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The flag of the LGBT. Photo: REUTERS/Ann Wang
11:21, 4 March 2019
Georgian activists oppose LGBT propaganda among children
On March 3, activists held an action at the UN office in Georgia, demanding to ban programmes aimed at propaganda of LGBTs at schools and kindergartens.
The show of the cartoon "Brave Djigit" (Horseman). Makhachkala, March 3, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:18, 4 March 2019
Over a thousand spectators watched the cartoon "Brave Horseman" in Makhachkala
The show of the cartoon "Brave Djigit" (Horseman) about Caucasian traditions has attracted the attention of the Dagestan public, Idris Magomedov, the project leader, believes.
Anna Zavgorodnyaya, the mother of Artyom Ponomarchuk, and Sergey Romanov, the head of the Krasnodar branch of the "Committee against Torture", at the presentation of the film named "Extreme South". Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:06, 4 March 2019
Some 30 people came to first screening of film about torture of Anapa residents
In Krasnodar, the presentation of the film about the four residents of Anapa, who were tortured and became figurants of a robbery case, was visited by about 30 people came. The authors hope that the film will spread on the Internet and watched by bosses of power structures. Parents of the young people have stated that now they have hope for a fair investigation.
Olga Karpukhnova holds solo picket, Volgograd, March 2, 2019. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
10:38, 3 March 2019
Volgograd activist calls on Putin to resign
Olga Karpukhnova has stated at a picket, held in Volgograd, that constitutional rights of Russian citizens are violated.
10:33, 3 March 2019
NKR claims 200 shelling attacks on its positions
During the period from February 24 to March 2, 2029, Azerbaijani militaries fired more than 3000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed.
Mekhman Guseinov after being released from jail on March 2, 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
10:24, 3 March 2019
Mekhman Guseinov released from Azerbaijani prison (+video)
On March 2, immediately after his release from jail, Mekhman Guseinov, an Azerbaijani blogger, took part in commemoration of the assassinated journalist, Elmar Guseinov. He recalled that he was arrested two years ago after the same rally.
19:14, 2 March 2019
Azerbaijani activist Guseinov arrested for 30 days
Rafael Guseinov was again placed under administrative arrest in the Apsheron District just four days after his release, his father has reported, adding that the police failed to explain the reason for his son's new arrest.
19:03, 2 March 2019
Grozny resident gets under trial for a walk with Nazi flag
The administrative case against a resident of Grozny, who appeared in the city centre with a flag with swastika put on him, has been sent to the court. This is an atypical offense, the Chechen Prosecutor's Office (PO) has noted.
Screenshot from video 'Kamikaze apologizes to Dagestan', posted on February 28, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yNw5w1tDQ
18:53, 2 March 2019
Blogger Kamikadze reports threats from Khabib Nurmagomedov's supporters
A call addressed to the fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, to stop attacks on theatre has caused a wave of threats, said the blogger Kamikaze. He refused to apologize to Nurmagomedov and criticized the "fighters for morality" in Dagestan for inattention to social problems of the region.
Grigory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia. Screenshot from video broadcasted by the "Echo of the Caucasus", https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/29249101.html
18:42, 2 March 2019
Karasin's statements on Georgia-NATO relations trigger Tbilisi's reaction
Grigory Karasin, a Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, has warned the Georgian authorities about the "unpleasant surprises" that could be caused by Georgia-NATO cooperation. Georgian politicians have treated this statement as a hidden threat. However, the official Tbilisi abandoned any harsh retaliatory rhetoric.
12:03, 2 March 2019
Givi Targamadze demands to find the customer of attempt
Givi Targamadze has expressed dissatisfaction that, while investigating the attempt on him, the Georgia's Prosecutor's Office and the Tbilisi City Court failed to establish the customer of the crime.
Fire in the village of Tissi-Akhitli (Dagestan). Photo: press service of the Administration of the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, http://www.mo-tsumada.ru/index.php/novosti/munitsipalitet/1915-pozhar-v-s-tissi-akhitli
11:51, 2 March 2019
About 30 houses burned down in Dagestani village
A fire that broke out in the village of Tissi-Akhitli of the Tsumadin District of Dagestan has destroyed about 30 houses.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:40, 2 March 2019
Armenian authorities treat verdict to Kazaryan as violation of international law
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint against the verdict to Karen Kazaryan, sentenced in Azerbaijan to 20 years in prison, and decided to consider the case in an accelerated manner, the defence of Kazaryan, a citizen of Armenia, has stated.
March in Yerevan, March 1, 2019. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
08:41, 2 March 2019
Armenian residents commemorate victims of March 2008 protest suppression
Five thousand people took part in the march on the 11th anniversary of the clashes of oppositionists with law enforcers. The authorities will never solve internal problems by force, the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has promised.
Galanchozh District. Photo: Tsoy-Peda_1 https://ru.wikipedia.org
08:30, 2 March 2019
Residents of Chechnya voice out conditions for returning to Galanchozh District
Commenting on the authorities' promises to build housing for the resettlers and pay installation allowances to them, natives of the Galanchozh District have expressed concern that the necessary infrastructure would not be fully built.
Kepsha River. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
08:22, 2 March 2019
Flooding in Sochi linked with Olympic construction
The Sochi authorities claim that there is no danger to townspeople living near the Kepsha River. Activists have linked the flooding in Sochi with large-scale extraction of gravel from the river and the construction of Olympic facilities.
Arkadi Akopyan (second from right) in the hall of the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, March 1, 2019. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
21:24, 1 March 2019
KBR's SC closes Akopyan's case
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has decided that after the mitigation of the article on extremism, there was no crime element in the case of Arkadi Akopyan, a believer of Jehovah's Witnesses, the religious organization, recognized as extremist and banned by the court decision.
Mikhail Savostin in the courtroom. Photo: press service of the Committee in support of political prisoner Mikhail Savostin
21:15, 1 March 2019
Witness in Mikhail Savostin's case tells about threats from law enforcer
The testimony about the joint use of drugs with Mikhail Savostin, the head of the "People's Assembly of Mineralnye Vody", was given under pressure, said the witness, Sergey Didenko, at the court session on February 28 and named the law enforcer who threatened him.
Fakhraddin Aboszoda. Screenshot from video: Qezene Qazana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n02R9uikaU
18:20, 1 March 2019
Talysh activist extradited from Russia to Azerbaijan
Russia has given Fakhraddin Abbasov, a Talysh activist, out to Azerbaijan; he is accused in his homeland of appeals against territorial integrity and of hostility incitement.
Law enforcer. Photo: Yulia Simatova / Yugopolis
18:10, 1 March 2019
Rights defenders make film about torture of four Anapa residents
The film "Extreme South", the presentation of which is scheduled for March 2, tells about the fate of four residents of Anapa, who were tortured and became figurants of a criminal case on robbery. For the fourth year, they are under house arrest, whereas there is not a single suspect in the torture case, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed.
News
A scientist spoke about his research into a Jewish cemetery in Azerbaijan.

Samira Gasimli. Photo from Samira Gasimli's personal archive, published by Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ The wife of an Azerbaijani government critic faces libel charges.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

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.