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23:00, 6 April 2011
In Chechnya, birth rate is 5 times mortality rate
According to preliminary results of the 2010 census, the average annual birth rate in Chechnya is about 32,000 newborns against the mortality rate of about 6200, with the migration loss of about 2000, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Ramzan Digaev, head of the Territorial Department of the Russian Federal State Statistics ("Rosstat") for the Chechen Republic.
23:00, 6 April 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 28 to April 3
Power agents hope to identify Dokku Umarov among those liquidated in Ingushetia; while the former Mayor of Volgograd is seeking his reinstatement, it was decided to liquidate the post of Mayor whatsoever - in favour of the post of City Manager; Azerbaijani authorities respond by mass arrests to mass protests, - look these and other events in the review of the week of March 28 to April 3, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
River Don, Azov Sea Port. September 2010. Photo: www.azov.info
22:00, 6 April 2011
Port of Azov: petroleum products in Don River neutralized; ecologists: damage was large-scale
The officials of the Azov Sea Port argue that the two spots of oil products, detected yesterday in the Don River near the city of Azov (Rostov Region), pose no threat. At the same time, an activist of an environmental organization said that the river pollution was significant, while information about the incident is concealed.
Left to right: Ambassador Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Union; Petra Gombalova- Kislingerova, representative of the Political Division of the EU; Magomed Mutsolgov, chairman of the human rights organization MASHR. Ingushetia, Nazran, April 5, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 6 April 2011
Ingushetia: head of EU representative office discusses human rights issues
Ambassador Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU), paid a visit to the Republic of Ingushetia. During the visit he met with Magomed Mutsolgov, head of the human rights organization named "MASHR".
20:00, 6 April 2011
Azerbaijan starts trying young oppositionist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev
A trial of Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evading military service, starts in Azerbaijan. On April 7, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, chaired by Emin Akhundov, plans to hold a preliminary hearing on the case.
Grigory Elizarov and Egor Mirchuk, organizers of the action, managed to unfold - for a couple of minutes - their poster reading "Freedom to prisoners of conscience!" at the building of the Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the Southern Federal District (SFD). Rostov-on-Don, April 5, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 6 April 2011
Actions in support of political prisoners passed off in Rostov region
Yesterday, April, 5, actions in support of detained political prisoners passed off in two towns of Rostov region. As a result of the picket in Rostov three activists of "Another Russia" were detained. Activists in Taganrog had to organize a single-person picket because the municipal administration prohibited holding a meeting.
18:00, 6 April 2011
Georgian opposition is ready to recommence negotiations on electoral system
Yesterday, April, 5, oppositional community of Georgia put forward a suggestion to the ruling party to recommence negotiations on electoral system. The statement they issued runs that the opposition is ready to make some concessions but at the same time it is going to start a broad campaign of informing the population on the amendments it offers.
23:50, 5 April 2011
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia complains to US President about situation in Georgia
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, 36, son of the first president of Georgia, who is serving his prison term has treated - in his letter to US President Barack Obama - the situation as "deplorable" in the Georgian penitentiary system, in justice, in the electoral system, and in the spheres of the freedom of speech and respect for human rights.
23:40, 5 April 2011
Townspeople in Grozny complain of inconvenience caused by strengthened security measures
Today Chechnya will host the ceremony of official inauguration of Ramzan Kadyrov as the head of the republic. From April 2 on, security measures in central Grozny have been essentially intensified, causing, together with all the preparations, serious problems for the residents of the Chechen capital.
23:30, 5 April 2011
Most respondents in Kvemo-Kartli and Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti believe that ethnic minorities are protected
The rights of ethnic minorities in Georgia are duly protected, said 60.4 percent of respondents in the region of Kvemo-Kartli region, populated by Azerbaijanis, and in Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti, populated mostly by Armenians. This figure was voiced out on March 30 at presentation of the sociological study conducted in these regions last December.
23:10, 5 April 2011
Georgia to investigate crash of its aircraft in Congo together with the UN
The Georgian aviation authorities and UN officials will conduct a joint inquiry into the catastrophe, which happened with the UN aircraft belonging to the "Airzena-Georgian Airways" airline in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pupils of a kindergarten in Ingushetia. Photo from the official website of the Republic of Ingushetia: www.ingushetia.ru
23:00, 5 April 2011
Census in Ingushetia shows demographic plus and migration minus
The reduction of the population of Ingushetia in-between the censuses of 2002 and 2010 happened due to the fact that the Chechen refugees, who stayed in Ingushetia in 2002, later returned to their former residences. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Ibragim Kurkiev, head of the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service ("Rosstat") for the Republic of Ingushetia.
22:20, 5 April 2011
Georgia: Batumi port reopened after radiation leak
The "Caucasian Knot" was reported at the administration of the Batumi port that the radioactive substance caesium-137 detected in the port has been already withdrawn and transported to a secure storage.
22:10, 5 April 2011
Vladimir Zherebenkov: witness Baranovskiy in Markelov-and-Baburova's murder case gives false evidence
Alexei Baranovskiy, a friend of the defendants in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, is under threat of criminal liability for perjury, said the victims' advocate Vladimir Zherebenkov.
22:00, 5 April 2011
Advocate of a suspect of terror act in Vladikavkaz complains that he is not admitted to his client
Issa Khashagulgov, a suspect of involvement in the terror act in Vladikavkaz, was transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by one of Khashagulgov's advocates, who learned about removal of his client from the SIZO "Lefortovo".
21:00, 5 April 2011
Chechnya introduces new dress code for schoolgirls
Schools of Chechnya introduce new rules for high grade girls. Now, as reported by parents, in addition to compulsory wearing of headscarves, they will have to wear long skirts starting from the seventh form.
20:00, 5 April 2011
Judgement of guilt passed to rally participants in Georgia
Today, the Tbilisi City Court has announced its ruling on the case of the persons detained on April 4 at the rally in support the prisoners' rights. They were sentenced to 20 and 25 days of administrative arrest.
Ramin Deko. Photo: Azadliq Radiosu, RFE/RL
19:00, 5 April 2011
A journalist of oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" beaten up in Baku
In the evening of April, 4, an assault at Ramin Deko, journalist of an oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" ("Freedom") was committed in Baku. The journalist considers that the attackers had a connection with the people who the day before, April, 3, were holding him by force for several hours and having a "preventive talk" with him.
18:00, 5 April 2011
Authorities of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, formed a committee for reconciliation
On April, 3, Saigidpasha Umakhanov, Head of Khasavyurt, signed an enactment of forming a reconciliation committee for solving conflict situations, arguments and reconciliation of parties. In addition to solving questions of adaptation of persons who decided to stop terrorist activities, the committee will deal with prevention of blood feud, domestic conflicts and kidnapping.
23:50, 4 April 2011
Chechen power agents have no proofs of Deputy Khambiev's involvement in Major Taisumov's murder
Major Magomed Taisumov, former deputy commander of the special-purpose battalion of the GRU "Vostok" (East), who was kidnapped in the evening of March 28 in the Gudermes district of Chechnya and later found murdered, was not tortured before his death, but was shot dead. Also, there are no credible evidences of involvement of Magomed Khambiev, a Chechen MP and a former defence minister of Ichkeria, a source from the law enforcement bodies of Chechnya asserts.
News
A shot of a potholed road on Zavokzalnaya Street in Khasavyurt. Photo: People's Front Dagestan / Telegram channel Residents of Khasavyurt complained about the road conditions.

Four fighters from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Islamic scholars explained the specifics of calculating zakat in Chechnya and 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.