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Dagestan, Makhachkala. The prospect blocked by inhabitants of neighbouring multistoried buildings who protest against regular power and water outage. February 16, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 16 February 2010
Makhachkala residents block streets in protest against water and electricity cut-offs
From 10 a.m. today, residents of high-rise apartment blocks adjacent to the Akushinskiy Avenue in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, began blocking the avenue in protest against regular water and electricity cut-offs.
19:00, 16 February 2010
Turkish MPs worry of the fate of the Turks convicted in Switzerland for genocide negation
Members of the oppositional People's Republican Party of Turkey have brought a point to the parliament's agenda on the three Turks convicted in Switzerland for negating the genocide of Armenians.
18:00, 16 February 2010
Azerbaijan: participants of religious action arrested for two months
In the evening on February 15, the Yasamal District Court of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, ruled to arrest four believers, detained by the police during dispersal of the unauthorized action last Saturday, on February 13, for the term of two months.
Armenia, Yerevan. The Armenian genocide victims memorial. Photo by http://acher.ru
23:50, 15 February 2010
British MPs recognize genocide of Armenians
The majority of the members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom have voted for recognition of the fact of genocide against Armenians and Assyrians in the territory of the Ottoman Turkey.
23:20, 15 February 2010
Kadyrov's claim against "Novaya Gazeta" stopped
The Basmanny Court of Moscow has stopped proceedings on the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against the "Novaya Gazeta", as the claimant recalled his.
23:00, 15 February 2010
Hadjikurbanov, former figurant in Politkovskaya's case, sentenced to 8 years for extortion
Today, the Taganka Court of Moscow has found Sergey Hadjikurbanov, earlier acquitted on Anna Politkovskaya's murder case, guilty of extorting 350,000 US dollars and sentenced him to eight years of imprisonment.
22:50, 15 February 2010
Mamedyarov: Azerbaijan accepts, as a whole, updated "Madrid Principles"
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that Elmar Mamedyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, has stated that Azerbaijan accepts, in general, the updated version of the "Madrid Document" on Karabakh settlement. This version was presented to Azerbaijan and Armenia by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the countries-co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - US, Russia and France - at the OSCE summit in Athens last December.
22:20, 15 February 2010
Astrakhan: two militiamen suspected of beating a detainee released on bail
In Astrakhan, the Kirov Regional Court has released on bail two employees of the city UVD (Interior Department) suspected of beating a confession out of a citizen. Their four colleagues are under recognizance not to leave.
22:00, 15 February 2010
Ten persons perished in roads of Chechnya within a month
The high accident rate persists in the roads of Chechnya. In January, the republic saw 20 large road accidents, where ten persons, including two children, were lost. Many residents of the republic believe that the reasons of the complicated situation are in the very system, while the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, known in Russia as "GIBDD") needs serious reforming.
21:00, 15 February 2010
Witness in Nalchik attack case reveals unknown details
Boris Gidaev, a witness in the criminal case about the attack on power agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, told about the circumstances, known to him, which preceded the possible suicide of Valery Kuchmezov, an employee of law-enforcement bodies, which had to do with the events on October 13, 2005.
20:00, 15 February 2010
In Armenia, former MoD officer accused of disclosing secret order
A criminal case has been initiated against Armen Sargsyan, former head of the Construction Department of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia on the fact of disclosing the confidential order of Mikael Arutyunyan, former Minister of Defence, about bringing the Armed Forces of Armenia to the state of special alert on the eve of March 1, 2008.
19:00, 15 February 2010
Azerbaijan: criminal case opened on police's clash with believers
The Yasamal District Prosecutor's Office of Baku has initiated a criminal case based on events on February 13 in the capital of Azerbaijan, when a conflict burst out between the police and a group of believers. The case was opened under Articles 221.3 ("Hooliganism with use of arms or other objects") and 315.2 ("Resistance or violence to power agents") of the Azeri Criminal Code. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that this was stated in the joint statement of the Central Police Body of Baku and the city's Prosecutor's Office on Monday.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 15 February 2010
Over 40,000 cars with excessively tinted glasses found in Chechnya in four months
Starting last October till this February, Chechen law enforcers, who fight against excessive tinting of car glasses, revealed 40,000 cars with substandard dark tinting. In the meantime, drivers complain of excessive demands of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) employees.
22:00, 13 February 2010
In Ingushetia, employee of Security Council is heavily wounded
Khavazh Geroev, an employee of the Security Council of Ingushetia, was heavily wounded in a terror act and hospitalized. His car was blown up by means of a bomb.
21:00, 13 February 2010
Peaceful residents lost in special operation in Ingushetia
As reported by Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of President of Ingushetia, on February 11-12, as a result of a special operation aimed to liquidate members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the vicinity of Arshty and Datykh villages, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, four local residents were lost and two others received wounds.
20:00, 13 February 2010
Caucasian athletes take part in Vancouver Winter Olympics
National teams of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan take part in the 21st Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, which opened on February 12; and the national team of Russia includes three representatives of the Southern Federal District (SFD).
19:00, 13 February 2010
In Georgia, journalists support Vakhtang Komakhidze's request for political asylum
Today, members of the Georgian organization "Journalists for Freedom of Speech" have handed over a petition to the Embassy of Switzerland in Tbilisi with a request to the government of this country to help Vakhtang Komakhidze, a Georgian journalist to receive political asylum.
18:00, 13 February 2010
"Caucasian Knot" receives a UJR's Prize
In Moscow, on February 12, within the All-Russia Contest of the Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR), a ceremony of rewarding the winners of 2009 was held. The prizes were awarded for best publications, actual picture stories, new television programs, books and journalistic actions. The "Caucasian Knot" became a Laureate of the Prize "For Defence of Interests of Professional Community".
17:00, 13 February 2010
Organizing committee of Olympiad-2010: Georgian sledge racer made a fatal mistake
A couple of hours prior to the opening ceremony of Vancouver Olympiad, held on February 12, the Georgian Olympic team suffered a tragic loss: at the morning training session Nodar Kumaritashvili, a sledge racer, crushed himself to death in an accident it was broke to death.
16:00, 13 February 2010
Armenia may cancel international treaties prior to enactment
The government of Armenia has approved a bill "On Making Additions in the Law 'On International Treaties'", assuming Armenia's possibility to cancel international treaties prior they come into legal force.
News
The Investigative Committee responded to a complaint from a disabled person from Novorossiysk.

Human rights activists call for the release of mothers who are political prisoners

Alexander Somryakov. Photo: Politzek-Info / Telegram Publicity temporarily improved Somryakov's situation in the Kuban penal colony.

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.