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White House, Washington. Photo: Matt H.Wade http://ru.wikipedia.org/
13:33, 4 March 2014
US and British governmental delegations would not visit Paralympics because of events in Ukraine
The White House has cancelled the visit of the presidential delegation to the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi because of "Russia's military intervention in Ukraine," said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.
13:21, 4 March 2014
Azerbaijani authorities demand from PFPA to vacate the building housing its office
Baku authorities are evicting the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) from the building in the Nariman District of the capital, where it has its office, on the grounds that the house is in the state of emergency after the explosion and needs demolition.
Special operation in Dagestan, November 2013. Photo from NAC archive, http://nac.gov.ru/
08:55, 4 March 2014
Special operation in Izberbash killed at least four people, sources report
Law enforcement sources report that the special operation conducted in the Dagestani city of Izberbash killed at least four people.
Ukraine, Simferopol. Fontaine ‘Pigeons’. Photo: V.Biletsky, http://uk.wikipedia.org/
06:55, 4 March 2014
State officials of North Ossetia intend to transfer their one-day salary to help Crimea residents
State servants of North Ossetia have decided to transfer their one-day salaries to the help fund for residents of the Crimea. The collection of humanitarian aid is organized by the republic's Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
Iyk Khanumyan, chairman of the "National Revival" Party, at a press conference in Stepanakert. Nagorno-Karabakh, February 24, 2014. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
06:14, 4 March 2014
"National Revival" Party of Nagorno-Karabakh plans to organize schools on international relations and human rights
During the spring months of this year, the "National Revival" Party in Nagorno-Karabakh is going to organize two schools on the topics of international relations, human rights and civil society. Iyk Khanumyan, the party chairman, said that any person, regardless of age or political affiliation, can become a trainee of the schools.
Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo by Raisa Medzhidova.
03:45, 4 March 2014
Sapiyat Magomedova, lawyer from Dagestan, awarded Homo Homini Award
On March 3, in Prague, Sapiyat Magomedova, a lawyer from Dagestan, received the Prize Homo Homini (Man to Man) for 2013, awarded by the Czech human rights organization "People in Need" for special achievements in human rights activities.
00:33, 4 March 2014
Protest rally against demarcation held at Georgia-South-Ossetian border
In Georgia, in the area of the pre-border settlement of Atotsi public activists held a protest action against building of engineering facilities on the border with South Ossetia.
Participants of the rally protesting against demolition of their houses, Baku, March 3, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
20:51, 3 March 2014
Baku police stops protest against house demolition
Today, the Azerbaijani police have prevented residents of central Baku from holding a protest – they are dissatisfied with the amount of compensations offered to them for demolition of their houses.
PFPA Baku office building after explosion. Baku, March 3, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:15, 3 March 2014
PFPA believes that its office was blown up intentionally (+video)
The explosion in the office of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) may be an attempt to put pressure on the party because of its oppositional activities, said Gezyal Bairamly, the deputy chair of the Party. According to her story, now, the PFPA can be moved out under the pretext of the emergency condition of the building.
Izberbash, Dagestan. Photo by Abu Ubaida, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
15:15, 3 March 2014
House blocked in Izberbash destroyed, people killed in it identified
The today's special operation in the city of Izberbash resulted in a complete destruction of the house, where militants were hiding, said a source from the local law enforcement bodies. According to the source, one of the organizers of the terror acts in Volgograd may be among the casualties.
Rally in support of the Ukrainian people. Krasnodar, March 2, 2014. Photo: http://admkrai.kuban.ru/
13:10, 3 March 2014
Authorities of Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories and Ingushetia start gathering humanitarian aid for Crimea residents
The Krasnodar Territory is collecting humanitarian aid for residents of the Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, said the press service of the territorial administration. The help to compatriots living in Ukraine was declared by Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachov at a rally on March 2 in Krasnodar.
Law enforcement officer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
10:00, 3 March 2014
Chechnya resumes investigation of kidnappings of locals in 1995 and 2002
At the request of the local Prosecutor's Office, the investigating authorities of Chechnya have resumed the criminal case on the kidnapping in 1995 of a resident of the Shatoy District. Also, the Office has initiated a criminal inquiry into the kidnapping in January 2002 of another local resident – from the city of Gudermes.
‘Matveev-Kurgan’ checkpoint at Rostov Region-Ukraine border. Photo: http://customsonline.ru
09:48, 3 March 2014
Rostov Region districts bordering on Ukraine put under high alert regime
All the operative and rescue services in the districts of the Rostov Region, bordering on Ukraine, were put under the high alert mode since March 2.
09:00, 3 March 2014
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on February 24-March 2
Statements made in Southern Russia in support for compatriots in Ukraine and press conference of Viktor Yanukovych in Rostov-on- Don; commemoration of those killed in Khojaly and Sumgait; suspension of three banks in Ingushetia and Dagestan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of February 24-March 2, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
03:15, 3 March 2014
In the period from February 24 to March 2, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed one life
During the week of February 24 to March 2, 2014, at least one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information about wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
02:16, 3 March 2014
Armenian activists oppose building cafe in Garni Temple
About 50 people staged a protest against the construction of a cafe in the territory of the ancient Armenian pagan temple of Garni, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
01:17, 3 March 2014
Nature-protection measures taken in Vladikavkaz are insufficient, say picketers against "Electrozink"
On March 2, Vladikavkaz hosted a picket against the activity of the metallurgical enterprise – the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Electrozink", which was attended by 12 people. They came out with posters reading: "We are against inhumane 300-meter sanitary zone of 'Electrozink'!" and "Save us and future generations of Ossetia!"
Igor Vasiliev, assistant of Sergey Obukhov, an MP of the Russian State Duma (to the right), takes a petition signed by the sitizens who gathered at the meeting, to hand it over to the State Duma. Sochi, March 2, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:21, 2 March 2014
Rally in Sochi Micro-District Makarenko held as meeting with assistants of State Duma MP (video)
A rally scheduled for March 2 of Makarenko Micro-District residents was held as a meeting with Igor Vasiliev and Yuri Dzaganiya, assistant of Sergey Obukhov, an MP of the Russian State Duma. It was attended by more than fifty activists, who represented ten apartment buildings of the micro-district and who signed complaints against the idleness of local authorities and inaction of the builders, who left the area in uninhabitable condition.
19:24, 2 March 2014
Krasnodar hosts rally in support of Crimea and resolution of Russian authorities
According to various estimates, the march and subsequent rally held in Krasnodar in support of the Crimea, brought together from 10 to 12 thousand people – activists of political organizations, Cossacks and budget-paid employees. The action was organized by the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) party and the "Kuban Orthodox Union".
15:29, 2 March 2014
US State Department: conflict in North Caucasus led to numerous human rights violations
The US Department of State has criticized, in its annual report on the global situation with human rights, the Russian government for restricting the fundamental human rights and freedoms, with particular emphasis on the situation in North Caucasus.
News
Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

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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.