Caucasian Knot

Homepage / News

Kakhib, Shamil District of Dagestan. Photo: M.M., http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=1465&com=photogallery

00:44, 29 April 2016

The former chief of the ROVD (District Interior Division) for the Shamil District of Dagestan, who retired a year ago, was shot and killed. The law enforcement authorities are engaged in checking the version of involvement in the murder of members of the armed underground.

00:09, 29 April 2016

Stavropol woman converted to Islam complains about law enforcers' pressure

Policemen try to unfoundedly register at the police station a woman from Stavropol, who is Russian by origin. This was reported by advocate Roza Magomedova, a staff member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

Soldier of Nagorno-Karabakh Armed Forces at the battle line. Photo: © PAN Photo / Davit Hakobyan

18:17, 28 April 2016

Nagorno-Karabakh states Azerbaijan placing military facilities in residential areas

As stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh, the deployment by Azerbaijani Armed Forces of military facilities in dwelling settlements is a violation of the international law.

Shell falls in front of the gates, Gapanly villange, Tartar District, April 2016. Photo: Famil Makhmudbeily for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

17:16, 28 April 2016

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of using cluster shells (+video)

The Armenian Armed Forces delivered targeted fire at civilian residences with the use of cluster weapons, said the spokesman of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), calling on the international community to condemn "Armenia's ignoring the ceasefire."

Police officers. Photo: http://haqqin.az/news/69172

16:59, 28 April 2016

Suspects of attempt to sell uranium detained in Adzharia

In the Georgian resort city of Kobuleti, five parsons have been detained while trying to sell radioactive uranium, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reports today.

Vera Savchenko. Photo: Anton Nayumlyuk (RFE/RL)

16:55, 28 April 2016

Law enforcers allow Vera Savchenko to leave Russia

The decision to ban Vera Savchenko's departure from Russia in the context of her federal search has been cancelled.

Fire in the Turgenev marketplace in Cherkessk, August 7, 2014. Photo: screenshot of the video posted by Roman Roman, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUAZB3irU8

13:36, 28 April 2016

Workers of Cherkessk marketplace claim deliberate arson

On April 27, Leyla Semyonova and Sima Kulova, who were delegated by over 300 victims of the fire in the Turgenev marketplace in Cherkessk, were received by Kazimir Botashov, the Minister of Internal Affaires of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR).

11:12, 28 April 2016

Court dismisses complaint about refusal of CER for Khaiser Djemilev

Today, the Astrakhan Regional Court has upheld the decision of the first instance court to refuse conditional early relief (CER) for Khaiser Djemilev, a son of Mustafa Djemilev, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar movement.

Vera Savchenko. Photo: Inna Sokolovska (RFE/RL)

11:10, 28 April 2016

Vera Savchenko sheltered by Consulate General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don

In the evening of April 27, at the Russian-Ukrainian border, there was an attempt to detain Vera Savchenko, and FSB agents seized her passport. After the incident, the woman left the checkpoint in a car with diplomatic state licence plates and went to Rostov-on-Don.

Funerals of the Azerbaijani Army soldier. Photo: © Vdohnovenie Mustafa, http://sputnik.az/incidents/20160405/404455167.html

10:14, 28 April 2016

Resident of Azerbaijani village killed in Karabakh conflict zone

Today, near-border villages have been shelled in Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh. One killed person and eight others wounded were reported.

Protester holds flag of Azerbaijan. December 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

06:55, 28 April 2016

Public activists report on problems with execution of ECtHR's judgments in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani government fails to comply with its obligations in the field of human rights, and there are serious problems with the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Azerbaijan. This was stated by participants of the forum "The role and place of international courts in the legal system of Azerbaijan."

In the vicinity of the village of Ergeninsky, Volgograd. Photo: http://onf.ru/2016/03/28/volgogradskie-aktivisty-onf-vzyali-na-kontrol-problemy-mnogodetnyh-semey-poluchivshih/?page=7

05:17, 28 April 2016

In Volgograd, families with many children complain about receiving land plots unsuitable for construction

In Volgograd, several families with many children are not able to use the land plots allocated to them, since they are not suitable for construction. This problem was discussed during a roundtable held on April 27. Officials were also invited to take part in the roundtable.

01:05, 28 April 2016

Russia launches procedure for Nadezhda Savchenko's extradition to Ukraine, advocate reports

The procedure for extradition of Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian aviator, sentenced in Russia to 22 years of imprisonment, has been launched. This was reported by Mark Feighin, an advocate of Nadezhda Savchenko. His client has already received the documents to be filled in.

23:34, 27 April 2016

Activist Khatukhov states being beaten up in Terek

A former policeman Artyom Khatukhov said that today he was beaten up in the city of Terek in the building of the supplementary office of the "Sberbank" (Savings Bank). The police said that his application was being checked.

Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev at the press conference in Makhachkala. January 14, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Svistunova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

20:12, 27 April 2016

Dagestani SC upholds suspension of inquiry into Akhmednabiyev's murder

The decision of the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala, which approved the suspension of the inquiry into the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, was upheld by the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan.

House damaged by the shelling, Terter District of Azerbaijan, April 3, 2016. Photo by Famil Makhmudbeily for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

19:38, 27 April 2016

Azerbaijan: authorities promise to rebuild houses damaged by shelling

The Terter District of Azerbaijan has resumed power supply to 11 villages, broken because of the damage of a substation as a result of shelling. The houses damaged by shelling will be repaired at the expense of the state, officials said.

Zhanna Nemtsova. Photo: screenshot of video posted by Open Russia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se5ekGC3hB0

18:19, 27 April 2016

Nemtsov's daughter asks to reopen inquiry into her father's murder

Zhanna, the daughter of Boris Nemtsov, has addressed the investigating authorities asking them to resume the inquiry into the murder of the politician and to issue formal charges to law enforcement officer Ruslan Geremeev.

Prison №8 in Tbilisi. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)

15:33, 27 April 2016

President of Georgia pardons 95 convicts

69 of them will be released from their jails after the pardon decree; the remaining will have their terms reduced.

House damaged as a result of shelling, Martakert, April 17, 2016. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

15:15, 27 April 2016

Two houses damaged after shelling of Martakert

Last night Martakert was shelled from the Azerbaijani side, said the head of the city. According to his version, the shells damaged the power line and two houses.

Bus blown up in Alabyan Street in Yerevan, April 25, 2016. Photo: © PAN Photo / Vahan Stepanyan

14:32, 27 April 2016

Second casualty of Yerevan bus blast identified

The second person killed by the explosion in a Yerevan bus was the 55-year-old Ruden Balyan, said the Investigating Committee of Armenia. Investigators believe that Balyan was the culprit of the explosion. Six victims of the explosion are still treated at medical centres.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 1739 1740 1741 … 3433 3434

Next article ⟶

News

A Dagestani woman has been convicted of murdering her young daughter.

Power engineers reported the complete restoration of power supply in Makhachkala.

A fire at a substation left tens of thousands of Makhachkala residents without power.

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

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

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

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.