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14:18, 17 January 2022
Soldier perishes in Azerbaijan
Djavidan Mamedli, a conscript soldier, has perished due to careless handling firearms; an investigation has been launched, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported, not specifying the dwelling settlement where the accident occurred.
11:56, 17 January 2022
Tbilisi: Refugees' protest ends in death of one of them
In a dwelling settlement in an outskirt of Tbilisi, a man perished during an action held by forced migrants, who demanded to remove them from an emergency building. The police are investigating the case about bringing the man to suicide.
Participant of a conflict in Moscow (screenshot: https://t.me/DagestanRD), Sergei Melikov (Photo: official website of the Federation Council, council.gov.ru). Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
11:42, 17 January 2022
Melikov demands from Dagestani to apologize for behaviour in Moscow
The native of Dagestan, who rudely insulted bus passengers in Moscow, must apologize to them and to his fellow countrymen, on behalf of whom he had tried to speak, Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, has stated.
Ramzan Kadyrov says the Ingush people have no claims against him. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYw5-ySvrxW/
11:26, 17 January 2022
Social network users challenge Kadyrov's words about no conflict with Ingushetia
The statements of the Chechen party about a new page in the Chechen-Ingush relations remain groundless, until the border agreement is revised; and while Kadyrov is trying to hush up the conflict, and not solve it, Ingush users of Instagram publics have pointed out.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of Telegram posted dated October 27, 2020: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1010
11:12, 17 January 2022
Kadyrov orders to remove all negative data about Ingushes from social networks
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has instructed to remove any hostile statement against residents of Ingushetia posted in social networks, Akhmed Dudaev the Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information of Chechnya, has stated.
18:34, 16 January 2022
Activists criticize court ruling in case of Azerbaijani oppositionist
Politicians and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan have condemned the conviction of Ali Aliev, the leader of the "Citizens and Development" Party, on charges of defamation. They treat the case as a "political order" and demanded the release of the oppositionist.
Sevindj Vagifgyzy. Photo: https://www.turan.az/mmedia/2022/main/011500043612.jpg
18:32, 16 January 2022
Court marshals ban journalist Sevindj Vagifgyzy to leave Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan authority in charge of enforcing judgements has asked the court to impose a ban on Sevindj Vagifgyzy, a journalist of the "Meydan" TV, to leave the country. She is charged with non-execution of the judgement on the lawsuit submitted by Elmira Alandarova, a school deputy principal.
Screenshot of the video with Ramzan Kadyrov published on Instagram ya_pomoshnik_kra_95, January 15, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/p/CYwU_yboka8/
18:24, 16 January 2022
Kadyrov declares no claims against him in Ingush people
Before the end of the ultimatum, none of residents of Ingushetia has declared blood feud and turned to the elders, which shows that the people of Ingushetia have no claims, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He accused human rights defenders of aggravating the situation and threatened those who would "write nasty things" with consequences.
An announcement about a roundtable in Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:39, 16 January 2022
Roundtable participants in Volgograd report pressure on opponents of vaccination and QR codes
Residents of Volgograd refuse to get vaccinated fearing for their health; for this they are suspended from work, and they are forced to defend their interests in court, Ivan Ivanov, a lawyer, has stated. Marina Arkhipova, an activist, said that after she recorded a video message to the Russian president asking to cancel QR codes, the police demanded an explanation from her.
11:50, 16 January 2022
Lost Nagorno-Karabakh resident returned to Armenia
Andranik Alexanyan, a resident of the city of Berdzor in the Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh, was returned to the Armenian party through the mediation of Russian peacemakers.
Visitors to the exhibition dedicated to the Holocaust Victims' Remembrance Day in Vladikavkaz. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:37, 16 January 2022
Exhibition on Remembrance Day of Holocaust Victims attracts North-Ossetian residents
An exhibition dedicated to the Holocaust Victims' Remembrance Day has opened in Vladikavkaz. During the fascist occupation in the fall of 1942, about 600 Jews perished in the Mozdok District, Gergart Nadel, the author of the exhibition and director of the Memorial Museum of Memory of Victims and Heroes of the Holocaust named after Pechersky in Vladikavkaz, has explained.
