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The Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot of the post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=305075531638622&set=a.204085841737592
18:18, 26 January 2022
Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh
Near the city of Djabrail, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of an Armenian military serviceman who perished in hostilities in November 2020. The total number of found bodies and remains has reached 1708, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.
A poster and candles lit in memory of Natalia Estemirova on Lermontov Square, Moscow. July 15, 2015. Photo by Gor Alexanyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:06, 26 January 2022
Rights defenders criticize ECtHR for decision on Estemirova's case
After the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) refused to reconsider the murder case of the Chechen human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, her relatives and colleagues have exhausted all the chances at the national and international levels to bring her killers to justice, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated.
Screenshot of the video appeal of the relatives of Khasan Khalitov published on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CZHwyZ9IvCm/
15:04, 26 January 2022
Rights defenders doubt sincerity of blogger Khalitov's relatives
Relatives of Kadyrov's critics are recording videos, in which they refute that their words were uttered under pressure; a video with Khasan Khalitov's relatives confirms this, human rights defenders assert.
Law enforcers detain Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CZHKjIooFWA/
15:02, 26 January 2022
Kadyrov's appeal to Yangulbaev brothers reveals his aim of abducting their mother
By ostentatious violence over Zarema Musaeva, her relatives are provoked to illegal actions in order to have a reason to punish them, analysts have commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's call to the woman's sons to come to Chechnya.
Aziz Mamiev. Photo: https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2022/1/free/Social/ru/714.htm/001
23:59, 25 January 2022
Azerbaijani oppositionist treats summon to police as pressure on him
Aziz Mamiev, a member of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, was summoned to the Baku police for reposting a video on TikTok. According to the activist, the police warned him against posts with criticism of the country’s authorities.
Khasan Khalitov. Screenshot: KHASAN KHALITOV / YouTube
23:56, 25 January 2022
Relatives of Chechen blogger Khalitov refute information about kidnapping of his sister
A sister of Khasan Khalitov was not kidnapped in Chechnya and was not photographed in the nude, said blogger’s relatives. They urged him to stop criticizing the authorities of Chechnya.
Polad Aslanov. Photo https://xeberdar.net/9980-bu-gun-taninmish-jurnalistin-ad-gunudur.html
23:46, 25 January 2022
Polad Aslanov stops his hunger strike on 20th day
Journalist Polad Aslanov stopped his hunger strike on the 20th day after urgent recommendations of doctors, his spouse reported. The woman believes that her husband’s protest action has partially achieved its goal, since the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan appointed a date for the consideration of an appeal.
Dmitry Peskov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by the Kremlin press service
23:42, 25 January 2022
Kremlin reacts to Kadyrov’s statement about introduction of troops into Ukraine
After Ramzan Kadyrov stated that if he were the head of the state, he would “long ago take Ukraine” by sending troops there, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has emphasized that the Russia’s foreign policy is within the competence of President Vladimir Putin.
The search for the remains of soldiers who perished in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR/posts/301881741958001
22:58, 25 January 2022
Azerbaijan hands soldier's remains over to Armenia
In Shushi, Azerbaijan has handed the remains of a military serviceman over to the Armenian party. Thus, the overall number of bodies and remains found in the conflict zone after the November 2020 hostilities has reached 1707, the Nagorno-Karabakh Emergency Service has informed.
22:57, 25 January 2022
Azerbaijani activists demand to release Ali Aliev
The Public Committee for the Defence of the Rights of Ali Aliev, the leader of the "Citizens and Development" Party sentenced to five months in custody, has been set up in Azerbaijan. Its members treat Aliev's arrest as an attack on the freedom of expression.
