi activist states no reasons for his arrest
Aleksei Shtaba, a resident of Sochi, arrested on March 26, the day of anti-corruption rallies, claims that he was sentenced to seven days for organizing two actions, which he had nothing to do with. He filed to the Territorial Court a complaint against the district policeman officer and the judge.
Nikolai Naumov, the participant of the truckers' protest action against the "Platon" system. KBR, April 4, 2017. Screenshot of a video by "Caucasian Knot"
18:52, 7 April 2017
Truckers leave action venue in KBR
The truckers, who held their protest in the vicinity of the dwelling settlement of Prokhladny, have left the venue, and gathered today to discuss how to continue the strike. So far, the truckers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have not refused to participate in the action demanding to abolish the "Platon" system.
Alexander Lapshin. Photo: Sputnik/Murad Orujov
18:00, 7 April 2017
Arrest of blogger Lapshin extended until July 15
Today, the court in Baku has decided to extend the custody of Alexander Lapshin, extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, by other three months.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili making an annual report in the Parliament of Georgia. Photo courtesy of the press service of the President of Georgia
17:59, 7 April 2017
Georgian President rebukes party in power of refusal to hold dialogue
Having monopolized the power at the Parliament, the MPs of the "Georgian Dream" practically rejected a dialogue with other political forces. Besides, the dynamics of reforms, headed by them, is not impressive, said President Giorgi Margvelashvili.
Alexander Dolzhenko at the doctor's appointment at the republic’s hospital of Kalmykia. Photo by Aslan Nikolaev for "Caucasian Knot"
15:29, 7 April 2017
Dolzhenko transported from Elista hospital to SIZO
Alexander Dolzhenko, a former manager of the “Dalnaya Step” Company, who was sentenced on April 6 to two years in colony and hospitalized after sentencing, has been placed today into a SIZO (pre-trial prison) cell. Prison doctors found no reason for hospitalizing him into the SIZO medical unit, said his wife Irina.
The Russian Supreme Court. Photo http://www.supcourt.ru
15:19, 7 April 2017
Defence of Jehovah's Witnesses tells on planted evidence and blames MoJ for double standards
The Russia’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is trying to attract the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in its local communities in Russia to responsibility for the sanctions imposed by the courts not on them. Their defence has stated it at the Russian Supreme Court (SC) and insisted that accusations of extremism remain unproved and the evidence was planted.
Igor Stenin. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for "Caucasian Knot"
14:55, 7 April 2017
ECtHR registers Igor Stenin’s complaint
The complaint, sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with the verdict passed to Igor Stenin, the leader of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", has been registered by the Court.
Advocate Alaudi Musaev after the verdict passed by the Elista City Court. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for "Caucasian Knot"
09:51, 7 April 2017
Dolzhenko’s advocate and relatives treat ECC’s verdict as shameful
The advocate and the wife of Alexander Dolzhenko, the former arbitration manager of the “Dalnaya Step” Company, have condemned the guilty verdict passed by the Elista City Court (ECC) and stated Alexander’s innocence. The defence has appealed against the verdict, since it believes that Dolzhenko's rights to defence had been violated at the trial.
Aram Manukyan. Photo http://www.aysor.am/
08:57, 7 April 2017
Punishment to Aram Manukyan, "Sasna Tsrer" member, tightened
Investigators have added to Aram Manukyan, accused in the case of capturing the building of the police patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment in Yerevan, a charge under another article of the Armenian Criminal Code.
In the courtroom of the Supreme Court at the hearings in the case of the ban of the activities of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia https://vk.com/jw_ru?w=wall-47474202_72866&z=photo-47474202_456242150%2Fwall-47474202_72866
08:41, 7 April 2017
MoJ states possible criminal prosecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
After the liquidation of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses, the believers may get under criminal cases for violating the anti-extremist legislation, the spokeswoman of the Russia’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) told the Supreme Court (SC) on April 6.
Banners with political advertising in the streets of Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for "Caucasian Knot"
05:18, 7 April 2017
Armenian political analysts exclude post-election mass protests
It is unlikely that political forces in Armenia will organize protests against the outcomes of parliamentary elections, as they will not be able to ensure the mass character thereof; and it will quickly bring the protest movement to nothing, local political analysts believe.
22:34, 6 April 2017
Five persons leave Chechnya under programme of "Russian LGBT-network"
More than 20 people from Chechnya have appealed for help in connection with persecutions for their non-traditional sexual orientation; five of them have already left the republic, the "Russian LGBT-network" has reported.
21:55, 6 April 2017
Residents of Dagestan hold auto rally in support of truckers
Today, over 200 passenger cars took part in the motor rally in support of the truckers, who are on a strike against the "Platon" system, held near the village of Manas. The participants of the motor rally and truckers complained about provocations and pressure of power agents.
At the site of the explosion in Rostov-on-Don. April 6, 2017. Photo http://replyua.net/putin/60824-vzryv-v-centre-rostova-na-donu-video-s-mesta-chp.html
21:16, 6 April 2017
Explosion in Rostov-on-Don triggers wave of reports about suspicious objects
Today, law enforcers of Rostov-on-Don have made at least five visits in response to reports about suspicion objects. No explosive devices were found, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
A meeting of Andrei Bazhutin, the leader of the Association of Russian Carriers, with the activists in Volgograd. Volgograd, April 6, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Knot"
19:27, 6 April 2017
Volgograd truckers report some progress in dialogue with authorities
Today, the strike of truckers of the Volgograd Region, who take part in the All-Russian action against the "Platon" system, was visited by Andrei Bazhutin, the leader of the Association of Russian Carriers (ARC). According to Mr Bazhutin and truckers, the authorities of the region are trying to establish a dialogue with them; while the protesters hope to convey their position to the Russian State Duma.
Members of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses. Photo: User:Russianname https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:18, 6 April 2017
MoJ admits absence of links of criminality with publications of Jehovah's Witnesses
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has no information about the offences committed under the influence of the literature of Jehovah's Witnesses, the spokesperson of the MoJ told the court. According to his story, the claimants also have no data about the number of religious associations of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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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.