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Traces of shelling. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:30, 23 January 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling 11 villages
Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire 112 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reported.
Muslim Khuchiev. Photo: Marsho Radio, RFE/RL
06:31, 23 January 2018
Media report about Grozny Mayor's secret visit to Georgia
Muslim Khuchiev, Mayor of the Grozny city, a subordinate of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has visited Georgia. Georgian and Chechen officials keep the purpose of his visit in secret.
The customs checkpoint "Yarag-Kazmalyar". Photo by the press service of the Office of the Federal Service on Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control for the Republic of Dagestan http://www.rsnrd.ru/?id=1373475819/1374735257&parm=pg-%3E%3Cns-%3E1373475819/1374735257/1446552672.html%3Cdp-%3E-1
19:07, 22 January 2018
Dagestani inspector accused of taking bribes on Azerbaijani border
An employee of the Dagestani Branch of the "Rosselkhoznadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) has been accused of illegally receiving money from an Azerbaijani driver at the customs checkpoint "Yarag-Kazmalyar".
A tunnel construction. © photo by press-service of Georgian ministry of regional development https://sputnik-georgia.ru
15:01, 22 January 2018
Three workers suffered at tunnel construction in Georgia
Today, three persons received traumas at an explosion in the railway tunnel that is being built in the Kharagauli District of Georgia. Labour safety rules are often violated at the construction site, the railwaymen's trade union has stated.
Aminat Avturkhanova. Photo: screenshot of the video by XUNHR Grozny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXC8GDdGV1g
12:34, 22 January 2018
Chechen woman denies information about her prosecution by law enforcers
On January 21, on the TV air, Aminat Avturkhanova, who was looking for her husband, included in the list of the people executed in Chechnya a year ago, denied the information that she had been detained by law enforcers. The woman was forced to voice such a statement, local residents suggest.
09:05, 22 January 2018
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 15-21
Arrest of Makhachkala Mayor; fire in the Nazran office of the HRC "Memorial"; large-scale opposition rally in Yerevan against rising prices; pickets of Gukovo miners demanding to give them coal; hunger strike of deceived real estate investors in Krasnodar, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 15-21, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Activists of the Musavat political party are shouting "Freedom!" Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:54, 22 January 2018
HRW: situation with protection of human rights in Azerbaijan deteriorates
In its annual report on the protection of human rights in the world, the "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) reports that the Azerbaijani authorities have enhanced the suppression of its critics. Azerbaijani rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe it is time for the United States, the European Union and international organizations to move from statements to concrete actions.
Special operation. Photo by the press service of Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/
02:55, 22 January 2018
On January 15-21, 2018, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of January 15-21, 2018, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence
19:57, 21 January 2018
Soldier dies in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Military Prosecutor's Office (MPO) is investigating the death of soldier Ragim Aliev.
The mixed martial arts (MMA) championship among amateurs in Dagestan. Photo http://gazetaingush.ru/photoreport/v-ingushetii-proshel-mezhdunarodnyy-turnir-po-smeshannym-edinoborstvam-road-m-1-bitva-v#
11:20, 21 January 2018
Fighter from Dagestan defeats Brazilian at tournament in Boston
On January 21, in Boston, Islam Makhachev, a Dagestani mixed-martial arts (MMA) fighter, defeated a Brazilian Gleason Tibau at the UFC-220 tournament in Boston.
A classroom. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
06:35, 21 January 2018
Scientists demand preserving training in national languages in KBR schools
Pupils of a number of schools in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) are forced to write applications about the transfer of teaching national languages to the voluntary basis. If the society fails to resist the authorities, national languages will be lost, a historian Aslanbek Mirzoev has stated.
Unloading of the armoured infantry vehicles delivered to Azerbaijan from Russia. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=fSFfSVZVR8g
03:21, 21 January 2018
Experts highly appreciate Russian APCs delivered to Azerbaijan
The armoured personnel carriers (APCs) delivered by Russia will strengthen the combat capacities of Azerbaijani armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Baku experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, believe.
22:08, 20 January 2018
One of Volgograd shooters arrested
The court has arrested a suspect in the case of a shootout in Volgograd, who is now at hospital. According to investigators, he was the conflict instigator.
18:50, 20 January 2018
Defence criticizes compensation amount for violating Azerbaijani journalist's rights
On January 18, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found rights violation of Mushvig Guseinov, a correspondent of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper under Articles 5.3 (right to liberty and personal security) and 6.2 (right to fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and obliged the Azeri authorities to pay him 4000 euros of compensation.
18:18, 20 January 2018
Navalny's supporters released from police in Astrakhan
In Astrakhan, policemen have released Alexei Navalny's supporters after drawing up a confiscation protocol of leaflets, Alexander Kogut, the head of the local Navalny's office, has stated.
Memorial in the Alley of Martyrs in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
17:26, 20 January 2018
Azeri residents come out to commemorate victims of "Black January"
In spite of cold weather and strong wind, residents of Baku have come today to the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate those who perished as a result of the invasion of Soviet troops to Baku on January 20, 1990.
Navalny's supporters detained in Astrakhan on January 20, 2018. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
15:20, 20 January 2018
Three Navalny's supporters detained in Astrakhan
Policemen have detained three employees of the Astrakhan Navalny's office, who were disseminating leaflets in the city centre.
Musa Musaev. Press service of Makhachkala Administration, https://www.mkala.ru/authorities/administration/struktura/struktura_823.html
10:53, 20 January 2018
Defence declares innocence of Makhachkala Mayor
Musa Musaev, the Makhachkala Mayor, did not exceed his powers at allocating the land plot; the case against him was instituted without due grounds, said Suleiman Azuev, his advocate.
Russian APCs in the port of Baku, January 19, 2018. Photo: press service of Azerbaijani MoD, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/v-azerbajdzhan-postupila-novaya-partiya-sovremennoj-voennoj-tehniki-font-color-red-video-font-21404.html
08:09, 20 January 2018
APCs arrive in Baku from Russia
Modern Russian military vehicles and ammunition are delivered to the Baku port and will be transferred to the armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports.
Alexander Valov at the court hearing on lawsuit filed by MP Yuri Napso in Krasnodar District Court, December 8, 2107. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
04:18, 20 January 2018
Alexander Valov from "BlogSochi" detained for two days
Alexander Valov, the editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", was detained by the police for 48 hours after a search conducted in his apartment.
News
A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for repeatedly leaving his place of service.

A court in Nalchik has arrested a former military officer on charges of financing terrorism.

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.