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22:00, 14 April 2012
Actions in support of Astrakhan hunger-strikers are held in many cities across Russia
Today, Pushkin Square in Moscow was the venue of a rally in support of the political hunger-strikers in Astrakhan. They were also supported by activists of the protest movement in Tula and St Petersburg.
21:00, 14 April 2012
In Astrakhan, drivers of fixed-route taxis plan to go to Arbitration Court against Mayoralty
The drivers who demanded from the city bosses to ensure their employment and leave their Gazel minivans in the urban transport network, have stopped their strike; they are preparing lawsuits to the Arbitration Court trying to challenge the actions of the Mayoralty, said Damir Bulatov, the vice-president of the Regional Association of Motorists (RAM).
20:00, 14 April 2012
Relatives of Antonina Maevskaya assassinated in Sochi demand to reclassify the criminal case
In Sochi, the criminal case against suspects of murdering Antonina Maevskaya should be re-qualified, her relatives believe.
Krasnodar Territory, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, April 14, 2012; participants of the rally against medical malpractice; the poster reads: "Who will respond for our children?". Photos by Natalia Dorokhina for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 14 April 2012
In Slavyansk-on-Kuban, 500 people rally against doctor's negligence
The action against doctor's errors, held today in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, has brought together more than 500 people: residents of the Slavyansk and Krasnoarmeisk Districts and the cities of Krasnodar, Gelendzhik, Anapa, Gyulkevichi and Krymsk.
18:00, 14 April 2012
Azerbaijani soldier wounds his comrade
In Azerbaijan, a serviceman of the National Army has wounded his comrade-in-arms from his service firearm by negligence.
A fixed-route taxi with a strikers' slogan and Oleg Shein's election poster, Astrakhan, April 13, 2012. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 13 April 2012
Stolyarov promises to employ jobless Astrakhan taxi drivers
Today, the Mayor of Astrakhan Mikhail Stolyarov has met the protesting fixed-route taxi drivers, who demand to preserve their Gazel mini-vans in the city transport network, and promised soon to solve the problem of their employment. The protesters were invited for a meeting in the building of the regional administration to address all the issues of their concern.
23:10, 13 April 2012
Demining of Chechnya to be over in 2015, local MfE asserts
The large-scale clearing of the Chechen Republic of mines, shells and other explosive devices, initiated by military sappers, will take three years, according to the Republic's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
Residents of Astrakhan rallying at the City Administration on the day of arrival of Sergey Mironov and Nikolai Levichev, Russian State Duma Deputies from "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) to hunger-strikers, Astrakhan, March 31, 2012. Photo by Eugenia Zarinsh: http://evgeniy-zarinsh.livejournal.com
23:00, 13 April 2012
Russian State Duma refuses to discuss hunger strike in Astrakhan
At today's session, the majority of State Duma MPs have refused to support the proposal of the parliamentarians from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (SR) (Fair Russia) Party to put the special report of the parliamentary group which visited the Astrakhan hunger-strikers in late March on the agenda of the plenary session.
22:50, 13 April 2012
Nurgaliev promises State Duma deputy to clarify number of persons kidnapped for two years in Ingushetia
The data about kidnapping of 88 persons in Ingushetia over the past two years and involvement of power agents in these crimes need to be checked, said today Rashid Nurgaliev, Russia's Interior Minister, in response to a request of a State Duma MP.
22:40, 13 April 2012
In Moscow, farewell ceremony to Mekhtiev attended by about two thousand
Moscow hosted a farewell to the public figure, a native of Azerbaijan Metin Mekhtiev, who was killed on April 10 in the centre of the Russian capital. The ceremony was attended by about two thousand people.
22:30, 13 April 2012
Commissar of "Nashi" goes on hunger strike in response to Shein's action in Astrakhan
Today, a protest action of the youth movement will start in Astrakhan against the ex-candidate for the city Mayor Oleg Shein and his supporters. This was reported by Konstantin Goloskokov, Commissar of the movement "Nashi".
22:10, 13 April 2012
In Georgia, suspects of committing terror acts complain of torture
Merab Kolbaya and Gogita Arkaniya, convicted on charges of organizing terror acts in the territory of Georgia, have changed their initial evidences. As stated by their advocate Gela Nikolaishvili, Kolbaya and Arkaniya had earlier evidenced under pressure.
22:00, 13 April 2012
Resident of Cherepovets blames Krasnodar policemen for torture
Mikhail Kalinin, a resident of the city of Cherepovets has applied to the Investigatory Division of Krasnodar, saying that his son Denis Kalinin was detained by policemen from the Krasnodar UVD (Interior Department), after which doctors diagnosed traumas in his son.
21:00, 13 April 2012
LDPR party in Stavropol held an action demanding resignation of the Governor
On April, 12, activists of Stavropol regional branch of LDPR party held an action under the slogan "Launch the Governor to space!". Concurrently the department of the party started collecting signatures under the demand of the Governor's resignation.
A fixed-route taxi with a strikers' slogan and Oleg Shein's election poster, Astrakhan, April 13, 2012. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 13 April 2012
Drivers of route taxis went on a strike in Astrakhan
Over 50 route taxi drivers of Astrakhan discontented with the actions of municipal Administration suspended work, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
20:00, 13 April 2012
A former serviceman in Armenia went on a hunger strike
Former soldier of statutory service Suren Kirakosyan in Armenia has been on a hunger strike in a correctional ward "Goris" since April, 5.
18:00, 13 April 2012
Contract soldiers in Astrakhan region suspected of beating up a soldier of statutory service
Two contract servicemen are suspected of regular beating up a soldier of statutory service in Ashuluk firing range, Astrakhan region, Natif Gadjimetov, official representative of Public prosecutor's office of Southern military region, reported.
22:40, 12 April 2012
In Astrakhan, car of activists of Russian Federation of Car Owners detained by police
A car with activists of the Russian Federation of Car Owners (RFCO), who were going to Astrakhan to support the local opposition and political activists, was detained by law enforcers.
22:20, 12 April 2012
Participants of "Gaidar Readings" call to create agglomerations in NCFD
The roundtable "Policy in Northern Caucasus. What Experts Suggest" was the last event of the Forum "Gaidar Readings" ongoing in Pyatigorsk. In the course of the discussion, experts invited state officials to actively cooperate with various religious groups and create agglomerations in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
22:10, 12 April 2012
Prosecutor's Office of Makhachkala sees slander of Dagestani leader by weekly "Nastoyascheye Vremya"
Today, Milrad Fatulaev, the editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), has received a statement of the Prosecutor's Office of the city of Makhachkala about initiation of an administrative case against him under the article of slander after publication of an article about introduction of the CTO (counterterrorist operation) regime in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District. The weekly's staff views it as pressure on the edition by national authorities.
News
A soldier from Ingushetia was killed in a military operation.

The verdict in the Crocus City terrorist attack case. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from March 9 to 22.

The court sentenced six participants in the shootout at the Wildberries office.

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.