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20:00, 22 January 2013
Search of gunmen in the mountainous area of Chechnya was useless
Law enforcement bodies failed to find gunmen in the mountainous area of Shatoy district of Chechnya.
19:00, 22 January 2013
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan: a man who assaulted on policemen in Khasavyurt district escaped in a local resident’s car
An unidentified person who fired upon a police “UAZ” in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan left the scene of the incident in a car belonging to a resident of the settlement of Novoselskoye, law enforcement bodies of the republic report.
18:00, 22 January 2013
Candidate for presidency of Armenia Arutiunyan declared his intention to withdraw his candidacy
Today candidate for presidency of Armenia Aram Arutiunyan, leader of “National Consent” party, declared his intention to withdraw his candidacy from the election and go on a one-day hunger strike.
17:00, 22 January 2013
Candidate for presidency of Armenia Melikyan declared his refusal to participate in the campaign of agitation
Candidate for presidency of Armenia, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikyan is not going to canvass during the election race. According to him, the main goal of his participation is to secure legitimate election.
16:00, 22 January 2013
Magomed-Bashir Aushev appointed Minister of Finance of Ingushetia
Today Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov appointed a new Minister of Finance of the republic. It is Magomed-Bashir Aushev aged 44.
15:00, 22 January 2013
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia resigned
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nikoloz Vashakidze resigned on his own free will. He explained the reason of his resignation as policy disagreement with the new Government.
14:00, 22 January 2013
ECtHR exacted a compensation from Russia for relatives of a man kidnapped in Chechnya
Today European Court of Human Rights brought a verdict on the case “Suleimanov vs. Russia” obliging the authorities of the Russian Federation to pay a compensation to the relatives of kidnapped resident of Chechnya Tamerlan Suleimanov.
23:00, 21 January 2013
The Ministry of Interior Affairs: local resident Asadulagi’s passport found on the scene of a skirmish in Nalchik
During inspection of the scene of a skirmish in Nalchik as a result of which a supposed gunman was killed ammunition and a passport of Mir-Zurab Asadulagi, resident of the town of Nartkala, Urvan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, were found, a source in law enforcement bodies told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
22:00, 21 January 2013
Central Bank recalled the license from “Express” Bank of Dagestan
Since today “Express” Bank in Makhachkala is deprived of the license on banking operations. The respective statement was issued by Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
21:00, 21 January 2013
Syrian Circassians do not come under the term of “compatriot”, the Ministry of Regional Development considers
The question of attribution of Syrian Circassians to the category of compatriots abroad demands a thorough study with the participation of experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Migration Service, officials of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation (“Minregion”) consider. This was the answer to the appeal of Circassian non-governmental organization of Adygea movement “Adyge Khase – the Circassian Parliament” with a request of repatriation of the Circassians from Syria.
20:00, 21 January 2013
1225 people became victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012
No less than 1225 people became victims of continued armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in 2012, 700 out of them were killed and at least 525 got wounded. This is the total of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
19:00, 21 January 2013
During trial on the case of Budanov’s murder witness Evtukhov did not identify the defendant as murderer
Colonel Yuri Budanov’s murderer had a Slavic appearance, Alexander Evtukhov whom the defendant’s attorney considers the “key witness” on the case evidenced in Moscow city court today. Evtukhov declared that he had never seen the defendant.
18:00, 21 January 2013
During the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik the attorney declared that the defendant had an alibi
Today during the trial on the case of assault at Nalchik lawyer Oleg Kelemetov entered a motion of attaching documents proving that on October, 13, 2005, his client Hasanbi Khupsergenov was at classes in Pyatigorsk subsidiary of the Russian Social Humanitarian University to the materials of the criminal case.
17:00, 21 January 2013
The Agafonovs’ defence declared their intention to appeal against the verdict to Mirzaev to ECtHR
Representatives of the family of Ivan Agafonov who died as a result of martial arts pro Rasul Mirzaev’s blow will submit a supervisory appeal to the Presidium of Moscow city court and appeal to the European Court of Human Rights asking to acknowledge the verdict to the athlete unlawful and refer the case for a new consideration.
16:30, 21 January 2013
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 14-20
Murder of a judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan and information about a possible dismissal of the head of the region; audit of the preparation process for presidential election in Armenia by the PACE and application about a hunger strike of one of the presidential candidates; acquittal in Georgia of a Chechen Chataev accused of storing a bomb; a murder and burial in Moscow of Aslan Usoyan, a criminal authority and a native of Georgia; election of the speaker of the parliament of Adygea and start of preparing election of the head of region in Ingushetia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of January 14-20, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
16:00, 21 January 2013
Candidate for presidency of Armenia Andreas Gukasyan went on a hunger strike
Director of “Radio-Ai” Andreas Gukasyan, running candidate for presidency of Armenia, started his promised hunger strike on the first day of the electoral campaign.
15:00, 21 January 2013
A canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 started in Armenia
Today a canvassing campaign before the presidential election of 2013 officially started in Armenia. Eight candidates registered by Central Election Committee are participating.
14:00, 21 January 2013
A policeman killed in Dagestan as a result of firing
One policeman was killed and another got wounded in Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, a representative of Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reported.
23:00, 19 January 2013
Ahmed Chataev in Georgia acknowledged guiltless
City court of Tbilisi acquitted citizen of the Russian Federation Ahmed Chataev detained during a special operation in Lopota gorge, lawyer Nino Andriashvili reported.
22:00, 19 January 2013
Residents of Kakhetia allotted 54,3 million dollars as compensation for damage from hail
A compensation of 95 million lari (54,3 million dollars) will be paid to the farmers in Kakhetia whose farms were destroyed by hail on July, 19, 2012. This decision was taken on January, 18, at a session of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.
News
Adam Kadyrov received a medal to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sever Regiment.

Mintsayeva's arrest highlighted the problem of security forces interfering in family disputes.

Chechen residents have submitted over 15,000 applications for flood-related payments.

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.