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23:10, 18 April 2011
The "Caucasian Knot" posts its readers' SMS-messages on its forum
The Internet medium "Caucasian Knot" begins publishing SMS-messages received from its readers by means of its SMS-service, in a special section of its Forum.
23:00, 18 April 2011
Unknown persons take documents away from Ingush MP Yusup Kostoev
At about midday, at the exit from Magas, the service car of Yusup Kostoev, a Deputy of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia, was stopped. Three men armed with submachine guns, one of them in mask, without presenting themselves, asked Kostoev to show documents. Then they fled with the documents on his car.
22:50, 18 April 2011
Native of Caucasus murdered by Moscow policeman had no knife, eyewitnesses assert
In Moscow, an officer of one of special police units, after a traffic conflict, beat to death an elderly taxi driver, a native of Azerbaijan. Eyewitnesses of the incident state that the casualty had no knife, as had been earlier claimed by the policeman.
Detention of Swedish journalist My Roderstrit during protest action of the opposition in Baku, April 17, 2011. Photo by the "Turan" Information Agency
22:40, 18 April 2011
Azerbaijani authorities expel three Swedish journalists
The three Swedish journalists were detained in Baku on Sunday, April 17, when they watched the protest of the opposition. The Azerbaijani State Migration Service told them that they had violated the visa regime.
22:20, 18 April 2011
Defendants in Nalchik attack case protest against removal of refrigerators and TV-sets from their cells
Today, at the trial about the attack on Nalchik, undertaken on October 13, 2001, the defendant Azamat Akhkubekov announced a statement that a group of defendants was ready to go on hunger strike as of tomorrow in protest against removal by the SIZO administration of the refrigerators and TV-sets, which had been bought by inmates' relatives. The statement was signed by 24 defendants.
22:10, 18 April 2011
Moscow City Court refuses to dismiss jury in Markelov's murder case
Today, the Moscow City Court has dismissed a petition to dissolve the jury, which considers the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov. The jurors retired to the jury room for passing the verdict on the case.
Women-hunger-strikers demanding to address the deficit of places in Volgograd kindergartens. Volgograd, April 17, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 18 April 2011
Mothers in Volgograd demanding free enrollment in kindergartens for their children stopped their hunger strike
On April, 17, eighteen mothers in Volgograd who had participated in a three-day hunger strike demanding free enrollment of their children in kindergartens have stopped their action of protest. The authorities of the region formed a working group for solving the problem.
22:00, 18 April 2011
At trial on Markelov-and-Baburova murder case chair rejects judge challenge
Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk, chairing the trial on the murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, has dismissed the petition lodged by Alexei Nikulochkin, defendants' advocate, on judge disqualification. The judge explained his decision by saying that a judge challenge should be petitioned prior to formation of the jury.
Policemen detaining a protester at the oppositional rally in Baku, April 17, 2011. Courtesy by the "Turan" Information Agency
21:00, 18 April 2011
65 participants of a meeting detained in the capital of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani police detained 65 participants of an unauthorized action in Baku which had been planned by a number of oppositional parties, law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan report.
20:00, 18 April 2011
Head of Astrakhan region earned 1,5 million rubles last year
According to official data from the web-site of Astrakhan regional Government, Alexander Zhilkin, Governor of Astrakhan region, earned one and a half million rubles last year.
19:00, 18 April 2011
Four participants of drivers' strike in Sochi arrested
In Sochi, four fixed-route taxi drivers who held strike against free transportation of privileged passengers were subjected to administrative arrest.
18:00, 18 April 2011
Lithuania: Egle Kusaite demands to stop tapping her phone conversations
Today, Egle Kusaite, a citizen of Lithuania, accused of preparing a terror act in the territory of Russia, has filed a lawsuit with a demand to stop tapping her telephone conversations.
23:00, 16 April 2011
Figurant in Kuschevskaya massacre case confesses of murdering two businessmen
Vitaly Ivanov, one of those accused of murdering 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, has confessed that in September 2003 he killed two entrepreneurs, acting together with his accomplice.
Above left: Sheikh Khalid Al-Hamid (UAE), co-author of the Godudu.com, multilingual social network, at its presentation at the Russian Theatre in Makhachkala. April 15, 2011. Photo of the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 16 April 2011
First world multilingual social network presented in Dagestan
On April 15, the Russian Theatre of Makhachkala hosted an official presentation of the world's first multilingual social network Godudu.com.
20:00, 16 April 2011
Information received from South Ossetia about attack on rights defender Aseev
At the rally of fire victims held in Tskhinvali an attack was made on human rights defender Vissarion Aseev, runs the message that arrived today from South Ossetia to the SMS-service of the "Caucasian Knot".
Police cordon in the way of demonstrators during protest rallies in Baku, April 2, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 16 April 2011
Amnesty International calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop suppressing peaceful demonstrations
On the eve of the rally in Baku, appointed by the Azerbaijani opposition for April 17 with a demand of democratic reforms, the international human rights organization Amnesty International has urged the Azerbaijani authorities not to admit any police's attack on peaceful demonstrators.
Fire victims rallying in Tskhinvali. April 16, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 16 April 2011
Protesters in Tskhinvali demand money to build houses
The participants of the rally, which started today in the capital of South Ossetia at 11 a.m., want to get money from regional authorities to build new houses; their homes burnt down during the August 2008 war.
17:25, 16 April 2011
Power agents block central Nazran, local residents report
In Ingushetia, the central part of the city of Nazran is blocked. Many streets are patrolled by power agents in masks with firearms; the city is full of armoured vehicles, local residents say.
17:00, 16 April 2011
Resorts near Elbrus are closed to tourists because of CTO in KBR
As stated by the operative headquarters (OHQ) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), since April 16, because of continuing threat of subversive and terror acts, the republic keeps all its mountain resorts near Elbrus closed for tourists.
Passers-by have to ford flooded streets of Astrakhan. April 13, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
16:00, 16 April 2011
Rains flood streets and houses in Astrakhan
The rain that poured on Astrakhan on April 12-13 flooded the main streets and houses of residents who live in their private houses in the low areas of the city. The city administration has sent 28 special vehicles to pumping water from the streets. The problem is aggravated since the city has no storm sewer system.
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The ban on travel on the Transkam has been lifted.

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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.