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21:00, 27 April 2009
Interpol in search of Delimkhanov for attempt on Sulim Yamadaev
Adam Delimkhanov, deputy of Russia's State Duma from Chechnya, has been announced by the Interpol into international search on suspicion of murdering Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, on March 28 in Dubai. The search was initiated by the police of the United Arab Emirates, as reported by the official website of the Interpol.
20:00, 27 April 2009
Court to consider petition on arrest in absentia of former advocate of ex-senator from Kalmykia
The Moscow Investigatory Department (MID) of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has petitioned to the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow for arrest in absentia of well-known Russian advocate Boris Kuznetsov who had earlier represented the interests of Levon Chakhmakhchyan, ex-senator from Kalmykia, now convicted to 9 years of imprisonment.
Sochi, Kurortnyj prospect. Source: http://portal.surguta.ru
19:30, 27 April 2009
Anatoly Pakhomov wins election of Sochi Mayor
The first round of the election of Sochi Mayor resulted in 76.86% of votes cast for the candidate from "Edinaya Rossiya", acted Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov. These are the totals of the City Electoral Commission (CEC) of Sochi after tabulation of 100% of votes.
19:00, 27 April 2009
Sakvarelidze: Georgian population finds opposition's rallies fruitless
The opposition in Georgia promises to make its protest actions more radical, however, in the opinion of political scientist Ramaz Sakvarelidze, who was interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the population of Georgia see that the rallies of the opposition bring no result.
Freedom square, Tbilisi, 26 April 2009. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 27 April 2009
Zakareishvili: Georgia's authorities create a picture that population grows angry with the opposition
The authorities of Georgia are intentionally creating a picture of confrontation between oppositional protesters and local residents, as was stated by Paata Zakareishvili, a Georgian political scientist specializing in conflict-settlement of conflicts and promotion of democracy.
17:20, 27 April 2009
In Sochi, militia release American journalist
Kit Gessen, a correspondent of the American magazine named "New-Yorker", was released after checking his documents at the Sochi Department of Internal Affairs (UVD).
21:00, 25 April 2009
Chechnya marks the Day of the Chechen Language
Today, residents of Chechnya have celebrated the Day of the Chechen Language. The events dated to this holiday took place in all dwelling settlements of the republic.
20:00, 25 April 2009
Population of Azerbaijan has reached 8.820 million
The first results of the census conducted in Azerbaijan on April 13-22 have been announced. According to these data, the population of the country has reached 8,820,000 persons.
18:00, 25 April 2009
Two activists of the opposition pardoned in Armenia
Under Decree of President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, two figurants of the case about events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan - activists of the opposition David Agayan and Nver Stepanyan - were released from prison.
17:00, 25 April 2009
Mayor of Volgograd bans gays' parade in city centre
Head of Volgograd Roman Grebennikov has forbidden the gay-parade, which local sexual minorities had planned to hold today without sanction of the authorities in the city centre.
16:13, 25 April 2009
Because of opposition's actions, Parliament of Georgia works in hotel
Because of large-scale actions of the opposition in the centre of Tbilisi, the Parliament of Georgia has actually moved to the hotel "Sheraton Metekhi Palace" and tries to work from there.
15:00, 25 April 2009
Special operation underway in Ingushetia
Today since morning, in Surkhakhi village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, a special operation is conducted. The operation implies check of passports and inspections of motor transport.
11:00, 25 April 2009
Safrastyan: after "metz ekhern" Obama will say "genocide"
The use by the US President in his address to the Armenian community of the word "genocide" in its Armenian sounding "metz ekhern" means that the following step will be Obama's use of the term "genocide" also in the English language, as believes Professor Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
10:00, 25 April 2009
Ministry of Finance of North Ossetia to pay taxes for training Beslan children
President of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov has instructed the Republic's Ministry of Finance to allocate from the reserve fund some 1.3 million roubles to cover the tax for training and residence at the lyceum boarding school "Podmoskovny" of 30 children-victims of Beslan terror act.
09:00, 25 April 2009
Jobless residents of Volgograd are involved in public works
Currently, about 900 jobless city dwellers are involved in public works in the territory of Volgograd. Such works, although being a temporary measure, are efficient in mitigating the unemployment problem in the conditions of economy decline, as the officials of the Mayoralty of Volgograd believe.
07:00, 25 April 2009
In Sochi, propaganda campaign for Mayor election is over
Yesterday, on April 24, the stage of the agitation campaign before Sochi election was over, and today is the "day of silence". From the midnight of April 25, any public agitation for candidates to the post of Mayor of this city-resort is forbidden.
23:40, 24 April 2009
CPRF Deputy: what takes place in Sochi cannot be named election
The pre-election campaign in Russian city-resort Sochi "cannot be called an election, it is more likely an appointment with elements of voting", as Sergey Obukhov, a State Duma Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) believes.
23:00, 24 April 2009
South Ossetia accuses Georgia of shelling Velit village
Ibragim Gaseev, Deputy Defence Minister of South Ossetia, has stated today that last night Georgia used large-calibre weapons to shell, from Dirbi village, the village of Velit, Znaur District of South Ossetia. There were no casualties or victims.
Mardzhanishvili Theatre. Source: www.tbilisi.gov.ge
22:00, 24 April 2009
In Georgia, opposition disrupts Mikhail Saakashvili's late supper
Last night the opposition in Tbilisi carried out its first action of "chasing President", having disrupted Mikhail Saakashvili's late supper in the cafe near Mardzhanishvili Theatre. Saakashvili had to leave the place together with his bodyguards.
21:30, 24 April 2009
Zeitun Sultanov, underground leader, killed in Kabardino-Balkaria
The car passenger, liquidated on April 22 in Kabardino-Balkaria by power agents, was identified as Zeitun Sultanov, leader of the local armed underground movement.
News
Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Residents of Sunzha demanded coastal protection work due to the rains. Photo: Fortanga / Telegram channel Residents of Sunzha demanded coastal protection work due to the rains.

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.