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A street in Gyumri. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:39, 5 April 2015
Attackers on activists in Gyumri brought to administrative responsibility
Five persons involved in the attack on activists of the "Founding Parliament" in Gyumri have been brought to administrative responsibility.
19:11, 4 April 2015
Residents of Dagestan report house-by-house checks conducted in three villages
Locals report that today power agents conduct house-by-house checks in the villages of Maidanskoe, Balakhani and Zirani of the Untsukul District of Dagestan.
18:29, 4 April 2015
Car of MP Gasan Gasanov shelled in Dagestan
In the evening on April 3, in the village of Untsukul, the armoured car of Gasan Gasanov, a member of the Dagestani Parliament, was shelled; the MP was not hurt.
House of the Avetisyan family on the day following massacre. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:54, 4 April 2015
Investigators receive results of examinations in murder case of Gyumri family
The Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia has reported that they received the results of the forensic examinations related to the massacre of the Avetisyan family in the city of Gyumri.
14:50, 4 April 2015
Advocate claims violation of rights of native Ingushetia in Zelenograd SIZO
The defender of Abdullah Getagazov, a native of Ingushetia, states that his client is illegally kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of detention facility No. 12 of the city of Zelenograd. The SIZO bosses refute the statement.
13:59, 4 April 2015
Astrakhan woman suspected of beating her three-month daughter
The woman was detained on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm to her three-month daughter. According to investigators, at night on April 2, 2015, the 25-year-old resident of Astrakhan, while in the state of alcoholic intoxication, inflicted "a lot of punches to the head and torso of her three-month daughter."
10:04, 4 April 2015
Defence of Chechen resident Asrudi Musaev claims falsification of evidence in his case
Asrudi Musaev, a resident of Chechnya, has been sentenced for aiding and abetting fraud with maternity capital, despite the numerous contradictions in the testimonies of witnesses and suspicious coincidences in the interrogation protocols. This has been stated by his defence in the complaint filed to the Prosecutor's Office.
08:13, 4 April 2015
Native of Armenia sentenced to two years in colony for shelling Turkish Embassy
The court has sentenced Arthur Mirzoyan, a native of Armenia, to two years in a colony-settlement for shelling the building of the Turkish Embassy in Moscow. The defence has disagreed with the verdict and insists that Mirzoyan has shelled the embassy in order to draw attention to the problem of recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Flags of Russia and South Ossetia. Photo: http://rusila.su/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/8739_big.jpg
07:05, 4 April 2015
Experts expect life improvement in South Ossetia after conclusion of alliance treaty with Russia
According to experts, the treaty on alliance and integration between the Russian Federation and South Ossetia will lead to improved living standards in the republic. Meanwhile, the experts emphasize that the treaty does not stipulate the merger of South Ossetia and Russia.
03:17, 4 April 2015
Russian MoJ puts Rostov "Eco-Logic" on register of "foreign agents"
The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has included the Rostov city public organization "Eco-Logic" into the register of NGOs acting as foreign agents.
01:01, 4 April 2015
Yerevan Mayoralty refuses to sanction rally of "Founding Parliament"
The Yerevan Mayoralty has refuses to sanction the rally of the opposition movement scheduled for April 26. Members of the "Founding Parliament" treat the decision as unlawful.
20:28, 3 April 2015
Rostov-on-Don: authorities deny existence of mass graves of rebels in Northern Cemetery
On March 30, the Ukrainian media posted the first reports on unmarked graves in Rostov-on-Don. According to the "New Region", bodies of Russian militiamen killed in Donbas are massively buried in Rostov-on-Don.
17:39, 3 April 2015
NKR's MoD accuses Azerbaijani armed forces of sabotage
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported on an attempt of sabotage undertaken by the Azerbaijani armed forces at the contact line.
15:55, 3 April 2015
Advocate of Khadija Ismayilova complains about non-admission to his client
The advocate Yalcin Imanov has failed to visit in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) journalist Khadija Ismayilova, who is under arrest starting from December 5, 2014.
15:47, 3 April 2015
Advocates doubt alleged motives for murder of Avetisyan family members
In the course of the meeting initiated by the Gyumri Journalists' Club "Asparez" and the media centre founded by the NGOs' project "Social Club of Journalists", Armenian lawyers and rights defenders have discussed the progress of the investigation into the murder committed in Gyumri, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
13:12, 3 April 2015
Investigators institute new criminal case against man killed in special operation in Nalchik last year
Law enforcers have reported on the involvement of Vadim Shogenov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, killed during a special operation conducted in March 2014, in the creation of a criminal armed grouping. A criminal case has been instituted on the above fact.
Zaur Dadaev. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
11:35, 3 April 2015
Advocate files complaint about use of illegal methods against Zaur Dadaev
An advocate of Zaur Dadaev accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov has prepared an official complaint about illegal methods being used to pressure his client. This was reported by the "Kommersant". Investigators promise to verify the complaints about kidnapping filed by Zaur Dadaev, the "Izvestia" reports.
Vagarshak Arutyunyan. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD,_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
06:17, 3 April 2015
Armenian experts do not expect escalation of hostilities in Karabakh conflict zone
Azerbaijan will not start any large-scale combat actions; however, armed incidents will occasionally take place on the contact line. This was stated by participants of a "round table" held in Yerevan.
Valery Borschov. Photo: http://sociapart.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Borschov.jpg
05:18, 3 April 2015
Rights defenders report violation of prisoners' rights to medical care
In Moscow, the Independent Press Centre has hosted the press conference titled: "A person in prison: the right to the protection of life and health". The main topic of the press-conference was devoted to the conditions of detention of sick people in Russian prisons.
CTO zone in the Untsukul District and Gergebil Districts of Dagestan. Map provided by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:21, 3 April 2015
In Dagestan, residents of Untsukul District report on motion of military vehicles in CTO area
Till present, the introduction of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Untsukul District of Dagestan has no immediate impact on local residents. Meanwhile, starting from March 30, the local residents observe a significant increase in the number of law enforcers in the vicinity of the village of Gimry, and they report that some of military vehicles are sent to the mountains.
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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.