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08:43, 12 February 2020
Khangoshvili's alleged killer arrested again in Germany
The German Prosecutor's Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of the person, suspected of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, in order to question him again.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
22:07, 11 February 2020
Attack on rights defenders in Chechnya is consequence of Kadyrov's threats
Publications of Chechen media approving the beating up Elena Milashina and Marina Dubrovina indicate that the attack had to do with Ramzan Kadyrov's call to crack down on authors of gossips about Chechnya, human rights defenders believe.
Participants of the rally in Magas. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
22:01, 11 February 2020
Arrest of new suspects in Magas rally case appealed against
The arrests of Amirkhan Bekov, Isropil Nalgiev and Mukharbek Mamatov, participants of the rally in Magas have been appealed against. Investigators failed to prove their guilt, their advocates assert.
Ibragim Dugiev. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:45, 11 February 2020
Prosecutor requests court to send Ingush activist Ibragim Dugiev to penal colony
At trial, Ibragim Dugiev, a participant of a rally in Magas, admitted his guilt in attacking a fighter of the National Guard of Russia. The defendant insists that he was not guided by any political motives, but stood up for women and elderly people. The Prosecutor's Office requested the court to sentence Ibragim Dugiev to a year of imprisonment.
A soldier of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
16:05, 11 February 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling two villages
During the past 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 21 times, including with sniper rifles, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Ibragim Zakriev. Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZetcTiYZD
15:52, 11 February 2020
Mayor of Grozny heads Kadyrov's administration
On February 10, Ramzan Kadyrov appointed his nephew, Mayor of Grozny, Ibragim Zakriev, as the head of the administration of the head and government of Chechnya. Local residents treat Zakriev's new appointment to be a continuation of the cadre policy of the head of the region.
Gigi Ugulava, 2015. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:16, 11 February 2020
After sentencing Ugulava, Georgian opposition refuses to negotiate with authorities
After the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to increase the punishment under the embezzlement case, Gigi Ugulava, a former Mayor of Tbilisi and one of the leaders of the "European Georgia" Party, has voluntarily surrendered to law enforcers. Leaders of oppositional parties and movements treated the toughened verdict as a political repression and refused to negotiate with authorities.
10:12, 11 February 2020
Health problems of arrested Derbent residents trigger new action
On February 10, relatives of the Derbent residents, accused of terrorism, held a picket demanding to stop lawlessness in the republic. Female relatives complained about health problems of those arrested, and about the obstacles to visiting them.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
09:51, 11 February 2020
Five children returned from Syria cannot get home from Moscow
Due to problems with documents and money, five children from Karachay-Cherkessia, who were taken out of Syria to Moscow on February 7, cannot fly home. Several families were separated due to the absence of documents.
Zagidat Alieva, mother of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, at a picket in Makhachkala. February 10. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:44, 11 February 2020
"Chernovik" founder tells about interest in articles by arrested journalist Gadjiev
On Monday, February 11, eight persons continued their solo pickets in Makhachkala in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, arrested under the case of financing terrorism. The articles written by him are very popular; they cause authorities' reaction, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, has stated.
At a polling station in Baku. February 9, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 10 February 2020
OSCE casts doubt on election outcomes in Azerbaijan
Violations at vote tabulation and facts of pressure on observers are casting doubt on the honesty of the parliamentary elections held in Azerbaijan, the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has stated.
Gigi Ugulava. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
23:14, 10 February 2020
Georgian oppositionist sentenced to real prison term for embezzlement
The court has sentenced Gigi Ugulava, a former Tbilisi Mayor and one of the leaders of the "European Georgia" Party, to three years and two months in prison.
22:58, 10 February 2020
Aminat Lorsanova reports fleeing Chechnya after "treatment" for homosexuality
After escaping from Chechnya, Aminat Lorsanova, a native of Grozny, broke all ties with her relatives who tried to "expel genies from her" by beating her with sticks. Islam does not practice treatment for homosexuality, notes Magomedrasul Omarov, the head of the Dagestani information and analytical centre "Fikr".
Marina Dubrovina (on the left) and Elena Milashina. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot" made of screenshots of the videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=3AIL5pg1_hE&feature=emb_logo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=37&v=hGC8NxXlk4A&feature=emb_logo
22:51, 10 February 2020
Rights defenders treat attack on Milashina and Dubrovina as part of general campaign
An attack on Elena Milashina and Marina Dubrovina was related to their professional activities, notes human rights defender Oleg Kozlovsky, whose kidnapping in Magas has been under investigation for more than a year.
Firearms amd amunition. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:51, 10 February 2020
Regular soldier dies in military unit of Nagorno-Karabakh
On February 9, a 19-year-old soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army was found unconscious in one of the military units. He died in a hospital.
Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/v-karabashe-proshli-ucheniya-arsenal-2018.html
18:28, 10 February 2020
On February 3-9, 2020, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of February 3-9, 2020, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
13:30, 10 February 2020
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 3-9, 2020
Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan; attack on journalist Elena Milashina and advocate Marina Dubrovina in Grozny; new arrests of rally participants in Magas; resonance after a murder of a Chechen blogger in France; adoption of an anti-corruption law in Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 3-9, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
10:54, 10 February 2020
Children returned from Syria handed over to relatives in Chechnya
A brother and a sister brought among other children from Syria to Moscow have been handed over in Grozny to their relatives, the Chechen Ministry for National Policy has reported.
10:51, 10 February 2020
Two Georgian residents detained for bride abduction
In the Georgian region of Kakheti, two young men have been detained on suspicion of abducting a 16-year-old girl with the aim to marry her, the police have reported.
During the vote at the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:48, 10 February 2020
Observers name widespread violations at elections in Azerbaijan
During the vote at the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, there were cases of ballot stuffing (throws-in), the so-called "roundabouts", observers' inadmissibility and other significant violations, which prevent from establishing the true voters' will, the NGO leaders have stated.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.