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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.
22:00, 3 January 2012
In the week from December 26 to January 1, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took six human lives
At least six persons were lost and four more wounded over the past week, that is, from December 26 to January 1, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
"Russkiy Les" near the city of Stavropol. April, 2011. Photo by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Stavropol region.
21:00, 3 January 2012
Stavropol: officials of local "MinPrirody" fight against construction of villas in state reserve "Russkiy Les"
The Stavropol Regional Court is considering a number of complaints lodged by Yuri Gridnev, the head of the local "MinPrirody" (Ministry of Natural Resources), against alienation of land plots in the territory of the state reserve "Russkiy Les" (Russian Forest), located near the city of Stavropol in the vicinity of the village of Grushevoy.
20:00, 3 January 2012
Residents of Khasavyurt help to prevent terror act
In Dagestan, sappers have neutralized a bomb planted in the city industrial zone of Khasavyurt. The information about an improvised explosive device (IED) came to the police from local residents.
19:00, 3 January 2012
Chechnya commemorates Kunta-Haji Kishiev
Today, residents of Chechnya commemorate Kunta-Haji Kishiev, one of the most famous and respected saints. In Chechen mosques religious leaders are reading the Koran and perform rituals of mavlid and dhikr. All large dwelling settlements hold the rites of oblation with distribution of sacrificial meat among poor families, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Parliament of Georgia in Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, 2006. Photo by I. Kober, wikipedia.org
17:00, 3 January 2012
In Georgia, parties who nominate women as candidates for deputies to receive extra funding
In Georgia, the political parties, which have overcome the electoral threshold and which have put at least two women on their party lists of ten candidates, will receive additional funding from the state budget in the amount of 10 percent. The relevant amendments were made in late December last year in the Law "On Political Associations of Citizens".
15:00, 3 January 2012
Georgian MFA to seek the return OSCE observers
The restoration of the mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the conflict zones with South Ossetia and Abkhazia is the top priority for the Georgian Government and the OSCE, said Sergi Kapanadze, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
13:00, 3 January 2012
A person perished and two more got wounded in a mass scuffle in Rostov region
A resident of Novocherkassk perished as a result of a mass scuffle that took place on January, 2. Two more people were taken to hospital.
Borrow pit on Psou river in the National park of Sochi. Photo by Suren Gazaryan, gazaryan-suren.livejournal.com
12:00, 3 January 2012
Prosecutor General’s acknowledged illegality of barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi
Prosecutor General’s of the Russian Federation revealed violations in barrow excavation in the National park of Sochi after it carried out an inspection in reply to the ecologists’ reports of numerous violations of nature conservation legislation in this conservation zone.
10:00, 3 January 2012
The court in Dagestan re-established a widow of a participant of the War on the dwelling waiting list
Public Prosecutor’s office in the Republic of Dagestan re-established the dwelling rights of Aminat Omarova, one-hundred-years-old widow of a participant of the Great Patriotic War, by means of trial.
09:00, 3 January 2012
Rostov regional court refused to release journalist Tolmachev
Regional court of Rostov-on-Don left Alexander Tolmachev, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper “Upolnomochen Zaiuvit” and journal “Pro Rostov”, in custody.
23:00, 2 January 2012
Sochi: rights defender Basmanov released from custody
Today in Sochi, a human rights activist Sergey Basmanov has been set free after his 10-day arrest for disobeying the police.
22:00, 2 January 2012
Passengers of the bus crashed in Kabardino-Balkaria sent home
The passengers of the bus, which overturned in a traffic accident in the Cherek District of Kabardino-Balkaria, have been sent home – to the Stavropol Territory.
21:00, 2 January 2012
Organizers of march in capital of North Ossetia sentenced to 10 and 5 days in jail
The Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz has convicted two detained participants of the unauthorized march in the capital of North Ossetia on December 30, 2011.
Solar panels. Gobustan, Azerbaijan. Photo by Khazar, www.panoramio.com
20:00, 2 January 2012
Aliev orders to increase the share of renewable energy in Azerbaijan's consumption
Within six months to come, Azerbaijan should draft its strategy for using renewable sources of energy for 2012-2020, which would allow bringing the share of renewable sources up to 20 percent in total country's energy consumption. This order was signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev.
Jehovah's Witnesses at their religious meeting. Photo by Michael Brandy, www.deseretnews.com
19:00, 2 January 2012
Jehovah's Witnesses report nearly 400 facts of harassment of their members in Russia in 2011
In 2011, the Russian Federation saw 397 instances of oppression against members of the international religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by believers themselves, who state increased pressure on them. Officials from law enforcement bodies claim that they are acting in accordance with the law.
16:12, 2 January 2012
A bus with tourists overturned in Kabardino-Balkaria
Today a bus of a tourist company overturned in Cherkessk district of Kabardino-Balkaria. One person perished, seven more got wounded.
13:00, 2 January 2012
Pirosmani's painting "Organ-Grinder" returned to Georgia
Law enforcement bodies of Georgia have returned a painting by Niko Pirosmani, a famous primitivist painter, back to the country. The painting "Organ-Grinder", which had been illegally taken out of Georgia a few years ago, was offered for sale in a foreign country in the "black market".
Mini-buses, popular public transport in Chechnya. Grozny, Minutka Square, September 2010. Photo: http://antinormanist.livejournal.com
11:00, 2 January 2012
The cost of municipal transport went up in Chechnya
Prices on public transport went up in Chechen Republic since January, 1. The residents of Grozny have to pay ten rubles ($0,3) for the ticket instead of the prior sum of seven rubles. Local residents are malcontent with the growth of the prices. Representatives of the Ministry of Transport say this is a coercive measure.
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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.