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Sevgiya Ismailova. Photo from her personal page https://vk.com/drnkwizme?z=photo401886920_456256808%2Fphotos401886920
12:48, 23 January 2020
Sevgiya Ismailova not to complain about her relatives to Baku police
The Baku police are not investigating the incident with Sevgiya Ismailova, a Russian citizen, who has stated that she is exposed to domestic violence in Azerbaijan because of her sexual orientation.
Yuri Chaika. Photo by the government of Krasnodar territory
23:58, 22 January 2020
Rights defenders call on new presidential envoy to "go back to the good old days" in Northern Caucasus
Earlier, Yuri Chaika, the new presidential envoy to Northern Caucasus, has showed himself as a defender of human rights, notes human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina.
A swimming pool at the "Anji Arena" sports complex. Photo https://anji-arena.ru/spa-tsentr-arena.html
23:56, 22 January 2020
Ban for women in "Anji Arena" swimming pool leads to complaints to Prosecutor's Office
Three women from Dagestan filed complaints to the Prosecutor's Office about the fact that they had been deprived of the opportunity to visit the largest swimming pool in Northern Caucasus, activist Svetlana Anokhina reported.
23:53, 22 January 2020
North-Ossetian resident accused of terrorism placed to punishment cell, his sister reports
After a transfer to a penal colony in the Saratov Region, Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz, sentenced on the charge of involvement in the ranks of Syrian militants, was placed to a punishment cell without any explanations. This was reported by a female relative of Timur Tumgoev.
A military unit of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia http://www.mil.am/hy/news/7326
23:50, 22 January 2020
Azerbaijan claims machine gun shelling attacks on front line
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were subjected to 23 shelling attacks within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:24, 22 January 2020
Chechen militant accused of attacking Pskov paratroopers
The case about the participation of Ruslan Bataev, a resident of Chechnya, in an attack on a company of the Airborne Forces (paratroopers) in 2000 has been brought to court. This is the second case against Bataev, already convicted for an attack on military servicemen in the village of Chervlyonnaya.
People at the Ingush Ministry of National Policy. Photo by Magomed Aliev for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:55, 22 January 2020
Head of Ingushetia demands from his officials to solve Chechen migrants’ housing problems
Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of Ingushetia, has criticized his subordinates for unresolved problems of forced migrants and demanded from them to give, before the end of February, a reasoned answer on whether they can claim compensations for their lost housing.
A dagger. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
12:54, 22 January 2020
Dagestani journalists treat "honour killings" as remnants of the patriarchal system
A part of the society in Dagestan perceives "honour killings" with understanding, although there is no justification for such crimes, journalists have noted.
Alexander Kananyan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:51, 22 January 2020
NKR activist goes on hunger strike demanding to stop HPP construction
Alexander Kananyan, a resident of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has gone on a hunger strike, demanding to stop the construction of small hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Trtu River and check the environmental safety of all HPPs in the region.
11:23, 22 January 2020
Contract soldier perishes in NKR
Arthur Nalbandyan, a serviceman of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has died in an accident, the NKR’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
A polling station at the elections in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:20, 22 January 2020
Observers point to violations at registering candidates in Azerbaijan
The election campaign for the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan passes amid restriction of political freedoms and absence of favourable competitive environment, says the report of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEMDT).
A knife. Photo by the user 2biz news https://flickr.com/
23:59, 21 January 2020
In Chechnya, reconciliation of blood feud parties reinforces tendency to refuse revenge
In Chechnya, relatives of victims of road traffic accidents voluntarily give up blood feud to persons guilty of the accidents, Caucasian experts report after two cases of reconciliation of families in the republic which occur during a week.
A swimming pool at the "Anji Arena" sports complex. Photo https://anji-arena.ru/spa-tsentr-arena.html
23:55, 21 January 2020
Women banned from visiting "Anji Arena" swimming pool in Dagestan
Starting from January 20, one of the largest swimming pools in Northern Caucasus, located in Kaspiysk at the "Anji Arena" sports complex, banned women from visiting it.
The LGBT flag. Photo: REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
23:53, 21 January 2020
Chechen woman complains about use of stick "to expel genie" from her
Aminat Lorsanova claimed that in Grozny, she had been subjected to violence by her relatives and a specialist in "expelling genies." The young woman left Russia with the help of the "Russian LGBT Network".
A session of the Armenian parliament. Screenshot of the video posted on the Parliament of Armenia YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jb0AtXRxA&feature=emb_title
21:40, 21 January 2020
Armenian parliament approves toughening of punishment for bringing to suicide in army
Members of the National Assembly of Armenia passed a bill introducing to the Armenian Criminal Code the special articles on bringing to suicide in the army. The maximum punishment for the above mentioned crime was increased from 5 to 14 years of imprisonment.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
21:30, 21 January 2020
ECtHR awards 1.6 million euros to families of disappeared people in Northern Caucasus
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded compensation of 80,000 euros to each complainant in cases on 20 natives of the republics of Northern Caucasus who were kidnapped in 2000-2006.
Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1020&v=9Vg-EwCfivI&feature=emb_title
21:16, 21 January 2020
Parliament speaker's phrase on completed border demarcation surprises Chechen natives
On January 20, Magomed Daudov, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, reported to Ramzan Kadyrov that the clarification of the borders of Chechnya with neighbouring regions had been completed and the information about them had been included into the state register. The demarcation was of a behind-the-scene nature amid disputes over the Chechen borders with Ingushetia and Dagestan, local residents note.
Combat duty in a military unit of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia http://www.mil.am/hy/news/7326
17:16, 21 January 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on border villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in two villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 22 times within 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo from his account on "VKontakte" https://vk.com/photo279938622_457286489?all=1
11:55, 21 January 2020
Kadyrov touches on the topic of his departure after sick leave
Ramzan Kadyrov is back at work after his sick-leave and reacted to publications about his resignation and possible new appointment.
A knife. Press service of Russia's Federal Investigative Committee http://dagestan.sledcom.ru/news/item/1220351/
11:54, 21 January 2020
Dagestani Islamic scholars condemn practice of "honour killings"
"Honour killings" have nothing to do with Islam – those who commit such crimes are guided by ancient mountain Adats, Dagestani theologians have noted.
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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.