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At the voting station in Armenia. Photo: © PAN Photo / Varo Rafayelyan, Hrant Khachatryan, Karo Sahakyan
02:21, 18 February 2017
1539 candidates nominated for parliamentary elections in Armenia
The lists of political parties and blocs, which have declared their participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections, include 1539 candidates, Tigran Mukuchyan, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia said on February 17 at a press conference, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Participants of one of protest actions in Gukovo, August 14, 2016. Photo by Valery Lyugaev.
22:37, 17 February 2017
Gukovo miners threaten authorities with new hunger strike
Workers of the “Zamchalovsky Anthracite", one of the companies of the "Kingcoal" group, said at the picket in Gukovo that they have received no wage debts from the start of the year. According to the protesters, should the authorities fail to resume payments, they will begin a mass hunger strike.
21:38, 17 February 2017
Krasnodar farmer-activist Volchenko report closure of case against him
Suspicions of bribe-giving have been lifted from Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers”. Now, he is a witness in a new criminal case, this time initiated against the alleged intermediary of a bribe transfer, said Volchenko and his advocate.
19:21, 17 February 2017
Alleged coordinators of “death groups” detained in North Ossetia
Policemen have detained four suspected coordinators of "death groups", in which teenagers are induced to commit suicide, authorities of North Ossetia have reported. The detainees have stated that they had just "made a joke."
Derbent. Photo: http://flnka.ru/novosti/12345-bolee-300-chelovek-protestuyut-protiv-zaderzhaniya-imama-mecheti-v-derbente.html
16:25, 17 February 2017
Derbent residents report return of Azerbaijani builders to construction sites
The citizens of Azerbaijan, released from police after the raid to detain migrants, are back at the construction sites of Derbent, said the townspeople.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru
15:19, 17 February 2017
Evkurov announces women's council of killed militants’ widows
Ingushetia will set up a public council involving militants’ widows, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has announced today, adding that the council will deal with adaptation of family members of killed militants to peaceful life.
At the voting station, Dagestan. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru
13:18, 17 February 2017
Ella Pamfilova reports pressure to public sector employees at elections in Dagestan
On February 16, Ella Pamfilova, the chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia, arrived in Dagestan. Her meeting with members of political parties, public activists, and authors of complaints to the CEC was held behind closed doors. Not all people who wanted to attend the meeting with Ella Pamfilova succeeded in their wish. Later, Ella Pamfilova held another meeting at which the opposition talked about the violations revealed by them during the election in September 2016.
Russian soldiers in Aleppo. Photo: http://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=35400@cmsPhotoGallery
11:09, 17 February 2017
Chechen soldiers and officers to stay in Syria for several other months
Staff members of a unit of the military police from Chechnya, who perform combat missions in Syria since last December, may stay there until August. This was reported by an official of the Chechen law enforcement authorities.
Appeal of the leadership of he "Congress of Karachay People" to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, http://vk.com/kongress_kn
06:54, 17 February 2017
"Congress of Karachay People" asks Russian MFA to prevent renaming of South Ossetia
On February 16, the "Congress of Karachay People" made an open appeal to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation in connection with the intention of the leaders of South Ossetia to adopt for the country the official name of "Alania".
Meeting of Valery Gerasimov and Joseph Dunford, chiefs of general headquarters of Russia and the United States, Baku. Photo provided by the US Chiefs of Staff Committee, http://haqqin.az/news/92765
04:22, 17 February 2017
Meeting of Valery Gerasimov and Joseph Dunford in Baku shows level of trust to Azerbaijan, political analysts report
At a meeting in Baku held on February 16, Valery Gerasimov and Joseph Dunford, chiefs of general headquarters of Russia and the United States, respectively, agreed on joint measures to improve the safety of the military activities, reduction of tension and risks of incidents. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Builder Pavel Solovyov beaten by policeman lies in city hospital No.3 in Khosta, Sochi, May 15, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
02:28, 17 February 2017
Court reduces compensation to builder beaten by policeman in Sochi
