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10:14, 26 January 2019
Defence of policeman accused of Tskaev's death demands to exclude important proofs
The advocate of the policeman Oleg Dzampaev has stated that the indictment was formulated incorrectly; and a number of proofs should be removed from the case. The widow of Vladimir Tskaev, who died after being questioned by the police in Vladikavkaz, has opposed this motion.
A vehicle of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo © Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov https://ru.sputnik.md/world_incidents/20180529/19517142/kiev-zhurnalist-ubijstvo-babchenko-delo.html
23:09, 25 January 2019
Investigators call Nalchik attackers to be residents of Ingushetia
All the four attackers on the DPS (road-and-patrol service) post in Nalchik have been identified, investigators have reported. According to sources, one of the attackers was the son of a retired employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Gor Alexanyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 25 January 2019
Pashinyan refuses to disclose details of meeting with Aliev
Armenia cannot represent Nagorno-Karabakh in negotiations with Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan said during his first official visit to Russia.
A vehicle of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/news/20181024/1025389331/opublikolvano-video-doprosa-direktora-mup-goroda-sochi-vodokanal.html
22:40, 25 January 2019
Law enforcers tell details of attack on policemen in Nalchik
The attack on policemen was committed at a busy intersection in Nalchik, where DPS (road-and-patrol service) posts were often on duty. According to records from surveillance cameras, the attacked DPS inspectors did not expect an attack and were doing their routine work.
The policemen in Baku. Photo © SPUTNIK / MURAD ORUJOV https://az.sputniknews.ru/incidents/20180523/415469811/pistolet-avtobus-passazhir-policejskij-hyrdalan.html
19:01, 25 January 2019
Baku resident detained at action demanding to release political prisoners
Policemen have detained Rafael Guseinzade, a Baku resident, who organized a solo protest action. He said that he came out to protest after the city Mayoralty refused to sanction the rally on January 26.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
15:58, 25 January 2019
Kadyrov explains re-fixing borders with neighbours by decision of country's leadership
The clarification of Chechnya's borders with the neighbouring regions, including Dagestan, is explained by the instruction by the country's leadership, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He denied that the border changes are due to his "good appetite."
A gas pipe near a private house. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:55, 25 January 2019
Residents of Chechnya complain about disconnections at gas inspectors' raids
During their raid in the Chechen village of Tsotsi-Yurt, gas inspectors disconnected several private houses, local residents have reported. The gas specialists explained their raids by checking the safety and detection of possible gas thefts. The disconnections occurred amid the resonance around an attempt to write off billion-rouble debts accumulated by residents of the republic.
11:26, 25 January 2019
Pyatigorsk activists condemn homophobia of "Yabloko" leader in KBR
The position of the head of the "Yabloko" Party in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) is contrary to the principles of the party that supported sexual minorities, said the LGBT "Solidarity" Movement from Stavropol. The party does not share Khakim Kuchmezov's homophobic statements, the press service of the "Yabloko" Party has stated.
The attack on policemen in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: screenshot of the video by nalchik_24_7, https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBiQXOFn6O/
11:23, 25 January 2019
Attack on policemen in KBR is the third in four months
The attack on the DPS (road-and-patrol) post in Nalchik, in which four attackers were killed and a policeman heavily wounded, was the first armed incident this year in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and the third one since October 2018.
Thorhild Sunna Evarsdottir. Photo https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/www.europalibera.org/a/29448907.html
08:45, 25 January 2019
PACE Rapporteur counts 130 political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Ms Thorhild Sunna Evarsdottir, the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has presented a list of Azerbaijani political prisoners. She intends to visit Azerbaijan and listen to the position of country's authorities on each of the 130 cases.
A DPS inspector. Photo: https://o-gibdd.ru/gibdd-nalchik/
08:42, 25 January 2019
Three men killed in attack on policemen in Nalchik
A policeman was stabbed in an attack on a DPS (road-and-patrol service) post in Nalchik, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.
Hadji Murad at the background of the village of Khunzakh. A drawing by G. G. Gagarin, 1848. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Хаджи-Мурат
23:51, 24 January 2019
Russian authorities promise to send Hadji Murad's skull to Dagestan
The administration of the Russian President has agreed that the Hadji Murad's skull should be transferred from the Museum of Saint Petersburg to Dagestan.
Manvel Grigoryan. Photo © Facebook/ Մանվել Գրիգորյան https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20181225/16424760/ombudsmen-armenii-osudil-travlyu-v-otnoshenii-sudi-osvobodivshego-manvela-grigoryana.html
23:47, 24 January 2019
Defence demands to free former Armenian MP Grigoryan of embezzlement charge
The charge under the article on embezzlement filed against former Armenian MP Manvel Grigoryan does not correspond to the case materials, the defence states.
19:27, 24 January 2019
Investigators stop the murder case of eight Dagestanis in Chechnya
The criminal case about eight residents of Dagestan, killed in a shootout in the Gudermes District of Chechnya in October 2016, is closed. Relatives of the casualties demanded to investigate the case, but they stopped it anyway, the "Mediazona" reports quoting Andrei Sabinin, an Agora's lawyer.
19:16, 24 January 2019
Azerbaijani militaries sent to Afghanistan and Southern Sudan
A group of Azerbaijani military servicemen has been sent to Afghanistan to participate in the "Resolute Support" Mission. Two other officers have left for Southern Sudan as observers in the UN peacemaking mission, says the website of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.
The North Caucasus District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:25, 24 January 2019
Residents of Ingushetia, accused of terrorism, claim being tortured
Salamkhan Sampiev, Ruslan Esmurziev, Khusen Kitiev, Magomed Amatkhanov and Elbert Kharsiev, accused of preparing terrorist acts in Ingushetia and at the French Embassy in Moscow, have declared their innocence. According to their version, they gave confessions under torture.
A law enforcer. Ingushetia. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
14:22, 24 January 2019
Chechen MIA reports more killed militants in 2018
In Chechnya, in 2018, 21 alleged members of the armed underground were killed, whereas in 2017 the number was 18, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported, thus confirming the data of the "Caucasian Knot" on the number of militants killed and suspected of involvement in the armed underground.
14:16, 24 January 2019
Residents of Gali District of Abkhazia protest against closure of border with Georgia
A rally against the border closure at the "Ingur" checkpoint took place near the administration building of the Gali District. Residents are unhappy with the time restrictions on crossing the border with Georgia, and they are concerned about the issue of obtaining Abkhaz passports.
13:09, 24 January 2019
Azerbaijani oppositionists tell about torture
Agil Magerramov, Ruslan Nasirli and Salekh Rustamov told at the trial, where the case of illegal financing of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) is considered, about torture and refused from their confessions. The Prosecutor's Office took no action to check their complaints of torture, the oppositionists' advocates have reported.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
13:03, 24 January 2019
Kadyrov reproaches Russian regions for making noise around gas debts
The decision of the court of Grozny that obliged to write off the gas debts does not mention the sum of 9 billion roubles, said the head of Chechnya. He explained the republic's debts by two military campaigns, worn-out networks and problems with consumers' accounting; he has also called on Russian regions to solve their problems with gas debts without mentioning Chechnya.
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A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his unit.

Diana Tsipinova. Photo: https://www.advokatymoscow.ru/press/news/13832/ Tsipinova's defense criticized the new demand for a review of the case.

In April 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

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.