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Khadija Ismayilova. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:12, 6 January 2015
American PEN Centre urges Azerbaijani authorities to release Khadija Ismayilova
The American PEN Centre has spoken out in defence of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, arrested in Azerbaijan, believing that the arrest is negatively affecting the country's international image.
12:55, 6 January 2015
Azerbaijani MoD refutes information about its losses in Karabakh conflict zone
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has treated as misinformation the report released by its counterpart of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) about the death of its soldiers last night at the contact line.
Leningor District, South Ossetia. Photo by Katerina Pukhaeva, http://cominf.org/node/1166486895
12:12, 6 January 2015
GPO of South Ossetia to send remains of David Basharuli for genetic examination in Russia
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia plans to send the remains of a young man found in a forest of the Leningor District to the genetic examination in Rostov-on-Don, in order to confirm that they belong to the citizen of Georgia David Basharuli, who disappeared six months ago.
11:33, 6 January 2015
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh reports on deaths of three Azerbaijani soldiers
The military agencies of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh report on numerous bombardments of their positions during the recent day. Meanwhile, according to the Karabakh side, three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed.
10:41, 6 January 2015
Georgian citizen who disappeared six months ago found dead in South Ossetia
David Basharuli, a 19-year-old citizen of Georgia, who disappeared six months ago in the Leningor District of South Ossetia, was found dead. Local residents found his body hanging in a wooded area.
08:50, 6 January 2015
In Ingushetia, two blood enemies reconciled
In Ingushetia, during the national Mawlid in honour of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, two residents of Nazran announced their refusal of blood feud. During the past year, more than 50 blood enemies were reconciled in Ingushetia.
In the front line. Nagorno-Karabakh. December 31, 2014. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:11, 6 January 2015
US urge Karabakh conflict parties to refrain from hostilities
The US State Department has expressed its concern over the armed incidents between the parties to the Karabakh conflict and urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from hostilities.
Mikhail Abramyan. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
00:26, 6 January 2015
Mikhail Abramyan asks Prosecutor of Krasnodar Territory to check legitimacy of his inclusion in federal wanted list
Mikhail Abramyan, the Secretary of the Krasnodar regional branch of the "Communists of Russia" Party, has filed an official complaint about his inclusion in the federal wanted list to the secretariat of the Regional Prosecutor's Office.
19:55, 5 January 2015
Azerbaijani CEC cancels election results at two polling stations
Today, in Azerbaijan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has cancelled the results of the municipal elections held on December 23, 2014, in two polling stations. The official results of the elections are to be announced by the Azerbaijani CEC on January 17.
Soon after the terror acts at Boston Marathon finish line. April 15, 2013. Photo by Aaron "tango" Tang, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahatango/8652857375/in/set-72157633252445135
19:35, 5 January 2015
Defenders of Johar Tsarnaev fail to conclude plea agreement with prosecutors in case of Boston terror act
In Boston, the court has started jury selection in the case against Johar Tsarnaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of committing a terror act during the Boston Marathon in April 2013. It has also been reported that defenders of Johar Tsarnaev failed to conclude a plea agreement with officials of the US Attorney General Office.
Murad Nurmagomedov. Photo from a Facebook page
18:40, 5 January 2015
Makhachkala court puts author of anti-New Year video into custody
The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has announced its decision to arrest for two months Murad Nurmagomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, suspected of illegal possession of weapons and an author of the popular online video criticizing the Muslim New Year celebration in Dagestan.
12:34, 5 January 2015
Case against human rights defender Intigam Aliev sent to Baku court
The investigating authorities of Azerbaijan have sent to court the materials in the case against Intigam Aliev, the head of the "Legal Education Society", who is accused of economic crimes.
Gasan Magomedov. Anji football club, http://www.fc-anji.ru/.
09:56, 5 January 2015
Funeral of killed football player Gasan Magomedov takes place in Dagestan
Gasan Magomedov, a football player of the Dagestani "Anji-2" FC, killed in the village of Novokuli of the Kumtorkala District, has been buried. Friends of 20-year-old Gasan Magomedov assert that the young man was a gentle person.
09:20, 5 January 2015
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 29, 2014, to January 4, 2015
Long New Year holidays for residents of Russian Northern Caucasus and countries of Southern Caucasus; memorial actions of those killed in last year's terror acts in Volgograd committed on the eve of the New Year; special operation in Chechnya, in which two suspected militants were killed, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 29, 2014, to January 4, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Law enforcers blocked the house where militants were hiding, the Cossack village of Mekenskaya, Naur District of Chechnya, January 1, 2015. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
03:45, 5 January 2015
On December 29-January 4, at least 6 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of December 29, 2014-January 4, 2015, at least six persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, two persons were killed, and four others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the"Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
02:49, 5 January 2015
MCC dismisses complaint of former advocate of Chechen leader on case of article in "Kommersant"
The Moscow City Court has dismissed a cassation appeal filed by lawyer Andrei Krasnenkov, who earlier represented the interests of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, against the publishing house "Kommersant". The cassation appeal was filed with regard to the publication on the hearing of the case against Oleg Orlov, the former Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", whom Ramzan Kadyrov accused of libel.
Food market, Sochi, January 4, 2015. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:50, 5 January 2015
In Sochi, local residents and guests complain about sharp rise in food prices
In Sochi, city residents and guests complain about the rise in food prices. According to sellers, the rise in prices mainly concerns imported goods, and it is connected with the depreciation of the rouble.
23:16, 4 January 2015
On January 5, Ingushetia starts compiling list of IDPs from Chechnya to be granted apartments in new house
On January 5, the Ingush authorities are to start compiling preliminary lists of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to be granted apartments in one of four new houses in the village of Yandare of the Nazran District.
18:43, 4 January 2015
In Stavropol Territory, POC members intend to visit Magomed Aliev in SIZO
Student Magomed Aliev accused of promoting terrorism is to be attended by members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Stavropol Territory. They are to check the statements made by the detainee's relatives who claimed Magomed Aliev had not been provided with the medical care in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) when he had been in need of it.
18:10, 4 January 2015
Azerbaijani MoD accuses Armenian military forces of shelling frontline villages
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that the Armenian armed forces have shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani Army and villages located along the frontline in the Karabakh conflict zone. According to another report made by the Azerbaijani MoD released this morning, during the past day, the Armenian military forces violated the ceasefire 64 times.
News
Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 523 days in a row.

March in Tbilisi. Screenshot of Mo Se's photo from May 3, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4297407353907337&set=pcb.4297408117240594 A march demanding medical treatment for children took place in Tbilisi.

Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded freedom of the media.

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.