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22:30, 1 April 2010
Dmitri Medvedev defines five primary goals of war on terror in the Caucasus
Today in Makhachkala, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, who arrived in Dagestan, held a meeting with the heads of the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), territorial subdivisions of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) and law-enforcement bodies. The President emphasized the need to reform the system of law enforcement bodies and formulated five primary goals to be attained by the country's leadership.
22:10, 1 April 2010
Georgian Ombudsman states violations of prisoners' rights
The office of the Ombudsman of Georgia has presented its 328-pages report on the situation with human rights, which covers the second half of 2009. The report notes that Georgian prisons have heavy custody conditions, while court verdicts are often partial.
21:00, 1 April 2010
Bortnikov: organizers of terror acts in Moscow and Kizlyar are known
Alexander Bortnikov, head of Federal Security Bureau (FSB) said, speaking at the meeting convoked by President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev that the organizers of the terror acts in Moscow and Kizlyar are known; however, their names are not revealed yet. According to the investigation, the two women-suicide-bombers arrived to Moscow by bus from the city of Kizlyar, Republic Dagestan; all the way they had their bombs already attacked to them.
20:00, 1 April 2010
Local resident liquidated in Kabardino-Balkaria was militants' leader, power agents assert
The man who was assassinated in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on Wednesday, March 31, was, according to power agencies, the financier of local militants, who replaced the earlier liquidated Anzor Astemirov, leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian and Karachai underground.
19:00, 1 April 2010
Two persons killed by explosion in Dagestan
As a result of the explosion triggered last night in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan two persons were lost, as reported by the press service of the republic's MIA.
Moscow, Park Kultury metro station, evening of March 30, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 1 April 2010
Liudmila Alekseeva was attacked during the memory action at Moscow metro station
On March 31, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) Liudmila Alekseeva, 82, was attacked by an unknown young man when she was laying flowers in a lobby of the metro station. The attacker on the human rights defender was detained by the militia; and a criminal case was opened against him.
18:00, 1 April 2010
Woman from Dagestan was one of Moscow metro suicide-bombers
As reported by a source in power agencies of the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), so far, one woman-suicide-bomber, who blew herself up at the Park Kultury metro station, has been identified - she was a resident of Dagestan; her name is not disclosed in the interests of the inquiry.
18:00, 1 April 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 22-28
Visit of the PACE Rapporteur Dick Marti to regions of Northern Caucasus; election of Ombudsman in Ingushetia; liquidation of a militants' leader Anzor Astemirov in Kabardino-Balkaria, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of March 22-28 in the Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Moscow, flowers at Lubyanka metro station, evening March 30, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 31 March 2010
Georgian politicians indignant at assumptions of "Georgian trace" in Moscow terror acts
Georgia feels indignant at recent statements made by Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russia's Security Council that a "Georgian trace" may appear in terror acts at Moscow metro stations committed on March 29, where 39 persons were lost. Georgian politicians believe this statement to be groundless - they also sympathize with casualties' relatives and victims of the metro explosions and victims at explosions in the underground. Temur Yakobashvili, State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration, announced Tbilisi's readiness to cooperation with Russia in investigating the terror acts.
22:40, 31 March 2010
In Armenia, some human rights activists refuse to take part in FIDH forum
Armen Arutyunyan, the Ombudsman of Armenia, refused to speak at the forum of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) to open in Yerevan on April 6. Mr Arutyunyan said that he would take part in the forum as an invited guest and gave no other explanations. A number of Armenian human rights organizations also refused to take part in the event.
22:00, 31 March 2010
MIA of Chechnya: Mataev named as potential accomplice of Moscow women-suicide-bombers lives in France
Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic doubt that a native of the republic Kazbek Mataev, suspected as a potential accomplice of the women-suicide-bombers who committed terror acts in Moscow metro on March 29, could really be involved, as reported by a number of Russian mass media. According to Chechen power agents, Mataev has been living outside Russia for several years.
21:50, 31 March 2010
Russia's Supreme Court upholds verdict on "Neva-Express" explosion in 2007
The Supreme Court has rejected the complaint lodged by the defence of the convicted residents of Ingushetia Salambek Dzakhkiev and Maksharip Khidriev on the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, having upheld the earlier verdict of the Novgorod Regional Court.
21:20, 31 March 2010
Today, Azerbaijan marks Genocide Day
On March 31, Azerbaijan marks Genocide Day in commemoration of the victims of events in 1918.
21:00, 31 March 2010
Krasnodar: court returns Anastasia Denisova's case to prosecutor's office
The Lenin District Court of Krasnodar has held today already the fourth preliminary hearing on the case of Anastasia Denisova, head of the public organization named "ETnIKa". The court has ruled to return the case to the prosecutor's office for elimination of inquiry mistakes.
20:00, 31 March 2010
President of Dagestan offers to posthumously award militiamen who perished in Kizlyar
Only due to operative actions of employees of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, known in Russia as "GIBDD") in Kizlyar, who blocked the terrorist-suicide-bomber's car, much greater damage of the explosion were avoided. This is the opinion of the Department for ensuring traffic safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia.
19:00, 31 March 2010
Dokku Umarov takes responsibility for explosions in Moscow and promises new terror acts
Dokku Umarov, leader of North-Caucasian militants, said in his video appeal placed on YouTube that the terror acts in Moscow metro committed by suicide-bombers on March 29 were the answer to the special operation of power agents in Ingushetia, where on February 11 along with members of the armed underground four peaceful residents of Chechnya were killed.
18:00, 31 March 2010
Orlov: "Caucasian trace" possible in Moscow metro tragedy
The so-called "Caucasian trace" is possible in the explosions in Moscow metro, believes Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
The place of terror act in Kizlyar, March 31, 2010. Photo by press-service of the Ministry for Emergencies of Dagestan
18:00, 31 March 2010
Twin explosions in Kizlyar partially destroy buildings located near the place of incident
Under the information available so far, the terror act committed by terrorists-suicide-bombers in Kizlyar killed 12 persons, more than 20 were hospitalized with various traumas; in total, 23 were injured, but this is non-confirmed data. Houses located near the place of explosion lost their windows; some of them are partially ruined. The FSB has stated that the suicide bomber's target in Kizlyar was the local Interior Division.
23:50, 30 March 2010
Authorities ban opposition rally in central Rostov in defence of freedom of assembly
In Rostov-on-Don, activists of the opposition - United Civil Front, "Left-Wing Front" and "Solidarity" - plan to go out on March 31 to the central street of the city, Bolshaya Sadovaya, at the entrance to the Gorky Park, and hold an action similar to the one planned on that very day in Moscow in the Triumph Square - in defence of Article 31 of the Constitution - on the freedom of assembly.
23:40, 30 March 2010
Doctors reject rumours that passengers were squeezed to death by the crowd
The workers of the morgue No. 2, where 14 out of 39 casualties of the yesterday's terror acts in Moscow were brought, assert that none of them has characteristic traumas which could evidence that he or she was squeezed or trampled underfoot by the crowd.
News
A new batch of Russian grain was shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

The number of people evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 2,000.

A train carrying Russian grain. Baku, March 9, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/biznes/segodnya-cherez-azerbajdzhan-v-armeniyu-otpravyat-rossijskoe-zerno A train carrying Russian grain was sent through Azerbaijan to Armenia.

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.