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North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 23 February 2010
Energy-saving programme for the capital of North Ossetia extended to five years
On February 22, Mayor of Vladikavkaz Sergey Dzantiev and officials of the Russian Power Agency discussed a programme draft for saving energy and improving the power efficiency in the capital of North Ossetia. Implementation of its first-order measures will demand about 270 million roubles from the local budget.
23:10, 23 February 2010
Ingushetia: contradictory data about attack on Evkurov's press secretary
A source in law enforcement bodies has reported that Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, was beaten by unknown persons in the territory of a fuelling station in Nazran. Meanwhile, Mr Akhilgov himself denies the fact.
23:00, 23 February 2010
OSCE Mission fixed no ceasefire violations by Karabakh or Azerbaijan
On February 23, the OSCE Mission held a scheduled monitoring in the contact line of armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Askeran direction.
22:50, 23 February 2010
Georgia authorities tabulate hurricane losses
Today, the government of Georgia calculates the damage caused to the country by the hurricane wind that fell on Eastern Georgia on February 22. The exact estimates of the damage will be known by the evening.
Taimuraz Mamsurov (with flowers, in a coat) and Alexander Khloponin (on his left), Plenipotentiary of the new North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). February 23, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 23 February 2010
President's Plenipotentiary in NCFD plans to update infrastructure
Today, Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of the newly-formed North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) came to North Ossetia with a working visit. He plans to discuss social and economic issues with the leaders of North Ossetia and visit cultural and educational entities in Vladikavkaz.
22:20, 23 February 2010
Residents of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, got poisoned by bad potable water
The reason has been found why so many residents of the city of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, had to go to the central district hospital: pollution of the potable water delivered by the local water line. Now, five persons are still in hospital, 72 more are at home under doctors' supervision.
21:00, 23 February 2010
Next session on "Caucasian One" case to be held in a month
The Arbitration Court of Paris has appointed on March 22 the next stage of consideration of the case dealing with disconnection by the French TV operator Eutelsat of the Georgian Russian-language TV channel "Caucasian One", where the parties will present their final arguments.
20:20, 23 February 2010
Semyon Rasin: Chechnya needs investments not only into construction
The humanitarian organization International Medical Corpse (IMC) expands the domain of minor business projects in Chechnya. Marking the high level of TB morbidity and other diseases, the activists of the IMC believe that employment of the population will help to combat diseases. This was told by Semyon Rasin, director of the Russian branch of the IMC.
X-ray image of TB patient. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
20:00, 23 February 2010
TB morbidity on the rise in Northern Caucasus
The humanitarian organization International Medical Corps (IMC) has summed up its work in Northern Caucasus in 2009. Doctors note that the region sees growth in tuberculosis (TB) and HIV morbidity, while the treatment-and-prophylactic establishments are in deficit.
19:00, 23 February 2010
Hospital workers in Chechnya get hens as part of salary
Employees of one of Grozny hospitals complain that they are forced to take hens produced by the "Tsentaroy" Poultry Farm, located in the family village of Chechen President - Khosi-Yurt (Tsentaroy), Kurchaloi District, as part of their salaries.
Commemoration of victims during 1944 deportation of Chechens and Ingushes. Ceremony masters Marem Yandieva and Ibragim Costoev. Moscow, GULAG History Museum, February 23, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:10, 23 February 2010
Chechens and Ingushes in Russia and Europe commemorate victims of 1944 deportation
Today, Chechens and Ingushes, wherever they live, mark the 66th anniversary of deportation of Ingush and Chechen nationals to Central Asia and Siberia. Mourning actions were held in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, and in the countries of Europe where these nationals live.
Dagestan, Gimri. Photo by http://prd.e-dag.ru
18:00, 23 February 2010
Dagestan: workers at Gimri MWT complain of working conditions
The workforce employed at reconstruction of the Gimri Motorway Tunnel (MWT) in Dagestan believe that their work is slavish, working conditions are inhuman, and the wages that get for their job are ridiculous. The administration of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Dorstroyholding" categorically objects and sees competitors' intrigues in such statements.
Semikarakorsk. Photo by http://portal-semikarakorsk.ru
23:55, 22 February 2010
Rostov Region: check is on of residents' mass address to hospital
The Prosecutor's Office is conducting a check in the Semikarakor District, Rostov Region, on the fact of address of more than 400 persons, including children, to hospital with the diarrhoea syndrome. All of them addressed for medical aid to the Central District Hospital of Semikarakor in the period of February 17-21.
23:50, 22 February 2010
Traffic in Transcaucasian Highway restored
After clearing the carriageway, the Highway, closed in North Ossetia from about midnight on February 22, is again operating in its usual mode.
23:40, 22 February 2010
In Kalmykia, chief state tax inspector convicted for bribe
The Elista City Court has passed a verdict of guilty to the lady-chief state tax inspector of the Divisions of Field Checks No. 1 for Elista of the Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service (IFTS) of Russia. She was found guilty of taking a bribe for illegal inactivity.
23:30, 22 February 2010
Minister of Finance: Armenia on recovery
Last year, Armenia managed to resist the challenges of the global economic crisis and preserve a stable macroeconomic situation in the country. The results of January show some economic growth, and the country has entered the stage of restoring its economy, said Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Finance of Armenia at the International Forum "Bridge".
23:20, 22 February 2010
One more lawyer to defend interests of the son of Georgia's first president
Tsotne - son of the ex-president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, accused of an attempt of deliberate murder, causing light injuries, espionage and anti-governmental plot, will be defended by two advocates. The second defender was appointed by the court under request of the first one - Keti Bekauri.
23:10, 22 February 2010
Dagestan: a sauna in Kaspiisk blow up
In the evening on February 21, an unidentified explosive was triggered in one of saunas of the city of Kaspiisk; fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.
23:00, 22 February 2010
Chechen Muftiyat obliges young marrieds to present AIDS-absence certificates to mullahs
The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Chechnya has joined the struggle against spread of AIDS in the territory of the republic. Henceforth, the young people, intending to marry, should present the mullah, who registers new families according to Moslem traditions, with their medical certificates that they have no HIV-infection and AIDS-virus. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the republic's Muftiyat.
The square in front of the railway station of Sochi. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 22 February 2010
Train traffic near Sochi interrupted by a mudslide restored
In the area of the Big Sochi clearing of the railway track from the mud is over. Train traffic was completely resumed at 9:14 a.m. Moscow time, reports Nikolai Shustov, head of the Department for Sochi of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
News
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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.