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Screenshot of the video with the military servicemen, who mocked at the monument in a military unit in the Krasnodar Territory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYHqMO-o4bU
19:21, 13 January 2022
Members of Chechen and Dagestan communities apologize for soldiers after monument desecration
The military servicemen, who mocked at the monument in a military unit in the Krasnodar Territory, did not realize what they were doing, Muslim Magomadov, a member of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, has stated and apologized for them.
A video appeal made by Tumso Abdurakhmanov's relatives. Screenshot of the video published on Instagram "Чечня онлайн" https://www.instagram.com/p/CYeU4rhgwlC/
19:13, 13 January 2022
Oppositionists tell about fate of relatives kidnapped in Chechnya
The videos that show relatives of the activists and bloggers who oppose Chechen authorities, only allows judging that they are alive, but doesn't at all mean that they are at large, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has pointed out. Tumso Aburakhmanov, a blogger, has confirmed that in this video one of his relatives is being held hostage.
The troops of the Collective Peacemaking Forces in Kazakhstan. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-aIqgi07o
18:36, 13 January 2022
Political analysts dispute about implications of Kazakhstan operation for Pashinyan
The removal of Armenian militaries from Kazakhstan and their short presence there are beneficial for Nikol Pashinyan, but they won't add to his popularity, Armen Vardanyan believes. The West has influenced the prompt withdrawal of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) troops, but Armenia's reputation has still suffered, Ovsep Khurshudyan has stated.
Yakhya Khadzkhiev, former head of the Republican Department for Religious Affairs of Ingushetia, at a meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/fortangaorg/10835
13:26, 13 January 2022
Apologies for meeting Kadyrov highlight acuteness of Chechen-Ingush territorial dispute
Kadyrov's supporters have voiced out new threats against residents of Ingushetia after the former Ingush official repented to his fellow countrymen for his warm communication with the head of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov has become non-hands-shaking for entire Ingush teips (family clams) since he initiated a revision of the border between the republics, analysts assert.
Screenshot of the video with Ramzan Kadyrov on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/CYojgIyoE5J/
13:23, 13 January 2022
Kadyrov gives Ingushes three days to put forward claims against him
After the threats to authors of statements that Chechen authorities had illegally taken away the Ingush territories, Ramzan Kadyrov demanded from Ingush people to voice all the claims against him within three days.
At the village gathering, relatives of a Katar-Yurt villager have apologized for his words. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CYoJ-KXoq4d/
13:19, 13 January 2022
Katar-Yurt villager expelled from village for words about blowen mother in Chechnya
At the village gathering, relatives of a Katar-Yurt villager have apologized for his words that the preconditions for normal life in Chechnya are wealth or a blowen mother; and the man himself was expelled from the village.
Gyulmira Aslanova, a spouse of journalist Polad Aslanov, at a protest action. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWOkpKJ25aY
00:48, 13 January 2022
Journalistic organizations call for release of Polad Aslanov
Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov, who continues his hunger strike in prison, is being subjected to moral and psychological pressure, his spouse says. International journalistic organizations call for the release of the imprisoned journalist.
The detention of Tofig Yagublu, an opposition politician. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw0fCxk2BNA
20:09, 12 January 2022
Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office refuses to investigate beating of oppositionist Tofig Yagublu
The Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan refused to launch an investigation into a criminal case in connection with a complaint filed by opposition politician Tofig Yagublu who claimed he had been beaten by law enforcers. The defence called the arguments of the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan about the absence of corpus delicti as groundless.
An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence https://mil.am/hy/news/10258
20:05, 12 January 2022
Armenian soldiers' death toll on Azeri border reaches three
Last night, the body of Private Vaag Babayan, born in 2003, who died from a gunshot wound, was found in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army. Screenshot of the video Trending Video News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehz4cMMSxIQ
19:57, 12 January 2022
Azerbaijani MoD claims shelling of its positions on Armenian border
At night, Armenian military shelled, from small firearms and large-calibre machine guns, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar and Tovuz Districts, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
A home in Nagorno-Karabakh where a family with many children lives. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:31, 12 January 2022
After shelling, parents refuse to bring children to kindergarten in Red Bazar
On the following day after the shelling, the kindergarten of the village community of Karmir Shouka (Red Bazar) in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh announced the resumption of its work, but parents wouldn't bring their children there, fearing for the kids' safety. After intensive shelling, villagers of Nakhichevanik, Askeran District, have suspended their agricultural works.
