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Gyunay Ismaylova. Photo by Parvana Bayramova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:40, 28 January 2015
Baku policemen accept application about attack from rights defender Ismaylova
On Wednesday, January 28, the rights defender Gyunay Ismaylova was invited to the Baku police department, where they accepted her application about the attack on her. According to Ismaylova, she was informed that the inquiry into the incident would be run by the district prosecutor's office.
16:12, 28 January 2015
Police of Armenian search for organizers of disorders on January 15 near Russian Consulate in Gyumri
As stated by Vladimir Gasparyan, the Chief of the Police of Armenia, the organizers of the clashes between protesters and policemen on January 15 at the Russian Consulate in the city of Gyumri will be brought to justice.
16:08, 28 January 2015
Two suspected militants' helpers to stand trial in Dagestan
The case of two residents of Makhachkala, accused of involvement in the armed underground and aiding militants, has been sent to the court.
The capital of Ingushetia Magas. Photo: http://nashasreda.ru/goroda-rossii-magas/
15:27, 28 January 2015
Ingushetia returns two potential participants of war in Syria
Adam Tsechoev, the head of the administration of the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, has clarified that with the help of the adaptation commission they managed to return not one, but two local residents, who were going to take part in the warfare in Syria.
14:01, 28 January 2015
Court leaves native of Chechnya suspected of Dubrovka terror act in custody
The Moscow City Court (MCC) has decided to leave Khasan Zakaev, 41, suspected of aiding the organizers of capturing the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre on October 23, 2002, in custody, said the press service of the court.
The participants of a people's assembly demanded from the authorities to fairly investigate the murder of a soldier. Minvody, January 24, 2015. Screenshot of a video by the user Roman Novikov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uWjsfv-xk
13:00, 28 January 2015
Stavropol Territory: police and Cossacks urge not to give national context to murder in Minvody
Policemen, members of Cossack organizations and the Armenian Diaspora reject the national component in the conflict, which ended in the death of a soldier in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody). These statements appeared after the action held in the city on January 24.
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation. Photo http://odintsovo.mo.sudrf.ru/
12:35, 28 January 2015
Russia's SC refuses to MoJ to liquidate "Memorial"
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has refused to satisfy the claim of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to liquidate the Russian Historical, Educational and Human Rights Society "Memorial".
Front line of NKR. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:55, 28 January 2015
Parties in Karabakh conflict fix over 400 ceasefire violations
As stated by the NKR Defence Army, on January 27, and at night on January 28, Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire in the conflict zone for about 300 times. According to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Armenian party shelled their position for 113 times within the last 24 hours.
Gyunay Ismaylova. Photo http://www.poliqon.org/2014/03/page/3/11201-esche-odnoy-pravozaschitnice-zapretili-pokidat-azerbaydzhan.html#.VMfXZNKsV2A
19:47, 27 January 2015
Rights defender Ismaylova reports that Baku police refused to take her application about attack
The application of Gyunay Ismaylova, a lawyer from the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), that on January 26 she was attacked in Baku, was not accepted by the police, said the rights defender.
17:36, 27 January 2015
Court postpones consideration of complaint of HRC "Memorial" till February 12*
The Tver District Court of Moscow has rescheduled for February 12 the consideration of the complaint lodged by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" against placing the Centre into the register of "foreign agents". The court session failed because of non-appearance of respondents.
Memorial candles in St. Nshan chapel. Gyumri, January 20, 2015. Photo by Narek Tumasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:40, 27 January 2015
In Armenia, three persons are successors of Avetisyan family
In the murder case of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, three persons, all of them being relatives of the assassinated family, are recognized as successors of the suffered party.
Leyla Yunus. Photo: RFE/RL http://www.radioazadlyg.org/
15:40, 27 January 2015
Azerbaijan: foreign doctors re-examine Leyla Yunus
A group of foreign doctors has conducted a repeated examination of arrested rights defender Leyla Yunus in Azerbaijan, the Penitentiary Service reports.
14:31, 27 January 2015
Azerbaijan: arrest of journalist Khadija Ismayilova extended until March 24
The Sabail District Court of Baku has partially granted the petition lodged by the prosecutor's office of the capital of Azerbaijan and extended the arrest of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova by 1 month and 19 days.
Derbent. Photo http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
13:59, 27 January 2015
Makhachkala: Envoy Melikov raises issue of preparing for celebrating 2000 years of Derbent
Sergey Melikov, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of Russian President to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), is paying a working visit to Dagestan; in Makhachkala, he held a meeting with activists of youth organizations and NGOs, inspected the city health facilities and reported on the planned sitting in Derbent.
Fire arms. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
12:22, 27 January 2015
KBR resident convicted of aiding militants
The Baksan District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced a resident of the Baksan District to 13 months in prison on charges of aiding militants.
11:57, 27 January 2015
Chechen Prosecutor's Office demands to close 85 pages of the social network "VKontakte"
A lawsuit demanding to restrict access to the pages of 85 users of the social network "VKontakte" was submitted to the court by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya. Among the materials posted on these pages are caricatures from the magazine "Charlie Hebdo".
Formation. NKR's army. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:01, 27 January 2015
MoDs of Armenia and Azerbaijan report shelling of their position in conflict zone
According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan, within the last 24 hours, Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire for 126 times. The Armenian party has announced 300 cases of shelling of its positions in the conflict zone.
Protester near the Russian Consulate in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:34, 27 January 2015
Society needs details of inquiry into murder in Gyumri, said demonstrators in Yerevan (+video)
The marchers in Yerevan have demanded a more active informing of the society about the investigation of the massacre of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri; they carried posters demanding to extradite Valery Permyakov to the Armenian party. Activists have accused the Armenian authorities of inaction in this matter.
Murad Nurmagomedov. Photo from his personal page at Facebook
05:34, 27 January 2015
Court in Dagestan rejects claim on Murad Nurmagomedov's unlawful arrest
On January 26, a court in Makhachkala dismissed a lawsuit on invalidating the custody of Murad Nurmagomedov, the author of the video clip, criticizing the Muslims who celebrate the New Year. He is accused of illegal possession of firearms; his defence intends to appeal against the dismissal.
The door of the house of the Avetisyan family. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:48, 27 January 2015
Armenian investigators check version of Permyakov's accomplices
As reported by the Police of Armenia, Armenian investigators are examining the version that Valery Permyakov, a Russian military, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, could have accomplices.
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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.