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22:10, 21 February 2011
Security agencies do not exclude that killers of tourists in Kabardino-Balkaria were hunting for FSB ex-head's daughter
The aim of the unidentified criminals, who on February 18 murdered a group of tourists from Moscow in Kabardino-Balkaria, could be the daughter of former FSB head Nikolai Patrushev. The Russian Security Council has already stated that one of the casualties - Irina Patrusheva - was a namesake of the former FSB boss.
22:00, 21 February 2011
Massacre in military unit in Azerbaijan
On Sunday, February 20, several soldiers were assassinated in a military unit of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan. According to unofficial information, one of the soldiers shot six of his comrades and then shot himself.
21:00, 21 February 2011
5-year-old girl heavily wounded during killing of two women in Dagestan
According to the latest data, after the attack on the house of two women in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, a 5-year-old girl was hospitalized with a wound in the chest. Now, she is in grave condition.
20:00, 21 February 2011
The accused of murdering Markelov and Baburova refuse pleading guilty
At the Moscow City Court, where the consideration of the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova has started today, the defendants Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis refused to plead guilty.
19:00, 21 February 2011
Georgia plans to continue negotiating on exchange of prisoners
Currently, two other Georgian citizens are kept in South Ossetia; while residents of the latter are also kept in custody in Georgia. The Georgian party will continue talks on exchange.
Yuri Khachirov, one of those released from Georgia prisons, and his wife Venera Tibilova during the exchange of prisoners. Ergneti, Feb 21 2011, 18:00. Photo: "Caucasian Knot".
18:00, 21 February 2011
South-Ossetian citizens released from Georgian prisons knew nothing about today's exchange of prisoners
The citizens of South Ossetia, who were released today by the Georgian party side, were kept ignorant about their liberation from Georgia prisons until they were brought to the border with South Ossetia. They told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and claimed that they had not committed the crimes, for which they were convicted in the territory of Georgia.
23:40, 19 February 2011
Kabardino-Balkaria: head of Khasanya village administration assassinated
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by a well-informed source that tonight unidentified persons have killed Ramazan Friev, head of the village administration of Khasanya.
23:00, 19 February 2011
About 600 residents of Stavropol Territory climb Mount Beshtau
In the honour of the Day of Homeland's Defender, residents of Pyatigorsk and several other cities of the Stavropol Territory made an extreme climb on Mount Beshtau.
22:37, 19 February 2011
All ski courses and tourists routes near Elbrus closed
In the context of the current strained situation in Kabardino-Balkaria, it was decided to close all the ski courses on slopes of Mount Elbrus: Alpine skiing is stopped; and all tourist groups are prohibited to go en route.
22:00, 19 February 2011
Rally "For Fair Elections!" held in Stavropol Territory
On February 19, in the city of Ipatovo, Stavropol Territory, a rally demanded fair elections of the head of their municipality formation.
21:19, 19 February 2011
In Makhachkala, militiamen shelled near the house of UVD boss
In the capital of Dagestan, near the house of Ali Akhmedov, head of the city's UVD (Interior Department), a sniper opened fire on two militiamen. One of them was wounded, and the second managed to escape in an armoured shelter, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Mairbek Agaev from the Dagestani edition named "Chernovik".
19:00, 19 February 2011
Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office warns Cossacks for uprising initiative
Valery Kuznetsov, Prosecutor of the Rostov Region, has passed a warning to the organization named the "Don Cossack Republic", existing since 2008, but unregistered by regional justice, about inadmissibility of extremist activity - for their initiative of an uprising and creation of a new entity within the Russian Federation.
18:00, 19 February 2011
Cableway collapses in Kabardino-Balkaria
The ropeway "Azau-Stary Krugozor" on Mount Elbrus was undermined by unidentified culprits, as reported by a source from local law enforcement bodies. According to his story, nobody was hurt by the explosion.
15:00, 19 February 2011
Armenia will receive 100 million euros from EU to overcome consequences of global crisis
On February 18, Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, signed a memorandum of understanding with Armenia on provision of macro-financial help amounting to 100 million euros. Of these, 65 million will be provided as a credit, and 35 million - in the form of a grant.
14:00, 19 February 2011
Operative centre of free legal aid launched in Dagestan
Within the first month of operation, more than seventy residents of Dagestan have addressed for help to the free telephone call desk. So far, most of them call lawyers on their social problems: labour dispute, and documenting benefits and subsidies.
13:11, 19 February 2011
Man with extremist literature detained in Rostov-on-Don
A resident of the Moscow Region was detained for an attempt to disseminate extremist literature in a hotel of Rostov-on-Don.
12:00, 19 February 2011
Relatives of Aslan Zhukov demand to put suspect of his murder to custody
Relatives of Aslan Zhukov, deputy chairman of the Public Movement "Youth Adyge Khase", have addressed their complaints to the Cherkessk City Court, Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia republic and the Republic's MIA demanding to immediately detain the resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, suspected of murdering Zhukov.
11:00, 19 February 2011
Four tourists assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria
On February 18, in the village of Zayukovo, Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons attacked a Gazel minivan with tourists, killing four of them. All the casualties have been identified; they were three men and a woman.
23:20, 18 February 2011
IOC officials are happy with ski resort "Rosa Khutor"
As stated by Jean-Claude Killy, Chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who visited Sochi in connection with the first test races at the ski resort "Rosa Khutor", about 75 percent of construction works of the objects for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be completed by the end of this year.
The participants of the roundtable held at the RIA "Novosti". Feb 18 2011. Foto by "Caucasian Knot".
23:10, 18 February 2011
Moscow hosts roundtable on interethnic relations
Yesterday, on February 17, Moscow held an extended discussion of the problems of interethnic relations in modern Russia at the background of recent nationalist actions in Moscow and other Russian cities.
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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.