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A military unit in Nagorno-Karabakh. Martuninsky district. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:22, 12 April 2014
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported that within the last 7 days Azerbaijani servicemen violated the ceasefire for 300 times.
15:42, 12 April 2014
Tofig Gasymov, a member of the NGO "Promoting Democracy", who was arrested in the Salyan District of Azerbaijan, is not allowed to be visited by his advocate. This was reported by Alaif Gasanov, the very activist's advocate in court.
Meeting in support of Said Amirov. Makhachkala, APril 13, 2014. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:02, 12 April 2014
As reported by the spokesman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, the police have persuaded supporters of the suspended Mayor of Makhachkala Said Amirov to disperse.
Participant of a protest action against lack of funds to renovate kindergartens. Volgograd, April 11, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:44, 12 April 2014
In Volgograd, a protest action was held. In their resolution, protesters demanded from officials to renew funding for a network of kindergartens and to provide pre-schools with textbooks and toys. Officials from the city administration believe that the protesters "exaggerate" the situation.
10:55, 12 April 2014
According to prosecutors of Dagestan, Djalaev acquired ownership right on a household in the village of Novy Tarki, which later housed the Republic's Notary Bar.
10:10, 12 April 2014
Chechen law enforcers are searching militants in the Urus-Martan District of the republic, where last night a suspected member of the armed underground was killed while law enforcers tried to detain him.
A meeting was held in the conference hall of the administration building of the Tsentralny District of Sochi and decided to launch a local branch of the organization "Children of War". April 10, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:05, 12 April 2014
A meeting was held in Sochi and decided to launch a local branch of the organization "Children of War". Its members passed an appeal to the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory asking to provide social benefits from the budget to those who were born in the period from June 23, 1928, to September 3, 1945.
04:06, 12 April 2014
Staff members of the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison) did not allow Magomed Aliev suspected in robbery to be visited by his advocate. This was reported by advocate Sapiyat Magomedova. The SIZO administration refutes the advocate's claims.
Relatives of the detained blocked the Federal Highway "Kavkaz" in North Ossetia. North Ossetia, April 11, 2014. Photo https://www.youtube.com/
20:40, 11 April 2014
Up to 400 people formed a "live shield" and blocked the Federal Highway "Kavkaz" in North Ossetia in protest against detention of "Mayskoe" villagers and demand their release, one of the participants of the spontaneous action told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Participants of a protest action was held against insufficient funding in kindergartens. Volgograd, April 11, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:39, 11 April 2014
On Friday, in Volgograd, in front of the Central Bank, a protest action was held against insufficient funding in kindergartens, organized by the public movement "Volgograd Parents for Children's Rights".
Russian military men. Photo RFE/RL
15:48, 11 April 2014
The NATO's military command has posted satellite photos, which allegedly depict Russian military formations near the Ukrainian border.
The Dagestani State Pedagogical University (DSPU). Photo http://www.dgpu.net/ru/
13:47, 11 April 2014
The Vice-Rector and the boss of one of the departments of the Dagestani State Pedagogical University (DSPU) are suspected of a large-scale theft, says the Investigating Department (ID) for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Magomed Mutsolgov. Photo from his personal page at http://vk.com/
13:05, 11 April 2014
Law enforcers of Ingushetia will be informed about the messages that appeared in the "LiveJournal" about the impending attempt on human rights activist Magomed Mutsolgov, said Albert Barakhoev, the Acting Secretary of the Security Council (SC) of the Republic of Ingushetia. Mutsolgov himself has no intention to address the Prosecutor's Office, but treats the information unreliable, but serious.
The North-Caucasian Military District Court in Rostov-on-Don. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:30, 11 April 2014
On Friday, April 11, the North-Caucasian Military District Court began preliminary hearings on the case of Said Amirov, temporarily dismissed Mayor of Makhachkala, and his nephew Yusup Djaparov, the former Deputy Mayor of Kaspiysk, said Alyona Katskalo, the court press secretary. According to her story, the trial is held behind closed doors.
Music band Pussy Riot. Photo by Igor Mukhin, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pussy_Riot_by_Igor_Mukhin.jpg?uselang=ru, GNU Free Documentation License
10:24, 11 April 2014
The Sochi police had ruled not to open a criminal case on Pussy Riot members about beating them by Cossacks on February 19. The ruling was then appealed against by the prosecutor's office; and on April 12, the Sochi UVD (Interior Department) should make another decision on the matter, the lawyer Alexander Popkov has reported.
Mosque in the village of Nechaevka in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. Photo by Gusen Khalilulaev, http://www.tsumada.ru/
08:43, 11 April 2014
Last night, a madrassa teacher, who was also the Imam of the mosque, was killed in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan was killed, a source from the local MIA has reported. According to investigators, two masked attackers committed the murder. Law enforcers do not exclude that the Imam's professional activities could cause the murder.
A drawing on the pediment of the house of a deputy Alexander Petin in the village of Tulskiy, Maikop District of the Republic of Adygea. Photo from the case papers, http://interunity.org/
07:59, 11 April 2014
On April 8, Alexander Petin, a Deputy of the Maikop District Soviet, was found guilty of promoting Nazi symbols and fined by 2000 roubles, said Andrei Scryabin, the Judge Assistant of the Maikop District Court. His defence asserts that it was not a swastika, but some construction drawing made on the wall of the house.
At the building of the Makhachkala Lenin District Court during the first hearing of a case of murder of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov. April 10, 2014. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:12, 11 April 2014
The Makhachkala Lenin District Court has held its first session of the trial on the murder of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov. The defendant Murad Shuaibov has filed a motion asking to return his the criminal case to the prosecutor's office in order to add a number of documents to the case files – these documents had been earlier there, but were withdrawn later, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Mourning procession in memory of the victims of the tragic events of 1992 in the village of Maraga. Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, March 9, 2012. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:19, 10 April 2014
On Thursday, the village of Nor-Maraga of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh hosted a mourning procession, a rally and a ceremony of laying flowers in memory of the victims of the tragic events of 1992 in the village of Maraga. The rally voiced calls to punish the persons responsible for the destruction of the village and massacre of its inhabitants.
Blocking of road in the village of Mayskoe of the Prigorodny District in North Ossetia. Screenshot of a video posted by an eyewitness in "Caucasian Knot" channel at YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/user/CivilVideoCKno
22:21, 10 April 2014
On Thursday, in North Ossetia, the police detained Aliskhan Gurazhev and Mustafa Barkinkhoev, residents of the village of Mayskoe of the Prigorodny District. About one hundred people blocked the federal highway "Kavkaz", demanding the release the detainees. This was reported by a brother of one of the detainees.
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.