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13:29, 9 April 2016
One of those killed at entrance to Kizlyar identified as resident of Dagestan
One resident of Dagestan and two residents of North Ossetia have been killed tonight at the entrance to the village of Kizlyar, Mozdok District, said investigators.
13:06, 9 April 2016
Police suspects Imam Magomedov of calling for terrorism
The Imam of the local mosque, detained in Khasavyurt, had urged parishioners to terrorist activities and posted on the Internet "materials intended to incite enmity," said a law enforcement source.
11:54, 9 April 2016
MIA: two militants' helpers detained in Chechnya
Chechen policemen have detained helpers of illegal armed formations (IAFs), one of whom had helped the criminal grouping of the field commander Yasir Amarat, killed in 2010, said the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya.
11:07, 9 April 2016
Resident of Chechnya suspected of recruiting his acquaintance to IS
In Chechnya, a criminal case was opened against a local resident, who, as investigators believe, persuaded his acquaintance to take part in the warfare in Syria for the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:28, 9 April 2016
Khadija Ismayilova awarded the UNESCO World Prize
The journalist Khadija Ismayilova, convicted in Azerbaijan, was awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Award for her contribution to the cause of the freedom of press.
10:00, 9 April 2016
NKR accuses Azerbaijan of breaking armistice
At night on April 9, Azerbaijani troops shelled the Karabakh positions from mortars, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Bicycles in the playground of a social-rehabilitation centre for minors in Makhachkala. Photo: screenshot of a video about the centre publushed on YouTube
07:40, 9 April 2016
Girl-victim of cruel treatment placed in Makhachkala shelter
A young girl-resident of Dagestan, who was kept on the chain by her relatives, has received medical and psychological care. She was placed into a social-rehabilitation centre for minors in Makhachkala. The mockeries on the girl are broadly discussed in social networks among residents of the republic.
The entrance to the village of Talysh, Martakert Region, June 2014. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:15, 9 April 2016
Moskalenko: murders in Karabakh are war crimes or crimes against humanity
The killings of civilians in the village of Talysh in the course of exacerbation of the Karabakh conflict were committed with special cruelty, the eyewitnesses said. The International Court of Justice will have problems in classifying these crimes as war crimes or crimes against humanity, said Karina Moskalenko, a well-known Russian lawyer.
02:05, 9 April 2016
At trial, Permyakov's weapons were demonstrated
On April 8, at the trial of Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family, the court showed material exhibits and the video footage from the scene of the crime. The Russian party failed to ensure the presence of Permyakov's colleagues at the trial.
00:43, 9 April 2016
Russia to be active mediator in settling Karabakh conflict, Baku analysts believe
The visits of high-ranking Russian officials – the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev – to Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrate the seriousness of Moscow's intentions to break the deadlock in the Karabakh settlement, Baku experts assert.
23:21, 8 April 2016
Imam of Khasavyurt mosque detained
Magomednabi Magomedov, Imam of the "Vostochnaya" (Eastern) mosque, was detained today in Khasavyurt. According to eyewitnesses, it happened, when he came to the ROVD and demanded to release the detained parishioners.
22:05, 8 April 2016
Armenian political analysts treat negatively Russia's role in Karabakh conflict
Russia's supplies of weapons to Azerbaijan fail to respond Armenia's interests and jeopardize the Russian-Armenian relations, said political analysts from Yerevan.
20:08, 8 April 2016
CDSI: from 1994, 785 Azeri servicemen killed in Karabakh conflict zone
For 22 years of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani Armed Forces losses amounted to about two thousand soldiers killed and wounded. Of these, 785 were killed, 125 were killed by blasting mines, said the Caspian Defence Studies Institute (CDSI).
Zaripat Umakhanova, the principal of the Makhachkala boarding school "Zabota" (Care). Photo http://www.dagmintrud.ru/
19:28, 8 April 2016
Dagestan: principal of boarding school involved in criminal case
The Prosecutor's Office suspects the principal of the Makhachkala boarding school "Zabota" (Care) of abuse of power.
Khasavyurt. Dagestan. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:45, 8 April 2016
In Khasavyurt, taxi driver wounded during police activities (+video)
Sirazhudin Biyarslanov, a 47-year-old taxi driver, was hospitalized as a result of a gunshot wound received during the preventive activities carried out by the police in Khasavyurt.
Idris Yusupov. Photo https://www.facebook.com/idris.yusupov?pnref=story
17:52, 8 April 2016
Journalist and rights defender detained in Makhachkala
Idris Yusupov, a correspondent of the newspaper "Novoye Delo" (New Business), and Sirazhutdin Datsiev, an activist of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" were detained by policemen at their exit from a mosque. Currently, they have been released from the Sovietskiy ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala.
The site of the murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow. February 2016. Photo: Mumin Shakirov (RFE/RL)
17:29, 8 April 2016
Court leaves persons accused of killing Nemtsov under arrest
The Appellate Board of the Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the decision of the court to extend the term of arrest of the defendants in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov until May 28.
Prison. Photo: http://moidagestan.ru/news/antiterror/24177
15:03, 8 April 2016
Resident of Khasavyurt sentenced to six years in prison for links with militants
The Khasavyurt City Court has found Mamadkhan Mamadkhanov, an inhabitant of Dagestan, guilty of financing the armed underground. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.
Mikhail Alaev, Ilya Muromov, Igor Stenin, Dmitry Altufyev, Kirill Fabritsiev, Anatoliy Boltykhov near the Soviet District Court 07.04.2016 (1). Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:17, 8 April 2016
Witnesses in Igor Stenin's case complain of police pressure
Four activists of the "Stavropol Union of Voters" planned to testify in favour of Igor Stenin at the court hearing to be held in Astrakhan on April 7. According to the activists, on their way to Astrakhan, the police repeatedly stopped them on far-fetched pretexts, and then the activists decided to return home.
Soldier's kit. © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants, http://www.sputnikarmenia.ru/karabah/20160408/2865470.html
12:45, 8 April 2016
Azerbaijan confirms ceasefire agreement
Parties to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed to the ceasefire and the search for the bodies of victims to be carried out today starting from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Moscow time. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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Collected bags in the village of Tyumensky. Still from Zhora Kavanosyan's video from April 26, 2026, https://t.me/ecozhora/7571 Social media users disagreed with the authorities' assessment of the scale of the Tuapse spill.

Beach cleanup in Anapa. Screenshot from "SSL Volunteers" photo from April 26, 2026, https://t.me/setisitolopata/2897. Volunteers reported cleaning up fuel oil in Anapa amid sand-filled beaches.

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.