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Screenshot of a Chechen woman's video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a video by the user ANTI KADYROV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCPq_cu9ng
13:31, 13 January 2018
The video appeals to the head of Chechnya and his mother were recorded by Aishat Guchigova, who lives in France, her relatives have reported, stating that they are ashamed of her words; and one of her relatives wished her death for criticizing Kadyrov.
Screenshot of video posted on YouTube by user Movsar Eskerkhanov under the heading "Killer of Avtury police boss liquidated", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9AHYNji_A
10:46, 13 January 2018
Relatives of Khamzat Baimuradov, suspected of killing the chief of the police station and shot dead during his detention, fear of blood feud, residents of the Avtury village reported. Relatives and friends had no chance to bury the Khamzat Baimuradov's body, since bodies of killed terrorists were not given out to family members, the police reported.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo: a fragment of the leaflets issued by the supporters of the Azerbaijani journalist https://www.irfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/afgan-mukhtarli.jpg
06:32, 13 January 2018
The US Department of State is concerned over the verdict to Afghan Mukhtarly and calls on Azerbaijan to release the journalist.
04:11, 13 January 2018
Starting from January 1, the fund for payments to families of deceased soldiers and officers and soldiers who became disabled as a result of wounds began to be replenished due to the monthly mandatory deductions from a salary of each working resident of Nagorno-Karabakh in the amount of 1000 drams (about 2.1 US dollars). This was stated by Ashot Gulyan, Speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament.
22:57, 12 January 2018
Law enforcers explain the detentions of parishioners of the mosque located in Omarov Street by the prophylactic measure.
The murdered Avetisyan family's house in Gyumri. January 14, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:04, 12 January 2018
Over the past three years, the murder of the Avetisyan family members committed on January 12, 2015, for which Valery Permyakov, a Russian regular soldier, was sentenced, became the most resonant, but far from the only incident involving soldiers of the Russian military base in Gyumri.
Afghan Mukhtarly near the building of the court in Baku. May 31, 2017. Photo by REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
15:33, 12 January 2018
The Balaken District Court of Azerbaijan has found journalist Afghan Mukhtarly guilty of illegal crossing the border, smuggling and rendering resistance to a public official, reported his advocate.
The building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. Photo © Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://ru.sputnik.az/politics/20171205/413047705/gruzija-azerbajdzhan-diplomaticheskoe-otnoshenija-memedjarov-dzhanelizde.html
13:35, 12 January 2018
Tonight, a 104-year-old woman, found in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan, has been sent to Grozny, reported the Baku shelter "Mother Teresa's Sisters".
Law enforcers. Photo by the user Radio Erkentyi (RFE/RL)
11:05, 12 January 2018
Relatives of Kazbek Abdurashidov, the head of the Dagestani charity organization "Nizam Centre", can not find him for nearly 24 hours, and do not rule out his kidnapping.
Georgian Patriarchat. Photo © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20171017/237778505/Pomilovanie-osuzhdennyh-za-dengi-Patriarhija-Gruzii-v-centre-skandala.html
10:03, 12 January 2018
The draft law on decriminalization of soft narcotic drugs in Georgia fails to account important measures to prevent and combat the drug addiction, the Patriarchate has stated.
Azerbaijani soldiers. Photo: REUTERS/Host Photo Agency/RIA Novosti
06:04, 12 January 2018
60 soldiers and officers of Armenia deceased in 2017. Of them, 22 were killed as a result of violation of the ceasefire regime and non-combat losses amounted to 38 people, reports the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly. According to the organization, in 2016, the losses of the Armenian armed forces amounted to 175 people.
Screenshot of a Chechen woman's video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a video by the user ANTI KADYROV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8S57CdK8w4
05:52, 12 January 2018
When residents of Chechnya dare to voice public appeals with criticism of the authorities or complaints, they are driven by despair and a desire to achieve justice. Exposing themselves at risk, authors of such appeals often underestimate the experience of other critics of the authorities, experts believe.
War in Syria. Damascus, January 6, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh
04:48, 12 January 2018
A significant number of military exercises in the Southern Military District can be explained by the Russia's participation in the struggle against the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS) in Syria.
Alexander Arzumanyan. Photo: screenshot of a video by azatutyun.am
03:24, 12 January 2018
Alexander Arzumanyan, the Armenia's Ambassador to Denmark and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has won a lawsuit against Armenia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The court has obliged the Armenian authorities to pay him 2500 euros.
Yuri Shevchuk, Oleg Sitnikov, Yuri Dud. Photo: collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:49, 11 January 2018
In the film "The Man After the War" produced by video blogger Yuri Dud, Oleg Sitnikov, who fought in the First Chechen War, campaign, and Yuri Shevchuk, the leader of the DDT group, who came to Grozny in 1995, talk about the war and the life after it. The video helped Sitnikov to embody his dream of buying a new car.
The funeral of Temirlan Machalikashvili took place in the village of Duisi in the Pankisi Gorge. Photo: Sputnik/STRINGER https://sputnik-georgia.ru
17:41, 11 January 2018
Today, the funeral of Temirlan Machalikashvili, who died after being wounded by law enforcers, took place in the village of Duisi in the Pankisi Gorge. His father appealed to the Georgian Prosecutor's Office demanding to assess law enforcers' actions.
Maria Lasitskene. Photo by the press service of the All-Russia Athletic Federation, rusathletics.info
17:31, 11 January 2018
Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina), an athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, has won the All-Russian tournament in high jump and pole vaulting.
A young woman from North Ossetia, who posts in Instagram scandalous videos with dances in hijab. Screenshot of a video on her page on Instagram http://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/system/uploads/article_image/image/0014/148091/main_image_hidzh.jpg
15:45, 11 January 2018
The actions of a young woman from North Ossetia, who posts in Instagram scandalous videos with dances in hijab, show more desire for PR steps rather than insolence, her countrymen suggest. The young woman does not face any danger in her homeland, believe the local Deputy Mufti and a journalist.
Adam Ilyasov. Screenshot of a video by the user Imam. Adam_al.ashariy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxMzskPbJ3o
13:07, 11 January 2018
The return of Adam Ilyasov to the position of the Islamic judge of Grozny may provoke a new surge of persecution of young men wearing beards, local residents believe.
A view of the Bezengi village. Kabardino-Balkaria. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
13:06, 11 January 2018
Tourists from the United States are advised not to travel to Northern Caucasus, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.
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.