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Zelimkhan Dzangiev. Photo from www.fc-angusht.ru
18:00, 16 January 2012
A well-known Ingush footballer killed in South Ossetia
Zelimkhan Dzangiev, a well-known goal scorer of "Angusht" Ingush football club, was killed in Vladikavkaz. According to unofficial information, it happened as a result of a scuffle near a night club.
23:55, 14 January 2012
Woman from Dagestan states that her son-teenager was beaten by policemen
In Dagestan, five employees of the Magaramkent ROVD (District Interior Division) thrashed Sharvili Ramazanov, 14, a resident of the village of But-Kazmalyar, said his mother Tsukver Ramazanova.
France, Strasbourg, the building of the European Court of Human Rights. Courtesy of Alfredovic, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
23:00, 14 January 2012
ECtHR upholds complaint of two Jehovah's Witnesses from Armenia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found Armenia guilty of breaking the right to freedom of conscience and religion in relation to Ike Bukharatyan and Ashot Tsaturyan, convicted in 2003 for refusal from military service on religious convictions.
22:20, 14 January 2012
Azerbaijan: relatives of Turadj Zeinalov demand exhumation of his body to establish the reason of his death
In Azerbaijan, relatives of Turadj Zeinalov, who died last August at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry for National Security (MNS) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) reject the official version of the reason of his death. They believe that Zeinalov died from torture, and in order to prove that they agree to exhume his remains.
22:13, 14 January 2012
Chechen builders wage protest in Grozny
In the afternoon on January 13, nearly a hundred construction workers went out for a rally in central Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, demanding payment of their wages. All the protesters are employees of the Turkish construction company "Penta".
20:29, 14 January 2012
ICA urges Russian authorities to facilitate return of 115 Circassians from Syria
Today, the city of Nalchik has hosted an enlarged sitting of the International Circassian Association (ICA), which adopted an appeal to the leadership of Russia to help in return of 115 Circassians living in Syria to their historic homeland.
Dagestan, Untsukul District, January 14, 2012, rally of Gimry villagers with a demand to cancel the CTO regime. Photo by Akhmed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:14, 14 January 2012
Dagestani Gimry village hosts rally demanding cancellation of CTO regime
About a thousand residents of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, gathered today to a rally demanding to cancel the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.
19:00, 14 January 2012
In Adygea, rescuers and foresters inspect the area of possible landslide
The upper section of the Belaya River in the dwelling settlement of Guzeripl is studied in search of a landslide, which has created problems in water supply to the village of Kamennomostsky, Maikop District. The works are on since January 12.
Rally in memory of victims of mass disorders on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, organized by the Armenian National Congress (ANC), Armenia, Yerevan, March 1, 2011. Photo: ©PanARMENIAN Photo/Sedrak Mkrtchyan
18:00, 14 January 2012
Relatives of Yerevan March 1, 2008, casualties express distrust in investigation and PACE
Relatives of the victims of mass riots on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan are dissatisfied with the course of the inquiry into the deaths of people on that day; the have stated that they do not trust both the investigators and Co-Rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
17:00, 14 January 2012
Families of power agents who perished killed in Vedeno District of Chechnya to get million roubles each
The Chechen authorities will pay one million roubles to every family of the law enforcers lost in the special operation undertaken in the Vedeno District. The wounded participants of the operation were promised 300,000 roubles each, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.
15:00, 14 January 2012
75-year-old man shot dead in Makhachkala on January 9 was folk healer
On January 9, in the Kirov District of the capital of Dagestan, two unidentified persons penetrated into the house of a local resident, born in 1937, and fired several shots from an unidentified firearm. The man was brought to the Trauma Centre of Makhachkala, where he died from his wounds.
14:00, 14 January 2012
Baku: three families refuse to move out of house defined for demolition
In Baku, on January 13, a confrontation occurred of the workers of the Mayoralty with the three families who refused to move out of the house defined for demolition in the area of Flag Square. The families refused to leave the three-storey building and stood as a "human shield" in front of the excavator.
23:30, 13 January 2012
Ingushetia: Ilyas Nalgiev attacked on the eve of sentencing
Ilyas Nalgiev, ex-Chief of the Karabulak GOVD (Interior Division), who was wounded in explosion, is in critical condition in resuscitation ward. The attempt on him took place at the night before sentencing of a resonant case of torture, in which Ilyas Nalgiev was a defendant.
23:00, 13 January 2012
Azerbaijani rights defenders state new facts of drafting unhealthy recruits
Human rights defenders in Azerbaijan express their concern about the military service of unhealthy young people and non-combat losses in the armed forces of the country. Alekper Mamedov, the head of Centre for democratic civilian control over armed forces, reported about new facts of recruitment of seriously ill young people.
22:50, 13 January 2012
Court orders administration of Tarumovka District of Dagestan to return money spent on foreign-made car
The court ordered to return to the budget of the Tarumovka District of Dagestan 2.9 million roubles, spent by officials for buying a foreign-made car. This was reported by the local Prosecutor's Office.
22:40, 13 January 2012
In Azerbaijan, arrested oppositional activist complaints of being pressed at SIZO
The oppositional activist Zeinal Bagirzade, arrested in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, told his brother that during the first three days after his detention he had been subjected to physical and psychological pressure.
The Teghout copper-molybdenum deposit in Armenia. Courtesy of the website of the Vallex Group, www.teghout.am
22:30, 13 January 2012
Armenia continues violating Aarhus Convention
Representatives of the "Tegut Protection Group" continue to insist that the Armenian government failed to fulfil its obligations. In connection with that fact, the public organization repeatedly appealed to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee.
Photo from www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/291372990
22:20, 13 January 2012
"Caucasian Knot" announces winners of contest for best comments to its materials on Facebook
The results of the contest for the best comment of readers of the Internet edition "Caucasian Knot", available through the social network Facebook, are summed up. During the period from December 30, 2011, to January 12, 2012, readers voted for the posts, selected by the edition. As a result, the largest number of votes went to the comments made by Milana Dudaeva, Bekkhan Gelgoev and Ismail Aliev, who would receive prizes.
Rating of the most frequently cited Internet resources on the website of the Information-Analytical System "Medialogy", www.mlg.ru
22:10, 13 January 2012
"Caucasian Knot" enters TOP-10 of Russian Internet for 2011
Following the results of 2011, the Internet edition "Caucasian Knot" entered the ten most cited news sources of the Runet and showed a significant movement in the rating among 7900 media, information about which was included in the study of the "Medialogy".
22:00, 13 January 2012
In Dagestan, Gimry residents claim being beaten by policemen
Law enforcement agents and soldiers, who surround the village of Gimry of the Untsukul District starting January 9, beat several villagers and shot from submachine gun into the air. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Shamil Abdullaev, a local resident.
News
The return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh. Photo: https://azertag.az/ru/?lang=netherlands%3Fdevice%3DDesktop&page=232?device=Desktop Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh.

A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

Ruben Vardanyan declined to appeal the Baku court's verdict.

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.