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Suleiman Kerimov (left) and Leonid Mikhelson. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer, Общественное достояние https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:20, 10 April 2018
Forbes estimates Mikhelson's and Kerimov's losses from US sanctions as $1.64 billion
Leonid Mikhelson, a businessman and a native of Kaspiysk, and Suleiman Kerimov, a senator from Dagestan, lost more than 1,6 billion US dollars as a result of the US sanctions imposed on Russia on April 6, the Forbes has estimated.
Agitation banners in Baku streets, April 9, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
15:10, 10 April 2018
Azerbaijan announces "Day of Silence" on the eve of presidential election
In Azerbaijan, today, any agitation for the presidential election is prohibited starting from 8:00 a.m. The voting will take place on April 11.
Meeting of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/nak-prinimaet-resheniya/v-moskve-proshlo-zasedanie-nacionalnogo-11.html
12:38, 10 April 2018
FSB reports prevention of a terror act in Ingushetia
Today, at a meeting of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov has reported that in Ingushetia, the special services prevented a terror act at a polling station on the day of presidential election.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Screenshot from video posted by Nurmagomed Astarkhanov https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=sYxrL2p-O9o
08:35, 10 April 2018
About 2000 people come to meet Khabib Nurmagomedov at Makhachkala airport
On April 9, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who won the UFC Light Heavyweight Title, arrived in Dagestan. At the Makhachkala airport, the athlete was greeted by relatives, friends, fans and representatives of the Dagestani authorities.
Rainbow flags. Photo: https://www.svoboda.org/a/28496059.html
06:37, 10 April 2018
LGBT activists mark anniversary of persecution of gays in Chechnya
On the anniversary of persecution of gays in Chechnya, activists have installed a memorial sign near the permanent representative office of Chechnya in Moscow.
00:47, 10 April 2018
Soldier dies in Nagorno-Karabakh
A soldier Narek Arutyunyan was killed by a shot from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.
Installation at the rally which demanded to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from taking the post of Prime Minister, Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
00:25, 10 April 2018
Sargsyan's opponents announce daily protest actions
Everyday protests against the preservation of power in the hands of Serzh Sargsyan will be held in all Yerevan districts until the election of the Prime Minister by the MPs on April 17, oppositionists have announced.
Rally in Freedom Square in Yerevan with a demand to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from taking the post of Prime Minister. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
21:41, 9 April 2018
Serzh Sargsyan's nomination for Premier announced amid protest rally in Yerevan
Today, about 500 people gathered in Freedom Square in Yerevan with a demand to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from taking the post of Prime Minister. The acting head of the Armenian government has confirmed today that Serzh Sargsyan will be nominated to the post of the Premiere.
Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
20:08, 9 April 2018
Advisor to IS leader from Pankisi declared killed in Iraq
Abu-Walid Al-Shishani, who had been treated by Iraqi mass media as the "right hand" of the leader of the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russian by the court, was killed by the Iraqi armed forces in the north of the country. Abu-Walid Al-Shishani, or Murad Margoshvili, was a native of the Pankisi Gorge; his relatives have not yet received information about his death.
Salman Sever (Maxim Baidak). Photo by user Soyuz Chesti, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVnQo3Uuho
18:54, 9 April 2018
Russian political migrant Salman Sever asks for asylum in Armenia
After a meeting with an officer of the Yerevan Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Maxim Baidak, a Muslim activist, blogger and political analyst, also known as Salman Sever, asked for asylum in Armenia.
Ilgar Mamedov. Photo: Sedevr1 https://ru.sputnik.az
17:30, 9 April 2018
ReAl announces creation of political party in Azerbaijan
Members of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) held a constituent congress of the same political party and elected Ilgar Mamedov to be its leader.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/news/20170928/4943469.html
14:54, 9 April 2018
Ingush leader reports elimination of terrorism despite increase in number of victims
Today, Yunus-Bek Evkurov has announced that Ingushetia has managed to eliminate the hotbeds of extremism. However, according to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", in 2017, the number of victims to the conflict in the republic increased by more than a quarter.
Inauguration of Armen Sargsyan. Photo: press service of Armenian parliament
12:36, 9 April 2018
New president of Armenia takes office
The ceremony of Armen Sargsyan's inauguration took place at a special session of the Parliament held at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan. About 1300 guests attended the oath ceremony.
African beaten in Tbilisi street. Screenshot from video: http://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/101108
10:16, 9 April 2018
Georgian MIA launches inquiry into Africans' beating
The video, shown today by the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, recorded how a group of black young people who was playing football on a sports ground, was attacked by several men who used sticks to beat the black people.
Special operation. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-irkutskom-gosudarstvennom-muzykalnom-teatre.html
07:20, 9 April 2018
On April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of April 2-8, 2018, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
04:49, 9 April 2018
Two Georgian citizens released from Tskhinvali detention centre
Emzar Gundishvili and Teimuraz Kaziev, two residents of the Adzvi village in the Gori District, who were detained on the border with South Ossetia on April 7, were released by the authorities of South Ossetia.
17:18, 8 April 2018
Armenia reports shelling near Nakhichevan
On April 7-8, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan repeatedly violated the ceasefire by using small firearms, the spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Defence told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Screenshot of petition in support of Ziyavudin Magomedov posted on "Change.org" website
15:00, 8 April 2018
UFC champion Nurmagomedov calls on Putin to stand up for Magomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani fighter, who has won today the title of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion, has called on Putin to help the arrested businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov. With Khabib's support, the petition demanding an impartial investigation into the Magomedov's case has gathered 8088 signatures.
Screenshot of a TV report about construction of new houses for the residents of Shali whose dwellings were demolished. 12.01.2018 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9gcQsBvwE
12:04, 8 April 2018
Residents of Shali resettled to outskirts after demolition of houses in centre
Members of 92 families who were evicted from their houses in the centre of Shali because of renovation, moved into new houses on the outskirts of the city. The authorities reported on the high quality of housing, but some residents of new buildings described them with scepticism.
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jay Iaquinta. Screenshot from YouTube video posted by Artem Tarasov MMA, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CHscAUDIZI
10:08, 8 April 2018
Nurmagomedov is the first Russian UFC Champion
Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, a native of Dagestan, has won the champion title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after he defeated Alexander Jay Iaquinta New York.
News
The death of Ossetian combatants has attracted the attention of Georgian Facebook users*

Restrictions have been introduced on travel along the Transkam and Georgian Military Highway.

Transkam. Photo: https://south-ossetia.info/transkam-alternativnye-varianty/ The Transkam and Georgian Military Highway are closed to heavy vehicles.

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.