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18:00, 6 January 2012
Orthodox Christians of Russian and Georgian Local Churches celebrate Christmas Eve
Today, the Orthodox believers mark the Christmas Eve, the eve of one of the main church holidays – the Christmas. The Christmas Eve is celebrated by believers of four Local Churches of the world – Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem and Serbian ones.
17:00, 6 January 2012
Resident of Chechnya detained on suspicion of bride abduction
On January 5, in the Sunzha District of Chechnya, the police detained a young man, who had abducted a girl with the aim to marry her, the local MIA reports.
13:00, 6 January 2012
Believers celebrate Christmas and Baptism in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
Today, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas together with Baptism under the united name of Epiphany.
11:00, 6 January 2012
A residential neighbourhood “Artstakh” put into operation in Nagorno-Karabakh
A residential neighbourhood “Artstakh” where families of the victims of Karabakh military conflict, servicemen of the Defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh and full orphans received flats was put into operation in Stepanakert.
10:00, 6 January 2012
Conditions of serving administrative penalty improved in Georgia
Head of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia Vano Merabishvili signed an enactment which improves the conditions of serving administrative penalty and extends the convicts’ rights. The enactment came into effect since the beginning of the year.
06:00, 6 January 2012
A landslip happened in Sochi
A severe landslip happened at about 22:00, January, 5, near the Winter Theatre of Sochi. Buildings and landscaped areas were damaged.
23:00, 5 January 2012
French Senate to vote on the bill criminalizing denial of genocide in late January
The French government has decided to submit the bill, which assumes criminal punishment for denial of Armenian genocide, to the Senate in the end of January, said Patrick Olier, the French Minister for Relations with the Parliament.
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.
News
A serviceman in Nalchik was convicted of two counts of evading military service.

Khasan Tumgoev. Photo screenshot: https://t.me/MAKalimatovvv/12021. A lieutenant colonel from Ingushetia was killed in the SVO zone.

Three Ingushetia residents have been convicted of aiding militants.

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.