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23:00, 16 April 2011
Figurant in Kuschevskaya massacre case confesses of murdering two businessmen
Vitaly Ivanov, one of those accused of murdering 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, has confessed that in September 2003 he killed two entrepreneurs, acting together with his accomplice.
Above left: Sheikh Khalid Al-Hamid (UAE), co-author of the Godudu.com, multilingual social network, at its presentation at the Russian Theatre in Makhachkala. April 15, 2011. Photo of the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 16 April 2011
First world multilingual social network presented in Dagestan
On April 15, the Russian Theatre of Makhachkala hosted an official presentation of the world's first multilingual social network Godudu.com.
20:00, 16 April 2011
Information received from South Ossetia about attack on rights defender Aseev
At the rally of fire victims held in Tskhinvali an attack was made on human rights defender Vissarion Aseev, runs the message that arrived today from South Ossetia to the SMS-service of the "Caucasian Knot".
Police cordon in the way of demonstrators during protest rallies in Baku, April 2, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 16 April 2011
Amnesty International calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop suppressing peaceful demonstrations
On the eve of the rally in Baku, appointed by the Azerbaijani opposition for April 17 with a demand of democratic reforms, the international human rights organization Amnesty International has urged the Azerbaijani authorities not to admit any police's attack on peaceful demonstrators.
Fire victims rallying in Tskhinvali. April 16, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 16 April 2011
Protesters in Tskhinvali demand money to build houses
The participants of the rally, which started today in the capital of South Ossetia at 11 a.m., want to get money from regional authorities to build new houses; their homes burnt down during the August 2008 war.
17:25, 16 April 2011
Power agents block central Nazran, local residents report
In Ingushetia, the central part of the city of Nazran is blocked. Many streets are patrolled by power agents in masks with firearms; the city is full of armoured vehicles, local residents say.
17:00, 16 April 2011
Resorts near Elbrus are closed to tourists because of CTO in KBR
As stated by the operative headquarters (OHQ) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), since April 16, because of continuing threat of subversive and terror acts, the republic keeps all its mountain resorts near Elbrus closed for tourists.
Passers-by have to ford flooded streets of Astrakhan. April 13, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
16:00, 16 April 2011
Rains flood streets and houses in Astrakhan
The rain that poured on Astrakhan on April 12-13 flooded the main streets and houses of residents who live in their private houses in the low areas of the city. The city administration has sent 28 special vehicles to pumping water from the streets. The problem is aggravated since the city has no storm sewer system.
15:00, 16 April 2011
In Georgia, Labourites initiate large-scale amnesty
The Georgian Labour Party has moved a legislative initiative assuming a large-scale amnesty in the country.
14:07, 16 April 2011
Exercises "Viking-2011" held in Georgia
The multinational exercises "Viking-2011" were held at the military base in Vaziani near Tbilisi within the framework of the NATO programme "Partnership for Peace".
14:00, 16 April 2011
Norway bills Maria Ameli for her deportation
Maria Ameli, a native of North Ossetia and deportee from Norway, shall compensate to Norwegian authorities their expenses on her deportation to Russia. Only after that, she will be able to come to work to Norway.
13:00, 16 April 2011
South-Ossetian city of Kvaisa has failure of water supply
On April 15, as a result of an accident with the water line "Vezur-Kvaisa", the city of Kvaisa, South Ossetia, remained without water. The municipal services detected three significant damages of the water line caused by mudflows.
12:00, 16 April 2011
In Volgograd, sixteen young mothers go on hunger strike
In an attempt to attract attention of local authorities to the problem of shortage of places in kindergartens of Volgograd, 16 young mothers have announced a three-day-long hunger strike.
11:00, 16 April 2011
In Finland, Pastor Juha Molari defrocked for criticising "Kavkaz-Centre"
The leadership of the Lutheran Church of Finland has dismissed the Finnish pastor, doctor of theology Juha Molari for his criticism of the website "Kavkaz-Centre", which is close to the terrorist leader Dokku Umarov. Human rights activists from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) offer Molari to move to Orthodoxy.
Roman Serebryany and Dagestani journalists at the training seminar on "Youth Leadership" in Makhachkala, April 14, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 15 April 2011
Russia creates new database on crimes against journalists
As reported by John Crowfoot, the creator of the database and an expert of the International Federation of Journalists, and Roman Serebryany, advisor of the chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia, at the training seminar on "Youth Leadership" in Makhachkala, Russia is creating a database of crimes committed against journalists. The seminar was attended by Dagestani, Chechen and Ingush journalists.
23:30, 15 April 2011
After attempt, Sultan-Girei Khashagulgov fears for his life
The former Deputy Minister of Construction of Ingushetia Sultan-Girei Khashagulgov, who received serious injuries as a result of an attempt on him, fears for his life.
23:20, 15 April 2011
In Dagestan, expert speaks at trial of Nursi follower
In Makhachkala, the court session dealing with the criminal case against Ziyavdin Dapaev, a follower of Turkish theologian Said Nursi, whose written works have been banned in Russia since 2007, listened to Gasan Gasanov, an expert, head of the division of general psychology and chairman of the advisory council for psychology of the Dagestan State University, who stated that there is nothing illegal in Nursi's writings.
23:10, 15 April 2011
Chechnya celebrates April 16 as Day of Peace and CTO cancellation
On Saturday, April 16, the Chechen Republic will mark the second anniversary of cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which had lasted in the republic for almost 10 years. This day is celebrated in Chechnya as the end of war; therefore, it is declared the Day of Peace. However, the official authorities and NGOs disagree in evaluation of this event.
Newborn in incubator. Photo by croftsfamily.com
23:10, 15 April 2011
Tskhinvali lacks specialist to service equipment for rearing premature infants
At the maternity hospital of the capital of South Ossetia, the absence of a child resuscitator-neonatology physician creates problems in rearing premature babies. This was stated by Vadim Tedeev chief physician of the hospital. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent managed to find out that the young woman-postgraduate student, sent by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of South Ossetia to Russia for training in this specialty, got married and never returned to Tskhinvali.
Unknown persons who presented themselves as employees of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia and Inara Gabaraeva, April 14, 2011. Frame from video record made by telephone
23:00, 15 April 2011
Inara Gabaraeva to complain to the Prosecutor's Office against those who threatened her
The rights defender from South Ossetia is going to apply to the Prosecutor's Office against those who threatened her. Inara Gabaraeva has confirmed the information spread within the last day on the Internet that on April 14 she received threats from three unidentified men who introduced themselves as employees of the Ministry of Defence of South Ossetia.
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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.