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04:29, 6 February 2014
Sochi residents complain about absence of information on route of Olympic Torch Relay
The Sochi residents, who would like to welcome the Olympic Torch Relay, complain about the absence of information about the route of torchbearers. The "hotline" of "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) answers that this information is not disclosed for security reasons.
03:59, 6 February 2014
ECtHR considered the case " Sargsyan vs. Azerbaijan"
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has finished the hearing of the case "Sargsyan versus Azerbaijan". The court decision has not been announced yet.
Vadim Mambetov, photo provided by his relatives.
02:07, 6 February 2014
Expert of Committee of Soldiers' Mothers asks prosecutor to help in finding those guilty of soldier's death in Astrakhan Region
Anatoly Salin, an expert on legal matters of the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of the Astrakhan Region has sent an appeal to the military prosecutor of the Znamensk Garrison asking assistance in carrying out an additional expertise in connection with the death of Private Vadim Mambetov and establish the persons guilty of his death.
19:31, 5 February 2014
HRC "Memorial" recognizes defendant in Nalchik attack case as political prisoner
There is a political motive in prosecution of Rasul Kudaev, says the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which took the decision to treat Rasul as a political prisoner.
18:38, 5 February 2014
In Dagestan, rights defenders report disappearance of earlier detained Kyrgyzstan citizen
Today, Madina Djamalutdinova, a native of Kyrgyzstan, was detained in Dagestan, said Aisha Selimkhanova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), adding that the whereabouts of Djamalutdinova is unknown.
15:34, 5 February 2014
Azerbaijani LGBT activists demand from authorities to start "hotline" for members of sexual minorities
Activists of the LGBT Alliance named "Nefes" (Breath) have collected more than 200 signatures to the petition addressed to the President of Azerbaijan asking to set up a telephone "hotline" for psychological help to members of sexual minorities.
15:15, 5 February 2014
Circassians from abroad arrive in Sochi for the Olympics opening ceremony
About 15 Circassian nationals living abroad have arrived in Sochi to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. "In total, 26 Circassians from abroad will take part in the ceremony," said Anatoly Kodzokov, the head of the Department for External Relations of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU).
Izberbash, Dagestan. Photo: http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
14:36, 5 February 2014
Curator of Volgograd suicide bombers killed in Dagestan, law enforcers report
In the course of a special operation, conducted in the Dagestani city of Izberbash, Mirzaev, the leader of the "Kadar" militants' grouping, was killed. According to preliminary data, he could send the suicide bombers for committing terror acts in Volgograd, said a source from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.
13:33, 5 February 2014
Pavel Nagibin challenges in court refusal to issue fan's passport
On February 4, Pavel Nagibin, an activist of "The Other Russia" Party from Rostov-on-Don, appealed to the court against the denial of "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) to grant him a fan's passport that is required, along with tickets, to attend the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Sochi, January 14, 2014, part of a highway aimed to substitute the Kurortny Avenue. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:39, 5 February 2014
Source from RBD "Chernomorye": substitute of Kurortny Avenue in Sochi not yet commissioned
Contrary to the authorities of Sochi, the highway aimed to substitute the Kurortny Avenue has not been officially put into operation, said a source from the Road-Building Directorate (RBD) "Chernomorye" (Black Sea Area), a branch of the "Rosavtodor" (Russian Federal Road Agency).
12:30, 5 February 2014
Sochi: prosecution witness in Demerchyan's asserts that she never signed interrogation protocol
On February 4, at the trial held in Sochi on the case of Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities, accused of slandering the police in his allegations of torture, the doctor Olga Krymova, a prosecution witness, was given the floor. She said that she did not sign the interrogation protocol, which had been submitted to the court, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
New building of Sochi Interior Department, January 23, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
03:36, 5 February 2014
ICG: Sochi Olympics will pass at elevated level of terror threat
Russian authorities have taken unprecedented measures to ensure security during the Olympic Games in Sochi; however, the terror threat has become real not only in the area of the Games, but elsewhere in Russia, says the report "Too Far, Too Fast: Sochi, Tourism and the Conflict in the Caucasus", prepared by the International Crisis Group (ICG).
Elena Samoshina announces a hunger strike by parents of large families and of children with disabilities starting from February 5, 2014, Volgograd, February 3, 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:06, 5 February 2014
Volgograd parents of many children go on hunger strike
Parents of large families and of children with disabilities have gone on an endless hunger strike. They demand to solve their housing problems and increase the amount of benefits and social help to large families and families with disabled children.
23:51, 4 February 2014
Rostov Regional Court upholds arrest of oppositionist Vladislav Ryazantsev
Today, the Rostov Regional Court has upheld the ruling of the Sovietskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don to arrest Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the movement "Left-Wing Front", for hooliganism for 15 days. Ryazantsev announced his intention to challenge the court ruling.
Smashed car of Igor Kharchenko, Krasnodar, February 4, 2014. Photo by EcoWatch
21:58, 4 February 2014
"EcoWarch" activist Igor Kharchenko charged with disobeying police
Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the public organization "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and a member of the "Yabloko" Party, who was detained today in Krasnodar, has been accused of disobeying a legitimate order of a policeman, said the Department of Internal Affairs.
17:58, 4 February 2014
Austrian female athletes receive threats of abduction
The Austrian National Olympic Committee (NOC) has received a letter containing threats to abduct two Austrian female athletes, who go to compete at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Peter Mennel, the Secretary General of the NOC, has reported today.
Resident of Potskho-Etseri settlement, Georgia. Photo: Nodar Tskhvirashvili (RFE/RL)
16:01, 4 February 2014
Georgia: Abkhazian refugees leave migrants' settlement Potskho-Etseri
Out of two hundred refugee families, who were sent in 2011 to live in the Georgian settlement of Potskho-Etseri, only five families continue living there. The rest of the families have moved to other parts of Georgia or returned to Abkhazia, the remaining refugees have reported.
‘Russian March’ in Volgograd, November 4, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:53, 4 February 2014
Putin approves tougher responsibility for extremism
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law reinforcing criminal responsibility for extremist activities, according to the today's statement of the state system of legal information.
10:54, 4 February 2014
Netherlands public demand from monarch and prime minister not to go to Sochi Olympics
35,000 Dutchmen have signed a petition demanding from the top officials of the Netherlands not to attend the Olympic Games in Sochi, because of the Russian law, which infringes, in their opinion, the rights of sexual minorities.
Mountain Olympic village, Sochi, Roza Khutor Resort. November 21, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Ukolova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:54, 4 February 2014
IOC demands from OC "Sochi-2014" to solve the problem of hotels in Mountain Cluster
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged the Organizing Committee (OC) of the Olympic Games in Sochi to take urgent measures to address the problem of unavailability of accommodations for the journalists, who came to work in the Mountain Cluster of the Games.
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A Taganrog resident was convicted for commenting on the conflict in the Middle East.

Analysts considered the nationalization of the Pokrovsky concern to be only a step in the redistribution of the agro-cluster in southern Russia.

The court confiscated the property of the former governor of the Rostov region.

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.