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Vineyard in Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy. Photo: Giovanni, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pracucci
23:00, 10 April 2012
A trip to Italy of Volgograd officials was informal and was not paid from the budget. This was stated by the administration of the Volgograd Region. However, bloggers and members of the Regional Duma doubt that the trip was paid from personal finances of the delegates.
22:30, 10 April 2012
Today, about 500 residents of the village of Minbashi and Zalgaragat of the Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan, who were affected by the flood of the Kura River, have held a protest action.
A resident of Sochi signs resolution of the rally for protection of natural beaches and parks of the Imereti Lowland against commercial developments. Sochi, April 10, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Beresteneva for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 10 April 2012
Today, Sochi hosted sanctioned rally against privatization and destruction of beaches and park areas, organized by the territorial public self-administration (TPSA) "Psou". The protest action was attended by more than 300 persons.
22:10, 10 April 2012
The murder of Umar Gadaborshev, Chairman of Council of Ingush Clans may be connected with the conflict between clans; however, investigators do not rule out other versions. This was reported by the Security Council of the Republic.
22:00, 10 April 2012
There is no information about the involvement into the armed underground of Salakhuddin Buruzhev, Zina Velkhieva, and Shamsudin Gardanov, who were killed on April 3 during a special operation in Nazran. This was announced by Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, on April 9 at a meeting with relatives of the deceased people.
21:10, 10 April 2012
On April 10, the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan chaired by Judge Gyulzar Rzaeva dismissed an appeal filed by human rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov and upheld the verdicts of guilty pronounced by lower court instances.
 The special operation on March, 1, 2012 in the settlement of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt district. Photo from nak.fsb.ru
21:00, 10 April 2012
Head of Committee of Inquiry of Russia Alexander Bastrykin has taken control of inspection on the complaint of beating up Abdurahman Djakaev suspected of illegal storage of arms by the police personnel of Khasavyurt, Djakaev's attorney Sapiyat Magomedova reported.
21:00, 10 April 2012
The Tbilisi City Court decided to release businessman Konstantin Rodionov, a Russian citizen, who is accused of illegal visit to Abkhazia.
Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, April 9, 2012, a participant of the march dedicated to the 20th anniversary of tragic events in the village of Maraga. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 10 April 2012
A youth procession devoted to the 20th anniversary of the tragic events in the settlement of Maraga, Martakert district, was held in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Rally of residents of the village of Minbashi, Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan, April 8, 2012. Photo by Nasrullah Nurullaev, a member of the office of the Civil Society "Kura"
19:00, 10 April 2012
Residents of the settlement of Minbashi, Sabirabad district of Azerbaijan, recommenced their actions of protest demanding resignation of local municipality Ruhulla Godjaev and representative of executive authority of the settlement Beiler Iskanderov. They also demand release of Coordinator of the staff of civil community "Kura" Oktay Giulalyev.
Oleg Shein speaks to his supporters at an improvised rally. Astrakhan, April 10, 2012. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 10 April 2012
The participants of the hunger strike in Astrakhan protesting against the results of Mayor's election held an unauthorized street action which developed into a collision with supporters of the incoming Mayor Mikhail Stolyarov.
Oktai Gyulalyev (centre), the coordinator of the office of the civil society "Kura" talks to villagers of Minbashi, Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan, April 8, 2012. Photo by Nasrullah Nurullaev, a member of the office of the civil society "Kura"
23:00, 9 April 2012
In Azerbaijan, Oktai Gyulalyev, the coordinator of the civil organization "Kura" was sentenced to 12-day administrative arrest on charges of disorderly conduct.
22:30, 9 April 2012
To support participants of the political hunger strike, who do not recognize the results of the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan, a number of public figures, journalists and politicians go to visit them.
Rally in support of protesting hunger-strikers at the offices of the governor of the Astrakhan Region in Moscow, April 9, 2012. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 9 April 2012
Sergey Udaltsov, the coordinator of the movement "Left-Wing Front", announced the beginning of a hunger strike in solidarity with Oleg Shein, ex-candidate for the position of Mayor of Astrakhan. At present, five members of the "Left-Wing Front" participate in the hunger strike.
22:10, 9 April 2012
In Azerbaijan, seven activists, who were detained prior to the opposition rally held on April 8 at the time of distributing leaflets calling to participate in that action, were sentenced to administrative arrests.
Picket of the teachers from the Centre for Creative Development and Humanitarian Education in Krasnoarmeyskaya Street in Sochi, April 9, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 9 April 2012
Today, six teachers from the Centre for Creative Development and Humanitarian Education in Krasnoarmeyskaya Street held a rally, demanding to stop felling of trees and construction of parking facilities in the territory of the educational institution.
21:00, 9 April 2012
On April 8, in Square of the 200th anniversary of Stavropol, the activists of the movement "Ecological Patrol" held a picket aimed at drawing attention to the problem of the destruction of urban forests. At the picket, the activist collected signatures on an appeal to the top-ranking officials of the country.
Law enforcers' special operation in the village of Khasanya, Kabardino-Balkaria; Nalchik, April 2012. Courtesy of the http://www.nak.fsb.ru/
20:00, 9 April 2012
At least 28 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in the period of April 2-8: 22 persons were killed and 6 wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", based on own materials and information from other public sources.
Participants of the "Russian jogging" in Anapa, April 8, 2012. Photo by Andrei Koshik for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 9 April 2012
Russian nationalists from Krasnodar, Slaviyansk-on-Kuban, Novorossiysk, the stanitsa of Dinskaya, Armavir and other places of Rostov and Stavropol regions came to take part in the "Russian jog". The action passed off without incidents.
Leonid Tibilov. Photo by IA "Res", http://cominf.org
18:00, 9 April 2012
Ex-Head of KGB Leonid Tibilov was elected President of South Ossetia after polling 56,12% or 15 786 votes of the electorate, Chairperson of Central Election Committee (CEC) Bella Plieva reported. David Sanakoev polled 42,65% or 12 439 votes. Turnout of voters made 71,26%.
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.