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17:12, 25 January 2017
Ramzan Kadyrov permits Chechen law enforcers to shoot without warning
On January 24, at a meeting of the board for the Chechen Republic of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) held in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov claimed the need to shoot without warning to avoid casualties among law enforcers. He also called on "to handle without gloves those whom they misled."
Imam Chumakov. Photo: RFE/RL
16:44, 25 January 2017
Imam Khamzat Chumakov discharged from Ingush hospital
The health status of Khamzat Chumakov, Imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque, has stabilized; however, he needs further medical treatment in a specialized clinic. This was reported by a brother of the Imam.
Alexei Knedlyakovsky. Photo RFE/RL
15:26, 25 January 2017
Court upholds Alexei Knedlyakovsky's arrest
The Krasnodar Regional Court has dismissed the appeal field against the arrest of Alexei Knedlyakovsky, who was sentenced after he posted in social networks a photo of a monument to Dzerzhinsky with a Catholic cross attached it.
A poster of a solo picketer in support of Syrian Circassians in Maikop. September 2012. Photo © YUGA.ru
14:36, 25 January 2017
In KBR, rights defenders ask Russian General Prosecutor to treat Syrian Circassians as compatriots
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, with a request to check the refusal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to recognize Syrian Circassians as compatriots abroad.
Grozny. Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:24, 25 January 2017
Relatives cannot find out fate of militants detained in Grozny
According to relatives of the young people detained in the capital of Chechnya in December 2016 after the attacks on law enforcers, they still cannot get information about the detainees' whereabouts. Meanwhile, the detainees' relatives claim that they themselves have to go into hiding for fear of blood feud from family members of the killed policemen.
Buynaksk. Photo Zastara https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Буйнакск
10:20, 25 January 2017
Experts associate possible resignation of Zacharya Amirov with appointment of Osman Osmanov Deputy Mayor of Buynaksk
Magomed Magomedov, a journalist, and Shamil Khadulaev, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, see only a technical point in the cancellation of a meeting of the Buynaksk City Council to discuss the issue of resignation of Mayor Zacharya Amirov.
The Yezidi refugees in the village of Araks, Armenia. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:37, 25 January 2017
Armenian political analysts doubt on quotas in parliament for national minorities
Provision of mandates to national minorities will not solve their problems. This opinion was voiced by Armenian political analysts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot". Members of the largest ethnic communities of Armenia welcomed the provision of quotas in the parliament to minorities.
The entrance to the North-Caucasian District Military Court. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/investigation_and_courts/trekh_dagestanskikh_verbovshchikov_v_ryady_khizb_ut_takhrir_osudili_v_rostove/
00:26, 25 January 2017
In caliphate case, witnesses claim violations during search of defendant's apartment
At the trial in the case on an attempt to create a caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the mother and aunt of defendant Islam Shogenov claimed that law enforcers searched the defendant's apartment during more than an hour in absence of witnesses.
Igor Stenin. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:27, 24 January 2017
Tambov Court refuses to mitigate conditions of detention for Igor Stenin
The Tambov Regional Court has upheld the decision to transfer from a colony-settlement to a penal colony Igor Stenin, the leader of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", who is serving his sentence in the Tambov Region.
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev. Photo: MutaalimX, Wikimedia.org
23:20, 24 January 2017
In 2016, journalists express increased interest in contest in memory of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev
On January 30, the jury of the contest held in memory of Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev will complete the evaluation of journalistic materials nominated for the award in 2016. The number of the texts submitted to the contest has grown in comparison with the previous year.
Rashad Agaaddin. Photo: http://www.armnews.eu/
19:17, 24 January 2017
Azerbaijani blogger Rashad Agaaddin placed into dungeon
The blogger Rashad Agaaddin, convicted in 2013 on charges of illegal drug dealing, for the first time since his imprisonment was placed into dungeon. The colony administration did not name the reasons for the punishment, his advocate said.
Russian military police in Aleppo. Syria. January 18, 2017. Photo: screenshot of a video by the user Anna News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxmYR6QQkI
18:34, 24 January 2017
Video from Syria: Chechens tell about links with Kadyrov
Reports on the work of Chechen servicemen in Aleppo are sent to Chechnya every day, said Ruslan Numakhadzhiev, the commander of the military police battalion. According to his story, Chechen militaries are in Aleppo since mid-December of 2016.
A law enforcer. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
15:59, 24 January 2017
Court upholds withdrawal of Dagestani doctor from police prevention registration list
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has dismissed the appeal filed by officials from the Buynaksk ROVD (District Interior Division) against the court's decision to withdraw doctor Daniyal Alkhasov from the police prevention registration list.
Political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan. Photo: Sputnik/Asatur Yesayants
15:27, 24 January 2017
Political analysts predict RPA's victory at parliamentary elections
No radical changes in the composition of the Parliament may be expected, since the victory of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is facilitated by the absence of any political rivals capable to win 54%. This was stated by the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
The OJSC "Electrozink", Vladikavkaz. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:33, 24 January 2017
"Electrozink" is preparing for modernization
During 2017, the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Electrozink" plans to prepare a base for the modernization of equipment, said the press service of the company. Works are expected to start in February.
Russian militaries in Syeia. Photo http://mil.ru
10:15, 24 January 2017
Kadyrov confirms presence of Chechen militaries in Syria
Chechen natives are serving in the battalion of military police of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Syrian city of Aleppo, said the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov. According to his story, Adam Delimkhanov met the Chechens in Syria; as reported by the "Novaya Gazeta", Delimkhanov formed the unit in Chechnya to be sent to Syria.
David Satter (to the left) and Tornike Gordadze (to the right) at the presentation of a book "Less You Know – Better Sleep: Russia's Way to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin" in Paris, January 23, 2017. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
03:59, 24 January 2017
Author of books about Putin's advent to power treats absence of freedom of opinions in Chechnya as explosion-prone
The population of Chechnya has no way to express opinions; and it cannot guarantee any stability in the region, said David Satter, an American journalist.
A military of the Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh in Mertakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:10, 24 January 2017
Rights defenders of Armenia report 51 non-combat military casualties in 2016
In 2016, the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) lost 162 soldiers, 51 of them – in non-combat conditions, reports the study of the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Initiative. Violence in the army has to do with "criminal rules", says Artur Sakunts, the head of the office.
23:52, 23 January 2017
Lokshina and Jemal doubt secretive removal of extortionists to Chechnya
Chechen policemen did not kidnap from Surgut the alleged swindlers, who imitated the voice of Kadyrov, and asked their local colleagues to close their eyes to the detention and removal of suspects, suggested the journalist Orkhan Jemal. Illegal practices are being spread beyond Chechnya, Tatiana Lokshina, a rights defender, has added.
Alexander Falaleev, Candidate of Law. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:55, 23 January 2017
Volgograd conference finds measures of Cossacks' rehabilitation insufficient
The Russian legislation fails to consider the cultural and ethnic specificities of Cossacks; therefore, possible measures for the rehabilitation thereof are limited, said the participants of a conference held in Volgograd. In their view, the rehabilitation may facilitate the recognition of the decossackization process a form of genocide.
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Azerbaijani opposition figure Yagublu has been placed in the prison's medical center.

The US Senate called for the release of journalists from Azerbaijan and Georgia.

17 service members have died in Azerbaijan outside of combat since the beginning of the year.

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.