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Anzor Shkhanukov. Screenshot from youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCVE775Isrg"
13:07, 1 February 2015
Anzor Shkhanukov, Imam of Mosque "Mansour", beaten up in KBR
Anzor Shkhanukov, the Imam of the "Mansour" Mosque, was hospitalized after being beaten up by unidentified men, said Valery Khatazhukov, the head of the Public Human Rights Centre of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
05:43, 1 February 2015
Sochi City Assembly Chairman refuses to support deceived Olympic builders
Anatoly Lutsyk, the Chairman of the City Assembly of Sochi, has rejected the request of the builder Nikolai Belugin to organize a charity fundraising event in favour of defrauded builders of Olympic facilities.
04:15, 1 February 2015
Azerbaijan urged UN to help to liberate Guliev and Askerov
On January 31, Yashar Aliev, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN, speaking at the session of the UN Security Council, dedicated to debates on protection of civilians in armed conflicts, asked for help in freeing Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilgam Askerov from their imprisonment in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Galina Tikhenko at the anti-war picket. Volgograd, January 31, 2015. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
00:45, 1 February 2015
Anti-war picketers in Volgograd report attempts to disrupt the action
In the evening on January 31, Volgograd hosted an anti-war picket demanding peace in South-East of Ukraine. It was the second on that day in the city. The picketers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they received threats.
23:26, 31 January 2015
Gannushkina: "Civil Assistance" is unable to present requested documents by deadline set by prosecutors
The prosecutors' actions to demand personal data of employees of the "Civil Assistance" Committee are beyond legal norms; and the volume of requested data is such that it will be hardly prepared by the appointed deadline, said Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chair of the Committee.
Kerob Kazaryan, supporter of the Armenian "Pre-Parliament", in the Republic's Hospital in Stepanakert. Nagorno-Karabakh. January 31, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 31 January 2015
Four activists of Armenian "Pre-Parliament" attacked in NKR
In the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), unidentified assailants beat up supporters of the "Pre-Parliament": two activists were hospitalized; two others refused from hospitalization.
19:20, 31 January 2015
Armenian authorities postpone enforcement of amendments until July 1
The entry into force of amendments to the Law "On Turnover Tax" has been suspended until July 1; the respective decision was made today by the Government of Armenia.
16:50, 31 January 2015
Magomed Davudov, resident of Stalsky village, disappears in Dagestan
Magomed's relatives have reported the disappearance of this resident of the village of Stalsky, Kizilyurt District, suggesting that could be kidnapped for his religious views.
Penal colony. Photo http://novosti.az/obsh/20110614/296092050.html
16:08, 31 January 2015
Baku: Elshad Babaev's relatives demand to investigate his death as murder
The death of a prisoner Elshad Babaev in Baku colony is investigated under the article of abuse of office; however, Babaev's relatives insist on the investigation under the murder article.
Soldiers of one of the military units of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:15, 31 January 2015
NKR's MoD accuses Azerbaijan of 2200 facts of shelling within a week
In the period from January 25 to January 31, in the troops contact line in the area of the Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime for about 2200 times, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
09:38, 31 January 2015
"Caucasian Knot" sums up armed conflict outcomes in NCFD in 2014
In 2014, Northern Caucasus saw a dramatic reduction of the number of victims of the armed conflict. The "Caucasian Knot" has published detailed results of its calculations based on the data received from its own correspondents and information from open sources in the Section "Northern Caucasus – Statistics of Victims".
08:29, 31 January 2015
In 2014, there were 525 victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
In the period from January 1 to December 31, 2014, in total, 525 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), including 341 killed and 184 wounded persons. In comparison with 2013, the total number of victims went down by 46.9%. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
07:43, 31 January 2015
Legality of inquiry format of Gyumri massacre causes doubts among Armenian lawyers
The joint inquiry conducted by investigating authorities of Russia and Armenia into the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri has no legal force, Armenian lawyers believe. Such a scheme would allow the defendant to challenge the legality of the investigation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said the lawyer Alexander Sirunyan.
04:39, 31 January 2015
Armenia fails its international obligations to protect human rights, rights defenders said
The international obligations to protect human rights, presented in the UN's universal review, have been failed by Armenia. Civil society activists see no real changes in this area, said Armenian rights defenders in the debates "Human rights situation in Armenia, according to UN observations".
03:26, 31 January 2015
Successors of Avetisyan family questioned in case of mass murder in Gyumri
The successors of the suffered party in the murder of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri have testified to investigators. According to the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia, the number of successors has increased up to five persons.
Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
02:33, 31 January 2015
Chechnya, the only NCFD region with growth of number of victims in 2014
The 2014 victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus have been summed up, showing a reduction of the count of victims in all regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), except for Chechnya.
Magomed Aushev. Photo: http://www.memo.ru/d/220119.html
01:11, 31 January 2015
Health condition of Magomed Aushev, residents of Ingushetia, remains grave, said his advocate
Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of shooting at the wedding party, and who was hospitalized after interrogations, is at home; his condition is still grave.
Soldiers of Defence Army. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:43, 30 January 2015
Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan blames NKR for breaking laws of war
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has begun investigating a criminal case opened on the fact of death in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) of Gasan Gasanov, as well as of the arrest in the unrecognized republic of Dilkham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev.
20:23, 30 January 2015
Resident of Ingushetia Magomed Aushev released under recognizance not to leave
Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of shooting at the wedding party and hospitalized after interrogations, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) under recognizance not to leave. It is reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo: http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26808243.html
19:20, 30 January 2015
Gannushkina associates check of "Civil Assistance" with her criticism of Prosecutor's Office Law
Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, said that the today's prosecutor's inspection of the Moscow office of the Committee was caused by her criticism of the Law "On Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation".
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.