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08:32, 3 January 2020
Austrian law enforcers suspect Chechen natives of benefits fraud
Two couples from Chechnya have illegally received 280,000 euros of benefits, the Austrian police have stated.
Central square of Makhachkala after reconstruction. Photo: press service of the City Administration, https://www.mkala.ru
08:21, 3 January 2020
Makhachkala residents ridicule reconstruction of central square for 350 million
The funds donated to Makhachkala by the Mayor of Moscow have been spent inefficiently, local residents, who have criticized the quality of the work done, assert.
Celebration of the New Year in Grozny. Screenshot from video posted by IA 'Grozny-Inform'
08:10, 3 January 2020
Residents of Chechnya tell about forced attendance of mass New Year welcoming
Over 120,000 people gathered in central Grozny on the New Year's Eve, the Chechen authorities have reported. Employees of budgetary organizations had to participate in festivities under the threat of layoffs, Grozny residents have told.
Grozny, Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
19:26, 2 January 2020
Grozny residents report anti-alcohol raids by law enforcers
On the eve of New Year, in the capital of Chechnya, law enforcers visited houses of city residents and warned them of responsibility for drinking alcoholic beverages on the New Year's Eve, residents of Grozny reported.
A young man dancing lezginka on the road. Screenshot from Murad Khatiev's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzJpO0Kk60
16:12, 2 January 2020
Four residents of Dagestan face fines for dancing lezginka on roadway
Internet users argue about the behaviour of four residents of the Kayakent District, accused of administrative offence after they had danced lezginka in the middle of the roadway in Derbent. The young people face administrative penalties for violating parking rules.
Chechen conscripts. Photo: press service of the Parliament of Chechnya, http://www.parlamentchr.ru/press-centre/fotoreportazhi/2679-500-prizyvnikov-iz-chechni-otpravilis-na-sluzhbu-v-ryady-vs-rossii
15:46, 2 January 2020
Popularity of army service highlights social inequality in Chechnya
Modern Chechen young people perceives the Russian army not as a participant of the military campaigns in the republic, but as a chance to avoid the fate of unemployed people by gaining the right to serve at the law enforcement bodies, explain experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Malkhaz Machalikashvili (centre), father of Temirlan Machalikashvili. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
13:39, 2 January 2020
Machalikashvili announces re-collection of signatures for inquiry into his son's murder
After the authorities removed his tent set up near the Georgian parliament, Malkhaz Machalikashvili has informed about disappearance of 22,000 signatures gathered in support of the parliamentary investigation into the death of his son. Machalikashvili has announced a new campaign, saying that he needs some 12,000 signatures more.
Screenshot from CCTV camera records at the DPS post in Magas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIU4lYnQGk
13:25, 2 January 2020
Alleged Magas attacker regains consciousness
Akhmed Imagozhev, who was hospitalized after the attack on the road-and-patrol service (DPS) post in Magas, whom law enforcers treat as one of the attackers, has come to senses and started talking; investigators are working with him. The resources that are tracing the activities of the "Islamic State"* have reported that the IS* had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Screenshot from video coverage of the action in support of Robert Kocharyan, January 1, 2019. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=609425026534159
13:10, 2 January 2020
Kocharyan's supporters hold New Year protest action at SIZO
Dozens of activists with posters in support of Robert Kocharyan gathered at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the second president of Armenia is kept, and congratulated him and Armen Tavadyan, the owner of 5TV Channel on the New Year.
Mikail Miziev and Akhmed Imagozhev, alleged attackers on road-and-patrol post in Magas, December 31, 2019.
08:26, 2 January 2020
Facebook users disbelieve official version of attack on DPS post in Magas
The photo depicting the alleged participants of the New Year's attack on the post near Magas of the road-and-patrol service (DPS) post with their knives at the background of the flag of the "Islamic State" (IS*, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court) is a fake, some Facebook users assert. The attackers had been recruited by law enforcers themselves, other social network commentators have suggested.
Aftermath of the assault on Grozny. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
