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22:10, 17 April 2012
In Abkhazia, Almasbey Kchach, ex-Interior Minister, commits suicide
Almasbey Kchach shot himself dead when law enforcers tried to detain him.
22:00, 17 April 2012
ECtHR upholds journalist's complaint against police's actions during 2005 oppositional rally in Azerbaijan
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by the Azerbaijani journalist Sarvan Rizvanov legitimate and obliged the government of Azerbaijan to pay him 4500 euros of moral compensation and 3000 euros to cover the legal costs. This was announced by Intigam Aliev, the head of the "Society for Legal Education", who is defending the claimant's rights.
21:00, 17 April 2012
On April 9-15, 23 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
At least 23 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from April 9 to April 15. Of these, fifteen persons were killed and eight more wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
20:00, 17 April 2012
Lysakov from "United Russia" saw no gross violations on the videos from the election in Astrakhan
During 10 hours, from 20:00. April, 16, till 6 o'clock this morning, Head of Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Russian Federation Vladimir Churov and ex-candidate for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Sheiyn viewed 42 video records with obvious violations, in Sheiyn's opinion, out of 202, Viacheslav Lysakov, Deputy from "United Russia" who was present during the scan time in the building of CEC, reported.
19:00, 17 April 2012
Pickets of solidarity with ecologists and "Yabloko people" of Krasnodar region passed off in Moscow
On April, 16, an action in support of Yaroslav Nikolsky, activist of "Yabloko" party, was held near the building of Permanent mission of Krasnodar region in Moscow. The participants of the pickets also demanded to dismiss the criminal case against Krasnodar ecologists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko.
18:00, 17 April 2012
A meeting against poor state of the roadways passed off in the town of Kotovo, Volgograd region
A meeting against poor state of the roadways was held in the town of Kotovo, Volgograd region, with the participation of about 500 persons. The action passed under the slogan "We want highways like Italian ones".
23:50, 16 April 2012
"Kommersant": suspects of preparing explosion in Moscow on New Year Night deal with investigation
The key figurants of the criminal case on preparation of terror acts in Red Square in Moscow during the New Year festivities on January 1, 2011, - the unsuccessful female suicide bomber Zeinab Suyunova and suspected keeper of explosives Timur Akubekov - have signed a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with investigators, the "Kommersant" has written today; however, there is no official confirmation of this information yet.
Activists of the initiative group "Brigade" in the Mashtots Park; the political scientist Andreas Gukasyan is on the left, Yerevan, April 15, 2012. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 16 April 2012
Defenders of Mashtots Park in Yerevan start dismantling kiosks
On April 15, the initiative group named "Brigade", consisting of public figures and activists, who oppose the construction in the park, began the demolition of kiosks in the Mashtots Park in Yerevan.
23:30, 16 April 2012
Shein's supporters prepare referendum on trust to Mayor of Astrakhan
Supporters of Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the post of Astrakhan Mayor, began to form an initiative group for holding a city-wide referendum on the trust to the Mayor, said Sergey Mironov, the leader of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party.
23:10, 16 April 2012
Armenian Police investigates attack on oppositionists
The Armenian Police is conducting an inquiry into the attack on activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) during the election campaign in the Constituency No. 7 of Yerevan.
23:00, 16 April 2012
Policeman injures schoolboy in Karata, Dagestan
Today, in the village of Karata, Zaur Djalilov, an officer of the Akhvakh ROVD (District Interior Division) of Dagestan, wounded an 11 for pupil of the Karata Secondary School No. 1, said Saipudin Saipudinov, a local villager.
22:10, 16 April 2012
Lawyer Mudunov accuses investigators of falsifying materials on Saidmagomedov's murder in Makhachkala
Members of the Bar Association "Kavkaz" from Makhachkala are blaming investigators of falsifying the circumstances of the death of the lawyer Omar Saidmagomedov and his relative Rasul Kurbanov.
22:00, 16 April 2012
"Dalga" activists protest in Baku against Iran's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Today, about 20 members of the youth organization "Dalga" (Wave) have held a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Baku demanding from Iranian authorities to stop supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The young people held posters reading "Freedom for Syrian people!" and "Iran, support demands of Syrian people!" and chanted slogans.
21:00, 16 April 2012
Law enforcement officers in Makhachkala are investigating the circumstances of night explosions
According to more precise data, two men got injured in an explosion near a shop in the center of Makhachkala, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports. According to Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) in Dagestan, the man whose body was found near the entrance of a dwelling house turned out to be a gunman.
20:00, 16 April 2012
Over one thousand former residents of Chechnya came to celebrate Easter in the republic
On April, 15, Orthodox residents of Chechnya celebrated Easter. This year over one thousand people came from the neighbouring regions for the holiday.
19:00, 16 April 2012
A local resident got injured during an explosion in Sochi
According to more precise data, an explosive device of about 200 gram trotyl equivalent power was activated near a shop in Sochi in the evening of April, 15. One person got injured, a source in law enforcement bodies of the city informed today.
Oleg Shein. Photo by Ivan Rotanov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 16 April 2012
Sheiyn appealed to court about violations at 173 polling stations of Astrakhan
Ex-nominee for Mayor's office of Astrakhan Oleg Sheiyn submitted a lawsuit to Kirov district court of the city demanding nullification of the election of Mayor of Astrakhan held on March, 4, this year. In his lawsuit he reported violations at 173 polling stations of the city, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent informs.
23:30, 14 April 2012
In Astrakhan, SR announces conditions for Oleg Shein to stop his hunger strike
The former candidate for the Mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein can start a gradual exit out of the hunger strike, if after watching the videos from the election of the Mayor of Astrakhan, Vladimir Churov, the head of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC), makes a statement that the hunger-strikers' lawsuit has prospects, said Nikolai Levichev, Chairman of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (SR) (Fair Russia) Party.
23:00, 14 April 2012
Another group of immigrants from Syria arrives in Kabardino-Balkaria
Late on April 13, an aircraft with another group of nine immigrants from Syria landed at the airport of Mineralnye Vody.
22:30, 14 April 2012
President of Georgia pardons 200 prisoners by Easter
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has decreed - on the eve of the Easter - to pardon 200 prisoners.
News
A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has denied a disabled teenager compensation for medical error.

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been accused of rehabilitating Nazism.

A complaint from Shalushka residents about the road's condition has attracted the attention of the Investigative Committee.

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.