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Employees of Navalny’s office detained in Krasnodar, April 14, 2021. Screenshot: http://t.me/teamnavalny_krd/1744
18:04, 14 April 2021
Three employees of Navalny’s office detained in Krasnodar
The police detained Anastasia Panchenko, a coordinator of the Alexei Navalny’s office in Krasnodar, and two office employees on the outskirts of the city, as they drove to Gelendzhik to prepare a video report.
Clashes between protesters against the construction of the hydroelectric power plant near the village of Namakhvani and policemen. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2R0q7R-u_s
15:02, 14 April 2021
Setting barriers triggers protest of opponents of Namakhvan HPP construction
Opponents of the construction of the Namakhvani hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have gathered for a protest action on the road to the village of Namakhvani, where law enforcers had installed metal barriers to prevent them from marching further. Six people were detained at night after opponents' clashes with policemen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
Alexei Navalny and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo courtesy of Navalny's official website
14:16, 14 April 2021
Kadyrov criticizes Navalny for mentioning Koran
Alexei Navalny has no right to mention and read the Koran, Ramzan Kadyrov said after learning about the oppositionist's request to provide him with the Koran for reading, and on behalf of all Russian Muslims urged the colony staff not to fulfil the prisoner's request.
Medical worker at a patient in hospital. Photo: REUTERS/Marco Djurica
13:37, 14 April 2021
Doctors report jump in coronavirus infections in Georgia
For the first time since January 2021, the number of people infected with coronavirus in Georgia for the past 24 hours has exceeded a thousand people, said Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health.
Prison cell. Photo: flickr.com/photos/chriscgray
11:18, 14 April 2021
OMCT claims human rights violations in "Terter case"
In Azerbaijan, 78 persons were detained and sentenced to terms from 12 to 20 years in prison under the so-called "Terter case", the World Organisation Against Torture (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture - OMCT) has reported. The detainees were tortured; there are 11 confirmed deaths from torture, human rights defenders have claimed.
The relatives of the prisoners of war blocking the entrance to the administration of the Shirak Region and policemen. Screenshot: Sputnik Armenia
11:06, 14 April 2021
POWs' relatives refuse to unblock administration of Shirak Region
The relatives of the prisoners of war (POWs), who block the entrance to the administration of the Shirak Region, demand from the authorities to announce the actions taken to free their relatives from captivity. The efforts to return POWs from Azerbaijan are not advertised, so as not to harm the POWs themselves, Nina Karapetyants, a human rights defender, and Naira Zograbyan, an MP, have noted.
Mosque in Batumi. Photo: grego1402, http://ru/wikipedia.org
08:31, 14 April 2021
In dispute over construction of mosque in Batumi, court sides with Muslims
The Georgian Court of Appeal (CoA) has approved the construction of a mosque in Batumi, having found the Mayoralty's refusal to sanction the construction as discrimination against believers.
Murad Manapov (left) and Eduard Ataev. Photo courtesy of press service of Navalny's office in Makhachkala
08:17, 14 April 2021
Activists find Navalny's office employees who disappeared in Makhachkala
Eduard Ataev, the head of Navalny's office in Makhachkala, who disappeared on April 12, is serving 10 days of his administrative arrest in Khasavyurt. Murad Manapov, his assistant, was arrested for three days and is in a special detention centre, Ruslan Ablyakimov, an activist, has informed. A policeman came to Manapov's home and took away his passport, but said nothing about his whereabouts, his wife said.
Elchin Mamed. Screenshot: http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/ru/case/travel-ban-and-temporary-detention-elchin-mammad
22:27, 13 April 2021
OPHRD launches a campaign in defence of Elchin Mamed
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to immediately release journalist Elchin Mamed and provide him with adequate medical care and treatment. A mother of the imprisoned journalist called his health state severe.
Magomed Gadaev. Screenshot: amnesty.fr
22:07, 13 April 2021
Advocate finds out whereabouts of Magomed Gadaev
Magomed Gadaev, deported from France and handed over to Chechen law enforcers in Novy Urengoy, is being kept at a police department of Urus-Martan, but no advocates have been yet allowed to visit him, the “Caucasian Knot” has been informed by Tatiana Lokshina, the associate director for Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia division.
