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23:00, 28 January 2012
Participants of unauthorized protest action detained in Georgia
Near the building of the Parliament of Georgia, the police detained seven participants of an unsanctioned oppositional action in memory of the killed employee of the "United Bank of Georgia" Sandro Girgvliani. The protesters tried to block traffic in Rustaveli Avenue.
22:00, 28 January 2012
Two children injured by explosion in Makhachkala
Two children suffered as a result of two explosions in Makhachkala, the spokesperson of the Dagestani MIA has reported.
21:00, 28 January 2012
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of breaking ceasefire
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated that today and on January 27 the Armenian Armed Forces repeatedly violated the ceasefire regime. At the same time, the Armenian MoD has claimed that on January 22-28 they registered about 150 cases of ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani party.
Barbed wire and surveillance camera over the prison wall. Courtesy of the press service of the UFSIN (Department of the Corrective Service) of Russia for Arkhangelsk Region
19:00, 28 January 2012
Alaudin Almurziev, a native of Ingushetia, goes on hunger strike in jail
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about the 17-day-long hunger strike of Alaudin Almurziev, a native of Ingushetia, who is serving his term in the Kamchatka Territory, from his grandmother Minovsi Almurzieva. According to her story, Alaudin Almurziev is hunger-striking against violation of his rights in the colony.
Activists of the youth movement "Dalga" (Wave) at the French Embassy in Azerbaijan during protest action against adoption of the law on criminalization of denial of Armenian Genocide by French Senate, Baku, January 27, 2012. Courtesy of the IA "Turan"
18:00, 28 January 2012
Forum of Azerbaijani Intellectuals initiates a mass rally in Baku
The Forum of Azerbaijani Intellectuals (FAI) is initiating a mass protest rally against adoption by the French Senate of the law on responsibility for denial of the Armenian Genocide; in the coming days the FAI plans to send an application to the city mayoralty.
17:00, 28 January 2012
Dozens of settlements in Azerbaijan remain without electricity as a result of snowfall
From January 27 on, due to heavy snowfalls in the northwest of the country, 18 villages and one township in the Balakan District are suffering from power outage.
16:00, 28 January 2012
"United Abkhazia" nominates 11 candidates for MPs
The city of Sukhumi has hosted the congress of the pro-government party "United Abkhazia", where 11 candidates were nominated to run for the parliamentary elections.
15:00, 28 January 2012
In Volgograd Region, Uzbek workers get their salary debts
According to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office, on January 27, the 188 workers from Uzbekistan, who spend their winter in tents, received in full their salary debts.
14:00, 28 January 2012
North Ossetia: large families will get land for construction free of charge
On January 27, the North-Ossetian MPs adopted – in the second and final readings – the Law "On Free Provision of Land Plots into Ownership of Large Families".
12:00, 28 January 2012
Yerevan to be capital of Bologna Process for three years
In June 2012, Armenia will be the ninth country, entrusted with the responsibility for organizing the Bologna process for the next three years, said Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Sciences of Armenia.
23:00, 27 January 2012
Ingush SEZ signed
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the Republic of Ingushetia have signed an agreement to create a special economic zone (SEZ) for tourism and recreation in the territory of the Djeirakh and Sunzha Districts of Ingushetia.
22:50, 27 January 2012
Former Deputy Mayor of Rostov-on-Don accused of fraud and abuse of power
Alexander Kuryanov, a former Deputy Mayor of Rostov-on-Don for housing and municipal services, is a figurant of two criminal cases. He is accused of a fraud and abuse of service powers.
22:30, 27 January 2012
Kalmykia starts installing web cameras at polling stations
It is planned that equipment for video surveillance over the procedures of voting and vote count at the forthcoming Russian presidential election on March 4 will be installed at 253 polling stations of Kalmykia. The installation and connection works are carried out by the "Rostelecom".
22:20, 27 January 2012
Chechen businessman Islam Satuev, Vice-President of "Xamax" FC, detained in Switzerland
Islam Satuev, Vice-President of the Swiss Football Club "Xamax" from the city of Neuchatel, was detained in Switzerland in the evening on January 26.
22:10, 27 January 2012
KBR: people regarded as law enforcers by militants fall victim to attacks
Killings of power agents, similar to the one committed in the evening on January 26 in a school in Nalchik, took place in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) in the past. As pointed out by law enforcers, the casualties of armed attacks were those regarded by members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) as power agents or their associates.
22:00, 27 January 2012
Chechen CEC receives special stamps for ballot papers
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Chechen Republic has received almost 618,000 special stamps for ballot papers to be used at the upcoming Russian presidential election.
Aslan Cherkesov (center) at sentencing in the Moscow City Court, October 28, 2011. Courtesy of the press service of Moscow City Court
21:50, 27 January 2012
Complaint to ECtHR on Cherkesov's sentence to be sent not earlier than March, his lawyer says
The defence of Aslan Cherkesov, a native of Nalchik, convicted for killing Yegor Sviridov, is getting ready to continue the litigation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said Dmitry Pankov, Cherkesov's advocate. According to his story, the complaint will be filed no earlier than March, after receipt of the cassation decision of the Russian Supreme Court (SC). On the other hand, Roman Kuchin, who is representing the victims, finds the SC's decision lawful and justified.
Crew of the DPS (road-and-post service) in place of a large road accident in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, January 25, 2012. Courtesy of the Road Safety Propaganda Division of the GIBDD (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
21:40, 27 January 2012
Motorists who got into road accidents because of ice may sue road companies, lawyer from Stavropol says
Over the last few days, several major road accidents caused by icy roads happened on motorways of the Stavropol Territory. According to Sergey Stepanidenko, a lawyer from the organization in defence of motorists' rights, the drivers who suffered in road accidents due to icy road conditions, may lodged civil claims against the road companies- defendants in civil cases, as they are responsible for keeping roads in good condition.
21:30, 27 January 2012
In Novorossiysk, strong wind might cause deaths of two women
According to preliminary data, two women could fell victims to hurricane wind Novorossiysk, where gusts reached 35 meters per second. Energy workers continue eliminating bad weather consequences.
21:20, 27 January 2012
Russia is again in the lead by number of complaints lodged to ECtHR
On January 26, Nicolas Bratza, Chairman of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, said at a press conference that Russia is leading by the number of complaints submitted to the Court. According to his story, by December 31, 2011, the ECtHR had registered 40,250 complaints against Russia, which is 26.6 percent of total complaints received. A significant part of decisions on them has to do with the cases of residents of Northern Caucasus.
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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.