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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.
12:00, 16 January 2010
Human rights activists state violations of Chechnya residents' rights by GIBDD employees
Members of Chechen NGOs report violations of citizens' rights and facts of extortion by employees of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (known in Russia as "GIBDD"). They note that the problem is especially topical at the road police posts located in the administrative borders with Ossetia and Dagestan.
11:00, 16 January 2010
Azerbaijani embassy to Russia is dissatisfied with Zhirinovsky's statement on Karabakh
As reported by Elkhan Polukhov, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan, the embassy of Azerbaijan to Russia has sent a note of protest to Russia's MFA in the context of the statement made by the vice-speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky about possible recognition by Moscow of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.
10:00, 16 January 2010
Dudaev Street in Riga to be renamed this year
The street named in honour of Dzhokhar Dudaev in Riga will be renamed in 2010, said Nil Ushakov, Mayor of the Latvian capital. In his opinion, the street should bear a neutral name.
09:00, 16 January 2010
Dutch Internet edition sacks journalist for refusal to admit Armenians' genocide
The Dutch Internet edition named "De Dagelijksestandaard" has dismissed one of its journalists for denying the fact of the genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey and for his qualification of 1915 events as deportation.
23:30, 15 January 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses prepare complaint to Strasbourg against judicial bans in SFD
A suit to be lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the context of a breach of the Constitution of the Russian Federation as regards the freedom of worship. The pretext was the oppression of Jehovah's Witnesses by law enforcement bodies of the South federal District (SFD). This was stated by Gregory Martynov, press secretary of the administrative centre of this religious organization.
23:20, 15 January 2010
US and Norwegian embassies demand investigation of attack on their diplomats in Nakhichevan
On Thursday, January 14, the embassies of the USA and Norway in Baku made a joint statement in the context of the incident with their employees on January 12 in the village of Bananyar, Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan.
23:10, 15 January 2010
Intigam Aliev: the civil society of Azerbaijan should rely on its own forces
On January 14, the Coalition in Support of Civil Society in Azerbaijan held debates in the office of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) on the problems of NGOs. The debate points were in the problems of NGO registration and the latest changes in the legislation, enabling to restrain the activity of the civil society. According to Intigam Aliev, chairman of the Society of Legal Education, the civil society of Azerbaijan, actually deprived of any international support, should rely on its own forces.
Soviet armor in Baku in the morning of the 20th of January, 1990. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:00, 15 January 2010
Karabakh and Azerbaijani historians differently view Armenian pogroms in Baku in 1990
Armenian pogroms in Baku in January 1990 are among most convincing arguments of impossibility for Nagorno-Karabakh to be a part of Azerbaijan. This is stated in the comment of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh on the 20th anniversary of these events, which deserve, in the opinion of Irina Grigoryan, head of the Stepanakert Resource Centre, their official estimation. Azerbaijanis believe that Armenian pogroms in Baku were provoked by Soviet special agencies.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Dahadayev street blocked by law enforcement officers. January 13, 2010. Photo by Ruslan Alibekov/NewsTeam
22:00, 15 January 2010
Makhachkala residents are angry with power agents blocking central streets
Today, the centre of Makhachkala is again blocked by KamAZ trucks; traffic is absolutely blocked in the vicinity of the central square, which houses the buildings of the President's Administration and the Government of Dagestan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, FSB and the Supreme Court of the republic.
21:00, 15 January 2010
Figurants in the case of "Neva-Express" explosion in 2007 acquitted from charge of terrorism
Residents of Ingushetia Salambek Dzakhkiev and Maksharip Khidriev, accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, have been acquitted under the article of "terrorism". The court found them guilty of illegal circulation of explosives.
Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 15 January 2010
Yaraliev did not sign the appeal to Medvedev on candidate for Dagestan President
Imam Yaraliev, a candidate to the post of Mayor of Derbent, former public prosecutor of Dagestan and currently the head of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the letter with his signature disseminated by mass media and addressed to President Dmitri Medvedev, asking to support Saigidgusen Magomedov, head of the Department of the Federal Exchequer for Dagestan, to the post of the President of Dagestan was a provocation.
19:00, 15 January 2010
Election date of Ingush Ombudsman still unknown
Election of a new Ombudsman should take place soon in Ingushetia, but the date was not appointed. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Shamsudin Mogushkov, chair of the committee for legislation, law, order and security.
Rally in support of the prisoners detained on the territory of Georgia. Tskhinvali, January 15, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 15 January 2010
Tskhinvali residents call on Georgian authorities to stop capturing South-Ossetians
Today in Tskhinvali, hundreds rallied in the Theatre Square, where the government of South Ossetia organized a supporting event of the detainees illegally kept in the territory of Georgia. Detainees' parents, local MPs, members of the Public Chamber of South Ossetia, poets and journalists spoke addressing the world community trying to urge Georgian authorities to stop capturing citizens of South Ossetia.
21:00, 14 January 2010
Human rights defenders plan to hold action in memory of Markelov, despite refusal of Moscow Mayoralty
Today, the press service of the Mayor and Government of Russian capital has reported that the city authorities are ready to sanction a demonstration in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova assassinated a year ago, if the lodge an application according to the law.
20:22, 14 January 2010
In Dagestan, prosecutors study children's mass poisoning
Today in Dagestan, the kindergarten of the city of Kaspiisk, where children's mass poisoning happened yesterday, was closed for quarantine. The prosecutor's office has started investigating the circumstances of what happened.
20:00, 14 January 2010
Kadyrov does not want to be "boss for Caucasus" and reunite with Ingushetia
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that "never in his life" will he take responsibility for the whole Caucasus, and he will refuse if offered.
17:00, 14 January 2010
Soldier from Abkhazia seeks refuge in Georgia
Lekso Bzhaniya, 18, a soldier of the Abkhazian armed forces, left his military unit without permit and addressed for refuge to the government of Georgia. The young man said that he had been forced into the Abkhazian army and expressed his readiness to serve in Georgia.
16:00, 14 January 2010
Dagestan: followers of Turkish scholar interrogated
Today, Ziyavdin Dapaev, a resident of Makhachkala and a follower of Turkish religious scholar Said Nursi, whose writings under the general title "Risale-i-Nur" (Letters of Light) were judicially banned in Russia in 2007, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was summoned for interrogation to the FSB Department for Dagestan.
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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.