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    13:16, 18 April 2014
    In Azerbaijan, regular soldier commits suicide
    On April 18, Firdovsi Fikret oglu Nasibov, a conscript of the Azerbaijani army, was found hanged. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan. According to the preliminary information, the soldier has committed suicide.
    Rally in support of Said Amirov, Makhachkala, April 12, 2014. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    04:43, 18 April 2014
    Makhachkala authorities had no right to cancel rally in support of Said Amirov, rally participants assert
    The ban to hold a rally in Makhachkala in support of Said Amirov was unjustified, and law enforcers provoked participants of the rally. This was stated by participants of the press conference held in Makhachkala.
    At the border between Georgia and South Ossetia, July 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    04:31, 18 April 2014
    Georgian journalists detained in South Ossetia claim not crossing border
    Journalists of the Georgian "TV3" Channel detained on April 15 by Russian border guards in Gori District claim they did not violate the border with South Ossetia. However, they do not deny that they captured on video the Russian military base.
    Crew of bulk-carrier ’Vatan-1’ at the port of Baku, March 18, 2014. Photo is provided by crew members
    03:02, 18 April 2014
    In Baku, one more crew member of Astrakhan bulk-carrier "Vatan-1" is hospitalized
    One more crew member of the Astrakhan bulk-carrier "Vatan-1", which was detained in the port of Baku for debts, has been hospitalized. For the third day, the crew of the vessel is on the ship without fuel, heat and electricity.
    Militants in Latakia, Syria, March 25, 2014. Screenshot from Youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER5H2Thyf5g
    01:26, 18 April 2014
    In Yerevan, immigrants from Syria hold march in memory of victims of war
    In Yerevan, about 40 Syrian Armenians and Arabs organized a march in memory of the victims of the conflict in Syria and combat actions in the town of Kesab. The event was timed to the Independence Day of Syria, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
    00:25, 18 April 2014
    MP Musa Islavov's murder in Dagestan has to do with militants, investigators believe
    According to the investigators' priority version, militants are involved in the assassination of Musa Islavov, a Dagestani MP. This was reported by an official from the investigating bodies.
    00:10, 18 April 2014
    Azerbaijani journalist Parviz Gashimli stops his hunger strike
    In Azerbaijan, journalist Parviz Gashimli, who is kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security (MNS), has stopped his hunger strike. Meanwhile, Parviz Gashimli claims he is still subjected to pressure in the SIZO.
    20:56, 17 April 2014
    "EcoWatch": Evgeny Vitishko is in colony on general terms
    The concerns of rights defenders that Evgeny Vitishko, an ecologist from Krasnodar, was placed in the dungeon in the penal colony in the Tver Region of Russian, where he serves his term, have not confirmed. As reported by activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), Evgeny's conditions have not changed.
    Mamed Azizov, ‘Nida’ member. RFE/RL
    17:27, 17 April 2014
    "Nida" activists go on hunger strike in protest against prosecutor's speech
    In Azerbaijan, at the trial of "Nida" activists, today the court has finished studying the evidence and listened to the closing speech of the state prosecutor. He demanded from 6 to 8.5 years of imprisonment for the defendants. The latter announced an endless protest hunger strike.
    14:37, 17 April 2014
    Chechnya reopens inquiry into kidnapping of Gudermes resident in 2002
    The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has initiated the resumption of the criminal case dealing with the kidnapping and subsequent disappearance of Askhab Soltagiraev, a resident of Chechnya, who was kidnapped by unidentified power agents in spring 2002, said the Office. Soltagiraev's relatives believe that law enforcement bodies were involved in his kidnapping.
    14:20, 17 April 2014
    Timur Tangiev, kept in Grozny SIZO, attempts suicide and goes on hunger strike
    The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that Timur Tangiev, who is kept in SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of the Department for the Chechen Republic of the Russian Penitentiary Service (known as UFSIN), complains about threats and unfair treatment that he receives from law enforcers – in protest he cut his wrists, but survived.
    13:15, 17 April 2014
    MoJ of Adygea suspends activities of "EcoWatch" for six months
