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A person meditating. Photo: https://pixabay.com
13:16, 16 February 2019
Sochi Buddhist fined for meditation
The court has found the resident of Sochi, who conducted collective Buddhist meditations, guilty of illegal missionary activities and fined him by 5000 roubles. The court ruling has caused resonance among Facebook users.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Screenshot from video at: https://ru.wikipedia.org/ Время спорта - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWyclHTd89o
13:07, 16 February 2019
Nurmagomedov pays fine for his brawl after fight with McGregor
Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Dagestani MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter, who was fined for the brawl he initiated after his fight with Conor McGregor, has paid the fine of 500,000 US dollars. Khabib has also paid the fines for his team members, Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov.
08:28, 16 February 2019
Chechen law enforcers launch campaign against wearing camouflage
The popular wearing of elements of military uniforms by Chechen residents undermines the law enforcers' authority and scares tourists away, law enforcers have stated. Raids were conducted in the Gudermes District, during which policemen warned men about the inadmissibility of wearing camouflage and other military clothes.
Advocate of 'Memorial' Murad Magomedov, lawyer of the 'Committee against Torture' Abubakar Yangulbaev and head of the 'Memorial' Office in Makhachkala Sirazhutdin Datsiev at the press conference in Makhachkala, February 15, 2019. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
08:24, 16 February 2019
HRC "Memorial" treats inquiry into attack on Datsiev as inefficient
During a year, the investigation of threats received by the staff of the Makhachkala branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", arson of rights defenders' car, and beating up of Sirazhudin Datsiev, has not progressed; investigators shy away from contacts with victims and their lawyers, stated the participants of the press conference that took place in the capital of Dagestan on February 15.
Believers praying. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
08:16, 16 February 2019
Two believers detained at Salafi mosque in Makhachkala
On February 15, policemen conducted a preventive raid in the area of the mosque in Omarov Street; all the detainees are already back at large, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has stated. Such raids are held every Friday, the journalist, Idris Yusupov, has added.
Believers praying, Magas, October 7, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
21:32, 15 February 2019
Islamic scholars point to growing Islamic leaders' influence in Ingushetia
Mass protests of residents of Ingushetia against the agreement on the border with Chechnya have demonstrated the significance of the religious factor in the region, the participants of the seminar on the history and modern state of Islam, held on February 13 at the Institute of Oriental Studies, have stated.
Alaverdi Copper Smelting Factory. Photo: Yakovlev Sergey https://ru.wikipedia.org/
21:21, 15 February 2019
Copper Smelter workers resume protest action in Armenia
Workers of the Alaverdi Copper Smelting Factory have again blocked the Yerevan-Tbilisi railway after the disruption of the meeting of governmental officials, the factory owner and the bank, Armen Kirakosyan, one of the organizers of the rally, has stated.
21:11, 15 February 2019
Religious activist Tural Allakhverdiev arrested for 20 days
On February 14, Tural Allakhverdiev, a believer and an active Facebook user, was arrested for 20 days for disobeying the police, the "Muslim Unity" Movement (MUM) has reported. MUM activists believe that Allakhverdiev was persecuted for calls to render material help to families of political prisoners.
At polling station in the Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
17:46, 15 February 2019
"Golos" counts overstated voter turnout at election in SFD and NCFD
Analysis of video records from polling stations in the Krasnodar Territory, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia has shown that the voter turnout in 2018 was overstated by 23-52%, the report of the movement for voters' rights named "Golos" (Vote) states.
Djambulat Umarov, Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video 'Chechnya Today' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl6HuUnYrqg and Palitra TV https://ok.ru/video/12574852433. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
17:29, 15 February 2019
Umarov offers making Abdurakhmanov Chechen authorities' envoy in Poland
The videos criticizing the authorities of Chechnya, which the Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov posts on the Internet, spoil the image of the Chechen people, Djambulat Umarov, the Minister for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information, has stated. He invited the blogger to present a concept for the implementation of Chechnya's foreign relations, promising to solicit for him to Ramzan Kadyrov.
Law enforcers. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
17:15, 15 February 2019
Woman suspected of organizing IS* unit arrested in Astrakhan
According to the Russia's FSB, the detained woman-resident of the Astrakhan Region was one of the organizers of the secret unit of the international terrorist organization "Islamic State", banned in Russia by the court. She is suspected of financing terrorists, investigators have stated.
Sub-machine gun. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:01, 15 February 2019
Azerbaijan registers 23 shelling attacks per day
On February 14-15, units of the Armenian armed forces 23 times violated the ceasefire in various directions of the front, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
Alaverdi (Armenia). Photo: Gardmanahay https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Алаверди
14:53, 15 February 2019
In Armenia, workers report consequences of their plant's closure
In the city of Alaverdi, people have already felt the consequences of the copper plant's suspension. As a result, the purchasing power in the city decreased and people began to accumulate debts on their loans. If the plant is closed, at least 630 people will lose their jobs, workers of the plant report.
Landslide in Chechnya. Photo: Vladimir Anosov. https://www.yuga.ru/news/398587/
14:42, 15 February 2019
A village for migrants from landslide zone built in north of Chechnya
On the outskirts of the village of Znamenskoye in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, houses are built for families in need of resettlement from the landslide zone. 54 houses are ready to accommodate people. Meanwhile, more than 4200 people need immediate resettlement.
11:42, 15 February 2019
Residents of Chechnya cautiously react to celebration of Valentine's Day
In Chechnya, Valentine's Day passed without any public actions, but some young people used the holiday as a reason to present gifts to their girlfriends.
Monument to Mikhail Avagyan. Screenshot from Youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x27kIBLpZyo
11:37, 15 February 2019
Avagyan monument reminds of difficulties in relations between Baku and Tbilisi
Installation of the monument to Mikhail Avagyan, a veteran of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Akhalkalaki District is a provocation aimed to create problems in relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan, believe politicians and public figures interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
01:49, 15 February 2019
Talekh Bagirzade tells about his hunger strike in jail
Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, told his wife about the oppression suffered by him in prison and confirmed his hunger strike, which continues for 14 days already.
01:43, 15 February 2019
Asker Sokht tells about obstacles to naturalization of Syrian Circassians
The Circassian repatriates from Syria, who have received the right to Russian citizenship, face excessively strict demands to the knowledge of the Russian language and literature, said Asker Sokht, the chairman of the "Adyge Khase" organization in Krasnodar.
Advocate Pyotr Zaikin and Oyub Titiev (right). Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
23:36, 14 February 2019
MEPs call for release of Oyub Titiev
In a resolution adopted today, the European Parliament has demanded urgent release of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" office in Grozny. MEPs have also called on international sports personalities and artists from all over the world to refrain from participating in public events in Chechnya.
Protest rally held by students of the Yerevan State University, Yerevan, November 2017. Photo: © facebook / Հանուն գիտության զարգացմանhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20171113/9427615/studenty-egu-namereny-vtyanut-v-zabastovku-drugie-armyanskie-vuzy.html
23:27, 14 February 2019
YeSU students demand Rector's resignation
During the today's protest action, students have called for an extraordinary meeting of the board of trustees of the Yerevan State University (known as YeSU) and for expression of distrust to Rector Aram Simonyan.
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A Dagestani woman has been accused of financing an extremist organization.

The Makhachkala bypass is closed due to road damage.

Residents of Dagestan and journalists praised the role of bloggers in helping flood victims.

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.