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23:20, 4 February 2010
In Azerbaijan, editor-in-chief of "Themis-007" sentenced to corrective works
On February 3, the Yasamal District Court of Baku satisfied the claim of Ramil Usubov, head of the MIA of Azerbaijan, to Eyub Kerimov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Themis-007".
23:00, 4 February 2010
Abkhazian leader: attitude to national minorities shows country's level of democracy
In Abkhazia, there is understanding that attitude to national minorities is among basic parameters of a country's development level as a democratic state. This was stated by President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh on February 3 in Sukhumi, in the course of his meeting with Knuth Vollebek, OSCE Supreme Commissioner on National Minorities.
22:20, 4 February 2010
Witness in Nalchik attack case opens details on how defendants are convoyed
Today, at the court session, where the attack on law enforcement bodies of Nalchik on October 13, 2005, evidences of Mohammed Mirzoev, a lawyer of the Bar of Kabardino-Balkaria, were heard. At the moment of the events, he worked as an operative agent of criminal investigation at the 1st OVD of Nalchik and was engaged in delivering defendants from the investigatory insulator to the UBOP (division for fighting organized crime) for interrogations.
22:00, 4 February 2010
Quality of health services in Chechnya: polls and reality
The territorial Fund of Mandatory Medical Insurance (FMMI) of the Chechen Republic has summed up a sociology poll, conducted in 2009 in treatment-and-prophylactic establishments (T&PEs). According to these data, over 60 percent of respondents-hospital patients expressed their satisfaction with the quality of services.
21:20, 4 February 2010
In Moscow, Azeri student beaten for forum statements on Nagorno-Karabakh
On January 23, Ali Aslanly (Aslanov), a 1st year student of the Russian State Medical University (RSMU), was hospitalized to the in neurosurgery ward of Pirogov Hospital No. 33 in Moscow after he was beaten by his classmates. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has found out that the conflict burst out because of the debate in the Internet of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.
20:00, 4 February 2010
Power agents accuse Dymovskiy of links with drug business
Militia Major from Novorossisk Alexei Dymovskiy, who placed his video appeal in the Internet with criticism of the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was subsequently accused of a swindle, can now face another criminal case, this time - on charges of drug dealing.
19:00, 4 February 2010
Strasbourg Court demands from Russia to urgently find the resident kidnapped in Chechnya
The European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded from Russia to present the inquiry materials of the criminal case on Islam Umarpashaev, kidnapped in Chechnya, and inform about the course of investigation of other similar cases in the republic.
18:00, 4 February 2010
Azerbaijan: Prosecutor's Office confirms charges of drug storage presented to journalist Fatullaev
According to the joint statement of the Baku City Prosecutor's Office and the Central Police Administration of Baku, the inquiry of the criminal case against Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan", accused of storing drugs, is near its end.
23:50, 3 February 2010
In Ingushetia, power agents make photos of drivers' documents
Today in Nazran, agents of the DFSB for Ingushetia and the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of Russia, also known as "GIBDD") are inspecting motor vehicles because a terror threat. In the opinion of Magomed Mutsolgov, a well-known Ingush human rights activist and expert of the office of Russian Ombudsman, who was exposed to such procedure, power agents are exceeding their powers and break the Russian legislation.
23:40, 3 February 2010
Georgia demands from South Ossetia to set Malkhaz Akhvlediani free
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia demands immediate release of Malkhaz Akhvlediani, a resident of the Georgian city of Chiatura, who was detained on January 31. According to South-Ossetian power agents, Akhvlediani illegally crossed the border.
23:20, 3 February 2010
CoE receives report on human rights violations in Nakhichevan
The international human rights organization "Norwegian Helsinki Committee" (NHC) has prepared a special report for the Council of Europe (CoE) on violations of human rights in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan. Last week, the report entitled "Azerbaijani 'Black Island': Violations of Human Rights in Nakhichevan" was widespread in Strasbourg at the PACE winter session by the special delegation organized by the "Rafto" Norwegian Foundation.
23:00, 3 February 2010
Ingush President scarifies his power agents and local bureaucracy
