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Protesters in masks. Screenshot of a photo posted by Publika on January 18, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/publika.ge/posts/pfbid0gy9s2mivFT515x1ngVSDDcbfyAXkU9oUqbd39zE3YtBiQ1DJr5qDYNemNVuCpYjTl the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia
20:40, 20 January 2025
Tbilisi marchers demand lifting ban on using masks
Activists in masks who protest against the ban on covering faces during protest actions have joined the Georgians who gathered outside the parliament demanding to go on with the country's European integration and new elections.
A pensioner in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
01:22, 19 January 2025
Relatives alarmed by health state of three Kuban pensioners in SIZO
Pensioners Nikolai Nabiev, Sergey Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF), complain about their health problems in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Human Rights Watch. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/hrw-prizval-mfo-ne-okazyvat-finansovuyu-pomosh-pravitelstvu-azerbajdzhana-iz-za-repressij/
22:48, 18 January 2025
HRW claims deterioration of human rights situation in Azerbaijan
In its annual report on the human rights situation, the “Human Rights Watch” (HRW) international human rights organization has pointed to the intensification of repression against journalists and activists in Azerbaijan, as well as the practice of torture in prisons and the persecution of LGBT* community members.
Alexei Schus. Photo: https://x.com/GLesyao/status/1828302673688633357
22:39, 18 January 2025
Father of Sochi engineer Alexei Schus is stunned by his son's sentence
A court in Sochi has found Alexei Schus, an engineer, guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army motivated by hatred and sentenced him to 5.5 years in colony. He was also banned from administering websites for three years, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported.
Volunteers liquidate the fuel oil (mazut) spill on a beach. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region on January 9, 2025 https://t.me/opershtab23/10176
22:14, 18 January 2025
Rights defender Nagavkin asks Putin to send colony inmates to Anapa
In a letter to the Russian President, Igor Nagavkin, a convicted human rights defender, has offered to involve prisoners from the penal colonies in the liquidation of the environmental disaster in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) and expressed his desire to go to Anapa; he himself has expressed his readiness to take part in cleaning the beaches voluntarily and free of charge.
Protesters at a march in Tbilisi. Photo posted by Publika on January 16, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/photo/? fbid=1349051139827766&set=a.715406393192247 the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia
20:38, 18 January 2025
In Tbilisi, march participants demand to release Mziya Amaglobeli
On the 50th day of protests against the suspension of Georgia’s European integration, activists demanded to provide them with airtime on the “Georgian Public Broadcaster” Radio and TV Company to talk about the circumstances of the detention and arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications.
A pregnant woman and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot of a video: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/5394 Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:17, 18 January 2025
Analysts: abnormal birth rate in Chechnya on December 31 could be provoked by manipulations
In order to receive the payment promised by the leader of Chechnya for naming newborns after national heroes, pregnant women could resort to labour stimulation or caesarean section, as well as manipulation of the birth date. The abnormal number of boys born on December 31 confirms the above assumptions, analysts believe.
Fighters before the dispatch to Ukraine. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/1637329/
23:59, 17 January 2025
Rights defenders comment on report about "exchange fund" of volunteers in Chechnya
In Chechnya, people are forced to sign contracts, while law enforcers may set up a so-called "exchange fund" of volunteers from other regions who have arrived in the republic and will sign contracts (with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD)) instead of local residents, human rights defenders believe.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 17 January 2025
Human rights defender complains about not being allowed to visit Nagavkin in penal colony
The chief of the penal colony in Uryupinsk did not allow human rights defender Valentin Bogdan, who defends his colleague, to visit Igor Nagavkin. Valentin Bogdan called the actions of the penal colony chief unlawful and lodged a complaint with the prosecutor’s office.
Mziya Amaglobeli. Photo: the “Batumelebi” online media
23:18, 17 January 2025
Human rights defenders point to political motives for founder of Georgian opposition media Amaglobeli’s arrest
The “Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” (GYLA) non-governmental organization (NGO) has called the arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi” online publications, politically motivated.
