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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.
19:00, 23 April 2010
New human rights organization to start in Dagestan
As reported today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Svetlana Isaeva, head of the NGO "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", Gyulnara Rustamova, one of the activists of the NGO, has left it aiming to create a new human rights entity.
18:00, 23 April 2010
Remains of two young men kidnapped by militaries eight years ago found in Chechnya
Remains of two residents of Chechnya captured by Russian militaries in the course of "zachistka" (cleanup operation) in spring 2002 were found in the Shali District. The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has restarted the criminal case, which was suspended several years ago because of non-establishment of the persons involved in this crime.
18:00, 23 April 2010
Russia's MFA rejects Dalai Lama's visit to Kalmykian Buddhists
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has again rejected the entry visa to Dalai Lama XIV, spiritual leader of Buddhists. This was reported by Shadzhin Lama (Supreme Lama) of Kalmykia Talo Tulku Rinpoche at his regular quarterly press conference for republic's mass media. Buddhists had earlier stated that they would perceive such refusal as violation of their rights.
23:50, 22 April 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses' warship building set on fire in Budyonnovsk
In the city of Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Territory, the worship building of the local community of Jehovah's Witnesses was set on fire. Examination has established that it was arson; besides, traces were detected of numerous previous attempts to burn the building down. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Grigory Martynov, representative of the press service of the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.
23:40, 22 April 2010
Public commissions may influence prison administrations, human rights activists hope
Issues of improving the efficiency of and supporting the recently organized Russian system of public control over detention places were discussed on April 21 in Moscow at the international conference on defence of prisoners' rights.
23:30, 22 April 2010
Picket held in Essentuki against Vladikavkaz "Electrozink"
On April 21, the members of the initiative group "Electrozink. Do we breathe?" in the website "Odnoklassniki.Ru" conducted a picket in the city of Essentuki with the aim to draw attention of the public and power bodies of the Russian Federation to the problem of poisoning of residents of Northern Caucasus with emissions of the "Electrozink" Factory, operating in North Ossetia.
23:10, 22 April 2010
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay out 200,000 euros of compensation for 3 disappearances in the Caucasus
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Russia guilty of disappearance of three residents of Chechnya - Sultan Khatuev, Louisa Mutaeva and Vakhit Dzhabrailov - in 2003-2004, while the inquiry into these disappearances was found inefficient.
23:10, 22 April 2010
Human rights activists agree with Georgian Ombudsman's report for the second half of 2009
On April 21, Georgi Tugushi, People's Defender of Georgia (Ombudsman), presented to the parliament his report for the second half of 2009. Most human rights organizations gave positive estimates to the Ombudsman's report having noted, however, that formulations of the recommendation part could have been tougher.
22:30, 22 April 2010
ECtHR demands that Azerbaijani authorities release journalist Fatullaev
On April 21, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced its decision on the complaint of Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, convicted in Azerbaijan, and found illegitimate all the verdicts of the Azerbaijani courts, which had imprisoned the journalist. The Azerbaijani authorities plan to challenge the decision at the High Board of the Strasbourg Court.
Fragment of the drawing “Armenian Refugees” by artist A. Petrov. Source: http://ru.wikipedia.org
19:00, 22 April 2010
Participants of Moscow-Yerevan space bridge: recognition of Armenians' genocide will not strike Turkey in any way
On April 21, the press centre of the RIA of "Novosti" held a TV space bridge "Moscow-Yerevan" dated to the 95th anniversary of Armenians' genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. The main debated topic was in the reasons why the modern Turkey refuses to recognize the fact of genocide.
18:00, 22 April 2010
Azerbaijan: consideration of appeals on case MIA vs. Kerimov postponed
The today's session of the Baku Appeal Court under chairmanship of Abid Abdinbekov on the case "MIA of Azerbaijan versus Eyub Kerimov, editor-in-chief of the 'Femida-007' newspaper" lasted just for a couple of minutes. The reason was the intention of the respondent to lodge a cassation complaint against rejection by the Baku Appeal Court of his petitions put forward at the preparatory session and asking to return the case to the first instance court for running a repeated investigation.
23:30, 21 April 2010
ECtHR accepts complaint of woman from Nalchik
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint of Maria Fanzieva, 65, a resident of Nalchik, eligible for consideration. The response of the Court addressed to her reports that "the complaint fits to be considered both for the eligibility and circumstances of the case on the merits at the same time in conformity with Article 29, paragraph 3 of the Convention."
23:00, 21 April 2010
SC of Dagestan rejects Khaibulayev's complaint against magistrate and federal judges
Judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan Baimurza Gadjiev has rejected the complaint lodged by Khaibula Khaibulayev, a resident of Karat village, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, against the actions of the magistrate and federal judges of the Botlikh District, who had fined him.
22:00, 21 April 2010
Son of killed FSB colonel wounded by explosion in Makhachkala on April 20
One of the bombs triggered yesterday, on April 20, in the evening in the capital of Dagestan, blew up under a BMW car, when Mirza, son of Colonel of Dagestan FSB Kamil Etinbekov, assassinated in 2004, was trying to get in.
South Ossetia, Tskhinvali. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/14088454
21:00, 21 April 2010
ECtHR rejects five claims of South-Ossetian residents - victims of August 2008
A message appeared in the website of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that five out of seven complaints initially accepted right after the 2008 August war from residents of South Ossetia against Georgia have been withdrawn from consideration. A group of judges in Strasbourg made this decision on March 23.
20:00, 21 April 2010
20 supposed militants liquidated in Chechnya this year
The MIA of Chechnya has summed up its achievements in the first quarter of 2010. According to the official data, as a result of special operations conducted from the start of the year in the territory of the republic, 20 suspected militants were killed, 54 more members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) and their helpers were detained.
19:00, 21 April 2010
HRC "Memorial" demands to stop criminal case against defendant in Nalchik attack case
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" believes that the evidential base in the case about the militants' attack on power structures of Kabardino-Balkaria on October 13, 2005, is invalid, and demands to stop the criminal case against Kazbek Budtuev and release him from custody. This is stated in the message of the Centre, which had provided an advocate to defend Kazbek Budtuev and Rasul Kudaev.
News
Facebook* users consider the initiative for a railway through Abkhazia premature

Georgian authorities have responded to the idea of ​​launching trains from Russia via Abkhazia.

Yaganov's* comments on the Lata tragedy demonstrated his disappointment in the "Abkhaz project"

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.