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18:00, 19 January 2012
A woman put in a nomination as leader of parliamentary fraction for the first time in Ingushetia
Deputy of the People's Assembly Mariam Amrieva was put in a nomination as leader of "United Russia" fraction in the Parliament of the republic.
23:10, 18 January 2012
DSINE hosts meeting "No to rallies!"
In Dagestan, an ordinary meeting of students of one of the departments of the Dagestan State Institute of National Economy (DSINE) has turned into an agitation against participation in the protest rallies that take place in the republic.
23:00, 18 January 2012
On January 9-15, 58 persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the last week of January 9-15, at least 22 persons were killed and other 36 were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:50, 18 January 2012
UNHCR gives 5.9 million US dollars to Azerbaijan to address refugees' problems
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has allocated to Azerbaijan 5,914,932 US dollars for programmes for persons seeking asylum, for material assistance to persons without citizenship, to internally displaced persons (IDPs), and for integration programme.
22:40, 18 January 2012
Special operation on Ingush-Chechen border was fruitless
Special measures to find members of the illegal armed formations in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia and Chechnya have been completed, and no militants were found.
22:40, 18 January 2012
Ex-striker of "Terek" FC states that coach thrashed players
Everton, the ex-forwarder of the Grozny "Terek" FC, said that during his stay in the team, their coach could afford to hit the players in the faces. The FC stated that they knew nothing about acts of violence.
22:30, 18 January 2012
Commission of French Senate rejects draft law on criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide
The Constitutional Commission of the French Senate opposed the draft law criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide.
22:10, 18 January 2012
In Dagestan, Zurab Batyrbekov's relatives complain of being pressed
Relatives of Zurab Batyrbekov, the disappeared resident of Makhachkala, who was eventually found at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of the city, reported on the continuing pressure on the family by law enforcement agencies.
Репортер и полиция на митинге обманутых дольщиков перед зданием администрации президента Азербайджана. Баку, 18 января 2012 г. Фото: www.irfs.az
22:00, 18 January 2012
Azerbaijan: reporters detained while covering protest action of defrauded housing shareholders
Today, photographer Etimad Budagov and video operator Rashad Aliev were detained while performing their professional duties during a protest action held by defrauded housing shareholders in front of the administration of President of Azerbaijan. Their photo and video materials were seized.
20:00, 18 January 2012
Mothers in Kabardino-Balkaria created a human rights organization
Mothers in Kabardino-Balkaria whose sons were killed on October, 13, 2005, or are in the dock on the case of the attack at Nalchik created a Committee "Mothers of Kabardino-Balkaria in Defense of the Citizen's Rights and Freedoms".
19:00, 18 January 2012
Residents of Pyatigorsk and ecologists ask Khloponin to protect the Mashuk mountain
The authorities of Pyatigorsk ignore destruction of a unique natural memorial, the Mashuk mountain. This was a statement of the activists of regional youth environmental movement "Sunny Patrol". They sent a round robin to Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in South-Caucasian Federal Okrug (SCFO), asking him to pay attention to construction on this mountain.
18:00, 18 January 2012
A missing resident of Makhachkala Zurab Batyrbekov found in an investigative isolation ward
A twenty-four-years old resident of Makhachkala Zurab Batyrbekov who had been considered missing was found in one of the investigative isolation wards of the town. The detainee's attorney reports that he is suspected of participation in paramilitary groups.
Activists-ecologists at the action in defence of the Tegut forest, Tegut village, Lori Region of Armenia, January 15, 2012. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 17 January 2012
Armenia hosts action in defence of Tegut forest
In Armenia, on January 15, the initiative groups "Let's save Trchkan Waterfalls" and the "Tegut Protection Group" organized information and ecological campaign to the Lori Region.
23:10, 17 January 2012
In Baku, private taxi drivers hold protest action
On January 16, a group of Baku private taxi drivers held a protest action near the building of the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan. They were protesting against the Ministry's intentions to ban the use of private cars, whose drivers were not licensed to render service to the population.
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23:00, 17 January 2012
Two Dagestani, whose relatives reported their kidnapping, were found at police station
In Dagestan, human rights defenders investigate the circumstances of disappearance of two residents of the village of Komsomolskoe of the Kizilyurt District of the republic, who were found at IVS (temporary detention facility). According to witnesses, to whom relatives of the disappeared persons refer, young men were kidnapped by law enforcement agents. The human rights defenders were told at the police station that the young men were detained for violation of public order in state of alcoholic intoxication, policemen also reported on grenades found among the young men's belongings.
22:50, 17 January 2012
In Derbent power agents beat up a local resident, eyewitnesses assert
On January 16 in Derbent, OMON (riot police) agents beat an unknown man, the eyewitnesses of the incident report.
22:50, 17 January 2012
Persons, killed in special operation in Chechnya, were earlier kidnapped by power agents, relatives assert
Residents of Chechnya, who were declared by the authorities as killed during a special operation, were earlier kidnapped Ali Aidamirov, Khalid Dushaev, and Israil Adizov. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with reference to relatives of the killed persons.
22:40, 17 January 2012
Teen Sharvili Ramazanov beaten in Dagestan examined by Derbent doctors
As reported by Tsukver Ramazanova, the mother of Sharvili Ramazanov, a boy of 14 from the village of But-Kazmalyar, who was beaten in the Magaramkent District of Dagestan, was examined by doctors in Derbent, after the district hospital had refused to take him.
22:30, 17 January 2012
In Turkey, Hrant Dink's killers sentenced to life imprisonment
On January 17, the Turkish court sentenced the two persons accused of involvement in the murder of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish newspaper "Agos", printed in Istanbul, to lifelong imprisonment.
22:10, 17 January 2012
Lawyer: they tried to move Nalgiev into ward for prisoners
Tonight at the hospital, armed and masked men tried to move Ilez Nalgiev, the ex-head of the criminal police of the city of Karabulak, who was wounded on January 12 by an explosion triggered near his house, into the ward for prisoners, said Aza Yandieva, Mr Nalgiev's advocate.
News
A mass picket near the metro preceded the protest on Rustaveli Avenue.

A Georgian citizen has been detained in Abkhazia in connection with an espionage case.

Georgia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE stated that the Moscow Mechanism report was being politicized.

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.