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Tsitsernakaberd Armenian genocide memorial. Yerevan. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:32, 23 April 2015
Parliaments of Armenia and NKR urge international community to recognize Armenian Genocide
In connection with the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, MPs of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) adopted appeals calling on all countries throughout the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide as a crime against humanity.
The Moscow City Court. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:15, 23 April 2015
MCC upholds arrests of two defendants in Boris Nemtsov's case
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has dismissed the advocates' appeals against the resolutions on arrests of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Shagid Gubashev, accused in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. The Court has refused to change pre-trial restriction measure against both defendants and replace it with the form not involving deprivation of liberty.
19:15, 22 April 2015
Hideout with anti-tank missiles found in South Ossetia
In the Znaur District of South Ossetia, KGB officers found a hiding containing anti-tank missile complexes and anti-tank grenade launchers.
The special operation carried out in the village of Gerei-Avlak of Buynaksk. April 20, 2015. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
18:39, 22 April 2015
New leader of "Imarat Kavkaz" not to be loyal to IS
The murder of Aliaskhab Kebekov left the terrorist organization "Imarat Kavkaz" without the actual leader; however, that fact is unlikely to lead to the dominance of the "Islamic State" (IS), despite the split among North-Caucasus militants. This opinion was expressed by analysts.
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
17:48, 22 April 2015
Court dismisses second advocate of Anzor Gubashev
At the request of Anzor Gubashev, one of the defendants in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has dismissed the advocate Magomed Mamaev from his duties to defend Anzor Gubashev.
Intigam Aliev. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:13, 22 April 2015
Intigam Aliev sentenced to 7.5 years in prison
In Baku, the court has found human rights defender Intigam Aliev guilty on all the charges and sentenced him to 7.5 years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony.
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow. Photo http://basmanny.msk.sudrf.ru/
17:02, 22 April 2015
Court leaves Khamzat Bakhaev in custody until August 28
At the request of investigators, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended the arrest of Khamzat Bakhaev, a defendant in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, for four months, until August 28.
The Moscow City Court. Photo by Magomed Tuaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:34, 22 April 2015
MCC leaves Tamerlan Eskerkhanov under arrest
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has left in custody Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, a defendant in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov.
David Sanakoev. Photo: the information agency Osinform http://osinform.ru/elections/page/6/"
16:33, 22 April 2015
Foreign Minister of South Ossetia dismissed
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has dismissed David Sanakoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The name of the new Minister of Foreign Affairs has not yet been announced.
Anzor Gubashev in the courtroom. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
16:27, 22 April 2015
Court extends arrest of Anzor Gubashev until August 28
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has granted the motion of the investigating authorities and extended the arrest of Anzor Gubashev, a defendant in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, for four months, until August 28.
Rasul Jafarov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:57, 22 April 2015
PACE Committee treats guilty verdict against Rasul Jafarov as revenge act
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has condemned the verdict of guilty announced in Azerbaijan against Rasul Jafarov.
The cars of the mass media near the Basmanny District Court of Moscow. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
12:13, 22 April 2015
Consideration of complaint of Zaur Dadaev's advocate about non-admission to defence postponed
At the request of an advocate of Zaur Dadaev, a defendant in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has postponed the consideration of the advocate's complaint filed about non-admission to the defence.
Airport in Nalchik. Photo http://avia.pro/blog/aeroport-nalchik
11:46, 22 April 2015
Chechen woman detained in Nalchik when trying to leave for Syria
A female resident of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya was detained by field investigators in Kabardino-Balkaria, while she was trying to fly to Turkey for further travelling to Syria to join her groom.
Alexander Tkachov. Photo: http://www.antkachev.ru/feeds/photoarchive/?sid=10
11:13, 22 April 2015
Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachov appointed Russian Minister of Agriculture
Alexander Tkachov has resigned from his post of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory and led the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. On Wednesday, the relevant decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
09:16, 22 April 2015
Sapiyat Magomedova repeatedly complains to ECtHR about police's inaction in case of her beating
Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate from Dagestan, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to start communication in her complaint against the law enforcement bodies for delaying the investigation into the case of her beating in 2010.
The entrance to the building of the Stavropol Regional Court. Photo by Magomed Tuaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:04, 22 April 2015
Stavropol Court refuses to investigate decisions of Predgorny District Court in Kurman-Ali Baichorov's case
The Stavropol Regional Court has refused to hold a re-investigation into the decisions announced by Judge Oleg Popov of the Predgorny District Court in the trial on the case against Kislovodsk Imam Kurman-Ali Baichorov.
NKR's army. On the frontline. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:56, 21 April 2015
Shelling in Karabakh conflict zone results in casualties and victims
The Ministries of Defence (MoDs) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Azerbaijan report about victims on the troops' contact line. According to different sources, from one to five persons were killed; and some others were wounded.
Svetlana Sidorkina (to the left) in the corridor of the Moscow District Military Court. April 2015. Photo by Vyacheslav Feraposhkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:08, 21 April 2015
Boris Stomakhin's defence demands to cancel sentence in case of justification of terror acts
The guilt of journalist Boris Stomakhin sentenced on charges of justification of the terror acts committed in Volgograd has not been proven by the court, and thus, the sentence is to be cancelled. This was stated by Svetlana Sidorkina, a defender of Boris Stomakhin. Prosecutors believe the available evidence is sufficient.
18:59, 21 April 2015
In Dagestan, power agents seize weapons and ammunition from hiding
In the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, power agents seized from a hiding firearms and ammunition belonging to militants.
The defendants in the case of the terror act, which killed Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi and their advocates at the court session. Makhachkala, July 30, 2014. Photo by Aida Magomedova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:18, 21 April 2015
Defence treats verdict in case of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi's murder as too severe
Advocates of residents of Dagestan sentenced in the case of the terror act, which killed Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, have called the verdict too severe and claimed numerous contradictions in the case.
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Transport links to a mountain village in Dagestan have been restored.

Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Sergei Melikov resigned

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.