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Entrance to the "Anrapetutsyan Khraparak" metro station, Yerevan. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
20:00, 12 February 2011
EBRD to finance modernization of Yerevan metro
On February 10, the National Assembly of Armenia ratified the agreement signed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the first phase of the programme aimed to modernize the Yerevan metro. The bank grants a 15-million-euros loan for the purposes.
19:00, 12 February 2011
Ingushetia: two persons killed in a skirmish
Today, in the course of a special operation in Nazran, power agents killed two persons suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), said a source from law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia.
18:00, 12 February 2011
Turkey and Georgia simplify border crossing
Passing across the Georgian-Turkish border will be possible without presenting foreign passports; the domestic IDs will be enough. This was announced today at a briefing in Tbilisi by Foreign Ministers of the two countries Grigol Vashadze and Akhmet Davutoglu. Besides, it is planned to open new crossing points.
Oleg Teplischev. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 12 February 2011
In Astrakhan, journalist Oleg Teplischev complains of strengthened pressure
The independent journalist Oleg Teplischev, who figures as a victim in the case on the attack on journalists during the election of Astrakhan Mayor on October 11, 2009, said that last week he experienced increased pressure on him.
16:00, 12 February 2011
In the Azov Sea, rescuers take several hundreds of fishermen from a breakaway ice floe
Near the village of Nikolayevka, the Yeisk District of the Krasnodar Territory, rescuers evacuated about 500 fishermen from an ice floe that broke away from the coast of the Azov Sea. No injuries were reported.
15:00, 12 February 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh shows non-translated foreign films
The Karabakh-based Public Organization "European Movement of Artsakh" has organized screening of European films for young people to promote studying foreign languages. The action started on February 10 and will last for a month.
14:00, 12 February 2011
Relatives of Kuschevskaya massacre casualties demand to collect 2 billion roubles from Tsapok
The son of the farmer Server Ametov, in whose house in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in early November 2010, 12 assassinated bodies were found, and the father of the then Ametov's guest - Vladimir Mironenko, Financial Director of the "Aston" Agrarian Holding, expect to recover from the figurant in this case Sergey Tsapok one billion roubles each. The property of Tsapok and his wife has been arrested already.
13:00, 12 February 2011
Every Georgian family to receive a food voucher
As stated on February 11 by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in his annual address to the Parliament of Georgia, in March every Georgian family will get one-time food voucher worth 30 laris (about 16 US dollars).
Identity check in Manege Square, Moscow, February 11, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 12 February 2011
Around 1000 nationalists took part in action in Moscow
The rally of nationalists scheduled for February 11 in Manege Square in Moscow was prevented by large forces of police and interior troops of the Russian MIA.
23:20, 11 February 2011
Vehicle with militaries blown up in Dagestan
In the evening on February 10, unidentified persons blew up and then shelled an Ural truck carrying a unit of internal troops of the Russian MIA on the highway Kizlyar-Korinovka in Dagestan, a source from law enforcement bodies of the Kizlyar District has reported.
23:10, 11 February 2011
In Astrakhan, bosses of customs post suspected of bribe-taking
The head of the Astrakhan customs post and two of his subordinates are suspected of abuse of service power and systematic bribe-taking. This was announced today by Vladimir Markin, official spokesman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation.
23:00, 11 February 2011
Magomed Evloev's brother and sister were unaware about his plans to become suicide bomber, their father says
Mukhazhir Evloev, father of Magomed Evloev, who is considered to be the executor of the terror act at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24, asserts that his detained children - Akhmed, 16, and Fatima, 22, - did not know about their brother's plans to commit a terror act. This was reported by Timur Akiev, head of the Ingush office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
22:10, 11 February 2011
In Volgodonsk, local deputy loses his lawsuit to "Nashe Vremya" newspaper
Alexander Prutsakov, deputy chairman of the Volgodonsk City Duma, who filed late last year a lawsuit against the newspaper "Nashe Vremya" (Our Time) and its own correspondent in Volgodonsk Natalia Shelimova, has lost the litigation. As reported by Vera Yuzhanskaya, editor of the paper, the judge rejected the deputy's claim in full.
22:00, 11 February 2011
Bomb defused near mosque in Makhachkala
Specialists of the Department for Dagestan of the Russian FSB have neutralized an explosive device planted near the mosque in Akushinskiy Street in Makhachkala.
21:00, 11 February 2011
In Moscow, anti-fascist activists lay flowers to Unknown Soldier's Tomb
In central Moscow an action took place "We say: no fascism on Russian soil!" The participants laid flowers at the Unknown Soldier's Tomb.
20:00, 11 February 2011
Khloponin: Northern Caucasus has thousand of militants; half of them just "got lost"
The illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) count about one thousand members; the number does not go down, because youngsters replenish it, said Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the NCFD, who is taking part in the sitting of the State Council held in the city of Ufa.
Participant of the refugees' protest action near the building of Georgian Parliament. Tbilisi, January 15, 2011. Courtesy: www.radiotavisupleba.ge, by Nodar Tshvirashvili
19:00, 11 February 2011
In Georgian capital, refugees demand from Saakashvili to solve their problems
Today, at 2 p.m. in front of the Parliament of Georgia, refugees held a rally, where the announced their demands to President Mikhail Saakashvili. The internally displaced persons (IDPs) demand to provide housing for them in areas, where they van find employment.
18:00, 11 February 2011
Organizers of picket in Temryuk state violation of their rights
The organizers and participants of the picket in support of Article 19 of the Russian Constitution in the city of Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory, appealed to the head of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) and regional prosecutor on illegitimate, in their opinion, actions of law enforcers during the action on February 9.
23:20, 10 February 2011
Khloponin: authorities' blunders contribute to spread of extremism
On February 9, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said, when meeting students in Nalchik, that the main reason for the spread of religious extremism and terrorism is the growth of corruption as a result of "essential deficiencies of the authorities, both regional and federal."
23:10, 10 February 2011
KBR: rescuers search skier from near Moscow who got under avalanche
As reported by the Chief Department (CD) of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), over 20 rescuers are now searching Sergey Bashkirov, 23, a skier from the town of Korolyov near Moscow, who was covered by an avalanche on Mount Cheget near Elbrus.
News
A woman at the border crossing from Iran to Azerbaijan. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/vneshnyaya-politika/iz-irana-cerez-azerbaidzanskuyu-granicu-do-six-por-evakuirovany-1873-cheloveka-obnovleno-1-639771 The number of Azerbaijani citizens evacuated from Iran has exceeded 300.

War in Iran. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Key points about the impact of the military conflict with Iran on the Caucasus

A Russian artist was deported from Georgia to Armenia after requesting asylum.

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.