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Christmas Eve in Stepanakert. Photo by Albert Voskanyan for the Caucasian Knot.
19:15, 6 January 2018
Parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrate Christmas and Epiphany
Residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have celebrated Christmas today. All the churches have held Holy Liturgies and water consecration ceremonies in honour of the Epiphany.
Tbilisi residents visit place of tragedy. Photo: Levan Dzneladze https://1tv.ge/ru/news/cvety-svechi-u-gostinicy-leogrand-foto-video/
18:10, 6 January 2018
Ten families receive compensations after fire in Batumi hotel
The bosses of the "Leogrand" Hotel have paid compensations to relatives of ten residents of Georgia, who perished in the fire, an advocate of the hotel owner has stated.
17:08, 6 January 2018
High-ranking law enforcer found shot dead in Nalchik
The body of Ruslan Mezhgikhov, Deputy Head of the Investigating Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria, was found in his study in the evening on January 5.
Shopping centre "Grand Park" in Grozny. Screenshot of video posted by user Mansur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP8inQ1H_Ks
14:12, 6 January 2018
Northern Caucasus starts collecting signatures for Vladimir Putin's self-nomination
Grozny and Vladikavkaz have opened points for collection of signatures in support of Vladimir Putin at the presidential election in Russia.
Law enforcer. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
13:32, 6 January 2018
Father of wounded man: MIA fails to act after shooting in Khasavyurt
People in masks wounded Idris Idrisov, a resident of Khasavyurt, from a traumatic pistol. However, no investigation is underway, since law enforcers are familiar with the attackers. This was claimed by advocate Magomed Idrisov, a victim's father.
12:44, 6 January 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh reports soldier's death
Last night, Mger Ziroyan, a contract serviceman, got poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) and died, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.
02:31, 6 January 2018
In Georgia, number of foreign tourists increased in 2017 by almost 28%
The number of foreign tourists, who visited Georgia, has increased by 764,000 in comparison with 2016.
Giorgi Margvelashvili. Photo from Margvelashvili's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/PresidentMargvelashvili/photos/a.198579086977039.1073741829.197876463713968/260949684073312/?type=3&theater
00:53, 6 January 2018
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili alarmed over sentence to Mikhail Saakashvili
Today, after the verdict, pronounced against his predecessor, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has noted that the presidential right to pardon prisoners was used for political persecution of Mikhail Saakashvili.
Aftermath of fire in Rostov-on-Don, August 21, 2017. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.
00:21, 6 January 2018
Police exclude arson of Rostov-on-Don district
Investigators failed to find any proofs of arson as the reason of the fire that occurred in August 2017 in central Rostov-on-Don, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
23:40, 5 January 2018
Policemen detain 10 people near the Salafi mosque in Makhachkala
All those detained after the Friday prayer were released after the check, the spokesman of the Dagestani MIA has stated.
20:32, 5 January 2018
CEC refuses to register Aina Gamzatova as presidential candidate
Today, the Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has refused to register a group of voters who have nominated Aina Gamzatova, referring to a lack of documents, the RIA "Novosti" reports.
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
19:49, 5 January 2018
Body of man killed in CTO thrown in Chechen village's square
A video has appeared on the Internet, showing, according to social network users, the body of Khamzat Baimuradov, a Chechen resident, who was killed at an attempt to detain him, and whose body was brought to the village square.
Afghan Mukhtarly near the court building in Baku, May 31, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
15:51, 5 January 2018
Court would not let Mukhtarly to his relatives' funeral
The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly, who is in custody in Azerbaijan, could not take part in the funeral of his relatives that took place on January 1. Today, the court refused to release him temporarily for the funeral feast, his advocate has stated.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS Valentin Ogirenko
13:46, 5 January 2018
Mikhail Saakashvili treats his guilty verdict in Georgia as illegal
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes the decision of the Tbilisi City Court, which sentenced him to three years of imprisonment for abuse of power, contradicts international norms and common sense.
Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch). Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
13:30, 5 January 2018
Russian residents demand to find attackers on Andrei Rudomakha
For a day, in Krasnodar, more than 1000 people signed a petition with the demand to heads of investigating bodies and the Kuban Governor to take control over the investigation into the an attack on ecologist Andrei Rudomakha.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS Valentin Ogirenko
10:43, 5 January 2018
Georgia sentences Mikhail Saakashvili to three years of imprisonment
The Georgian Court has found former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili guilty of abuse of power when pardoning the persons sentenced in the case on murder of businessman Sandro Girgvliani.
Odes Baisultanov. Photo: http://www.minkavkaz.gov.ru/
10:40, 5 January 2018
Ministry aims to introduce combined tourist card for all resorts of Northern Caucasus
The Ministry for Northern Caucasus Affairs is engaged in development of a combined tourist card to allow tourists to visit at once several resorts of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). This has been reported today by Odes Baisultanov, First Deputy Minister for Northern Caucasus Affairs.
Mortar bomb of WWII. Photo: http://67.mchs.gov.ru/operationalpage/operational/item/2139806/
07:37, 5 January 2018
Mortar bomb defused in Adygea
In Adygea, a resident of the Kirov farm yard located in the Tashekhabl District found a bomb of World War II (WWII), the National Guard of Russia reported.
Miners hold rally demanding to pay their wages, June 27, 2017. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the Caucasian Knot.
04:05, 5 January 2018
SFD in 2017: protests, large-scale fires and resonant trials
The regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) will remember the year of 2017 by numerous protest actions, large-scale fires in the Rostov and Volgograd Regions, launch of a railway to bypass Ukraine, verdicts in cases of resonant crimes, and attacks on law enforcers. The "Caucasian Knot" has summed up the results of 2017 in six regions of Southern Russia.
Gezyal Bairamly. Photo: Bayram Isgandarov / Facebook Gozel Bayramli.
23:15, 4 January 2018
Bairamly treats her arrest as revenge by Azerbaijani authorities
Gezyal Bairamly, Deputy Chair of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), accused of contraband, told today at the court, how the money was planted on her. She treats her prosecution as a revenge for her political and human rights activities.
News
Several buildings were damaged in Primorsko-Akhtarsk after a drone attack.

Social media users called the situation in Tuapse an environmental disaster.

A piece of a drone in fuel oil washed up on the coast of Kuban.

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.