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09:55, 7 February 2008
Residents of Chechnya complain against officials who give out compensations for destroyed houses for bribes
Residents of Chechnya continue complaining that compensations for the houses lost during the conflict can be received, only if one pays back a half of the sum to bureaucrats as the so-called "otkat" (kick-back).
09:52, 7 February 2008
Picket in memory of "zachistka" victims in Novye Aldy held in Moscow
In the Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow, a picket was held in memory of the victims of the clean-up ("zachistka") conducted eight years ago in Novye Aldy settlement located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
09:45, 7 February 2008
HRC "Memorial" to present its report "Ingushetia 2007. Where Now?"
On February 11, a press conference will be held at the Independent Press Centre in Moscow to present the report of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" entitled "Ingushetia 2007. Where Now?"
16:42, 6 February 2008
Defendant in the case on attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria wants to refuse from his advocate
At the following session of preliminary hearings of the criminal case on the events of October 13 in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria) appointed on February 20, defendant Kaziev is going to refuse from the services of advocate Sukhikh, T. V., appointed by the court.
16:38, 6 February 2008
Picket against kidnappings held in Dagestan
Today, the public organization "Dagestan Mothers for Human Rights" and relatives of the people kidnapped in Makhachkala held a picket against kidnappings in the central square of the capital of the Republic.
16:35, 6 February 2008
Project "Observatory" stands up for "Voice of Beslan"
On February 5, the joint project of the International Organization for Fighting Torture (Geneva) and the Human Rights Federation (Paris) named "Observatory" condemned the legal pressure exerted on the "Voice of Beslan" Organization.
16:32, 6 February 2008
Hunger strike in defence of Vasily Aleksanyan continues in Rostov-on-Don
On February 5, Elena Sannikova, one of initiators of the hunger strike with a demand to release heavily sick prisoner Vasily Aleksanyan and send him to treatment, had a hypoglycaemic crisis.
16:19, 6 February 2008
Arrested ex-Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan placed into prison hospital
For 24 hours already, Farkhad Aliev, former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan, is at the Medical Establishment of the Penitentiary Systems. The diagnosis has not been formulated yet.
16:17, 6 February 2008
Institute for Peace and Democracy: trial of the leader of Talyshes in Azerbaijan is absurd
The Institute for Peace and Democracy is emphasizing the absurdity of litigation against Novruzali Mamedov, 67, a linguist, head of one of the divisions at the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences, founder and editor-in-chief of the only newspaper in Azerbaijan in the Talysh language "Talyshi Sado", and Elman Guliev, executive secretary of the newspaper, accused of high treason.
16:09, 6 February 2008
"Vlast" Magazine: aggravated situation in Ingushetia may have financial roots
Apart from political reasons, the aggravated situation in Ingushetia may also have financial ones. This conclusion was made by Musa Muradov, correspondent of the "Vlast" (Power) Magazine, who has associated with residents of the Republic.
14:17, 5 February 2008
Ombudsman defends the rights of residents of Volgograd Region arrested in Greece
Mikhail Tarantsov, Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region, is concerned with the fate of two residents of the town of Kamyshin, Volgograd Region, who serve their terms in one of the prisons of the Greek Republic.
14:14, 5 February 2008
In Azerbaijan, the state of health of the arrested ex-minister of economic development is worse
The state of health of Farkhad Aliev, arrested ex-minister of economic development of Azerbaijan, has again worsened. He suffers from strong heartaches and requires hospitalization.
13:54, 5 February 2008
Woman from Rostov-on-Don joins the hunger strike in defence of Vasily Aleksanyan
Raissa Grishechkina, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, has joined the hunger strike demanding to release Vasily Aleksanyan, former vice-president of the YUKOS Oil Company, who is seriously ill but still kept in SIZO (pre-trial facility).
13:49, 5 February 2008
A schoolboy and a girl among those arrested for nationality-motivated murders in Moscow
Among the arrested four figurants in the case on a skinhead grouping, suspected of committing of at least 20 murders, whose arrest was sanctioned by the Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow, there are a girl and a minor.
13:47, 5 February 2008
Court acquvits the Muscovite accused of murdering an Armenian
Today, the Moscow Regional Court has passed an acquittal on the case of the nationality-motivated murder of Arthur Sardaryan, 19, committed in a Moscow suburb.
13:40, 5 February 2008
Defendants in the case on attack on power agents in Kabardino-Balkaria demand public advocates
The defendants in the case on the events on October 13, 2005, in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, want to petition again at court about admission of their relatives and friends to the process as public defenders.
13:34, 5 February 2008
Commander of special operation in Kondopoga to be trialled in camera
On February 7, the Supreme Court of Karelia will start considering, in private session, the criminal case of Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Victor Vysokikh, commander of the special operation aimed to stop mass disorders in the city of Kondopoga in September 2006.
19:17, 4 February 2008
Kidnapped person released for ransom in Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone
Davis Nadaraya, a kidnapped resident of Shamgon village, Zugdidi District of Georgia, was released after a week of detainment in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone.
19:05, 4 February 2008
Activist of "The Other Russia" released in Rostov-on-Don
Sergey Volodin, a National-Bolshevik and one of the coordinators of "The Other Russia" Coalition for the Rostov Region, is back at large.
18:58, 4 February 2008
Arrested Mirza Sakit restarts his hunger strike in Azerbaijan
On February 3, journalist-satirist Mirza Sakit who is imprisoned in Azerbaijan has renewed his protest hunger strike against the refusal of the prison administration to transfer him to the prison hospital despite his poor health condition.
News
A Kuban resident was sentenced for attempting to join the RDC*

A smartphone and handcuffs. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. A Krasnodar resident was sentenced for justifying terrorism.

A Sochi court refused to lift the freeze on the business of deputy Doroshenko's children.

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.