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Andrei Bocharov, the Governor of the Volgograd Region, during the Easter Mass. Photo http://vlg-media.ru/society/andrei-bocharov-vstretil-pashu-v-hrame-ust-medvedickogo-spaso-preobrazhenskogo-zhenskogo-monastyrja-41328.html
23:31, 17 April 2017
Bocharov meets protesting entrepreneurs, but gives no promise
The today's meeting of Andrei Bocharov, the Governor of the Volgograd Region, with small and medium businessmen ended immediately as the Governor completed his more than two-hour-long speech. The protesting entrepreneurs tried to attract his attention, but they were not allowed to ask questions.
20:46, 17 April 2017
Ninth suspect in case of explosion in Saint Petersburg metro detained
The ninth suspect of involvement in organizing the terror act in Saint Petersburg was detained in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region, the FSB Public Relations Centre has reported.
Grozny. Chechnya. Photo: Timur Agirov http://timag82.livejournal.com/66821.html
20:41, 17 April 2017
Investigators start checking reports of threats against “Novaya Gazeta”
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) is checking the information about threats to journalists of the “Novaya Gazeta” in connection with their publications about the oppression of gays in Chechnya.
Suren Edigarov near the Sochi Court. April 17, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot"
18:52, 17 April 2017
Organizer of action in support of Navalny arrested in Sochi for eight days
The Sochi court found Suren Edigarov guilty of holding an unsanctioned action and arrested him for eight days. In his turn, Edigarov asserts that activists were detained as a result of a provocation.
A rally of truckers against the “Platon” system. Photo by Andrei Platonov, Yuga.ru
18:38, 17 April 2017
KBR’s truckers state absence of dialogue with authorities
The authorities would not start dialogue with the protesters against the “Platon” system, said the truckers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), noting that they are ready to protest again.
Law enforcers. Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 17 April 2017
HRC “Memorial”: resident of Chechnya disappears after his trip to Dagestan
The family of Djakhar Bisultanov, a resident of the Grozny District, cannot find him for a week. He disappeared on April 11 after he went to Khasavyurt to meet his girlfriend, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported.
The Moscow "Kyrgyzstan" cinema. Photo: http://archsovet.msk.ru/news/byvshie-gorodskie-kinoteatry-stanut-rayonnymi-centrami-prityazheniya
17:26, 17 April 2017
Convicts for plotting terror declared political prisoners by HRC "Memorial"
The case of plotting of a terror act in the Moscow "Kyrgyzstan" cinema was fabricated. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". 15 persons sentenced in the case, including natives of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD), were recognized by the HRC as political prisoners.
Khadjimurat Gatsalov, Mufti of North Ossetia. Photo rusplt.ru
11:25, 17 April 2017
Mufti of North Ossetia condemns attacks on Beslan's mothers after they win case at ECtHR
After the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced its decision on the complaints filed by the victims of the seizure of the Beslan school, people started posting comments in social networks with condemnation of the complainants. Khadjimurat Gatsalov, Mufti of North Ossetia, spoke in support of the mothers of Beslan.
The participants of subbotniks. Photo https://chechnyatoday.com/content/view/300285
10:07, 17 April 2017
About 400,000 people take part in subbotniks in Chechnya
In Chechnya, employees of public institutions have called their participation in the voluntary Saturday works (subbotniks) organized by the authorities as "voluntary-compulsory." During six weeks, about 400,000 people took part in the large-scale cleaning of the city. This was reported by the administration of the Chechen leader and the government of Chechnya.
09:00, 17 April 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 10-16
Celebration of Easter by Orthodox residents of Northern and Southern Caucasus; final results of the presidential election in South Ossetia; decision pronounced by the ECtHR on the complaint filed by victims of the terror act in Beslan; election of the Speaker of the Abkhazian Parliament; two criminal cases instituted against top-ranking Dagestani officials; release of the updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 10-16, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
A law enforcer during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/04/02/v-khasavyurte-neitralizovan-glavar-kizlyarskoi-bandgruppy.html
03:40, 17 April 2017
On April 10-16, three persons perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of April 10-16, 2017, three persons perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; and no information about the wounded ones was received. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Galina Rylova has been living in the apartment No. 148 in the house number 1 "A" in Soviet Guard Street for six years. Astrakhan, April 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Knot"
20:32, 16 April 2017
In Astrakhan, tenants of dilapidated house demand resettlement
In Astrakhan, tenants of a dilapidated house in the Trusovsky District demand to resettle them to a safe house. The resettlement will take place with the availability of financing and free premises in the manoeuvrable fund, officials from the City Mayor's Office report.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Igor Sechin. Photo: Openrussia.s3.amazonaws.com
15:04, 16 April 2017
Economists explain position of "Rosneft" on assets in Chechnya by shareholders' interests
The "Rosneft" cannot transfer its assets to Chechnya for free, since, apart from the state, other shareholders also hold shares of the corporation. This was explained by economists. Auditors, who estimated assets of the amount of 12.5 billion roubles, did not come to Chechnya and did not evaluate the conditions for oil production there, report officials from the regional subsurface management department.
Olga Noskovets at a solo picket. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot"
02:00, 16 April 2017
Ecologist Olga Noskovets holds picket against construction in floodplain of Dagomys River
The activist has held a protest action in front of the construction site of high-rise buildings, where the construction works were conducted even on a day off. This was reported by the of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Krasnodar animal defenders urge not to attend the circus shows where animals are involved, April 15, 2017. Photo by Alexei Mandrigeli for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
21:21, 15 April 2017
Krasnodar picketers oppose cruel treatment of animals
On the International Circus Day, Krasnodar animal defenders urged townspeople not to attend the circus shows, where animals are involved; and demanded from the authorities to stop shooting stray dogs, but use sterilization instead.
Faig Amirov. Photo: RFE/RL
15:52, 15 April 2017
Defence states impossibility of activist Amirov’s treatment in Baku SIZO
Doctors have diagnosed new diseases in Faig Amirov, the financial director of the “Azadlyg” newspaper, a figurant in the case of supporters of the preacher Fethullah Gülen. In the conditions of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), he cannot receive the necessary dietary food, said his advocate Fakhraddin Mekhtiev.
13:54, 15 April 2017
Thirty-eight terror act victims still in Saint Petersburg hospitals
After discharge of two patients injured by the explosion in Saint Petersburg’s metro, 38 people still remain hospitalized. Two of them are still in grave condition, Anna Mityanina, the Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg, has reported today.
11:31, 15 April 2017
Two ecologists detained in Krasnodar
Oleg Desyatov, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), and a female volunteer of the "Greenpeace" were detained during a search carried out on April 14 in an apartment of Pavel Suganeev, a resident of Krasnodar and a member of the "EcoWatch". This was reported by Alexei Avanesyan, an advocate of Pavel Suganeyev.
Pre-trial prison in Rostov-on-Don. Photo: Russia's GUFSIN for Rostov Region.
06:55, 15 April 2017
Ruslan Zeitullaev rejects forced nutrition, his advocate reports
Ruslan Zeitullaev, a defendant in the case of a "Hizb ut-Tahrir" unit, intends to continue his hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don until all his demands are met.
02:41, 15 April 2017
Khasan Katsiev, who complains about torture, rejected re-classification of his beating case
The case of infliction of moderate harm to health of Khasan Katsiev, a former employee of the Ingush Department for Combating Economic Crimes (known as UBEP), who complained about torture, was brought from the police to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Magomed Katsiev, the father of the victim, on April 14.
News
In March 2026, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Muftis of the North Caucasus republics have announced the start dates for Ramadan.

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.