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15:44, 15 April 2019
Activists call on Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office to release political prisoners
In the course of the campaign "Free all!", Azerbaijani activists sent petitions to the Prosecutor's Office with a call to assist in the early release of more than 30 political prisoners.
A soldier of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh at the military positions. Photo by the Ministry of Defence for Nagorno-Karabakh http://www.nkrmil.am
11:46, 15 April 2019
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 230 shelling attacks per week
In the period from April 7 to April 13, Azerbaijan 230 times violated the ceasefire, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
Football players enter the field at the "Akhmat Arena" Stadium on April 13, 2019. Photo by the press service of the "Lokomotiv" FC ttps://www.fclm.ru/ru/publications/news/19888
11:39, 15 April 2019
Residents of Chechnya report being obliged to attend football match
Public employees and students were obliged to attend a match of the "Akhmat" FC in Grozny, and they were to express their active support to the football club, residents of Chechnya reported.
Akhmed Barakhoev (on the left) and Musa Malsagov at a press conference of the leaders of the protests in Ingushetia. Screenshot of the video by the "Ingush Autumn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHJl8WXNTk
11:28, 15 April 2019
Ingushetia: protest leaders arrested for two months
The court arrested for two months Akhmed Barakhoev and Musa Malsagov, leaders of the protests in Ingushetia.
Alavdi Khadjaev. Screenshot of the Grozny TV channel report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAMaVik1cco
11:23, 15 April 2019
Chechen residents treat local TV's report as reaction to Tumso Abdurakhmanov's criticism
The Chechen TV released a story about relatives of Alam Khadjaev, who left the republic after a resonant road traffic accident with his participation in 2016. In the TV story, the Khadjaevs speak about their voluntary decision to leave Chechnya and criticize a blogger who called their departure forced. The criticism is addressed to Tumso Abdurakhmanov, residents of Chechnya believe.
11:26, 14 April 2019
Five persons hospitalized after conflict in Armenian village
On April 13, a shootout broke out in the village of Zartonk of the Armavir Region of Armenia, during the conflict of supporters and opponents of the village elder. Two participants of the conflict, including the gunman, were detained; five people were hospitalized, the police and the Investigating Committee have reported.
Olga Karpukhnova holds picket in Volgograd, April 13, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
11:20, 14 April 2019
Volgograd activists picket against President Putin's policies
Six solo pickets were held in central Volgograd. Activists declared political repressions, unemployment and the deterioration of Russians' life quality.
Akhmed Barakhoev takes part in rally in Magas. Screenshot from video posted by Ilez Pliev at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjeTkWnqw04
11:05, 14 April 2019
Akhmed Barakhoev stops his hunger strike
For the first time in ten days, Akhmed Barakhoev, the arrested Ingush elder, agreed to eat. He was persuaded to stop his hunger strike by Kabardino-Balkarian Ombudsperson, said his advocate.
10:57, 14 April 2019
Police disperse protest action at Baku school
Policemen have used force against the activists, who gathered on April 13 for an action, demanding to punish those responsible for the suicide of an eighth-grader schoolgirl from a Baku school.
Akhmed Barakhoev. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video
17:59, 13 April 2019
Akhmed Barakhoev is figurant of criminal case
The Ingush elder and protest leader, Akhmed Barakhoev, has not been released today from the IVS; and a criminal case was opened against him for using violence against law enforcers, his advocate has informed.
17:50, 13 April 2019
Armenian customs officer quits after Pashinyan's claims
Ayk Martirosyan, a customs inspector, who received a remark from the Prime Minister due to his inappropriate attitude to the Armenian flag, has been dismissed. The State Revenue Committee has informed that Martirosyan quitted his post at his own will.
Residents of Novomonastyrskoye village. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
17:36, 13 April 2019
Authorities ignore needs of Dagestani villagers when fixing border with Chechnya
The village of Novomonastyrskoye, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, the disputed area next to which Chechnya registered as its own, was not visited by the commission on border demarcation between the republics; and no meetings on this issue were held, local residents have reported. They complained about the acute shortage of pastures; therefore, they have to pay Chechens for grazing cows in their territory.
Musa Malsagov (left) and Barakh Chemurziev. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot from video posted by Ilez Pliev at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjeTkWnqw04У Screenshot from video by Kavkaz.Realii, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0TN_VlQnU
17:21, 13 April 2019
Leaders of Ingush protests not released from Nalchik IVS
Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, who have served their administrative arrests, were detained again on suspicion of calling for mass riots and the use of force against a power representative, their advocates have informed.
Residents of barracks in Maisky, 1990s. Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the Caucasian Knot
12:07, 13 April 2019
Officials in Nazran demand refugees to move out of barracks
The forced migrants from the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, living in three barracks in Nazran, have received prescriptions from the Mayoralty to move out. In total, 15 families are under a threat to stay homeless. They tell that they have nowhere to go, since they were not provided with alternative housing; and it was impossible to buy some for the money allocated to refugees.
11:49, 13 April 2019
Kadyrov fails to abandon the idea to write off gas debts
The Chechen authorities have never demanded to write off all debts for the consumed gas, but insist on an individual approach to different consumers-debtors, the press secretary of the head of the republic has stated.
Cairo. Photo: Cairo Photography Vyacheslav Argenberg - Islamic Cairo VascoPlanet.com, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2898002
11:37, 13 April 2019
Egypt tightens custody conditions for Ingush detainees
The Ingush students detained in Egypt have complained to their relatives about the inhuman custody conditions in the Cairo prison. The young people are chained to beds and left without water, their relatives have stated.
A woman with traces of beatings. Photo: RFE/RL, https://rus.azattyk.org/
08:33, 13 April 2019
UN finds Russia responsible for violence in Chechen family
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has supported Shema Timagova, a victim of domestic violence, in her complaint against the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. The Russian authorities are offered to pay compensation to her.
The Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus. Photo: press service of EcoWatch, http://ewnc.org/ewnc_about
08:26, 13 April 2019
Court in Adygea fines "EcoWatch"
The "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) is the first organization fined for involvement in the activities of the "Open Russia" (recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia by the General Prosecutor's Office). The City Court of Maikop, the capital of Adygea, considered the case, although activists could not come to the session, the lawyer of the "EcoWatch" has stated.
Kizlyar Disctrict of Dagestan. Photo: Tamdikatamdikabalebale https://ru.wikipedia.org
08:21, 13 April 2019
Kadyrov's initiative on Dagestani border threatens Kremlin with problems
The demarcation of interregional borders is of little interest for the federal centre, but the actions of the Chechen authorities at the borders with the neighbouring republics create problems for the Kremlin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Akhmed Barakhoev. Screenshot from video posted by user RIA Derbent, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2nvDvpSo6k
22:04, 12 April 2019
Barakhoev's hunger strike at Nalchik IVS lasts for nine days
The Ingush elder Akhmed Barakhoev will not stop his hunger strike until his release from temporary detention centre (IVS) on April 13, his son Ilez said today.
News
Mourning events are taking place in Beslan on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack.

Grozny residents complained about regular power outages.

Residents of the apartment building in Makhachkala with an emergency elevator. Photo: NNT / Telegram channel Makhachkala residents have requested to replace the emergency elevator in the apartment building.

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.