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20:19, 30 April 2011
Congress of "Adyge-Khasse" held in Sochi
Today, the township of Lazarevskoye in Sochi hosted the seventh congress of the public organization "Adyge-Khasse" of the Black Sea Adygs-Shapsugs. More than 180 delegates listened to the report of the chairman of the Organization Madzhid Chachukh.
Independent journalist Oleg Teplischev at work at home, Astrakhan, March 15, 2011. Photo of the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 30 April 2011
Astrakhan journalist Oleg Teplischev to appeals against his sentence
The journalist's defence stated violations in the course of his trial, which resulted in a sentence to 180 hours of corrective work under the charge of beating the local Deputy Rifkat Shabanov; therefore, hi advocates intend to appeal against the verdict.
19:00, 30 April 2011
In Karachay-Cherkessia, Orthodox Church set on fire
As reported by the local MIA, in the village of Costa-Khetagurov, Karachay-Cherkessia, unidentified persons set fire to the church and destroyed the stela of St George Victorious.
18:00, 30 April 2011
In Russia, journalist-refugee from Georgia goes on hunger strike demanding to return home
On April 29, the Georgian journalist Levan Gudadze, who had first fled to South Ossetia and then to Russia, went on hunger strike at the Swiss Embassy in Moscow with a demand to send him back to Georgia. He explains his action by absence of safety guarantees for him and his family.
17:00, 30 April 2011
Azerbaijan: literature of Jehovah's Witnesses confiscated from a local woman
In the house of Gyulnaz Nasirova, a resident of Lyankaran, 19 books of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses were found and confiscated.
16:00, 30 April 2011
Tbilisi's authorities appoint places for invalids to park
The Tbilisi City Council has decided to allocate special parking places for drivers with disabilities. The places will be used only by them.
15:00, 30 April 2011
In Georgia, people seek protection from wolves
Wolves are attacking people in rural areas. Such reports come from different parts of the country.
14:00, 30 April 2011
Georgian-Russian talks on Russia's accession to WTO to continue in late May
The third round of talks between the delegations of Georgia and Russia on Russian Federation's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is scheduled on late May. The agreement was reached after the second round of talks held on April 28-29 in Geneva.
23:50, 29 April 2011
Panteleichuk: Ismajlov, detained in Kislovodsk, had been earlier ordered to leave KMV
The Islamic scholar Kurman Ismajlov, in whose power agents had earlier found an object looking like a piece of explosive, had earlier been abducted; kidnappers took him to the forest and demanded by threats that he left the region named Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (KMV - Caucasian Mineral Waters). This was reported by human rights activist Rikhard Panteleichuk.
23:40, 29 April 2011
Gandzha Court refuses to release Bakhtiyar Gadjiev from custody on intellectuals' bail
In Azerbaijan on April 28, at its next session, the Nizami District Court of the city of Gandzha, which is considering the case of the young activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, accused of evasion from military service, listened to witnesses' evidences. However, at the beginning it was announced that the defence's challenge of the composition of the court chaired by Akhundov was rejected. The next court session was scheduled on May 5.
23:30, 29 April 2011
Sheikh Kurman Ismajlov complained of law enforcers' actions to Prosecutor's Office
In the Stavropol Region, Sheikh Kurman Ismajlov was not detained and nor abducted; he was at the local Prosecutor's Office - writing a complaint against actions of power agents. This was announced by his advocate Rasul Kubanov.
23:30, 29 April 2011
Next session on teenager's beating case in Dagestan to be held on May 3
Today, the Shamil District Court held the first session on the case of beating by militiamen in July 2010 of a 14-year-old boy in the premises of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division). The employees of the MIA Magomed Magomedov, Gamzat Nurudinov and Shamil Magomedov are facing the trial. The litigation will continue on May 3.
23:20, 29 April 2011
Advocates of Tikhonov and Khasis are sure that jurors passed their guilty verdict under pressure
The party of the defendants - Nikita Tikhonov and Eugenia Khasis - believes that the guilty verdict passed by the jury is illegal because of the violations admitted in the course of the trial on the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.
23:20, 29 April 2011
Russia protests to Georgia after Russian woman's complaint of searches in Tbilisi Airport
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation has sent a protest to Georgia - through mediation of Swiss diplomats - against searches at the airport of Tbilisi of a woman-citizen of Russia, a close relative of Nino Burdjanadze, ex-speaker of the Georgian parliament.
23:10, 29 April 2011
Rostov Prosecutor's Office checks "Yabloko" leaflet for extremism
The Prosecutor's Office of Rostov-on-Don has started an investigation following a demand of Victor Deryabkin, Chairman of the Regional Legislative Assembly to prosecute the regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party "for inciting social hatred against members of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party.
23:00, 29 April 2011
Official's car blown up in Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan
As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, on April 28 unidentified persons blew up the car of the Chairman of the Accounting and Auditing Commission of Karabudakhkent in Dagestan; fortunately, nobody was hurt.
22:50, 29 April 2011
In Chechnya, law enforcers start fighting with special car signalling devices
Power agents of the Chechen Republic are carrying out large-scale actions against drivers illegally using special signals. Local drivers believe that, as before, the campaign will bring little fruit.
22:40, 29 April 2011
In the course of the week on April 18-24 armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed 19 lives
In the course of the week from April 18 to April 24 at least 19 persons were killed and at least 7 more wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" on the basis of its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:40, 29 April 2011
Karabakh soldier killed on border with Azerbaijan
As reported by the press service of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), yesterday, on April 28, as a result of the fire opened from the Azerbaijani side, Vazgen Bakhshyan, a conscript of the Defence Army, was shot dead.
Kharun Yunusov in the courtroom, April 29, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:30, 29 April 2011
North Ossetia: kidnapper sentenced to 15 years in colony
The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has sentenced Kharun Yunusov, accused of kidnappings for ransom, to 15 years in a high security colony; however, given the fact that under the 2004 verdict of the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic he had served 6 years in prison, his remaining term is 9 years.
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Drones attacked Ozon's logistics centers in Adygea and Dagestan.

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.