In his comments on the recent terror acts committed in his republic, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has treated the work of power agents and local administrations as very poor.
22:30, 3 February 2010
Moscow plans to build monument to Georgians who perished in WWII
Instead of the ruined Memorial of Glory, a monument to Georgian soldiers who perished during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (World War II) will be erected on the Poklonnaya Mount in Moscow. This was announced by Mikhail Khubutiya, a member of the Board of Guardians of the future monument, President of the Union of Georgians in Russia, who explained that the decision was made on February 2 at the first sitting of the working group on creation of the monument.
22:10, 3 February 2010
Norwegian Refugee Council goes on building houses in Abkhazia
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) plans to carry out a project "Minor Hothouse Farms" aimed to help people in Eastern Abkhazia who suffered in 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhazian war, and to go on building and repairing apartment houses for refugees. Ana Povrzenic, regional manager of the NRC, told about it on February 1 when she met Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, in Sukhumi.
The Andrey Sakharov Award "For the journalism as an action", 2008. Moscow, the Andrey Sakharov Museum and Public center. Panel of judges from left to right: Y.V.Samodurov, B.V.Dubin, Pilar Bonet ("El Pais" correspondent in Russia), A.K.Simonov, E.N.Goryukhina, A.B.Pankin ("Strategy and practice of publishing" cheif editor), Peter Vins - the award founder. Photo by "Caucasian Knot".
22:00, 3 February 2010
Moscow City Court upholds arrest of Peter Vince, founder of Sakharov Prize
Today, a trial of Peter Vince, founder of Andrei Sakharov Prize "For Journalism as a Deed", was held. Among others, editions from the Caucasus and journalists covering Caucasian topics were laureates, finalists and nominees of the Prize. The Moscow City Court has upheld the decision of the district court, which had sanctioned Mr Vince's arrest.
21:00, 3 February 2010
Improvised memorial in the place of Markelov's murder desecrated
In Moscow, unidentified persons desecrated the improvised memorial installed by anti-fascists in the place, where lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were assassinated - in the arch of White Chambers in Prechistenka.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 3 February 2010
DFSB of Dagestan: the killed Egyptian had organized terror act at Makhachkala DPS
Citizen of Egypt Mohmad Mohammad Shakhban, also known as "Safe Islam", who was liquidated in Dagestan, was the founder of the al-Qaeda network in Northern Caucasus and main organizer of the explosion on January 6 in Makhachkala. This was reported by the Department of the FSB (DFSB) for Dagestan.
19:00, 3 February 2010
Knuth Vollebek is concerned of Georgian schools in Abkhazia
Today in Sukhumi, Knuth Vollebek, Supreme Commissioner of the OSCE on National Minorities, and Indira Vardaniya, Minister of Education of Abkhazia, discussed the issues of teaching the Georgian language in schools of the Gali District and situation with Armenian schoolchildren.
South Ossetia, Tskhinvali. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 3 February 2010
Kokoity demands to accelerate restoration works in Tskhinvali
On February 2, President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity held a working meeting with representatives of subcontracting organizations. This time as well, the agenda comprised the issues of restoration rates and timely financing of construction projects. Mr Kokoity promised to take work-in-progress away from dishonest contractors. City dwellers, in their turn, continue complaining of the quality of erected houses, as well as schools, hospitals and kindergartens; residents of Tskhinvali need the infrastructure same as roofs over their heads.
23:50, 2 February 2010
In Azerbaijan, Fatullaev's advocate demands independent examination
The results of the blood and urine analyses of Einullah Fatullaev, imprisoned editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan", became known in Azerbaijan. In the end of 2009, a new charge of illegal drug storage was presented to him. Isakhan Ashurov, his advocate, treats the analyses results as ambiguous and demands an independent expert's appraisal.
News
A contract soldier from the Krasnodar region was killed in a military operation.

A firefighter extinguishes a fire at an oil depot. This illustration was created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. A fire at a Kuban oil depot occurred after a drone attack.

The Investigative Committee responded to a complaint from a disabled person from Novorossiysk.

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.