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14:00, 2 April 2011
Residents of Chechnya, detained in Astrakhan as suspected IAF members, sentenced
The Court of the Astrakhan Region has passed a verdict of guilty to residents of Chechnya Aina Sidgalieva and Bekmagomed Saigatov, detained in Astrakhan in November 2009. They were accused of an attempt on MIA employees and sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison accordingly.
13:00, 2 April 2011
Municipal kindergartens in Yerevan become free of charge for parents
From April 1 on, more than 160 kindergartens in the capital of Armenia, which are under the jurisdiction of the Mayoralty, became free of charge for children's parents. The decision was made by the city Board of Elders at the sitting held on March 15.
Participants of "Monstration" action in Astrakhan. April 1, 2011. Photo by Damir Shamardanov
06:00, 2 April 2011
April 1 action named "Monstration" held in Astrakhan by the opposition
On April 1, in Astrakhan, activists of oppositional parties and movements held an action named "Monstration".
City beach in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 1 April 2011
Water Pollution MAC near city beach of Makhachkala exceeded by 14,000 times
Examination of water samples near the city beach of Makhachkala has shown that the content of dissolved petroleum products is 991.15 mg per litre, which exceeds the maximum allowable concentration (MAC) in water bodies by more than 14,000 times, reports the Centre for Laboratory Analysis and Technical Measurements of the Republic of Dagestan.
23:40, 1 April 2011
Ingushetia starts resettling refugees from barracks
The temporarily displaced persons living in Ingushetia in kasernes, barracks and garages have received prescriptions to abandon these facilities before April 15.
23:30, 1 April 2011
UN Court refuses to consider Georgia's claim to Russia
The Hague Court (the UN International Court of Justice) has decided that it has no jurisdiction to consider the claim of Georgia versus Russia, in which Georgia accuses Russia of non-fulfilment of the International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
23:20, 1 April 2011
Earlier kidnapped Magomed Taisumov, Sulim Yamadaev's associate, found dead in Chechnya
Former Chief of Staff of the "Vostok" battalion Magomed Taisumov, who was kidnapped on March 28 by unidentified persons, was found dead. According to his relatives, his body has signs of torture.
23:10, 1 April 2011
In Astrakhan, court marshals demand Teplischev to move out within ten days
This morning the house of the Astrakhan journalist Oleg Teplischev was visited by court marshals with the aim to notify about the court's decision to evict the journalist and his mother out of their two apartments in the building in central Astrakhan. They were given ten days to do it.
23:00, 1 April 2011
Georgian Ombudsman presents his annual report on human rights to Parliament
On March 31, Giorgi Tugushi, Ombudsman in Georgia, passed his report on the situation with human rights in Georgia in 2010 over to David Bakradze, Speaker of the Georgian. The 600-page document presents general trends in the area of defence of human rights and civil liberties, and specific violations at the level of state authorities, local self-governments and law enforcement bodies.
22:00, 1 April 2011
Azerbaijan: jailed journalists Fatullaev transferred from dungeon to general colony
On Thursday, March 31, the imprisoned journalists Einullah Fatullaev was taken out of the dungeon of the penitentiary establishment No. 1 and sent to its general area. The journalist fears for his life, but refutes the information that he had applied to the President for pardon.
21:00, 1 April 2011
Armenia decides to early relieve convicted oppositionist Baregamyan
The commission on CER (conditional early relief) has decided to apply this measure to the oppositional activist Aram Baregamyan. Today, the respective documents have been sent to the penitentiary institutions "Razdan", where Baregamyan is serving his sentence.
20:00, 1 April 2011
Dokku Umarov's wife identified among casualties of special operation in Ingushetia
According to the latest examination data, Dokku Umarov's wife, a doctor and a few close associates of the leader of "Imarat Kavkaz" were identified among those killed in bombardment of the militants' camp in Ingushetia.
19:00, 1 April 2011
DDOS-attack upon "Voice of Ingushetia" web-site
On March, 31, an Ingush web-site "Voice of Ingushetia" underwent a DDOS-attack. It was rather powerful and the server is unable to cope with the great number of requests, administration of the web-site reports.
Most of "Strategy-31" rally participants in Volgograd were members of the Society in Defence of Sberbank Depositors. March 31, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 1 April 2011
Participants of "Strategy-31" action in Volgograd were at issue concerning the Mayor's resignation
The participants of the meeting which passed off on March, 31, in Volgograd represented different parties and movements. Their main slogans were: "Putin must be discharged!" and "Ban "United Russia!". As for the activists' opinions concerning resignation of Roman Grebennikov, Mayor of the city, there were both unacceptance of Governor Anatoly Brovko's decision of discharging Head of Municipality and approval of this action.
23:50, 31 March 2011
Azerbaijan marks Genocide Day
Today, on March 31, Azerbaijani marks its Genocide Day in memory of the victims of the events 93 years ago, when armed forces of the Armenian nationalist party "Dashnaktsutyun", supported by the Bolshevik leadership of the Baku Soviet, headed by Stepan Shaumyan, committed mass murders and massacre of the peaceful Azerbaijani population.
23:30, 31 March 2011
Chechen policeman shot dead in Makhachkala
As reported today by Alkhas Amirkhanov, Senior Assistant of the Head of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Dagestan, this morning in Makhachkala a Chechen policeman was shot dead by an unidentified person.
23:20, 31 March 2011
In Vladikavkaz, victims of Beslan terror act demand social protection
Today, the capital of North Ossetia has hosted a picket in defence of constitutional rights of the residents of Beslan, who demand an objective investigation of the terror act on September 1, 2004, and effective justice and social protection.
23:10, 31 March 2011
Businessman announced into search on suspicion of funding Dagestani militants was killed in January
Ruslan Atavov, Director of the "Simpeks" Company, who was searched as a terrorists' helper, was shot dead during a special operation in Makhachkala on January 13.
Egle Kusaite in premise of the District Court of Vilnius, Lithuania. March 2011. Photo by Ruslan Kondratiev, www.balsas.lt
23:00, 31 March 2011
Thomas Chivas: Lithuanian VSD was first to contact FSB on Magmadovs' and Kusaite's case
The Lithuanian mass media have released documents from the case of Egle Kusaite, who had been allegedly recruited by Apti and Aishat Magmadov, natives of Chechnya living in Russia, for committing a terror acts in Russia. According to the documents, the Lithuanian State Security Service (VSD) was the first to appeal to the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) with a request for cooperation on this case. Arvidas Anushauskas, chairman of the Seym Committee for National Security and Defence (NSDC) argues that he knows nothing about cooperation of the Lithuanian and Russian intelligence services.
Toys by a Beslan Monument. Russia, St. Petersburg, August 2007. Photo b AndreyA, commons.wikimedia.org
23:00, 31 March 2011
Russia: Chronicle of terror
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.