Ibragim Yangulbaev. Screenshot of the video published at the sotavision YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=365&v=WbBv-jE47Zs&feature=emb_logo
13:42, 25 January 2022
Ibragim Yangulbaev responds to Kadyrov's accusation of cowardice
In his video address to Ramzan Kadyrov, Ibragim Yangulbaev, a blogger, has recalled his oppositional activities when he lived in Chechnya. According to his story, he was detained twice and tortured, but he didn't stop criticizing local authorities.
13:39, 25 January 2022
Chechen law enforcers hold at least three Yangulbaevs' relatives
Apart from Zarema Musaeva, the mother of Yangulbaev brothers, who was abducted in Nizhny Novgorod and brought to Chechnya by law enforcers, two their other relatives have not been released yet.
Abubakar Yangulbaev. Screenshot of the post https://t.me/against_torture
13:34, 25 January 2022
Yangulbaev denied his family involvement in beating up Chechen law enforcer in Turkey
By accusing the Yangulbaev family of organizing an attack on a former Chechen law enforcer in Turkey, Ramzan Kadyrov is trying to justify the kidnapping of Zarema Musaeva, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has suggested.
Polad Aslanov. Photo: https://doshdu.com/reportery-bez-granic-prizvali-vlasti-azerbajdzhana-otkazatsja-ot-presledovanija-polada-aslanova/
13:11, 25 January 2022
After fainting in colony, journalist Polad Aslanov hospitalized
Polad Aslanov, a journalist, was hospitalized on the 19th day of his hunger strike after he fainted in the colony. Aslanov took some food, but then continued his hunger strike, Gyulmira Aslanova, Polad's wife, has added.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video by the BBC Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp65fNM4Mj8&t=1s
12:48, 25 January 2022
Kadyrov announces Russian spending on Chechnya
The Russian government allocates 300 billion roubles a year for supporting Chechnya; the republic won't hold "even a month" without Moscow's support, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.
12:40, 25 January 2022
Kadyrov invites Yangulbaevs to come to Chechnya
The sons of Zarema Yangulbaeva (Musaeva) should come to Chechnya to fetch their mother, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, again accusing the whole family of various crimes. Abubakar Yangulbaev intends to sue the head of Chechnya for calling his family as terrorists.
12:32, 25 January 2022
After blackmail with his sister's photo, blogger Khalitov refuses to stop criticizing Kadyrov
Khasan Khalitov, a blogger living in Turkey, has refused to apologize to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, despite the threats to publish obscene photos of the blogger's sister. Social network users considered it unworthy for Muslims to humiliate women.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video on his personal page vk.com/ramzan
23:58, 24 January 2022
Kadyrov creates a threat to Kalyapin and Milashina by accusing them of terrorism
The allegation of Ramzan Kadyrov, who classified Igor Kalyapin, the head of the “Committee Against Torture”*, and journalist Elena Milashina as terrorists, will not be followed by criminal prosecution of those people, but the risk of unlawful pressure on them has increased, human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina and advocate Marina Dubrovina point out.
Igor Kalyapin, Ramzan Kadyrov. Photos: Foreign and Commonwealth Office; screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://grozny-inform.ru/news/society/131879/
23:55, 24 January 2022
Human rights defender Kalyapin considers it useless to respond to Kadyrov’s accusation
It is useless to complain about the Ramzan Kadyrov’s allegation that Igor Kalyapin, the head of the “Committee against Torture”*, is an accomplice of terrorists, since the leader of Chechnya always get away with it, the human rights defender explains.
Law enforcers detain Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CZHKjIooFWA/
23:52, 24 January 2022
Video of Zarema Musaeva’s kidnapping posted on Internet
According to video from surveillance cameras, law enforcers took Zarema Musaeva out of the house entrance without warm clothes. The elderly woman was walking through the snow without shoes, Sergey Babinets, a lawyer of the “Committee Against Torture”*, emphasized.
News
Protesters in Tbilisi. Photo: Publika Protesters in Tbilisi supported the demands of parents of children with Duchenne syndrome.

The body of a Georgian soldier has been delivered to Tbilisi. Screenshot from Publika's photo from April 26, 2026. The participation of Georgian fighters in fighting in Ukraine has raised questions about their motivations.

Three candidates for the post of Catholicos of Georgia have been identified.

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.