Aslan Gurbanov. Photo https://www.az24saat.org/h%c9%99bsd%c9%99-olan-bloger-h%c9%99bsxanaya-kocurulub/
18:28, 12 January 2022
Advocate challenges blogger Aslan Gurbanov's tougher punishment
The defence believes that the court has toughened the prison sentence for the Azerbaijani blogger, Aslan Gurbanov, based on applied disciplinary sanctions used to him under subjective conclusions of the colony administration. Until the judgement of the court of appeal, they have no right to transfer Gurbanov from the colony into prison, his advocate has explained.
Military vehicles of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Kazakhstan; Nikol Pashinyan. Screenshot of the video by the "Public TV" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrZU0m8nhw ; photo by Tigran Petrosyan. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:17, 12 January 2022
Sending servicemen to Kazakhstan creates reputational risks for Pashinyan
When deciding to send the Armenian military personnel to Kazakhstan, the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, acted based on Russia's geopolitical interests, political analysts in Yerevan believe. In their opinion, participation in the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) operation will not entail sanctions, but will affect the image of Armenia as a democratic state.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (on the right) at a rally in Strasbourg on January 8, 2022. Screenshot of the video published on his Telegram channel
14:44, 12 January 2022
Abdurakhmanov's words about revenge for kidnappings emphasize moods in Chechen Diasporas
By his promise of retribution to kidnappers of relatives in Chechnya, Tumso Abdurakhmanov has expressed the common opinion of Ramzan Kadyrov's opponents living abroad, Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert, and members of Chechen Diasporas have stated. The promised revenge will not affect female relatives of Kadyrov's supporters, they believe.
The wife of Polad Aslanov Gyulmira at a protest action. January 11, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWOkpKJ25aY
14:42, 12 January 2022
Polad Aslanov's wife demands fair trial of her husband
The wife of Polad Aslanov has held a protest action at the building of the Azeri State Security Service (SSS) and promised to continue such actions daily until his release.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo by the Centre Européen de coopération juridique (CECJ) https://cecj.org
14:38, 12 January 2022
ECtHR awards compensation to North-Caucasian residents for torture at police
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on cases of several residents of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan, who complained of cruel treatment, torture, illegal detentions by law enforcers, and absence of efficient inquiry into these violations.
Armenian soldiers. Photo by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia https://www.mil.am
01:57, 12 January 2022
An Azerbaijani soldier killed on border
Long-term service soldier Ayaz Azer oglu Nazarov was killed in a shelling attack from Armenia in the direction of the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX per Wikimedia Commons https://ru.wikipedia.org
01:54, 12 January 2022
ECtHR awards 360,000-euro compensation to victims of terror act in Beslan
The European Court of Human Rights upheld the complaint filed by 39 victims of the seizure of a school in Beslan and awarded them compensation for non-pecuniary damage. The Russian authorities did not take the necessary measures to investigate the circumstances of the terror act and the reasons for the death of the hostages, the Strasbourg Court decided.
Armenian soldiers. Photo by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia https://www.mil.am
01:46, 12 January 2022
A soldier from Armenia wounded on border with Azerbaijan
An Armenian soldier got a wound of moderate severity near the village of Verin Shorzha in the Gegarkunik Region as a result of a shelling attack from Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.
Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting of the organizing committee on preparations for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chechen autonomy. Screenshot of the video by grozny.tv https://grozny.tv/news/main/46162
18:08, 11 January 2022
Kadyrov renews his threats to take away part of lands from Ingushetia
Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened that if the claims stating that the authorities of Chechnya have illegally seized the territory of Ingushetia do not stop, then the “remaining villages” will also go to Chechnya. The leader of the republic call authors of the above-mentioned statements provocateurs.
News
The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.