    Since March 21, activities of the public organization "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) are suspended in accordance with Article 42 of the Law "On Public Associations". This was reported by Bella Meretukova, the head of the Division for NGO Affairs of the Department of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for the Republic of Adygea.
    Funeral procession in connection with the murder of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev. Makhachkala, July 9, 2013. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    12:28, 17 April 2014
    CPJ: Russia occupies tenth place by number of unsolved journalists' murders
    Following the results of 2013, Russia occupied the 10th place in the ranking of countries, where high probability of impunity for murders of journalists still remained. This was reported by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The report prepared by the CPJ mentions the murders of journalists from Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya and the Stavropol Territory.
    Musa Islavov. Photo: Information and analytical department of the National Assembly of Dagestan, http://nsrd.ru
    09:25, 17 April 2014
    MP is assassinated in Dagestan
    This morning, unidentified persons have shelled a car of Musa Islavov, a deputy of the National Assembly of Dagestan. The MP died at the place, and his driver was hospitalized in a serious condition.
    07:28, 17 April 2014
    Nagorno-Karabakh MPs demand to compensate for damage to Kesab residents
    On April 16, at the session of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh, representatives of the factions "Democratic Party of Artsakh", "Free Homeland", and the MP group "Artsakhatun" made a statement on the events in the Syrian town of Kesab. They urged the international community to pay attention to citizens who were forced to leave their homes.
    Editor of the Internet newspaper ‘KarabakhOpen.info’ Anait Danielyan was granted with ‘Young women in Caucasus’ Award, Yerevan, April 16, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    07:06, 17 April 2014
    Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, Georgia and Kabardino-Balkaria become laureates of "Young Women in Caucasus" Award
    At the conference "Caucasus is our common home", the awards in the category "Young Women in Caucasus" were granted to Anait Danielyan, editor of the Internet newspaper "KarabakhOpen.info" (Nagorno-Karabakh), Megi Bibiluri, the head of the NGO "Friendship Bridge Kartlosi" (Georgia), and Irina Kishukova, Director of the Charitable Foundation "Razvitie" (Development) (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic).
    Relatives of detainees from Maiskoe village at the meeting with Ingushetia leader Yunus-bek Evkurov. Magas, April 11, 2014. Photo by the press service of Ingushetia leadership, http://www.ingushetia.ru/m-news/archives/020362.shtml#more
    05:00, 17 April 2014
    In North Ossetia, relatives of detained Maiskoe residents were allowed to visit them
    Relatives of Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev, residents of the village of Maiskoe of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, who were detained on charges of possession and transportation of drugs, were allowed to visit the detainees in the Vladikavkaz SIZO (pre-trial prison).
    23:57, 16 April 2014
    At trial, Anna Politkovskaya's daughter claims mother knew she was shadowed
    Anna Politkovskaya, the murdered journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" saw people who were shadowing her. This was stated by Vera Politkovskaya, a daughter of the murdered journalist, at the court session held on April 16 at the Moscow City Court.
    21:26, 16 April 2014
    South Ossetia hands journalists detained by border guards over to Georgia
    On April 16, South-Ossetian authorities have delivered to the Georgian party three Georgian citizens – journalists of the Georgian TV3 Channel, detained on April 15 near the village of Adzvi in the Gori District, said the KGB (Committee for State Security) of South Ossetia.
    17:47, 16 April 2014
    Mayoralty of Maikop refused to sanction anticorruption rally
    The Maikop Mayoralty has twice refused to sanction the rally "Stop corruption in Adygea!" applied for by the Public Movement "For the Future of Adygea", Rashid Mugu, a board member of the Movement, said today.
    News
    The expulsion of Sochi residents from Abkhazia for filming with the Georgian flag sparked a debate on Facebook*.

    Sochi residents expelled from Abkhazia for filming with the Georgian flag

    An agreement on Russian medical aid has given hope to residents of Abkhazia.

    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.