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Central road in Nazran. Source: www.ingushetia.org
20:00, 23 April 2009
Relatives of Ingushetian resident killed by power agents are sure that he is a victim of extrajudicial execution
Relatives of Adam Aushev, 21, a resident of Surkhakhi village, Nazran District, killed on March 21 by employees of the Department of the FSB (DFSB) for Ingushetia, reject the DFSB's version about his armed resistance and insist on an extrajudicial execution of the young man.
19:00, 23 April 2009
European Court condemns Russia on five Chechen cases
Today, the European Court on Human Rights has announced its decisions on five cases related to violations of Chechen residents' rights. According to these decisions, the aggregate compensation awarded to the applicants on all five cases for their material and mental damage will make 549,700 euros.
Railway station of Sochi. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/9776511@N04
18:00, 23 April 2009
Lady-journalist beaten in Sochi did not receive threats before interviewing Nemtsov
Sochi journalist Anastasia Akopyan beaten with threats after she had interviewed Boris Nemtsov, a candidate for Sochi Mayor, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that she had not received any threats before the incident.
23:40, 22 April 2009
In Krasnodar Territory, ship-owner company promised to pay debts to seamen hungerstriking in Eysk
The company, which fails to pay salaries to the crew of the Russian ship "Artemida", now in the Krasnodar Territory at the ship-repair works in the city of Eysk, promised to settle, before April 26, the conflict with the seamen who have announced a hunger strike.
23:30, 22 April 2009
Woman from Kabardino-Balkaria complains of blackmailing by militiaman
Marina Bottaeva, 20, a resident of Nalchik, addressed human rights organizations with an application that he was blackmailed by a law enforcer named Arsen Iritov, born in 1985, a relative of Naurbi Zhamborov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
Source: http://anapa-yunga.ru
23:00, 22 April 2009
Authorities of North Ossetia plan to improve school food after September
Since September 1, 2009, North Ossetia will seriously toughen requirements to medical centres and dining rooms in educational establishments in order to improve children's nutrition and health control. Now, only about 20 percent of schoolchildren of the republic get proper meals.
22:50, 22 April 2009
Relatives of suspects of murdering Politkovskaya promise 100,000 US dollars for information about real killers
Relatives of Ibragim and Dzhabrail Makhmudovs, former defendants in Anna Politkovskaya's murder case, have announced remuneration for any information connected with this crime.
22:10, 22 April 2009
Wounded security head of the Republic's Clinic of Ingushetia died
Today, Saipi Mogushkov, 77, former head of the security at the Republic's Clinical Hospital of Ingushetia, who was wounded by unidentified persons in the evening on April 19, has died.
22:00, 22 April 2009
Judge Bukreev's defence claims trial protraction
Today, the Moscow Garrison Military Court continued debates on the case of Vladimir Bukreev - the judge who sentenced Colonel Budanov, - now accused of bribe-taking. The state accuser demands 10 years of general regime colony for the defendant, while the defence complains of protracting the litigation.
21:20, 22 April 2009
Miklos Harasti: criminal punishment for defamation should be cancelled in Azerbaijan
The OSCE spokesman on freedom of mass media Miklos Harasti has welcomed liberation in Azerbaijan of three journalists from custody and called the authorities of the country to cancel criminal prosecution for defamation.
21:00, 22 April 2009
Trial on the case of Magomed Evloev's death will pass in Ingushetia
The Supreme Court of Ingushetia has recognized lawful the refusal to transfer the trial on the case of the death of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", from the republic to some other subject of the Russian Federation.
20:00, 22 April 2009
KBR's human rights activists urge Medvedev and State Duma to announce amnesty by Victory Day
Members of human rights organizations of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachaevo-Circassia have offered the authorities of Russia to announce amnesty by the Victory Day, including for the participants of events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik.
19:00, 22 April 2009
In Sochi, lady-journalist who made Nemtsov's pre-election video clip was attacked
The journalist who made a television clip for Boris Nemtsov, a candidate for Sochi Mayor, was attacked. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Olga Shorina, press secretary of the Movement named "Solidarity".
18:00, 22 April 2009
Tomorrow, trial on events on October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria will continue
On April 23, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria will continue considering the case on events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik. It is not excluded that the verdict will be passed at last, anticipated by the public for three and a half years already.
Road in Dagestan. Source: www.winwd.narod.ru
23:40, 21 April 2009
Prosecutor's Office gives no data about resident of Dagestan Zagirov kidnapped by power agents
The Prosecutor's Office refused to provide any data to human rights activists about Yusup Zagirov, who was kidnapped in Dagestan on April 5 by unidentified power agents. On April 8 the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" was informed about this kidnapping by Yusup's brother Omar Zagirov.
23:00, 21 April 2009
In Chechnya MfE starts demining farmlands
A group of sappers of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia has arrived to Chechnya and started demining the rural territory in the vicinity of Grozny. They will have to examine about 50 hectares of arable land.
22:40, 21 April 2009
In Chechnya, two Districts are under the CTO regime
Since April 20, in the south of Chechnya, in the Itum-Kalin and Vedeno Districts, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was announced. Some local observers believe that these could be power agents' response actions to the Kremlin's decision to cancel the CTO regime that had survived in Chechnya for more than nine years.
22:00, 21 April 2009
Human rights activists to present list of Azerbaijani political prisoners to PACE session
The delegation of human rights activists from Azerbaijan was invited to Strasbourg to the regular session of the PACE to take place on April 27-30.
Action in support of expelled student. Source: photo of CK correspondent
21:40, 21 April 2009
Baku hosts action in support of expelled student
Today, in Baku, near the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan, a picket was held by a group of activists of the youth movement "Dalga" (Wave). Their demand was to restore expelled 4th year student Pyarviz Azimov at the Lenkoran State University (LSU).
21:10, 21 April 2009
In Tbilisi, opposition restarts its rally
In Tbilisi, in the square in front of the parliament, supporters of the opposition have resumed their rally with participation of more than 10,000 protesters. Oppositionists plan to install "prison cells-cages" along the whole Rustaveli Avenue, and the local Union of Journalists "Objective" starts its project "Free Street Television" for broadcasting "alternative news" onto a big screen.
News
Ilya Sigida. Photo from Eschatology.org. The easing of Ilya Sigida's pretrial detention came as a surprise to his family.

Tourism industry experts have noted a growing interest among tourists in Anapa.

Cleaning up fuel oil on the Vityazevskaya Spit. A still from the "SSL Volunteers" Telegram channel: https://t.me/setisitolopata/2849 Volunteers reported on the progress of the oil spill cleanup near the shore in Anapa.

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.