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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.
21:00, 19 January 2013
Public Prosecutor’s office: 10 policemen injured in a confrontation with tradesmen in Baku
Public Prosecutor’s office and the police in Baku are carrying out investigation in connection with a protest action of tradesmen of “Bina” shopping centre. As a result of the confrontation 10 policemen got bodily injuries and several police cars were damaged, law enforcement bodies report.
20:00, 19 January 2013
700 to 2000 people took part in an action of memory of Markelov and Baburova in Moscow
An anti-fascist action in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova was held in Moscow.
19:00, 19 January 2013
PACE delegation is concerned about the absence of interest to the election in Armenia
PACE delegation who visited Armenia issued a statement expressing concern about the process of presidential election in the country. Representatives of the authorities are disappointed with this statement.
18:00, 19 January 2013
Security officials are searching for a group of gunmen in Shatoisky district of Chechnya
A special operation of search and liquidation of a group of supposed gunmen is going on in the high-mountain Shatoisky district of Chechnya.
17:00, 19 January 2013
CEC of Armenia dismissed Gukasyan’s motion to suspend Serzh Sargsyan’s participation in the election
A demand of Andreas Gukasyan, candidate for presidency of Armenia, Director of “Radio-Ai”, to suspend the incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan’s participation in the election, therefore, on January, 21, Gukasyan is starting an open-ended hunger strike.
16:00, 19 January 2013
A picket against the authorities’ corruption passed off in Volgograd
Boris Pylin, Co-chairman of Volgograd regional branch of PARNAS (People's Freedom Party), held a single-person picket demanding resignation of regional Governor Sergey Bozhenov’s circle. The reason for the action was detention of Deputy Chairman of regional Government Pavel Krupnov.
15:00, 19 January 2013
A convict in Dagestan reports pressure from the personnel of the investigative isolation ward in connection with murder of judge Magomedov
Shuaibgadji Magomedov convicted for accusation of committing a number of crimes in Kizlyar district whose case was considered by judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan Magomed Magomedov killed on January, 15, reports pressure brought on him by the personnel of the IIW after murder of the judge on January, 15.
14:00, 19 January 2013
A monument to Stalin in Georgia poured over with paint
Tonight unidentified people in the Georgian settlement of Zemo Alvani, Kakhetia, poured pink paint over a restored monument to Joseph Stalin.
22:00, 18 January 2013
A man accused of preparing an act of terror in Red Square complains of violation of his rights in the investigative isolation ward
Two smoking convicts were placed in the same cell with him, lawyer Ziautdin Uvaisov states. According to him, Baimambetov submitted a complaint to Chief of IIW and Public Prosecutor. However, there was no information of consideration of his statement.
21:00, 18 January 2013
About 30 people in Armenia took part in an action for release of convicted activists of ANC
Participants of an action of oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) demanded release of four convicted activists of the party in front of the building of Prosecutor General’s.
20:00, 18 January 2013
Head of Ingushetia reported discharge of Deputy Minister of Agriculture Amerhan Archakov
Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov ordered to discharge Deputy Minister of Agriculture Amerhan Archakov and employee of accounts department of the Ministry Adam Chertanov. Their names appeared in businessmen’s complaints from whom they demanded money during distribution of grants.
19:00, 18 January 2013
Freedom House included Nagorno-Karabakh into the list of “partially free countries”
International human rights organization Freedom House issued its annual report on the situation with democracy and human rights in the world in which Nagorno-Karabakh was removed from the list of constrained countries and recognized partially free.
18:00, 18 January 2013
The court released Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi Shota Khizanishvili on bail
Tbilisi city court decided to release Shota Khizanishvili, ex-Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of Georgia and presently Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi, on bail.
17:00, 18 January 2013
Defendant on the case of a soldier’s death in Vladikavkaz sentenced to four and a half years of custody
Military garrison court of Vladikavkaz brought a verdict on the case of serviceman Tleppergen Zalukashev accused of violation of statutory regulations and interrelationship. The defendant was acknowledged guilty of the death of his colleague Artem Zgersky and sentenced to 4 years and 6 months of custody in a general regime colony.
16:00, 18 January 2013
A witness on the case of Budanov’s murder denied the information of being kidnapped
Today in Moscow the defence of Yusup Temerkhanov suspected of murder of colonel Yuri Budanov accused secret services of kidnapping witness Alexander Evtukhov. Evtukhov himself denied the information of his disappearance.
15:00, 18 January 2013
A bomb laid near the house of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan in Makhachkala defused
Today experts of the Department of Federal Security Service in Dagestan defused an explosive device in the center of Makhachkala.
News
Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Khamzaev demonstratively secured public support in his conflict with bloggers

The aftermath of the flood in the village of Adilyotar in the Khasavyurt district. Still from has.info video Kadyrov reported on aid to flooded Chechen villages in Dagestan.

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.