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23:00, 23 April 2012
Symbolic funeral of Armenian oligarchy held in Yerevan
At the protest action aimed to protect the Mashtots Park in Yerevan, activists held a symbolic funeral ceremony of oligarch Olik Garkhyan.
22:00, 23 April 2012
Nagorno-Karabakh youth holds torchlight march in memory of victims of Armenian Genocide
In the evening on April 23, Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, hosted a torchlight march and a rally to commemorate the victims of the genocide of Armenians committed in the Ottoman Empire.
Dagestan, Karata, building of the Central District Hospital. Photo by Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 23 April 2012
Dagestan: teenager seriously wounded by policeman brought to Makhachkala for further treatment
Imadibir Makhiev, 16, who on April 16 was shot in his head by a policeman, was transferred from the Akhvakh Central District Hospital to Makhachkala, to the intensive care unit of the Republic's Clinical Hospital.
20:00, 23 April 2012
In Dagestan, policemen ask parishioners not to visit the mosque of Kaspiisk
In Kaspiisk, employees of the local GOVD (City Interior Division) have asked the believers not to visit the mosque, located in Aeroflotskaya Street, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a local resident Abakar Abakarov.
19:00, 23 April 2012
Forty hunger-strikers take part in protest in Astrakhan
The office of Oleg Shein, a member of the "Spraveldivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party and an ex-candidate for the Mayor of the city, has reported that the political hunger strike against the outcomes of the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan has now 40 participants.
Shirinbadji Alieva (center) evicted from her house at 211Mirza Aga Aliev Street, Baku, April 23, 2012. Photo: www.musavat.com
18:00, 23 April 2012
In Baku, woman evicted from her flat in central city after speaking at oppositional rally
Today, Shirinbadji Rzaeva and members of her family were evicted from their apartment in Baku. This happened after she expressed yesterday, on April 22, her strong criticism at the oppositional rally against the leadership of Azerbaijan and the Baku Mayoralty for massive violations of citizens' property rights.
16:00, 23 April 2012
Two persons arrested in Volgograd for propaganda of Nazism
Law enforcement authorities of Volgograd have detained two young men, one of whom stuck a swastika sticker to his T-shirt and went to the Easter Sacred Procession, while the other was disseminating leaflets with Hitler's portrait on the dictator's birthday.
10:00, 23 April 2012
Over one hundred people participated in a meeting in Nalchik “Mothers of KBR in protection of the citizen’s rights and freedoms”
On April, 21, non-governmental organization “Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria in protection of the citizen’s rights and freedoms” held a meeting in Nalchik authorized by the municipal authorities. Over one hundred people gathered at the meeting. They demanded from the authorities to take steps to prevent escalation of violence in the republic.
09:00, 23 April 2012
Yerevan became “World Book Capital-2012”
In the evening of April, 22, the capital of Armenia was officially granted the title of “World Book Capital-2012” from Buenos Aires.
08:13, 23 April 2012
Participants of a meeting in Dagestan demanded punishment for a policeman who shot at a teenager
On April, 22, a meeting with about one thousand participants was held in the settlement of Karata, Ahvakh district. During the action its participants demanded punishment for Zaur Djalilov, officer of Ahvakh Department of Interior Affairs. It is suspected that on April, 16, he shot into a sixteen-years-old local resident’s head.
23:00, 21 April 2012
Parade of 5000 Cossacks held in Krasnodar
Public events dated to the 21st anniversary of the signing of the Law "On Rehabilitation of Repressed Nations", which covered Cossacks, were held on April 21 in Krasnodar.
22:00, 21 April 2012
Searched conducted in two auls of Krasnodar Territory, eyewitnesses report
Several buses with special agents have arrived this morning in two auls (villages) located in the Krasnodar Territory near the city of Armavir.
21:00, 21 April 2012
Beverages from Georgia return to Russian market
After a 6-year-long embargo, Georgian drinks get back to the Russian market, namely, the lemonade "Zedazeni" produced by the recently opened "Georgian Beer Company", said its Commercial Director Kakha Paichadze.
20:00, 21 April 2012
Oleg Shein announced conditions of his quitting the hunger strike
The ex-candidate for Mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein has announced the conditions, under which he will quit his hunger strike: he will stop it immediately upon release of four protesters. Mr Shein has emphasized that the main reason to stop the hunger strike was the statement of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) about revealed violations during the election of the city Mayor.
19:00, 21 April 2012
About a hundred persons come out to protest in Kabardino-Balkaria
In the city of Baksan, about a hundred people blocked a bridge on the federal highway. One of the protesters has explained that people were outraged with the fact that they could not get the body of the local resident, who was shot dead last night.
18:00, 21 April 2012
Georgian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili founds a new party
Today, the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the oppositional coalition "Georgian Dream", has founded a new party – "Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia".
17:00, 21 April 2012
Azerbaijan amends Electoral Code
On April 20, the National Assembly of Azerbaijan adopted amendments to the country's Electoral Code (EC).
16:00, 21 April 2012
Dagestan: NGO forum offers to set up call centre for power agents' victims
The participants of the forum "Dagestan to Dagestani people" have proposed to set up a special call centre for victims of actions of power agents. The forum was attended by about 300 delegates, who represented public organizations from all over the country.
15:00, 21 April 2012
In Sochi, HRW experts fix human rights violations in preparation for the Olympics
Experts of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) have noted violations of migrant workers' rights; these migrants are engaged in preparing Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics. They also fixed violations related to alienation of land plots and resettlement for construction of Olympic objects and infrastructure, violations of the freedom of speech, and pressure on journalists and civil activists.
13:00, 21 April 2012
"Armavia" presents new Yerevan-Milan flight
On April 19, the "Armavia" Airline completed a flight Yerevan-Milan-Yerevan, where 50 Italian tourists were the passengers.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

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.