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The North Caucasus District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:44, 5 February 2019
Residents of Ingushetia accused of terrorism denied inquiry into torture
The persons accused of plotting terror acts in Ingushetia and at the French Embassy in Moscow were denied initiating a case on the abuse of official powers by law enforcers.
Posters with the photos of Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement. Baku, April 8, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:42, 5 February 2019
"Muslim Unity" activists go on hunger strike in jail
Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, and Abbas Guseinov, an activist of the movement, are on a hunger strike in Gobustan Prison in protest against torture.
A policeman. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:32, 5 February 2019
Policeman wounded at attack in Nalchik dies
Aslan Balkarov, the DPS (road-and-patrol service) inspector, who was wounded in the attack committed in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) on January 25, has died in hospital on Monday, February 4, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
08:30, 5 February 2019
Two oppositionists detained in Baku
Amil Mamedzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), detained on Monday, February 4, 2019, has been sentenced to 25 days of arrest. The fate of activist Elnur Djabbarly is not yet known, said Ilham Gusein, member of the PFPA's Presidium.
Tbilisi City Court. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
23:59, 4 February 2019
Court releases on bail "Donbass" veterans detained in Georgia
Seven former militaries of the Ukrainian battalion "Donbass", detained during a special operation in December in Tbilisi, have been released on bail, said Semyon Semenchenko, an MP of the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Assembly) of Ukraine.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva (RFE/RL)
23:57, 4 February 2019
South-Ossetian authorities complicate Georgian border crossing
Citizens of South Ossetia will no longer be able to cross the border with Georgia on their passports; they will have to get a special pass, the South-Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security) has announced.
Bekkhan Yusupov. Photo: screenshot of the video by 'Chechnya Segonya' (Chechnya Today) https://www.youtube.com/user/chechnyatodaycom
23:00, 4 February 2019
A Chechen resident complains to Prosecutor's Office after publication of "Novaya Gazeta"
Bekkhan Yusupov reported that he had been detained because of storing rounds, and not due to suspicions of homosexuality. The man accused the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" of slander. Residents of Chechnya expressed their scepticism about the Bekkhan Yusupov's public speech.
Gatherers of wild garlic. Photo: Radio Marsho (RFE/RL)
22:57, 4 February 2019
Residents of Chechnya report ban to gather wild garlic near Ingush border
In the Achkhoi-Martan District, the authorities have forbidden gathering wild garlic on the territories adjacent to Ingushetia until January 31, reported residents of Chechnya. The ban was introduced on January 1 because of operational activities, reported the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Military excercises in the Karabakh army. Photo http://www.nkrmil.am/history-of-defence-army/view/39
17:35, 4 February 2019
Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages
Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 25 times within the last 24 hours, including those deployed in two border villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
17:33, 4 February 2019
Chief Physician from KBR associates her dismissal with criticism of MPH
A formal reason for her dismissal was a minor error in her tax declaration, while the real reason was her criticism of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) for insufficient supply of patients with medications, she has stated.
17:31, 4 February 2019
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 28-February 3, 2019
Arrest of Karachay-Cherkessian Senator Arashukov and his father; election of Mayor in Makhachkala; report on an attack on a law enforcers' checkpoint in Chechnya; mass evacuation in Southern Russia caused by reports of mine planting; ECtHR's decision on the complaint about deportation of Georgian citizens from Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 28-February 3, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Alazani River. Photo: A. Mukhranov, travelgeorgia.ru, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33422276
11:30, 4 February 2019
Several hundred Pankisi residents protest against HPP construction
Residents of the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia have held an action in Birkiani against the construction of the "Khadori-3" hydropower plant (HPP). They have refused to resettle because of the construction, even if they are offered better conditions.
11:27, 4 February 2019
Georgia: two persons detained for beating up LGBT supporters
Two attacks based on intolerance to non-traditional sexual orientation committed in Georgia; two suspects were detained, the police said.
The dwelling settlement of Ilsky. Photo: https://pixabay.com
11:23, 4 February 2019
Investigators name homophobia as priority version of killing two Kuban pensioners
A month after the murder of pensioners committed in the dwelling settlement of Ilsky, Seversky District of the Krasnodar Territory (also called Kuban by the name of the main river), investigators regard homophobia one of the priority versions. The suspected killer is detained and gives confessions.
11:42, 3 February 2019
Pashinyan refuses to pardon Mger Enokyan
The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given a negative opinion on the pardoning the lifelong convict Mger Enokyan. A new petition can be filed in a year, but the prisoner is unlikely to do it, his wife has stated.
Cairo. View from Cairo TV Tower. Photo: Przemyslaw 'Blueshade' Idzkiewicz. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каир
11:29, 3 February 2019
Four Ingush students imprisoned in Egypt
The fate of one of the five Ingush students detained in Cairo in the summer of 2018 remains unknown, said Yushaa Gazgireev, a State Duma MP. Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has decided to join the efforts aimed to clarify the reasons for the detention of young people.
11:19, 3 February 2019
NKR counts 200 shelling attacks within a week
In the period from January 27 to February 2, 2019, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan fired over 1300 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported on February 2.
Gas pipelines above a street in Chechen village. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
11:09, 3 February 2019
Resident of Chechnya apologizes for criticising gas controllers
A resident of the Urus-Martan District has posted in the WhatsApp his apology to the employees of the gas supplying company, whom he had accused of "injustice." The man has apologized fearing the coercion to publicly repent on the TV, local residents have suggested.
Message reading that the website has been blocked. Screenshot made by Aravot journalists. https://www.aravot-ru.am/2019/02/01/297376/
18:30, 2 February 2019
"Roskomnadzor" blocks Russian-language version of Armenian online media
The website "Aravot-ru.am" has been blocked in Russia for refusing to remove the data on the Sochi businessman of Armenian origin from the material about the cooperation of the Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with crime bosses, the editorial board of the website has reported.
Picket in support of Anastasia Shevchenko, February 1, 2019. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
18:19, 2 February 2019
Rostov picketers demand to release Anastasia Shevchenko
About 50 residents of Rostov-on-Don gathered for a picket demanding to decriminalize the article on "undesirable organizations" and stop the criminal prosecution of the local activist Anastasia Shevchenko.
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Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

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The resettlement of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh has sparked debate on social media.

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.