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Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video broadcasted by 'Nastoyaschee vremya' TV Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aII6tRu_3e8
01:38, 5 January 2019
AI urges Poland to cancel Abdurakhmanov's extradition
The return of the Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov to Russia threatens him with torture and unfair persecution, says the statement of the "Amnesty International" (AI), an international human rights organization.
Mekhman Guseinov, Baku, August 6, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
01:30, 5 January 2019
US PEN International urges to stop new case against Mekhman Guseinov
The US PEN International (PEN America) has linked the new criminal case against the blogger Mekhman Guseinov with the suppression of the dissent in Azerbaijan. Guseinov, who is on hunger strike at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) in protest against the new indictment, needs an urgent surgery, Shakhla Gumbatova, his advocate, has stated today.
Events in memory of Saint Kunta-haji Kishiev on the occasion of the 155th anniversary of his deportation, Ingushetia. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/news/meropriyatiya_posvyashchennye_153_y_godovshchine_so_dnya_ssylki_velikogo_sufiya_kunta_khadzhi_kishie/
22:26, 4 January 2019
Authorities of Chechnya and Ingushetia report about thousands participants of Kunta-haji Kishiev's Memorial Day
Chechnya and Ingushetia have held events in memory of Saint Kunta-haji Kishiev on the occasion of the 155th anniversary of his deportation. According to the Ingush authorities and the Chechen clergy, several thousand people took part in events. Residents of Chechnya said that Imams had warned them about the must to participate in religious ceremonies.
Law enforcers. Photo: Yulia Simatova / Yugopolis
22:13, 4 January 2019
Chechen family spends five hours at checkpoint in North Ossetia
Five residents of Chechnya, whose car was stopped by law enforcers at the entrance to Vladikavkaz, have complained about the nationality-based prejudiced attitude.
Rally in support of Mekhman Guseinov, Baku, January 3, 2019. Screenshot from MeydanTV video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkvK-QmgNZo&t=843s
22:03, 4 January 2019
Mekhman Guseinov's supporters arrested and fined
Today, a court in Baku has found eight participants of the action in support of the blogger Mekhman Guseinov to be infringers of the rules of holding meetings. The activists themselves disagree with the judgement.
Fire in Pyatigorsk. Screenshot from video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjioHVrlPTA
17:33, 4 January 2019
Major fire occurs in marketplace in Pyatigorsk
Today, a large pavilion has burned down at the Upper Marketplace in Pyatigorsk. There were no victims. According to eyewitnesses, the fire-fighting teams could not drive to the venue because of concrete blocks.
Narek Sargsyan. Photo: press service of RFE/RL
17:29, 4 January 2019
Request for extradition of Serzh Sargsyan's nephew sent to Czech Republic
The Armenian party has asked to extradite Narek Sargsyan, who was detained in Prague within the case of possessing narcotic drugs and firearms, the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) announced on January 3.
Amirkhan Umaev and his new Mercedes car. Photo from Umaev's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLG9hmHOUG/
15:57, 4 January 2019
Distribution of Mercedes cars from Kadyrov Foundation provokes criticism in Chechnya
Over the week, after returning to Chechnya, two participants of all-Russian contests received Mercedes cars from the Kadyrov Foundation. Residents of the subsidized republic recognized the merits of the contestants, but criticized the authorities of Chechnya for such expensive gifts.
Azerbaijani servicemen. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/ru/novosti-791/?&pagen=1
15:34, 4 January 2019
Azerbaijan claims 26 cases of shelling in conflict zone
Positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in two border villages, have been shelled, reports today the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani servicemen. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24837
12:01, 4 January 2019
CDSI notes high non-combat losses in Azerbaijani Army
The number of non-combat losses in the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan remains high; and information about them is silenced, experts told the "Caucasian Knot".
Rally in support of Mekhman Guseinov, Baku, January 3, 2019. Screenshot from MeydanTV video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkvK-QmgNZo&t=843s
11:52, 4 January 2019
Five persons left in custody after a rally in defence of Mekhman Guseinov
Three journalists and two activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), detained at a rally in defence of the blogger Mekhman Guseinov in Baku on January 3, are in custody pending trial. The other ten detainees were released.
Entrance to Vladikavkaz. Photo courtesy of press service in North Ossetia government. http://alania.gov.ru/news/4385
11:42, 4 January 2019
Residents of Chechnya claim groundless detention at North-Ossetian checkpoint
Law enforcers for several hours are detaining five residents of Chechnya at a checkpoint in North Ossetia, insisting on a special inspection of their car. The staff of the checkpoint failed to motivate the need for the inspection and took the documents away from all the family members, Malika Mazaeva, 31, a resident of Grozny and one of the detainees, told the "Caucasian Knot".
Screenshot from the message of the Ministry of Public Health posted in Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLf_v3FhYr/
08:17, 4 January 2019
Doctors find it impossible to send the boy wounded in Derbent to Moscow
Moscow doctors are consulting their colleagues who have operated on the three-year-old boy wounded in Derbent. The boy's health condition does not yet allow transporting him to other medical institutions, the Ministry of Public Health of Dagestan has informed.
Rally in support of Mekhman Guseinov, Baku, January 3, 2019. Screenshot from Meydan.Tv video
20:57, 3 January 2019
Baku police break up rally in support of Mekhman Guseinov
Four journalists and other activists have been detained today in Baku for holding a rally in support of the blogger Mekhman Guseinov; the police stopped the action five minutes after the start thereof. Still, it was a success, as many passersby managed to pay attention to it, the participants of the event believe.
Gas burner. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
18:12, 3 January 2019
Armenian authorities announce a method not to raise price of gas
On January 2, Arman Yegoyan, the press secretary for the Prime Minister of Armenia, reported that the cost of Russian gas for Armenian consumers will not rise due to reduction of the expenses incurred by the Gazprom Armenia.
Residents of burning residential building in Derbent, January 3, 2019. Photo: http://e-dag.ru/novosti/novosti-pravitelstva/artjom-zdunov-provel-operativnoe-soveshchanie-v-svyazi-s-chs-v-g-derbente.html#!prettyPhoto[gallery647feb54ba]/5/
17:50, 3 January 2019
Tenants of a Derbent five-storey building report their version of fire
Today, in Derbent, a fire has broken out on a roof of a five-storey residential building. All tenants have been evacuated.
Servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/rukovodstvo-ministerstva-oborony-nahoditsya-v-prifrontovoj-zone-video-25326.html
14:15, 3 January 2019
Azerbaijan registers 30 cases of shelling from Armenian side over a day
Positions of the Azerbaijani army have been shelled in two districts, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
Criminal case. Photo: © Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
14:04, 3 January 2019
"Edinaya Rossiya" Party promises to expel its members accused of pedophilia
A question on expulsion of former members of the Astrakhan Regional Duma from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, involved as defendants in a case on rape and corruption of minors, will be resolved at a next meeting, reports the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party.
Pensioners in Georgia. Photo: Nodar Tskvirashvili, RFE/RL
11:05, 3 January 2019
Residents of Georgia are obliged to get registered in new pension system
An electronic system of administering pension contributions has been launched on the website of the Pension Agency of Georgia. Registration therein is mandatory for all employed citizens, as well as for employers.
Drip flask. Photo: Valentina Mischenko / Yugopolis
10:56, 3 January 2019
Child hospitalized into intensive care unit after New Year shooting in Derbent
A three-year-old boy was taken to hospital in Derbent with a gunshot wound after he went with his parents to a New Year's fireworks, the Ministry of Public Health of Dagestan has reported. Instagram users have criticized gun owners for the rash use thereof.
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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....

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.