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Mekhman Guseinov. Screenshot from video posted at Obyektiv Tv Youtube-Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=NT4HUjVPLUA
10:42, 18 January 2019
EP criticizes Azeri authorities for persecuting activists
The European Parliament has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release the blogger Mekhman Guseinov, as well as other detained activists and journalists, the resolution said on January 17.
ECtHR. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Vetvitsky
10:33, 18 January 2019
ECtHR stands up for Samvel Mairapetyan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has quickly responded to the complaint of the defence of Samvel Mairapetyan, the owner of the N2 TV Channel against the ban on his travel abroad. The ECtHR believes that the authorities should allow the businessman to go to Germany for medical treatment, said his advocate.
08:36, 18 January 2019
Two Azerbaijani oppositionists arrested for 20 days
A court in Baku has imposed administrative penalties on five members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) – on December 16, two activists were sentenced to 20 days' arrest and three others were fined.
Oyub Titiev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
08:29, 18 January 2019
Impunity for persecutions of rights defenders in Caucasus noted in the HRW's report
The federal authorities have failed to stop the persecutions of the employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", launched by the Chechen authorities, and left without reaction the violation of LGBTs' rights in the republic, the annual report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) asserts.
Policeman placing suspect in handcuffs. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
08:18, 18 January 2019
Rate decrease of "cadre cleansings" indicates Kremlin's major goals in Dagestan
The primary task of the federal centre of Dagestan is not the fight against corruption, but to control the region under the budget deficit and increasing foreign policy pressure, as well as ensuring the local population's loyalty, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Hunger strike at the office of the "Musavat" Party with the demand to release all political prisoners in the country, Baku, January 16, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
22:14, 17 January 2019
Five activists continue hunger strike in support of political prisoners in Baku
Today, at the office of the "Musavat" Party, five oppositionists have continued their hunger strike with the demand to release blogger Mekhman Guseinov and other political prisoners. Some political prisoners continue the hunger strike in penal colonies and SIZOs (pre-trial prisons), their relatives report.
Gas pipeline. Photo: Sputnik/Stringer http://ru.armeniasputnik.am/world/20160619/3935782.html
22:08, 17 January 2019
Court orders to write off debts of Chechen residents for fear of mass protests
In accordance with the court decision, the "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny" Company is to write off more than nine billion roubles from debtors. Attempts to secure payments of debts created social tensions, the Prosecutor's Office for Chechnya reports.
Pavel Grib. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
17:56, 17 January 2019
POC recognizes Pavel Grib's health state as suitable for SIZO conditions
Pavel Grib does not complain about the conditions of detention at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), and his health state does not prevent him from being under arrest, reports today the chairman of the Public Observation Commission (POC) for the Rostov Region.
The Galanchozh District (Chechnya). Photo: Tsoy-Peda, http://ru.wikipedia.org
17:49, 17 January 2019
Chechen authorities announce a free excursion to region bordering Ingushetia
A free excursion to the Galanchozh District is scheduled for January 26, and any citizen of Chechnya can take part in it, reports the spokesperson for the Ministry of Tourism for Chechnya. The initiative was announced after Ingush activists had voiced a call to abandon the resettlement of Chechen residents to the above territory.
Aftermath of the explosion in a nine-storey building on the outskirts of Tbilisi. Photo: © SPUTNIK / STRINGER, https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20190117/243934144/Vzryv-v-Tbilisi-zhitelyam-povrezhdennogo-doma-pozvolili-zabrat-veschi.html
17:38, 17 January 2019
In Tbilisi, three persons injured in an explosion still stay in hospitals
In Tbilisi, a child and two adults hospitalized after an explosion in a multi-storey building continue receiving medical treatment in hospitals. The child's condition is assessed as satisfactory, doctors report today.
Rifle sight. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
14:34, 17 January 2019
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of machine gun fire
Positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled 29 times over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.
14:26, 17 January 2019
"Russian Community of Abkhazia" calls on authorities to investigate attacks on Russian citizens
On January 16, the "Russian Community of Abkhazia" issued a statement in connection with the aggravation of the criminal situation and resonant crimes against Russian citizens committed in Abkhazia over the past several days. The public association called on the authorities to take measures to catch the criminals.
Khrakh-Uba villagers. Photo: © Alexander Kostyunin / Yuga.ru
11:05, 17 January 2019
Authorities report about resettlement of all Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba villagers
A total of 130 families have been resettled to Dagestan from the villages of Khrakh-Uba and Uryan-Uba, located in Azerbaijan. Initially, it was planned to resettle 138 families, but, according to Sergey Chebotaryov, the Minister of the Russian Federation for the North-Caucasian Matters, some families refused to move, or received housing as military servicemen.
"Russian Boy" film frame. Photo: https://www.kinopoisk.ru/picture/3037669/
10:59, 17 January 2019
Film by KBR director included into Berlin Festival programme
The movie "Russian Boy" by Alexander Zolotukhin, a filmmaker from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), telling about the events of the First World War, will be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
UK and EU flags along with rainbow flag. Photo: press service of the Embassy of Great Britain in Belarus. Facebook / UK in Belarus - British Embassy Minsk
10:50, 17 January 2019
New persecutions of gays in Chechnya evidence the impotence of international institutions
International organizations have no efficient instruments to influence Russia in connection with human rights violations in Chechnya, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Action by 'Apricot Country' Party resulted in a brawl between members of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, February 13, 2018. Screenshot from video posted by user Factor tv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWpEv1VdDQ4
01:08, 17 January 2019
Oppositionist demands reopening of case about brawl at Yerevan Council of Elders
Investigators have unreasonably closed the case of beatings at a sitting of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, said Sona Agekyan, an activist of the "Apricot Country" Party. Another participant of the incident, Marina Khachatryan, said that she forgave the offenders.
Police cordoning off explosion site, Tbilisi, January 16, 2019. Photo: © Sputnik / Shota NozadzeЧитать далее: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20190116/243928638/Bolshinstvo-postradavshikh-pri-vzryve-v-Tbilisi---deti.html
01:02, 17 January 2019
Death toll of Tbilisi explosion reaches four
A domestic gas explosion occurred on January 16 at about 8:20 p.m. in a nine-storey building in the Didi Digomi District in the outskirt of Tbilisi.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayantshttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20181119/15758805/est-o-chem-rasskazat-obnarodovany-otryvki-iz-temperamentnoj-knigi-roberta-kocharyana.html
22:21, 16 January 2019
Armenian investigators refuse to stop prosecution of Kocharyan
The investigator would not agree with the statement of Robert Kocharyan's advocates, who believe that the second president of Armenia cannot be charged under an article that was not in the country's Criminal Code in 2008.
Funeral service for explosion casualties, Shakhty (Rostov Region). Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
22:13, 16 January 2019
Shakhty residents come to funeral service for explosion casualties
The Mayoralty of the city of Shakhty has announced today the mourning day for those who perished in the explosion of the domestic gas in an apartment building. Townspeople came to the venue of the accident to hold a civil memorial service.
Concert of pop music. Photo: press service of RFE/RL
18:25, 16 January 2019
Sasha Project receives threats after announcement of a concert in Dagestan
The performance in Dagestan, scheduled for January 19, can be disrupted because of the statements voiced by "anti-fans of Egor Kreed", reports today Russian singer Sasha Project.
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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.