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Near Veduchi village in the mountains of Chechnya. Photo by Mohmad Ulbi, http://u1ver.livejournal.com
22:00, 5 January 2012
Chechen authorities promise to open ski resort "Veduchi" in three years; residents want more factories
It is planned to finish construction of the ski resort "Veduchi", which was launched in 2011 in the mountainous Itum-Kalin District of Chechnya, in 2014. As reported by the office of the leader and the government of Chechnya, the ski resort will be an all-season one, and the ski routes will suit all categories of sports fans. Not all local residents support the idea of building a ski resort in Chechnya, claiming that the republic needs to recover its industrial potentials more.
21:00, 5 January 2012
Village of Nogkau gasified in South Ossetia
The works on gasification of the village of Nogkau, Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, are over. Houses of the village are already receiving natural gas.
20:00, 5 January 2012
Armenia to start judicial and legal reforms in 2012
As announced by Grair Tovmasyan, the Minister of Justice of Armenia, in 2012 the country will start a programme of judicial and legal reforms aimed at transforming the judicial system.
19:00, 5 January 2012
"Free Georgia" to challenge 2008 presidential election at European Court
The opposition party "Free Georgia" has decided to appeal to the European Court and the Council of Europe in order to appeal against the outcomes of presidential election held on January 5, 2008.
A picket organized in Vladikavkaz against pollution of the environment by the metallurgical factory "Electrozink". January 5, 2012. Photo by Khetag Khutinaev, http://tagaur. livejournal.com
18:00, 5 January 2012
North Ossetia: picketers against "Electrozink" factory promise to hold regular protests
The participants of the picket organized in Vladikavkaz by public organizations against pollution of the environment by the metallurgical factory "Electrozink" said that they would go on with their protests.
15:00, 5 January 2012
HRW: Georgia violates rights of detainees for alleged administrative offences
Many provisions of the Administrative Code of Georgia are legally untenable and violate human rights, says the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and encourages the Georgian authorities to amend the Code in order to guarantee the rights of detainees.
12:00, 5 January 2012
Political parties financed from state budget in Georgia are under a special monitoring
A new service of Supervision and auditing Chamber in Georgia created to monitor financing of political parties will pay special attention to the parties financed by the state, the management of the Camber reported.
11:00, 5 January 2012
The National plan of actions in the sphere of human rights in Azerbaijan caused conflicting estimations
The officials and human rights activists of Azerbaijan disagreed in their attitude towards the National plan of actions in the sphere of increase of effectiveness in protection of human rights and freedoms signed by President Ilham Aliev on the New Year’s eve.
10:00, 5 January 2012
Kabardino-Balkaria: 173 victims of armed confrontation in 2011
Over the period of 2011, no less than 173 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Kabardino-Balkaria, 129 of them were killed and 44 got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on the data from its staff correspondents and other open sources.
21:00, 4 January 2012
Georgian media managers set up NGO to protect the press
Today, the managers of some Georgian television, radio and printed media have issued a memorandum on cooperation with the aim to protect the interests of media in Georgia and agreed to establish the NGO entitled "Solidarity for Media Freedom".
20:00, 4 January 2012
Five football players amnestied in Georgia
Zviad Sichinava, President of the Football Federation of Georgia, has amnestied five footballers earlier disqualified for organizing "fixed" matches.
19:00, 4 January 2012
In Astrakhan Region, Jehovah's Witness claims threats from FSB
In the city of Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Region), investigators accuse Elena Grigorieva, 43, a member of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, of "inciting hatred or enmity." The believer herself denies the charges and complains about "threats and blackmail" from an FSB agent.
17:00, 4 January 2012
Dagestani police investigate disappearance of two locals on applications of their relatives
On January 3, two residents of Dagestan addressed the local police and reported disappearance of their relatives.
Maxim Shevchenko. Photo by the press-service of "Perviy Kanal" (The First Channel)
16:12, 4 January 2012
Shevchenko: both militants and power agents need adaptation in Dagestan
The main condition of a militant's adaptation is his refusal from armed struggle against the authorities, rather than from his views, while both militants and power agents need an adaptation mechanism, said journalist Maxim Shevchenko.
12:00, 4 January 2012
Participants of a mass scuffle in Rostov region are established
The police in Rostov region established the identity of the participants of a mass scuffle that took place in Novocherkassk in the evening of January, 2.
11:29, 4 January 2012
North Ossetia: 14 victims of armed conflict in 2011
In 2011, at least 14 persons fell victim of the armed conflict in North Ossetia, of whom 4 persons were killed and 10 more injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.
11:00, 4 January 2012
The servicemen’s mentality in Chechnya will be analyzed with the help of the computer
Since 2012 mental health of the people doing military service in Chechnya will be estimated with the help of the computer.
Photo by Kazbek Basaev, www.foreignpolicy.com
10:00, 4 January 2012
Karachay-Cherkessia: 34 victims of armed conflict in 2011
In 2011, at least 34 persons fell victim of armed conflict in Karachay-Cherkessia, of whom 22 persons were killed and 12 more injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on the data from its own correspondents and information from open sources.
Pilgrims in Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram), Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photo by Akhmed Magomedov for the Caucasian Cknot.
08:00, 4 January 2012
Preparation for hajj-2012 started in Dagestan
Reception of requests from the people who wish to make a hajj for free or on charitable quotas allotted by Foundation of Suleiman Kerimov, member of Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation, started in Dagestan since January, 1. Within the framework of this charitable program poor Moslems from different regions of Northern Caucasus annually go on a hajj.
23:00, 3 January 2012
Syrian Circassians again ask Russian authorities to accept them at their historical homeland
A new appeal from 76 Circassians living in Syria with a request to help them to move to their historical homeland has been sent to the leadership of Russia and authorities of Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.
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.