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Areg Shchepikhin. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
The sentence against Areg Shchepikhin was upheld.
The sentence against Areg Shchepikhin was upheld.
Pavel Nestrugin. Photo: Administration of Uryupinsk
A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in a military operation.
A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in a military operation.
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
Drones shot down in the Astrakhan region
Drones shot down in the Astrakhan region
A new memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80203
The plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the tenth time.
The plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the tenth time.
A girl by a heater. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
The shutdown of water and heating supplies created problems for residents of Nalchik.
The shutdown of water and heating supplies created problems for residents of ...
Event
23:04, 10 February 2026
Activists in Tbilisi held placards outside the parliament building.
22:06, 10 February 2026
Kadyrov showed a video of his son Adam for the first time since January 16.
21:21, 10 February 2026
A fighter from Kalmykia was killed in Ukraine.
20:33, 10 February 2026
An Uzbek citizen was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol.
19:49, 10 February 2026
The case of eight Georgian opposition leaders has reached court.
18:56, 10 February 2026
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been accused of rehabilitating Nazism.
18:10, 10 February 2026
A Kuban resident was sentenced for attempting to join the RDC*
17:49, 10 February 2026
Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
Robert Kiut. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/apsadgil_info/p/DS7bLS7AqQ2/?__d=11 belongs to the Meta company, whose activities are banned in Russia. Abkhaz activists demand the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

J.D. Vance and Nikol Pashinyan. Source: primeminister.am/ Vance and Pashinyan signed a statement on investments in Armenia's nuclear energy sector.

Lyceum shooting. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The shooting at the lyceum highlighted the problems in the education sector in Azerbaijan.

Guide
Kadyrov's sons. The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program
July 01, 2025 17:39
The Main Thing About the Weddings of Kadyrov's Sons

The weddings of Ramzan Kadyrov's sons are preceded by public meetings with Vladimir Putin. The celebrations themselves are accompanied by lavish ceremonies and symbolic gestures from government officials. At the same time, the names of the wives of the Chechen leader's sons are not publicly announced.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
November 07, 2018 23:28
Ramzan Kadyrov

Ramzan Kadyrov is a Chechen politician, a son of Akhmat Kadyrov, the first president of the Chechen Republic. Since 2011, Ramzan Kadyrov has been the leader of Chechnya.

Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Screenshot of video posted at Ramzan Kadyrov’s Telegram Channel, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1299
March 02, 2022 13:12
Factbox: Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine

During the six days of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, a lot of rumours and conjectures have appeared. What is really known about the participation of Chechen law enforcers, about their losses and statements of the republic's leadership, – read the details in the reference material of the "Caucasian Knot".

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....

North Caucasus - statistics of victims
12:37, 2 February 2026
In January 2026, three people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.
14:14, 5 January 2026
Two people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the fourth quarter of 2025.
13:41, 5 January 2026
In December 2025, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.
13:05, 1 December 2025
In November 2025, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.
12:49, 1 October 2025
Five people were killed and four were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the third quarter of 2025.
12:20, 1 October 2025
In September 2025, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.
15:58, 2 September 2025
In August 2025, four people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia
14:03, 4 August 2025
In July 2025, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus
17:59, 2 June 2025
In May 2025, six people perished in armed and terrorist attacks in Northern Caucasus
18:17, 5 May 2025
In Quarter 1 of 2025, eight people perished and two were wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/
December 06, 2019 20:30
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
October 25, 2019 23:12
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
November 29, 2019 16:14
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.

GAY ABOUT LIFE IN CHECHNYA AND FLIGHT FROM RUSSIA
A silhouette of a man. Photo: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir “They will kill you anyway, be it family or strangers”: gay about life in Chechnya and flight from Russia

A homosexual from Chechnya, who left Russia after detention, told the "Caucasian Knot" how people with non-traditional sexual orientation live in the republic, and what the fate of his acquaintances from the LGBT community was after the start of mass raids on gays. According to the man, he managed to avoid torture, but his close friend was cruelly tortured by law enforcers, and his three familiar men were killed.

Interview
An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

See below an interview with Aage Borchgrevink, a Senior Advisor to the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), who led the NHC mission to Georgia during the October 26 parliamentary elections. The mission consisted of four people, two of whom were in the group with the representatives of the European Platform for Democratic Elections, and two others – in the group of the Human Rights Centre.

"CHECHENIZATION" OF RUSSIA: KADYROV'S PEOPLE ENJOY TOTAL IMPUNITY
GUIDE
Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Screenshot of video posted at Ramzan Kadyrov’s Telegram Channel, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1299 Factbox: Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine

During the six days of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, a lot of rumours and conjectures have appeared. What is really known about the participation of Chechen law enforcers, about their losses and statements of the republic's leadership, – read the details in the reference material of the "Caucasian Knot".