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23:10, 6 January 2011
In Chechnya, militia officer and local resident are accused of large-scale fraud
An unemployed resident of the Naur District of Chechnya and a militia officer, who served as an on duty officer of the temporary detention facility (known as "IVS") of the local ROVD (District Interior Division) are suspected of a large-scale fraud with the so-called "combat" payments, which amounted to 900,000 roubles. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the republic's law enforcement agencies that a criminal case was initiated against them.
Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Courtesy of the HRC for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 6 January 2011
Resonant cases and trials of 2010
The past 2010 was marked by many resonant trials, where natives of Southern Russia and the Caucasus were figurants; a full stop was put in many of them. Some of these trials were held abroad and acquired great public resonance because notable political figures were involved. Most often it concerned one of the regions of Russia - the Chechen Republic, which is still under close scrutiny of human rights defenders. Also, last year was marked by passing final decision on cases of Moscow-based groupings, which had been killing people of non-Slavic nationalities, by trials started in Northern Caucasus on murders of prominent people, as well as by further consideration in Kabardino-Balkaria case of the case dealing with attack on Nalchik in 2005.
23:00, 6 January 2011
Azerbaijan: Russian officer shot dead at Gabala Radar Station
As reported by the Police Division of the Gabala District, a Russian office - Major Sergey Grachov, 47, an employee of the Gabala Radar Station, was killed.
22:00, 6 January 2011
"Siberia" Airlines to fly to Georgia till end of March
The Russia's "Siberia" Airlines were granted a permit from the "Rosaviatsiya" (Federal Air Transportation Agency) to go on with Moscow-Tbilisi direct charter flights till the end of March 2011. This was announced on January 5 by Paata Kamarauli, the Airlines' representative in Georgia.
21:00, 6 January 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh denied involvement of its servicemen in injuring Azerbaijani soldier
As reported by Senor Asratyan, press secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh, the information of their Azerbaijani counterpart that the Karabakh armed forces had broken the ceasefire and wounded an Azerbaijani soldier is not true.
Emin Fatullaev. Photo by www.radioazadlyg.org
20:00, 6 January 2011
Azerbaijani journalist Fatullaev receives no compensation yet defined by ECtHR
So far, the Azerbaijani authorities have not paid the compensation of 25,000 euros awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to imprisoned journalist Einullah Fatullaev. Despite cancellation of the journalist's two previous 2007 convictions, the demand of the ECtHR to release him from custody is still ignored; the journalist remains in jail on new charges, which he finds fabricated.
19:00, 6 January 2011
Chechen members of the top brass are aware of participation of Suiunova detained in Volgograd in armed underground
Enforcement agencies of Chechnya have no information of Zeinat Suiunova, native of the republic, detained on January, 5, in Volgograd for suspicion of involvement in preparing an act of terror in Moscow.
18:00, 6 January 2011
Director of a technical secondary school in Krasnodar region suspected of damnification to the institution to a sum of 13 million rubles
Vitaly Gordeev, Director of Federal state educational institution of secondary professional education "Agricultural technical secondary school of Anapa", is suspected of abuse of authority and damnification to the school to a sum of over 13 million rubles.
23:10, 5 January 2011
Deputy head of "Rustavgaz" detained in Georgia
The Investigatory Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has detained four persons, including Rostom Tsertsvadze, deputy director general of the "Rustavgaz" Company, on suspicion of concealment of a large amount of taxes.
23:00, 5 January 2011
Medvedev: Sochi shall become world-class resort
Four out of 14 sporting objects built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi will be moved to other cities, two will be re-profiled and eight will retain their functionality and, along with new transportation and engineering facilities, are intended to transform Sochi into a world-class resort.
22:30, 5 January 2011
Families of seamen captured by Somalia pirates demand meeting with Saakashvili
Relatives of Georgian seamen who stay in captivity of Somalia pirates demand a meeting with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
22:20, 5 January 2011
Power Unit No. 2 of Rostov NPP added to the grid
After elimination of the reasons that triggered the electric protection circuit on January 4, today the Power Unit No. 2 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant was switched on and added to the energy grid.
22:10, 5 January 2011
Remains of archaeologist who disappeared in the mountains found in Abkhazia
In a forest in the upper section of the Kelasur River, a local resident found the remains of archaeologist Gennady Ognev, 61, who disappeared last March.
Ropeway on Cheget Mount, Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo by www.balkaria.com
22:00, 5 January 2011
Winter resorts of Kabardino-Balkaria are full of tourists
This year, during the New Year holidays, the region near the Elbrus Mount - the main winter resort of Kabardino-Balkaria - has already been visited by more than seven thousand tourists.
21:00, 5 January 2011
Leader of Khasavyurt militants liquidated in Dagestan, NAC reports
Amir of Khasavyurt Ruslan Makavov was among those militants liquidated today during a special operation in the city of Khasavyurt. This was reported by the spokesman of the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia.
Portraits of Zarema Sadulayeva and Alik Dzhabrailov at the picket in their memory in Moscow, August 13, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 5 January 2011
Investigation into murders of Sadulayeva and Dzhabrailov is fruitless, rights defenders assert
During the elapsed 18 months, the inquiry into the murders of the employees of the humanitarian organization "Let's Save the Generation" Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov "has not left its starting point." This was stated by Adlan Mukhamedov, the current head of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation".
19:00, 5 January 2011
NGO "Fund of People Willing to Return to Abkhazia" is functioning in Georgia
A non-governmental organization "Fund of People Willing to Return to Abkhazia" started working in Georgia, its task is to "come to terms and establish communication with the Abkhazians".
18:00, 5 January 2011
A kidnapped resident of Ingushetia Hamkhoev refuses hospitalization
In spite of traumas and fractures Adam Hamkhoev, resident of Ingushetia who returned home after he was kidnapped, refuses treatment in hospital. Hamkhoev is at home now because he does not rule out a new kidnapping.
23:40, 4 January 2011
"Dagestani Airlines" promise to upgrade fleet in 2011
In 2011, the "Dagestani Airlines" Company plans to upgrade the fleet of aircrafts by replacing its obsolete Tu-154 aircrafts for modern models, said Deputy Director General Gadjikhan Keramaliev.
23:30, 4 January 2011
Lithuania will try to strengthen OSCE's role in settling Transcaucasian conflicts
Lithuania, which will chair the OSCE in 2011, plans to revive the solution process of frozen conflicts, including those in Transcaucasia, said Audronius Ažubalis, Foreign Minister of Lithuania.
News
UAV. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. 23 drones were shot down in five regions of the Southern Federal District.

40 drones were shot down in four regions of the Southern Federal District.

A soldier from the Astrakhan region was killed during a military operation.

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.