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22:00, 7 January 2011
Over 240,000 citizens of Chechnya are jobless
According to the spokesman of the Chechen Ministry of Labour, in 2011 the emphasis in the fight on unemployment will be placed on development of small businesses.
21:00, 7 January 2011
People's Party holds rally in the capital of Armenia
The People's Party, its supporters, as well as many of the viewers of the TV Channel "ALM", will continue their struggle for justice. This was stated by Tigran Karapetyan, leader of the People's Party and the owner of the "ALM", at a rally in Yerevan, where about one thousand persons gathered.
20:00, 7 January 2011
In Sochi, public activist Valery Suchkov was hospitalized with traumas
Valery Suchkov, a member of the Sochi City Planning Council and an active public figure, was hospitalized with traumas. He was told that he was hit by a car. Suchkov himself believes that he was a victim of an intentional attack.
19:00, 7 January 2011
Azerbaijan: Russian officer was killed by his guests, inspectors assert
The Russian officer Sergey Grachov, an employee at the Gabala Radar Station in Azerbaijan, was killed by his co-workers at night on January 1, after celebration of the New Year. His apartment was robbed, said a source from law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan.
18:00, 7 January 2011
Armenians cannot afford winter resorts because of high prices
Excessively high accommodation rates of hotels, rest and guest houses of Armenia make the country unattractive for winter holidays. The "Caucasian Knot" learnt about it from the interpreter-guide Ovanes Karapetyan.
17:00, 7 January 2011
Counterterrorism in Northern Caucasus-2010: Kabardino-Balkaria
In 2010, Kabardino-Balkaria saw a marked splash of activities of the armed underground.
16:00, 7 January 2011
Orthodox believers of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug celebrate Christmas
Preparation for the holiday was darkened by firing upon an Orthodox church in the stanitsa of Orjonikidzevskaya from a grenade launcher. None of the congregation or churchmen was injured.
15:00, 7 January 2011
In 2010 Abkhazia received 1,8 billion rubles financial aid from Russia
In 2010, 1,8 billion rubles out of gratuitous financial aid from Russia for social and economic development were drawn in Abkhazia. Vested remainder for 2011 is equal to 1,2 billion rubles.
14:00, 7 January 2011
A statement of residents of Tavush district about beating them up in a military unit is under investigation in Armenia
Military police of the town of Tavush, Armenia, is investigating an incident in one of the military units of Ijevan during which, according to two residents of Tavush district, the commander of the unit beat them up.
23:10, 6 January 2011
In Chechnya, militia officer and local resident are accused of large-scale fraud
An unemployed resident of the Naur District of Chechnya and a militia officer, who served as an on duty officer of the temporary detention facility (known as "IVS") of the local ROVD (District Interior Division) are suspected of a large-scale fraud with the so-called "combat" payments, which amounted to 900,000 roubles. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the republic's law enforcement agencies that a criminal case was initiated against them.
Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". Courtesy of the HRC for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 6 January 2011
Resonant cases and trials of 2010
The past 2010 was marked by many resonant trials, where natives of Southern Russia and the Caucasus were figurants; a full stop was put in many of them. Some of these trials were held abroad and acquired great public resonance because notable political figures were involved. Most often it concerned one of the regions of Russia - the Chechen Republic, which is still under close scrutiny of human rights defenders. Also, last year was marked by passing final decision on cases of Moscow-based groupings, which had been killing people of non-Slavic nationalities, by trials started in Northern Caucasus on murders of prominent people, as well as by further consideration in Kabardino-Balkaria case of the case dealing with attack on Nalchik in 2005.
23:00, 6 January 2011
Azerbaijan: Russian officer shot dead at Gabala Radar Station
As reported by the Police Division of the Gabala District, a Russian office - Major Sergey Grachov, 47, an employee of the Gabala Radar Station, was killed.
22:00, 6 January 2011
"Siberia" Airlines to fly to Georgia till end of March
The Russia's "Siberia" Airlines were granted a permit from the "Rosaviatsiya" (Federal Air Transportation Agency) to go on with Moscow-Tbilisi direct charter flights till the end of March 2011. This was announced on January 5 by Paata Kamarauli, the Airlines' representative in Georgia.
21:00, 6 January 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh denied involvement of its servicemen in injuring Azerbaijani soldier
As reported by Senor Asratyan, press secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh, the information of their Azerbaijani counterpart that the Karabakh armed forces had broken the ceasefire and wounded an Azerbaijani soldier is not true.
Emin Fatullaev. Photo by www.radioazadlyg.org
20:00, 6 January 2011
Azerbaijani journalist Fatullaev receives no compensation yet defined by ECtHR
So far, the Azerbaijani authorities have not paid the compensation of 25,000 euros awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to imprisoned journalist Einullah Fatullaev. Despite cancellation of the journalist's two previous 2007 convictions, the demand of the ECtHR to release him from custody is still ignored; the journalist remains in jail on new charges, which he finds fabricated.
19:00, 6 January 2011
Chechen members of the top brass are aware of participation of Suiunova detained in Volgograd in armed underground
Enforcement agencies of Chechnya have no information of Zeinat Suiunova, native of the republic, detained on January, 5, in Volgograd for suspicion of involvement in preparing an act of terror in Moscow.
18:00, 6 January 2011
Director of a technical secondary school in Krasnodar region suspected of damnification to the institution to a sum of 13 million rubles
Vitaly Gordeev, Director of Federal state educational institution of secondary professional education "Agricultural technical secondary school of Anapa", is suspected of abuse of authority and damnification to the school to a sum of over 13 million rubles.
23:10, 5 January 2011
Deputy head of "Rustavgaz" detained in Georgia
The Investigatory Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has detained four persons, including Rostom Tsertsvadze, deputy director general of the "Rustavgaz" Company, on suspicion of concealment of a large amount of taxes.
23:00, 5 January 2011
Medvedev: Sochi shall become world-class resort
Four out of 14 sporting objects built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi will be moved to other cities, two will be re-profiled and eight will retain their functionality and, along with new transportation and engineering facilities, are intended to transform Sochi into a world-class resort.
22:30, 5 January 2011
Families of seamen captured by Somalia pirates demand meeting with Saakashvili
Relatives of Georgian seamen who stay in captivity of Somalia pirates demand a meeting with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
News
Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region.

The Supreme Court upheld activists' lawsuit against the felling of spruce trees in Rostov-on-Don.

Three Rostov-on-Don residents received lengthy prison sentences in connection with the attempted arson of a military registration and enlistment office.

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.