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Near the Supreme Court of Abkhazia. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:16, 11 January 2020
Abkhazia: presidential election totals cancelled
The Supreme Court (SC) of Abkhazia has upheld the complaint submitted by Alkhas Kvitsiniya, the leader of the "Amtsakhara" Party, and appointed presidential election in the republic.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
10:26, 11 January 2020
ECtHR starts considering complaint of the family of Pankisi casualty
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is waiting explanations from Georgian authorities on the complaint submitted by the family of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who perished during a special operation conducted in Pankisi, said Tamta Mikeladze, the head of the "Centre for Human Rights Training and Monitoring".
Hearings at the Tver district court of Moscow on January 10, 2020. A drawing by Masha Berezina https://www.memo.ru/ru-ru/memorial/departments/intermemorial/news/337
10:15, 11 January 2020
Total fines imposed on "Memorial" amounts 4.5 million roubles
At the initiative of the Ingush branch of the Russian FSB, a court in Moscow has fined the "International Memorial" by 300,000 roubles. In total, the court has considered 22 protocols drawn up against "Memorial" structures leaders thereof for the absence of the marking "foreign agent" in their publications.
A memo for tourists. Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Bs-UnF1jv/
23:57, 10 January 2020
Chechen authorities invent dress code for tourists
The Chechen Ministry of Tourism has issued a memo on how to dress in the republic and communicate with local women.
Violence applied to woman. Photo by the user Latina On a Mission https://flickr.com/
21:08, 10 January 2020
Crisis centre employees report helping victims of violence in Caucasus
Shelters for victims of domestic violence in the republics of Northern Caucasus help women who suffered from ill-treatment by their husbands or became pregnant without being married, as well as mothers with children, employees of crisis centres report. In Dagestan, about half of female victims of domestic violence return to their husbands, the human rights defenders report.
Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister of National Policy. Screenshot of a video https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ELR7OoBKe/
20:55, 10 January 2020
Chechen Minister justifies himself for being awarded with Orthodox order
Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister of National Policy, recorded a video message in response to negative reviews in connection with being awarded with the "Glory and Honour" Third Degree Order of the Russian Orthodox Church. Social network users and residents of the republic found that the Djambulat Umarov's award from the Russian Orthodox Church contradicted the concepts of Islam.
Grozny. Photo: press service of the Mayoralty of Grozny http://grozmer.ru/v-blogah/groznyi.html
16:58, 10 January 2020
Woman from Grozny reports return of her son who was missing for several days
Shamkhan Khamurzaev, who disappeared in Grozny, returned home, his mother reported. The woman retracted an earlier statement that her son was found in a law enforcement unit. Human rights defender Oleg Orlov doubts the new version voiced by the woman from Grozny.
Azerbaijani soldiers. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/az/news/mudafie-naziri-dunya-azerbaycanlilarinin-hemreyliyi-gununu-cebhede-xidmet-eden-herbi-qulluqcularla-qeyd-edib-video-29714.html
16:55, 10 January 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on two border villages
The ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia was violated 22 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsZ35llanes
10:48, 10 January 2020
Caucasian experts assess Tumso's image losses after his words about Kunta-haji Kishiev
The public criticism of religious views of Sufism followers in Chechnya, expressed by the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, is inappropriate, said Akhmet Yarlykapov, an Islamic scholar. In his turn, Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, believes that the polemic on religious topics will not cause significant damage to the blogger, but some people will get disappointed in him.
Dattykhskaya Tower on the bank of the Fortanga River. Photo by Zurab Pliev for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:41, 10 January 2020
Analysts warn against inciting disputes among Vainakhs after destruction of Ingush towers
The scandal around the towers destroyed by vandals has triggered violent Internet discussions among residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia, whose relations had been strained after changing their mutual borders, an expert on the Caucasus has noted.
Police officers at the rally in Magas. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
