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18:31, 8 January 2021
Parents of Armenian conscripts demand to cancel their service in Karabakh
In Yerevan, several dozen parents of Armenian conscripts went to a protest action with the demand to transfer their sons' place of service from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
MMA fighter Kerim Khairullaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLfVqaRSSzI
18:16, 8 January 2021
Police detain a suspect in case on murder at a gathering in Tarki
A 19-year-old local resident has been detained on suspicion of killing MMA fighter Kerim Khairullaev during a mass fight at a gathering in the Makhachkala village of Tarki, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.
Chingiz Akhmadov (left) and Akraman Tovbulatov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJve9VWoL0X/
14:04, 8 January 2021
Law enforcer wounded in Grozny presents details of attack
Akraman Tovbulatov, a policeman, said that he had received two knife wounds during the attack committed by Timurziev brothers, but he is recovering; it follows from a video clip released by Chingiz Akhmadov, Director of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company).
Djokhar Tsarnaev in a prison cell. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbQUYe2oP6I
13:32, 8 January 2021
Tsarnaev demands compensation from US authorities for prison conditions
Djokhar Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen, convicted under the Boston terror act case, has demanded USD 250,000 for the fact that the prison staff did not allow him to take shower and confiscated his cap and bandana.
The YAŞAT Foundation logo. Photo: facebook.com/YASHATFondu
12:12, 8 January 2021
Residents of Azerbaijan describe ways of forcing donations into state funds
Amid a wide public campaign to support the families of the perished and wounded military servicemen, residents of Azerbaijan complain about coercion by employers to donate to the YAŞAT (Give Life) Foundation. A member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees said that such methods are illegal and recommended going to court.
11:56, 8 January 2021
Authorities of Tavush Region treat message about transfer of villages to Azerbaijan as fake
The administration of the Tavush Region of Armenia has refuted the information that several villages and part of the road would be transferred under Azerbaijan's control, the "News-Armenia" reported in the evening on January 7.
Amin Musaev and Shakhbaz Guliev. Screenshot from video posted by Trend News Agency at https://youtu.be/WhCoiwjbfJQ
11:43, 8 January 2021
Three Azerbaijanis claim torture in captivity
Azerbaijanis Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilgam Askerov, who had been imprisoned in Nagorno-Karabakh for six years, as well as the released prisoner of war (POW) Amin Musaev, reported about beatings and deprivation of food in captivity.
Salman Dadaev meets with the elders of the village of Tarki and its residents. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJvo_A3oFKz/
08:33, 8 January 2021
Conflict in Tarki sparks disputes about practice of evicting criminals' relatives
The Makhachkala Mayor has reported the participation of Muslim leaders in resolving the conflict in the dwelling settlement of Tarki. Social network users dispute on whether it is acceptable to evict the family of the suspected killer from the settlement.
Logo of the YAŞAT Foundation. Photo: https://1news.az/news/goskomitet-po-arhitekture-sdelal-krupnyy-vznos-v-fond-yasat
08:21, 8 January 2021
Residents of Azerbaijan oppose compulsory contributions to aid funds
The information about coercion to make donations into state funds to help families of perished soldiers has triggered Azerbaijani residents' protests.
A burned-out tank, Nagorno-Karabakh, December 31, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
23:27, 7 January 2021
Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating peace agreement
The Armenian Foreign Minister had no right to visit Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) claims. Yerevan refused to recognize the above event as a violation of the peace agreement and voiced counter-accusations of conducting military operations in the conflict zone.
23:12, 7 January 2021
Armenian Church explains need for Pashinyan's resignation
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is responsible for the outcome of the autumn escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and is unable to rectify the situation, the spokesman for the Armenian Apostolic Church has claimed while commenting on the request of Catholicos Garegin II to the Armenian Prime Minister to resign.
The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan). Photo: User:Sefer azeri from az.wikipedia.org - http://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Şəkil:Əlincəçay_xanəgahı_Naxçıvan.jpg
22:54, 7 January 2021
President Aliev offers Russia to use transport corridor through Nakhichevan
Russia, along with Armenia, Iran, and Turkey, will be able to use the transport corridor to connect Nakhichevan with the eastern regions of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev has announced today.
Video appeal of the Ingush teip. Screenshot: https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=2910376259198790
17:39, 7 January 2021
Sultygov teip reports details about Ingush natives detained by Chechen law enforcers
Chechen law enforcers detained a father, a mother, and a sister of a native of Ingushetia involved in an attack on the police in Grozny, said Sarazhdin Sultygov, a member of the Ingush teip (family clan).
Special operation conducted by law enforcers in the Oktyabrsky District of Grozny on October 13, 2020. Photo: NAC press service: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-g-groznom-v-hode-kto-neytralizovano-chetvero.html
17:23, 7 January 2021
Human rights defenders call punishment of militants' relatives typical for Chechnya
The deaths of the people detained after a special operation conducted in October proved that the Chechen authorities continue repressions against families of suspected members of the armed underground, Igor Kalyapin believes. Svetlana Gannushkina suggests that extrajudicial killings of militants' relatives are pushing people on the path of radicalization.
Policemen. Photo: © Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
13:10, 7 January 2021
Sources present details of murder at gathering in Dagestan
A resident of the dwelling settlement of Tarki has died in hospital after being stabbed during a people's gathering to discuss the murder of an activist on Tarki-Tau Mount, a Dagestani law enforcement source has informed.
Restoration of infrastructure in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: press service of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies, https://www.mchs.gov.ru/deyatelnost/press-centr/novosti/4348130#group=group-1&photo=0
12:53, 7 January 2021
Russia's MfE reports restoration of houses in Nagorno-Karabakh
About 260 houses and social facilities have been repaired in Nagorno-Karabakh using the construction materials brought from Russia, Russian rescuers have informed.
Edmon Marukyan, leader of the "Enlightened Armenia" Party. Photo: iravabannet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_anDB4kI9YQ
12:22, 7 January 2021
Armenian MP offers exchanging part of Shurnukh from Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan occupies a part of the territory of Armenia from the side of Nakhichevan; therefore Yerevan can claim the return of the parts of Shurnukh and Vorotan lost during the border delimitation, Edmon Marukyan, an MP and the leader of the "Enlightened Armenia" Party, has stated.
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11:58, 7 January 2021
Tarki residents report mass brawl after activist's murder
A people's gathering demanding to evict the alleged drug dealer, due to which an activist, Vali Abduragimov, was killed earlier, has turned into a mass brawl in the dwelling settlement of Tarki that is a part of Makhachkala. Social networks have messages about casualties and wounded people; however, this information has not been officially confirmed.
08:31, 7 January 2021
Azerbaijani GPO treats video with POW's incineration as original
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has recognized the video footage of the burning of the body of an Azerbaijani soldier-prisoner of war (POW) to be authentic and opened a criminal case based on this footage. The Azerbaijani Ombudsperson has demanded from international organizations to react to this and other war crimes.
Special operation in Grozny, October 13, 2020. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvqkunIRxIc&feature=emb_logo
08:20, 7 January 2021
Social network users worried about Dagestani orphan's fate in Grozny
The information about the detention in Grozny of a 14-year-old orphan girl from Dagestan, who at this age was already one of the wives of an adult man, has alarmed social network users. The Children's Ombudsperson must check how the girl's rights are respected, commentators assert.
News
Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

A native of Chechnya, Zelimkhan Murtazov, was able to leave Kazakhstan.

A flood destroyed a house. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. Chechen residents have submitted over 19,000 requests for compensation following the flood.

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.