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17:44, 15 April 2014
Azerbaijani journalist Parviz Gashimli goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Parviz Gashimli, an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights activist, kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) has gone on a hunger strike in protest against violation of his rights, said his advocate Elchin Sadygov.
Azerbaijani woman holding portrait of the perished soldier during the rally against non-combat losses in the Army. Baku, March 10, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:02, 15 April 2014
Sumerinli: enlightenment can reduce non-combat losses in Azerbaijani Army
As reported by the Centre of Military Journalistic Studies named "Doctrine", since the beginning of 2014, human losses in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces made 28 people; 19 of them are the so-called "non-combat" losses. In the opinion of Djasur Sumerinli, the head of the Centre, the problem of great non-combat losses cannot be solved without a complex of measures.
13:47, 15 April 2014
In Sochi, court fines David Khakim with 20,000 roubles for solo picket in support of Evgeny Vitishko
Today, the Sochi Tsentralny District Court has recognized activist David Khakim guilty for holding a solo pickets near the building of the city administration on February 17.
13:34, 15 April 2014
Advocate requests to question former police head in case of Dagestani resident's disappearance
Advocate representing the interests of family members of a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan who disappeared in 2012 has sent an appeal to the head of the Investigating Committee for Dagestan. The advocate requests to question staff members of the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division) in the case of the Akav Khalidov's disappearance.
13:02, 15 April 2014
Trial on claim filed by HRC "Memorial" against Prosecutor's Office is postponed till May 23
Court hearing on the claim of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which challenges the request of the Prosecutor's Office to get registered as a foreign agent, has been postponed till May 23 because of illness of a judge.
Residents of Untsukul District during the meeting in Irganai village. Dagestan, March 5, 2014. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:50, 15 April 2014
Sociologists explain Russians' optimism towards situation in Caucasus by Crimea's accession
The population of Russia expresses a surge of optimism in relation to the situation in Caucasus. This was proved by the data of the recent survey led by the Levada Centre, conducted on March 21-24, compared to the survey conducted in this January.
07:39, 15 April 2014
76 participants from Caucasian regions attend Yerevan conference "Caucasus is our common home"
The conference "Caucasus is our common home" held in Yerevan gathered 76 persons from all regions of Caucasus. Only the delegation from Azerbaijan failed to come to Armenia, and they took part in the event online.
Relatives of Aliskhan Gurazhev at the meeting with the leader of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Magas, April 11, 2014. Photo by press service of Ingushetia leadership, ingushetia.ru.
02:30, 15 April 2014
Ingush Ombudsman: two detainees from Maiskoe are kept in Vladikavkaz SIZO
Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev, residents of the village of Maiskoe of North Ossetia, accused of possession of drugs, are kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Vladikavkaz, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the office of the Ombudsman for the Republic of Ingushetia.
01:15, 15 April 2014
Defendant in Politkovskaya's murder case declares innocence
At the trial in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", held at the Moscow City Court on April 14, Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, one of the defendants, categorically declared his innocence of the crime.
21:53, 14 April 2014
"Musavat" to call for boycott of European Olympic Games, if political prisoners are not released
The Azerbaijani oppositional "Musavat" Party has urged the authorities of the country to release political prisoners. Otherwise, the party plans to address the democratic countries of the world to boycott the upcoming European Olympic Games-2015 to be held in Baku, said Gyulyaga Aslanly, the deputy chairman of the "Musavat".
20:24, 14 April 2014
Azerbaijan: police would not set activist of "Promoting Democracy" Tofig Gasymov free after his arrest expired, NGO reports
In Azerbaijan, Tofig Gasymov, an activist of the public organization "Promoting Democracy", which operates in the Salyan District, was not released after the completion of his administrative arrest. A criminal case was opened against him under the article of "extortion by threats", said a source from his NGO.
20:15, 14 April 2014
SC of the KBR quashed deportation of Syrian student
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has partially upheld the complaint lodged by Otkhman Ayal, an ethnic Circassian and now a Syrian national, and reversed the decision to deport him, said a source from the local department of the Federal Migration Service (FMS).
Ammunition. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
15:00, 14 April 2014
Ammunition and smoke bomb found in hideout in KBR
Employees of the inter-municipal district "Baksanskiy" of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) found a hideout near the cemetery in Baksan with ammunition and a smoke bomb, said the press service of the Republic's MIA.
The action "We Choose Europe". Tbilisi, April 13, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:40, 14 April 2014
Georgia: about 1500 persons take part in action "We Choose Europe"
The action-concert "We Choose Europe" was held in Tbilisi on April 13 in Europe Square, in the old town. It was attended by about 1500 people, both ordinary citizens and NGO activists and politicians. They expressed Georgia's desire to join the European Union and to be a European nation.
Ovik Abramyan. Photo: Muchacha 208, commons.wikimedia.org
12:51, 14 April 2014
New Armenian Premier to form his new government within 20 days
According to Eduard Sharmazanov, the press secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Abramyan's candidacy was approved by the RPA's executive body.
The village of Shalazhi in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya. Photo by Denis Mukimov, http://danlux.livejournal.com/19244.html
09:45, 14 April 2014
Power agents found no militants in Urus-Martan District of Chechnya
Law enforcers failed to find any possible members of the armed underground in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, where on April 12 a militant who rendered resistance was killed, a source from the republic's law enforcement bodies told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Weapons. Photo nac.gov.ru
01:30, 14 April 2014
On April 7-13, 2014, three people were killed in Northern Caucasus in the armed conflict
During the week from April 7 to April 13, at least six people suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, three were killed and three others wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Letter of Andrey Slyusarev, the spokesman of the Grave Crimes Investigation Department of the Investigating Department for the Astrakhan Region of the ICRF, sent to the mother of the the victim. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:35, 13 April 2014
Investigators to check legality of stopping the case against director of Astrakhan boarding house
According to Vladimir Markin, the spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), investigators will check the legality of termination of the criminal case of abuse of office against Valentina Urazalieva, the former director of the Raznochinovsky boarding house.
Spontaneous meeting on the Federal Highway "Kavkaz" with a demand to release detained Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev. North Ossetia, Prigorodny District, near the village of Novy, April 11, 2014. Screenshot of a video, http://mehkkhel.org/?p=8974
10:45, 13 April 2014
North Ossetia: relatives of detained residents of Maiskoe claim fabrication of criminal case
The criminal case against Maiskoe villagers Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev was fabricated, their relatives claim. Meanwhile, the court has ruled to arrest Gurazhev and Barkinkhoev.
00:50, 13 April 2014
Krasnodar: Professor Savva's defence challenges the verdict
The defence of the conditionally convicted Mikhail Savva has appealed his verdict at the Krasnodar Territorial Court, said his lawyer Marina Dubrovina. His rights to the defence were violated during the trial, said the Professor.
News
Russian passports. A screenshot photo by https://rkomi.ru/news/3024. Procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia simplified

An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

A fragment of the drone that crashed in the Krasnoarmeisky District of the Krasnodar Territory. May 28, 2023. Photo from Yuri Vasin's Telegram channel https://t.me/krasnoarm_admin/8424 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 22-28, 2023

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.