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A chapel model. Photo Sputnik https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20180221/1023217186/otkryt-sbor-sredstv-na-stroitelstvo-chasovni-v-gudaute.html
09:24, 22 February 2018
Abkhazia: activists raise money for a chapel to be built in memory of Lata tragedy
A chapel for commemoration of the people who fell victim to the Lata tragedy is to be built in the central park of Gudauta. This is reported by an initiator of the project.
Believers from the church. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
05:54, 22 February 2018
Orthodox believers reject idea of leaving Dagestan after Kizlyar shooting
Orthodox believers suggest the recent mass murder of believers from the temple is a provocation which will not force Orthodox Christians to leave Dagestan.
A praying man. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:27, 21 February 2018
Dagestani state servants complain about ban on praying at work
Employees of the Ministry for Land and Property Relations of Dagestan have drafted an appeal to Vladimir Vasiliev, the head of the republic, with a complaint against Ekaterina Tolstikova, the head of the Ministry. According to her subordinates, Ms Tolstikova forbids them to pray at work and offers to write retirement applications.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/SaakashviliMikheil/photos_stream
23:05, 21 February 2018
Saakashvili banned to enter Ukraine
The Ukrainian State Frontier Service (SFS) has prohibited the former president of Georgia from entering the country for three years, until February 13, 2021.
Banners and photos on Yerevan Opera Theater, February 20, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:39, 21 February 2018
Anniversary of Karabakh movement reminds Yerevan residents about national idea
Thirty years ago, the Karabakh liberation movement united Armenians in their struggle for independence and aroused the sense of national identity, the participants the action held in Yerevan have stated. They regretted that the movement failed to achieve the proclaimed goals, while the Armenian authorities have suppressed the "rebellious spirit of the nation" and betrayed people's hopes.
Baghdad. Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
20:52, 21 February 2018
Dagestani resident's grandson brought from Iraq to Russia
Ziyad Sabsabi, a Chechen member at the Russia's Federation Council, has brought a Dagestan boy, whose parents had perished in Iraq, from a Baghdad orphanage home. Akhmed Abdulaev, the boy's grandfather had urged the authorities to help to return his two grandsons, but the younger one was not found.
Barricades in the center of Kiev. March 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
16:00, 21 February 2018
Investigators deny involvement of Georgian snipers in events on Maidan
The Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has not found any confirmation to the version stating that Georgian snipers were involved in shooting of protesters in Kiev in 2014. This was reported by the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office itself.
Military training. Photo © Sputnik / Said Tsarnaev https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20160916/3035690.html
13:38, 21 February 2018
More than 400 soldiers and officers involved in trainings at Chechen training grounds
Military exercises with the use of 50 units of military equipment, including multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), took place at military training grounds in the Shatoi and Shali Districts of Chechnya.
Hadrut. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20170301/6564963/razvedchik-diaspora-sdelala-granitsu-karabakha-silnee-i-sovremennee.html
12:11, 21 February 2018
French MFA criticizes Ilham Aliev's statement about historical lands of Azerbaijan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for France has urged the parties to the Karabakh conflict to avoid statements that could increase tension in the region.
The Criminal Code. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
10:44, 21 February 2018
Resident of Stavropol Territory sentenced for raping his stepdaughter
The court found a resident of the Apanasenkovsky District guilty of raping an 11-year-old daughter of his wife and sentenced him to 12 years and 4 months of imprisonment in a penal colony. This is reported by the website of the Investigating Department for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
A refugee camp in Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
06:10, 21 February 2018
Chechen authorities announce return of a Dagestani resident's grandson from Iraq
Akhmed Abdulaev, a resident of Dagestan, used social networks to disseminate his request to help return home his grandson after the death of his parents: a daughter of Akhmed Abdulaev and her husband. The boy was found in Iraq.
Screenshot of the video by Alexei Navalny
23:36, 20 February 2018
Navalny urges residents of the Caucasus not demean themselves at election
Alexei Navalny, an oppositional politician, has urged residents of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia to monitor the course of the presidential election and expose the deception with the traditionally high figures of voter turnout.
A cynologist with a dog. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
16:28, 20 February 2018
Report on a bomb planted in Makhachkala school is false
The Makhachkala police have found no explosive devices inside a school building, from which pupils have been evacuated today.
The territory of the Saint George the Victorious Church in Kizlyar. February 20, 2018. Photo by the press service of the city administration of Kizlyar http://mo-kizlyar.ru
14:21, 20 February 2018
About 5000 people come to funeral of victims of Kizlyar attack
In Kizlyar, residents of the city and neighbouring regions came to the funeral ceremony to say farewell to the people who fell victim to an attack on believers near a city church.
An employee of the Prosecutor's Office. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:35, 20 February 2018
Three residents of Chechnya accused of spreading banned songs
The cases on posting Timur Mutsuraev's songs, recognized as extremist, in a social network have been transferred to courts, the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has stated.
An ambulance car. Photo pixabay.com
10:33, 20 February 2018
One man killed by gas explosion in Dagestan
Today, one man fell victim to a gas explosion that occurred in an apartment building in the village of Endireiaul; he died on the way to the hospital, the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has stated.
The consequences of the explosion in Yerevan. Photo Sputnik/ Aram Nersesyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20180220/10613399/vzryv-v-zhilom-dome-v-erevane-ehvakuirovany-14-chelovek.html
10:06, 20 February 2018
In Yerevan, 14 townspeople evacuated after residential building explosion
This morning, an explosion occurred in an apartment building in Yerevan. No one was injured, rescuers report.
The Investigating Committee © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
09:08, 20 February 2018
Investigators regard terror as a version of Kizlyar attack
The attack on believers in Kizlyar is investigated under the murder article, but investigators are considering all the versions of the incident, including a terror act.
Vladikavkaz. Photo © Sputnik / Mikhail Gassiev
04:18, 20 February 2018
Residents of North Ossetia point to problem areas in improvement of cities
Residents of Vladikavkaz, Alagir, Beslan, and Mozdok identified 10 public areas requiring improvement as part of the programme to create a comfortable urban environment. During the voting in March, residents will choose the entertainment places to be funded this year.
00:57, 20 February 2018
Grenade found in Georgian church
Church servants in the Shida Kartli region found a grenade among the icons, next to which was a note asking to forgive the sins.
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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.