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23:50, 20 April 2011
In Azerbaijan, Gadjiev's advocates challenge the court
The Nizami District court of the city of Gandzha, chaired by Judge Emin Akhundov, began hearings of the case of activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evading military service. The activist rejects the accusation; his supporters also believe that he is accused for political reasons, for his active civil position and his actions in social networks.
Massimo Bonfatti, organizer of the international conference "War and Peace" on issues of tolerance in Northern Caucasus and head of the public voluntary association "World in Motion", and Ella Kesaeva, founder of the Committee "Voice of Beslan". Italy, Piedmont, city of Carmagnola, April 9, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 20 April 2011
Conference in Italy states necessity to develop contacts with Northern Caucasus
As stated by Massimo Bonfatti, head of the public volunteer association "World in Motion", at the conference held in Italy, it is necessary to convey to journalists and public figures from different countries the present realities of Northern Caucasus, to tell the truth about the wars in Chechnya; we need readiness of people from different parties to stop military confrontation; and it is also necessary to disclose the default information about the Beslan tragedy.
23:20, 20 April 2011
Chechnya: authorities demolish cemetery in Argun
Residents of the city of Argun report that within the large-scale reconstruction and building of new objects the authorities intend to demolish part of the city cemetery. This causes hidden discontent among the people, although there were no open protest actions on this occasion in the city.
23:10, 20 April 2011
NAC: Amanov liquidated in Makhachkala headed local militants and was Said Buryatskiy's associate
Sabitbai (Sabitbi) Amanov, assassinated in Makhachkala, was an associate of Said Buryatskiy, militants' ideologist, who had been murdered earlier in Ingushetia; Amanov actually headed the Makhachkala subversive and terrorist grouping. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC). The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the district.
23:00, 20 April 2011
Caucasian residents and natives not to be recruited, said Chelyabinsk military commissar
Nikolai Zakharov, Military Commissar of the Chelyabinsk Region, has stated that now the army will not draft residents and natives of the Caucasian republics who live in other regions of Russia; however, this information is not confirmed by the group of informational support of the Central Military District of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
23:00, 20 April 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 11-17
Provocative leaflets in Ingushetia forced law enforcers to strengthen; avalanche blocks communication between Russia and Georgia over "Verkhni Lars"; police disperses another protest action of opposition in Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the review of the week of April 11-17, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:40, 20 April 2011
Moscow rights defenders demand from Russian president to stop kidnappings in Chechnya
Human rights activists state systemic sabotage on the part of Chechen law enforcement bodies and inability of the Investigatory Committee to fulfil its immediate duties to investigate crimes in the republic, especially kidnappings. These are the topics of the ongoing press conference in Moscow.
22:20, 20 April 2011
NAC: militants liquidated in the Caucasus wanted to launch news website and publish Wahhabi magazine
The militants liquidated in a counterterrorist operation in Northern Caucasus had planned to make a film and publish a glossy magazine about terrorists' lifestyle. Also, layouts and maps, and various methodology-training literature on how to prepare terrorist acts were confiscated from them. This was reported by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
22:10, 20 April 2011
One of attackers on Moscow tourists liquidated in Kabardino-Balkaria
Azamat Sizhazhev, 26, one of those involved in the attack on Moscow tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed in the city of Baksan at rendering resistance. It was reported today by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
22:00, 20 April 2011
Performers and accomplices of murders of Politkovskaya and Khlebnikov are abroad, ICRF reports
As stated by Vassily Piskaryov, Deputy Head of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), at his meeting with Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the performers of the murders of Politkovskaya and Khlebnikov and their accomplices are still hiding abroad; however, the ICRF is doing everything it can to catch the criminals.
21:00, 20 April 2011
Ex-imam of a village mosque killed in Dagestan
Last night unidentified people killed an ex-imam of a village mosque in Kizlyar district of Dagestan, Alkhas Amirkhnov, Senior assistant of Head of republican Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation for media relations, reported.
20:00, 20 April 2011
A commemoration meeting of Victor Popkov passed off in Moscow
On Monday, April, 18, a meeting of commemoration of Victor Popkov, peacemaker, journalist and human rights activist, was held in the Museum and Public Center named after Andrey Sakharov.
19:00, 20 April 2011
The dead body of the missing Ilez Gorchkhanov found in Ingushetia
On April, 19, at 16:20, a young man's dead body was found not far from the stanitsa of Nesterovkaya, Sunzha district, at the border of Ingushetia with Chechnya, at the bed of the river of Assa. After the expertise he was identified as Ilez Gorchkhanov born in 1984 who according to his relatives was kidnapped on March, 21.
18:00, 20 April 2011
Strasbourg Court obligated the Russian authorities to pay off a compensation to two women residents of Chechnya
The court in Strasbourg imposed a compensation of 61 thousand euro on the authorities of Russia to pay off to the mother and wife of Khamzat Tushaev, resident of Chechnya who disappeared after being summoned for interrogation.
23:40, 19 April 2011
Stavropol Territory: policeman blows himself up with grenade
The death of a policeman, whose body was found today in an agricultural field in the Levokumsk District, Stavropol Territory, is being investigated.
Frame from the documentary "Barzakh", borrowed from the website of the Institute of Documentary Film: www.dokweb.net
23:10, 19 April 2011
Film about kidnappings and torture in Chechnya screened at festival in Switzerland
The documentary "Barzakh" by the Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravichyus picturing the facts of torture and abductions in Chechnya was presented at the festival of documentaries named Vision du Reel, held in the Swiss city of Nyon.
23:00, 19 April 2011
In Georgia a building collapses and kills a child
In the Marneuli district of Georgia, in the Kvemo Kartli region, a wall of an abandoned building collapsed, killed a child and injured another one.
22:50, 19 April 2011
In Baku, April 17 protesters punished with arrests and fines
On April 18, in Azerbaijan, 6 participants of the opposition protest rally on April 17 in Baku were sentenced to administrative arrest; 9 persons were fined, and 8 oppositionists were warned and released.
22:30, 19 April 2011
Constitutional Court of Georgia finds some provisions of the law on assemblies contradictory to legislation
Several provisions of the law "On Assemblies and Manifestations" were found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Georgia. The lawsuit was initiated by four parties, the NGO "Youth organization of Georgian lawyers", local Ombudsman and several citizens of Georgia.
22:20, 19 April 2011
In Krasnodar, jurymen pass guilty verdict to "black" realtors
The jury of the Krasnodar Territorial Court has found the figurants of the criminal case on misappropriation of the rights of apartment residents of Sochi, two of whom were killed, guilty.
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Military experts have ruled out Georgia's role in the drone attack on Abkhazia.

A serviceman from Abkhazia was killed in Ukraine.

A Romanian citizen was convicted in Kuban in an espionage 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.