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Residents of Syunik Region block road for opposition. Screenshot: https://news.am/rus/news/619487.html
22:35, 19 January 2021
In the Syunik Region, local residents came to a protest action. They believe that the opposition and, in particular, Vazgen Manukyan, are responsible for the current situation in Armenia.
Mine clearing in Nagorno-Karabakh, November 2020. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1yzjclz4lU&feature=youtu.be
22:19, 19 January 2021
Rescuers of the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) were taken to the Kapan hospital after they had been blown up by a mine near the town of Megri.
Medical oxygen mask. Photo: James Heilman, MD - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кислородное_оборудование
17:42, 19 January 2021
The authorities of South Ossetia should supply hospitals with oxygen stations for treatment of coronavirus-infected patients in order to avoid a shortage of oxygen when the Transcaucasian highway is closed, Instagram users note.
Nail Gilmanov, author of the idea to create the Centre for the Study of Languages of the Peoples of Russia. Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the Caucasian Knot
17:28, 19 January 2021
The study of native languages in Moscow schools is being hampered by the lack of teachers and the specifics of the school group formation, members of the Moscow ethnic communities say. The activists proposed Mayor Sergey Sobyanin to organize distance learning in native languages and create a Centre for the Study of Languages of the Peoples of Russia.
A house in the centre of Kalbajar, January 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:42, 19 January 2021
During the search works conducted in the Karabakh conflict zone, remains of a resident of Gadrut and seven Armenian soldiers were found, the State Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh return from Yerevan to Stepanakert, January 2021. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:26, 19 January 2021
Peacemakers have escorted another group of refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert. A total of 50,002 people have already returned to their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
10:33, 19 January 2021
In the conditions of a garbage collapse, the Makhachkala communal services have to load the garbage manually or with the help of tractors and take it out in ordinary trucks, since they have no specialized machinery, the "Makhachkala-1" municipal institution has explained. Both performers and officials are to blame for the garbage collapse, local residents assert.
10:31, 19 January 2021
Archil Parsalashvili, a resident of the village of Kurskaya, Stavropol Territory, who was beaten last December by law enforcers, has been discharged from hospital; however, as stated by his father Nikolai, he will not be able to fully recover his health.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Kurban Askandarov, Alexei Navalny (from left to right). Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot of the video by ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpPttYlfz3s&feature=youtu.be
08:15, 19 January 2021
On the eve of Alexei Navalny's return to Russia, Kurban Askandarov, a popular Dagestani blogger, had criticized Alexei, to which Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a well-known Chechen blogger, has treated in his new video this fact as an example of deliberate discrediting of Navalny in the Caucasus.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh handed a letter over to the representative of the Russian peacemaking contingent. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/100006477026027/videos/3398124473746753/
08:09, 19 January 2021
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh should be able to drive to Armenia through the Azerbaijan-controlled territory, not only along the Lachin Corridor, protesters have claimed.
Names of the dead soldiers announced by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. Screenshot: https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/529dc1208d8d99ad06e046a0392ba41c.pdf
23:33, 18 January 2021
According to the list of the deceased soldiers and officers released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), 2855 military men killed during the combat actions for Nagorno-Karabakh in the autumn of 2020 were buried. Other fifty military personnel are declared to be missed in action.
A man holds a poster with the words "For Navalny!"; people standing near the police station where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being held. Moscow, January 18, 2021. Photo: REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov
23:18, 18 January 2021
Today, the Khimki City Court has arrested oppositionist Alexei Navalny until February 15, his press secretary and advocate report.
Kumyk activist Bektemir Salikhov holds a solo picket at the Makhachkala Administration demanding a meeting with the acting head of Dagestan, January 18, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
22:44, 18 January 2021
Today, Bektemir Salikhov, a member of the Alburikent village community, has come to a picket in the centre of Makhachkala.
Alexei Navalny at the Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, January 17, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Polina Ivanova
18:23, 18 January 2021
The detention under a far-fetched pretext of Alexei Navalny, who was not hiding from anyone, is a political reprisal, and the authorities must immediately release the oppositionist, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh return from Yerevan to Stepanakert, January 16, 2021. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
18:05, 18 January 2021
More 189 refugees arrived in Stepanakert from Yerevan, being accompanied by Russian peacekeepers. In total, 49,827 people returned to their homes after the end of the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
16:55, 18 January 2021
Return of refugees, post-war victims, new agreement on the Karabakh conflict, and the human rights defenders' demand to investigate war crimes; coronavirus infection spread statistics in Caucasus; verdict in a case on attempted murder of a Chechen blogger in Sweden, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 11-17, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Meeting room of the Armenian Parliament. Photo: Paudukh - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:National_Assembly_of_Armenia
13:28, 18 January 2021
Today, the MPs from the "My Step" faction have opposed the discussion of the opposition's initiative, which criticizes the ceasefire agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani flag next to the Khudaferin bridge in the vicinity of Jabrayil. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:08, 18 January 2021
During the last 24 hours, remains of three military servicemen were found in the Karabakh conflict zone; thus, the total number of found bodies has reached 1238, the Karabakh rescuers have informed today.
Special service agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-kaluzhskoy-oblasti-4.html
11:39, 18 January 2021
During the week of January 11-17, 2021, no casualties or victims were recorded during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Alexei Navalny. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eBY-49Xs2g
11:21, 18 January 2021
Russian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, who was detained minutes after he arrived at the Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport from Berlin, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated, declaring Navalny a prisoner of conscience.
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.