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19:00, 25 January 2010
Arkhipov links attempt on him with his defence of rights of Matveevka residents in preparation for Sochi Olympiad
Today, at about 3 p.m., at the metro station "Culture Park-Ring" in Moscow, unidentified persons made an attempt on the life of Evgeniy Arkhipov, chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights. Mr Arkhipov is known for presenting the interests of Matveevka, a village near Moscow, which last autumn was in the centre of scandal in connection with preparations for 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
18:00, 25 January 2010
Power agents identified Wahhabites by beards, witness says at Nalchik attack trial
The criminal process on the attack on law enforcement bodies of Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), committed on October 13, 2005, is now at the stage of interrogating witnesses. One of them - Kazbek Taashev, an employee of the road sentry service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the KBR, - said, in answer to an advocate's question on how they differentiated Wahhabites from traditional Moslems, that the difference was in the formers' "shaving off moustaches and wearing beards, shaped unusually for our people."
20:00, 23 January 2010
Putin defines development priorities for NCFD
Today, at a meeting in Pyatigorsk on development of the regions of the newly formed North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), Russian Premier Vladimir Putin defined priorities for the District and instructed a number of Ministries of the Russian Federation, the President's plenipotentiary in the NCFD Alexander Khloponin and regional authorities.
19:00, 23 January 2010
President of Chechnya names the site calling him to head Russia a provocation
A website has appeared in the Internet calling to nominate the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov for the President of Russia at the 2012 election. The President of Chechnya labelled it an ideological diversion.
18:00, 23 January 2010
Armenia asks Russian loan to boost diamond processing
Armenian authorities hope to receive a USD 120-million credit from Russia for developments in the sphere of diamond processing. This was stated by Tigran Davtyan, local Minister of Finance.
Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 23 January 2010
Begeev's relatives assert that MIA of Dagestan failed to guarantee his safety
The wife and sister of Rumil Begeev, who ran away from under guards in Derbent, failed to receive the guarantees of law observance from law enforcers in exchange of his surrender. The MIA states the opposite.
14:00, 23 January 2010
Appeals to jihad confiscated from imam of colony mosque in North Ossetia
A telephone SIM card with an appeal to jihad and photos of Doku Umarov and Shamil Basaev were found and confiscated from imam of the mosque, located in a maximum security colony in North Ossetia.
13:00, 23 January 2010
"Gazprom" to build biathlon complex in Sochi without Belarus
The "Gazprom" will erect the ski-biathlon complex in Sochi without participation of the Belarus company named "Triple". The respective amendments have been made in the programme of constructing Olympic objects and development of the city of Sochi as a mountain climate resort.
Kalmykia, Elista. Magomed Aushev fot "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 23 January 2010
Kalmykian SC rules that Elista residents shall elect their city Mayor
The Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia has defined an election system of Mayor of the republic's capital Elista. The city head will be elected by all the townspeople with suffrage, not just by the deputies of the city assembly.
11:00, 23 January 2010
Monitoring of contact line of armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan stopped
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh tries to find out why the OSCE monitoring mission suspended its work in the Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line.
10:00, 23 January 2010
Volkov: after operations in the Caucasus, MIA employees come back "different people"
As stated by retired Militia General-Major Alexei Volkov, now Chairman of the Commission of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for Legal Support of Counteracting Corruption, the law enforcers, who took part in warfare in Northern Caucasus, became "different people" and spoiled the whole system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia. Nevertheless, a reform of the Ministry can bring fruit in 2-5 years, if the staff is reduced and militiamen's salaries are raised.
08:00, 23 January 2010
Militia searches spice traders in Chechnya
Chechen drug policemen are conducting a broad-scale preventive operation against the owners of entities, where smoker's mixes (hookah) are used, and trading facilities, where such mixes are sold. It was found out that a number of the mixes used by hookah smokers contain a strong narcotic substance.
A Circassian wearing a national costume. Karachai-Cherkess, Habez aul, Habez recreation center opening day. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 22 January 2010
"Adyge Khasse": idea of united Circassia is no threat to Russia's integrity
In Karachai-Circassia, critical statements of Vladimir Ustinov, President's plenipotentiary in the Southern Federal District (SFD), about the idea of the united Circassian region were differently estimated by activists of public organizations. The "Adyge Khasse" thanked Mr Ustinov for his general focusing the problem, but noted that "someone had misinformed the speaker."
23:30, 22 January 2010
Rostov Region: experts differ in estimates on NCFD creation
Workers of science in the Rostov Region express varying opinions on the fact of establishment of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). These are the results of the poll held by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent among the leading scientists and experts of Rostov-on-Don about the new NCFD approved by the State Duma on January 22.
23:20, 22 January 2010
North Ossetia starts projects in support of vulnerable children
The Ministry of Labour and Social Development of North Ossetia has taken part in the contest of the Fund in Support of Vulnerable Children. The republic has won four out of seven programmes put to the contest. As reported by Zhanna Gasieva, deputy minister of labour and social development of the republic, this year, North Ossetia will receive more than 30 million roubles on implementation of programmes.
23:10, 22 January 2010
"Roszdravnadzor": Astrakhan drugstores shipped drugs with expired dates to South Ossetia
As reported by the Federal Public Health Supervisory Agency ("Roszdravnadzor"), Astrakhan drugstores in 2008-2009 delivered, through the Red Cross, drugs with expired shelf life intended for victims in Tskhinvali. In total, within this humanitarian action, medical products worth 23,400 roubles were shipped to South Ossetia.
23:00, 22 January 2010
HRW: situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus is more and more tragic
The international human rights organization the Human Rights Watch (HRW) states that the situation with observance of human rights in Northern Caucasus, and first of all in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, is at critically low level.
22:00, 22 January 2010
Politicians and experts of North Ossetia see new opportunities for the region in creation of NCFD
Politicians and activists of public organizations of North Ossetia view new opportunities for economic growth, fighting criminality, development of tourism, businesses and institutes of civil society in this republic in foundation of the new North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and appointment of Alexander Khloponin to be the plenipotentiary of Russian President in this District.
The meeting of Aleksey Dymovsky and the journalists. Press-conference in Moscow, Independent press-center, November 10, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:10, 22 January 2010
Karastelyov: Dymovskiy's arrest was pre-planned
The procedure of today's fast judicial session was scripted well in advance: the militia cordoned the court building and brought Alexei Dymovskiy to the SIZO (pre-trial custody) even before the judgement. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the court building in Novorossisk is informed by Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee of Human Rights and official representative of the former Major of Novorossisk militia Alexei Dymovskiy.
21:00, 22 January 2010
Russian State Duma legalizes the NCFD status
Today, the State Duma of the Russian Federation has adopted two presidential bills, submitted because of creation of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and approval of Alexander Khloponin in the post of vice-premier and President's plenipotentiary in the District.
News
In March 2026, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Muftis of the North Caucasus republics have announced the start dates for Ramadan.

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.