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Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS Valentin Ogirenko
22:22, 3 January 2018
Kiev court denies refuge to Saakashvili
A court in Kiev has upheld the decision of the State Migration Service (SMS) that the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili should not have the refugee status in Ukraine.
Exhibition of Alan gold jewellery, National Museum of North Ossetia, January 3, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.
21:25, 3 January 2018
Exhibition of Alan gold in Vladikavkaz impresses visitors
More than 600 people have visited the exhibition of Alan gold jewellery, opened today at the National Museum of North Ossetia. The jewellery is shown for the first time.
19:48, 3 January 2018
Police department boss killed in Chechen village
Abubakar Ustarkhanov, the police head of the village of Avtury in the Shali District of Chechnya, has been shot dead today in his head, a law enforcement source has reported.
Signature list for supporters of self-nominees at Russian presidential election, http://gazeta-pravo.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/podpis.png
18:25, 3 January 2018
"Yabloko" reports enforcement of Stavropol students to collect signatures for Putin
The Dean's Office of a Department of a Stavropol higher school has asked students to participate in collecting signatures in support of Vladimir Putin; in the absence of volunteers, groups wardens are threatened to enrol students compulsorily, Valery Ledovsky, the head of the "Yabloko" Party Branch in the Stavropol Territory, has reported.
14:05, 3 January 2018
In Armenia, a village administration building destroyed by explosion
Today, the building of the Mets Parni village administration has been significantly damaged as a result of an explosion, the Armenian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported. According to the preliminary information, no people were injured.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: BattleBeetl, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нурмагомедов
09:50, 3 January 2018
In Makhachkala, MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov met by about 1000 fans
On January 2, a solemn meeting of Khabib Nurmagomedov, an MMA fighter who defeated Edson Barboza at the tournament in Las Vegas, took place at the Makhachkala airport.
Georgian Military Road. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the Caucasian Knot.
07:48, 3 January 2018
At "Verkhni Lars", line grows by 30 cars overnight
In North Ossetia, a line on the Georgian Military Road, closed because of bad weather in Georgia, has increased up to 124 vehicles, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported today.
Speleologists in Sary-Tala cave, Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: Tengiz Mokaev, http://kbrria.ru/blogi/tengiz-mokaev/11918
05:19, 3 January 2018
Speleologists start studying Sary-Tala caves in Kabardino-Balkaria
The Moscow speleological club "Perovo" and the Kabardino-Balkarian public organization "Sozidanie" organized an expedition to study the caves of the Sary-Tala tract. The expedition will last until January 12.
Portraits of Azerbaijan political prisoners displayed at opposition protest rally, Baku, October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
02:53, 3 January 2018
South Caucasus in 2017: political shocks, economic ambitions and mass protests
The year of 2017: the way it affected residents of the South-Caucasian regions, the events for which people will remember the past year and the historical developments of the year, see the review prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
"Iriao" jazz band. Still picture: ირიაო - მეცხრე სიმფონია, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkXu5zVpoQ8&feature=youtu.be
02:22, 3 January 2018
"Iriao" to represent Georgia at "Eurovision"
At the 63rd "Eurovision" song contest of 2018 to be held in Lisbon, Georgia will be represented by the "Iriao" band, which members combine jazz and ethnic Georgian music in their performance.
23:34, 2 January 2018
Georgian Iranians demand Rouhani's resignation
Natives of Iran living in Georgia have held an action in Tbilisi demanding the resignation of President Hassan Rouhani and carrying out reforms in Iran.
Andrei Bazhutin, head of the Association of Russian Carriers, holds meeting with Volgograd activists, Volgograd, April 6, 2017. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot.
20:17, 2 January 2018
Bazhutin's nomination disrupted in Makhachkala
Today, members of the Dagestani Central Election Commission (CEC) have stated the disruption of a voters' meeting in support of Andrei Bazhutin, a self-nominee, the head of the Association of Russian Carriers. Only 25 voters came to the meeting, instead of the necessary 500.
Shell explosion hole, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.
18:00, 2 January 2018
Unexploded shell found in Azerbaijani village of Gainag
Experts of the Azerbaijani National Demining Agency (ANAMA) have neutralized unexploded shell found in the village of Gainag in the Terter District.
Policemen convoying Zaur Dadaev in the court, Moscow, April 2015. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the Caucasian Knot.
17:06, 2 January 2018
Zaur Dadaev convoyed to Karelia
Zaur Dadaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted under the case of Boris Nemtsov's murder, has been convoyed to High-Security Colony No. 9 in the city of Petrozavodsk.
Mukhamed Berkhamov (left). Photo from Mukhamed Berkhamov's Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/p/BY3RJ_PFPUy/?taken-by=mukhamed_berkhamov
16:09, 2 January 2018
American replaces KBR fighter at MMA tournament
Mukhamed Berkhamov, a native of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), will not be able to take part in the title fights at the ACB (Absolute Championship Berkut)-80 Tournament, because of his fractured arm, the RIA "Kabardino-Balkaria" has reported today with reference to the press centre of the ACB-80.
15:13, 2 January 2018
A suspect wounded in special operation in Pankisi Gorge gets worse
Today, an attending physician of Temirlan Machalikashvili, wounded by law enforcers during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge, has reported about deterioration of his health state indicators.
Monument to victims of Beslan terror attack, village of Poyrazli, Turkey. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
12:23, 2 January 2018
"Portal" artists pay tribute to victims of Beslan terror attack (+video)
A monument to victims of a terror attack in Beslan, made by participants of the Vladikavkaz "Portal", appeared in Turkey in September 2017.
11:25, 2 January 2018
Sochi townspeople complain about power cut-offs on New Year's eve
Only one out of ten Sochi families, who were disconnected from electricity on the eve of the New Year because of debts, managed to restore the supply with the help of the prosecutor's office.
Drivers and passengers waiting for the opening of the Georgian Military Road. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the Caucasian Knot.
08:53, 2 January 2018
Over a hundred wait for the opening of the Georgian Military Road
A line of 94 vehicles with 102 people is at the Georgian Military Road, which was closed due to bad weather in Georgia, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported today.
05:12, 2 January 2018
Dagestani MIA reacts to video clip posted on Internet with GIBDD inspectors' complaints
A clip appeared on the Internet, in which on behalf of employees of the GIBDD (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan complaints were voiced about the tight working schedule and their physical inability to cope with the assigned tasks.
News
Houses and roads flooded in Chechnya after heavy rainfall

Security forces in Chechnya. November 2018. Video still from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToyeRYr9UAQ New cases of detention have resulted in forced military service for Chechen residents.

Three days off have been declared in Chechnya in connection with Eid al-Adha.

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.