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Flowers and photos of Boris Nemtsov at the monument to victims of political repression, Rostov-on-Don, February 26, 2017. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
22:53, 26 February 2017
Participants of rally in Rostov-on-Don demand to stop destructing memorial on Nemtsov Bridge
Today, in Rostov-on-Don, activists gathered for a rally in memory of politician Boris Nemtsov. They adopted a resolution with the demand to identify persons who ordered the murder of the politician and bring them to justice.
Head of NGO "Military Journalists" Uzeir Jafarov. Photo: RFE/RL
17:49, 26 February 2017
Azerbaijani political analysts claim Armenia's attempt to take revenge for loss of territories
The escalation of tension in the Karabakh conflict zone on February 25 was caused by the desire of the Armenian side to take revenge for the territorial losses and regain its lost positions. Besides, Armenia will benefit from it to mobilize its voters for the parliamentary elections. This opinion was voiced by Azerbaijani political analysts to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
12:27, 26 February 2017
More than 40,000 people attend march in Baku
This morning, in Khojaly, a many-thousand march to mark the 25th anniversary of the tragedy has been started from Azadliq Square. From there, participants of the action went to the Memorial to victims of the Khojaly tragedy.
07:51, 26 February 2017
Fighter Vartan Asatryan fired from "Fight Nights" for using flag of Nagorno-Karabakh
The promotion company "Fight Nights Global" broke the contract with Vartan Asatryan, an MMA fighter, because of his using of the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Samira Agaeva. Photo: Facebook.com/samira.agayeva.374
22:23, 25 February 2017
Azerbaijani activist Samira Agaeva states being shadowed
On February 24, unidentified persons were following Samira Agaeva, the deputy chair of the D18 movement, when she was returning home. She managed to escape pursuers and believes that they tried to intimidate her.
19:47, 25 February 2017
Armenia states five killed Azerbaijani servicemen
The Armenia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released a list of five Azeri soldiers, killed last night in the Karabakh conflict zone; officers are on the list.
Richard McLaren during the presentation of the report about the doping system in Russia. Screenshot of a video by the PressTV channel, Youtube.com/watch?v=LzbW0EwTUbA
14:49, 25 February 2017
WADA finds use of doping by Russian Olympians in Sochi unproved
The data from Professor Richard McLaren’s report about the system of falsification of doping tests in Russia have no sufficient proofs, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has declared.
14:03, 25 February 2017
Armenia calls on Azerbaijan to stop escalation of Karabakh conflict
The Armenia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has joined the statement of the MoD of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), made in connection with the incident in the Karabakh conflict zone, having accused the Azerbaijan counterpart of sabotage and disinformation. The Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has reported Azerbaijan’s attempted attack to the OSCE.
Gyulyaga Aslanly. Photo: RFE/RL
13:08, 25 February 2017
"Musavat" leaders complain about pressure from Azerbaijani GPO
Gyulyaga Aslanly, the head of the office of the oppositional "Musavat" Party, was questioned at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan; the incumbent and the former chairs of the party have also been summoned for questioning. They figure as witnesses in the case of receiving by country residents of the emigrant status abroad under false documents.
Trading days are reducted at the fairs of agricultural goods in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:29, 25 February 2017
Sochi residents are dissatisfied with reduction of trading days at fairs
Over 500 producers and sellers of agricultural goods of the Krasnodar Territory have been deprived of the opportunity to trade on weekdays at seven fairs in Sochi, because of the decision of the city Mayor. He has reduced the number of trading days from four to two, allowing trading only on weekends.
Students from Moscow are reading memoires of the deportation victims. February 24, 2017. Photo by Tatyana Gantimurova for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:31, 25 February 2017
Meeting at GULAG Museum talks fates of deported Chechens and Ingushes
The State Museum of GULAG History hosted a commemoration event of 1944 deportation victims. Participants told that in Chechnya and Ingushetia February 23 is marked as mourning day; and deportees’ families still experience problems upon return.
The participants of the residents of the resort micro-district Maly Akhun. February 24, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:30, 25 February 2017
Sochi residents urge to cancel permit for build-up of Maly Akhun
Residents of the resort micro-district Maly Akhun have held a meeting with the chair of the territorial self-government body (known as TOS) and decided to send via him an appeal to the Sochi Mayor with a request to cancel the development of the territory of the local national park.
The village of Talish, Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:24, 24 February 2017
NKR accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Talish
As stated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Azerbaijani militaries have shelled from cannons and machine guns the contact line, including the territory of the village of Talish.
Georgian Parliament. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20170221/234969219/NPO-v-parlamente-Gruzii-zasedaet-41-millioner.html
19:58, 24 February 2017
Georgian Parliament approves, in second reading, package of laws on secret shadowing
Despite protests of the opposition, Georgian MPs have adopted a package of bills on introduction of a new system of secret surveillance and wiretapping.
Zelimkhan Evloev. Photo: Sunja.su
17:19, 24 February 2017
Ingush Speaker offers to commemorate deportation victims on October 30
Zelimkhan Evloev, the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia, has suggested addressing the federal centre with a request to mark October 30 as the Day of Memory and Grief. The press service of the Ingush Parliament has explained that it does not mean a transfer of the Memory Day of Deportation Victims from February 23.
The participants of a protest action against the construction of the dogs’ shelter in Semender. Screenshot of a video by the "Chernovik" weekly, Youtube.com/watch?v=DRFILvrJhC4
15:09, 24 February 2017
Semender residents oppose construction of dogs’ shelter
Residents of the Makhachkala settlement of Semender have held an action with a demand from officials to abandon the project of building an animal shelter in the territory of an abandoned farm. The shelter will be located close to residential buildings, they have stated.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo from the blogger's personal page Facebook.com/Mehman.IRFS
14:21, 24 February 2017
Guseinov’s defence states contradictions in case against blogger to ECtHR’s decisions
The case of defaming the police by the blogger Mekhman Guseinov cannot be a criminal one, since, according to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), defamation cases are considered in the civil process. This was stated by Elchin Sadygov, a Guseinov’s advocate. Guseinov himself intends to continue his blogger’s activities.
A stray dog. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:45, 24 February 2017
In Makhachkala, animal rights defenders organize patrolling of city streets
In Makhachkala, city residents are themselves engaged in shooting of stray dogs. This was reported by members of animal rights organizations "Ecolife" and "Zoolife". Animal rights defenders create patrols to stop the active shooting of animals.
10:04, 24 February 2017
In Chechnya, law enforcers release detained Magomed Rashidov’s father
In Chechnya, Movsar Rashidov, a resident of Shali, detained in January, has been released from custody. This was reported by the man's relatives. He was hospitalized in serious condition.
Blogger Alexander Lapshin is extradited to Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:08, 24 February 2017
Blogger Alexander Lapshin visited by his mother and new advocate
Blogger Alexander Lapshin, extradited from Belarus and kept at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), was visited by his mother. Besides, at the SIZO, he was also visited by his new advocate hired by his family members. This was reported by the law enforcement bodies.
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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.