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A book under the rubble of a home. November 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:02, 15 January 2021
34,000 people left homeless in Nagorno-Karabakh
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has been followed by a humanitarian crisis, and a programme for the resettlement of refugees has been launched in the region, announces Mane Tandilyan, Minister for Employment, Social and Migration Issues of Nagorno-Karabakh. 8000-10,000 premises are needed to accommodate people who lost their homes as a result of the war.
A mosque in Tbilisi. Photo: George Kvizhinadze из Tbilisi, Georgia - Flickr
22:54, 15 January 2021
In Guria, Muslims abandon a mosque project after a conflict with fellow villagers
In Georgia, Christians and Muslims of the Buknari village in the Guria District have settled a conflict over plans regarding the mosque construction. Muslims will have the possibility to pray in the village, but they will not demand the construction of a mosque.
Military doctors vaccinate Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh against coronavirus. Photo http://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12333972@egNews
21:57, 15 January 2021
Russian MoD begins to vaccinate peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh against coronavirus
Military doctors have begun to vaccinate Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh against coronavirus, and about 2000 doses of the "Sputnik-V" vaccine have been delivered for them.
Fans of the "Akhmat" Football Club. Photo by the press service of the "Akhmat" FC http://www.fc-akhmat.ru/
21:41, 15 January 2021
YouTube blocks channels of Chechen sports organizations "Akhmat"
The US sanctions have resulted in the blocking of the YouTube channels of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) and the "Absolute Championship Akhmat" (ACA) MMA organization. The top managers of the promotion organization said they were not involved in human rights violations.
Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliev and Nikol Pashinyan. Photos: press service of the Kremlin; press service of the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev https://en.president.az/articles/42101
15:01, 15 January 2021
Armenian analysts argue about consequences of Putin-Aliev-Pashinyan summit
Moscow will not be able to support Nagorno-Karabakh's independence and its belonging to Azerbaijan for a long time. Although the parties have signed a ceasefire agreement, the conflict has not been settled; and the OSCE Minsk Group may soon start discussing the status of the unrecognized republic, political analysts have suggested.
Participants of a protest action in Tskhinvali. December 6, 2020. Screenshot of the post on the page "ЧП/Цхинвал" on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbdC9LLs7F/"
14:50, 15 January 2021
Djabiev's case triggers political crisis in South Ossetia
The death case of Inal Djabiev after interrogation at the police has become the trigger and central element of a large-scale political crisis in South Ossetia, Ruslan Totrov, a journalist, has stated. The political instability has been embodied in a boycott by most of the MPs of parliament sessions demanding the resignation of the Public Prosecutor General, David Sanakoev, an MP, has stated.
14:44, 15 January 2021
Chechnya: Timurzievs' story continues practice of rejecting advocates
The relatives of the murdered Timurziev brothers, detained in Chechnya, were kept in the building of a power structure, her relative has reported. They should have turned to an advocate to find out the reasons of their detention, but the practice of rejecting advocates' services is widespread in Chechnya, says Oleg Orlov, the head of the Hot Spots programme of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Alexei Navalny (from left to right). Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina, press service of the HRC "Memorial"; https://memohrc.org/, screenshot: «ABU-SADDAM SHISHANI» YouTube channel
14:09, 15 January 2021
Chechen blogger Tumso compares himself with Navalny
Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger from Chechnya, has called on the Swedish authorities to react to the mild, in his opinion, sentence to the figurants in the assassination attempt on him in the same way as European countries reacted to the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
A monument to Sumgait pogrom victims in Stepanakert. Photo: Yerevantsi, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сумгаитский_погром
11:22, 15 January 2021
Stepanakert residents commemorate victims of Baku pogroms
At the service in the Stepanakert temple, parishioners have prayed for the repose of victims of pogroms of Armenians in Baku. There are about 30,000 refugees from Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh; up to 500 families need housing, a member of the Union of Armenian Refugees has stated.