08:16, 2 January 2020
Eyewitnesses of "New Year assault" tell about tragedy of Russian Grozny residents
In December 1994, many Russian citizens, who could not evacuate from the city to their relatives, fell victims to the assault of Grozny, eyewitnesses of the events of 25 years ago assert.
Supporters of Abdulmumin Gadjiev at the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala, December 31, 2018. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
08:04, 2 January 2020
Abdulmumin Gadjiev treats FSB letter as pressure on court
The Dagestan journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, has treated the arguments of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) in favour of his arrest extension as an attempt to influence the investigators' position.
Entrance to the Georgian Ministry of Refugees with banners of protesters. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
07:51, 2 January 2020
Protesters stay inside building of Georgian Ministry for Refugees for New Year holidays
Two forced migrants from Abkhazia, who demand to provide them with housing, stay for the second day in the locked building of the Ministry for Refugees, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. The protesters said they had no money to celebrate the New Year.
Screenshot from CCTV camera records at the DPS post in Magas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIU4lYnQGk
17:51, 1 January 2020
Searches conducted in Nazran and Magas after attack on DPS post
Law enforcers have searched the homes of the two suspects of attacking policemen in Ingushetia, as well as the Cultural Heritage Centre in Magas, where, according to law enforcers, one of the attackers had worked, sources have informed.
Lesson in one of Kabardino-Balkarian schools. Photo: School of literate consumer, http://xn--c1adpoeect8c.xn--p1ai/?p=4010
16:21, 1 January 2020
Data collection on pupils' beliefs triggers claims to KBR officials
The interest of the antiterrorist commission of the Elbrus District in the schoolchildren, who refuse to celebrate the New Year because of their religious beliefs is inappropriate in a secular state, lawyers have noted.
Blogger Mekhman Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
15:56, 1 January 2020
Azerbaijan: after elections, independent candidates face fraud and slander accusations
The independent candidates, who have claimed violations after municipal elections in Azerbaijan, now face accusations themselves. The blogger, Mekhman Guseinov, was accused of falsifying the vote; and Rabiya Mamedova, an activist, was charged with defamation.
14:07, 1 January 2020
Sources name Magas attackers
During the attack on policemen in Magas, Mikail Miziev was killed, whose relative committed a similar attack on policemen officers in Ingushetia in 2017, a source said. The second Magas attacker has been identified as Akhmed Imagozhev, a master of sports in arm wrestling.
Malkhaz Machalikashvili. Screenshot from 'Kavkaz.Realii' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv5tQwBZMwc
13:49, 1 January 2020
Machalikashvili urges to abandon entertainments at parliament building
The father of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation in Pankisi, said that he would again set up a tent near the Georgian parliament, where the Mayoralty has already installed attractions.
Screenshot from CCTV records at the DPS post in Magas. Photo: screenshot from video 'Magas, attack on the DPS post', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIU4lYnQGk
13:34, 1 January 2020
Attack on policemen was this year's third armed incident in Ingushetia
According to the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", the attack on the road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) post, located at the entrance to the city of Magas, the Ingush capital, committed on the eve of the New Year, was the first such incident since November 2017.
Shakhla Gumbatova. Screenshot from Meydan TV, https://d9mc3ts4czbpr.cloudfront.net/az
02:24, 1 January 2020
Rights defenders call on to restore powers of Azerbaijani advocate Shakhla Gumbatova
The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned the suspension from work of Shakhla Gumbatova, a well-known Azerbaijani advocate. In its joint appeal with four international human rights organizations, the IBAHRI called on the Bar Association of Azerbaijan to restore the Shakhla Gumbatova's powers.
News
Protesters in Karachayevsk. Screenshot from Rashid Temrezov's Telegram channel. On the day of the revival of the Karachay people, Karachays recalled the consequences of deportation.

Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia celebrate People's Revival Day

Security forces in Karachay-Cherkessia are detaining members of a gay dating group en masse.

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.