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On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
20:48, 3 April 2018
ECtHR accepts complaint lodged by relatives of killed Armenian soldiers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg court has sent questions to Azerbaijani authorities concerning battles near the border village of Chinari, where one Azerbaijani and three Armenian soldiers perished.
A rescuer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:48, 3 April 2018
Two Stavropol shopping centres may be closed after terrible Kemerovo fire
The prosecutor's office found violations of fire safety regulations in two Stavropol shopping centres – "Cosmos" and "Moscow" – and demanded to close them until the violations are eliminated.
Grozny, Chechnya. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
16:47, 3 April 2018
Activists report evacuation of 114 gay men from Chechnya within a year
Since April 2017, a total of 114 persons suspected of non-traditional sexual orientation have left Chechnya with the help of the "Russian LGBT Network". 92 of them are already outside of Russia, said Igor Kochetkov, the chairman of the network.
Automatic weapons. Photo © Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov https://sputnik.az/karabakh/20170404/409638506/azerbaycanli-herbci-ermeni-zabitlerini-mehv-edib.html
09:40, 3 April 2018
Azerbaijan states machine-gun shelling of seven villages
During the last 24 hours, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone for 95 times by using, among other weapons, heavy machine guns. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.
Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh. The Smerch system shell holes © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/columnists/20180402/11219983/krichashchaya-tishina-aprelskoj-vojny-v-karabahe-chto-bylo-za-liniej-fronta.html
06:23, 3 April 2018
In Baku, military experts claim risk of resumption of war in Karabakh conflict zone
There is still a risk of the resumption of the war in the Karabakh conflict zone. This opinion has been voiced by military experts in Azerbaijan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Residents of the front-line villages refuse to leave their houses, despite the fear and shelling.
A protest gesture. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili
05:48, 3 April 2018
Rights defenders treat murder of a young woman on road in Khasavyurt as "typical"
In Dagestan, the situation with violence against women hardly differs from the situation in Russia as a whole, reported Svetlana Anokhina and Irina Kosterina, when commenting on a murder of a young woman in Khasavyurt. According to investigators' version, the murder was committed out of jealousy.
Youth organizations visiting the grave of the killed soldier Rudik Movsesyan. Stepanakert. April 2, 2018. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:34, 3 April 2018
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh honour memory of victims of "April war"
In Nagorno-Karabakh, local residents laid flowers on the graves of the victims of the 2016 "April War" to pay tribute to their memory. In the Tumi village of the Hadrut District, a cross stone was installed in honour of killed officer Suren Melkumyan.
An ambulance car in Armenia. Photo © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20180101/10030255/neschastnyj-sluchaj-v-novogodnyuyu-noch-v-armenii-postradali-malenkie-deti.html
22:28, 2 April 2018
Children suffered from explosion in Burger King cafe in Yerevan
An explosion of an oxygen cylinder occurred in the Burger King Cafe located in the centre of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
Oyub Titiev in the court room. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
20:51, 2 April 2018
Defence of Oyub Titiev, Chechen rights defender, appeals against refusal to open a case on drugs planted on him
On April 4, the Staropromyslovsky District Court of Grozny will consider the complaint of the advocate against investigators' repeated refusal to initiate a case on the application lodged by Oyub Titiev, a rights defender, about the marijuana that was planted on him.
Magomed Magomedov. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
15:44, 2 April 2018
Russian authorities reject political nature in case against Magomedov brothers
The arrests of Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov, suspected of embezzlement, is not a "one-time action," but the result of tight control of the budget money. This has been announced by presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Collage of the infographics prepared by the "Caucasian Knot"
14:38, 2 April 2018
In Karabakh conflict zone, number of deaths increases during second year of truce
According to the official information, during the two-year truce announced after the "four-day war" in Nagorno-Karabakh, 81 people were killed during shelling in the conflict zone.
Easter communion service in St. Hakob Church of Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:03, 2 April 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh combines Easter church traditions with an attempt to attract tourists
Residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have celebrated the holiday of Easter (Zatik) in temples and home-made feasts. In Nagorno-Karabakh, traditional Easter events were combined with national games, exhibitions, and dances. The authorities hope that church holidays will attract tourists.
05:07, 2 April 2018
Over 1000 Russian soldiers and officers involved in military exercises in Armenia
At the Russian military base in Armenia, soldiers and officers are alerted and relocated to the "Alagyaz" training ground for military training.
The poster disseminated in Europe. Photo https://scontent.fhrk3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29389202_985243238298899_2581452429347034120_n.jpg
03:57, 2 April 2018
Azerbaijani authorities respond to flash mob "Let's Talk About Dictator" with persecution of dissidents
Activists who migrated to Europe have claimed a new wave of pressure on relatives in Azerbaijan after the flash mob "Let's Talk About Dictator". Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani opposition was sceptical about the flash mob.
Pieces displayed at the international exhibition "ArmHiTec" in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:15, 1 April 2018
Military observers reveal Armenia's problems in the weapons sphere
The lack of financing, a weak production potential and a tough rivalry in the international arms market prevent Armenia from becoming a major player therein. This was stated by the military observers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
The entrance to Navalny's office in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:10, 1 April 2018
Russian oppositionist Navalny's office closed in Sochi
The office of the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny has stopped its work in Sochi because of financial difficulties, activists have stated.
Ziyavudin (right) and Magomed Magomedov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/ official website of Khunzakh District of Dagestan http://khunzakh.ru/personalii/5657/
22:18, 31 March 2018
Court arrests Magomedov brothers
Ziyavudin Magomedov, the chairman of the board of directors of the "Summa" Group of Companies and one of the richest Russia's businessmen, and his brother, ex-senator Magomed Magomedov, were arrested today by the Tver District Court of Moscow. The natives of Dagestan, Magomedov brothers are suspected of creating a criminal community and embezzling 2.5 billion roubles from the state budget.
Portraits of political prisoners at opposition rally in Baku, March 31, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
20:34, 31 March 2018
Rally in Baku supports boycott of presidential election
The rally held in Baku by opponents of the early presidential election in Azerbaijan criticized the authorities for the unresolved Karabakh conflict, corruption, human rights violations, and deterioration of the population's economic and social status.
Policemen in the Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don. Photo is provided to the Caucasian Knot by Navalny's office in Rostov-on-Don
18:11, 31 March 2018
Police start inspecting Navalny's office in Rostov
In Rostov-on-Don, policemen requested staff members of the Navalny's office to produce a rental agreement and said that they would inspect the premises, reported a staff member of the Navalny's office.
17:00, 31 March 2018
Volcano erupts in capital of Azerbaijan
An eruption of the Ayrantoken mud volcano occurred in the territory of Garadag District of Baku, no one was injured, reported the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources for Azerbaijan.
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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.