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Mikhail Benyash. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
18:50, 22 April 2019
Mikhail Benyash to get compensation for his arrest
Today, advocate Mikhail Benyash has succeeded in seeking a penalty of 100,000 roubles to be imposed on the federal treasury for his two-week administrative arrest after a rally in Krasnodar.
18:41, 22 April 2019
On April 15-21, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of April 15-21, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Newborn child. Photo: pixabay.com
15:24, 22 April 2019
Ingushetia and Chechnya become leaders of demographic rating
Ingushetia, Chechnya, the Krasnodar Territory, and Dagestan are included in the top twenty in terms of population in the list of regions of Russia compiled by the RIA "Rating". Meanwhile, Ingushetia and Chechnya are ranked the second and third in the rating, respectively.
Policeman during clashes between police and protesters against construction of HPP in Pankisi Gorge. Photo: Radio Way / FB https://www.facebook.com/radioway.ge/photos/a.215287378816423/877983559213465/?type=3&theater
14:57, 22 April 2019
Doctors report state of victims to clashes in Pankisi
There are no threats to the lives of the policemen hospitalized after clashes with opponents of the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Pankisi Gorge, reported the spokesperson of the Telavi Hospital.
14:45, 22 April 2019
Grozny residents claim being forced to participate in boxing event
In Grozny, employees of public sector institutions reported about being forced to attend a boxing tournament. In Chechnya, the power penetrates deeply into a personal space of people, their families, and personal leisure time, human rights defenders note.
14:45, 22 April 2019
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events for April 15-21, 2019
Events to mark 10th anniversary of CTO cancellation in Chechnya; suspending of Chechen-Dagestani border demarcation, – read about these and other events that happened during the week from April 15 to April 21, 2019, in the Caucasus in the review, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
One of the heroes of a video story "Chechen youth addresses pseudo-patriotic bloggers". Screenshot from video posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3hMxHTLRkU
11:48, 22 April 2019
Residents of Chechnya treat video criticizing Abdurakhmanov as staged one
On April 20, the "Chechnya Today" News Agency posted a video entitled "Chechen youth addresses pseudo-patriotic bloggers". In the video, four young people express their negative attitude to an indefinite number of bloggers who criticize the authorities of Chechnya, and, in particular, to Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Social network users have found the clip to be a staged one.
Clashes between protesters in Pankisi and policemen. Screenshot from Public broadcaster of Georgia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=TpVeQeOK82g
11:05, 22 April 2019
Protests against HPPs in Pankisi end in detentions
Fifteen protesters against the construction of a chain of hydraulic power plants (HPPs) in the Pankisi Gorge were detained. After the intervention of the head of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), they were all released, said Ramazan Bakagashvili, a deputy from the community of Duisi at the sacrebulo (municipal council) of the Akhmeta District.
Conference room of the ECtHR. Photo: CherryX per Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21931152
10:58, 22 April 2019
ECtHR accepts Azerbaijani activist's complaint about customs' checks
Samir Kyazymly, an Azerbaijani human rights defender and the coordinator of the Alliance for the Protection of Political Freedoms, has complained to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that he is constantly unreasonably checked at customs when leaving Azerbaijan and coming back home. On April 19, the ECtHR notified him that his complaint had been registered.
Activist Lyubov Tretiakova urges Russians to live according to the Constitution, Volgograd, April 21, 2019. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
10:08, 22 April 2019
Volgograd activists put Ukrainian election as example to Putin
In Volgograd, activists have held solo pickets in support of democratic election in Ukraine and demanding the power changeability in Russia.
Military exercises of the Karabakh army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic http://www.nkrmil.am/history-of-defence-army/view/39
11:53, 21 April 2019
NKR counts 250 shelling attacks over the week
On April 14-20, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 2200 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.
Pyotr (Petro) Poroshenko, Ramzan Kadyrov, Vladimir Zelensky (from left to right). Collage. Screenshot of a video of the debate between Poroshenko and Zelensky on April 19, 2019 года, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfUWkEMJ48o. Kadyrov's photo on his page on the 'VKontakte' social network, https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_456266981%2Fwall279938622_318079
11:50, 21 April 2019
Ramzan Kadyrov takes part in absentia in presidential election in Ukraine
At the election debate on April 19, the incumbent president of Ukraine Pyotr (Petro) Poroshenko reproached his rival, Vladimir Zelensky, of public apology to the head of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov took the side of Zelensky by accusing Poroshenko of inconsistency and recalling that he, after Kadyrov's demand, "had hastily liberated" Russian journalists.
11:46, 21 April 2019
Georgia reports kidnapping of resident of border village
A resident of the village of Medjvriskhevi, located on the border with South Ossetia was kidnapped from his land plot, the office of the state minister of Georgia for reconciliation matters has reported.
Albert Khamkhoev (on the left) with his advocate. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:43, 21 April 2019
Rights defenders report resumption of inquiry into torture of resident of Ingushetia
The investigators' sixth decision to suspend the inquiry into the torture of Albert Khamkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, has been cancelled, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed. The case has been entrusted to a new investigator, rights defenders have clarified.
A banner with congratulations to Barakhoev hung out in Moscow. Screenshot of the page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fortangaORG/photos/a.179391549646308/288494885402640/?type=3&theater
11:40, 21 April 2019
Supporters of Ingush protest leader expose banners in Moscow on his birthday
On April 19, Akhmed Barakhoev, one of the leaders of the protests in Ingushetia, arrested within the case of calls to unrests, turned 65. On this day, banners were hung out on the Kamenny Bridge in Moscow with congratulations to Barakhoev and an appeal for the resignation of the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov.
A stadium in Stepanakert. February 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:56, 20 April 2019
Nagorno-Karabakh abolishes visa fee on eve of 2019 CONIFA Football Cup
It is expected that over 1000 foreign visitors will attend the CONIFA Football Cup to be hosted by Nagorno-Karabakh. Over 60 families voiced the desire to host guests of the event.
Military exercises of the Azerbaijani army. Photo by the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az
18:53, 20 April 2019
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun fire
Over the past 24 hours, the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia was violated 21 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.
Malsag Uzhakhov. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:48, 20 April 2019
Head of Ingush Council of Teips arrested for two months
Malsag Uzhakhov, the chairman of the Ingush Council of Teips (family clans), is arrested. The defence decided to appeal against the decision on his arrest.
11:27, 20 April 2019
Georgian activists achieve tougher charges for murder of rights defender
The accusations to the participants of the conflict in Tbilisi, during which Vitaly Safarov, an employee of the "Centre for Inclusion and Development" was killed, were reclassified to more grave ones. Avtandil Kandelakishvili and Giorgi Sokhadze are now accused of murder based on national discord.
Raul Khadjimba. Photo by Press Service of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75199568
11:22, 20 April 2019
Journalists assess Raul Khadjimba's chances to win presidential election in Abkhazia
In Abkhazia, potential presidential candidates are not in a hurry to announce their nomination. The incumbent head of state has strong positions, but his victory is not guaranteed; and many voters assess the past five years as years lost for the development of the country, journalists have stated.
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.