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11:03, 19 February 2026
Georgia's former deputy prime minister left the country after being questioned.
Following questioning by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the State Security Service, former Minister of Economy and Deputy Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili left the country.
10:06, 19 February 2026
The ECHR found the former Azerbaijani minister to be in violation.
The European Court of Human Rights upheld the complaint of former Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Nijat Guliyev and ordered him to pay 4,000 euros in compensation.
09:08, 19 February 2026
Arrested Meydan TV employees complain of violence in pretrial detention.
Meydan TV journalists Aytaj Tapdyg, Aysel Umudova and Khayala Agayeva complained about the use of violence against them due to the publicity of the fact of the protocol about their violation of order in the courtroom and the refusal of the accused to testify.
A market in Makhachkala. Still from an NNT video.
06:14, 19 February 2026
Social media users are outraged by rising food prices in Dagestan.
Before the start of Ramadan, food prices in various cities of Dagestan rose sharply and unjustifiably, and authorities are not monitoring pricing, Instagram users* reported.
05:15, 19 February 2026
Seven people were killed in a shooting in Yerevan.
One person was killed and six were injured in a shooting in Yerevan's Ajapnyak district. Police are searching for those involved.
The Berkat Market in Grozny. Video still from Alenka Krasnodar / YouTube
04:16, 19 February 2026
Kadyrov's orders did not prevent traders from raising food prices during Ramadan.
Chechen authorities' reports on food price controls have had virtually no impact on the situation in stores and markets: retailers significantly raised prices on popular items even before the start of Ramadan, social media users reported.
03:19, 19 February 2026
Authorities reported the containment of the fire at the Ilsky Oil Refinery.
The fire at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the Seversky District of Kuban has been contained, but the area of ​​the fire has not decreased.
02:20, 19 February 2026
A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.
Andrei Shirochkin from the Yelansky District was killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 1,687 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
The eighteenth homemade plaque on Politkovskaya's house. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram
01:22, 19 February 2026
Activists installed the 18th memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house.
In the month since the destruction of the memorial plaque in honor of Anna Politkovskaya, activists have installed homemade memorial signs on the murdered journalist's house at least 18 times.
Residents of the Yeisk district in Kuban are asking for help from the authorities to address the fish kill. Photo: Yeisk Flea Market / Telegram channel
00:23, 19 February 2026
Yeysk residents have appealed to authorities regarding the annual mass death of fish in the river.
Residents of Yeysk, Yeysk, and Shcherbinovsky districts in Kuban recorded a video message asking authorities to prevent the mass death of fish at the Yeysk locks. According to residents, the situation reoccurs every year, but no action is being taken.
Aishat Baimuradova. Freeze frame of BBC video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoWKjNE1Flg/
23:59, 18 February 2026
Baimuradova's death has brought attention to violence in Armenia.
Armenian authorities are still awaiting the relatives' consent to take Aishat Baimuradova's body for burial. Incidents involving Russian citizens of Chechen descent have forced Armenian law enforcement to respond quickly to threatening calls, according to human rights activists.
Still image: "The protest outside the Georgian Parliament has been going on for 448 days." Photo: Interpressnews / https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/862316-parlamenttan-saprotesto-akcia-mimdinareobs
23:09, 18 February 2026
The protest outside the Georgian parliament has been going on for 448 days.
Supporters of Georgia's European integration protested outside parliament for the 448th day in a row. The Georgian Parliament approved, in its second reading, amendments to the law making non-recognition of constitutional bodies a criminal offense.
The scene outside the courthouse. Screenshot from a photo by Fortanga from February 18, 2026, https://t.me/fortangaorg/21474?single
22:16, 18 February 2026
More than a hundred supporters of Imam Tamaskhanov came to support him in court.
Over a hundred people attended the Magas District Court in Ingushetia, where the trial of Imam Muhammad Tamaskhanov, accused of failing to report a crime, began. The judge, citing technical difficulties, adjourned the hearing.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Suleiman Kerimov. Screenshot from Kadyrov's Telegram channel, February 18, 2026, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/6369.
21:20, 18 February 2026
Kadyrov rejected a summons to the Kremlin for reconciliation with Kerimov.
The head of Chechnya stated that no one summoned him to the Kremlin to make peace with Suleiman Kerimov after talk of blood feud.
20:30, 18 February 2026
A pensioner from Novorossiysk has been accused of treason.
Investigators believe the 64-year-old woman collected and transmitted information about military facilities in Novorossiysk, Sochi, and Sevastopol to the Ukrainian side.
Artemy Ostanin. Screenshot from RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80666.
20:02, 18 February 2026
Ostanin called the verdict illegal.
The Moscow City Court upheld the extension of comedian Artemy Ostanin's pretrial detention. In court, he called the sentence illegal for his monologues about a legless man and his imaginary dialogue with Jesus Christ.
Beach in Anapa. February 2026. Photo: https://t.me/opershtab23/14998
19:15, 18 February 2026
Anapa residents called for the publication of water test results.
Water samples taken at Anapa beaches by a blogger showed compliance with standards. He called on Rospotrebnadzor to provide the test results to substantiate its claim that the beaches were not ready for the season, and commenters supported him.
A man in a courtroom. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI-generated program Copilot.
18:29, 18 February 2026
A Dagestani resident has been convicted of murdering the rector of the Institute of Theology, Sadikov.
The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced a local resident to 15 years in prison for the 2011 murder of the rector of the Institute of Theology and International Relations, Maksud Sadikov, and his nephew, Zalimkhan Musayev.
Investigative Committee. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
17:38, 18 February 2026
A minor in Kuban was accused of inciting terrorism.
In Krasnodar, the criminal investigation against a minor accused of committing a terrorist crime has been completed. The case was initiated following messages in a messenger chat.
Diana Tsipinova. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
16:47, 18 February 2026
Five lawyers asked that Tsipinova's acquittal be upheld.
The prosecutor's office is demanding that the acquittal of lawyer Diana Tsipinova be overturned. Five colleagues are representing her in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, calling for the decision to stand.
News
Islamic scholars explained the specifics of calculating zakat in Chechnya and Dagestan.

Commentators found Umar Dzhabrailov's actions contradictory

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

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.