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23:20, 25 April 2012
Krasnodar Territory institutes one more criminal case against ecologist Suren Gazaryan
Suren Gazaryan, the activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", accused of damaging the fence near the object, which ecologists consider to be the summer cottage belonging to Alexander Tkachov, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, face one more criminal case instituted against him. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Suren Gazaryan himself.
Participants of equestrian march ascend to the Stela of Nations' Friendship on the Day of Circassian Flag, Karachay-Cherkessia, April 25, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Nosova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 25 April 2012
In Karachay-Cherkessia, police suppresses actions on Circassian Flag Day
In Karachay-Cherkessia, upcoming events on Circassian Flag Day were stopped by the police. This was reported from place by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:00, 25 April 2012
Teenager seriously wounded by policeman dies in Dagestan
The 16-year-old Imadibir Makhiev, a resident of the village of Karata, Akhvakh District of Dagestan, who was shot in his head on April 16 by a policeman of the local OVD, has died tonight in the intensive care unit of the Republic's Clinical Hospital in Makhachkala, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
22:50, 25 April 2012
MIA: persons detained in the course of storming Elista Mayoralty are at large
After drawing up protocols on administrative offences, the police have released the four persons detained at the storming of the Mayoralty of Elista. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Elvira Namrueva, the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kalmykia.
22:00, 25 April 2012
SC of Azerbaijan upholds guilty verdict to three opposition activists
The Azerbaijani Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the complaints and upheld the guilty verdicts to oppositionists Shakhin Gasanli, Arif Gadjily and Fuad Gakhramanly, convicted in connection with the rally on April 2, 2011, in Baku.
21:30, 25 April 2012
Azerbaijani oppositional leaders tell foreign diplomats about human rights violations
On April 24, the socio-political situation in Azerbaijan was subject of discussion at the meeting in Baku of the diplomatic corps with the leaders of the oppositional Civil Movement for Democracy" Public Chamber" (CMDPC). The participants of the meeting refer to its confidential character and refuse to comment on diplomats' statements, but note that such contacts are always useful.
21:00, 25 April 2012
Volgograd: high-ranking official suspected of large-scale fraud
According to the investigation, the head of one of the departments of the Volgograd City Mayoralty has embezzled 750,000 roubles through fraudulent actions. The bureaucrat himself denies his guilt.
20:00, 25 April 2012
Public prosecutor's office in Nalchik detected abuse of authority by an official of Mayor's office
Public prosecutor's office of Nalchik detected a fact of abuse of authority by an official of Nalchik municipal Administration, i.e. Head of the Department of Communal services and utilities, the supervisory office reports.
19:00, 25 April 2012
A local resident kidnapped in Dagestan
This morning armed and masked people wearing camouflage uniforms who introduced themselves as officers of the Department of Interior Affairs of Magaramkent district carried away resident of the settlement of Kiuchhiur, Kurakh district, Ramazan Saidhanov. Location of the kidnapped man is unknown at the moment. This was reported by the man's brother Abdulhamid Saidhanov.
18:00, 25 April 2012
A peacemaker from Georgia perished in Afghanistan
Sergeant Valerian Khudjadze, representative of Georgian peacemaking contingent in Afghanistan, blasted on a mine, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported today. The time of the accident was not specified.
23:00, 24 April 2012
Azerbaijan: arrested journalist complains about inhuman treatment at GUBOP
The journalist Zaur Guliev, arrested after the events in the city of Guba, told about torture and inhuman treatment applied to him during his stay at the country's Chief Department for Combating Organized Crime (known as GUBOP) of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). This is stated in his complaint, sent from the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the NGO "For Human Rights".
22:00, 24 April 2012
GPO: suspects of attempt on President of Abkhazia give confessions
Anzor Butba, Ramzi Khashig and Alkhas Khutaba, arrested under the case of an attempt on the president of Abkhazia, have confessed that twice – in November 2011 and on February 10, 2012 – they attempted, together with Rushbey Bartsits, who is now searched, to kill the president, said the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Republic.
21:00, 24 April 2012
Moscow hunger-strikers in support of Oleg Shein stop their action
The participants of the Moscow solidarity hunger strike have decided to stop their action, after Oleg Shein's statement that he would quit his hunger strike as soon his supporters, arrested for staging a flash mob "For Fair Elections", were released.
19:00, 24 April 2012
Journalist Ruslan Gereev attacked in Dagestan
Today, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in Makhachkala, in Akushinsky Avenue, five unidentified men attacked and beat Ruslan Gereev, the deputy director general and editor of the political division of the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time), said Milrad Fatullaev, the editor-in-chief.
18:00, 24 April 2012
In Elista, candidate not approved as city manager tries to storm Mayoralty
Supporters of Arthur Dordjiev, who was not approved for the post of city manager, blocked the Elista Mayoralty and tried to storm the building, said Mingiyan Yashaev, the incumbent acting city manager of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.
17:00, 24 April 2012
"Memorial" asks ICRF Chairman to take control of the case of policemen who tortured resident of Kabardino-Balkaria
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has sent an appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), asking him to take the criminal case initiated against the policemen who tortured Inal Berov, a resident of Nalchik, under his special supervision.
16:40, 24 April 2012
In Astrakhan, Oleg Shein stops his hunger strike
Today, Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the Mayor of Astrakhan and a member of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, has announced his withdrawal from the political protest hunger strike.
15:00, 24 April 2012
Hungary quits "Nabucco" Project, said Prime Minister
On April 23, Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, said that the Hungarian oil company MOL would quit the gas pipeline project named "Nabucco". So far, the company's managers and the authors of the pipeline project have not confirmed the information.
13:00, 24 April 2012
Dagestan: local resident states kidnapping of his cousin
On April 20 in Makhachkala, unidentified persons in masks kidnapped a local resident Zalbek Magomed-Kamilovich Paizulaev, born in 1967. This was announced by his cousin Ramzan Omarov, who addressed human rights activists asking to help to find his relative.
11:00, 24 April 2012
Armenia holds torch marches in commemoration of genocide
At night on April 24, funeral torch marches to commemorate the victims of the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey and the 97th anniversary of the tragedy took place in Yerevan and other cities on the country.
News
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A captured Georgian fighter was sentenced to life in prison in Donetsk.

Participants of the rally on Rustaveli Avenue, February 12, 2026. Photo: Nino Kikvadze / Publika Student marchers joined the protest on Rustaveli Avenue.

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.