On February 16, the Krasnodar Regional Court made a decision concerning a complaint filed by Sergey Kuznetsov, a former policeman in Sochi, sentenced for beating builder Pavel Solovyov, and reduced the amount of compensation earlier assigned to the builder from 650,000 down to 350,000 roubles.
Banner calling on residents to vote at referendum. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
02:04, 17 February 2017
NKR’s CEC would not disclose list of international observers until referendum day
In the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the decision not to disclose the list of foreign observers at the constitutional referendum until its very day. According to the CEC, prior to the referendum, the main propaganda activities rest with the political forces supporting or opposing the adoption of the new Constitution.
Policemen disperse opposition protest action, Baku, December 10, 2012. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
17:27, 16 February 2017
ECtHR upholds complaints of 11 citizens of Azerbaijan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found a violation of the rights of the eleven Azerbaijani citizens, arrested in the course of opposition’s actions in 2010-2014, and obliged the country’s authorities to pay compensation to them totalling to 138,870 euros.
Faig Amirov. Photo: RFE/RL
17:23, 16 February 2017
Court leaves Faig Amirov in custody
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has rejected the appeal against the refusal of the district court to transfer Faig Amirov, Financial Director of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper, under house arrest.
Khachatur Kokobelyan. http://ru.aravot.am/2013/04/18/155018/
15:57, 16 February 2017
Two opposition election blocs formed in Armenia
Today, the electoral list of the bloc "Free Democrats" – "Freedom" has been headed by Khachatur Kokobelyan, the leader of "Free Democrats". Gagik Tsarukyan, the founder of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party (PAP), is in the lead of the list of the bloc PAP – "Alliance".
Alim Khan, emir of Bukhara, 1911, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, http://ru.wikipedia.org
15:35, 16 February 2017
Discussion on Caucasus’ colonialism compares Kadyrov with Emir of Bukhara
The issues of colonial practices of the Caucasus and Central Asia were discussed at the sitting on "Caucasus and Central Asia: Colonialism Factor in Imperial and Soviet Epochs", which took place on February 15 within the regular scientific-practical seminar "Caucasus in the Past and the Present (Society and Politics, Economy and Culture)”.
Village of Andi of the Botlikh District, Dagestan. Photo by Magomedgadji Murtazaliev.
14:43, 16 February 2017
CTO legal regime in Dagestani village lifted
Law enforcers have completed measures to search for members of the armed underground in the village of Andi of the Botlikh District. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Correctional colony. Photo: http://www.elista.org/socium/v_ik-1_kalmykii_zaderzhali_dvuh_zhenwin_s_posylkoj/
12:20, 16 February 2017
Relatives of inmate who died in Elista colony treat list of figurants as incomplete
The Elista City Court plans to hold the first session on the death of the inmate Dmitri Batyrev in the colony, who, according to investigators, received at least 60 blows with a rubber truncheon. The prisoner’s dock contains seven employees of the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (know as UFSIN); five of them are accused of the inmate’s death; and two others – of beating inmates in 2012. The family of Batyrev believes that investigators failed to reveal all those guilty of his death.
10:21, 16 February 2017
Native of Dagestan arrested in Moscow on charge of sponsoring IS
Shamil Nurmagomedov, commercial director of one of the Moscow Region companies, a native of Makhachkala, accused of sponsoring the terrorist organization "Islamic state" (IS), banned in Russia, was arrested by the court's decision. Shamil Nurmagomedov tried to return home his brother, who stayed in Syria. This was reported by the defendant's defence.
Loading of humanitarian aid on IL-76 plane to be transported from Armenia to Syria. Screenshot of video: https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/video/20170214/6407542/il-76-vezet-gumanitarnuyu-pomoshch-bratskoj-sirii.html
07:22, 16 February 2017
In Latakia, Armenian schoolchildren receive humanitarian aid from Yerevan
In Syrian Latakia, the Russian troops have begun to distribute the Armenian humanitarian aid. One of the first institutions, which will receive the aid, will be a school at an ancient church, in which 400 Armenian children study.
News
Broken windows. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. A residential building was damaged in a missile attack in the Rostov region.

A Stavropol resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist organization.

Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Three regions of the Southern Federal District were hit by drone attacks.

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.