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23:10, 26 April 2012
Three residents detained in Dagestan sent to forensic examination for no valid reason, advocate believes
The fact of detention in the village of Tsatanikh, Untsukul District of Dagestan, of Ibragim Saipulaev and his direction to psychiatric examination was reported by his brother Shamil Saipulaev, who turned to human rights activists with a request to restore his brother's violated rights. The detainee's advocate finds the appointment of examination ungrounded.
23:00, 26 April 2012
Stavropol: Gubarev accused of mass murder sentenced to life imprisonment
Roman Gubarev, accused of murdering eight people, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Gubarev refused to plead guilty.
22:30, 26 April 2012
Makhachkala court fines editor-in-chief of "Nastoyascheye Vremya" by 10,000 roubles
Today, the Kirov Court of Makhachkala has found Milrad Fatulaev, editor-in-chief of the "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present Time) weekly guilty of non-taking measures to prevent defamation of the President of Dagestan and fined him by 10,000 roubles.
22:10, 26 April 2012
IRFS: lawyer not admitted to arrested journalists of "Khayal" TV Channel
Azerbaijani law enforcers are preventing the lawyer Elchin Sadygov from meeting his clients - Vugar Gonagov and Zaur Guliev, the executive director and editor-in-chief of the regional TV Channel "Khayal", respectively, accused of events in the city of Guba. This was reported by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS). The penitentiary service denies this information.
22:00, 26 April 2012
In Volgograd, policeman is suspected of abusing detainee
A criminal case has been opened in Volgograd against a company commander of the patrol and post service of the UVD (Department of Interior), who is suspected of abusing a detainee.
21:00, 26 April 2012
A law of liability for race and religious intolerance came into effect in Georgia
President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili signed a law of amendments to the Criminal Code of the country toughening punishment for crimes committed on the grounds of intolerance towards different social groups.
21:00, 26 April 2012
Figurant in case of terror act in Vladikavkaz marketplace sentenced to 24 years in prison
The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced Islam Khashagulgov, accused of committing the terror act in the marketplace of Vladikavkaz on September 9, 2010, to 24 years of imprisonment.
20:00, 26 April 2012
An observer from the Council of Europe gave up his attempts to visit Azerbaijan
Observer from the Council of Europe Christopher Shtresser declared that he would no longer try to get Azerbaijani visa after he was refused its issue in Baku once again.
19:00, 26 April 2012
A charge against policemen involved in the "case of Merekha" brought in Stavropol region
The investigation in Stavropol region brought a charge against four ex-district militia officers of the Department of Interior Affairs in Predgorny district of Stavropol region. They are suspected of using violence against a forty-four-years-old local resident Viacheslav Merekha. The case caused a wide public response.
18:00, 26 April 2012
Astrakhan court dismissed Shein's motion to recuse the judge on the case of annulment of Mayor's election
During the first hearing on the lawsuit of the action for invalidation of the results of election of Mayor of Astrakhan the court dismissed Oleg Shein's motion to recuse the judge.
23:50, 25 April 2012
Armenians mark the Day of Genocide Victims
Yesterday, on April 24, on Day of victims of Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire of 1915-1922, all towns of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and of foreign countries, where the Armenian Diaspora resides, held mourning ceremonies.
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.
News
Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

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.