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    22:35, 9 April 2014
    Experts are not surprised by inclusion of Ramzan Kadyrov into Presidium of Russian State Council
    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
    Witnesses in the case of "Don Women's Union" refute prosecutors' arguments, lawyers say
    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
    Rostov-on-Don court passes conviction on terror act in Vladikavkaz
    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
    HRC "Memorial": Suleiman Edigov stops his hunger strike in Chechnya
    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
    AI launches campaign towards release of "Nida" activists
    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
    Bortnikov: FSB has prevented, jointly with other countries' special services, terror acts in Sochi
    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
    Azerbaijan: Azizov's advocate sent complaint to ECtHR about his client's torture
    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
    In Dagestan, attackers of madrassa teacher identified – they were killed, law enforcers assert
    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
    HRW demands to release President of "Assembly of Caucasian Nations" detained in Chechnya
    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
    Regarding Law "On Foreign Agents" as constitutional may negatively affect NGOs, rights defenders believe
    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".
    01:51, 9 April 2014
    Advocates in Politkovskaya's murder case demand judge disqualification
    The Moscow City Court holds hearings in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta". During the presentation of defence evidence, the advocates of the defendants twice demanded to disqualify the judge.
    00:57, 9 April 2014
    In Azerbaijan, leader of NGO "Promoting Democracy" claims pressure of local authorities
    On April 8, Emil Mamedov, the leader of the Public Association "Promoting Democracy" acting in the Salyan District of Azerbaijan, sent an open letter to President Ilham Aliev and Ramil Usubov, Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA). Emil Mamedov claims the local authorities subject the NGOs to pressure.
    Gennady Gudkov. Photo: Bogomolov.PL http://commons.wikimedia.org/
    20:51, 8 April 2014
    Special services benefited from hiding information about Umarov's death, experts say
    Russian special services were waiting for a convenient moment to announce the death of Doku Umarov, say Geidar Djemal, the Chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, the FSB retired Colonel Gennady Gudkov and Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Carnegie Centre.
    Participants of a protest action against TV Bridge with Russia. Tbilisi, March 28, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
    15:41, 8 April 2014
    Georgia's public opinion about Russia was affected by events in Crimea, local experts believe
    According to opinion polls conducted in Georgia this year by the International Republican Institute (IRI), the majority of Georgian citizens – 71 percent – believe that Russia continues its aggression against their country.
    Special operation. Photo: National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/
    14:21, 8 April 2014
    Injury of suspected militant during special operation in Dagestan is reported
    A shootout, during which three policemen were wounded, occurred in the territory of the Derbent District of Dagestan, the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. According to the source, one of suspected militants was also wounded.
    Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo by Magomed Magomedov (Yusupov), http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
    13:18, 8 April 2014
    Suspect of killing banker detained in Dagestan
    A supposed killer of Magomeddibir Murtazaliev, the manager of the Makhachkala branch of the OJSC "Rosselkhozbank" was detained and identified as a casualty's colleague, the investigative bodies report.
    After the explosion in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    11:31, 8 April 2014
    Prosecutor demands from 16 years to life imprisonment for five persons accused of organizing terror act in Vladikavkaz
    On Tuesday, April 8, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don started sentencing five men accused of organizing the terror acts in the central marketplace of Vladikavkaz. The state prosecution demands imprisonment from 16 years to life term.
    Landmine explosion. Photo: Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), https://www.flickr.com/
    11:26, 8 April 2014
    Three militaries killed, six wounded by landmine explosion in Azerbaijan
    Three servicemen of the National Army of Azerbaijan were killed and six others wounded by a landmine explosion on April 7 in the Fizuli direction of the contact line frontline, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
    Makhachkala, the village of Semender. Photo by Magomed Magomedov (Yusupov), http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
    09:26, 8 April 2014
    In Dagestan grenade blows up in balcony of Deputy Minister
    In the evening on April 7, in the village of Semender, in the outskirt of Makhachkala, a grenade went up in the balcony of the house of the Dagestani Deputy Minister of Land Reclamation. The explosion hit nobody, said a law enforcement source.
    03:38, 8 April 2014
    Dagestan: health status of relatives of head of Kharachi remains stable, doctors say
    The medics of the Untsukul district hospital in Dagestan report that the health condition of the beaten wife and pregnant daughter of Khadizhalal Ziyavudinov remains stable. Policemen suspect that they were attacked by three militants' aides, a source from the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
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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.