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Aram Manukyan. Photo http://www.aysor.am/
08:57, 7 April 2017
Investigators have added to Aram Manukyan, accused in the case of capturing the building of the police patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment in Yerevan, a charge under another article of the Armenian Criminal Code.
In the courtroom of the Supreme Court at the hearings in the case of the ban of the activities of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia https://vk.com/jw_ru?w=wall-47474202_72866&z=photo-47474202_456242150%2Fwall-47474202_72866
08:41, 7 April 2017
After the liquidation of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses, the believers may get under criminal cases for violating the anti-extremist legislation, the spokeswoman of the Russia’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) told the Supreme Court (SC) on April 6.
Banners with political advertising in the streets of Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for "Caucasian Knot"
05:18, 7 April 2017
It is unlikely that political forces in Armenia will organize protests against the outcomes of parliamentary elections, as they will not be able to ensure the mass character thereof; and it will quickly bring the protest movement to nothing, local political analysts believe.
22:34, 6 April 2017
More than 20 people from Chechnya have appealed for help in connection with persecutions for their non-traditional sexual orientation; five of them have already left the republic, the "Russian LGBT-network" has reported.
21:55, 6 April 2017
Today, over 200 passenger cars took part in the motor rally in support of the truckers, who are on a strike against the "Platon" system, held near the village of Manas. The participants of the motor rally and truckers complained about provocations and pressure of power agents.
At the site of the explosion in Rostov-on-Don. April 6, 2017. Photo http://replyua.net/putin/60824-vzryv-v-centre-rostova-na-donu-video-s-mesta-chp.html
21:16, 6 April 2017
Today, law enforcers of Rostov-on-Don have made at least five visits in response to reports about suspicion objects. No explosive devices were found, said the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
A meeting of Andrei Bazhutin, the leader of the Association of Russian Carriers, with the activists in Volgograd. Volgograd, April 6, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Knot"
19:27, 6 April 2017
Today, the strike of truckers of the Volgograd Region, who take part in the All-Russian action against the "Platon" system, was visited by Andrei Bazhutin, the leader of the Association of Russian Carriers (ARC). According to Mr Bazhutin and truckers, the authorities of the region are trying to establish a dialogue with them; while the protesters hope to convey their position to the Russian State Duma.
Members of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses. Photo: User:Russianname https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:18, 6 April 2017
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has no information about the offences committed under the influence of the literature of Jehovah's Witnesses, the spokesperson of the MoJ told the court. According to his story, the claimants also have no data about the number of religious associations of Jehovah's Witnesses.
A fighter of National Guard of Russia. Photo: http://rosgvard.ru/ru/news/article/
14:36, 6 April 2017
Three Astrakhan fighters of the Russian “Natsgvardia” (National Guard of Russia), wounded in a shootout in Astrakhan, undergo preparations to be sent to a hospital in Moscow. Two of them stay at a resuscitation ward in a grave condition. This was reported by an official of the Department of the National Guard in the Astrakhan Region.
The participants of the protests against the "Platon" system in Dagestan. April 5, 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for "Caucasian Knot"
13:57, 6 April 2017
Five truck drivers were released from a police station after the protest action held in the vicinity of the Dagestani village of Tukhchar. Six other protestors are still being kept at the police station. This was reported by a father of one of the detainees.
A law enforcer during CTO. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-dagestane-neytralizovan-glavar.html
10:28, 6 April 2017
In 2016, Northern Caucasus faced the noticeable intensification of armed clashes, and effectiveness of militant activities a number of losses of law enforcers in per every killed militant increased more than two times in comparison with 2015. The above trend persisted in early 2017, primarily because of the recent aggravation of the situation in Chechnya.
Screenshot of the film "Aftermath". Photo: screenshot of the movie's trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK9dA1p-XVE#t=43.588231
09:20, 6 April 2017
Today, in Russia, cinemas have shown the American film "Aftermath" based on the story of Vitaly Kaloev, a native of North Ossetia, who in 2002 lost his wife and children in a plane crash over Lake Constance. Vitaly Kaloev was sentenced for killing an air traffic controller whom he treated as a person guilty of the tragedy.
Valery Khatazhukov, the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre. Photo: screenshot of the video by HRC "Memorial" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zNVPaWUc0
05:12, 6 April 2017
Candidates nominated by the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre (HRC) did not join the new composition of the Public Oversight Commission (POC). Meanwhile, the Commission includes former policemen and staff members of the Department of federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). This was reported by members of the human rights centre.
04:30, 6 April 2017
Investigators believe that the attackers on power agents were also involved in shelling policemen on April 4.
Mardiros Demerchyan. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot"
03:45, 6 April 2017
In the case of Mardiros Demerchyan, who complained about torture at a police station, a protocol on administrative violation drawn up on June 12, 2013 disappeared. The court refused the defence's proposal to examine the photocopies of the protocol.
The hearings in the case of the prohibition of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the Supreme Court of Russia. Photo https://jw-russia.org/news/17040510-129.html
01:03, 6 April 2017
At the request of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the courts' decisions to recognize the literature of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist were attached to the materials of the case against the Administrative Centre of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. According to an advocate, almost all 17 motions filed by the defence were dismissed by the court.
The entrance to the North-Caucasian District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 5 April 2017
At the trial on plotting of a terror act in Rostov-on-Don, defendant Arthur Panov has claimed that he was poisoned after his arrest. The defendant has requested the court to appoint a forensic medical examination of his health state. The court granted the motion.
22:41, 5 April 2017
After in the vicinity of the village of Tukhchar, truck drivers on protest against the "Platon" system have refused to leave the place of the protest, the police used force against them. About ten people were detained, report the truck drivers who took part in the rally.
Askerbiy Kubanov, a truck driver from the city of Cherkessk. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for "Caucasian Knot"
21:42, 5 April 2017
Today, in Karachay-Cherkessia, drivers of heavy trucks have sent an appeal to the regional branch of the "Edinaya Rossiya"(United Russia) Party with the demand to cancel the "Platon" system. They have also applied to the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Karachay-Cherkessia" with a request to highlight the protest action.
Adalbi Mataev, a participant of the truck drivers' strike in the Prokhladnensky District of KBR. April 4, 2017. Screenshot of a video by "Caucasian Knot"
21:21, 5 April 2017
In the Prokhladnensky District, the police put pressure on truck drivers on strike. Policemen stop the truck drivers who want to join the protest. This was reported by protesters. The police state that they do not create obstacles for the protest.
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.