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20:28, 3 April 2015
Rostov-on-Don: authorities deny existence of mass graves of rebels in Northern Cemetery
On March 30, the Ukrainian media posted the first reports on unmarked graves in Rostov-on-Don. According to the "New Region", bodies of Russian militiamen killed in Donbas are massively buried in Rostov-on-Don.
17:39, 3 April 2015
NKR's MoD accuses Azerbaijani armed forces of sabotage
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported on an attempt of sabotage undertaken by the Azerbaijani armed forces at the contact line.
15:55, 3 April 2015
Advocate of Khadija Ismayilova complains about non-admission to his client
The advocate Yalcin Imanov has failed to visit in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who is under arrest starting from December 5, 2014.
15:47, 3 April 2015
Advocates doubt alleged motives for murder of Avetisyan family members
In the course of the meeting initiated by the Gyumri Journalists' Club "Asparez" and the media centre founded by the NGOs' project "Social Club of Journalists", Armenian lawyers and rights defenders have discussed the progress of the investigation into the murder committed in Gyumri, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
13:12, 3 April 2015
Investigators institute new criminal case against man killed in special operation in Nalchik last year
Law enforcers have reported on the involvement of Vadim Shogenov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, killed during a special operation conducted in March 2014, in the creation of a criminal armed grouping. A criminal case has been instituted on the above fact.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
11:35, 3 April 2015
Advocate files complaint about use of illegal methods against Zaur Dadaev
An advocate of Zaur Dadaev accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov has prepared an official complaint about illegal methods being used to pressure his client. This was reported by the "Kommersant". Investigators promise to verify the complaints about kidnapping filed by Zaur Dadaev, the "Izvestia" reports.
Vagarshak Arutyunyan. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD,_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
06:17, 3 April 2015
Armenian experts do not expect escalation of hostilities in Karabakh conflict zone
Azerbaijan will not start any large-scale combat actions; however, armed incidents will occasionally take place on the contact line. This was stated by participants of a "round table" held in Yerevan.
Valery Borschov. Photo: http://sociapart.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Borschov.jpg
05:18, 3 April 2015
Rights defenders report violation of prisoners' rights to medical care
In Moscow, the Independent Press Centre has hosted the press conference titled: "A person in prison: the right to the protection of life and health". The main topic of the press-conference was devoted to the conditions of detention of sick people in Russian prisons.
CTO zone in the Untsukul District and Gergebil Districts of Dagestan. Map provided by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:21, 3 April 2015
In Dagestan, residents of Untsukul District report on motion of military vehicles in CTO area
Till present, the introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Untsukul District of Dagestan has no immediate impact on local residents. Meanwhile, starting from March 30, the local residents observe a significant increase in the number of law enforcers in the vicinity of the village of Gimry, and they report that some of military vehicles are sent to the mountains.
Street in the abandoned cottage village in Sochi designed for Olympic settlers. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:53, 3 April 2015
Sochi residents send results of inspection of empty village for Olympic settlers to President
In Sochi, members of the public commission have detected a fact of looting of the cottage village of "Veseloe-Psou" designed for Olympic settlers. There are a large number of empty houses in Sochi, while 30,000 people are put on the waiting list for social housing, the public commission members have noted as detected in the course of the commission's activities.
Andzor Akhokhov talking to law enforcer durign the action against the Sochi Olympic Games. Screenshot from video "NO SOCHI. Cherkessia. Kabarda. 07.02.14" posted on YouTube by Cherkes Cherkesia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVpnRFrurc&feature=youtu.be
02:41, 3 April 2015
In Kabardino-Balkaria, Andzor Akhokhov detained for three hours
In the evening of April 2, the police detained and released after about three hours Andzor Akhokhov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who organized an action against the 2014 Olympic Games. The activist has become a defendant in a new criminal case.
23:39, 2 April 2015
Court in Krasnodar cancels verdict to Demerchyan and returns case to prosecutor
Today, the Krasnodar Territorial Court has upheld the appeal complaint lodged by the builder Mardiros Demerchyan against his conviction and returned the case to the Sochi Prosecutor's Office.
21:03, 2 April 2015
Explosion occurs in car park in Nalchik
Today, an explosion device has gone off in Guliev Street in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR); there is no information about victims.
Highlanders leaving their aul (village) (Pyotr Gruzinsky). Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky (1837-1892). Фото https://ru.wikipedia.org/
18:49, 2 April 2015
Examination finds no extremism in memory ribbons on anniversary of Caucasian War
Circassian activists have back their memory ribbons dated to the 150th anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War: the examination has found no extremism in them.
17:44, 2 April 2015
Defence of native of Chechnya states he was tortured by power agents in Cherkessk
Adlan Bitsoev, a native of Chechnya, who was detained along with four other persons on charges of drug dealing, was taken out by power agents from Moscow to Cherkessk and subjected to torture their, his defenders assert.
16:50, 2 April 2015
ECtHR upholds complaint of Helsinki Committee of Armenia about ban of march in Yerevan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that the Yerevan Mayoralty violated two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), when prohibited the Helsinki Committee of Armenia to hold a march in the city centre in memory of the death of a man in a police station.
15:11, 2 April 2015
CE Commissioner appeals to ECtHR concerning cases of Mamedli and Jafarov
On April 1, the Office of the Council of Europe (CE) Commissioner for Human Rights issued a text of the appeal prepared by Nils Muižnieks to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning the cases of Anar Mamedli and Rasul Jafarov. In his appeal, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights expresses his concern over the prosecution of the activists.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
12:48, 2 April 2015
Defendants in case of Boris Nemtsov's murder plead not guilty at MCC
While the Moscow City Court (MCC) was considering the appeals filed by advocates of five defendants in the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder, the very defendants and their advocates made statements of non-involvement in the crime.
Law enforcement officer during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/04/02/v-khasavyurte-neitralizovan-glavar-kizlyarskoi-bandgruppy.html
09:45, 2 April 2015
CTO regime introduced in two mountainous districts of Dagestan
This morning, regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been introduced in the Untsukul and Gergebil Districts of Dagestan by the decision of the operational headquarters of the republic.
View of the Moscow river and the Kremlin from the place where Boris Nemtsov was killed. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:40, 2 April 2015
Investigators re-examine bottom of Moscow River to find pistol of Boris Nemtsov's killer
The bed of the Moscow River is being examined by divers in search of the pistol, from which Boris Nemtsov was killed. Pistols that have been found in the water earlier appeared to be irrelevant to the case.
News
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev Ramzan Kadyrov

Visangiriyev's relatives managed to meet him in the penal colony.

Witnesses ignored the hearing in the Kardashov murder case.

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.