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Supreme Court of Dagestan. Photo: press service of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, http://vs.dag.sudrf.ru/
21:50, 12 April 2019
The arrest of Ramazan Alibiev, accused of storing firearms, has been appealed against at the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan. His defence has stated today that pressure is exerted on Alibiev to force him to admit his guilt and reject advocates.
Brothers Mekhman  (left) and Emin Guseinov meet in Viena after 9-year separation, April 9, 2019. Photo courtesy of Emin Guseinov
17:06, 12 April 2019
Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani blogger and the chairman of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), has managed to go abroad to participate in international events. Last night, he flew to Europe.
Law enforcers during protest action against an agreement on border with Chechnya, Magas, October 6, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
16:58, 12 April 2019
The case of the participation of Abo Dobriev in the armed underground, instituted after they failed to prove his participation in the protest action, has reminded law enforcers' statements about links of the activist Muslim Khashagulgov with militants, Ingush oppositionists have noted.
79-year-old Tofiq Aliev, native of Azerbaijan, now leaving in the town of Askeran in Nagorno-Karabakh, April 11, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:31, 12 April 2019
Forced migrants from Azerbaijan need money, help and suitable housing, activists from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) assert. They have set up a group "Gone with the Fate" on the Facebook, which, in their opinion, should draw attention to the problems of refugees and allow them to get help from sponsors.
Screenshot from the page of the special project of HRC "Memorial": https://bazanaev.memohrc.org/audiocomix?fbclid=IwAR0nwholIoBU9TEIHXrk5iN9BC5LweuqrkWulJeXFbckpVYjOJ1nqyIg_Ng
15:12, 12 April 2019
For six years already, Vazir Bazanaev, a resident of the Dagestani village of Chinar, has been suffering from law enforcers' obsessive supervision. He was put under the so-called "police prophylactic control" back in 2013; since then, the law enforcers cannot leave him alone. The history of the Dagestani, who complained about the encroachment of his privacy, is covered by a special project of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
13:45, 12 April 2019
In Baku, the police have disrupted a march in defence of Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the "Nida" movement, and other political prisoners. Three of the marchers were temporarily detained.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
13:33, 12 April 2019
Large losses of gas in Chechnya happened during the years of warfare, therefore, the state and the "Gazprom" must write off the republic's debt, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. Russia had forgiven debts to many countries, the head of Chechnya has recalled in his comment on the court judgement on the gas indebtedness case.
Activist Ismail Nalgiev holds picket in support of arrested protesters. Screenshot of Facebook photo, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2417326668553522&set=a.2143406419278883&type=3&theater
13:24, 12 April 2019
The Ingush activist Bagaudin Khautiev is the first to be officially accused under the case of using violence against law enforcers. Arrests of oppositionists are conducted in Ingushetia every day; over the past nine days, at least 40 activists were detained.
Taxi in Tbilisi. Photo: Nicolai Cosedis Andersen https://www.flickr.com/
08:31, 12 April 2019
More than 300 taxi drivers arrived at the Bidzina Ivanishvili's residence in Tbilisi, demanding to cancel the new regulations of the taxi market in the capital of the country.
Border between South Ossetia and Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
08:23, 12 April 2019
A resident of the village of Zardiantkar, located on the border with Georgia, was kidnapped right from his garden, the office of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement has reported.
Ramazan Alibiev. Photo: press service of HRC 'Memorial', https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/dagestanec-rasskazal-o-pytkah-v-otdele-policii
21:58, 11 April 2019
Ramazan Alibiev, accused by the Dagestani law enforcement bodies of storing a pistol and rounds, complained that law enforcers tortured him to force him to confess to a crime, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.
Dog handler with a dog. Photo: Yuri Grechko / Yugopolis
21:51, 11 April 2019
Law enforcers began searching for explosive devices in Volgograd schools, hospitals, shopping centres, and office buildings after reports of bombs.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo courtesy of Robert Kocharyan’s administration
18:37, 11 April 2019
Today, the Armenian Court of Appeal has refused to release on bail Robert Kocharyan, the second president of the country. An advocate has announced the intention to challenge the court's decision at the cassation instance.
Akhmed Barakhoev. Photo: Fortanga Org, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmHRYIwW80
18:25, 11 April 2019
Relatives failed to convince 64-year-old Akhmed Barakhoev to stop his hunger strike. It lasts eight days and threatens his health state, reports today Ilez, a son of the Ingush Elder.
Aftermath of the searches in the office of the EcoWatch. Photo: press service of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus, http//www.ewnc.org/node/26610
14:27, 11 April 2019
The Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights under the Russian President (known as the Human Rights Council – HRC) has addressed the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory asking to check the legality of the searches conducted at residences of the activists of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus (EcoWatch).
14:19, 11 April 2019
It is necessary to analyze the DNA of the remains found in Batumi in the mass burial of those repressed in 1937-1938, the Muslims of Georgia believe. They have demanded to rebury the remains into a neutral cemetery, which does not belong to any religious institution.
100 metre-long flag of Armenia at rally in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:08, 11 April 2019
The Citizen's Day will be marked on the last Saturday of April. Social network users express different opinions regarding the new holiday.
Participants of mourning events in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:02, 11 April 2019
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Armenia have held events in memory of the victims of the tragedy in the village of Maraga. We need to ensure that the international community knows what happened in the village 27 years ago, said Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Ombudsperson of Armenia.
Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the Civil Assistance Committee. Photo: press service of the Civil Assistance Committee, refugee.ru
10:50, 11 April 2019
Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of the Civil Assistance Committee, talked on the phone with the activist Barakhoev, who has been holding his hunger strike for a week already at the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison); Svetlana is ready to come to Ingushetia.
Special force agents. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
10:41, 11 April 2019
The first court session on the case of Ingush students was held behind closed doors; so far, investigators have not presented any proofs of their guilt. Russian diplomats and the father of one of the detainees were not allowed to the courtroom, Yusup Abakarov, the head of the consular division of the Russian Embassy to Egypt in Cairo, has explained.
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.