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Anatoly Bibilov, Alan Gagloev. Photo: press service of the President of South Ossetia, http://osinform.org/lastnews/page/1141/; Denta South Ossetia
18:09, 11 April 2022
Analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggest that Alan Gagloev will become the winner in the second round of the presidential election in South Ossetia.
Refugees from Donbass in the Rostov Region. Photo: Arkady Budnitsky https://www.nvgazeta.ru/news/14488/605056/
17:48, 11 April 2022
More than 12,500 refugees arrived in the Rostov Region from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR, respectively) over a day, border guards reported.
15:30, 11 April 2022
Echoes of the situation in Ukraine in Southern Russia: the arrival of refugees, the death of militaries, the persecution of pacifists; consideration of the appeal filed by the HRC “Memorial”* in the case on its liquidation; talks between Ilham Aliev and Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of April 4-10, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Polling station №8 in Tskhinvali, April 10, 2022. Photo by Maria Abaiti for the Caucasian Knot
13:41, 11 April 2022
The presidential election in South Ossetia is illegitimate, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated today, speaking in support of Georgia's territorial integrity.
Activist Olga Aksenova. Screenshot: https://twitter.com/InsiderEng/status/1513162593971617792?
13:27, 11 April 2022
In Krasnodar, Olga Aksyonova, an activist, was charged with discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after she lay down on the ground with her hands roped behind her back near a billboard with the inscription "Za Nashikh" (For Ours) in memory of those killed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.
Participants of a rally in Tskhinvali. Photo by Maria Abaiti for the Caucasian Knot
11:36, 11 April 2022
Participants of the spontaneous action in Tskhinvali told the "Caucasian Knot" that they would not allow any falsification of voting outcomes.
Law enforcers ask questions in connection with a picket held by Oleg Orlov, Moscow, April 10, 2022. Photo: HRC ‘Memorial’* https://t.me/polniypc/2219
11:22, 11 April 2022
Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, who went out on April 11 with a poster onto Red Square in Moscow, was accused by law enforcers of violating the rules of picketing.
Tamara Grodnikova holds a picket in Volgograd, April 10, 2022. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent
11:04, 11 April 2022
Tamara Grodnikova, a pensioner, has held a solo picket in Volgograd calling on the authorities to create a civilian commission to travel to Bucha and make public the findings about the massacres of civilians committed there.
Voters in South Ossetia. Image made from video posted in IA Res Telegram channel on April 10, 2022, https://t.me/ia_res/7454
10:50, 11 April 2022
Elections in South Ossetia are illegal and will have no legal force, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated. A similar statement was made by the MFAs of Lithuania and Latvia.
12:48, 10 April 2022
The pardoning act concerning 15 prisoners, including six citizens of Ukraine, was signed by the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili.
The dispersal of a rally held in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989 https://report.ge/ru/society/proshlo-32-goda-so-dnya-tragedii-9-aprelya/
12:44, 10 April 2022
On Saturday (April 9), Tbilisi commemorated the 21 persons, who perished during the dispersal by Soviet troops of the rally on April 9, 1989. The City Council named 10 streets after those who perished in those events.
A rally in support of Ukraine in Baku. February 27, 2022. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:41, 10 April 2022
Since February 24, 2022, a total of 6163 citizens of Ukraine have arrived in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Migration Service has informed.
Artyom Verdiev. Screenshot of the post on the Telegram channel of the head of the Derbent District, April 9, 2022 https://t.me/glava_derbent_rayona/106?single
12:37, 10 April 2022
Artyom Verdiev, a military serviceman-native of the village of Belidji, has perished in Ukraine, the head of the Derbent District has informed. Since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the death of at least 73 natives of Dagestan has been officially confirmed.
The entrance to the Frolov farm. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:35, 10 April 2022
A crater with a diameter of about three meters has formed in place of liquidation of the ammunition that fell into the building of a resident of the Frolov farm; villagers are afraid to talk about the incident, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has found out.
A queue of trucks at the "Kazbegi" checkpoint. Georgia, 2020. Photo: lovetano.com
23:23, 9 April 2022
Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has treated the allegations that the country is smuggling sanctioned goods to Russia, including military goods, put forward by the Ukrainian authorities, as slander.
Participant of a protest action in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:17, 9 April 2022
The Baku Mayoralty has forbidden the Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity Party (ADPP) to hold a picket near the Russian Embassy with a demand to stop the special operation in Ukraine. The city authorities have explained the refusal by restrictions on holding mass events during the pandemic.
Bekhman Verdikhanov. Screenshot of the video https://www.1tv.ru/shows/chasovoy/vypuski/tihookeanskiy-flot-morskoy-desant-chasovoy-vypusk-ot-03-10-2021
12:43, 9 April 2022
Bekhman Verdikhanov, an officer from Derbent, who perished in the special operation in Ukraine, received the above order for his courage and bravery. Since the outbreak of hostilities, the authorities have confirmed the death of at least 72 militaries from Dagestan in Ukraine.
Gyulmira Aslanova, the wife of Polad Aslanov, a journalist, at a protest action. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWOkpKJ25aY
12:38, 9 April 2022
Gyulmira Aslanova has held a protest action in front of the Azerbaijani presidential administration. She spoke out against beating up her husband, Polad Aslanov, a journalist, in the colony where he serves his prison term, and demanded to ensure his safety.
The OSCE mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. Pierre Andrieu (France), an ambassador. October 27, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:28, 9 April 2022
France and the United States intend to stop communicating with Russia on the settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh within the format of the Minsk Group of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stated.
Muratbek Kilimov and Ramil Azhimov. Screenshot of the post in the district administration group on the "VKontakte" social network, April 8, 2022 https://vk.com/regionvol?w=wall-201034668_318
10:31, 9 April 2022
On April 8, the contract servicemen, Muratbek Kilimov and Ramil Azhimov, were buried in the villages of the Volodarsky District. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 13 residents of the Astrakhan Region have perished there.
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.