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A view of the Grozny City from the memorial complex in Grozny. Photo courtesy of an eyewitness for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:46, 23 February 2019
Kadyrov allows mourning events on deportation anniversary
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Chechens' and Ingushes' deportation, mosques are holding morning rites; and a mourning meeting is scheduled in Grozny. Local residents did not expect the lift of ban on mourning events.
People near the Memorial for the memory of the victims of political repressions in Nazran, February 23, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:45, 23 February 2019
Head of Ingushetia was booed at memorial to repression victims (+video)
At official events on the occasion of the Fatherland Defender's Day and the 75th anniversary of Ingushes' deportation, activists expressed their protest against combining the holiday and the mourning. The speech of Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, was accompanied by whistles and shouts.
Zemfira Tskaeva, February 11, 2019. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:21, 23 February 2019
Widow of North-Ossetian resident who died at police station tells about his detention
On February 22, Zemfira Tskaeva told the court that after her husband's detention, law enforcers told no details about him; and she learned about his death from her acquaintance-morgue employee. Her advocate intends to request the materials of Tskaev's case and to clarify the alleged falsifications.
11:50, 23 February 2019
RWB demands to cancel Mustafa Gadjibeili's verdict
The international organization in defence of journalists, "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has condemned the verdict rendered in Azerbaijan to Mustafa Gadjibeili, the editor-in-chief of the website "Bastainfo.com". The RWB has called on the international community to impose sanctions on those responsible for such severe measures.
11:28, 23 February 2019
Relatives of Dagestani blogger Mirzekhanov link his arrest with law enforcers' persecutions
The arrest of Alibek Mirzekhanov in Moscow is a continuation of his persecutions by law enforcers in Dagestan, from where he fled after kidnapping and torture in 2013, Alibek's brother Mansur believes. According to Alibek's advocate, Mirzekhanov is imputed the involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.
Screenshot of a video appeal published on Djambulat Umarov's page on Instagram. Umarov talks to the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov live
10:27, 23 February 2019
Chechen minister and blogger argue on reasons of Chechen War
Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, who has called the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov to an online discussion, could not answer the blogger's question about Akhmat Kadyrov and his calls for jihad. Social networks users regard that Abdurakhmanov was more convincing in the discussion.
08:57, 23 February 2019
Four persons detained at Salafi mosque in Makhachkala
Law enforcers have taken away four believers after the prayer in the mosque in Omarov Street in Makhachkala, a similar raid was conducted at the mosque in the dwelling settlement of Semender, eyewitnesses have reported.
The Ingush family of Gazdiev near the body of their killed daughter. Kazakhstan, 1944. https://ru.wikipedia.org
08:54, 23 February 2019
Anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation reminds of motives for mourning abolition in Chechnya
The refusal of the Chechen authorities to mark the deportation anniversary has to do with the softening of Russian authorities' attitude to Stalinism and an attempt to stifle the protest moods of residents of Chechnya, who, together with those of Ingushetia, remember the deportation, regardless of the policies of local authorities, Caucasus historians have noted.
Protesters and journalists near the buiding of the Parliament of Abkhazia on February 2, 2019. Photo by Dmitry Stateynov for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:52, 23 February 2019
Session of Abkhaz Parliament outrages anti-corruption protesters
The Parliament of Abkhazia has failed to find time to consider the bill on liability for illegal enrichment, because it was placed into the end of the agenda, activists have stated.
Alexei Navalny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
00:15, 23 February 2019
Investigation of oppositionist Alexei Navalny leads to demands to punish Caucasian clans
The investigation conducted by the oppositionist Alexei Navalny about the influential clans in Karachay-Cherkessia has triggered a sharp reaction of social network users, who called on the authorities to clear out the situation.
The police in Baku. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
23:59, 22 February 2019
"Muslim Unity" activist complains about torture to the court
At the trial, Bakhtiyar Bagirov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, has complained about being tortured after detention. The court has ignored his statement.
Handcuffs. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
23:55, 22 February 2019
Ingush activist arrested for trying to hold action in memory of deportation
A court in Nazran has arrested Urus Kurskiev, an activist, for three days for an attempt to hold an unsanctioned march of the deported nations of the Caucasus.
A colony. Photo by Tatyana Gantimurova for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:56, 22 February 2019
Mother of Chechen native asks to save her son from torture at SIZO
Apti Akiev, a native of Chechnya, who is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Omsk Region, is being tortured. Law enforcers are trying to force him to confess to being one of the organizers of riots in the colony, his mother Maret Akieva has stated.
18:49, 22 February 2019
Activist detained in Ingushetia after rally announcement
Urus Kurskiev, an Ingush activist, who had called for a march of the sons of the deported nations of the Caucasus to be held today, was brought to the Centre for Countering Extremism (CCE or "E" Centre) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia.
Military equipment of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo by the press service of the country's Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
16:55, 22 February 2019
Azerbaijan claims machine gun fire in conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 22 times a day, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
Zviad Kuprava. Photo: screenshot of the video Maestro Television https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=146&v=n8VH2VdUxr8
16:43, 22 February 2019
Georgian court arrests activist Zviad Kuprava
The Prosecutor's Office has persuaded the court to change the release on bail for custody of Zviad Kuprava, a participant in the protest actions against the sentence in the case of the murder of teenagers in Tbilisi.
12:24, 22 February 2019
Native of Armenia tells about threat to his security after brawl in "Neolit" Cafe
Garnik Vardanyan, who was declared by Fuad Abbasov, the head of the Centre for Information Initiatives, as a possible instigator of the mass brawl in Moscow, said he has to hide for security reasons. He treats himself as a victim of a provocation.
12:23, 22 February 2019
Parents of missing Ingush students meet them in Egypt
The parents of three students from Ingushetia, who had disappeared in Egypt, managed to meet them in Cairo, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, has reported. Four of the five missing students are imprisoned there; the fate of the fifth one is still unknown.
12:21, 22 February 2019
Visit of Co-Chairs of Minsk Group to Yerevan and Baku reminds of attempts to return NKR to negotiating table
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Minsk Group have met heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, Stepanakert was not included in their visit programme to Southern Caucasus. Armenia's initiatives to return the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) to the negotiating table have received no developed. Armenian political analysts exclude the military way of settling the conflict.
08:28, 22 February 2019
KBR resident accuses law enforcers of torture
In the Tersky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), a man was beaten up and strangled in an attempt to knock out testimony from him, investigators have reported.
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Displaced persons. April 21, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-ramkah-velikogo-vozvrasheniya-eshe-92-semi-otpravilis-v-agdam 92 Azerbaijani IDP families returned to Agdam

A scientist spoke about his research into a Jewish cemetery in Azerbaijan.

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.