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22:00, 26 April 2010
MIA's anti-extremism department may hold inquiry into Kalmyk student's murder in Moscow
Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said that he would take the investigation of the crime, committed at night on April 21 in Moscow as a result of which Kalmyk student Dolgan Nikeev was killed and his friend Vladimir Sanzhiev was wounded, under his personal supervision, the President's press service reports.
21:00, 26 April 2010
Pamfilova: unemployment and corruption in Northern Caucasus give birth to extremism
At her press conference on April 23 at the RIA "Novosti", Ella Pamfilova, chairperson of the board at the President of the Russian Federation on promotion of development of civil society institutes and human rights, said that unemployment and corruption in Northern Caucasus are the main causes generating extremism.
Dispersal of non-sanctioned picket of the "Freedom" Block in front of the Icheri-Shekher metro station near Baku Mayor's Office, April 26, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 26 April 2010
Baku police denies detention of oppositional picketers
Razu Nurullayev, deputy chairman of the Party of the People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA), reports detention of about 80 persons during today's picket organized in Baku by oppositionists from the block "Freedom". He noted that the detainees were brought to the Sabail District police stations. However, according to Kyamil Velishev, deputy head of the police department of this district, there were no detainees.
19:00, 26 April 2010
Kidnapped resident of Ingushetia is at large
On April 25, Khizar Bokov, a resident of Karabulak (Ingushetia), who was taken away from his house by power agents on April 21 to some unknown place, was let off home. Under unofficial data, all this time he was kept at Division 6 for counteracting extremism of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department).
Turkish flag. Photo by http://foto.turkey-info.ru
21:00, 24 April 2010
Protest rally in Armenia burns down Turkish flag
In Yerevan, in the evening on April 23, the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party held a rally that ended with a mourning torch march to the memorial to Armenians' genocide victims, which attracted several thousands of participants. They held posters "No to Armenian-Turkish Protocols!"
18:00, 24 April 2010
Shower rains cause floods and landslips in Eastern Georgia
Heavy drenches in the region Mtskheta-Tianeti (Eastern Georgia) have caused landslips and landslides of mountain slopes. Mountain rivers overflowed the banks and flooded a number of villages, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
17:00, 24 April 2010
International organizations call Azerbaijani authorities to follow ECtHR's decision on Fatullaev
International organizations welcome the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about release of the Azerbaijani journalist Einullah Fatullaev and call the official Baku to immediately fulfil the decision.
16:00, 24 April 2010
Today, Armenians all over the world mark Memory Day of genocide victims
Today, on the Memory Day of the victims of Armenians' genocide of 1915-1922 in the Ottoman Empire, Yerevan and other dwelling settlements of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and foreign countries with Armenian Diasporas will hold traditional mourning actions commemorating the genocide victims.
14:00, 24 April 2010
Grenade thrown into house of employee of Dagestan recreation centre
As reported by a source in law enforcement bodies, in the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, a grenade was thrown into the house of a local resident, a worker of the recreation centre.
13:00, 24 April 2010
Woman from Ingushetia: advocate is not admitted to her son
Fatima Bokova, a resident of Karabulak, reports that under unofficial information her son Khizar in kept in Division 6 of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department), in charge of counteracting extremism. Earlier, the woman had informed human rights activist that on April 21 he was kidnapped by power agents from their house.
12:00, 24 April 2010
Yerevan does not expect tough Ankara's response to frozen ratification of Protocols
The political elite of Turkey is still in search of answer to the decision of Armenia to stop the process of ratification of Armenian-Turkish Protocols. Hardly the Ankara's answer to this decision will be tough, believes Ruben Melkonyan, a well-known turcologist and deputy dean of the department of oriental studies of the Yerevan State University.
11:00, 24 April 2010
In Georgia, workers of Zestafoni factory and seven mines in Chiatura are on strike
A fortnight-long strike at the ferroalloy factory in the city of Zestafoni and seven manganese mines in Chiatura started on April 23. In total, about 6000 persons take part in it. Miners and factory workers were supported by the leaders of the Association of Trade Unions of Georgia.
10:00, 24 April 2010
Sappers neutralize a bomb near ROVD in Rostov-on-Don
On April 23, a self-made explosive device was found and neutralized near the building of the Lenin ROVD (District Interior Division) in Rostov-on-Don.
09:00, 24 April 2010
Georgia: Velistsikhe villagers are in panic because of flooding threat
At night on April 24, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and Rescuers' Service of Georgia undertook the second round of evacuation of Velistsikhe village residents from the Gurdzhaani District because of threat of breakthrough of the dam in the Cherem Lake.
23:30, 23 April 2010
Zuckerman: DDoS-attacks are easy in Internet, every website should get ready
Ethan Zuckerman, a senior researcher at the Berkman Centre "Internet and Society" of the Law Department at Harvard and founder of the non-commercial organization "Geekcorps" and hosting company "Tripod", notes that it is often very difficult, and at times even impossible to define, who has organizes a hacker's attack - the government, amateurs upon a govt's sanction, or certain hostile persons. Therefore, one should be properly ready in advance how to counteract them.
23:00, 23 April 2010
Kalmykia to hold a civil protest action against fascism in memory of student killed in Moscow
Tomorrow, on April 24, Kalmykia will hold a civil protest action against xenophobia and fascism in the context of the murder in Russian capital at night on April 21 of Dolgan Nikeev, a student of the Moscow State Open University.
22:00, 23 April 2010
Karachai-Circassia introduces "children's curfew"
At their session on April 22, the MPs of Karachai-Circassia passed in the final reading the law "On Measures to Prevent Neglect of and Offences by Minors in the Karachai-Circassian Republic", which restricts minors' stay in public places.
21:00, 23 April 2010
WOAT anxious about life of hacker Saaev who threatened Kadyrov
The International Secretariat of the World Organization Against Torture (WOAT) has addressed Russian leadership with a request to interfere with the situation with Albert Saaev, who was convicted in Moscow for hacking the official websites of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, and was taken away to Grozny.
20:00, 23 April 2010
Beslan victims dissatisfied with investigation progress
In the opinion of Susanna Dudieva, head of the "Beslan Mothers" Association of Terror Act Victims, the investigation of the terror act in Beslan was deliberately "braked" and will be further protracted. Discontent with the course of investigation was also voiced by Ella Kesaeva, leader of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan". Alexander Khalin, head of the investigatory group, does not agree with them.
19:00, 23 April 2010
Woman from Ingushetia states kidnapping of her son
In Ingushetia, Ms Bokova, F. M., a resident of Karabulak accuses power agents of kidnapping on April 21 of her son Bokov, Khizar Batredinovich, born in 1986, right from their house. The woman has addressed human rights entities and organizations asking to help in searching her son.
News
A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

Ruben Vardanyan declined to appeal the Baku court's verdict.

Ruben Vardanyan. Photo: State Security Service of Azerbaijan Vardanyan's relatives criticized the Baku court's verdict.

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.