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04:28, 15 April 2015
Border guards do not let two rights defenders leave Azerbaijan
On April 14, Bashir Suleimanly, a former political prisoner, the Executive Director of the Centre for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Training (CMEDT), was banned from leaving Azerbaijan. A day earlier, rights defender Elshan Gasanov was also banned from leaving the country.
Activists of the "Communists of Russia" Party at the rally in support of Mikhail Abramyan. Photo: http://bloknot-stavropol.ru/news/kommunistov-stavropolya-zaderzhali-za-aktsiyu-prot-591849
22:05, 14 April 2015
Policemen detain activists of "Communists of Russia" Party in Stavropol
Eight activists of the "Communists of Russia" Party have been detained today in Stavropol during an action in support of Mikhail Abramyan, said their advocate.
Police car with the BORN case figurants near the Moscow Regional Court. Photo by Magomed Tuayev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:31, 14 April 2015
MRC appoints sentencing in BORN case for April 21
The verdict to the figurants in the case of the extremist community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" (known as BORN) will be announced on April 21 – the corresponding decision was made by the Moscow Regional Court (MRC).
Law enforcer. Photo by Maxim Tishin/Yugopolis
15:40, 14 April 2015
Volgograd Region: former cop suspected of beating a teen
A criminal investigation has been launched in the Volgograd Region against a former operative agent of the Criminal Search Division, suspected of abuse of power with using violence.
Rasul Jafarov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:45, 14 April 2015
Rasul Jafarov's advocates urge Baku court to acquit him
Today, at the trial of Rasul Jafarov in Azerbaijan, his advocates announced their closing remarks: they urged the court to acquit the rights defender, stating that his guilt was not proved.
Mass media representatives in the hall of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, March 8, 2015. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
13:27, 14 April 2015
Defence declares Eskerkhanov's consent to pass polygraph test
The defence of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, who is accused of participating in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has announced its intention to apply for a polygraph test of its client. Advocates of other defendants – Gubashev brothers and Khamzat Bakhaev – also do not exclude the possibility of applying the lie detector test to their clients.
12:15, 14 April 2015
Azerbaijan states its positions being shelled by mortars and machine guns
Mortars and heavy machine guns are used by the Armenian party on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan. According to its version, during the last 24 hours, the ceasefire was violated 39 times.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/04/07/v-kbr-provedena-kontrterroristicheskaya-operatsiya.html
11:40, 14 April 2015
Armed man killed during CTO near Nalchik
In the gardening comradeship "Domostroitel", located adjacent to Nalchik, which was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, a man, who rendered armed resistance to law enforcers, was shot dead.
At the place of Boris Nemtsov murder, March 15, 2015. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:55, 14 April 2015
Ruslan Geremeev, witness in Nemtsov's murder case, leaves Russia
Ruslan Geremeev, a former officer of the Chechen battalion "Sever" (North) and the key witness in Boris Nemtsov's murder case, has left Russia, the "Rosbalt" reports citing a law enforcement source. Geremeev could go to Dubai, the RBC writes with reference to Ilya Yashin, a member of the "Solidarity" Movement.
08:04, 14 April 2015
Fire in CTO area in Untsukul District of Dagestan extinguished
The forest fire in the vicinity of the villages of Balakhani and Tsatanikh of the Untsukul District of Dagestan, where a large counterterrorist operation (CTO) was conducted, is completely eliminated.
07:45, 14 April 2015
"Kommersant": Zaur Dadaev ready to undergo polygraph test
Zaur Dadaev, accused of killing Boris Nemtsov, has expressed his intention to undergo a lie detector (polygraph) test in order to prove his innocence, the "Kommersant" has reported today.
The Saveliev family at the court building. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
00:56, 14 April 2015
Sochi Court refuses to explain Saveliev family decision to demolish house
The Adler District Court of Sochi has refused to explain the Saveliev family its decision, under which the family was obliged to dismantle other people's building.
Moscow City Court. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
23:57, 13 April 2015
Court upholds investigators' refusal to investigate Kadyrov's statements
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has upheld the refusal of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to check the legality of the statements of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about demolition of houses owned by militants' relatives and eviction of them out of the republic.
Law enforcers stopped the car for a check. Chechnya, April 2015. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:56, 13 April 2015
Residents of Chechnya report document checks of bearded men
Power agents conducted another inspection of documents in young men wearing beards, Grozny residents report.
13:20, 13 April 2015
Law enforcers cancel CTO regime in three districts of Dagestan
Today, the legal counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime that was in force in the Untsukul, Gergebil and Buynaksk District of Dagestan has been cancelled.
Weapons, ammunition. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
13:16, 13 April 2015
CaT's lawyers send complaint about Edigov's torture to ECtHR
The lawyers of the public organization "Committee against Torture" (CaT) have submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the interests of Suleiman Edigov, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to 14.5 years in prison, despite the information that he was tortured.
Children from Donbas arrive in Grozny for medical treatment and rehabilitation. Photo: Timur Abduev, http://www.grozny-inform.ru/multimedia/photos/59203/
12:25, 13 April 2015
Children from Donbas arrive in Grozny for medical treatment in local hospitals
22 children affected by the hostilities in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DNR and LNR, respectively) are delivered to Chechnya. The children are hospitalized to clinics of Grozny, where they are to undergo courses of free medical treatment and rehabilitation.
Law enforcer escorting defendant in Boris Nemtsov murder case. Basmanny District Court of Moscow, April 6, 2015.
09:20, 13 April 2015
"Kommersant": in case of Boris Nemtsov's murder, defendants to be tested for drug addiction
One of the examinations appointed as a part of the investigation into the case of the Boris Nemtsov's murder is to answer the question about the possible involvement of five defendants in drug trafficking and their possible drug addiction, the "Kommersant" reports today.
Pope Francis. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE#/media/File:Pope_Francis_in_March_2013.jpg
03:29, 13 April 2015
Pope Francis calls killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire genocide
During the Mass of April 12, Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, called the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 the first genocide of the 20th century. In response, Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Vatican City for consultations.
03:11, 13 April 2015
Dagestani resident sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for delivering food to militants
M. Kuramagomedov, a resident of the Tsuntin District of Dagestan, has been found guilty for supplying members of an illegal armed formation (IAF) with foodstuffs and arranging winter refuge bases for them. According to the court's decision, he was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment.
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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.