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23:00, 19 January 2011
Head of Krasnoarmeiskiy District of Volgograd is suspected of abuse of power
As reported by the Investigatory Department (ID) for the Volgograd Region of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation, a criminal case was initiated against Alexander Gorbunov, head of the administration of the Krasnoarmeiskiy District of Volgograd, and his deputy Roman Karatanov, suspected of abuse of office.
In the territory of the monument of nature "Upstream of Pshekha and Pshekhashkha Rivers", April 10, 2008. Courtesy of the "NABU-Kavkaz" Nature-Protection Centre
22:40, 19 January 2011
Head of Forestry Administration of Adygea finds Khatukai's accusation of negligence erroneous
Rashid Belmekhov, head of the Forestry Administration of Adygea, has treated the accusation of negligence moved against Madzhit Khatukai, head of the Maikop Forestry, as undeserved attitude and a mistake.
22:30, 19 January 2011
Trial on the case "Krasnenkov vs. Memorial" postponed on claimant's request
The court session on the lawsuit of the representative of the head of Chechnya Andrei Krasnenkov against the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" on protection of his business reputation, to be held today at the Tver Court of Moscow, did not take place. Mr Krasnenkov asked to postpone the trial.
Temporary Accommodation Centre (TAC) for displaced persons in Grozny, 2003. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:10, 19 January 2011
Residents evicted from hostel in Grozny have no city registration, authorities assert
The inhabitants of the hostel, located in Mayakovsky Settlement, Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny, who are registered in different parts of the republic, did not want to go to the places of their residence, despite all the conditions in place for their return, the city officials assert.
21:00, 19 January 2011
Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office starts inquiry into threats against journalist
The Office has initiated criminal cases on insults and death threats to Natalia Shelimova, correspondent of the newspaper "Nashe Vremya" (Our Time).
20:00, 19 January 2011
More than 20 persons detained at rally in memory of Markelov and Baburova in Moscow
In the course of the rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova assassinated two years ago 21 persons were detained.
19:00, 19 January 2011
Picket in memory of Markelov and Baburova in St Petersburg was 200 persons strong
About 200 persons came to commemorate lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, assassinated two years ago in St Petersburg.
18:00, 19 January 2011
Court in Ulan-Ude fines journalists accused of inciting hatred against power agents
On January 19, the Soviet District Court of the city of Ulan-Ude (Buryatia) found Tatiana Stetsura and Nadezhda Nizovkina guilty of inciting hatred and enmity to militaries and employees of law enforcement bodies and fined each of them by 100,000 roubles.
23:30, 18 January 2011
Drivers of public transport in Chechnya are banned to smoke at driving
The Ministry of Transports and Communications of the Chechen Republic has introduced a ban on smoking during driving for drivers of regular buses and fixed-route taxis. Violators will face dismissal. This innovation, according to the ministry, should reduce the risk of traffic accidents.
23:10, 18 January 2011
In Armenia, unidentified persons burn down car of editor-in-chief of "Lori" TV Company
In the Lori Region of Armenia unidentified persons set the car belonging to Narine Avetisyan, editor-in-chief of the "Lori" TV Company, on fire. The Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly treats this fact as another attack on the journalist.
23:00, 18 January 2011
Eviction of hostel residents suspended in Grozny
After human rights activists have spread information about forced eviction by power agents of residents from the hostel in Mayakovsky Street in Grozny, the process was suspended; however, several residents have not got their keys back.
22:20, 18 January 2011
Two persons kidnapped in Grozny
As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies, in the Oktiabrskiy District of Grozny, a group of armed men in camouflage captured and taken away two men.
Egle Kusaite at the Vilnius Regional Court, January 2011. Photo: Rita Geciunaite, www.alfa.lt
22:10, 18 January 2011
Thomas Chivas: Lithuanian special services used Kusaite as bait for Muslims
The special service VSD (Lithuanian State Security Police) dealt with Egle Kusaite, starting several years before her arrest, as a sort of "bait" to find out the intentions of Muslims in the country. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by the Lithuanian journalist Thomas Chivas, who is covering Egle Kusaite's case and attending court sessions in Vilnius.
22:00, 18 January 2011
Rostov Region: water supply employee is accused of negligence resulting in poisonings
Vladimir Finenko, head of the water supply shop at the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "Vodokanal" of the city of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, for whose fault, according to investigators, 96 citizens got poisoned with drinking water, will face trial. The criminal case against him was sent to the Semikarakorsk District Court for consideration on the merits.
21:00, 18 January 2011
Rostov oppositionist fined for holding an unauthorized rally
Vladislav Ryazantsev, coordinator of the Rostov branch of the movement "Left-Wing Front" was fined by one thousand roubles for holding an unauthorized rally. The opposition leader plans to challenge the ruling.
20:00, 18 January 2011
"Caucasian Knot" correspondent was not admitted to meeting with Khloponin in Stavropol
Elena Khrustalyova, a special correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", who had been invited to the meeting with Alexander Khloponin, Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District), and was sent for this purpose from Moscow to Stavropol, was not allowed to be present at the event.
19:00, 18 January 2011
Tatiana Stetsura deprived of lawyer's status
Tatiana Stetsura, who is accused, together with journalist Natalia Nizovkina, of extremism in connection with their article about deportation of Chechens and Ingushes, has been deprived of the status of layer for non-participation in any advocates' formation and non-payment of fees to the Bar Association of Buryatia.
18:00, 18 January 2011
In Dagestan, inspectors stop TV journalist's execution case
As stated by Nizam Radjabov, a spokesman from Dagestani investigatory bodies, the criminal investigation into the shooting on September 2, 2008, in Makhachkala of a journalist Abdullah (Telman) Alishaev, editor-in-chief of "Makhachkala-TV", was stopped because of the death of Vadim Butdaev who committed this crime. Vadim's sister, in her turn, believes that her brother was not involved in the murder.
23:00, 17 January 2011
Soldier dies in Chechnya at neutralizing self-made bomb
One serviceman was killed and another one was wounded at explosion of a self-made bomb on January 16 near the village of Kharsenoi in Chechnya, a source from law enforcement bodies said today.
22:40, 17 January 2011
After mass brawl in Zimovniki, Rostov Region, district militia boss sacked
After a mass fight that burst out on December 18, 2010, in Zimovniki, a district centre of the Rostov Region, and the events that followed, the regional GUVD (Chief Interior Department) replaced the head of the local ROVD (District Interior Division) and sent additional forces there. This was stated on January 14 by the GUVD head Alexei Lapin, who answered the question of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the situation in the region.
News
An Ingushetia resident has been accused of organizing the financing of militants.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Yakub Belkhoroev. Video frame from the ingushetiya tv channel https://youtu.be/mr8TUmtIFVM The defense declined to appeal Belkhoroev's sentence.

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.