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16:07, 15 January 2018
Internet posts photos made before attack on Andrei Rudomakha
Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) made photos within the fenced area in the forest near Gelendzhik. After that, they were exposed to beating. The photos taken by them and published today by the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper prove the construction of capital buildings that is underway inside the fenced territory.
Madina Alieva. Photo: press service of State TV Company 'Grozny' https://grozny.tv/
13:41, 15 January 2018
Chechen long-liver placed to a social centre in Chechnya
Madina Alieva, who was found in Azerbaijan and who introduced herself as a 104-year-old Chechen woman, was placed to a social centre in the Chechen village of Alpatovo.
Ayatollah Khamenei. Photo: REUTERS
10:35, 15 January 2018
Baku believers rally in support of Iranian authorities
A group of believers held a rally in support of the Iranian leaders in front of the Embassy of Iran in Baku. Participants of the action held portraits of Ayatollah Khamenei in their hands and shouted slogans in support of the Iranian authorities.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
09:08, 15 January 2018
On January 8-14, 2018, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of January 8-14, 2018, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
09:05, 15 January 2018
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 8-14
Detention in Chechnya of the leader of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"; guilty verdict to journalist Afghan Mukhtarly in Azerbaijan; death in Tbilisi of a man wounded in a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 8-14, 2018, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Participants of the rally in support of Afghan Mukhtarly hold banners with his portraits, Tbilisi, May 2017. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
06:46, 15 January 2018
EU condemns verdict to Afghan Mukhtarly
The European External Action Service (EEAS) has demanded to investigate the kidnapping and prosecution of Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Mukhtarly.
Map of Sarmatia Asiatica, London (1770). Photo: http://ru-wiki.org/wiki/Сарматия
00:29, 15 January 2018
In Volgograd, exhibition "Sarmatians' Gold" presents unique artefacts
More than 90 artefacts of the Sarmatian culture, made of precious metals, are exhibited at the Volgograd Regional Museum of Local History. Many of those artefacts have never earlier been exhibited for public.
19:34, 14 January 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 126 bombardments per day
Over the past 24 hours, Armenian militaries have violated the ceasefire for 126 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of Human Rights Centre 'Memorial', https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/zaderzhan-rukovoditel-groznenskogo-predstavitelstva-pravozashchitnogo-centra-memorial
16:30, 14 January 2018
Oyub Titiev's relatives leave Chechnya
The family of Chechen rights defender Oyub Titiev, accused of drug dealing, has left Chechnya for security reasons, Pyotr Zaikin, Titiev's advocate has stated today.
Bjorn Engesland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. Photo: http://www.nhc.no/no/om_nhc/sekretariat/Bj%C3%B8rn+Engesland.9UFRjQ3K.ips
08:43, 14 January 2018
Norwegians agree to support Oyub Titiev
On 11 January, the human rights organizations the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Human Rights Watch, the Amnesty International, the International Federation of Human Rights and the World Organization Against Torture issued a joint statement demanding from Russian authorities to release the rights defender Oyub Titiev.
Four masked men sitting at the background of the IS'* flag call on their followers to kill Russian rights defenders. Screenshot of the video.
05:56, 14 January 2018
Video calling to kill rights defenders spread in social networks on behalf of IS*
A video clip on behalf of the militants of the "Vilayat Kavkaz", a branch of the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by a court decision, with the call to kill prominent Russian rights defenders has been spread in the WhatsApp instant messenger, in a number of Telegram channels and among users of the Facebook.
Prison bar. Photo: © Flickr/ Michael Coghlan
01:36, 14 January 2018
New charge brought against journalist Afghan Sadygov three months before his release
Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov, convicted on charges of assaulting a woman in the reception room of the head of the Jalilabad District, has faced a new charge three months before the end of his prison term.
A picket in Vladikavkaz held on January 13, 2017. Photo by Alan Tskhurbaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:50, 13 January 2018
Relatives of the person who died at Vladikavkaz police station demand objective inquiry
Today, about 300 residents of Vladikavkaz came out to picket in support of relatives of Vladimir Tskaev, who died at the police after interrogation. His close relatives fear that policemen want to "hush up" his death.
20:18, 13 January 2018
Rights defenders criticize Armenia's MoJ for high mortality in jails
The high death rate from illnesses in Armenian prisons indicates poor medical care and authorities' inhumane policy, Arthur Sakunts and Aikui Arutyunyan, rights defenders, have stated.
17:46, 13 January 2018
Son of killed militant detained in Gubden
Law enforcers have detained Nurmagomed Taimasov, a resident of the village of Gubden, after finding ammunition in his house. According to his relatives, the cartridges and a grenade were planted there.
Screenshot of a video translation "Anti Kadyrov en live" on the ANTI MASSACRE KADYROV YouTube channel, January 13, 2018
16:57, 13 January 2018
Chechen woman puts forward to Kadyrov conditions of apology for criticism (+video)
The woman, who has recorded critical video appeals to the head of Chechnya and his mother, confirmed her readiness to apologize to Kadyrov, if relatives of the disappeared Chechens get at least their remains.
Screenshot of a Chechen woman's video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a video by the user ANTI KADYROV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCPq_cu9ng
13:31, 13 January 2018
Relatives publicly condemn Chechen woman for video appeal to Kadyrov
The video appeals to the head of Chechnya and his mother were recorded by Aishat Guchigova, who lives in France, her relatives have reported, stating that they are ashamed of her words; and one of her relatives wished her death for criticizing Kadyrov.
Screenshot of video posted on YouTube by user Movsar Eskerkhanov under the heading "Killer of Avtury police boss liquidated", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9AHYNji_A
10:46, 13 January 2018
Law enforcers refuse to give out body of man killed in Avtury to relatives
Relatives of Khamzat Baimuradov, suspected of killing the chief of the police station and shot dead during his detention, fear of blood feud, residents of the Avtury village reported. Relatives and friends had no chance to bury the Khamzat Baimuradov's body, since bodies of killed terrorists were not given out to family members, the police reported.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo: a fragment of the leaflets issued by the supporters of the Azerbaijani journalist https://www.irfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/afgan-mukhtarli.jpg
06:32, 13 January 2018
US urge Azerbaijan to release Afghan Mukhtarly
The US Department of State is concerned over the verdict to Afghan Mukhtarly and calls on Azerbaijan to release the journalist.
04:11, 13 January 2018
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh criticize law on payments to wounded soldiers
Starting from January 1, the fund for payments to families of deceased soldiers and officers and soldiers who became disabled as a result of wounds began to be replenished due to the monthly mandatory deductions from a salary of each working resident of Nagorno-Karabakh in the amount of 1000 drams (about 2.1 US dollars). This was stated by Ashot Gulyan, Speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament.
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.