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Moscow City Court. Photo http://mosgorsud.su/
21:06, 10 April 2014
At the trial held at the Moscow City Court on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, Sergey Khadjikurbanov a former employee of the RUBOP (Department to Combat Organized Crime), said that he had been slandered by Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, a former lieutenant colonel, already convicted on this case.
Doku Umarov. Screenshot of a video at https://www.youtube.com
18:14, 10 April 2014
The operation to "neutralize" Doku Umarov was conducted in late 2013, said Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the FSB.
Sergey Reznik. Photo from the personal page at http://vk.com/
17:07, 10 April 2014
At the hearing of his case, the Rostov journalist and blogger Sergey Reznik complained about the custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and asked to change it for home arrest; but the court denied the motion.
Еhe Zamoskvorechye Court of Moscow. Photo http://zamoskvoretsky.msk.sudrf.ru/
16:40, 10 April 2014
On April 15, the Zamoskvorechye Court of Moscow is to hold the next court hearing to consider the claim filed by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against the prosecutors' demand to get registered as a foreign agent.
Anar Mamedli. Photo RFE/RL
15:38, 10 April 2014
Azerbaijan starts a judicial investigation into the criminal case against Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEMDT), and his two colleagues. The case will be considered in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes by judge panel chaired by Judge Rauf Aliev.
Subbotnik on Christian cemeteries in Leninsky District of Grozny, April 4, 2014. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Highways of the Chechen Republic, http://www.minavtodorchr.ru/top-news/662-fotoreportazh-s-subbotnikov-po-ochistke-territorii-kladbishcha-v-leninskom-rajone-g-groznogo
13:37, 10 April 2014
In Chechnya, Christian cemeteries have been properly cleaned for the upcoming celebration of the Orthodox Easter, which will be held on April 20. This was reported by officials from the Chechen Ministry on National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information.
The centre of Grozny. March 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:24, 10 April 2014
Alvi Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Chechnya, who was detained by law enforcers after his acquittal in court, is held in Grozny in one of the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). This was reported by his family members.
The defendants Magomed Daurbekov, Khizar Daurbekov and Yusup Dzangiev (to the right) during the announcement of the verdict by the North-Caucasian District Military Court. Rostov-on-Don, April 8, 2014. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:30, 10 April 2014
The advocates of those accused of committing crimes in the territory of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, including the terror act in the marketplace of Vladikavkaz in 2010, expressed their disagreement with the verdict passed by the North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don and announced their intention to appeal against it.
Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 2007. Photo http://www.odnoklassniki.ru/
10:44, 10 April 2014
Russia had had more information about the intentions of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya and one of the organizers of the terror act during the marathon run in the US city of Boston, but did not share it with the FBI, says the inspectors' report on the check of the actions of the CIA to prevent the terror act.
Protest action of activists of the group DEM.AM. Yerevan, April 9, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:40, 10 April 2014
In Armenia, activists of the group DEM.AM intend to scale up protests, should the government fail to amend the new pension law.
22:35, 9 April 2014
The Vladimir Putin's decision to include Ramzan Kadyrov into the Presidium of the Russian State Council was expected. This opinion was expressed by Professor Alexei Malashenko from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.
20:33, 9 April 2014
The defence of the public organization "Don Women's Union" has denied in the court the prosecutors' claims on recognizing the organization as a foreign agent, said the defence lawyers. According to their version, three witnesses were questioned at the session on April 7.
Convicted Yusup Dzangiev talks to his father in the courtroom in the North-Caucasian District Military Court. Rostov-on-Don, April 8, 2014. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:01, 9 April 2014
The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced a group of defendants, accused of crimes committed in the territory of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, including the terror act in the marketplace in Vladikavkaz.
18:12, 9 April 2014
On March 31, Suleiman Edigov, a resident of Chechnya, accused of endangering the life of a law enforcer and arms trafficking, stopped his hunger strike, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
Relatives and team-mates of the arrested  activists of the civil movement "Nida" at the meeting in support of the presidential candidate Jamil Gasanli. Baku, September 28, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:47, 9 April 2014
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has launched a campaign to collect signatures to the petition calling for release of the youth activists of the civil movement "Nida", arrested in Azerbaijan.
Law enforcers in the streets of Sochi during the final stage of the Paralympic Torch Relay. March 6, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:15, 9 April 2014
The Federal Security Bureau (FSB) of the Russian Federation acting jointly with its colleagues from other countries, including Georgia, has stopped the preparations of terror acts at Olympic facilities in Sochi, said the FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov.
Activists with a portrait of Mamed Azizov at the silent protest action near the building of the Court of Appeal. Baku, March 27, 2014. Photo by Parvana Bayramova for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:42, 9 April 2014
Fariz Namazly, the advocate of Mamed Azizov, an activist of the civil movement "Nida", kept in prison in Azerbaijan, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) asking to investigate his client's torture. The lawyer believes that Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was violated in respect of Azizov.
Special operation in the village of Karlanyurt, January 15, 2014. Photo by the press service of the Dagestan Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), http://05.mvd.ru/news/item/1804356
12:21, 9 April 2014
The militants, who in November 2013 attempted on the life of madrassa teacher Arslanali Shakhbulatov, known for his criticism of Wahhabism, have been identified, said a law enforcement source. They were killed during a special operation in January.
Ruslan Kutaev. Photo RFE/RL
11:45, 9 April 2014
Russian authorities should immediately release Ruslan Kutaev, a resident of Chechnya and the President of the "Assembly of Caucasian Nations", who was detained on February 20 by republic's power agents, and ensure the effective investigation of his report about torture at the police, the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports.
02:50, 9 April 2014
The Russia's Constitutional Court (CC) has recognized constitutional the requirement that NGOs receiving financial assistance from abroad should get registered as "foreign agents". The decision of the CC will allow the courts to consider the "roundtables", interviews, and press releases as political activities. This was emphasized by Furkat Tishaev, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
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.