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23:10, 18 April 2013
Georgian MPs accuse Saakashvili of misuse of budget funds
On April 17, the MPs from the "Georgian Dream" accused President Mikhail Saakashvili of spending much money from the secret budget of the Special State Security Service on entertainments, personal whims, as well as gifts. Saakashvili, in his turn, has noted that the financial expenses were aimed at improving the image of Georgia and attraction of investments.
The castle complex Vovnushki in the Djeirakh District of Ingushetia. Photo by Tatyana Ukolova for the "Caucasian Cknot"
23:00, 18 April 2013
Caucasus leads in contest of Russian sights
The castle complex Vovnushki in the Djeirakh District of Ingushetia and the mosque named after Akhmad Kadyrov "Heart of Chechnya" in Grozny are the leaders in the multimedia contest-project "Russia-10", designed to select the most popular attractions of the country. Besides, participants of the contest are actively voting for two other attractions in the Southern Russia - the temple "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni" in Elista and the Mamaev Kurgan with the sculpture "Motherland Calls" in Volgograd.
22:20, 18 April 2013
Experts: Esquire's "Rating of Extremism" shows weakness of Caucasian law enforcers and not real situation
The "Esquire" magazine has published a list of Russian regions ranked by the number of extremist materials, included in the federal list of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation by decisions of the local courts. In this rating, Caucasus does not look the most extremist part of Russia. Experts believe that the rating does not reflect the real state of things and sooner indicates the problems in the work of law enforcement bodies than the level of prevalence of extremist moods and publications.
22:10, 18 April 2013
Politkovskaya's murder case on five defendants sent to GPO
The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has sent the criminal case against five defendants accused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya to the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) for confirmation of the indictment and transfer to the court.
22:00, 18 April 2013
In Azerbaijan, human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov arrested for ten days
Today, the Yasamal District Court of Baku has sentenced the human rights activist Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Enhancing Protection of Democracy" and a former "prisoner of conscience", to administrative arrest for 10 days for disobeying the police.
19:00, 18 April 2013
Stavropol Court upholds verdict to convicts on Merekha's case
On April 18, the Stavropol Regional Court dismissed the appeal complaint lodged by the former staff members of the OVD (Interior Division) sentenced to 3.5-6 years of imprisonment for abuse and violence against Vyacheslav Merekha, a detained local resident.
18:00, 18 April 2013
Suspect of killing KBR native in Saint Petersburg detained
On April 17, in the Novgorod Region, Olamafruz Ismailov, a 21-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, who is suspected of murdering a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in Saint Petersburg, was detained.
17:00, 18 April 2013
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to relatives of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov kidnapped in Chechnya
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on the case of the kidnapping in 2009 of Abdul-Yazit Askhabov, a resident of Chechnya. The ECtHR has stated that Russian authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into the incident and obliged them to pay 60,000 euros to victim's relatives.
Radima Ezieva. Courtesy photo from www.elot.ru
23:30, 17 April 2013
Student's death of botulism considered by court in KBR
At the trial of the case of the death of a student Radima Ezieva of botulism, colleagues of the defendant - Murat Bereketov, a physician of the Urvan District Hospital, - spoke in his defence. His advocate also thinks other doctors at the hospital should also respond for the girl's death.
23:00, 17 April 2013
Kutaisi hosts protest of "Accord" drivers
On April 16, the drivers working at the construction of a bypass road in Kutaisi held a protest action outside the parliament, demanding higher salaries.
22:40, 17 April 2013
Builders of Paravan HPP go on strike in Georgia
The construction workers erecting the Paravan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in the Samtskhe-Djavakheti Region went on strike demanding better working conditions and higher wages.
Michail Anisenko in a solo picket against Navalny's trial; Astrakhan, April 17, 2013. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 17 April 2013
Solo picketers in Astrakhan stand against trial of Navalny
Today, Astrakhan hosted a series of solo pickets demanding to stop the prosecution of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
22:10, 17 April 2013
Taganrog: case of 16 Jehovah's Witnesses sent to court
The indictment against 16 members of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, accused of extremism, has been sent to the court. Alyona Borodina, one of the advocates, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
Courtroom at the Moscow City Court. Courtesy of the photo: Federal Investigatory Agency http://flb.ru/
22:00, 17 April 2013
Temerkhanov denied his involvement in Budanov's murder
At today's session of the Moscow City Court (MCC), Yusuf Temerkhanov, a native of Chechnya, accused of killing Yuri Budanov, said he did not shoot at the ex-colonel and has nothing to do with the crime.
21:00, 17 April 2013
Rights defenders demand to stop pressure on "Golos"
Members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) of Russia issued a statement in support of several non-profit organizations (NPOs), in particular, of the Association "Golos" (Vote). According to their opinion, the accusations of the NPO of political activities cross out citizens' constitutional rights.
20:00, 17 April 2013
Gimry residents report explosions in their village
As reported by the locals, during the day the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, was hit by several explosions. As reported by the spokesman of the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division), power agents blew up the hideout they found in the village; however, he did not specify the location of the hideout.
Abkhazian volunteers laying flowers at the boulder set in honour of the casualties victims of the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz conflict; Nalchik, Abkhazian Square, 1996, Courtesy of the magazine "Archives and Society", No. 18
18:00, 17 April 2013
Delegation of Abkhaz women visits families of victims of Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in KBR
A delegation of women from Abkhazia has come to the Kabardino-Balkarin Republic (KBR) to visit families of the volunteers who perished during the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. According to Anzor Shorov, the chairman of the Union of Abkhaz Volunteers (UAV), the visit is an evidence of the resumption of contacts and warming up of the relations between the two republics.
17:00, 17 April 2013
Moshe Gammer, major expert in history of Northern Caucasus, buried in Israel
Professor Moshe Gammer, a prominent expert on religious and political history of Northern Caucasus, died in Israel on April 16. The funeral took place on April 17.
23:50, 16 April 2013
Investigators do not rule out that Rashidbek Shamsudinov kidnapped in Dagestan was killed
A criminal case under the article of murder has been opened on the fact of disappearance at night on March 26 of Rashidbek Shamsudinov, a resident of Khasavyurt. This was reported by his advocates; and the investigatory division confirmed the information.
23:40, 16 April 2013
Advocate of Soso Pavliashvili, suspected of murder in Georgia, claims his client's rights are violated
The Tbilisi City Court is holding pre-trial hearings on the murder of businessman Avtandil Aduashvili, where one of the defendants is a relative of the Georgian pop singer Soso Pavliashvili, who lives in Moscow. The next court hearing is scheduled for April 19. Pavliashvili hopes that at that sitting Vakhtang Chkhapeliya will reject his earlier evidence, according to which the singer was the financier of the crime. Chkhapeliya's advocate complains about violation of the rights of his client by the investigation.
News
A protester in Tbilisi holds a sign in support of Anastasia Zinovkina. Photo screenshot: MO SE / Facebook. Supporters of European integration at the Georgian parliament supported Anastasia Zinovkina.

A still from Zinovkina and Gribul's court hearing in Tbilisi. Photo: Publika / https://publika.ge/sasamartlom-ar-daakmayofila-shuamdgomloba-saapelacioshi-zinovkina-gribulis-saqmis-tarjimnebis-dakitkhvaze/ The court refused to re-examine the translators in the Gribul and Zinovkina case.

A Georgian citizen has been released in South Ossetia.

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.