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Voters wait for the opening of Polling Station No. 4 of the 15th Section o of the Yasamal First Constituency. Photo by Faik Medzhid for the Caucasian Knot
11:54, 11 April 2018
CEC reports almost million turnout at Azerbaijani election
By 10 a.m., at the presidential election in Azerbaijan, the voter turnout was 18.71%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has stated. However, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who visited three polling stations in Baku has fixed a small number of voters.
Police car in Georgia. Photo: Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180410/240012454/Strelba-v-Tbilisi-raneno-pjat-chelovek.html
08:25, 11 April 2018
Four person wounded in shootout in Tbilisi
On April 10, the Republic's Hospital accepted four young men, who received gunshot wounds in the Tbilisi district of Vedzisi, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
Magomed Khazbiev in the court. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
06:36, 11 April 2018
Ingush activist's defence disagrees with extension of his arrest
Magomed Khazbiev's advocates have filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia against the decision of the Magas District Court, according to which Khazbiyev's arrest has been again extended.
00:28, 11 April 2018
Rights defenders from five countries call on the Armenian authorities to free Salman Sever
Seven human rights organizations from different countries have called to release Bogdan Kalyussky, also known as Salman Sever, a Ukrainian citizen, a Muslim activist and a blogger, arrested in Yerevan.
21:46, 10 April 2018
Investigators do not confirm torture of a man suspected of setting fire to Rutul administration building
The defence succeeded in requesting the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) a re-consideration of the complaint about torture of Efendi Alimov, accused of setting fire to the district administration building in the Dagestani village of Rutul, his advocate reported. Investigators announced that the information on torture had not been confirmed. 
Military District Court in Rostov-on-Don. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.
21:11, 10 April 2018
Defence of Yulduz Alieva disagrees with the verdict
Today, Anastasia Shilikhina, a resident of the Volgograd Region and Yulduz Alieva, a native of Dagestan, have been sentenced to five and six years of imprisonment respectively on charges of financing Syrian militants.
Participants of the rally protest against nomination of the former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for the post of Prime Minister, Yerevan, April 9, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
19:49, 10 April 2018
Serzh Sargsyan's opponents march in Yerevan
Today, about 30 people have marched along streets of Yerevan protesting against the nomination of the former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for the post of Prime Minister.
Pre-election agitation banners in Baku, April 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
19:00, 10 April 2018
Meydan TV: Azerbaijani students complain about pressure before voting
Students of the Azerbaijan Academy of Labour and Social Relations are threatened with problems at the exams if they do not come to the Academy on the voting day. The Meydan TV has reported today, referring to the Academy' spokeswoman that students should vote at their alma mater.
Agitation banners in Baku streets. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
17:58, 10 April 2018
Sluggish pre-election campaign confirms absence of alternative at Azerbaijani election
The agitation campaign before the early presidential election in Azerbaijan was dull and inconspicuous, the authorities gave up active propaganda, so as not to draw unnecessary attention to the factual absence of rivalry, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have confirmed.
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.
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The strikes on Wildberries warehouses exposed the problem of compliance with the rights of sellers from southern Russia.

Special operation. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" with the help of AI in the Copilot program. Authorities have recognized at least 9450 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

Four regions in southern Russia have crossed the 100 rubles per liter mark for AI-95.

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.