10:34, 10 January 2020
Ingush activist, Magomed Ozdoev, denies political motives of his attack on law enforcers
Magomed Ozdoev, a participant in the March rally in Magas, has stated that he had attacked three employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) not because of his political convictions, but in response to beating him up with a truncheon.
Raul Khadjimba. Photo: © Sputnik. Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20160710/1019051743.html
10:25, 10 January 2020
President of Abkhazia refuses to resign
Raul Khadjimba, the President of Abkhazia, has refused to voluntarily leave his post; but he is ready to meet representatives of the bloc of oppositional forces and hold talks, Dmitry Dbar, an MP of the People's Assembly. Aslan Bzhaniya has already arrived in Sukhumi.
On the contact line. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
21:44, 9 January 2020
After serviceman's killing, analysts treat risk of escalation of Karabakh conflict as minimal
The killing of the Azerbaijani border guard will not be an occasion to exacerbate the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, analysts have predicted.
Screenshot of the video of the storming of the building of the presidential administration on January 9, 2020 https://web.telegram.org/#/im?p=@SputnikAbkhazia
21:36, 9 January 2020
Opposition urges President of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba to resign
The President of Abkhazia, Raul Khadjimba, must step down so that the protests in the country do not lead to tragic consequences, the "Aitaira" Party has stated amid the storming of the building of the presidential administration.
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
21:27, 9 January 2020
Total fines imposed on "Memorial" exceed 4 million roubles
A court in Moscow has ruled on 21 out of 28 protocols, drawn up against the structures of the "Memorial" and their leaders, on the initiative, in particular, of the Ingush branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Bureau). The amount of fines imposed on human rights defenders for the absence of the marking of "foreign agent" in their publications has reached 4.2 million roubles.
A jam after the blogger threw banknotes into a crowd. Screenshot of the video by newsHShD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjsYpVwYKok&feature=emb_logo
15:24, 9 January 2020
Residents of Chechnya criticize blogger for violating behaviour norms
The act of blogger, Mukhamed Nosaev, who threw banknotes into a crowd of Volgograd residents, fails to meet the Chechen decency rules, residents of the republic pointed out.
15:16, 9 January 2020
Azerbaijani activist Agalarov set free by Polish court during inquiry
For the period of investigation, a court in Poland has released Dashgyn Agalarov, an Azerbaijani activist, who has called the charges against him far-fetched and politically motivated, from custody. Fikret Guseinli, a "Turan" TV presenter, has noted the help of international human rights defenders in Agalarov's case.
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi. Photo: Monika, http://ru.wikipedia.org/
11:42, 9 January 2020
Theologians point to loss of image by Georgian Church after Archpriest Mamaladze's case
Relatives of Archpriest, Giorgi Mamaladze, have threatened to publicize the facts discrediting the Georgian Church, should they refuse to pardon the priest. The theologians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" express doubts that the Patriarchy was interested in Mamaladze's imprisonment, but indicated that his case inflicted a serious blow to the image of the church.
A still of the "Matilda" movie. Screenshot from the "Official Trailers" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvYBquWXbvU
11:39, 9 January 2020
PO upholds "Matilda" movie, which caused Kadyrov's indignation
The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of Saint Petersburg has conducted a series of checks of the "Matilda" movie by the film director, Alexei Uchitel, which in 2017 was opposed by authorities of the republics of Northern Caucasus, and found no violations of the law.
08:52, 9 January 2020
Georgian Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze stops hunger strike
On January 8, after meeting the Georgian Ombudsperson, the convicted Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze agreed to stop his hunger strike and started eating. His advocate treats his health condition as critical.
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.

Rovshan Jabbarov. Photo: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ Azerbaijani activist Jabbarov was subjected to violence after protests in a prison colony.

Polad Aslanov. Photo: https://novator.az/2022/01/25/polad-aslanov-təkid-edir/ Polad Aslanov's wife demanded that his placement in solitary confinement be cancelled.

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.