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Road Patrol Service inspectors in Baku. Photo: © Sputnik / Murad Orujov, https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170109/408355569/pokushenie-ubijstvo-vladelec-magazina-dolzhnik.html
05:48, 2 February 2017
Political analysts state growth of terror threat in Azerbaijan
Since the start of the year, at least five persons were killed in Azerbaijan, whom power agents declared to be religious extremists. The level of terror threat in the country is on the rise, believe the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
04:10, 2 February 2017
Magomed Aushev’s representatives demand confrontation with power agents suspected of torture
The investigation of the case of torture of Magomed Aushev is unreasonably protracted, while the demand to hold a confrontation with the suspects is rejected, said the relatives and the advocate of the resident of Ingushetia.
02:32, 2 February 2017
ECtHR puts questions to Russian government in connection with Tarkhan Kartoev’s death
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint filed after the death of Tarkhan Kartoev, a convict for blowing up the "Neva Express" train, who died in one of the establishment of the FSIN (Russian Federal Penitentiary System).
Artist Petr Pavlensky stitches up his mouth in protest against persecution of Pussy Riot group, Saint Petersburg, July 2012. Photo: http://saint-petersburg.ru/m/spb/old/311648/?mobile_redirect=false
00:37, 2 February 2017
Zugdidi: forced migrants stitch up their mouths in protest
The forced migrants, who live in the Zugdidi district hospital disagree with the assessment of their living conditions and demand from the Government of Georgia to provide them with housing. In protest, five of them have sewn up their mouths.
23:31, 1 February 2017
NKR’s MoD announces capture of Azerbaijani soldier
One Azerbaijani soldier was captured and another one was wounded in the action of a sabotage group, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the unrecognized republic.
22:42, 1 February 2017
Freedom House recognizes South Ossetia and Azerbaijan as non-free
On January 31, the Freedom House published a report "Freedom in the World-2017" on the situation of human rights in independent and partially recognized countries, which are treated by rights defenders as "disputed territories". According to the report, no country or disputed territory of the Caucasian region has a relatively high rating to recognize it as a free country.
Giyas Ibragimov (right) and Bairam Mamedov. Collage by the 'Caucasian Knot'. Photo: RFE/RL, http://www.meydan.tv
17:39, 1 February 2017
ECtHR accepts complaints of Mamedov and Ibragimov
The advocates of Giyas Ibragimov and Bairam Mamedov, convicted in Azerbaijan for applying graffiti on the monument to Geidar Aliev, have turned to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) asking to consider their complaints in the priority order.
Leonid Tibilov. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Mokrushin
16:16, 1 February 2017
Residents of South Ossetia complain about being forced to visit meeting in support of Tibilov
Over 20 persons stood in support of Leonid Tibilov, the head of South Ossetia, at the meeting of the initiative group to nominate him as a republic’s president candidate.
Antonina Krivoshapka. Photo: http://ru.wikipedia.org
14:56, 1 February 2017
Russia deprived of Olympiс-2012 medal because of doping assay of Volgograd athlete
Due to the positive doping assay of the Volgograd athlete Antonina Krivoshapka, Russia has been deprived of the silver medal of the Olympic Games 2012 in London in the women's 4x400 track-and-field relay, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported.
13:37, 1 February 2017
Protesters in Tbilisi demand to publish contract with "Gazprom"
The oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has organized a protest action in front of the government building in Tbilisi. Its participants demand from Georgian authorities to make the new contract with the "Gazprom" public.
Azerbaijani special forces. Photo: dtx.gov.az, https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170201/408679054/baku-radikalnye-islamisty-obezvrezheny.html
11:21, 1 February 2017
Four persons killed in shootout with power agents in Azerbaijan
Four persons were killed and one person detained after giving an armed resistence to law enforcers, the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan has reported today.
Giorgi Tsertsvadze. Photo: facebook.com / Larisa Sargan
11:12, 1 February 2017
Giorgi Tsertsvadze asks for political asylum in Ukraine
The Georgian commando Giorgi Tsertsvadze, who was detained in Kiev at the request of Russia, and then released under the decision of the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office, has appealed to the Ukrainian authorities for political asylum for himself and his family.
Detention. Photo: http://kbr.news-r.ru.images.1c-bitrix-cdn.ru/upload/iblock/29b/29beddc1d8410263e1d8cce4007ab3b5.jpg?1399460010172451
10:01, 1 February 2017
Seven residents of Chechnya detained on suspicion of trying to join IS
In the Shelkovsky District of Chechnya, power agents detained seven local residents who were about to go to Syria to join the militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, law enforcers have reported.
Funeral of Nadezhda Degtyaryova, January 31, 2017, Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
03:38, 1 February 2017
Nadezhda Degtyaryova buried in Sochi
The 36-year-old Nadezhda Degtyaryova, who committed suicide after the judgement to evict her out into the street, has been buried in Sochi. Nadezhda's mother blames the persons involved in the alienation of their apartment of her daughter's death.
Asker Sokht. Photo: RFE/RL
19:42, 31 January 2017
ICA states its readiness to settle the conflict with KAFFED
An appeal to the Turkish Federation of Caucasian Associations (KAFFED) to resume contacts with the International Circassian Association (ICA) was addressed by Asker Sokht, the deputy head of "Adyge Khase" of the KrasnodarTerritory. His appeal was supported by Khauti Sokhrokov, the President of the ICA, and Ali Aslanov, its member.
Erkin Gadirli. Photo: http://www.1news.az/politics/20160916060048711.html
19:07, 31 January 2017
ReAl activists treat questioning at GPO as harassment
Today, Azer Gasymly and Erkin Gadirli, activists of the "Real Alternative" (ReAl) movement, were interrogated at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan. Members of the ReAl have treated the interrogations as pressure on the movement.
19:06, 31 January 2017
HRW calls on to free Andrias Gukasyan
The activist Andrias Gukasyan, accused of organizing mass disorders in the Yerevan district of Sari Tag, in fact held demonstrators from clashing with the police, the international organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) has stated.
17:15, 31 January 2017
Volgograd Regional Duma refuses to accept Holocaust exhibition
The placement of the mobile exhibition "The Holocaust: Destruction, Liberation, Salvation" in the premises of the Regional Duma was denied by local MPs.
17:09, 31 January 2017
Solo picketer detained in Kalmykia
As reported by Batyr Boromangnaev, the chairman of the Kalmyk branch of the "Yabloko" Party, policemen have detained the activist, who held in Elista a solo picket against the socio-economic policy of the republic's authorities.
Isa Yamadaev, Ramzan Kadyrov and Badrudi Yamadaev (from left to right). Photo collage by the 'Caucasian Knot'. Photo: Ruslan Krivobok http://www.infox.ru, Press service of Chechen President and Government http://www.chechnya.gov.ru/, http://compromatwiki.org/
16:21, 31 January 2017
Case on attempt on head of Chechnya raises questions about Kadyrov's reconciliation with Yamadaevs
The reconciliation of Isa Yamadaev with Ramzan Kadyrov could be formal; therefore, the development of a conflict situation is possible, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", in their comments on the inquiry into the attempt on the head of Chechnya.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.