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07:00, 11 April 2009
Sargsyan expects open Armenian-Turkish border by October
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan expects that the Armenian-Turkish border will be unblocked by the football match between the teams of the two countries to take place in Turkey on October 7.
23:00, 10 April 2009
Not all residents of Sunzha District in Ingushetia knew about CTO regime
Some residents of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, where on March 30 six villages were announced under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, did not know about it. According to local residents, the CTO regime passed without any restrictions on civilians' rights.
22:00, 10 April 2009
In Dagestan, sapper dies at demining gas main
Today in the morning, two explosive devices were detected in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, on the main gas line "Mozdok-Kazimagomed". During demining one of them, a sapper was lost.
21:00, 10 April 2009
In Azerbaijan, detained Talysh activist was visited by PACE co-rapporteur
On April 9, Estonian MP Andres Herkel, co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and Veronica Kotek, special representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Azerbaijan, had a meeting with Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, who is serving his term in high security Colony No. 15.
21:00, 10 April 2009
Rostov Region: protesting miners-pensioners file new claims to the European Court
In the Rostov Region, miners-pensioners from the city of Zverevo, who are striving for their privileges on heating, are filing new claims to the European Court on Human Rights. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Valery Dyakonov, deputy of the municipal duma of Zverevo. The pensioners continue their pickets and hunger strike.
20:00, 10 April 2009
In Ingushetia, two women detained in special operation released
Residents of Ingushetia Madina Ozdoeva and Patimat Mutalieva, detained in the course of the special operation conducted by power agents on March 26 in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of the republic, are at large. The investigation regards them as witnesses.
19:00, 10 April 2009
Opposition blocks main streets of Georgia's capital
The opposition, which is holding a rally in Tbilisi, has split into parts and blocked strategic streets of the capital of Georgia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Paata Zakareishvili, a political scientist and human rights activist, who is present at the rally.
18:00, 10 April 2009
In Tbilisi, unidentified persons in masks beat opposition activist
The night in front of the Parliament of Georgia, where a small group of opposition supporters and activists were on duty, passed in peace. However, elsewhere in Tbilisi incidents were registered connected with participants of the protest action - a young oppositionist was beaten.
23:10, 9 April 2009
Minibus drivers hold strike in Yerevan
Today, in the southwest part of Yerevan, a strike of minibus drivers was held. Several dozens of drivers protested against increase of liquefied gas prices, used by their minibuses. According to their story, this price rise was not accompanied by transportation tariff growth.
22:30, 9 April 2009
Yandex: SFD is the last in Russia by Internet development
Among all the districts of Russia the South Federal District (SFD) is in the last place by development of the use of Internet. However, bloggers and Internet edition are more active in the SFD than on the average in Russia. These are the data from the information bulletin published by the "Yandex" Company on the Internet development in regions of Russia in 2008.
Khasavyurt district. Source: http://kumukia.ru
22:00, 9 April 2009
In Dagestan, a local resident killed and two militiamen wounded
On April 8, in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, unidentified persons wounded two employees of the road police service, and then, trying to escape the chase, killed a local resident.
22:00, 9 April 2009
Tax collectors demand education tax from parents of children who suffered in Beslan
The tax service demands that parents of the children-victims of the Beslan terror act in 2004 should pay taxes on their free-of-charge training at the "Podmoskovny" College in Koralovo founded by Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and financed by YUKOS, as Ella Kesaeva, chair of the "Voice of Beslan", reports.
The opposition rally at the Parliament of Georgia. Tbilisi, April 9, 2009. Photo by "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 9 April 2009
Data on the number of Tbilisi protesters diverge
Georgian journalist Irakliy Berulava, who is present in the venue, has treated the data about the number of participants in the protest rally in Tbilisi, reported by some mass media, to be frankly false.
Mirza Sakit. 9 April 2009. Photo of CK correspondent
20:40, 9 April 2009
Satirical poet Mirza Sakit released from custody in Azerbaijan
Early in the morning on April 9, in Azerbaijan, poet-satirist Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zakhidov), a journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper, who was sentenced in October 2006 to three years in prison for drug dealing, got at large.
20:00, 9 April 2009
European Court again condemns Russia on suits of Chechen residents
The European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has again condemned Russia on four claims filed by Chechens and has obliged Russia to pay 282,000 euros out to residents of Chechnya for disappearance of their relatives in 2001-2003.
19:00, 9 April 2009
Opposition rally underway in Adzharia
The Party of Zurab Nogaideli, former prime minister of Georgia, named as "Movement for United Georgia", is holding protest actions in Adzharia.
18:00, 9 April 2009
Local resident kidnapped in Dagestan
On April 5, unidentified power agents kidnapped Yusup Zagirov, born in 1977. His brother Omar Zagirov made a statement yesterday, on April 8.
23:30, 8 April 2009
Georgia: a Georgian kidnapped in Abkhazia
According to Georgian sources, on April 7, a Georgian named Gvandzhi Kuprava, 65, was kidnapped from Sida village, Gali District. The kidnappers asked for a ransom, and then took Kuprava in an unknown direction.
23:00, 8 April 2009
Nagorno-Karabakh residents complain of police to Ombudsman
Yuri Airapetyan, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh, will become a member of the European Institute of Ombudspersons. Having announced this news to journalists, Mr Airapetyan added that in 2008 there were no mass violations of human rights in Nagorno-Karabakh, as the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
22:00, 8 April 2009
Militiaman wounded by land mine explosion in southwest of Chechnya
A Chechen militiaman was wounded by explosion of a fougasse (land mine) planted under the bottom of his car. It happened in the evening on April 7 in the foothill Urus-Martan District of the republic. The victim was hospitalized.
News
A new federal tranche has been approved for Chechnya in connection with the spring flooding.

The movement of batalhadzhintsy* is recognized as a terrorist organization.

Ramzan Kadyrov and a woman with a child. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. A resident of Ingushetia asked Kadyrov to intervene in the family conflict over the child.

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.