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Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: Vremya sports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWyclHTd89o https://ru.wikipedia.org/
22:15, 25 April 2019
Social networks criticize Nurmagomedov's reaction to beating of Dagestani man
Users of social networks reproached Khabib Nurmagomedov that he much more harshly criticized the actors and singers on tours in Dagestan than the law enforcers from the Moscow Region who were detained after beating a native of Dagestan.
Law enforcers. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
17:51, 25 April 2019
Kremlin refuses to support Ramzan Kadyrov's initiative to demolish checkpoints
The Ramzan Kadyrov's call to remove all checkpoints on the roads between the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) was rejected by Moscow because of the threat of terror acts and the law enforcers' distrust in the leader of Chechnya, believe experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Law enforcer during protest action in Ingushetia against new agreement on border with Chechnya, Photo: REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov
17:45, 25 April 2019
In Ingushetia, mass arrests set stage for new protests
The police detain activists on the basis of photo and video materials, and anyone who attended the rally in Magas can become a suspect, states human rights defender Tamirlan Akiev. The arrests will result in an increase in the protests in Ingushetia, human rights defenders believe.
Azerbaijani servicemen. Photo: http://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhive-045/?gid=25697
14:49, 25 April 2019
Azerbaijan registers shelling attacks on two villages
Over the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled about 30 times, including the positions in four areas bordering Armenia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
Participants of mourning events at the "Tsitsernakaberd" Memorial Complex, April 24, 2019. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:43, 25 April 2019
Descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors report stories of their families
Residents of Armenia honoured the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 by laying flowers at the "Tsitsernakaberd" Memorial Complex.
Clashes between protesters and policemen in Birkiani, Georgia, April 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS / Ekaterina Anchevskaya
11:34, 25 April 2019
Meeting of local residents speaks against HPP construction in Pankisi
At a meeting convoked in the village of Djokolo, residents of the Pankisi Gorge spoke against the construction of a chain of hydropower plants (HPPs) in the gorge, as well as against the detention of their fellow villagers, who had taken part in clashes with the police.
The House of Representatives of the US State of Colorado. Photo: https://wiki2.org/ru/Капитолий_штата_Колорадо
11:26, 25 April 2019
Colorado House of Representatives recognizes NKR's independence
On April 24, 2019, the House of Representatives of the US State of Colorado adopted a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. By a separate point, the House recognized the independence of the Republic of Artsakh (the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – NKR).
A law enforcer. Ingushetia. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
11:16, 25 April 2019
Chechen MIA reports decrease in number of militants killed in Q1 2019
In Chechnya, in January-March this year, one alleged member of the armed underground was killed, whereas in the same period of 2018, there were six of them, an official of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed, thus, confirming the data of the "Caucasian Knot" about the number of alleged members of the armed underground killed during these periods.
Protests in the village of Nardaran. November, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:08, 25 April 2019
Relatives report grave condition of convict in "Nardaran case"
Farkhad Muradov, a supporter of the "Muslim Unity" (MU) movement, is denied a transfer to a prison hospital; his condition is worsening, his relatives have complained.
Vano Merabishvili. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180924/242211921/U-Merabishvili-otravlenie-Otvet-spetsialnoy-penitentsiarnoy-sluzhby.html
08:42, 25 April 2019
Vano Merabishvili denied CER
The commission has refused to apply the conditional early relief (CER) to Vano Merabishvili, the former Georgian Interior Minister, who had been convicted in the case of beating an MP. The defence has treated the denial as politically motivated.
08:37, 25 April 2019
Court legalizes refusal to investigate torture of Grozny resident
A court in Grozny has refused to satisfy a complaint against a refusal to open a case on the application of Ibragim Yangulbaev about his torture by law enforcers, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has reported today. The defence intends to appeal against the ruling.
08:32, 25 April 2019
Ingush activist Aushev arrested for two months
A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has ruled to imprison Ruslan Aushev, suspected of involvement in clashes with law enforcers at a rally in Magas. While justifying the arrest, investigators presented uncertified copies of documents, but the court ignored this, the advocates Akhmed Kaloev and Magomed Bekov affirm.
Screenshot from video 'Policemen from Moscow Region are beating a father of MMA world champion Magomed Yunusilau', https://youtu.be/MamA4pnlMEE
21:44, 24 April 2019
In Moscow Region, three policemen suspected of cruel beating of Dagestani native
Three policemen suspected of beating a man in Orekhovo-Zuevo, who later died in hospital from the injuries he got, were arrested. A source from the law enforcement bodies reported that the deceased man was a father of MMA world champion Magomed Yunusilau.
Policeman Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:35, 24 April 2019
"Mothers of Beslan" gets MIA's support in struggle for checkpoint
The Chief Directorate for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NFCD) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) found rational an appeal filed by the NGO "Mothers of Beslan" with a request to preserve the "Chermen" checkpoint at the border with Chechnya, a member of the NGO reports today. The "Mothers of Beslan" opposed the Ramzan Kadyrov's call to remove all checkpoints between the regions of Northern Caucasus.
Policemen, Cairo. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
18:55, 24 April 2019
Ingush students arrested in Egypt face sharp health deterioration, their relatives report
Four Ingush students kept in a Cairo prison were transferred to a medical unit because of deterioration of their health state after a hunger strike, their relatives reported. After a meeting with family members of the arrested students, human rights defenders promised to contact the Russia's Ombudsperson.
Takhir Begeldiev. Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauunxvbGtM
18:35, 24 April 2019
ICRF: two residents of Stavropol Territory involved in Shamil Basaev's raid on Dagestan
Takhir Begeldiev and Nariman Otepov, two residents of the Stavropol Territory, were involved in an attack on Dagestan led by Shamil Basaev and Emir Khattab in 1999, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Banner at the torchlight procession held in Stepanakert on April 23, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:43, 24 April 2019
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh demand compensation for Armenian Genocide
In Stepanakert, participants of a torchlight procession urged the international community to give the legal assessment of the Armenian Genocide and force the guilty party to pay compensation to the Armenian people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
The US Navy USS Ross DDG-71 destroyer. Photo: Paul Farley - http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060625-N-0780F-001.jpg, Общественное достояние, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4544703
15:31, 24 April 2019
NATO ship arrives for joint exercises with Georgian military personnel
The US Navy USS Ross DDG-71 destroyer has arrived in Batumi. The US ship will take part in joint exercises with two Georgian patrol boats, and then it will leave the territorial waters of Georgia on April 25.
Aslan Yandiev in the courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
15:20, 24 April 2019
Key witnesses testify in favour of Aslan Yandiev
Umar Khadziev and Ruslan Tsurov, sentenced in cases on terror acts committed in North Ossetia, deny the prosecutor's version in the Aslan Yandiev's case. Both witnesses state that they do not know Aslan Yandiev and that they confessed to the crimes under torture.
Participants of torchlight march in Yerevan. Photo: Facebook page of organizers of the torchlight march: https://www.facebook.com/events/325013381406396/permalink/325013398073061/
11:34, 24 April 2019
Armenian residents commemorate genocide victims with torchlight marches
Armenia has held torchlight marches in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. In the capital of the country, the event was held under the motto "Full and fair compensation".
News
A criminal case regarding the demolition of a dilapidated building in Rostov-on-Don has been dismissed.

Former Rostov-on-Don Interior Minister Shpak was denied a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

A Ukrainian citizen was convicted by a Rostov court for an attempted terrorist attack.

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.