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Former Minister of State Property and Land Resources of Kabardino-Balkaria Khabdulsalam Ligidov. Courtesy http://pravo.ru
20:00, 19 April 2013
New criminal case opened against four KBR officials
The police have found new facts of illegal activities of a number of former officials of the administration of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), suspected of illegal alienation of national assets.
19:00, 19 April 2013
Special operation in Arshty was disrupted by Ingush party, Chechen power agents assert
On April 18, in Ingushetia, search of Dokku Umarov was continued, but because of the actions of the Ingush party the secret special operation to capture him was disrupted, said a high-ranking law enforcement official of Chechnya.
New Hampshire State troopers canvas a neighborhood in Watertown, Mass., April 19, 2013. Photo: Sally Vargas, Talk Radio News Service, http://www.flickr.com/photos/talkradionews/8664228538
18:00, 19 April 2013
US police detain sister of Tsarnaev brothers
Today, in the state of New Jersey, the police detained a sister of the Chechens, suspected of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the US media report referring the FBI.
Central bus terminal in Stavropol. Photo by komradtip7, http://ru.wikipedia.org
17:00, 19 April 2013
Suspect of killing journalist Akhmedilov detained in Stavropol
The second suspect of killing Malik Akhmedilov, an employee of the Dagestani newspaper "Hakikat", was detained in Stavropol on April 18, according to the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). According to investigators, two residents of Dagestan are suspected of killing the journalist.
23:50, 18 April 2013
Mamedov's advocates reject expert conclusion of Ministry of Justice
On April 17, in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, at the trial of Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", the court listened to the experts, authors of the linguistic examination of the texts written by Mamedov, and of the forensic and technical examination of the carriers used to record the texts. The defence disagreed with the experts and demanded to exclude their opinions from the case files.
23:30, 18 April 2013
In Baku, court refused to change Akhundov's custody for home arrest
On April 17, the Nasimi District Court of Baku under the chairmanship of Judge Elnur Akhmedov considered the appeal lodged by Rashadat Akhundov, a board member of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), asking to change his custody for home arrest. The court rejected the motion and left him behind bars.
23:10, 18 April 2013
Georgian MPs accuse Saakashvili of misuse of budget funds
On April 17, the MPs from the "Georgian Dream" accused President Mikhail Saakashvili of spending much money from the secret budget of the Special State Security Service on entertainments, personal whims, as well as gifts. Saakashvili, in his turn, has noted that the financial expenses were aimed at improving the image of Georgia and attraction of investments.
The castle complex Vovnushki in the Djeirakh District of Ingushetia. Photo by Tatyana Ukolova for the "Caucasian Cknot"
23:00, 18 April 2013
Caucasus leads in contest of Russian sights
The castle complex Vovnushki in the Djeirakh District of Ingushetia and the mosque named after Akhmad Kadyrov "Heart of Chechnya" in Grozny are the leaders in the multimedia contest-project "Russia-10", designed to select the most popular attractions of the country. Besides, participants of the contest are actively voting for two other attractions in the Southern Russia - the temple "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni" in Elista and the Mamaev Kurgan with the sculpture "Motherland Calls" in Volgograd.
22:20, 18 April 2013
Experts: Esquire's "Rating of Extremism" shows weakness of Caucasian law enforcers and not real situation
The "Esquire" magazine has published a list of Russian regions ranked by the number of extremist materials, included in the federal list of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation by decisions of the local courts. In this rating, Caucasus does not look the most extremist part of Russia. Experts believe that the rating does not reflect the real state of things and sooner indicates the problems in the work of law enforcement bodies than the level of prevalence of extremist moods and publications.
22:10, 18 April 2013
Politkovskaya's murder case on five defendants sent to GPO
The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has sent the criminal case against five defendants accused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya to the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) for confirmation of the indictment and transfer to the court.
22:00, 18 April 2013
In Azerbaijan, human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov arrested for ten days
Today, the Yasamal District Court of Baku has sentenced the human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Enhancing Protection of Democracy" and a former "prisoner of conscience", to administrative arrest for 10 days for disobeying the police.
19:00, 18 April 2013
Stavropol Court upholds verdict to convicts on Merekha's case
On April 18, the Stavropol Regional Court dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the former staff members of the OVD (Interior Division) sentenced to 3.5-6 years of imprisonment for abuse and violence against Vyacheslav Merekha, a detained local resident.
18:00, 18 April 2013
Suspect of killing KBR native in Saint Petersburg detained
On April 17, in the Novgorod Region, Olamafruz Ismailov, a 21-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, who is suspected of murdering a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in Saint Petersburg, was detained.
17:00, 18 April 2013
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to relatives of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov kidnapped in Chechnya
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of the kidnapping in 2009 of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov, a resident of Chechnya. The ECtHR has stated that Russian authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into the incident and obliged them to pay 60,000 euros to victim's relatives.
Radima Ezieva. Courtesy photo from www.elot.ru
23:30, 17 April 2013
Student's death of botulism considered by court in KBR
At the trial of the case of the death of a student Radima Ezieva of botulism, colleagues of the defendant - Murat Bereketov, a physician of the Urvan District Hospital, - spoke in his defence. His advocate also thinks other doctors at the hospital should also respond for the girl's death.
23:00, 17 April 2013
Kutaisi hosts protest of "Accord" drivers
On April 16, the drivers working at the construction of a bypass road in Kutaisi held a protest action outside the parliament, demanding higher salaries.
22:40, 17 April 2013
Builders of Paravan HPP go on strike in Georgia
The construction workers erecting the Paravan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in the Samtskhe-Djavakheti Region went on strike demanding better working conditions and higher wages.
Michail Anisenko in a solo picket against Navalny's trial; Astrakhan, April 17, 2013. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 17 April 2013
Solo picketers in Astrakhan stand against trial of Navalny
Today, Astrakhan hosted a series of solo pickets demanding to stop the prosecution of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
22:10, 17 April 2013
Taganrog: case of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses sent to court
The indictment against 16 members of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, accused of extremism, has been sent to the court. Alyona Borodina, one of the advocates, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
Courtroom at the Moscow City Court. Courtesy of the photo: Federal Investigatory Agency http://flb.ru/
22:00, 17 April 2013
Temerkhanov denied his involvement in Budanov's murder
At today's session of the Moscow City Court (MCC), Yusuf Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing Yuri Budanov, said he did not shoot at the ex-colonel and has nothing to do with the crime.
News
Lawyers explained the rules for paying residents of Dagestan for flood damage.

The number of blockaded Dagestani villages has dropped to 11.

49 houses remain flooded in Dagestan.

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.