Nikita Zhuravel. Photo: Kadyrov_95 Telegram channel
21:49, 17 January 2025
Zhuravel appeals against verdict in his treason case
The Sochi Court of Appeal has scheduled a hearing on the appeal complaint against Nikita Zhuravel's verdict in the treason case for February 18, 2025, the BFM (Russian Business FM News) has reported.
Fighters before the dispatch to Ukraine. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/163553/
21:22, 17 January 2025
Attempts to sign contracts in Chechnya bring some volunteers into dungeon
Volunteers from all over Russia who have arrived in Chechnya to sign military contracts have complained that they are kept locked up for weeks in order to be sent to the combat zone instead of the local residents who had paid their way out of service.
Rostislav Pavlischev. Screenshot of a TV program "Our Street in Russia"
20:45, 17 January 2025
Rostov human rights defender fined for his post in social media
A court in Rostov-on-Don has fined Rostislav Pavlischev by 10,000 roubles, after treating his post placed in a social network as participation in the activities of an undesirable organization. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"*.
Screenshot of a video appeal recorded by Ruslan Arazov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TWBZ4SrfiU
22:48, 16 January 2025
Contract soldier's complaint about absence of medical treatment in Chechnya attracts investigators' attention
Investigators and prosecutors have questioned the military, who had complained that he was discharged from a hospital in Chechnya, although he failed to receive the proper treatment. According to lawyers, doctors had violated his rights.
Law enforcers detain an activist in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:09, 16 January 2025
Azeri rights defenders note increased repressions in their country
In 2024, Azerbaijan saw increased repressions against journalists, human rights defenders and believers; and the number of political prisoners increased sharply. The police began using harsher measures in conducting repressions.
A man with a Molotov cocktail. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:42, 15 January 2025
Defence: court pronounces too harsh verdict against Boris Goncharenko in case on arson of military registration and enlistment office
Bogdan Abdurakhmanov and Boris Goncharenko did not agree with the classification of the case and asked the court to impose a fair sentence in the case on the arson of the military registration and enlistment office in the city of Goryachy Klyuch. The verdict, according to which Boris Goncharenko was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment, will be challenged.
Ramzan Kadyrov and parents who received the money. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: screenshots of the videos кадры из видео: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/5418 and https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/5407
22:53, 15 January 2025
Kadyrov’s action results in demographic phenomenon
Ramzan Kadyrov instructed the republic’s authorities to pay 500,000 roubles to parents of each boy born on December 31 and named in honour of national heroes. At the same time, it turned out that on the day of the action, four times more boys were unexpectedly born in the republic than on other days.
A protester holding a smoke bomb. December 6, 2024. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:57, 15 January 2025
Rights defenders call for immediate release of detained Georgian protesters
The Amnesty International (AI) human rights organization has stated that all those detained in Georgia for peacefully exercising their rights to the freedom of speech and assembly must be immediately released.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: https://euroclaim.ru/evropejskij-sud-po-pravam-cheloveka-obzornaya-informaciya/
21:40, 15 January 2025
Karabakh NGOs demand to release Armenian POWs kept in Azerbaijan
Karabakh nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party have appealed to Armenian authorities and the international community with a demand to protect the rights of the Armenian prisoners of war kept in Azerbaijan and take measures for the release of them.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia, photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:31, 14 January 2025
Krasnodar resident fined three times for discrediting Russian Army
In Krasnodar, a court fined local resident Inna Tishkina three times, finding her guilty in three cases on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
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Gultekin Hajibeyli. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/ A Turkish court has rejected Hajibeyli's appeal against his detention in a deportation center

Abbas Abbasov. Photo: https://haqqin.az/newsarchive/369163 Former Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan is wanted

The court refused to drop the criminal prosecution of Meydan TV journalists

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.