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12:57, 12 February 2026
Residents of Makhachkala complained of constant power outages.
Power outages in the Reduktorny settlement in Makhachkala are frequent and last for long periods. Residents say appeals to local officials regarding this issue have been fruitless.
11:55, 12 February 2026
A Rostov Region resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist attack on a railway.
Nikolai Golubov was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
10:57, 12 February 2026
A jury found the head of the Azerbaijani community in the Urals guilty of murder.
The jury found representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora, including its former head Shahin Shykhlinski, guilty of murder and attempted murder.
09:59, 12 February 2026
A combatant from North Ossetia died in the combat zone.
Aslan Dzhioyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 542 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.
09:01, 12 February 2026
A drone attack was recorded in three districts of the Rostov region.
Drones attacked the Millerovsky, Sholokhovsky and Tarasovsky districts.
08:02, 12 February 2026
A court in Kuban refused to take equity holder Soboleva into custody.
The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the house arrest of Alla Soboleva, who is accused of extorting an apartment from a developer.
07:05, 12 February 2026
Authorities in the Volgograd region have announced an evacuation in the village of Kotluban.
Authorities in the Volgograd region have announced an evacuation in the village of Kotluban.
A memorial picket for Aishat Baimuradova in Yerevan, Armenia, November 4, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:04, 12 February 2026
Human rights activists have claimed that Russian authorities are concealing Baimuradova's alleged killers.
The Chisinau Convention, to which both Russia and Armenia are parties, obliges states to assist each other in criminal investigations, but Yerevan's request regarding the case of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was ignored.
05:05, 12 February 2026
The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published.
At the final stage of his trial in the Baku Military Court, former Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan instructed his lawyer not to speak and delivered the closing speech himself, quoting classic Azerbaijani poetry.
04:07, 12 February 2026
Two residents of Buynaksk have been accused of promoting extremist symbols.
The Buinaksk City Court will hear the cases of Magomedtagir Kambulatov and Kurban Arabkhanov, who are charged with repeatedly publicly displaying Nazi symbols.
03:08, 12 February 2026
Eleven soldiers from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine.
Petr Galushka, David Avtushenko, Rodion Dubolazov, and eight other fellow countrymen from Novoshakhtinsk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 855 soldiers killed there.
02:09, 12 February 2026
The organizer of the ferry from Trabzon to Sochi is accused of multimillion-dollar fraud.
The CEO of SVS Shipping, the company that organized the Seabridge ferry service from Trabzon, Turkey, to Sochi in late 2025, is in custody on charges of siphoning off funds.
The eleventh installation of the plaque. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram
00:59, 12 February 2026
A banner about vandals of memorial plaques has been reinstalled on Anna Politkovskaya's house.
For the eleventh time, activists have installed a plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house in Moscow, commemorating the deliberate destruction of the murdered journalist's memorial plaque.
00:56, 12 February 2026
A Kazakh citizen spent more than two months under arrest in Dagestan.
An LGBT* person from Kazakhstan was detained in Dagestan following a denunciation, held in pretrial detention for over two and a half months, and then deported. He was unable to appeal the decision. He believes police in Makhachkala are using informants to identify and persecute LGBT* people.
00:42, 12 February 2026
Speculation about the condition of Kadyrov's son after the accident was the result of the silence of the Chechen authorities.
Social media users found a video of Adam Kadyrov, which appeared on the Chechen leader's account almost a month after reports of the accident, odd. Speculation about the health of the Chechen leader's third son arose amid prolonged government silence, despite residents of the republic expressing indifference to the health of the regional leader's son.
A protester in Tbilisi holds a sign in support of Anastasia Zinovkina. Photo screenshot: MO SE / Facebook.
23:49, 11 February 2026
Supporters of European integration at the Georgian parliament supported Anastasia Zinovkina.
Participants in the daily protests on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi held a picket outside the parliament building on the 441st day of the protests in support of political prisoners, including with posters dedicated to Anastasia Zinovkina.
23:31, 11 February 2026
Activists in Europe have called for Movlaev and Murtazov not to be extradited to Russia.
Chechen activists in Vienna held a picket outside the Kazakh embassy, ​​demanding that the decision to extradite Mansur Movlayev to Russia be reversed and that Zelimkhan Murtazov, a deserter from Chechnya, be provided protection. The protesters appealed to the President of Kazakhstan, urging him to consider the potential consequences for the lives, health, and safety of refugees from Chechnya.
A still from Zinovkina and Gribul's court hearing in Tbilisi. Photo: Publika / https://publika.ge/sasamartlom-ar-daakmayofila-shuamdgomloba-saapelacioshi-zinovkina-gribulis-saqmis-tarjimnebis-dakitkhvaze/
22:43, 11 February 2026
The court refused to re-examine the translators in the Gribul and Zinovkina case.
A panel of appellate court judges rejected the defense's motion to re-examine witness interpreters in the case of Anastasia Zinovkina and Artem Gribul. The defense questioned the interpreters' professional integrity.
J.D. Vance and Ilham Aliyev at the signing of the Charter. Screenshot from a photo by the press service of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, February 10, 2026, https://president.az/az/articles/view/71562
21:49, 11 February 2026
Vance's visit to Baku demonstrated the pragmatism of US interest in the South Caucasus
US Vice President J.D. Vance's visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan demonstrated Washington's desire to strengthen its presence in the region while weakening Russia's influence, according to Baku analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. At the same time, the US is changing its strategy for building relations with countries in the region, moving from a values-based partnership to cooperation based on pragmatism and economic interests.
20:59, 11 February 2026
The defense demanded that the terrorism case against Andzor Khalilov be dropped.
At a hearing in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria to consider the defense's appeal against the decision to arrest Andzor Khalilov, the developer, who is currently in pretrial detention, stated that he "did not hide or run away." The defense believes the case under the article on terrorism financing should be dismissed.
News
A Buinaksk resident received a suspended sentence for displaying extremist symbols.

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.

A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone.

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.