Azerbaijani soldiers in Kelbajar. Photo by Aziz Karinmov for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:30, 15 January 2021
Baku analysts explain the procedure of social security for families of missing soldiers
Azerbaijani laws assume no privileges and payments of no benefits to families of missing military servicemen, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained. After six months, if the missing person is not found alive, he is assigned the status of a shaheed (deceased martyr); and his family receives all the due benefits.
Law enforcers' car. Screenshot of the video by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation https://yandex.ru/search/?
09:19, 15 January 2021
Defence reports Belkharoev's complaints about torture
Alikhan Belkharoev, a resident of Ingushetia, arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Ingush Centre to Counter Extremism (CCE, also known as "E" Centre), said that law enforcers had tortured him to obtain confessions.
Destroyed homes in the Khudaferin village in the Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan. December 14, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:57, 14 January 2021
Karabakh rescuers report 1230 dead bodies found
In the village of Karin, Karabakh rescuers found a body of a 58-year-old woman. The total number of the dead bodies found by the rescuers increased to 1230. Today, Azerbaijan has banned the Karabakh rescuers from conducting any searches. However, it is planned to resume searches on January 15, the Karabakh side reports.
The consequences of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. December 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:49, 14 January 2021
Human rights defenders demand to investigate war crimes of parties to Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan and Armenia used inaccurate weapons during shelling attacks on cities, towns, and villages during the autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict, and as a result, dozens of civilians were killed and hundreds of others were injured. The parties to the conflict must bring the persons responsible for war crimes to justice, states the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).
Participants of a protest action near the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University in Yerevan, January 8, 2021. Screenshot of the video by the "Sputnik Armenia" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJuZxKsM8Hw&feature=emb_logo
23:46, 14 January 2021
Parents of Armenian conscripts protest after report on a soldier wounded in Karabakh
In Yerevan, a protest action took place in front of the government building. The protesters demand from the Armenian authorities to provide security guarantees for conscripts in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sappers working on demining operations. Nagorno-Karabakh, November 20, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:11, 14 January 2021
Bulldozer driver blown up by mine in Karabakh
An employee of the Azerbaijani road administration was injured after hitting an anti-tank mine with a bulldozer.
Oksana Sotieva, Inal Djabiev's widow. Screenshot of the post on Instagram "ЧП Цхинвал" https://www.instagram.com/p/CKA4OMVLrsm/
22:19, 14 January 2021
Djabiev's widow appeals for support to former South-Ossetian presidents
Oksana Sotieva, Inal Djabiev's widow, has asked the ex-presidents of South Ossetia to support the demand to investigate his death.
The main street of the Kelbadjar town. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:50, 14 January 2021
Azerbaijani military perishes in road accident in Nagorno-Karabakh
One military serviceman has perished and two others were wounded in a car accident near Shusha, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Towers in the Djeirakh-Assinsky Nature Reserve. Photo by the press service of the Djeirakh-Assinsky state historical-architecture and natural open-air museum / a page on VKontakte
11:39, 14 January 2021
Ingush historians treat installation of solar panels on towers as unacceptable
Historical towers are of great value for the entire Ingush people; and solar panels spoil their appearance and destroy buildings, the historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert. Monitoring towers is necessary, but this issue should have been approached professionally, taking into account residents' and scientists' opinions, they believe.
A detained activist in a police car. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
11:28, 14 January 2021
MDA's punitive powers worry Baku journalists
The powers of the newly-formed Azerbaijani Media Development Agency (MDA) are formulated vaguely, but this structure is entitled to punish the media, human rights defenders and journalists have noted.
Adam Delimkhanov (on the left), relatives of the Timurziev brothers, and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS, screenshots of the videos https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd1wcEK2Aa/, http://duma.gov.ru/
11:26, 14 January 2021
Kadyrov instructs Delimkhanov to solve the issue of giving Timurziev brothers' bodies out to relatives
If the case against the Timurziev brothers is considered under the terrorism article, their bodies will not be handed over to the family, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, instructing Adam Delimkhanov to deal with the issue.
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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....

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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.