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14:00, 9 January 2010
Nagorno-Karabakh liquidates hurricane consequences
The hurricane struck the republic on January 2 and 3, and the city of Shushi suffered most, as the wind blew off roofs of some apartment blocks and individual houses, broke electricity lines and fell trees there.
11:00, 9 January 2010
Ingushetia to open settlement for residents of landslide zone
The cottage settlement, now in construction in Ingushetia for residents of the landslide zone of the Malgobek District, will be opened by February 23, 2010. 507 seismic-resistant cottages of the can withstand 9-point earthquake.
10:00, 9 January 2010
Chechnya marks anniversary of Chechens' return from deportation
Today, on January 9, it is 52 years after passing decree on restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ChI ASSR), which was abolished in 1944 after deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Middle Asia. Now, Chechnya marks this date as a national holiday.
23:47, 8 January 2010
Patriarch Cyril to visit Georgia despite existing contradictions
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril will visit Georgia despite the existing political problems between the two countries. This was stated by Archbishop of Volokolam Hillarion, head of the Division for Foreign Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchy. He has noted that spirituals have nothing to do with politics; on the contrary, the churches will bring the Russian and Georgian nations closer together.
22:58, 8 January 2010
Chechen villagers complain of fire in kiosks made by power agents
At night on January 7, in the Urus-Martan District Chechnya, which is still under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, armed people set on fire two small shops, which provoked fire in a number of kiosks located nearby. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from residents of the village of Gekhi, where the incident took place.
22:14, 8 January 2010
First direct Tbilisi-Moscow flight after 18 months
Today, the first direct air flight from Tbilisi to Moscow after the August 2008 conflict in South Ossetia was accomplished. The craft left the Tbilisi International Airport for Moscow at 12:30 a.m. The airline - "Airzena - Georgian Airways" - received a permit from the Russian Ministry of Transports to make flights also on January 9 and 10.
21:38, 8 January 2010
Consideration of Azerbaijani bloggers' complaint reappointed for January 22
Today, Gail Mamedov, Judge of the Baku Appeal Court, made a decision to postpone consideration of the complaint lodged by young bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli till January 22. The reason was in the need to ensure participation of the victims - Babek Guseinov and Vusal Mamedov - in the session.
20:56, 8 January 2010
Rally in support of Pashinyan held in Yerevan
On January 8, the square adjoining the monument to Commander Vardan Mamikonyan in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, was the venue of a rally in support of Nikol Pashinyan, a candidate for MP and political prisoner. The event was held by the Armenian National Congress within the agitation campaign for parliamentary elections in the majority constituency No. 10 of Yerevan.
20:00, 8 January 2010
Warrant officer Khripun tells about Russian "Grad" mounts in Georgian-South-Ossetian border
Vitaly Khripun, a warrant officer, who took his contract service in South Ossetia and in December 2009 deserted to the territory of Georgia, is now living in Tbilisi, waiting for awarding him a refugee status. He told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he felt no regret of leaving his post and explained the reasons of his decision and described the general situation in the border.
22:15, 6 January 2010
In Nakhichevan, tax inspectors check NGO operation
On January 5, the Ministry for Taxation of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) began inspection the documentation of the local Resource Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.
21:17, 6 January 2010
Georgia to host international energy summit
On January 14, the city of Batumi in Georgia will be the venue of the international energy summit. It is expected that Presidents of several countries will be among the participants.
20:35, 6 January 2010
Sabirabad residents state violations during municipal elections
On January 5, over 150 residents of the Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan held a protest action in front of the building of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Baku against violations during municipal elections. The protesters are going to address President's administration and ask to consider their claims.
19:29, 6 January 2010
Azerbaijani Oil Fund to provide some USD 100 million for accommodation of refugees
In 2010, the State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijani Republic will allocate 80 million manats (about 100 million US dollars) for the measures aimed to improve the social status and accommodation of refugees and forced migrants.
18:00, 6 January 2010
Terrorist blows himself up at STSI building in Makhachkala
Today in the morning in Makhachkala, a terrorist-suicide bomber in a car tried to ram through the gate of the battalion of the city State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (STSI, also known as GIBDD), where at that time road policemen gathered before going to their posts. However, at the last moment, at the very entrance, the blow was taken by a special fire team (SFT). Its members rammed the terrorist's car by their UAZ minivan and blew up together with the suicide bomber.
15:24, 6 January 2010
Azerbaijan: advocates of "Ideal" editor-in-chief state violation of their client's rights
Advocates of Nazim Guliev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Ideal", demand to stop the investigation against their client. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that at a press conference today lawyers Elbrus Saryvelli and Vugar Khasaev said that the investigation "from the very beginning was illegal."
20:00, 5 January 2010
Azerbaijan: committee in defence of freedom believes new case against Fatullaev is far-fetched
On January 4, the office of the Azerbaijani National Committee of the Helsinki Civil Assembly hosted a sitting of the committee in defence of the freedom of speech dedicated to the new criminal case opened against the imprisoned journalist Einullah Fatullaev.
19:00, 5 January 2010
South Ossetia accuses Georgia of kidnapping Tskhinvali resident
Under assertions of the South-Ossetian party, Gennady Pliev, an employee of the state security service of South Ossetia was kidnapped at 7:00 a.m. in the district of South Ossetia named Shanghai and bordering on Georgia. The Georgian party asserts that Pliev was detained in its territory.
17:00, 5 January 2010
Gutseriev returns control over "Russneft" for USD 600 million
On January 4, structures of businessman Oleg Deripaska sold the control over 100 percent of shares of the oil company "Russneft" back to the structures of its founder - former head of the "Russneft" and a native of Ingushetia Mikhail Gutseriev. This was reported by a source close to one of the parties of the deal.
14:00, 5 January 2010
Head of Russian CEC: re-election of Derbent Mayor is caused not by falsifications
As stated by Vladimir Churov, chair of the Russian Central Electoral Commission (CEC), the election of the Mayor of Derbent was nullified because the majority of voters were listed by the polling stations, which failed to open on the voting day.
13:00, 5 January 2010
Abkhazia expects recognition from countries of Oceania, Latin America and Middle East
In 2010, the authorities of Abkhazia expect further recognition of independence of this breakaway republic by the countries of the Pacific basin, Latin America and Middle East. This was stated by Sergey Shamba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, who added that "a whole range of countries are ready to consider the issue."
News
The hunger strike of the defendant in the Toplum TV case has led to the postponement of the court hearing.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

The journalists' coalition has made the fight for Vagifgyzy's release a priority.

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.