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17:03, 11 April 2017
Power agents report homemade bombs found at Derbent residents
Law enforcers have neutralized two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), found today during the searches conducted in the homes of relatives and friends of alleged militants, law enforcement sources of Dagestan have reported.
Extradition of Alexander Lapshin. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
15:20, 11 April 2017
Blogger Lapshin challenges judgement of Baku court to extend his arrest
The blogger Alexander Lapshin, extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, has filed an appeal complaint against the decision of the court in Baku to extend his arrest by three months.
Makhmud Velitov. Photo: http://afmedia.ru/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/imam700.jpg?itok=qVUYyDIU
13:40, 11 April 2017
Imam Velitov refuses to plead guilty in court
Today, the Moscow District Military Court has started considering the case of Makhmud Velitov, the Imam of the “Yardyam” Mosque, accused of publicly justifying terrorism. Imam Velitov has stated that he does not understand the essence of the charge and refuses to plead guilty.
12:50, 11 April 2017
Georgian citizen sentenced in Russia for posting a video about IS in social networks
In Vladimir, the court has found Ramin Aliev, a citizen of Georgia, guilty of disseminating a video record with calls for terrorism and sentenced him to two years of imprisonment.
Tatiana Dyakova arrives to the meeting with city administration officials. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
04:56, 11 April 2017
Officials propose Dyakov family with many children to leave Sochi
On April 10, in Sochi, the Interdepartmental Commission considered the case of the Dyakov family with many children, who by order of the court should be evicted from the apartment they occupied in a manoeuvrable fund. Officials and the Dyakov family members did not come to a compromise.
Rally of heavy truck drivers in Manas, November 23, 2015. Photo by Ruslan Alibekov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
02:54, 11 April 2017
In Manas, about 1000 truck drivers continue their protest action
The reports about the termination of the protest of drivers of heavy trucks in Dagestan are not true. This was reported by participants in the truck drivers' strike. According to the protestors, new drivers are constantly arriving to the camp of truck drivers near the village of Manas.
North-Caucasian Military Court. Photo: http://kavtoday.ru/18730
02:21, 11 April 2017
Cantemir Zheldashev claims being tortured after detention
On April 10, the North-Caucasian Military Court continued to consider the criminal case against 10 residents of Kabardino-Balkaria accused of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order in the republic and establish a caliphate.
Village of Maraga (Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh) hosts action in memory of people who fell victim to the tragic events of 1992. April 10, 2017. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the 'Caucasia Knot'.
00:44, 11 April 2017
Participants of rally call on world community to assess tragedy in Maraga village
On April 10, in the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh, the village of Maraga hosted the action in memory of people who fell victim to the tragic events of 1992. Participants of the rally demanded from the world community not to ignore the massacres of villagers.
18:34, 10 April 2017
"EcoWatch" reports capture of riverbank in Adygea for private beach
Deforestation and construction of a private beach are underway on the bank of the Kuban River in the Takhtamukai District of Adygea, although the land plot has not been transferred to anyone, the “Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus” (EcoWatch) has reported.
17:16, 10 April 2017
Muftiate treats Brinikh's allegations about theft of Kadyrov's sheep as insulting
The head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Krasnodar Territory and Adygea has sent an application to law enforcement bodies asking to bring the ecologist Valery Brinikh to responsibility for insulting the believers’ feelings. As Mr Brinikh himself found out during his interrogation at the Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE), the Muftiate saw an insult in his publications about the theft of the sheep, sacrificed by Ramzan Kadyrov to poor people in
17:04, 10 April 2017
In April 3-9, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of April 3-9, 2017, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, two people perished; no information about any wounded 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.
Rally participants hold portrait of political prisoner, Baku, March 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
15:50, 10 April 2017
Activists release list of 147 political prisoners in Azerbaijan
The working group, consisting of Azerbaijani rights defenders, NGO activists, journalists and lawyers, has published an updated list of the country’s political prisoners. It has the names of 147 persons; the cases of another six are being monitored by the activists.
Inscription at the truck of protesters. Photo: RFE/RL
13:30, 10 April 2017
Authorities and truckers report provocations around protests in Dagestan
In Dagestan, there are people who, at the background of truckers’ protests, are engaged in staging professional provocations, Ramazan Jafarov, the Deputy Prime Minister, said on April 9, adding that "since Friday, April 7, 2017, the second batch of fake video clips has been spread in the Dagestani segment of social networks and Instant Messengers showing an alleged dispersal of truckers protest and aimed at destabilizing the situation in the republic."
At polling station in Tskhinvali, April 9, 2017. Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:11, 10 April 2017
Azerbaijan refuses to recognize election in South Ossetia
Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijani has announced that the country does not recognize the presidential election and the referendum held in the region on April 9.
South Ossetia citizens come to voter at elections South Ossetian Consulate in Vladikavkaz. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:26, 10 April 2017
South Ossetian CEC confirms data of Anatoly Bibilov's electoral office about his victory
Following the results of the voting at the presidential election in South Ossetia, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the preliminary data. According to those data, Anatoly Bibilov, Speaker of the Parliament, won the election. He has gained 57.98% of the votes and already announced his victory.
Protest rally by LGBT activists. Photo: RFE/RL, http://www.svoboda.org/a/28417768.html
09:10, 10 April 2017
"Radio Liberty" reports about secret gay prison in Chechen village of Tsotsi-Yurt
In Chechnya, homosexuals are kept in at least two secret prisons after being detained, the "Radio Liberty" reports with reference to its sources.
09:00, 10 April 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 3-9
Voting at the presidential election in South Ossetia; terror act in Saint Petersburg, associated by experts with the Caucasian underground; two attacks on law enforcers in Astrakhan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 3-9, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Voting at presidential election and referendum in South Ossetia, April 9, 2017. Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
00:45, 10 April 2017
CEC: at 27 polling stations, voters support renaming of South Ossetia
According to the results of the processing of 35 percent of the protocols for the renaming of South Ossetia to the State of Alania, 78.2 percent of voters cane to the referendum.
Truck drivers meet with Chairman of the Association of Russian Carriers Andrei Bazhutin, April 9, 2017. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:33, 9 April 2017
In Cherkessk, truck drivers demand meeting with Russian top-ranking officials
Today, in Karachay-Cherkessia, at a meeting with truck drivers, the Chairman of the Association of Russian Carriers has stated that in order to achieve the cancellation of the "Platon" system, truck drivers on protest should carry out negotiations not with regional officials, but with the Russian Prime Minister and the Russian Minister of Transport.
Khasan Khatsiev, Magomed Bekbuzarov, Bekhan Soltukiev and Mikail Cherbizhev (from left to right). Collage prepared by the 'Caucasian Knot'. Photo: MIA for Ingushetia Republic.
14:42, 9 April 2017
Four persons wanted in case of killing of policemen in Ingushetia
Khasan Khatsiev, Bekhan Soltukiev, Mikail Cherbizhev, and Magomed Bekbuzarov are put on the wanted list on suspicion of involvement in the killing of inspectors of the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) in Malgobek. This was reported by the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
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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.