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Isa Yamadaev. Screenshot of video 'Isa Yamadaev: Why I must die? - 2/3', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM_Betsp5QE
11:15, 30 January 2017
"Novaya Gazeta": police suspect Isa Yamadaev of plotting attempt on Ramzan Kadyrov
The Chechen police have trailed organizers of the failed assassination attempt on the life of Ramzan Kadyrov in Benoi, including the Yamadaev family members, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.
Detention. Photo: http://www.warchechnya.ru/news/voennym_borjushhimsja_s_terrorizmom_dadut_goszashhitu/2017-01-28-3451
10:51, 30 January 2017
Local residents report on detention of relatives of men killed in Shali
The Chechen police detained close family members of three suspects killed last night in Shali. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by local residents. The law enforcement agencies are engaged in carrying out operative and preventive actions, reports an official from the law enforcement authorities.
09:00, 30 January 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 23-29
Guilty verdict to figurants in "Nardaran case" in Azerbaijan; distant dispute of Vasilieva with Kadyrov on hijabs in schools; special operation in Khasavyurt, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 23-29, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Special service agents. Photo: http://www.warchechnya.ru/news/v_chechenskom_gorode_shali_unichtozheny_troe_boevikov/2017-01-30-3454
04:15, 30 January 2017
In Chechnya, five people killed in armed clash
In the town of Shali, militants attacked policemen and killed two of them. During the special operation, three attackers were killed, and two civilians were injured. This was reported by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
"Punisher" armoured vehicle in Khasavyurt. Screenshot of REN TV broadcasting.
02:41, 30 January 2017
Video of special operation in Khasavyurt posted on Internet
A video of operative record of the shooting involving the people cordoned off in a private house in Khasavyurt has been posted on the Internet. The video released by the "Ren-TV" Channel shows how armoured vehicles are moving along a street in a private sector of Khasavyurt and how law enforcers are shelling a house surrounded by clouds of smoke.
01:28, 30 January 2017
Law enforcers reveal names of people killed in Khasavyurt
The suspects killed during the special operation in Khasavyurt have been identified as local residents. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2016/01/17/v-nalchike-neitralizovan-okazavshii-vooruzhennoe-soprotivlenie-bandit.html
00:57, 30 January 2017
On January 23-29, 2017, four persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of January 23-29, 2017, eight persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, four were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
11:49, 29 January 2017
Three persons killed in CTO in Khasavyurt
Today, at 8:20 a.m., the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime was introduced in Khasavyurt. Law enforcers cordoned off a private house in Khasavyurt, in which militants were hiding. The militants refused to lay down their weapons, and then law enforcers began storming the house. This was reported by a source from the Dagestani law enforcement bodies.
Participants of protest rally against demolition of dilapidated houses, Derbent, January 28, 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:51, 29 January 2017
In centre of Derbent, residents of dilapidated houses do not agree to move to outskirts
Tenants of dilapidated houses who do not agree to move from the centre of Derbent intend to appeal to the Prosecutor's Office and the court. The people claim that officials are going to move them illegally. Officials have promised to organize for protesters a meeting with the Dagestani Minister of Construction.
Grozny pupils and students gather for celebrations of Russian President’s Birthday. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
07:58, 29 January 2017
Chechen Ministry of Education: wearing hijabs for schoolgirls is not mandatory
Chechen schoolgirls and female students are not required to wear hijabs; however, headscarves are a part of the uniform. This was announced by an official of the Chechen Ministry of Education.
04:51, 29 January 2017
In Baku, GPO questions "ReAl" member after his meeting with Iranian diplomats
On January 28, Azer Gasymly, a member of the Board of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), was summoned to the Investigating Department for Serious Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan. There, he was questioned during five hours. Azer Gasymly himself has treated the questioning as illegal and called it "execution of a political order."
22:16, 28 January 2017
Azerbaijan: new human rights structure set up in support of political prisoners
The Centre in Defence of Political Prisoners (CDPP) was established on January 27 on the basis of the working group earlier created by Leyla Yunus, the Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), the Public Alliance "Azerbaijan without Political Prisoners" and the Monitoring Centre of Political Prisoners.
The speech of Zagra Magomedova, a Deputy of the District Assembly, at the hearings in Makhachkala. January 27, 2017. Screenshot of a video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPxLXKHlIk5/?taken-by=zagra.05
17:50, 28 January 2017
Emergency hearings on construction of museum in park held in Makhachkala after criticism of project
At the discussion of the construction of the museum complex "Russia – My Story" in the Lenin Komsomol Park in Makhachkala, Zagra Magomedova, a Deputy of the District Assembly, sharply criticized the project.
A rally of the Dagestani residents. January 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:48, 28 January 2017
Residents of Derbent are against demolition of their houses
The yard of No. 4 in Lenin Street in Derbent hosted a rally of tenants of the houses, included into the programme of resettlement from emergency and dilapidated houses. The rally was about 100 persons strong.
Vaccination against poliomyelitis. Photo: http://www.7mednews.ru/medicina/page,4,2698-7-glavnyh-novostey-16-fevralya-2015.html
13:48, 28 January 2017
Chechnya sees increased refusals to vaccinate children
Users of the WhatsApp in Chechnya have spread a story of the nurse about serious complications in children after vaccination against poliomyelitis. Despite the refutation by the Republic's Ministry of Public Health, many parents continue refusing to vaccinate their children.
The Georgian-South Ossetian state border. Photo: Sputnik/Ada Baghian
11:26, 28 January 2017
Passes to frontier zone cancelled for citizens of South Ossetia
Citizens of South Ossetia have the right to stay close to the border with Georgia, having only a passport or a service ID on them.
10:33, 28 January 2017
Rights defenders call on to release "Nardaran case" convicts
The Azerbaijani National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) have condemned the authorities for the sentences to long prison terms passed to 18 figurants in the "Nardaran case", including the theologian Talekh Bagirzade and the oppositionist Fuad Gakhramanly
Ruslan Kutaev. Photo: RFE/RL
06:59, 28 January 2017
Ruslan Kutaev and his family are heroes of film on political prisoners screened in Moscow
The documentary "It's Getting Dark" tells the story of five families recognized as political prisoners by rights defenders. Among the heroes is the family of Ruslan Kutaev, the President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus, who was convicted after organizing, against the order of the head of Chechnya, a conference on the deportation of the Chechen people.
Еhe Lenin Komsomol Park. Makhachkala. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
21:08, 27 January 2017
Makhachkala residents criticize museum in city park
The Dagestani weekly "Chernovik" has invited Makhachkala residents to an excursion in the Lenin Komsomol Park to draw their attention to the authorities' decision to build a museum there. Environmentalists and social network users agree that a wrong place was chosen for the museum.
School graduates near the gate of the Unified State Examination centre. Grozny, May 2015. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:07, 27 January 2017
Residents of Chechnya state no conflicts over school dress code
At educational institutions of Chechnya, schoolgirls and female students must wear headscarves, even if they are not Muslims; however, there were no conflicts around the issue, said the interviewed residents of the republic.
News
Analysts assessed the gasoline supplies from Georgia to Abkhazia.

The company from Georgia has stopped gasoline shipments for deliveries to Abkhazia.

Akhra Kvekveskiri. Photo: https://apsnypress.info/ The attack on the tourist in Sukhum continued the trend of violence against women in the South Caucasus.

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.