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Migran Pogosyan. Photo: Mamuli qartughar https://ru.wikipedia.org/
15:45, 18 April 2016
Migran Pogosyan resigns because of offshore scandal
Migran Pogosyan, the chief of the Armenian Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts, has filed a letter on his resignation to President Serzh Sargsyan. He has explained his decision by the fact that his name appears in the "Panama dossier" on offshore companies.
A FSB officer during CTO. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-prigorode-mahachkaly-prohodit-aktivnaya-faza.html
09:56, 18 April 2016
On April 11-17, eleven people suffered in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from April 11 to April 17, 2016, 11 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus: nine perished and two were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Umar Butaev. Photo: http://russiaru.net/ymap1988/status/4360b00000003/
08:32, 18 April 2016
Observer of "Chernovik" reports about search of his house
In the course of a search, conducted in the house of Umar Butaev, a Dagestani blogger and an observer of the newspaper "Chernovik", policemen confiscated his laptop and phone. His colleagues speak about the pressure, associated with the Butaev's active journalism.
The "Kyrgyzstan" cinema in Moscow. Photo: http://archsovet.msk.ru/news/byvshie-gorodskie-kinoteatry-stanut-rayonnymi-centrami-prityazheniya
05:35, 18 April 2016
Witness denies investigation data in case of planned terror act in Moscow
According to a former advocate of the defendant accused of plotting a terror act in Moscow, he did not come to the interrogation of defendant Tagir Akhtakhanov, in the course of which he testified that other persons involved in the criminal case had manufactured explosives and stored weapons to attack the "Kyrgyzstan" cinema.
A law enforcer at the site of the explosion near the Novoselitsk ROVD in the Stavropol Territory. photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/na-meste-vzryvov-v-stavropole-rabotayut.html
15:36, 17 April 2016
Experts see links of two this week's attacks on law enforcers in Stavropol Territory
The attacks on law enforcers in the Stavropol Territory indicate the intention of the armed underground to self-reorganize and be active outside of the "hottest" republics of Northern Caucasus, state the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Albina Ildarova. Photo: Vk.com/id356674959
13:21, 17 April 2016
Experts: scandal with Albina Ildarova's participation in beauty contest distracts Dagestani residents from their real problems
The Dagestan's image is being hurt not by the participation of Albina Ildarova, a native of the republic, in the beauty contest of "Miss Russia-2016", but by corruption and lawlessness of law enforcers. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
06:40, 17 April 2016
Users of social networks report detention of Zurab Mamedov in Dagestan
Policemen have detained Zurab Mamedov, a resident of Makhachkala, who earlier refused to give a DNA blood assay, users of social networks have reported. However, his detention has not been officially confirmed.
A guard post of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh in the frontline. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:47, 17 April 2016
NKR states shelling of its positions
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the non-recognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has declared a mortar attack on its positions on the contact line committed by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.
23:58, 16 April 2016
Nadezhda Savchenko's condition has worsened
The health status of the Ukrainian servicewoman Nadezhda Savchenko, who went on a hunger strike after being sentence by the Donetsk City Court, has deteriorated; and doctors prescribed IV drip for her, her advocate said.
22:41, 16 April 2016
Chechnya marks anniversary of CTO cancellation
Today, the Chechen Republic marks the Day of Peace, established by the regional leadership in 2009, after the abolition of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the territory of the republic. Residents of Chechnya treat the anniversary of the CTO abolition as one of the major holidays, but note that the celebrations are mostly of official character, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
20:36, 16 April 2016
Sukhumi: car of Abkhazia's MP blown up
A service Toyota car of Almas Djopua, a Deputy of the National Assembly of Abkhazia, was undermined on the Sukhumi embankment; two people were injured.
Ramazan Djalaldinov sit near the elderly resident of Kenkhi village. Photo: screenshot of the video appeal.
18:03, 16 April 2016
Fellow villagers of Ramazan Djalaldinov condemn him for his complaint to Putin
Residents of the village of Kenkhi, Sharoy District, whose fellow villager Ramazan Djalaldinov had stated, in his video appeal to Vladimir Putin, about the corruption of local officials and extortions from teachers' salaries, held a gathering, at which treated Djalaldinov's words as a slander.
10:52, 16 April 2016
Soldier wounded in Karabakh conflict zone
Gagik Khurshudyash, a serviceman of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), was wounded last night by gunfire from the Azerbaijani side, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the NKR, an unrecognized republic.
08:18, 16 April 2016
Two men killed in a shootout in Stavropol Territory
In the Cossack village of Sernovodskaya of the Kursk District, two persons were killed as a result of a shootout with staff members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). None of law enforcers suffered in the incident.
Woman in a headscarf with a child, Derbent, March 2015. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent Patimat Makhmudova.
04:28, 16 April 2016
Lawsuit brought against Dagestani prosecutor after his remarks about "clothes of militants' wives"
Relatives of Omar Magomedov, a local resident, accused of helping militants and illegal arms and drug dealing, have lodged a lawsuit to the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala on protection of their honour, dignity and compensation of moral harm. According to the claimants, at Magomedov's trial, the prosecutor had insulted them by naming the Muslim headscarf "a typical garment of militants' wives."
Tofiq Yagublu. Photo: RFE/RL
02:11, 16 April 2016
Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office threatens oppositionist Tofiq Yagublu with prosecution
The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has issued an official warning to Tofiq Yagublu, Deputy Chairman of the opposition "Musavat" Party, in connection with his publications on Facebook and media interviews. Law enforcers have detected signs of incitement to hatred and hostility in the statements voiced by Tofiq Yagublu. The oppositionist does not agree with the warning.
Robert Kocharyan шт 2012. Photo: Wikimedia.org
01:02, 16 April 2016
Robert Kocharyan's mansion subjected to armed attack
An unidentified person threw a grenade to the mansion of Robert Kocharyan, the second Armenian President. This was reported by the police. At the time of the attack, Robert Kocharyan was in Moscow, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
00:49, 16 April 2016
Authorities refuse to sanction rally in support of Chechen natives
The Moscow Mayoralty has refused to sanction a rally in support of Khamid Razhapov and Tsetiev brothers, accused of attacking staff members of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE). This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Arbi Tsetiev, one of the initiators of the rally.
Village of Kenkhi, the Sharoi District of Chechnya. Photo: Ibragim Estamirov, http://www.grozny-inform.ru/
19:15, 15 April 2016
Resident of Chechen village complains to Vladimir Putin about corruption
Officials take from residents of the mountain village of Kenkhi of the Sharoi District of Chechnya the larger part of the compensation for destroyed housing, deduct money from the teachers' salaries and ignore the requests of the villagers for help. This was reported by Ramazan Djalaldinov in his video message addressed to Vladimir Putin.
15:50, 15 April 2016
In Makhachkala, mosque attendant reports on mass detentions of believers
In Makhachkala, law enforcers have detained at least 200 believers of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street. This was reported by an attendant of the mosque. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports having no information about the detentions.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Ukrainian prisoners held in Chechnya have returned home.

522 people remain in temporary accommodation centers after the flood in Dagestan.

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.