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Gevorg Safaryan. Photo by Armine Martirosya for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
20:46, 4 January 2016
Activist Gevorg Safaryan stops hunger strike
Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the movement "Constituent Parliament" of Armenia, accused of using violence against a power official, has stopped his hunger strike after he was transferred to a solitary cell.
19:32, 4 January 2016
Some passengers of Moscow-Sochi flight refused to travel for fear of terror act
After a statement of a woman-passenger about a suspicious object on board, seven passengers of flight YuT-249 of the airline "UTair" refused to fly from Moscow to Sochi. Following a check conducted by experts with dogs, the aircraft took off to Sochi.
13:40, 4 January 2016
Abinsk resident suspected of false report about bomb
A woman has been detained in Abinsk, Krasnodar Territory, on suspicion of false reports that a café had been mined.
Zalim Shebzukhov. Photo: http://kavkazpro.ru/author/sabir/page/21/
12:59, 4 January 2016
Shebzukhov urges militants to return to "Imarat Kavkaz"
An audio record supposedly made by Zalim Shebzukhov, one of the leaders of North-Caucasian militants, has appeared on the Internet. The author condemned the passage of militants into the terrorist "Islamic State" (IS) and called the members of the underground to return to "Imarat Kavkaz", which is also banned in Russia.
11:45, 4 January 2016
Death toll of "Guneshli" platform fire victims rises to ten
On January 3, in the Caspian Sea, off the coast of Turkmenistan, bodies of two Azerbaijani oilers were found; they perished in the fire on the "Guneshli" oil platform. Today, they will be brought to Azerbaijan.
Marem Alieva. Photo: http://www.srji.org/news/2015/11/vozbuzhdeno-ugolovnoe-delo-po-faktu-ubiystva-zhertvy-domashnego-nasiliya-v-respubliki-ingushetiya/
10:45, 4 January 2016
Sister of disappeared Ingush woman complains about threats to her family
In Ingushetia, family members of Elizaveta Alieva are placed under state protection. Elizaveta Alieva has filed a complaint about kidnapping, and one of the defendants in the case has already been detained. Elizaveta Alieva herself claims being feared for the lives of her family members. Furthermore, she worries about the fate of the children of her disappeared sister.
CTO in Dagestan, December 2015. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/12/29/v-dagestane-v-khode-kto-neitralizovan-glavar-bandy.html
06:39, 4 January 2016
On December 28, 2015-January 3, 2016, fifteen persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of December 28, 2015-January 3, 2016, at least fifteen persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, four persons were killed, and eleven others were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
01:43, 4 January 2016
Court arrests activist Gevorg Safaryan for two months
In Armenia, Gevorg Safaryan, a member of the oppositional "Constituent Parliament", who has been earlier detained on suspicion of using violence against a public officer, is arrested for two months by the court decision. This was reported by Tigran Airapetyan, an advocate of Gevorg Safaryan.
School No. 24 janitress, January 3, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
19:44, 3 January 2016
In Sochi, public employees instructed to remove snow during weekend
In Sochi, staff members of schools and heads of the territorial public self-administrations have expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that the Sochi Mayoralty instructed them to use their day-off to remove snow from the streets for free.
Naryn-Kala Fortress, Derbent. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:50, 3 January 2016
In Derbent, police take Naryn-Kala Fortress under heavy guard
In Derbent, the observation deck of Naryn-Kala Fortress, where people were shelled on December 30, is open to the public. The city authorities explain that the security was enhanced at Naryn-Kala due to the holidays.
Yalchin Imanov, advocate of Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: RFE/RL
03:53, 3 January 2016
Journalists convicted in Azerbaijan demand rehabilitation
Khadija Ismayilova, Gilal Mamedov, and Parviz Gashimli, three journalists, who are serving their prison sentences in Azerbaijan, have reported that they expect from the authorities not only a pardon, but also rehabilitation. In their statements disseminated with the help of their advocates, they have repeatedly pleaded not guilty.
02:52, 3 January 2016
In Cherkessk hospital, advocate Merzakulov jumps out of window; physicians report on his suicide attempt
The condition of advocate Vyacheslav Merzakulov, who jumped out of a window of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republican Hospital, remains severe but stable. Physicians report on his suicide attempt. Relatives of the advocate deny the allegation and plan to file a complaint about the negligence of physicians.
Khizir Ezhiev. Photo: Vk.com/id4533052
01:53, 3 January 2016
Grozny lecturer Khizir Ezhiev found dead
On January 1, the body of Khizir Ezhiev, a lecturer of the Grozny State Technical University, whose kidnapping had been earlier reported by residents of Chechnya, was found in a forested area on the outskirts of the village of Roshni-Chu of the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya.
23:58, 2 January 2016
Resident of Chechnya is accused of recruiting young people into the ranks of militants
In Chechnya, investigating bodies are considering a criminal case opened against a local resident, accused of recruiting young people into the ranks of the militants for taking part in the warfare in Syria.
The victims were visited by Malik Bagliev, the head of the city district "Derbent" (to the right), and Magomed Djelilov, the head of the Derbent District. Derbent, January 2, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Gantimurova for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:54, 2 January 2016
Two victim of Derbent shelling transferred to MIA hospital
The health condition of the persons wounded on December 30 by gunfire at the viewing platform of the Naryn-Kala Fortress in Derbent is better. Two persons were transferred to the republic's hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); and two other victims – a male and a female – were moved today from intensive care unit to a general ward.
The e-library in Magas, Ingushetia. Photo by the press service of Magas City Administration
17:28, 2 January 2016
First e-library launched in Magas
In the capital of Ingushetia, in Alania Square, the first electronic library has been installed, where residents can freely download to their mobile phones any of the 300 books – works of foreign and domestic classics, including Ingush authors.
The removal of the belongings of the tenants of the destroyed house in Volgograd. December 25, 2015. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:18, 2 January 2016
Volgograd: authorities state absence of appeals from tenants of ruined house on housing rent
A resolution has been signed on paying compensations for renting housing facilities; however, the tenants of the multi-storeyed house damaged by explosion have not applied for compensations to the operative headquarters, said the head of the Dzerzhinsky District of Volgograd. A woman-tenant of the house said that they are discussing the charter of the public organization "Tragedy at Kosmonavtov 47".
10:47, 2 January 2016
Police release eight Nardaran residents
Eight residents of the settlement of Nardaran, detained on December 1, 2015, have been released by the police after serving 30 days of arrest, said Natiq Kerimov, the elder of the settlement.
The main Olympic Media Centre. Photo: press service of the organizing committee "Sochi 2014"
08:50, 2 January 2016
Kuban authorities give Olympic Media Centre to federal ownership
The MPs of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the river) have approved the resolution on transfer of the Olympic Media Centre in Sochi into federal ownership. The Kuban Governor said that the Territory plans to continue getting rid of unprofitable assets.
06:29, 2 January 2016
Kadyrov: relatives will respond for Chechens-participants of rally in Vienna
Relatives will have to "grapple with" the participants of the rally held in Austria, where they condemned the practice of public insults and harassment for the criticism addressed to the authorities of Chechnya, said the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov. The record of the event was put on TV on December 30, 2015.
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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.