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19:35, 4 January 2018
Law enforcers tell about Pankisi detainees' links with Chataev
Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was wounded by law enforcers in the Pankisi Gorge, had met with Akhmed Chataev in Tbilisi; and a banking contract to his name was found in Chataev's apartment, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has stated today.
18:44, 4 January 2018
Georgia refuses to buy Russian gas until the end of 2018
Georgia, which had purchased 100 million cubic meters of natural gas from Russia before March 2017, has no plans to buy it in 2018, the "Georgiainform" has reported today, citing Dmitry Kumsishvili, the Georgia's Minister of Economy.
Georgian Military Road. Photo: Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20180104/238785287/doroga-k-gruzino-rossijskoj-granice-otkryta.html
17:18, 4 January 2018
Traffic on Georgian Military Road reopened
After the bad weather, which set on in Georgia on January 1, the Georgian Military Road is now open for all types of vehicles.
12:26, 4 January 2018
Chechen law enforcer suspected of killing a child
On New Year night, an employee of one of the federal agencies was shooting in the air with his colleagues and mortally wounded a minor girl in Chechnya, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
Georgian hospital emergency room. Photo: Sputnik/ Evgeniy Samarin, https://sputnik-georgia.ru/society/20180104/238781318/Ranennogo-v-Pankisi-podozrevaemogo-Machalikashvili--vyvezut-za-granicu.html
12:02, 4 January 2018
Georgian doctors agree to Machalikashvili's transfer to foreign clinic
A doctors' concilium has agreed to allow treatment of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was wounded during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, abroad, on which his relatives insist, Zaza Lurmsmanishvili, a hospital spokesman, has stated.
Police detaining suspect. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-moskve-sotrudniki-mvd-rossii-prinyali-uchastie.html
10:17, 4 January 2018
Suspect of killing Chechen policeman shot dead
At detention attempt, the suspect of assassinating the head of the police station in the village of Avtury rendered resistance and was shot dead by return fire, Ruslan Alkhanov, the Chechen Interior Minister, has stated.
Women and children return from Syria to Chechnya, Grozny, October 21, 2017. Screenshot: video posted by user Russia 24, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-M3DuD-9I
07:00, 4 January 2018
Northern Caucasus in 2017: persecution of gays, armed clashes, change of power in Dagestan
The past year in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) will be remembered by truckers' protests, change of Dagestani leadership, persecutions of gays in Chechnya and armed clashes of law enforces with militants. The "Caucasian Knot" has summed up the most significant events in Northern Caucasus.
Wedding of Roman and Lydia Gabaev, December 22, 2017. Photo by A.Gabaev for the Caucasian Knot.
06:19, 4 January 2018
Sochi resident demands to punish law enforcers for beating him on his wedding day
On January 3, Roman Gabaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on December 22, he was walking along Sochi with his wife and two friends on his wedding day. They were approached by a law enforcer and a Cossack, who accused them of drinking alcohol.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS Valentin Ogirenko
22:22, 3 January 2018
Kiev court denies refuge to Saakashvili
A court in Kiev has upheld the decision of the State Migration Service (SMS) that the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili should not have the refugee status in Ukraine.
Exhibition of Alan gold jewellery, National Museum of North Ossetia, January 3, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.
21:25, 3 January 2018
Exhibition of Alan gold in Vladikavkaz impresses visitors
More than 600 people have visited the exhibition of Alan gold jewellery, opened today at the National Museum of North Ossetia. The jewellery is shown for the first time.
19:48, 3 January 2018
Police department boss killed in Chechen village
Abubakar Ustarkhanov, the police head of the village of Avtury in the Shali District of Chechnya, has been shot dead today in his head, a law enforcement source has reported.
Signature list for supporters of self-nominees at Russian presidential election, http://gazeta-pravo.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/podpis.png
18:25, 3 January 2018
"Yabloko" reports enforcement of Stavropol students to collect signatures for Putin
The Dean's Office of a Department of a Stavropol higher school has asked students to participate in collecting signatures in support of Vladimir Putin; in the absence of volunteers, groups wardens are threatened to enrol students compulsorily, Valery Ledovsky, the head of the "Yabloko" Party Branch in the Stavropol Territory, has reported.
14:05, 3 January 2018
In Armenia, a village administration building destroyed by explosion
Today, the building of the Mets Parni village administration has been significantly damaged as a result of an explosion, the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported. According to the preliminary information, no people were injured.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: BattleBeetl, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нурмагомедов
09:50, 3 January 2018
In Makhachkala, MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov met by about 1000 fans
On January 2, a solemn meeting of Khabib Nurmagomedov, an MMA fighter who defeated Edson Barboza at the tournament in Las Vegas, took place at the Makhachkala airport.
Georgian Military Road. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the Caucasian Knot.
07:48, 3 January 2018
At "Verkhni Lars", line grows by 30 cars overnight
In North Ossetia, a line on the Georgian Military Road, closed because of bad weather in Georgia, has increased up to 124 vehicles, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported today.
Speleologists in Sary-Tala cave, Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: Tengiz Mokaev, http://kbrria.ru/blogi/tengiz-mokaev/11918
05:19, 3 January 2018
Speleologists start studying Sary-Tala caves in Kabardino-Balkaria
The Moscow speleological club "Perovo" and the Kabardino-Balkarian public organization "Sozidanie" organized an expedition to study the caves of the Sary-Tala tract. The expedition will last until January 12.
Portraits of Azerbaijan political prisoners displayed at opposition protest rally, Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
02:53, 3 January 2018
South Caucasus in 2017: political shocks, economic ambitions and mass protests
The year of 2017: the way it affected residents of the South-Caucasian regions, the events for which people will remember the past year and the historical developments of the year, see the review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
"Iriao" jazz band. Still picture: ირიაო - მეცხრე სიმფონია, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkXu5zVpoQ8&feature=youtu.be
02:22, 3 January 2018
"Iriao" to represent Georgia at "Eurovision"
At the 63rd "Eurovision" song contest of 2018 to be held in Lisbon, Georgia will be represented by the "Iriao" band, which members combine jazz and ethnic Georgian music in their performance.
23:34, 2 January 2018
Georgian Iranians demand Rouhani's resignation
Natives of Iran living in Georgia have held an action in Tbilisi demanding the resignation of President Hassan Rouhani and carrying out reforms in Iran.
Andrei Bazhutin, head of the Association of Russian Carriers, holds meeting with Volgograd activists, Volgograd, April 6, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot.
20:17, 2 January 2018
Bazhutin's nomination disrupted in Makhachkala
Today, members of the Dagestani Central Election Commission (CEC) have stated the disruption of a voters' meeting in support of Andrei Bazhutin, a self-nominee, the head of the Association of Russian Carriers. Only 25 voters came to the meeting, instead of the necessary 500.
News
Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue supported the demands of parents of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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.

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.