21:44, 15 January 2022
Armenian public figures demanded from authorities to treat pogroms in Baku as genocide
The pogroms of Armenians in Baku 32 years ago became the third act of massacres of Armenians in the 20th century, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. Armenian authorities should recognize the Baku pogroms as genocide and convey to the world community that this tragedy caused the Karabakh conflict, the Armenian public figures, Grigory Aivazyan and Larisa Alaverdyan, have stated.
Law enforcers hearing the people's complaints at a protest action in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video published at the page of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CYuSs52IPM0/
21:27, 15 January 2022
Makhachkala townspeople protest against frequent water and power outages
On January 14, several dozen residents of Makhachkala went out to a street protest action, demanding from bureaucrats to solve the problem of power and water outages. People are freezing up without electricity; and because of frequent outages thereof, household appliances fail, another group of Makhachkala townspeople have noted on the Instagram.
Fatima Movlanly. Photo: https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2018/4/free/Social/ru/70362.htm
19:12, 15 January 2022
Azerbaijani journalist accuses authorities of illegal wiretapping
Fatima Movlanly, an Azerbaijani journalist, has filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office about illegal wiretapping of conversations on her smartphone. She has suggested that authorities were using eavesdropping software to track information about protest actions.
The CSTO peacemaker in Kazakhstan. Photo by the press service
19:05, 15 January 2022
Analysts exclude use of CSTO troops on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
After the use of CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) peacemakers in Kazakhstan, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, is interested in the use thereof on the Azerbaijani border, but the allies cannot ignore the interests of Baku and will not agree to this, Azerbaijani analysts believe. Both Azerbaijan and Armenia are interested in the presence of Russian peacemakers in the conflict zone, Russian political analysts have pointed out.
A poster with Polad Aslanov's photo. Screenshot of the video https://www.amerikaninsesi.org
15:55, 15 January 2022
Polad Aslanov's wife reports that pressure on him stopped
On the ninth day of the hunger strike of Polad Aslanov, a journalist, the Supreme Court (SC) has set the date for the consideration of his complaint; this may be due to the attention of media and human rights defenders to his hunger strike. After Aslanov was visited by employees of the Ombudsperson's Office and the Red Cross, the pressure on him was stopped, his wife said.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by the "Grozny Inform" news agency https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/129899/
11:44, 15 January 2022
Use of blood feud by Chechen authorities creates risks for Kadyrov
After the expiration of the ultimatum, Ramzan Kadyrov may take the toughest measures against the residents of Ingushetia, who, in his opinion, have come forward with territorial claims against Chechnya. The Chechen authorities are taking the notion of blood feud loose, which could backfire against Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members, human rights defenders note.
23:53, 14 January 2022
Resident of Nagorno-Karabakh captured by Azerbaijani military forces
A 69-year-old resident of Berdzor got lost in the border area and was taken prisoner by the Azerbaijani military forces, the National Security Service of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.
23:50, 14 January 2022
Native of Kabardino-Balkaria suspected of recruiting militants
Five residents of Kabardino-Balkaria were involved in the activities of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”).
Benyamin Pogosyan, Ovsep Shurkhudyan, Naira Ayrumyan. Photo by the official newspaper of the Armenian Ministry of Defence http://www.hayzinvor.am/ru/18540.html, screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05NlPOGnC_g&t=1049s; Noyan Tapan's personal page on Facebook
23:43, 14 January 2022
Political analysts point out disadvantages of sending Armenian troops to Kazakhstan
Nikol Pashinyan did not have a chance to refuse to send Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) troops to Kazakhstan, but the participation of the Armenian military forces in the peacekeeping mission will worsen the Armenia’s relations with Western countries and may lead to the Armenia’s withdrawal from the CSTO due to the confrontation between Russia and the West, political analysts suggest.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Relatives of prisoners in the Taganrog pretrial detention center fear for their health.

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.