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A protest gesture. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili
07:00, 18 April 2018
Women murdered with impunity in Caucasus: Who is to blame?
When commenting on a brutal murder of a young woman in Khasavyurt, rights defenders have reported that in Dagestan, the situation with violence against women differs a little from the situation in Russia in general.
Participants of the protest action on April 17, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:07, 18 April 2018
In Yerevan, protesters explain their dissatisfaction with Serzh Sargsyan
Supporters of the opposition movement "My Step!" interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent see the main problems of Armenia in the failures in the foreign and domestic politics, in the social, economic and education spheres, as well as in the total corruption and the presence of oligarchs.
Akhmet Yarlykapov. Photo: press service of the School of International Relations at MGIMO http://www.imi.mgimo.ru/ru/component/content/article/12-glavnaya/899-v-mgimo-obsudili-problemu-radikalizatsii-musulman-na-severnom-kavkaze.html
05:46, 18 April 2018
Political analysts report expansion of ISIL beyond Northern Caucasus
The majority of special operations and detentions of suspected supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia began to take place outside Northern Caucasus, states political analyst Akhmet Yarlykapov. Meanwhile, experts do not expect a significant increase in the activities of IS supporters in Russia.
Women in a refugee camp in Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
02:52, 18 April 2018
Three Azerbaijani women sentenced to death penalty in Iraq
The Central Criminal Court of Iraq recognized three Azerbaijani women as members of the "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia) and sentenced them to death penalty.
A police station. Photo: screenshot of the video on the Imedi channel https://www.imedi.ge/ge/video/23275/qronika-1700-saatze--18-aprili-2018-tseli
23:53, 17 April 2018
Georgian resident detained on border with South Ossetia
Russian border guards detained a shepherd from the Gori District of Georgia, his fellow villager who managed to escape has told.
Protesters in Yerevan. April 17, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:47, 17 April 2018
Moscow Armenians support protests against Serzh Sargsyan
In Moscow, opponents of Serzh Sargsyan's Premiership held an action near the Armenian Embassy with appeals to "Reject Serzh". They treated his previous policy as a failure.
Opponents of Serzh Sargsyan. Yerevan, April 17, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:48, 17 April 2018
Activists in Karabakh support Serzh Sargsyan's opponents in Armenia
Five residents of Stepanakert have held an action, urging Serzh Sargsyan, a former Armenian president, appointed today to the post of Prime Minister, to quit politics.
Serzh Sargsyan's photo in a leaflet put on a barbed wire. Yerevan, April 17, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:23, 17 April 2018
Serzh Sargsyan elected Prime Minister of Armenia
Today, most of the Armenian MPs have voted today for the appointment of former President Serzh Sargsyan as the Prime Minister.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
16:11, 17 April 2018
Ramzan Kadyrov loses leading positions in rating of popular politicians in Russia
In 2017, the media mentioned Ramzan Kadyrov twice less often than oppositionist Alexei Navalny, the "Medialogia" reports. Meanwhile, the leader of Chechnya fell into the top five most mentioned politicians.
Special operation. Photo by Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru
14:00, 17 April 2018
In Southern Russia, IS unit leader commits suicide bombing
In the Rostov Region, one person was killed and three others were detained during a special operation against members of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) banned in Russia, the FSB reports.
Kakha Kaladze, Tbilisi Mayor and a former AC Milan defender, with the players at a friendly football match. April 14, 2018. Photo: Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli
07:37, 17 April 2018
Students from Africa complain of aggression from Georgian residents
A conflict between students from Africa and residents of Tbilisi has provoked a great resonance. To reconcile the parties to the conflict, the Tbilisi Mayoralty arranged a friendly football match.
A march in the center of Grozny. Its participants are students and youth activists. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
04:41, 17 April 2018
In Grozny, students forced to attend march on Day of Peace and CTO cancellation
In Chechnya, in honour of the ninth anniversary of the CTO legal regime cancellation, the authorities of the republic organized a march and festive events. In Grozny, students of the higher education institutions claimed they were obliged to participate in the march.
Demonstrators after dispersal of protests by the police. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:07, 17 April 2018
Oppositionists condemn brutal dispersal of protests in Armenia
The European Armenian Forum has called on the police not to use force against participants of an action in Yerevan, and the "Apricot Country" Party has condemned the law enforcers' actions against demonstrators.
The detained offenders. April 16, 2018. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia //06.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/news/item/12820112/
20:04, 16 April 2018
Three Ingush residents detained for shooting at wedding party
Five young men opened fire from the car of a wedding cortege in Nazran. Three of them were detained, the remaining two have been declared wanted.
Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the demonstrators, was wounded in the clashes but came back to the rally. Yerevan, April 16, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:02, 16 April 2018
Yerevan: 46 people wounded after protests against government (+video)
Forty demonstrators and six policemen addressed for help to doctors after clashes in Yerevan.
A law enforcer during CTO. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-botlihskom-rayone-dagestana-v-hode-kto.html
11:22, 16 April 2018
On April 9-15, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from April 9 to April 15, 2018, at least two people were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information was received about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Azerbaijani sniper. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/provoditsya-sorevnovanie-na-zvanie-luchshij-tankovyj-ekipazh-font-color-red-video-font-22213.html
09:29, 16 April 2018
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling from grenade launchers
On April 15-16, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire for 76 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
09:05, 16 April 2018
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 9-15, 2018
Voting at the presidential election in Azerbaijan; protests in Armenia against the nomination of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister; Freedom House's criticism of the democracy level in Russia and the countries of Southern Caucasus; spontaneous rally in Nalchik with the demand to punish killers of taxi driver; actions of animal rights defenders in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 9-15, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Participants of the discussion "Nation, army, family" in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:59, 16 April 2018
Forum calls on students of Armenia to fight for recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh
Participants of the all-Armenian student forum have called on students of Armenian higher educational institutions to unite around the national idea and participate in the process of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Cars and athletes who took part in motor races. Photo by Pavel Chepurkov for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:40, 16 April 2018
Grozny residents forced to watch motor races
On April 14 and 15, in the Chechen capital, the motordrome "Grozny Fortress" hosted the first stage of the Russian series of ring races under the SMP Racing programme for the development of motorsport. Among the spectators there were many public employees, who claimed they were forced to attend the competitions.
News
Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Cherkessk City Court. Photo from the Telegram channel of the United Press Service of the Courts of Karachay-Cherkessia https://t.me/sudpress09/1776 The court agreed to transfer the defendants in the Kalimatov case from the Armavir pretrial detention center.

Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

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.