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Alexei Baranov, a member of the House Committee of No. 66 in Gagarin Street, shows that sewage runoff has flooded old electric power station and is beginning to flood a new one, and no measures are taken. Sochi, December 11, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:25, 12 January 2014
In Sochi, builders eliminate sewage breakthrough on alternative road to Kurortny Avenue
Starting from January 11, in Sochi, staff members of Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Stroy-Project" are busy to eliminate sewage breakthrough in the area of the alternative road to Kurortny Avenue. The sewerage system has been damaged through the fault of builders of the alternative road. This was reported by agents of the customer of the facility construction.
Sasun Ayrapetyan is dissatisfied at the fact that the village and district authorities still haven't solved the problem with drinking water. The village of Nor-Aikadjur of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 9, 2014. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:23, 12 January 2014
Nagorno-Karabakh: villagers of Nor-Aikadjur complain of 9-month water outage
Starting from April 2013, the village of Nor-Aikadjur of the Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh is cut off from supply of drinking water. According to the villagers, they have to bring drinking water from the neighbouring villages. The village administration and the district authorities promise to solve the problem in the nearest future.
23:10, 11 January 2014
Policeman wounded in shootout in KBR
A policeman was wounded in an attack on a mobile post of the road-and-post service (known as DPS) in the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a source from the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Mukhammad Magomedov. Screenshot of a video on YouTube
20:00, 11 January 2014
Co-organizer of Moscow rally against Caucasophobia suspected of extremism
Mukhammad Magomedov, an activist of the Dagestani Public Organization "Union of the Just" and a co-organizer of the rally in Moscow against Caucasophobia scheduled for January 26, is suspected of involvement in an extremist organization. According to Magomedov, he is now under recognizance not to leave.
18:56, 11 January 2014
CTO regime lifted in Stavropol Territory
The Stavropol authorities have cancelled the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced in several districts of the Territory after a series of murders of men, whose bodies were found in cars. This is reported by the press service of the operative headquarters of the FSB for the Stavropol Territory.
Ф policeman of the separate battalion of the road-and-patrol service checks the documents of a taxi driver on the streets of Stavropol. Photo: http://fedpress.ru/
17:51, 11 January 2014
Experts associate killings of taxi drivers in the Stavropol Territory with militants' attempts to disrupt the Olympics
The murders of six people in the Stavropol Territory have to do with militants' attempts to disrupt the Olympics in Sochi, local law enforcers believe. Experts have also noted that investigators fail to disclose important circumstances of these resonant crimes.
16:45, 11 January 2014
Relatives of Dagestani native state his illegal detention in Adler
In the city of Adler, policemen of the Tsentralny ROVD (District Interior Division) of Sochi detained Yakov Babakov, a native of Dagestan, whose brother had recently converted to Islam, said Babakov's relatives.
15:53, 11 January 2014
US Department of State warns Americans about risks of coming to Sochi
The 2014 Olympics is "an attractive target for terrorists"; therefore, the Americans willing to visit the Sochi Olympics "should be careful about their safety", the US Department of State has stated. By urging its citizens "to be vigilant", the US Office reminds them about the terror acts in Volgograd, which is about 680 kilometres away from Sochi.
11:51, 11 January 2014
Georgia: court decision on torture case dissatisfies former political prisoners
Members of the organization named "Former Political Prisoners" have criticized the acquittal by the Gori City Court of former employees of the Ksani Prison No. 15.
Pump-room built in Primorsky District of Sochi. January 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravcheko for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:54, 11 January 2014
Sochi court dismisses prosecutors' claim on demolition of pump-room built in green zone
At the hearing of the case on the demolition of the monumental pump-room built in Sochi parkland, the Tsentralny District Court dismissed the prosecutor's suit.
04:07, 11 January 2014
Woman with child disappears in Dagestan, her relatives assert
Relatives of Sakinat Gadjieva, a resident of the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, who disappeared on January 9 along with her 4-year-old child, cannot locate her whereabouts.
Banner on the roof top of house in Akatsij Street, Sochi. Autumn 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:56, 11 January 2014
Court rejects building company's claim to nullify recognition of house in Akatsij Street in Sochi unfit for residence
The Adler District Court of Sochi has dismissed the suit lodged by the Directorate for Construction and Reconstruction of Highways of the Black Sea Coast of the Federal Road Agency 'against the Adler District Administration, demanding to repeal its resolution on recognizing the above house uninhabitable.
Banner made by participants of a march in support of detained Shant Harutyunyan. Yerevan, January 10, 2014. Photo: http://www.7or.am/
19:29, 10 January 2014
Over 300 come out to support Shant Harutyunyan in Yerevan
Today, Yerevan has hosted a march in support of Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegarkon" Party, and other detainees after the "Million Mask March". Over 300 marchers have demanded to lift the ban imposed on detainees to see their relatives, subject them to fair trial and release them.
Settlement Khosta in Sochi. Photo: Sergei Kazantsev, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
17:29, 10 January 2014
Kozak: Sochi Olympic contractors will pay their debts to workers before January 14
As of today, the Olympic contractors owe about two million roubles to their workers; however, all the debts will be paid out before January 14, said Dmitry Kozak, Russia's Vice-Premier, adding that during the Olympics Sochi will still keep over 30,000 non-resident workers.
Khosta village, Sochi. Photo: Sergei Kazantsev, http://commons.wikimedia.org
17:29, 10 January 2014
Kozak names Khosta town as Olympic Protest Zone
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said today that Khosta town park will serve as a so-called “protest zone” during Winter Olympics. He also stressed that it’s prohibited to hold any meetings or demonstrations near Olympic venues.
Mikhail Stolyarov. Photo http://news.astrgorod.ru/
15:20, 10 January 2014
Moscow Court extends arrest of ex-Mayor of Astrakhan for two more months
Today, the Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended till March 13 the detention in custody of Mikhail Stolyarov, the former Mayor of Astrakhan, accused of taking bribes.
Alikhan Kuzgov. Photo http://www.ingushetia.ru/
15:03, 10 January 2014
Ingush Security Council denies issuing regulations to notify law enforcers of residents' travelling to Krasnodar Territory
Alikhan Kuzgov, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia, has refuted the announcement made by Kaloi Akhilgov, ex-Secretary of the Ingush leader, stating that the Security Council recommended Ingush residents not to travel to the Krasnodar Territory on the eve of the Olympic Games without prior notification to the Security Council of Ingushetia.
The Bolshoi Ice Palace in Sochi. Photo: Yelena Sineok / YUGA.ru
13:42, 10 January 2014
Krasnodar Territory to send record number of athletes to Sochi Olympics
By January 10, the Krasnodar Territory has selected six athletes to participate in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, and it is a record number. This was reported by the press service of the resort city. Earlier, only three athletes from Kuban took part in the Winter Olympic Games during the entire history of previous Winter Games.
12:57, 10 January 2014
In Armenia, oppositionist Shant Harutyunyan stops his hunger strike
In the morning of January 10, Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, who was arrested during the "March of Millions of Masks", stopped his hunger strike. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the Department of Public Relations and Media of the Armenian Ministry of Justice.
The building of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels. Photo: Benjah, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
11:32, 10 January 2014
Belgian Senate refuses to boycott Sochi Olympic Games
On January 9, the Belgian Senate adopted a resolution to reject the boycott of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. However, Belgian officials have expressed their concern about the human rights situation in Russia. The draft resolution with demand for boycott was put forward by the local Green Party.
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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.