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Handcuffs. Photo Sputnik / Vitaly Belousov https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20190125/1026410487/Sgb-Abkhazii-zaderzhala-grazhdanina-Gruzii-po-podozreniyu-v-shpionazhe.html
17:49, 26 January 2019
Georgian citizen arrested in Abkhazia on suspicion of espionage
Gia Parulava, suspected of espionage, has been arrested for two months. During a search, a grenade, ammunition and an electric detonator were found on him, the State Security Service (SSS) of Abkhazia has reported.
An abandoned construction site of the school in the Terechnoye village. 2018. Photo courtesy of Magomed Razakov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:41, 26 January 2019
Officials intervene in the construction of school in Dagestani village
The Russian presidential administration has promised to monitor the construction of a new school, which residents of the Terechnoye village in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan had been waiting for six years. The works will start in February, the contractor has assured.
Kezenoy-Am Lake on the border of the Vedeno District of the Chechen Republic and the Botlikh District of Dagestan. Photo: Ras.sham https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кезенойам
17:32, 26 January 2019
Kadyrov orders to draw a map of border with Dagestan
The head of Chechnya has instructed the heads of the five districts bordering on Dagestan to prepare detailed maps of the border areas within two weeks.
Kizlyar. Photo by M. Aliev http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=65&com=photogallery
11:46, 26 January 2019
Chechen practice of public apologies finds response in Dagestan
By its support for public punishment of the teens, who have confessed to committing vandalism in the Kizlyar City Park, the society of Dagestan has shown the adherence to the Chechen practice of public apologies. The republic has a demand for public condemnation of the offenders, journalists believe.
11:43, 26 January 2019
Georgian political analysts see signal to Russia in NATO exercises
The large-scale NATO and Georgia exercises are intended to show the cohesion of the countries of the Alliance in the face of a potential threat from Russia. Moscow's steps in response should be expected, the Georgian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
10:19, 26 January 2019
AI announces Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko to be a prisoner of conscience
Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the federal council of "The Open Russia", was arrested for her political views and should be immediately released, the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has stated. The Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of Russia has also expressed concern over the persecution of the Rostov female activist.
10:14, 26 January 2019
Defence of policeman accused of Tskaev's death demands to exclude important proofs
The advocate of the policeman Oleg Dzampaev has stated that the indictment was formulated incorrectly; and a number of proofs should be removed from the case. The widow of Vladimir Tskaev, who died after being questioned by the police in Vladikavkaz, has opposed this motion.
A vehicle of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo © Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov https://ru.sputnik.md/world_incidents/20180529/19517142/kiev-zhurnalist-ubijstvo-babchenko-delo.html
23:09, 25 January 2019
Investigators call Nalchik attackers to be residents of Ingushetia
All the four attackers on the DPS (road-and-patrol service) post in Nalchik have been identified, investigators have reported. According to sources, one of the attackers was the son of a retired employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Gor Alexanyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 25 January 2019
Pashinyan refuses to disclose details of meeting with Aliev
Armenia cannot represent Nagorno-Karabakh in negotiations with Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan said during his first official visit to Russia.
A vehicle of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/news/20181024/1025389331/opublikolvano-video-doprosa-direktora-mup-goroda-sochi-vodokanal.html
22:40, 25 January 2019
Law enforcers tell details of attack on policemen in Nalchik
The attack on policemen was committed at a busy intersection in Nalchik, where DPS (road-and-patrol service) posts were often on duty. According to records from surveillance cameras, the attacked DPS inspectors did not expect an attack and were doing their routine work.
The policemen in Baku. Photo © SPUTNIK / MURAD ORUJOV https://az.sputniknews.ru/incidents/20180523/415469811/pistolet-avtobus-passazhir-policejskij-hyrdalan.html
19:01, 25 January 2019
Baku resident detained at action demanding to release political prisoners
Policemen have detained Rafael Guseinzade, a Baku resident, who organized a solo protest action. He said that he came out to protest after the city Mayoralty refused to sanction the rally on January 26.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
15:58, 25 January 2019
Kadyrov explains re-fixing borders with neighbours by decision of country's leadership
The clarification of Chechnya's borders with the neighbouring regions, including Dagestan, is explained by the instruction by the country's leadership, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He denied that the border changes are due to his "good appetite."
A gas pipe near a private house. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:55, 25 January 2019
Residents of Chechnya complain about disconnections at gas inspectors' raids
During their raid in the Chechen village of Tsotsi-Yurt, gas inspectors disconnected several private houses, local residents have reported. The gas specialists explained their raids by checking the safety and detection of possible gas thefts. The disconnections occurred amid the resonance around an attempt to write off billion-rouble debts accumulated by residents of the republic.
11:26, 25 January 2019
Pyatigorsk activists condemn homophobia of "Yabloko" leader in KBR
The position of the head of the "Yabloko" Party in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is contrary to the principles of the party that supported sexual minorities, said the LGBT "Solidarity" Movement from Stavropol. The party does not share Khakim Kuchmezov's homophobic statements, the press service of the "Yabloko" Party has stated.
The attack on policemen in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: screenshot of the video by nalchik_24_7, https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBiQXOFn6O/
11:23, 25 January 2019
Attack on policemen in KBR is the third in four months
The attack on the DPS (road-and-patrol) post in Nalchik, in which four attackers were killed and a policeman heavily wounded, was the first armed incident this year in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the third one since October 2018.
Thorhild Sunna Evarsdottir. Photo https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/www.europalibera.org/a/29448907.html
08:45, 25 January 2019
PACE Rapporteur counts 130 political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Ms Thorhild Sunna Evarsdottir, the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has presented a list of Azerbaijani political prisoners. She intends to visit Azerbaijan and listen to the position of country's authorities on each of the 130 cases.
A DPS inspector. Photo: https://o-gibdd.ru/gibdd-nalchik/
08:42, 25 January 2019
Three men killed in attack on policemen in Nalchik
A policeman was stabbed in an attack on a DPS (road-and-patrol service) post in Nalchik, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.
Hadji Murad at the background of the village of Khunzakh. A drawing by G. G. Gagarin, 1848. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Хаджи-Мурат
23:51, 24 January 2019
Russian authorities promise to send Hadji Murad's skull to Dagestan
The administration of the Russian President has agreed that the Hadji Murad's skull should be transferred from the Museum of Saint Petersburg to Dagestan.
Manvel Grigoryan. Photo © Facebook/ Մանվել Գրիգորյան https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20181225/16424760/ombudsmen-armenii-osudil-travlyu-v-otnoshenii-sudi-osvobodivshego-manvela-grigoryana.html
23:47, 24 January 2019
Defence demands to free former Armenian MP Grigoryan of embezzlement charge
The charge under the article on embezzlement filed against former Armenian MP Manvel Grigoryan does not correspond to the case materials, the defence states.
19:27, 24 January 2019
Investigators stop the murder case of eight Dagestanis in Chechnya
The criminal case about eight residents of Dagestan, killed in a shootout in the Gudermes District of Chechnya in October 2016, is closed. Relatives of the casualties demanded to investigate the case, but they stopped it anyway, the "Mediazona" reports quoting Andrei Sabinin, an Agora's lawyer.
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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.