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Dagestan, Derbent. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 15 January 2010
Yaraliev did not sign the appeal to Medvedev on candidate for Dagestan President
Imam Yaraliev, a candidate to the post of Mayor of Derbent, former public prosecutor of Dagestan and currently the head of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the letter with his signature disseminated by mass media and addressed to President Dmitri Medvedev, asking to support Saigidgusen Magomedov, head of the Department of the Federal Exchequer for Dagestan, to the post of the President of Dagestan was a provocation.
19:00, 15 January 2010
Election date of Ingush Ombudsman still unknown
Election of a new Ombudsman should take place soon in Ingushetia, but the date was not appointed. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Shamsudin Mogushkov, chair of the committee for legislation, law, order and security.
Rally in support of the prisoners detained on the territory of Georgia. Tskhinvali, January 15, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 15 January 2010
Tskhinvali residents call on Georgian authorities to stop capturing South-Ossetians
Today in Tskhinvali, hundreds rallied in the Theatre Square, where the government of South Ossetia organized a supporting event of the detainees illegally kept in the territory of Georgia. Detainees' parents, local MPs, members of the Public Chamber of South Ossetia, poets and journalists spoke addressing the world community trying to urge Georgian authorities to stop capturing citizens of South Ossetia.
21:00, 14 January 2010
Human rights defenders plan to hold action in memory of Markelov, despite refusal of Moscow Mayoralty
Today, the press service of the Mayor and Government of Russian capital has reported that the city authorities are ready to sanction a demonstration in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova assassinated a year ago, if the lodge an application according to the law.
20:22, 14 January 2010
In Dagestan, prosecutors study children's mass poisoning
Today in Dagestan, the kindergarten of the city of Kaspiisk, where children's mass poisoning happened yesterday, was closed for quarantine. The prosecutor's office has started investigating the circumstances of what happened.
20:00, 14 January 2010
Kadyrov does not want to be "boss for Caucasus" and reunite with Ingushetia
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that "never in his life" will he take responsibility for the whole Caucasus, and he will refuse if offered.
17:00, 14 January 2010
Soldier from Abkhazia seeks refuge in Georgia
Lekso Bzhaniya, 18, a soldier of the Abkhazian armed forces, left his military unit without permit and addressed for refuge to the government of Georgia. The young man said that he had been forced into the Abkhazian army and expressed his readiness to serve in Georgia.
16:00, 14 January 2010
Dagestan: followers of Turkish scholar interrogated
Today, Ziyavdin Dapaev, a resident of Makhachkala and a follower of Turkish religious scholar Said Nursi, whose writings under the general title "Risale-i-Nur" (Letters of Light) were judicially banned in Russia in 2007, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he was summoned for interrogation to the FSB Department for Dagestan.
14:00, 14 January 2010
ANC to appeal against by-election to parliament
The Armenian National Congress (ANC) would not recognize the outcomes of the additional election to the National Assembly of Armenia held on January 10 and intends to challenge its outcomes.
10:00, 14 January 2010
Chochiev: translation of Georgian passports into Russian will touch only Perevi residents
Soon it will be possible to cross the Georgian-South-Ossetian administrative border only with the ID translated into Russian; however, this measure will touch only the residents of the village of Perevi. This was stated by Boris Chochiev, plenipotentiary of President of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement.
09:00, 14 January 2010
Circassians launch website for restoration of united ethnicon
The United Circassian Information Internet Resource, devoted to the All-Russia Census to be held on October 14-25, 2010. The project is aimed at restoration of the united historical ethnic notion (ethnicon) - a "Circassian" - for all sub-ethnic groups of the Circassian nation.
22:00, 13 January 2010
Poland deports Georgians who tried to seize a train
Today, 24 citizens of Georgia were deported from Poland to Georgia by a special Warsaw-Tbilisi charter flight. Among them, there are also participants of the December incident with the train in Poland, when a group of citizens of the Russian Federation and Georgia, who claimed for refugee status, illegally occupied seats in a train and demanded to bring them to Strasbourg.
19:00, 13 January 2010
Human rights activists want to put memorial sign in the place of Markelov's assassination
Russian human rights defenders, politicians and public figures ask Moscow authorities to set up a memorial sign in the place of the fatal attack on lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova.
17:09, 13 January 2010
President of Georgia presents three candidates for CEC chairmanship
On January 11, President of Georgia named three candidates for the post of the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). He made his choice out of 14 nominees, moved by public and nongovernmental organizations at a meeting with him to Batumi.
16:00, 13 January 2010
Over 200,000 remain without gas after pipe explosion in Dagestan
Now, 5 districts of Dagestan with population of 215,000 are with no gas supplies after the terror act on the Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas main.
15:00, 13 January 2010
Scientists of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia wrote a book on history of Southern Caucasus
The edition "Sketches on History of Countries of Southern Caucasus" was written by joint efforts of scientists from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The monograph contains data on history of each of the three countries from the most ancient times till 1921.
14:00, 13 January 2010
Fixed-route taxi drivers on strike in Vladikavkaz
Today in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, practically all drivers of fixed-route taxis have failed to start working. They express their protest against the authorities' statements that the tariff increase from 8 to 10 roubles per trip was illegal. The drivers addressed the Prosecutor's Office of North Ossetia asking for help in clearing out the situation.
11:00, 13 January 2010
Azerbaijan and Iran sign contract on gas supplies
Today in Baku, a commercial agreement was signed between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) on purchase of Azerbaijani natural gas.
10:00, 13 January 2010
Stavropol Territory prepares referendum on accession to Belarus
Public organizations of Stavropol are busy preparing a referendum on accession of the Territory to Belarus; now, people sign-in in support of the referendum. On January 15-26, pickets will be held in five public places of the city.
21:00, 12 January 2010
Criminal case opened against human rights defender in Krasnodar
Human rights activist Anastasia Denisova is suspected of breaking author's rights, admitted, under the version of inspectors, through use of counterfeit software. A criminal case has been initiated against her; while Denisova herself believes that this is persecution connected with the activities of the NGO "ETnIKA", headed by her.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.