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Toys and candles near the gate of the Avetisyan family's house. Gyumri, January 20, 2015. Photo by Narek Tumasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:03, 12 January 2017
Avetisyans' relatives demand new trial of family murder in Gyumri
The successors of the Avetisyan family have filed a complaint to the Cassation Court demanding a re-examination of the massacre in Gyumri by the first-instance court. Should the complaint be rejected, they intend to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Vladislav Ryazantsev. Photo from his personal page on Facebook.com
16:38, 12 January 2017
Criminal case opened on attack on "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
The article, under which a criminal case has been opened on the attack on Vladislav Ryazantsev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, committed in Rostov-on-Don, provides for up to two years in prison.
Law enforcers in the village of Tsotsi-Yurt. Chechnya, January 11, 2017. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
16:01, 12 January 2017
Persons killed in Tsotsi-Yurt named
As stated by the head of the Chechen MIA, in the shootout with power agents that broke out in the village of Tsotsi-Yurt on January 11, the following residents of Chechnya were killed: Umar Ozdiev, Raibek Idrisov, Alikhan Kupchiev and Uzum-Khadji Madaev.
14:36, 12 January 2017
Defence disagrees with refusal to investigate Dagestani's statement about torture
The court in Rostov-on-Don has questioned witnesses and considered the refusal to initiate proceedings on the application of torture, lodged by Abdusalam Ramazanov, accused of an attempt to join Syrian militants. His advocate will appeal against the investigator's refusal.
Zaur Dadaev, a suspect in the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov. Photo: Maxim Bilnov (RFE/RL)
12:23, 12 January 2017
Court excludes video of Dadaev's house doorway from Nemtsov's murder case files
The court dealing with Boris Nemtsov's murder case has announced its decision about the video record, which the Dadaev's defence had treated as evidence of his alibi. The Court found that this record cannot be regarded as admissible evidence.
Special operation in search of the armed militant in the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya. Photo: screenshot of a video from Kadyrov's personal page on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kadyrov_95/
11:49, 12 January 2017
Source: one Tsotsi-Yurt casualty was earlier convicted militant
One of those, killed on January 11 by power agents in the Kurchaloi District, in 2004, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for participating in an illegal armed formation (IAF), said a Chechen law enforcement source.
Road maintenance service workers in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:56, 12 January 2017
Participants of hearings demand to correct draft rules of Sochi improvement
In the course of public hearings of the draft rules of Sochi improvement, public activists have criticized such notions, included into the document, like "tree pruning and illumination" and the procedure of garbage collection. They demanded to hold a new hearing after the document is corrected. The Mayoralty promised to take remarks into account.
Employees of the "Nairit" Chemical Factory near the building of the Armenian Parliament in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:15, 12 January 2017
Employees of "Nairit" Factory demand open discussion of their problems by Parliament
Employees of the "Nairit" Factory in Armenia have called on political parties to unite and solve the problems of the enterprise. They demand to urgently raise the "Nairit" issue and openly discuss it at Parliament with participation of workers of the factory.
Zinaida Grigoryan visits the grave of her son killed in the April war in 2016. Aykavan village of Hadrut region of Nagorno-Karabakh. January 8, 2017. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:02, 12 January 2017
Family of soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh asks to solve its housing problem
After the death in the April war of Andranik Grigoryan, a private of the Defence Army, his family, which has four minors, remained living in a dilapidated house. Family members ask the authorities to help with house repairs or to provide them with some new housing. The Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Arayik Arutyunyan promised to solve the problem.
The law enforcers block the village of Tsotsi-Yurt. Chechnya, January 11, 2017. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
02:07, 12 January 2017
Armed clash in Tsotsi-Yurt was first incident in this village for 15 years
The Chechen village of Tsotsi-Yurt, where on January 11 five persons were killed in a shootout, saw no such incidents for the last 15 years. The previous major incident took place there in February 2002, when an armoured vehicle with militaries was blown up in the vicinity of the village.
