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12:48, 23 February 2015
Serviceman of Russian military base in Gyumri disappears
Arthur Afyan, a contract soldier of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, has disappeared. His whereabouts cannot be established for the third day already.
08:55, 23 February 2015
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 16-22
Collapse of political oppositional troika in Armenia; beating up of Dagestani leader of "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" in Makhachkala; sharp devaluation of national currency by Azerbaijani Central Bank; emigration from Russia of Mikhail Savva, conditionally convicted in Krasnodar; election of a new head of Astrakhan; entry into force of four ECtHR's decision on complaints of residents of Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 16-22, 2015, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Grozny before February 23. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:56, 23 February 2015
Today is 71st anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation
Today is 71 years after the date of the start of the operation known as "Chechevitsa" (Lentils), which took place during the Stalin's deportation of Chechens and Ingushes. Chechen authorities will not hold any official commemoration of deportation victims.
Prisoners' relatives near Gldani Prison. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:48, 23 February 2015
Life-long prisoners of Gldani Prison ready to start dry hunger strike
The health status of hunger-strikers in Gldani Prison is deteriorating, while authorities pay no attention to their demands, their relatives assert. The Georgian legislation on amnesty and pardon violates the rights of life convicts, said some NGO activists.
Law enforcer in a militants' camp. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/files/5600.jpg
05:50, 23 February 2015
Residents of Chechnya report departure of young people to underground
A resident of the settlement of Stary in Grozny has reported that in early February two young men left the settlement to join the underground.
04:40, 23 February 2015
On February 16-22, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered
During the week from February 16 to February 22, 2015, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus brought no victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Jamil Hasanli. Photo: http://gdb.rferl.org/8D3A2B52-4380-418E-BA6C-20E3DEED5E58_cx12_cy0_cw81_mw1024_s_n_r1.jpg
02:41, 23 February 2015
Jamil Hasanli's daughter sentenced to 1.5 years in prison in Baku
In Azerbaijan, Gyunel Hasanli, the daughter of Jamil Hasanli, the leader of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison on charges of committing a traffic accident.
22:06, 22 February 2015
Ruslan Kutaev left to serve his sentence in Chechnya
Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of North-Caucasian Nations, sentenced to prison, is serving his term in the Chernokozovo colony in the Naur District of Chechnya.
Gadjimurad Omarov. Photo: http://bloknot.ru/politika/v-dagestane-sorvana-konferentsiya-regional-nogo-otdeleniya-spravedlivoj-rossii-predsedatel-otdeleniya-zhestoko-izbit-173189.html
16:49, 22 February 2015
Gadjimurad Omarov leaves Dagestan after beating
Gadjimurad Omarov, the chairman of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, who was attacked and beaten in Dagestan has left for Moscow via Chechnya.
Fence in a high security colony. Photo: http://www.yuga.ru/news/243947/
02:32, 22 February 2015
Colony inmates in KBR go on hunger strike, relatives assert
250 inmates kept in a high security colony in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have gone on a hunger strike in protest against the inhuman treatment of two inmates, their relatives report. However, the colony bosses state that the information about the hunger strike is false.
22:44, 21 February 2015
"Antimaidan" action held in Sochi
In Sochi, about 50 people took part in the all-Russian "Antimaidan" campaign. They came up with posters reading: "It's time to drive fifth column away!", "Let's give powers to head of state!" and "Let's support Putin's policy!", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
18:12, 21 February 2015
Leader of regional branch of "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" beaten up in Makhachkala
Today, Gadjimurad Omarov, the head of the regional branch of the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, was beaten up in Makhachkala.
15:38, 21 February 2015
Hanged detainee found in IVS of Rostov Regional MIA
Today, a man, suspected of committing a grave crime, was found hanged in the temporary detention facility (known as IVS) of the MIA of the Rostov Region.
Exchange rate of US dollar in Azerbaijan exceeded 1 manat. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:10, 21 February 2015
CBA makes sharp devaluation of national currency
Today, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) has set the official exchange rate of 1.05 manats for 1 US dollar, against 0.78 manats for 1 US dollar on February 20. The CBA's decision will tell on the real incomes of the population, Azerbaijani experts assert.
12:43, 21 February 2015
Baku: session on case of journalist Khadija Ismayilova was held in Baku in camera
The court session on the lawsuit lodged by the former opposition activist Elman Turkoglu (Gasanov) against the journalist Khadija Ismayilova was held behind closed doors in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison). The claimant demanded to find Khadija guilty of libel.
Prison door. Photo: http://newsgeorgia.ru/images/21346/48/213464826.jpg
12:35, 21 February 2015
Five out of 42 Gldani hunger-strikers taken under continuous medical monitoring
The hunger strike of 42 life prisoners continues in Gldani Prison in Georgia. Five of them are under continuous medical monitoring.
Merchants at the "Berkat" marketplace. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:45, 21 February 2015
Grozny residents report detentions of young people during Melikov's visit
Power agents conducted mass detentions of young people in central Grozny at the background of the visit to the city of Sergey Melikov, the Russian presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), townspeople have reported. In his turn, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said that the actions were not massive.
10:09, 21 February 2015
Resident of Grozny Said Mazhaev released after reconsideration of his case
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has reconsidered the verdict to Said Mazhaev, who was convicted for participation in the war in Syria, and reduced his prison term from two years down to eight months, which he has already served in the SIZO (pre-trial prison).
On the front line. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:35, 21 February 2015
OSCE calls parties of Karabakh conflict to observe ceasefire
On February 18 and 19, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Pierre Andrieu (France) and James Warlick (USA), accompanied by Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative of the Chairman of the OSCE, visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Presidential library named after Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: http://newsgeorgia.ru/society/20140422/216518378.html
07:51, 21 February 2015
Photo exhibition "Georgia to Ukraine" in Tbilisi was attacked on opening day
An exhibition of photos taken at rallies, held in Tbilisi in support of the Ukrainian Euromaidan in 2014, was opened on February 20 in the presidential library named after Mikhail Saakashvili. Activists of the NGO "Free Generation" held a protest action at the library; and some unidentified persons threw packs of paint at the windows of the building.
News
Transport links to a mountain village in Dagestan have been restored.

Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Sergei Melikov resigned

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.