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14:00, 18 April 2009
Two defendants in Nalchik attack case complain to Russia's Constitutional Court
Rasul Kudaev and Azret Shavaev, defendants in the case dealing with events in Nalchik on October 13, 2005, and their advocates Magomed Abubakarov and Tatiana Psomiadi have addressed their complaint to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on violation of the defendants' constitutional rights.
12:00, 18 April 2009
Evkurov: Prosecutor's Office does not interfere with investigation of Evloev's murder
The Prosecutor's Office does not put any obstacles in the course of inquiry into the murder case of Magomed Evloev, owner of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru". This was stated by President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov.
11:00, 18 April 2009
In Azerbaijan, dismissed student states repressions for criticism
Student Parviz Azimov was dismissed from the Lenkoran State University situated in the south of Azerbaijan. The student is confident that the reason of his dismissal was his article "Corruption Scandal in Lenkoran University".
06:00, 18 April 2009
In Chechnya, convicts' families urge to bring inmates closer to their homes
In Chechnya, families of the inmates convicted for grave crimes under articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation have addressed the so-called UFSIN (Russian corrective administration) with a request to transfer their relatives for serving their punishments closer to their homes - to have opportunities to visit them.
04:00, 18 April 2009
President of Abkhazia will run for his second term
President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh plans to run for his second term at the presidential election to be held in Abkhazia this December.
23:00, 17 April 2009
Leila Yunus: in Azerbaijan judges persecute independent advocates
In Azerbaijan, independent advocates are prosecuted, and it is done by judges instead of defending citizens' rights. This was stated on April 16 by Leila Yunus, Director of Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), at the roundtable "State of courts in Azerbaijan and lawlessness in the judiciary".
23:00, 17 April 2009
Arabian students detained on explosions in Sochi
Under investigation of the case about a series of explosions in Sochi, several Arabs-students of the Sochi Branch of the Russian People's Friendship University were detained as suspects of making the explosive.
22:10, 17 April 2009
In North Ossetia, criminal who committed murder in school building is searched
Law-enforcement bodies of North Ossetia are trying to capture an armed criminal who murdered a woman. The crime was committed on April 16 in the evening in secondary school No. 26 located in the Kosta Avenue of Vladikavkaz.
22:00, 17 April 2009
In Chechnya, skirmish takes place after cancellation of CTO regime
In the high-mountainous Shatoy District of Chechnya, a combat collision burst out between Russian militaries and a group of militants. There is no data about any casualties or victims. The skirmish happened right at the time, when Grozny hosted a rally-concert dedicated to cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the republic.
21:00, 17 April 2009
In Ingushetia, cafe is damaged by explosion
Today, at about 11 a.m., an explosion took place in one of the cafes in central Nazran. The building was essentially damaged: windows were broken and walls damaged. None of the visitors or personnel suffered.
20:30, 17 April 2009
Charge presented to suspect of murdering Ruslan Yamadaev
The Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation has accused Elimpasha Khatsuev of complicity in murdering Ruslan Yamadaev and attempting to murder Sergey Kizyun, accomplished on September 24, 2008, in Moscow, as the press service of the ICPO reports.
20:00, 17 April 2009
Adelkhanov: "self-defence groups" of the opposition in Georgia are inactive yet
On April 15, it was announced that "self-defence groups" of the Georgian opposition would soon start patrolling; however, Emil Adelkhanov, deputy chairman of the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, said that the groups are still inoperative.
19:00, 17 April 2009
State prosecutor in Nalchik attack case gives details of events on October 13, 2005
On April 16, at the session of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria trying the case about attack on Nalchik, Olga Chibinyova, head of the group of state prosecution, continued disclosing the indictment and passed over to episode-by-episode description of the events on October 13, 2005.
Prison cell. Photo by http://izkolonii.ru
18:00, 17 April 2009
Mirza Sakit: situation in Azerbaijani prisons is horrifying
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that on April 17 at a press conference held in the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) poet-satirist Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zakhidov), journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper, stated that the situation in prisons of Azerbaijan is horrifying: prisoners are humiliated and exposed to torture; bribe-taking flourishes.
23:40, 16 April 2009
Kabardino-Balkaria: suspects of involvement in IAFs complain of torture
In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), two residents of Karachaevo-Circassia and a resident of Adygea, detained on March 19 in the city of Tyrnyauz, have lodged complaints to human rights organizations saying they were exposed to illegal inquiry methods.
23:10, 16 April 2009
Residents of Ingushetia hold picket demanding to stop kidnappings
On April 15, at the monument to victims to political repressions, located between the cities of Nazran and Magas in Ingushetia, a protest action was conducted by relatives of the young people, kidnapped during the last week in the Malgobek District.
23:00, 16 April 2009
Resident of Belokan District of Azerbaijan states forced Shiitization of Sunnite Moslems
Azerbaijan pursues the policy of forced Shiitization of Moslems-Sunnites, indigenous Dagestanians, who inhabit their lands. This was stated by Magomed Ismailov, a resident of the Belokan District of Azerbaijan, who studies in one of Makhachkala higher schools.
22:00, 16 April 2009
Hearing begins on the case of the judge who sentenced Budanov
Today, the Moscow Garrison Military Court has started the hearing on the case of Vladimir Bukreev, former judge of the North-Caucasian Regional Court, who in 2003 passed the verdict of guilty to Colonel Yuri Budanov who had killed a Chechen girl.
Theatrical and concert palace in Grozny. Source: www.teptar.com
21:10, 16 April 2009
Chechnya celebrates CTO cancellation with rally and concert
The capital of Chechnya is hosting a rally and a concert dedicated to Moscow's decision to lift the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in the Republic's territory that had existed there for nine years.
The opposition rally at the Parliament of Georgia. Tbilisi, April 9, 2009. Photo by "Caucasian knot"
20:30, 16 April 2009
Panuashvili: attacks on oppositionists in Georgia become a trend
These days in Tbilisi, attacks on activists of the opposition have become more frequent, as Soso Panuashvili, expert of the Tbilisi branch of the organization named "Human Rights", who is holding everyday monitoring of civil disobedience actions of the opposition, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
News
Lawyer fined in Georgia for "hate speech"

Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.

Protest in Tbilisi. Screenshot of a photo by Mo Se from June 14, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4340528452928560&set=pcb.4340528642928541 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia). Protesters took to Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi for the 564th day in a row.

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.