The participants of the rally in Derbent. January 11, 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:27, 11 January 2017
Residents of Derbent demand to cancel increased fees for kindergartens
Today, in the city of Derbent, parents of preschool children have held a rally against the increase of the fees for children's care and rearing in state-owned kindergartens. They tried to get into the Mayoralty to meet the Mayor, but were pushed away by security guards and policemen.
The special equipment in the outskirts of the village of Tsotsi-Yurt. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
23:13, 11 January 2017
Kadyrov reports five killed in armed clash near Tsotsi-Yurt
In the course of an armed clash in the outskirts of the village of Tsotsi-Yurt, four militants and one law enforcer were killed, the head of Chechnya has stated. A source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya has added that one militant managed to escape in the forest.
Vladislav Ryazantsev. Photo from his personal page on FB
21:36, 11 January 2017
Nationalists confess of attacking "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
Doctors have examined Vladislav Ryazantsev, the attacked "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, and diagnosed a wrist fracture and confirmed a closed craniocerebral injury. A nationalist Roman Zheleznov has stated that "Russian national socialists had committed the attack."
Kislovodsk. Photo: Andy Kartashov ru.wikipedia.org
17:40, 11 January 2017
Hoteliers oppose introduction of resort fee in Stavropol Territory
As an experiment, since March 1, 2017, they plan to introduce the resort fee in Kislovodsk, Zheleznovodsk, Yessentuki and Pyatigorsk. However, hotel owners fear that it will drop the tourist flow.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Turkhan Kerimov (RFE/RL)
16:39, 11 January 2017
Advocate states violations in Guseinov's case by Baku court
In violation of the law, the trial of Mekhman Guseinov in Baku was held behind closed doors; the identities of the blogger and witnesses were not established, said the advocate Sadygov said. He is preparing a complaint against the judgement to fine the blogger and about torturing Guseinov at the police.
The law enforcer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
13:38, 11 January 2017
Relatives of resident of Chegem killed in special operation achieve sending his case to court
The criminal case against a resident of the city of Chegem, who was killed, according to power agents, in an armed clash with policemen in 2013, was sent to the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). His relatives demand to rehabilitate him, the press service of the KBR's Prosecutor's Office reports.
A military exercise of the army reservists. Photo © Sputnik. Robert Dzhopua http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20170111/1020209894/minoborony-abxazii-stroitelstvo-poligona-v-cebelde-ne-planiruetsya.html
13:31, 11 January 2017
Abkhazian MoD has no plans to house Russian military training ground
The construction of a Russian military training ground in the village of Tsebelda is outside the plans of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Abkhazia, the MoD has stated.
Igor Trunov. Photo http://pravo.ru/story/view/61954/
12:44, 11 January 2017
ECtHR accepts Trunov's complaint about non-admission to State Duma elections
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted the complaint of the lawyer Igor Trunov against the refusal of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to admit him to the State Duma elections.
Ramzan Kadyrov in the village of Tsotsi-Yurt of the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/80751/
12:10, 11 January 2017
After detentions in Tsotsi-Yurt, Kadyrov replaces head of Kurchaloi District
On January 10, at a sitting in Kurchaloi, the republic's head Ramzan Kadyrov presented Ali Abdulaev, the new head of the administration of the Kurchaloi District. Kadyrov also reported the detention in the village of Tsotsi-Yurt of the Kurchaloi District of young people, who were preparing a series of grave crimes.
Memorial to Boris Nemtsov, Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge, Moscow. Photo RFE/RL
10:04, 11 January 2017
ICRF considers several customers of Nemtsov's murder
The inquiry into the case of a probable customer of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov continues. It is possible that the crime had several customers, said Igor Krasnov, the Deputy Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
News
The head of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced the resumption of flights from Baku to Grozny.

Arkady Babchenko* has been sentenced in absentia for posts without foreign agent labeling.

A dump under the windows of an apartment building. Photo provided to "Caucasian Knot" by local residents. Residents of Prokhladny complained about the transformation of the yard into a garbage dump.

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.