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Hall of plenary sessions of Brussels residence of the European Parliament. Photo from www.flickr.com/photos/xaf by Xavier Larrosa
23:20, 26 January 2011
Heidi Hautala, European MP, asks Ingush Ombudsman to meet relatives of abducted persons
On January 25 the European Parliament held a sitting of the Human Rights Commission. The MPs discussed the situation in Northern Caucasus. Heidi Hautala, Chair of the Human Rights Subcommittee, drew attention to kidnappings and torture of citizens of Ingushetia.
23:10, 26 January 2011
Two persons killed by car explosion in Dagestan
According to preliminary reports, two persons were killed and five injured in an explosion of as mined car in the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan.
Inspection of arriving passengers at the entrance to the Domodedovo Airport, January 24, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 26 January 2011
Domodedovo confirms bomb warning received by telephone
At the Domodedovo Airport, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent received confirmation of the information about the operative actions held in the terminal building and related to the received call about the bomb planted in the airport.
22:20, 26 January 2011
Poland rejects visa to Akhmed Zakaev
As reported by Radoslav Bashuk, advocate of Akhmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, who is now in London and who was put by Russia on the international search list, Poland refused to grant visa to his client.
22:10, 26 January 2011
Social moderators initiate discussion of bullying in militia of Stavropol Territory
On January 31, Pyatigorsk plans to host a roundtable with participation of public, mass media and human rights activists with the aim to launch public control over the course of investigations into human rights violations committed by law enforcers of the Predgorny ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Stavropol Territory.
22:00, 26 January 2011
Movement "Open Coast" set up in Russia to protect Black Sea shore
In January 2011, a new public movement named "Open Coast" was founded Russia with the aim to conduct a "broad public monitoring" and inform citizens about "most obvious violations of their fundamental right to unobstructed use of the natural resources of Russia."
21:00, 26 January 2011
In Kabardino-Balkaria, heavily sick women are kept in custody
Yesterday, on January 25, The Public Observation Commission over Detention Places of Kabardino-Balkaria visited the women's colony located in the village of "Sovietskiy" in the Prokhladnoe District, where 389 women are currently serving their terms. Some of them are seriously ill, many have no jobs.
20:00, 26 January 2011
Deputy head of Transit militia in North-Caucasian Federal Okrug detained for suspicion of bribery
Sergey Levchenko, Deputy head of Transit Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in North-Caucasian Federal Okrug, is suspected of bribe-taking to a sum of 50 thousand rubles, Press service of Southern Transit Prosecutor's office reports.
19:00, 26 January 2011
Five militiamen wounded in Chechnya as a result of a domestic gas explosion
At night of January, 29, an explosion of domestic gas took place in one of the back rooms of a unit of the Ministry of Interior Affairs dislocated in the settlement of Khankala, in the neighbourhood of Grozny. Five officers of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Russia assigned to Chechnya from different regions were taken to hospital with woundings of various extent of gravity.
18:00, 26 January 2011
A witness on the case of Israilov's murder in Austria denied his former evidence out of fear for his people's fates in Chechnya
A next in turn session of the Criminal Court of Vienna, the tenth one, on the case of murder of Umar Israilov, ex-officer of President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov's security guard, took place on January, 19. A witness was interrogated during the session who denied his former evidence out of fear for his people living in Chechnya.
Cordoned area at the entrance to the Domodedovo Airport, January 24, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 25 January 2011
Over the past 15 years 1561 persons suffered in terror acts in Moscow
The explosion at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport on January 24 became the 26th terror act committed in the Russian capital since 1996, and the first one committed in a Moscow international airport. Since 1996, terrorists attacked various crowded places in Moscow: hotels, public transport stations, trade centres, concert halls, transport means and even residential buildings, killing at least 627 persons and injuring 934 ones. At least 10 of these explosions were carried out by suicide bombers. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on data from open sources.
22:10, 25 January 2011
Miner dies in Rostov Region
On January 24, one miner was killed and three more injured in a collapse of the elevator cage in the mine "Rostovskaya" of the city of Gukovo, Rostov Region; one victim is in grave condition, and two have minor injuries, said the spokesman from the Ministry of Public Health of the Rostov Region.
22:00, 25 January 2011
Public activists demand sooner adoption of law on status of terror act victims
After the terror act in Domodedovo, activists of Russian public organizations, which unite the people who suffered from terror activities, keep reminding that the state resorts only to payment of compensations, but is not responsible for the further fate of the victims, who still need medical care and rehabilitation years after the terror acts, where they suffered.
Inspection of arriving passengers at the entrance to the Domodedovo Airport, January 24, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 25 January 2011
Russian blogosphere: blowing up Domodedovo was no problem
After the terror act in Domodedovo, the Internet community is trying to understand how the suicide bomber could freely enter the building with nobody checking and stopping him. Blogs express different versions of what happened.
20:00, 25 January 2011
Terror act in Domodedovo could be prepared by "Nogai Battalion", says source from law enforcement bodies
According to the source, members of the so-called "Nogai Battalion", who took revenge on power agents for conducted special operations, could be involved in the terror act in Domodedovo Airport.
Einullah Fatullaev (on the left) and his advocate Isakhan Ashurov (centre) at the Garadag District Court of Baku. April 28, 2010. Photo by Turkhan Karimov for the "Caucsian Knot"
19:00, 25 January 2011
Baku Court of Appeal upholds sentence to journalist Fatullaev
The sentence against journalist Fatullaev remains in force; this was the end of considering the journalist's appeal complaint at the Baku Court of Appeal. It was a surprise for the advocates and the journalist, because the hearing of parties' arguments had been appointed for today.
18:00, 25 January 2011
At least 12 foreigners suffered in Domodedovo terror act
According to the updated list of victims of the terror act in Domodedovo, posted on the website of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia, among those hospitalized there were citizens of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia and France - one of each; the list also includes three citizens of Tajikistan, two citizens of Moldova and one - of Uzbekistan.
23:30, 24 January 2011
SC would not move trial on death of schoolchildren in Azov Sea to Moscow
The Russian Supreme Court (SC) refused to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case dealing with the death of six Moscow schoolchildren on the Yeisk Spit in the Azov Sea on July 7, 2010, having rejected the petition of the victims, who asked to transfer the trial from the Yeisk City Court to Moscow.
23:10, 24 January 2011
Mass brawl involving Azerbaijanis bursts out in St Petersburg
Twenty persons were detained on suspicion of involvement in a mass brawl that occurred yesterday, on January 23, in the south of St Petersburg. Eight of them are the natives of Azerbaijan. At present, the suspects are questioned by law enforcement officials.
23:00, 24 January 2011
Armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus: 1710 victims in 2010
No less than 1710 people became victims of smouldering armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus in 2010. 754 people were killed and 956 more got wounded as a result of an armed conflict between enforcement agencies and armed underground. These are the results of "Caucasian Knot's" calculation based upon its own data and information from open sources.
News
The death of a South Ossetian soldier in the North Ossetian Military District sparked a debate on social media.

The ban on travel on the Transkam has been lifted.

A ban on travel on the Transkam has been introduced.

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.