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23:10, 2 April 2009
Sulim Yamadaev: "Caucasus is Russia's vulnerable place"
During the last year, Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff), often criticized the incumbent Chechen authorities.
22:30, 2 April 2009
USA and Norway anxious about Azerbaijan's lifting restriction of term of presidency
The embassy of Norway in Baku has made a statement on the outcomes of the March 18 referendum on amending the Constitution of Azerbaijan, which remarks that lifting the restriction on the term for one person to be President is s step away from democracy. The US embassy has noted, in its turn, that the democracy in Azerbaijan has not rooted in yet.
22:00, 2 April 2009
Sulim Yamadaev's relatives insist that some other man was murdered in Dubai
Relatives of Sulim Yamadaev continue to deny the information about his death and insist that not the ex-commander of the "Vostok" special GRU battalion but some other man was assassinated in Dubai. However, they give no answer to the question why, if Sulim Yamadaev is alive, his brother or wife who are there with him cannot make a photo or a video of the wounded man to refute the rumours about his death.
Source: www.kapital-rus.ru
21:30, 2 April 2009
Rostov Region: miners stop their strike
In the evening on April 1, eight miners from the "Chikh Mine", located in the Rostov Region, stopped their strike and went out to the surface. They spent two days underground demanding to pay salary debts to them; and the money was paid out.
21:00, 2 April 2009
Physicians refute children's poisoning in 2007 in Ingushetia
Employees of the Republic's Clinical Hospital of Ingushetia deny the information about the critical condition of the teenagers who were brought with symptoms of toxic poisoning in 2007. The Ministry of Public Health also knows nothing about the incident.
20:00, 2 April 2009
Three local residents found assassinated in Dagestan forest
Today, three persons were found murdered in a large forest near Dylym village, Kazbek District of Dagestan.
19:00, 2 April 2009
Defence of suspects of attempt on President of Chechnya to appeal against the verdict
Advocates of Lors Khamiev and Umar Batukaev, accused of an attempt on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who were sentenced today to eight and five years of high security colony, find the verdict unfair and plan to appeal against it. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Marud Musaev, Batukaev's advocate.
18:00, 2 April 2009
Dagestan MIA head calls residents of Karabudakhkent District to become anonymous informants
On April 1, an expanded sitting of the District Antiterrorist Commission was held in Gubden village, Karabudakhkent District, where Adilgerey Magomedtagirov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, called residents of the district to present anonymous information about their fellow-villagers.
23:00, 1 April 2009
In Dagestan, Karanai-Aul residents complain of the speaker
On March 31, residents of Karanai-Aul village, Kayaken District of Dagestan, sent a letter to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev with a complaint against the actions of Magomed Suleimanov, incumbent speaker of the republic's parliament, when he was mayor of the city of Izberbash.
Sulim Yamadaev. Source: www.lenta.ru
22:30, 1 April 2009
Tsyganok: attempt on Yamadaev looks like blood feud
It is possible that the attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, former commander of the "Vostok" special battalion of the GRU, Hero of Russia, was has made by "a bald-headed feudist". Anatoly Tsyganok, candidate of military sciences, professor, corresponding member of the Academy of Military Sciences and head of the centre of military forecasts, told this to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
22:00, 1 April 2009
Ikhlov: attack on Lev Ponomaryov is an act of political intimidation
The attack on Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the Movement "For Human Rights", is an act of political intimidation, which was preceded by minor provocations. This was stated by Evgeniy Ikhlov, head of the information and analytical service of the Movement.
Source: www.armenianow.com
20:00, 1 April 2009
In Armenia, court splits "Case of Seven" into individual criminal cases
Today, Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, who presides over the trial on the "Case of Seven", has decided to make individual criminal cases against six defendants out of their united case.
19:00, 1 April 2009
Kogoniya: there was no shelling of Georgian Khurcha village from Abkhazia
Laurens Kogoniya, head of the Gali ROVD (district interior department) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Abkhazia, has assured the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that there was no shelling of the village of Khurcha from the territory of Nabakevi village, Gali District of Abkhazia.
18:00, 1 April 2009
Miners in Rostov Region promise to stop their strike
As a result of negotiations held with the miners on strike in the bottom hole of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Chikh Mine", Rostov Region, agreement has been reached today on payment out of all the salary debts to all the mine workers. The striking miners promise to stop their action by the end of day.
23:00, 31 March 2009
In Azerbaijan, satirist Mirza Sakit not yet released by amnesty
In Azerbaijan, the convicted satirical poet Mirza Sakit wants to sue his colony bosses for their failure to enforce in relation to him the Amnesty Act, as reported by Isakhan Ashurov, the inmate's advocate.
22:00, 31 March 2009
Imprisoned MPs are rejected immunity restoration
The National Assembly of Armenia, having discussed on March 30 the issue of restoration of deputy's immunity for the four MPs figuring in the "Case of Seven", decided not to interfere yet into the trial and wait for next moves of the prosecutor's office. On April 1, the General Public Prosecutor will present new charges to the detainees.
21:00, 31 March 2009
Residents of Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya complain of power agents
In these latter days, employees of Russian federal and local power agencies have actually terrorized the population of some dwelling settlements of Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya. This is the assertion of Aslambek Apaev, expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group for Northern Caucasus.
Source: http://news.flexcom.ru
21:00, 31 March 2009
Young mother from Ingushetia transferred from a prison cell to hospital ward
Madina Malsagova, a resident of Ingushetia, who gave birth to a child while in custody, has been placed to a hospital ward. Today in Nazran, a court session will consider an opportunity to change her freedom restriction measure.
20:00, 31 March 2009
Servicemen's executor sentenced to life imprisonment in Dagestan
On March 31, the Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced Arbi Dandaev, a resident of Chechnya, to life imprisonment for his personal participation, during the militants' attack on Dagestan in 1999, in execution of six soldiers.
19:00, 31 March 2009
Sulim Yamadaev's relatives assert that he is alive, Dubai police - that he is dead
Relatives of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special-purpose battalion under the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff), who was attempted on on March 28 in Dubai, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, insist that he is alive. The city police insist that he is dead and are ready to give his body out to relatives.
News
The author of the Kadyrov cartoons was killed in Poland.

A protester in Vienna holds a banner calling on the Kazakh authorities. Screenshot from https://www.instagram.com/p/DZkW4qPJGVo/ (Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia). A rally in support of Movlaev took place in Vienna.

Mansur Movlaev. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Copilot. Mansur Movlaev reported violations of his rights in pretrial detention.

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.