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Diana Tsipinova. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
16:47, 18 February 2026
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.
Eliso Kiladze. Photo: https://ru.netgazeti.ge/59314/
15:49, 18 February 2026
Journalist Eliso Kiladze has been arrested in connection with a call center case involving former Georgian prosecutor Otar Partskhaladze. According to the prosecutor's office, the fraudulently obtained funds were used to finance opposition media outlets.
Alexey Kopaygorodsky (left) and Ullubiy Khanmurzaev. Collage of the "Caucasian Knot". Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru, Buinaksky district/VKontakte
14:49, 18 February 2026
The cases of Ullubiy Khanmurzaev and Alexey Kopaigorodsky, whose contracts with the Ministry of Defense did not save them from criminal prosecution, only highlighted the general practice of sending officials accused of corruption on military operations.
A prosecutor's office employee. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
13:50, 18 February 2026
Refusal to provide food and clothing to her two minor children resulted in a criminal case for a resident of Kuban.
12:58, 18 February 2026
A fire that occurred after a drone struck an oil tank in the village of Volna in the Temryuk district has been extinguished.
11:59, 18 February 2026
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Azerbaijani authorities to pay €4,000 to human rights activist Rufat Safarov for violating his right to a fair trial in 2016.
Danil Telyatnikov. Photo: https://t.me/urupino/24948
11:00, 18 February 2026
Twenty-year-old Danila Telyatnikov was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,686 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
A soldier near his unit. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
10:00, 18 February 2026
A military court in Nalchik sentenced a resident of Ingushetia to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
Those arrested in the Meydan TV case. Photo and collage: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/az/article/meydan-tv-isi-uzr%c9%99-m%c9%99hk%c9%99m%c9%99nin-hazirliq-iclasi-kecirilib/
09:01, 18 February 2026
At a court hearing in Baku, journalists accused in the Meydan TV case protested against having their microphones turned off and being barred from their lawyers. Law enforcement officials issued a report for disturbing the peace.
08:03, 18 February 2026
The military shot down drones in the Millerovsky and Sholokhovsky districts. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
Brother of Catholicos of All Armenians Gevork Nersisyan. Photo: https://www.aysor.am/ru/news
07:04, 18 February 2026
The court has softened the preventive measures for the brother and nephew of the Catholicos of All Armenians, who were in custody on charges of obstructing election campaigning.
06:05, 18 February 2026
Oleg Gariaev from the Yustinsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 214 fighters from Kalmykia have been confirmed killed.
05:06, 18 February 2026
The Cassation Court granted the prosecutor's office's motion to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case of former deputy head of the Kuban Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Simonenko, and transferred it to Rostov-on-Don.
Pensioner. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
04:07, 18 February 2026
The case of a 91-year-old pensioner from the village of Dinskaya, accused of indecent assault, was sent to court on November 7 of last year. The hearings have been postponed four times, this time to April 20. His family declined to comment to avoid further attention.
03:08, 18 February 2026
Lolita Milyavskaya's concert in Volgograd has been officially cancelled due to a public boycott. Analysts, however, believe that nationalist organizations and government officials had a hand in the cancellation, amid demands for media figures to demonstrate trustworthiness.
02:09, 18 February 2026
The Chechen Supreme Court's decision deprived Zarema Musayeva's defense of the opportunity to seek her transfer to another prison colony and parole, and a new trial could even result in a harsher sentence.
The arrest of the shooter in Anapa. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
01:32, 18 February 2026
During the week of February 9–15, 2026, armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia resulted in four casualties: one killed and three wounded. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" tally, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
The seventeenth homemade plaque on Politkovskaya's house. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram
00:55, 18 February 2026
For the seventeenth time, Moscow activists have installed a memorial plaque in honor of Anna Politkovskaya near the house where the journalist lived and was killed.
Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue. Photo: Mindia Gabadze / Publika
23:57, 17 February 2026
Supporters of Georgia's European integration protested outside parliament for the 447th day in a row. Giorgi Romelashvili, a participant in the protest on Rustaveli Avenue, was arrested for four days on charges of blocking the road.
23:27, 17 February 2026
Rustam Nogmov fully admitted his guilt in the murder of pensioner Nina Selezneva, the prosecutor stated at his trial in Nalchik. In his final statement, Nogmov asked the court "not to punish him harshly."
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.