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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.
Supreme Court of Dagestan. Photo: press service of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, http://vs.dag.sudrf.ru/
21:50, 12 April 2019
Defence tells about pressure on arrested resident of Dagestan
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 managed to leave Azerbaijan
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
Ingush activists compare cases of Dobriev and Khashagulgov
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
Refugees in NKR tell about housing problems
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
"Memorial" tells Dagestani's story on "prophylactic registration" in a cartoon
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
Police disrupt march in defence of political prisoners in Baku
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
Kadyrov urges Gazprom to write off part of Chechnya's gas debt
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
Bagaudin Khautiev, first of 40 detainees, charged for protests in Ingushetia
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
Tbilisi taxi drivers threaten authorities with endless protests
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.
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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.