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Unloading of the armoured infantry vehicles delivered to Azerbaijan from Russia. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=fSFfSVZVR8g
03:21, 21 January 2018
Experts highly appreciate Russian APCs delivered to Azerbaijan
The armoured personnel carriers (APCs) delivered by Russia will strengthen the combat capacities of Azerbaijani armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Baku experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, believe.
22:08, 20 January 2018
One of Volgograd shooters arrested
The court has arrested a suspect in the case of a shootout in Volgograd, who is now at hospital. According to investigators, he was the conflict instigator.
18:50, 20 January 2018
Defence criticizes compensation amount for violating Azerbaijani journalist's rights
On January 18, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found rights violation of Mushvig Guseinov, a correspondent of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper under Articles 5.3 (right to liberty and personal security) and 6.2 (right to fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and obliged the Azeri authorities to pay him 4000 euros of compensation.
18:18, 20 January 2018
Navalny's supporters released from police in Astrakhan
In Astrakhan, policemen have released Alexei Navalny's supporters after drawing up a confiscation protocol of leaflets, Alexander Kogut, the head of the local Navalny's office, has stated.
Memorial in the Alley of Martyrs in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
17:26, 20 January 2018
Azeri residents come out to commemorate victims of "Black January"
In spite of cold weather and strong wind, residents of Baku have come today to the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate those who perished as a result of the invasion of Soviet troops to Baku on January 20, 1990.
Navalny's supporters detained in Astrakhan on January 20, 2018. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
15:20, 20 January 2018
Three Navalny's supporters detained in Astrakhan
Policemen have detained three employees of the Astrakhan Navalny's office, who were disseminating leaflets in the city centre.
Musa Musaev. Press service of Makhachkala Administration, https://www.mkala.ru/authorities/administration/struktura/struktura_823.html
10:53, 20 January 2018
Defence declares innocence of Makhachkala Mayor
Musa Musaev, the Makhachkala Mayor, did not exceed his powers at allocating the land plot; the case against him was instituted without due grounds, said Suleiman Azuev, his advocate.
Russian APCs in the port of Baku, January 19, 2018. Photo: press service of Azerbaijani MoD, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/v-azerbajdzhan-postupila-novaya-partiya-sovremennoj-voennoj-tehniki-font-color-red-video-font-21404.html
08:09, 20 January 2018
APCs arrive in Baku from Russia
Modern Russian military vehicles and ammunition are delivered to the Baku port and will be transferred to the armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports.
Alexander Valov at the court hearing on lawsuit filed by MP Yuri Napso in Krasnodar District Court, December 8, 2107. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
04:18, 20 January 2018
Alexander Valov from "BlogSochi" detained for two days
Alexander Valov, the editor-in-chief of the website "BlogSochi", was detained by the police for 48 hours after a search conducted in his apartment.
Participant of the rally in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, Moscow, January 19, 2018. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the Caucasian Knot.
02:12, 20 January 2018
Moscow marchers demand to stop persecuting rights defenders
The traditional annual march in memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, held in Moscow, attracted more participants than the organizers had expected. The posters that people carried included those demanding to stop repressing rights defenders, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Rally in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova in Moscow, January 19, 2017. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the Caucasian Knot.
22:30, 19 January 2018
One of marchers in memory of Markelov and Baburova detained
According to Moscow law enforcers, the today's march in memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta", was over 500 people strong.
Protest action in Yerevan organized by opposition "Elk" bloc. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot.
20:58, 19 January 2018
Action against price hike held in Yerevan
Today, Yerevan has hosted an action against price hike, which turned into a march across the city centre. According to the organizer, the opposition "Elk" bloc, several thousand people took part in the march.
16:10, 19 January 2018
Suleiman Kerimov allowed visiting Russia
Today, French law enforcers have allowed Suleiman Kerimov, a Senator from Dagestan, a three-day trip to his relative living in Russia.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/chechnya-na-zaderzhannogo-pravozashchitnika-pytayutsya-vozdeystvovat-ugrozhaya-ego
15:39, 19 January 2018
EU condemns persecution of HRC "Memorial" in Northern Caucasus
The European Union (EU) has expressed deep concern over the detention and arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the HRC "Memorial" office in the Chechen Republic. This is said in the EU's statement "On Human Rights Violations against HRC 'Memorial' in Russia" dated January 18, which is available at the "Caucasian Knot".
15:16, 19 January 2018
HRC "Memorial" report search in Grozny office
Today, policemen have searched the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". In the course thereof, an ashtray and cigarettes were found, which were not in the office before that, rights defenders assert.
14:10, 19 January 2018
HRW focuses on Chechnya in report on human rights violations in Russia
In a separate chapter focused on Russia in the World Report prepared by the "Human Rights Watch" (HRW), authors mention persecution of gays and mass execution of suspected militants in Chechnya.
13:08, 19 January 2018
"Republican Party of Armenia" puts Armen Sargsyan forward to run for presidency
Today, Serzh Sargsyan has proposed to Armen Sargsyan, Armenian Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to run for presidency. According to the preliminary information, the presidential election will be held on March 2.
Musa Musaev. Photo: https://www.mkala.ru/authorities/administration/struktura/struktura_823.html
11:40, 19 January 2018
Makhachkala Mayor Musa Musaev suspected of abuse of power
Today, sources from the law enforcement bodies have reported about searches conducted in a house of Makhachkala Mayor Musa Musaev, as well as in his personal office in the city administration.
10:25, 19 January 2018
Law enforcers demand keys to Grozny office of HRC "Memorial"
During the past three days, Chechen policemen twice on January 16 and 18 demanded to open the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", but left without waiting for rights defenders. This was reported by Oleg Orlov, a member of the board for the HRC "Memorial", who referred to an owner of the premises.
Arson attack on ‘Memorial’ Nazran office, January 17, 2018. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
04:57, 19 January 2018
Rights defenders see relation between arson of "Memorial" office and Kadyrov's phrases
The statement voiced by the leader of Chechnya on the situation with the Oyub Titiev's detention and the arson of an office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Ingushetia are links in one chain. This opinion was expressed by rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
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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.