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New Year in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
11:13, 6 January 2022
Ingushetia and Chechnya set records in number of divorces
In January-November 2021, all the regions of the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) saw more divorces than in the same period of 2020, according to the data released by the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal Statistics Service). Ingushetia and Chechnya were the so-called "anti-leaders" in terms of the increase in the number of divorces, where their number increased by 218% and 163%, respectively.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
10:58, 6 January 2022
Pashinyan announces sending CSTO peacemakers to Kazakhstan
After the appeal of the President of Kazakhstan, where mass actions are underway, accompanied by protesters' clashes with law enforcers, it was decided to send peacemakers in order to stabilize the situation in the country, Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, has stated.
Grozny during the first Chechen military campaign. Photo: Vladimir Varfolomeev https://www.flickr.com
08:52, 6 January 2022
Kadyrov draws parallels between Kazakhstan and Chechnya
Ramzan Kadyrov has reacted to the events in Kazakhstan, by urging the protesters against the authorities there to behave peacefully and not to destroy their state. Kadyrov has stated this during a live broadcast with Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, on the lord_095 page on the Instagram.
Health care worker in Georgia. Photo: press service of the government of Adjaria
08:41, 6 January 2022
Georgian authorities state new coronavirus wave
Georgia sees a new wave of coronavirus infection, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Centre for Disease Control has stated and urged the country population to speed up the vaccination process.
08:29, 6 January 2022
Azeri AZAL airline cancels flights to Almaty
The AZAL temporarily suspends its flights to Almaty, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the airline.
22:13, 5 January 2022
Georgian citizen detained at border with South Ossetia
The authorities of Georgia demand to release a person detained on the border with South Ossetia, the Georgian State Security Service reports today. According to sources, the detained person is Lasha Khereteli, who earlier spent a year in a Tskhinvali prison for crossing the border illegally.
Yevgeny Ipatov, certificate of birth. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBXI22RrWXFmc6PK1iKutXQ
21:54, 5 January 2022
Forensic experts refuse to recognize death of Ipatov from Sochi as a suicide
According to a medical certificate on death of Yevgeny Ipatov from Sochi, who was found dead after recording a video with a story of torture by law enforcers, an examination of his body did not allow forensic experts to consider his death a suicide or a murder.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:06, 5 January 2022
Prosecutors ignore Yagublu’s complaint about beating by law enforcers
Today, Azerbaijani oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has announced that the prosecutor’s office did not inform him within the time limit provided for by the law about the start of an investigation into his complaint about beating.
Petition in defense of Karabakh place names. Screenshot: https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-stop-azerbaijan-from-erasing-armenian-cultural-heritage
17:52, 5 January 2022
Petition in defence of Karabakh place names gains over 3000 signatures
After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan requested Google to leave only Azerbaijani place names (toponyms) on the maps, activists compiled a petition stating that Google should prevent the removal of Armenian place names (toponyms) from the maps of Nagorno-Karabakh. The petition gained 3043 signatures in two days.
Shelves with bread. Photo: http://report.az/biznes/i-qtisadiyyat-nazirliyi-azerbaycanda-un-ve-corek-qonsu-olkelerden-ucuzdur/
14:53, 5 January 2022
Rise in bread prices sparks discontent among Azerbaijan residents
After the New Year, bread prices went up in Azerbaijani stores, which was a surprise to buyers, the local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have complained.
Police in Volgograd. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUZie2h8QE/
14:38, 5 January 2022
Police cordon off bus station in Volgograd after planted bomb report
After receiving a message about mining, policemen examine the bus station in Volgograd, the Instagram-public h_volgograd informed at night on January 5.
Criminal Code. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:24, 5 January 2022
Court fines Dagestani resident for posting IS'* flag
The Tabasaran District Court of Dagestan has fined a local resident by 1000 roubles for placing the black flag of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, a terrorist organization, on the Internet.
Defendant at a session of the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala in the case of the murder of the former head of the Novokuli village of the Novolaksky District, Abakar Kaplanov, and a lawyer. Screenshot of video posted by the Caucasian Knot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaxYwlSWAC8
11:07, 5 January 2022
Within murder case of former Novokuli village head, arrest of two "Rosgvardiya" fighters extended
A district court of Makhachkala has extended for a month the arrest of Salman and Suleiman Kurbanov, the servicemen of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard), accused of murdering Abakar Kaplanov, a former head of the village of Novokuli, the Dagestani Supreme Court (SC) has informed.
08:31, 5 January 2022
Ingush resident placed under house arrest after conflict with son of Chechen SC's deputy head
In Ingushetia, Ibragim Aushev, a participant in the road conflict with Rasul Usmaev, a son of the deputy head of the Chechen Security Council (SC), has been placed under house arrest.
A law enforcer and the Investigative Committee of Russia. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: Elena Sineok/Yuga.ru and Maxim Tishin/Yugopolis
08:19, 5 January 2022
Chechen police report about no carjacks in 2021
In 2021, not a single carjack was registered in Chechnya; and the only case of carjack was not a vehicle theft, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated in response to data that the republic was among the regions with a high number of carjacks.
Elkhan Avazly. Photo: Twitter/Elmir
22:34, 4 January 2022
Azerbaijani border guard arrested for killing three of his colleagues
Junior Sergeant Elkhan Avazly is charged with killing three border guards, and he is taken into custody, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reports.
22:19, 4 January 2022
In Abkhazia, region administration head removed from office after shooting in Sukhumi
The President of Abkhazia removed from office Beslan Bigvava, the head of the Ochamchira District, who was involved as a suspect in a case on shooting and wounding a person in a Sukhumi restaurant on the New Year’s Eve.
Battles in Grozny. Screenshot of video ‘It was hell on earth: memories of the first Chechen war’ posted on the channel ‘Radio Liberty’ (included by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the register of mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjbaZIEosY
18:41, 4 January 2022
Officer of Kadyrov police regiment explains his words about “invaders” in Grozny
A post mentioning the thousands of “invaders” killed during an assault on Grozny by federal troops in 1994 was about terrorists and war criminals, says Captain Ilyas Soltaev from the Akhmat Kadyrov special-purpose police regiment. According to him, the posted phrase was misinterpreted by “Internet provocateurs.”
Inauguration ceremony of the mayor of Vardenis. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1jueaPvGIE
18:23, 4 January 2022
Law enforcers interfere with inauguration ceremony of Mayor in Vardenis
The police did not allow opposition-elected Mayor of Vardenis to enter the Mayoralty and explained that the ruling party had challenged his election in court. Agaron Khachatryan had to take the oath in the street.
"Alilo" procession. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rYow3YjT0
18:11, 4 January 2022
Orthodox Christmas “Alilo” procession cancelled in Georgia
This year, the traditional festive Orthodox Christmas “Alilo” procession will not take place in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, but on January 7, an action of raising Christmas donations will take place in Tbilisi, the Patriarchate of Georgian reports.
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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.