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Vladislav Surkov. Photo by www.molgvardia.ru
21:00, 19 January 2010
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US congressmen dislike having Surkov as co-chair of "Civil Society"
Some US congressmen have demanded from the administration of President Barack Obama not to take part in the work of the working group "Civil Society", set up last year under the top-level Russian-American Commission until the Kremlin replaces its Russian coordinator - first deputy of the administration of Russian President Vladislav Surkov.
20:00, 19 January 2010
Moscow authorities are ready to stop the march in memory of Markelov and Baburova
The authorities of Moscow have again warned about inadmissibility of the march in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova assassinated a year ago.
19:00, 19 January 2010
"Khasse": all villages of Kabardino-Balkaria should have their mountain pastures
The public organization "Khasse" sees the solution of the land problem in Kabardino-Balkaria in enforcement of the Federal Law No. 131 "On General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation". This was stated on January 16 by the leaders of the organizations "Khasse" Ibragim Yaganov and "Circassian Congress" Ruslan Keshev at a press conference in Nalchik.
Picket of Erevan community "Shengavit" next to the court of general jurisdiction house, during the trial concerning opposition activist, the "Armenian time" chief editor Nikolay Pashinyan. Erevan, October 21, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 19 January 2010
In Armenia, oppositional editor sentenced to 7 years in prison
Nikol Pashinyan, an activist of opposition and editor-in-chief of the newspaper named "Aikakan Zhamanak" (Armenian Time) was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. This decision of the general jurisdiction court of Yerevan communities Centre-Nork Marash was passed today.
23:50, 18 January 2010
Residents of Ingushetia were not informed about gas main accident
So far, the accident at the gas main in Ingushetia was not recognized to be a terror act; but if it will be, the result may be in growth of mistrust to the authorities, since the population is already criticizing the republic's leadership. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about by Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of the Ingush President; while in the opinion of Vakha Chapanov, head of the Ingush news agency "Maximum", the authorities have failed to properly inform the population about the accident.
Chechnya, Nozhai-Yurt. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
23:30, 18 January 2010
Chechnya: militia detains refugee returning from Austria
The MIA of Chechnya has disseminated the information that on January 16, in the high-mountainous Vedeno District, as a result of a special operation, a man of 32 was detained, who on the eve returned from Austria, where until recently he lived as a refugee. The detainee is accused of taking part in separatists' armed formations in 2001. Local human rights activists assert that the actions of power agents are illegal.
23:10, 18 January 2010
Evkurov: Ingushetia helps militants in return to peaceful life
As reported by President Yunus-Bek Evkurov at a meeting in the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in 2009 in Ingushetia 16 militants surrendered and returned to peaceful life.
23:00, 18 January 2010
President of Adygea names his republic quiet and investor-attractive
President of Adygea Aslan Tkhakushinov believes that his republic has good potentials for attracting investors. According to his story, Adygea was recognized by experts to be the quietest region of Northern Caucasus and went up by 27 positions in the rating of investment attractiveness.
22:20, 18 January 2010
Ambassador: Georgia has no claims to Ukraine for refusal to register observers
As announced by Grigol Katamadze, Georgia's ambassador to Ukraine, at a press conference in Kiev, the conflict in the context of the refusal of the Ukrainian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) to register election observers from Georgia will not grow into a diplomatic scandal.
The Palace of the Shirvanshahs in Inner City of Baku. Photo by the http://ru.wikipedia.org
22:00, 18 January 2010
Community of mosque "Fatmei Zakhra" prepares cassation complaint to Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
In Baku, the religious community of mosque "Fatmei Zakhra", located in the settlement of Eni Gyuneshli, Surakhan District, of the capital of Azerbaijan, is going to appeal against the decisions of lower judicial instances about demolition of the temple at the Supreme Court.
Sochi. December, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 18 January 2010
Dmitri Medvedev orders to be tough in supervising expenditures on Sochi Olympiad
Today, at the meeting with top managers of the Russian Federation Audit Chamber, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev demanded to be very tough in controlling the expenditures on building the Olympic objects in Sochi.
20:00, 18 January 2010
Examination proves involvement of "Neva-Express" train explosion figurants in two other terror acts
The persons who tried to derail the "Neva-Express" train in August 2007 had to do with at least two more explosions in Russia. These are the results of the examination held within the investigation of the criminal case about the terror act and presented in the verdict of the Novgorod Regional Court passed of the train explosion case.
19:00, 18 January 2010
Special agencies are in search of relatives of Aushev's widow
Russian special agencies are engaged in searching the four relatives of the widow of the assassinated Ingush oppositionist Maksharip Aushev, who disappeared in the end of last December in St Petersburg. However, so far, nothing is known about their whereabouts, a source in power agencies said.
18:00, 18 January 2010
Another criminal case initiated against Major Dymovskiy
As reported by Sergey Kucheruk, head of the GUVD (Interior Department) of the Krasnodar Territory, the second criminal case was opened against former Militia Major from Novorossisk Alexei Dymovskiy; this time, as he said, - under Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - forgery. Mr Kucheruk gave no details, but promised that more criminal cases will follow.
Homiletic activities of Jehovan's Witnesses. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
21:00, 16 January 2010
Human rights defenders urge Russia's authorities to stop oppressing Jehovah's Witnesses
Activists of civil society made a statement calling the Russian authorities to stop the practice of persecuting the religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses and other "non-title" religious communities in Russia and protect believers against illegal oppressions.
20:00, 16 January 2010
"Triple" from Belarus refuses to build biathlon complex in Sochi
The Belarusian Company "Triple" has given up its plans of building a biathlon complex in Sochi for Olympiad-2014. As reported by the "Gazprom" and "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee, the reason of demarche was Russia's refusal to grant export oil discounts to Belarus.
19:51, 16 January 2010
Vladikavkaz residents again demand to close "Electrozink"
Today in Vladikavkaz, members of the initiative group "Electrozink. What do we breathe in?" have held another picket with a demand to decommission the "Electrozink" metallurgy factory.
17:00, 16 January 2010
MC of Abkhazia refutes forcing Georgians to Abkhazian army
Vakhtang Tsugba, Military Commissar (MC) of Abkhazia, rejects statements about forced recruitment of young Georgian nationals to the Abkhazian army. This was stated by Mr Tsugba in the context of the information disseminated by Georgian sources that an Abkhazian soldier Lekso Bzhaniya asked for political asylum in Georgia complaining of his violent recruitment.
16:00, 16 January 2010
Russian Orthodox Church asks not to overblow scandal around slip of tongue on Karabakh
Hieromonk Phillip (Ryabykh), deputy head of the Department of Foreign Church Relations, believes that the reaction to his words, which caused misunderstanding in Azerbaijan about three temples of the Moscow Patriarchy working in Armenia, including one in Nagorno-Karabakh, is obviously "exaggerated".
S. Markelov at Siberian social forum in 2008. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
13:00, 16 January 2010
Moscow authorities sanction human rights activists' pickets in memory of Markelov and Baburova
On Friday, January 15, the Prefecture of the Central Administrative District of Moscow allowed human rights activists to hold two pickets on January 19, the first anniversary of murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.
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Ulvi Hasanli. Photo: https://abzas.info/ Ulvi Hasanli demanded that the Supreme Court overturn the verdict.

Armenian social media users debated the consequences of accepting refugees from Iran.

Tofig Yagublu fainted while on hunger strike in pretrial detention center

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.