Relatives of Armenian prisoners of war block the Arman-Gyumri highway and the road from the village of Orom to Ashotsk in Shirak region in protest against the disrupted return of soldiers from Azerbaijan, April 9, 2021. Screenshot: http://news.am/rus/news/638010.html
21:54, 13 April 2021
POWs’ relatives block administration building in Shirak Region
Relatives of prisoners of war (POWs) and of soldiers missed in action blocked the entrance to the administration of the Shirak Region. They demand a meeting with the Prime Minister of Armenia. The problem of POWs remains unresolved despite several meetings with the authorities, the protestors claim.
18:44, 13 April 2021
Advocate: Artsuev’s relatives refuse help for fear of deportation
Relatives of Lezi Artsuev, a native of Chechnya, deported from France to Russia, refused the help of an advocate after it turned out that Lezi Artsuev had been taken to Gudermes, his former defender reported. The advocate associates the decision of the Lezi Artsuev’s relatives with their fear of being deported as well.
A man praying. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:28, 13 April 2021
Beginning of Ramadan highlights ban on sale of alcohol in Dagestan
In Dagestan, the ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks during the month of Ramadan infringes on the rights of residents, some local residents note on Facebook. However, their opponents consider the ban justified.
Mikhail Kreindlin, Roman Domaschenko. Photo: http://ecodelo.org/rossiyskaya_federaciya/45103-k_gubitelyam_prirody_besposhchaden/, press service of the Law Bureau 'Domashchenko and Partners'
13:24, 13 April 2021
Greenpeace criticizes plans to build "Dolina Vasta" resort in Sochi
The construction of the new "Dolina Vasta" (Vasta Valley) ski resort in Sochi is illegal, the Russian branch of the environmental Greenpeace has stated. The construction of a new ski resort on the lands of the Sochi National Park will lead to the destruction of natural complexes, ecologists assert.
Participant of a solo pickets holds a banner in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, January 2021. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
13:03, 13 April 2021
Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in his support
At their solo pickets held in Makhachkala, Magomed Magomedov and Magdi Kamalov, the deputy editor-in-chief and the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly edition, accordingly, demanded to set the journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev free and put an end to the practice of unjustified arrests.
Magomed Gadaev. Photo: http://rus.azattyq.org/a/31199695.html
11:14, 13 April 2021
Chechen Diaspora accuses French authorities of Gadaev's illegal deportation
The deportation of the Chechen-born Magomed Gadaev to Russia is illegal; his life is in danger, the Assembly of Chechens in Europe has stated blaming Gerald Darmanin, the French Interior Minister, for Gadaev's fate.
Hands of a Muslim praying. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
10:55, 13 April 2021
Muslims of Southern Russia welcome Ramadan
In the evening on April 12, believers in Southern Russia held collective prayers in mosques in honour of the onset of the holy month of Ramadan.
Still frame from the video "Who is fighting the rules of the most closed region of Russia?" Special reports on Youtube
08:34, 13 April 2021
"Such are the matters": women in Ingushetia are defenceless against domestic violence
In Ingushetia, it is shameful to be a divorced woman, and it is not customary to complain about domestic violence, while the teip (family-clannish) structure of the society keeps victims from going to the police and seeking psychological support, the founder of the "ING-Attention" fem group asserts.
Participants of a protest action on the road leading to the construction area of the Namakhvan hydroelectric power plant, March 4, 2021. Screenshot: JAMnews
08:17, 13 April 2021
Clashes with police break out in Namakhvani
Policemen have set up a cordon and would not let protesters against the construction of the hydroelectric power plant (HPP) near the village of Namakhvani, who tried to break through the cordon. One of the women-defenders of the Rioni River Gorge lost consciousness in the clash.
Eduard Ataev (left) and his assistant Murad Munapov. Photo courtesy of Alexei Navalny's office in Makhachkala
22:39, 12 April 2021
Two activists of Navalny’s office disappear in Dagestan
Eduard Ataev, a coordinator of an Alexei Navalny’s office, disappeared after opening an office in Makhachkala. Today, Murad Munapov, an assistant to Eduard Ataev, has also stopped contacting his relatives and friends.
News
Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 509 consecutive days.

Parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy complained about a ban on setting up tents in Tbilisi.

Protesters outside the Georgian parliament. Screenshot from Publika photo from April 19, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1736237834442426&set=pcb.1736237931109083 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia). Protests in central Tbilisi continue for the 508th 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.