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Protest rally in Stavropol, January 23, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3996140240410493&id=100000436699400
11:21, 24 January 2021
Stavropol townspeople pointed to protest growth in the city
Actions in support of Alexei Navalny have covered several cities of the Stavropol Territory. Residents of Stavropol, the capital of the Territory, are now more active in protests, the marchers have noted.
Participants of a protest rally in Volgograd, January 23, 2021. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
11:06, 24 January 2021
Volgograd activists demand release of political prisoners
Russia restricts civil rights and freedoms; activists and oppositionists are persecuted for political reasons, the Volgograd residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have explained their participation in the January 23 protest action.
Ruslan Totrov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6iZgQB8ssw&feature=emb_logo
19:08, 23 January 2021
Suspect of beating Totrov detained in Vladikavkaz
One of the attackers on the North-Ossetian journalist has been detained; the other has fled abroad and will be put on the wanted list through the Interpol, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has announced.
Screenshot of the Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKW4Ej6IHrO/
18:16, 23 January 2021
Social network users condemn early marriage of 14-year-old girl from Derbent
Law enforcers must figure out how a 14-year-old girl from Derbent got married, Instagram users demand.
Law enforcers at the venue of the protest action in Moscow, January 23, 2021. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the Caucasian Knot
17:42, 23 January 2021
Police use batons to detain Navalny's supporters in Moscow
Russian law enforcers are detaining the participants of the unauthorized rally in Moscow in support in Alexei Navalny, acting harshly and using rubber batons. The force is applied to both men and women. Among the detained protesters is the spouse of the opposition leader Yulia Navalnaya, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Police detaining activists in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
17:30, 23 January 2021
Azerbaijan: decrease in number of political prisoners is no guarantee of real easing of authorities' policies
The decrease in the number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan does not yet indicate any change in authorities' policies towards their opponents, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent believe.
Vladimir Vladimirov (left) and Alexei Navalny. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: T. Barybina https://ru.wikipedia.org/ REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
17:10, 23 January 2021
Participation of Stavropol Territory governor in anti-Navalny campaign sparks outrage in Instagram
The governor Vladimir Vladimirov should have taken a neutral position, and not broadcast calls against the participation of minors in the actions of supporters of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Instagram users have pointed out. They have stated that children are endangered not by protest organizers, but by those who use force against protesters.
Refugees in Stepanakert. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FTLA7A6gyk
11:11, 23 January 2021
Over the past 24 hours, more than 130 refugees returned to Stepanakert
The peacemakers have accompanied a group of 131 refugees from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. The total number of residents who have returned to the region has reached 50,521, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
A medical worker holds a syringe and a vaccine. Photo: REUTERS / Sergey Pivovarov
10:22, 23 January 2021
Budget-funded Chechen employees complain about enforcement to vaccination
Employees of the budget-funded organizations in Chechnya have faced the demand to get vaccinated against coronavirus; otherwise they risk losing their jobs. Some of them have stated that they had made the decision to reject vaccination, and are ready to quit at their bosses' demand.
09:53, 23 January 2021
Teenager from Derbent released after abducting by law enforcers
A minor girl, detained by law enforcers in Chechnya, has been released and sent home to Derbent, Shamil Khadulaev, a member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan, has informed. The child was held for more than three months without explaining anything to relatives, her mother has stated.
Ruslan Totrov and Oksana Sotieva. Collage prepared by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot: http://alaniatv.ru/, "David Zhvania" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUl2n0d-8a8
08:45, 23 January 2021
Djabiev's widow criticizes authorities' version of beating Totrov
South-Ossetian authorities have tried to blame the opposition for the attack on the journalist, Ruslan Totrov, in Vladikavkaz, the widow of Inal Djabiev has stated.
Police detain supporters of Alexei Navalny, January 18, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
08:33, 23 January 2021
Police warn Stavropol activists about punishment for unsanctioned actions
Activists of the Stavropol Alexei Navalny's office and local farmers are preparing solo pickets, despite the police's warnings and detentions of Alexei's supporters.
Mikhail Benyash. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
22:29, 22 January 2021
Lawyer Mikhail Benyash detained in case on organization of a rally
The police drew a protocol against Krasnodar lawyer Mikhail Benyash on the organization of an unsanctioned action. The lawyer himself treated the above as a law enforcers' attempt to deprive local Alexei Navalny's supporters of legal aid, since the lawyer promised to defend them.
Ruslan Totrov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSLSZ2r8nc
22:16, 22 January 2021
Journalist Ruslan Totrov reports names of his attackers
One of the men who participated in the beating of Ruslan Totrov is a "close associate" of South-Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov, the journalist reports today.
Alexei Navalny in the court, January 18, 2021. Screenshot: Navalny LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRRnj835SdI
19:18, 22 January 2021
In Southern Russia, Navalny's supporters to hold protests despite law enforcers' pressure
In the regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) and the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), supporters of oppositionist Alexei Navalny decided to hold marches and pickets in his support despite the fact that the law enforcement bodies warned the activists about responsibility for unsanctioned protests.
Fenced-in place where an unexploded shell falled, November 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:59, 22 January 2021
Azerbaijani combat engineer blown up by a mine in Karabakh
47-year-old combat engineer Azer Sultanov was injured while demining a place at the construction site of a railway in the Djebrail District, the "Sputnik Azerbaijan" reports today. This is the fifth case of a mine explosion in January in the territories that came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of the autumn escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, the "Sputnik Azerbaijan" reports.
Evgeny Kochegin. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
13:43, 22 January 2021
Head of Navalny's office detained in Volgograd
Evgeny Kochegin, the head of Navalny's Volgograd office, and activist Maria Khudoyarova were taken to the police station, Sergey Kunitsky, an advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
The theologian scolding an 80-year-old woman from the village of Assinovskaya for her many years of witchcraft. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUIYufJ0IC/
13:31, 22 January 2021
Elderly Chechen woman detained for witchcraft
Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, has scolded an 80-year-old woman from the village of Assinovskaya for her many years of witchcraft, as follows from the report of the Chechen TV channel. Some Instagram users have criticized government officials for publicly reprimanding the elderly woman.
A banner reads 'Niko is a traitor!' Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
11:57, 22 January 2021
Political analysts find Armenian opposition incapable of achieving Pashinyan's resignation
The opposition in Armenia is not strong enough to force Nikol Pashinyan to resign, Armenian political analysts have stated.
The ECtHR. Photo courtesy of the press service of the ECtHR: https://roseurosud.org/espch/evropejskij-sud-po-pravam-cheloveka
11:47, 22 January 2021
Georgian rights defenders assess consequences of ECtHR decision on claim against Russia
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which found Russia involved in human rights violations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, will help in speeding up the consideration of the armed conflict at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and will make it possible to achieve a decision at the UN International Court of Justice on the return of the lost territories, the Georgian human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
News
A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for prolonged absence from his unit.

Aslan Kambiev. Photo screenshot: https://playbookpro.ru/photo/gazeta-yuga-nalchik?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=yandexsmartcameraю The murder case of Aslan Kambiev has been sent back for retrial.

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

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.