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Sochi beach. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
12:07, 6 January 2017
Kondratiev urges businessmen to make holidays in Sochi more accessible
Veniamin Kondratiev, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, has called, within the visit of the Premier Dmitri Medvedev, at a sitting on tourism industry, on local businessmen to make price rates of vacations in Sochi more affordable.
Meeting of residents of Ingush village of Nesterovskoe, January 2017. Photo: http://gazetaingush.ru/news/ubiyce-ingushskogo-zhurnalista-i-ego-otcu-ne-rekomenduyut-vozvrashchatsya-v-selo
10:59, 6 January 2017
Nesterovskoe residents demand from Kotiev's relatives to leave the village
Residents of the Ingush village of Nesterovskoe have held a rally and stated that the members of the family of Rizvan Kotiev, a suspect of killing the journalist Amerkhan Kokurkhoev, must change their residence in order to avoid conflicts. This was reported by an official of the administration.
Results of shellfire in Matagis and Martakert communities, Nagorny Karabakh, April 17, 2016. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
10:55, 6 January 2017
Experts: Karabakh aggravation and capture of police building were main 2016 events in Armenia
One of the main events of 2016 in Armenia was the four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh, which revealed gaps in Armenia's policy and the country's security, believes Ruben Megrabyan, a political scientist and an expert of the Centre for Political and International Studies.
Casino in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
02:18, 6 January 2017
About thousand people visit daily first casino in Sochi gambling zone
On January 5, Sochi hosted the opening ceremony of the first casino of the new gambling zone "Krasnaya Polyana"; however, the casino is working in test mode since December 24. Officials of the gambling facility and Sochi authorities have announced their ambitious plans related to the development of the gambling zone; while first visitors noted the high price to be paid for participating in gambling, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Participants of rally in Duisi that took place in connection with arson fire at the Culture House, Duisi, January 4, 2016. Photo: RFE/RL
22:38, 5 January 2017
Duisi Muslims state their non-involvement in setting Culture House on fire
The Muslims of the Salafi mosque in the village of Duisi have treated the arson of the Culture House as a provocation against them. Duisi Muslims have nothing to do with the arson, Mamuka Areshidze, the Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus, believes.
18:25, 5 January 2017
Police report Djamaldinov's confession of killing Kokurkhoev
In the course of interrogation, Ruslan Djamaldinov confessed of killing the journalist Amerkhan (Amir) Kokurkhoev, said the spokesman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.
Elgiz Gakhramanov. Photo from activist's Facebook page, facebook.com/elgiz.gahraman
18:10, 5 January 2017
State prosecutor asks six years in prison for Elgiz Gakhramanov
The state prosecutor has asked the court to sentence Elgiz Gakhramanov, a member of the "Nida" (Outcry) movement, accused of drug dealing, to six years in prison.
Rasul Mirzaev. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BNoax9FD0rT/
17:01, 5 January 2017
Mirzaev recognizes one of attackers
Investigators have identified one of the attackers on the athlete Rasul Mirzaev as Kamil Allakhverdiev, a native of Dagestan, said Yulia Ivanova, the spokesperson of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
16:07, 5 January 2017
Safarov's father states threat to his son's health and life
Rufat Safarov, a former investigator, convicted on charges of bribe-taking, told his father that a recidivist was placed into his cell at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), who tries to provoke a conflict with him.
Kalashnikov submachine gun. Photo: http://bloknot-stavropol.ru/news/9-molodykh-lyudey-ustroili-strelbu-v-zhilom-rayone-806190
15:26, 5 January 2017
Nine people detained in Stavropol for submachine gun shooting
In a garage located in one of residential areas of Stavropol, a group of young people opened automatic fire with light-stun rounds in celebration of the New Year, the "Rosgvardia" (Russian Guards) Administration for the StavropolTerritory has reported.
Protest action in Terekli-Metebs village. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
13:59, 5 January 2017
Dagestani experts associate 2016 with election problems, public utilities and human rights issues
Local experts believe that a series of events that took place in 2016 "knocked down" the rating of the Dagestani leader and the rating of his team.
12:13, 5 January 2017
World Bank to allocate 15 million US dollars to Azerbaijan for assistance to refugees
Until the end of 2020, the World Bank will allocate more than 15 million US dollars for improvement of the living conditions of 371,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Azerbaijan.
Cemetery. Black spot is a place of mass graves. Photo by Nikolai Petrov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
06:50, 5 January 2017
Lawyers criticize investigation into deaths of victims of First Chechen War
According to lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", remains of victims of the Chechen war of 1994-1996 were given out to relatives after the expiry of criminal liability for persons involved in their deaths and proved the ineffectiveness of the investigation.
Mark Yavorsky. Photo: Oksana Yavorskaya
03:49, 5 January 2017
Krasnodar Territorial Court to consider case against visually impaired man accused of double murder
Mark Yavorsky, sentenced in Sochi for the murder of two men, has claimed that the real killers are at large, while he is just a witness of the conflict which occurred in a building of the abandoned sanatorium "Moscow". The defence filed an appeal, and the case transferred to the Krasnodar Regional Court.
Rasul Mirzaev. Photo: http://superkarate.ru/tags/%CC%E8%F0%E7%E0%E5%E2+%D0%E0%F1%F3%EB/
02:50, 5 January 2017
Rasul Mirzaev's friend reports deterioration of athlete's health
The health condition of wrestler Rasul Mirzaev, who was attacked in Moscow at night of January 31, has deteriorated. This was reported by Aniuar Chechenov, a friend of the athlete.
20:52, 4 January 2017
Teen, who arrived from Syria to Adygea, settled in repatriates' family
The 17-year-old compatriot from Syria, who arrived in Adygea in late 2016, was accommodated into a repatriates' family and registered at a school, where he will learn the Russian language.
19:42, 4 January 2017
Natives of Dagestan detained on suspicion of involvement in Istanbul terror act
Among the forty people detained in the city of Izmir there are natives of Dagestan; they are suspected of involvement in the preparation of the attack on the nightclub in Istanbul, Turkish mass media have reported today.
Duisi. Photo: Mikheil88, commons.wikimedia.org
19:33, 4 January 2017
Threats preceded arson fire at Culture House in Pankisi Gorge
The "Kakheti Regional Development Foundation", which is located in the Culture House, set on fire in the village of Duisi, had received threats in the Chechen and Georgian languages. Authors thereof expressed dissatisfaction with the education of women and children, said Iza Bekauri, the head of the Foundation.
Parliament of Georgia. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili http://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20161229/234393618/Parlament-prinjal-rezoljuciju-O-vneshnej-politike-Gruzii.html
18:50, 4 January 2017
Parliamentary elections were main 2016 event in Georgia
The parliamentary elections were, of course, the most important event in 2016 in Georgia, Gela Vasadze, a political analyst and the chairman of the NGO "Free Zone", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. However, in his opinion, the election process itself has not changed in recent years.
Police car in Georgia. Photo: http://sputnik-georgia.com/images/22990/37/229903764.jpg
14:35, 4 January 2017
Sentence toughened for Tbilisi resident who killed transgender
After a retrial of Levan Kochlashvili, a resident of Tbilisi, accused of murdering a transgender person in 2014, the Supreme Court (SC) of Georgia sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment, General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Georgia reported on January 3.
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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.