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Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: Aziz Karimov (RFE/RL)
11:28, 11 January 2019
ECtHR recognizes violation of Khadija Ismayilova's rights by Azerbaijani authorities
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has granted the complaint of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the authorities of Azerbaijan in the case of interference with her personal life. The ECtHR has also acknowledged the violation of her rights to the freedom of expression, and has ruled that compensation shall be paid out to her in the amount of 16,750 euros.
Argun. Chechnya. Photo: Radio Marsho (RFE/RL)
08:47, 11 January 2019
Argun resident accused of beating a man after posting a brutal video
The man, who is beating up a person in a video, has been charged, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. Using cruelty to a helpless person deserves severe punishment, social network users believe.
Screenshot of the video of the bus incident in Yerevan on January 8, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_wISouN1k
08:45, 11 January 2019
Rights defenders criticize official version of bus incident in Yerevan
The version that the persons, who rushed into the bus of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) wanted to escort their relatives into the army is questionable, an MoD spokesman and rights defenders have stated. Both suspects regret about their actions, said their advocate.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
22:19, 10 January 2019
Social network users support Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov after criticism of his trip to Africa
Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani fighter, has promised to fulfil wishes of ten children, having held the New Year charity action "Letter to Khabib" on the Instagram. The action took place after social network users' criticism of Nurmagomedov's trip to Africa, where he promised to help the local residents.
Mamed Ibragim. The city of Yevlakh, September 6, 2016. Photo by Parvana Bayramova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:17, 10 January 2019
Human rights defenders declare Mamed Ibragim a victim of political repressions in Azerbaijan
The court has failed to prove the guilt of Mamed Ibragim, an advisor to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), said his advocate. The oppositionist is persecuted for political reasons, human rights defenders assert.
Soldiers of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?&pagen=1
19:59, 10 January 2019
Azerbaijan counts 30 shelling attacks in conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled, including those stationed in six villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
The building of the Baku City Surakhany District Court. Photo https://courts.gov.az/ru/surakhany
19:58, 10 January 2019
Azerbaijani oppositionist sentenced to 5.5 months in jail
A court in Baku has found Mamed Ibragim, an advisor to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), guilty of keeping a knife in his colony cell. The oppositionist has treated the verdict as a political order.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Turkhan Karimov (RFE/RL)
16:21, 10 January 2019
Ruling party treats calls to release Mekhman Guseinov as anti-Azerbaijani campaign
Harlem Désir, Representative on Freedom of the Media, has joined the calls for the release of blogger Mekhman Guseinov, who is on hunger strike in prison. Meanwhile, Siyavush Novruzov, the deputy executive secretary of the ruling "Yeni Azerbaijan" Party, has accused "anti-national groups and their foreign patrons" in an attempt to launch an anti-Azerbaijani campaign.
15:36, 10 January 2019
The Economist announces a sharp drop in Georgia's Democracy Index
In 2018, Georgia dropped from the 78th to the 89th place in the Democracy Index calculated by The Economist. According to the British edition, the index drop is associated with the return to politics of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and the leave of Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
Logo of the Amnesty International. Photo https://amnesty.org.ru
11:31, 10 January 2019
AI calls on to release Mekhman Guseinov
Amnesty International (AI), a human rights organization, has expressed its concern about Mekhman Guseinov's health condition, who is on hunger strike in jail, and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release him.
Azad Gasanov. Photo: http://www.contact.az/ext/news/2019/1/free/Social/ru/77927.htm
11:29, 10 January 2019
Azerbaijan: arrested oppositionist Gasanov goes on hunger strike at SIZO
The Baku court has dismissed the complaint of Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, about the refusal to transfer him to house arrest. Then, Gasanov went on a hunger strike, claiming solidarity with the blogger Mekhman Guseinov and violation of his rights at the SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Robert Kocharyan. Photo © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180831/14160625/robert-kocharyan-primet-uchastie-v-parlamentskih-vyborah.html
08:50, 10 January 2019
Prosecution demands disqualification of judge dealing with Robert Kocharian's case
The prosecutor and the investigator have asked the judge, who is running the case of the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, to recuse himself, because of his friendship with another figurant in the case. These petitions are artificially protracting Kocharyan's release from custody, his advocate has stated.
A land plot in the "Ak-Gel" Park. Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:46, 10 January 2019
Defenders of "Ak-Gel" Park demand to cancel Makhachkala development rules
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has begun considering a new lawsuit lodged by residents of Makhachkala against the construction of a temple in the "Ak-Gel" Park. They have reported violations in adopting the build-up rules of Makhachkala.
At the site of the terror act. Kizlyar, Dagestan, 1996. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
23:20, 9 January 2019
At mourning rally, Kizlyar residents commemorate victims of 1996 terror act
Today, residents of the city of Kizlyar have honoured the memory of the victims of the terror act committed by Chechen militants headed by Salman Raduev on January 9, 1996.
A police officer. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
20:10, 9 January 2019
MIA to check video about mandarin oranges for Ingush law enforcers
The check was initiated in connection with complaints from Ingush policemen who claimed they had got a box of mandarin oranges for 52 people as New Year's gifts, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported with specifying that the fruits comprised a part of the policemen's ration. Users of social networks believe that authors of the video will be dismissed from the police.
Protests in the village of Nardaran. November 26, 2016. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:42, 9 January 2019
Azerbaijani SC upholds sentence to 12 supporters of "Muslim Unity"
The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan dismissed an appeal filed against the guilty verdicts to Elchin Gasimov, the deputy chair of the movement "Muslim Unity", and other 11 members of the movement, sentenced in the Nardaran case.
At the site of the explosion in a house in Baku. January 9, 2018. Photo: the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies https://haqqin.az/news/142905
14:59, 9 January 2019
Three persons killed by explosion in Baku
A family of three perished tonight as a result of an explosion in a private house in the capital of Azerbaijan.
Handcuffs. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
14:58, 9 January 2019
Residents of Chechnya report detentions while trying to buy alcohol
On the New Year's Eve, in Chechnya, law enforcers held raids against sellers and buyers of alcoholic beverages; about 20 people were detained, residents of Chechnya report, noting the intensified control over the only shopping centre in Grozny, where alcohol is officially sold.
Photo: Alexey Shivrin / Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/shivrin/posts/10218718363894326
11:36, 9 January 2019
In poster in Moscow's historical park, the dates of terror acts in Dubrovka and Beslan glued up
A visitor to the park "Russia – My History" at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements (known as the VDNKh) has noted that the banner on the history of the country has the dates of the hostage-taking in Dubrovka in 2002 and the terror act in Beslan in 2004 glued up.
Ossetian elders. Photo: pub/wikimedia/images/wikipedia/os/2/26/Edis.jpg
11:34, 9 January 2019
Scientists criticize the idea of setting up traditional Tarkhon Court in North Ossetia
The attempts of creating some social mechanisms, based on the customary law, are associated with the actualization of ethnic and national projects; however, they are not always successful, said Akhmet Yarlykapov, a political analyst.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.