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Taxi drivers. Photo: http://taxilife.ru/upload/iblock/eda/eda8e2e1477a404e2fabb872b518c4d9.jpg
02:20, 11 January 2017
Around 300 taxi drivers go on strike in Kutaisi
The protesters have demanded from bosses of their company to raise tariffs for carriage of passengers due to the rise in fuel prices. However, the company has stated that it could not meet the protesters' demands.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo https://vk.com/ramzan?z=photo279938622_456240512%2Fphotos279938622
02:19, 11 January 2017
Kadyrov accuses relatives of field commander Muskiev of preparing resonant crimes
Several young people, who were preparing a series of crimes, were detained in the village of Tsotsi-Yurt; a family member of Isa Muskiev, one of the militant leaders, killed in 2006, is among the detainees. Muskiev's relatives prepared "bloodshed," said Kadyrov.
The penal colony in Kurgan. Photo http://www.45.fsin.su/upload/medialibrary/e36/IK-1.jpg
23:24, 10 January 2017
Student Ruslan Saifutdinov buried without any additional examinations
The mother of the inmate Ruslan Saifutdinov, who died in the city of Kurgan and who had earlier been wanted in Dagestan for participation in the Middle East conflict, refused from further medical examinations of her son's body, in order to immediately bury him according to Muslim traditions. However, the autopsy was made and found no internal injuries, the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) has reported.
21:35, 10 January 2017
Forensic experts find traces of torture on body of Murad Ragimov's father
A native of Dagestan Firuddin Ragimov was exposed to electric shocks, assert the experts of the "Centre for Forensic Examinations and Studies". Their conclusions confirm the earlier Ragimov's statements about torture, the human rights organization "Committee to Prevent Torture" (CPT) has stated.
Cook of the kindergarten No. 224 Lyudmila Mischenko. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:58, 10 January 2017
Commissions to control catering set up in Volgograd kindergartens
Quality inspection commissions are monitoring meals in kindergartens of Volgograd after the switchover to outsourcing. The catering in kindergartens has not changed, say the parents.
Vladislav Ryazantsev. Photo: personal page FB
18:40, 10 January 2017
"Caucasian Knot" journalist beaten up in Rostov-on-Don
Five men have attacked Vladislav Ryazantsev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in central Rostov-on-Don and beat him up in the eyes of his wife and passers-by.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: RFE/RL
16:11, 10 January 2017
Baku court fines and releases Mekhman Guseinov
Mekhman Guseinov, a blogger and the Chairman of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), is back at large after the Nasimi District Court of Baku has fined him for disobeying a policeman.
Omar Omarov shooting from a submachine gun. Moscow, January 7, 2017. Screenshot of a video by the user Best News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaiUIlySDvw
15:53, 10 January 2017
Moscow court arrests Dagestani suspected of shooting
The Tver District Court of Moscow has granted the investigator's petition to arrest Omar Omarov, a native of Makhachkala, suspected of opening automatic fire in Russian capital.
Burial of remains of persons, killed during the first military campaign. Grozny District. December 31, 2016. Screenshot of a video https://grozny.tv/news.php?id=17825" class="main_article_image
13:21, 10 January 2017
Chechen SAM starts receiving relatives of warfare victims
The residents of Chechnya, who are searching for their missing relatives among those, whose remains were brought to Grozny on December 31, 2016, are now being received at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM, or Muftiate) of Chechnya.
The policeman. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:04, 10 January 2017
PFPA member detained on suspicion of disobeying police
In Baku, Nidjat Nizamov, member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) was detained on charges of disobeying the demands of the police.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo: Turkhan Karimov (RFE/RL)
11:40, 10 January 2017
Blogger Mekhman Guseinov detained in Azerbaijan
The Baku police have detained Mekhman Guseinov, a blogger and the Chairman of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), said his advocate Elchin Sadygov. Guseinov's friends said that the blogger did not get in touch since the evening on January 9.
The resorts of Krasnaya Polyana. Photo http://www.krasnaya-polyana-hotels.ru/viewspravka.php?id=50
03:45, 10 January 2017
During New Year holidays inflow of tourists to Sochi resorts dropped by 9.5%
During this year's New Year holidays, the resorts of Krasnaya Polyana were visited by 355,000 persons. A year ago, the figure was over 392,200.
Ruslan Saifutdinov. Photo: Gulagu.net
21:39, 9 January 2017
Student wanted in Dagestan dies in colony
Ruslan Saifutdinov, a student of the Tyumen Medical Academy, who was wanted by the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), has died in a penal colony in the city of Kurgan, where he was kept after a conviction for participation in the war in Syria. Rights defenders assert that Saifutdinov was tortured, and doctors failed to help him.
Argun City. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:36, 9 January 2017
Chechnya's budget formed with deficit of 8.5 billion roubles
After consultations with Moscow, the draft republic's budget for 2017 has been formed with a deficit of 8.5 billion roubles, said Usman Rassukhanov, the Finance Minister of Chechnya.
The residents of Volgograd at the rally against outsourcing in kindergartens. December 3, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:30, 9 January 2017
Catering in Volgograd kindergartens organized by outsourcing
Starting from today, food is supplied to Volgograd kindergartens by three companies, which were chosen at the municipal contest. The decision to switchover to outsourcing was made with violations, the prosecutor's office believes.
The riots in the settlement of Nardaran. November 25, 2016. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:08, 9 January 2017
Defence urges court to acquit all defendants in "Nardaran case"
The inquiry and the trial of 18 religious activists, accused of the riots in the Azerbaijani settlement of Nardaran, were biased, the defendants' guilt was not proved; therefore, they should be acquitted, their advocates have stated.
Nika Gvaramiya. Photo http://comandir.com/
15:46, 9 January 2017
Gvaramiya's defence demands to re-qualify attack case
The case on the attack on the Director General of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company should be investigated under the article of persecution because of one's public activities, said Dmitri Sadzaglishvili, the advocate of Nika Gvaramiya. The attack on Gvaramiya was condemned by the US Ambassador to Georgia.
At the railway station. 1957, Frunze. The residents of the village Yurt-Aukh. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/
12:21, 9 January 2017
On anniversary of restoration of Chechen-Ingush ASSR, residents of Chechnya remember Stalin's deportation
Today, Chechnya marks the 60th anniversary of the restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), abolished after the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people in 1944. On the occasion of the anniversary, the authorities dated solemn assemblies. Local residents pay tribute to the memory of victims of Stalin's deportation.
Amirkhan Kokurkhoev. Photo http://kavtoday.ru/25769
11:55, 9 January 2017
Ruslan Djamaldinov charged of Amirkhan Kokurkhoev's murder
In Ingushetia, a court has pronounced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of two-month detention against Ruslan Djamaldinov, charged of killing journalist Amirkhan Kokurkhoev. This was reported by an official of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
The participants of a rally in front of the mayor's office and the mosque "The Heart of Chechnya". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
11:10, 9 January 2017
Militants' relatives apologize to Grozny residents for their sons' actions
At an antiterrorist rally held on January 8, family members of the young people killed in the special operation in Grozny have apologized for their actions. Relatives of the killed young men have claimed changes in their behaviour before the attacks on the police.
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.