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20:33, 10 February 2026
An Uzbek citizen was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol.
A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Uzbek citizen Zhavokhir Utkirov to 20 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack on the Stavropol Krai government building.
19:49, 10 February 2026
The case of eight Georgian opposition leaders has reached court.
The Tbilisi City Court has accepted for consideration the so-called sabotage case brought against Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Melia, Nika Gvaramia, Zurab Japaridze, Giorgi Vashadze, Badri Japaridze, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Elene Khoshtaria. Three of the defendants face up to 15 years in prison.
18:56, 10 February 2026
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been accused of rehabilitating Nazism.
A court in Kabardino-Balkaria will hear the case of a 24-year-old resident of the Zolsky district, charged with rehabilitating Nazism due to comments he made on social media.
18:10, 10 February 2026
A Kuban resident was sentenced for attempting to join the RDC*
A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Kuban resident Dmitry Khasyanov, finding him guilty of justifying terrorism and involvement in a terrorist organization.
17:49, 10 February 2026
Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone.
Yevgeny Petrov and Roman Lyashenko were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,678 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
16:54, 10 February 2026
Akhmat Kadyrov received his second new appointment in a month.
Ramzan Kadyrov's eldest son, who became Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya in January, has been appointed to oversee the republic's education sector. Akhmat Kadyrov himself has not yet completed higher education.
15:57, 10 February 2026
The Vardanyan case investigation has been completed.
A Baku court has declared the trial of former Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who is accused of war crimes, complete.
14:58, 10 February 2026
Aslan Trakhov has been stripped of his judicial immunity.
The panel of judges stripped the former chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea of ​​his status as a retired judge. Aslan Trakhov has therefore been stripped of the immunity that his status as a judge provided.
13:59, 10 February 2026
Alaudinov responded to criticism of religious ideas in his book
The book's ideas about the joint struggle between Muslims and Christians are presented from an Islamic perspective, but adapted for fighters who consider themselves Orthodox, stated Apti Alaudinov, head of the Akhmat special forces, who suggested critics create their own ideologies.
Areg Shchepikhin. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
12:57, 10 February 2026
The sentence against Areg Shchepikhin was upheld.
The Moscow City Court rejected the defense's appeal against the sentence of blogger Areg Shchepikhin, who was kidnapped by Chechen security forces and sentenced to five years in prison.
Pavel Nestrugin. Photo: Administration of Uryupinsk
11:58, 10 February 2026
A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in a military operation.
Pavel Nestrugin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,676 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
11:00, 10 February 2026
Drones shot down in the Astrakhan region
The military shot down two drones in the Astrakhan region, which became the only region in southern Russia to experience a drone attack last night.
Robert Kiut. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/apsadgil_info/p/DS7bLS7AqQ2/?__d=11 belongs to the Meta company, whose activities are banned in Russia.
10:01, 10 February 2026
Abkhaz activists demand the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Abkhazian public organizations have called on the president to dismiss Interior Minister Robert Kiuta, questioning the legality of the procedure for issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia.
A new memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80203
09:02, 10 February 2026
The plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the tenth time.
Activists installed a new memorial plaque in place of the torn-down memorial plaques on the house where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was shot.
A girl by a heater. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
08:22, 10 February 2026
The shutdown of water and heating supplies created problems for residents of Nalchik.
Due to a lack of water and heat, residents of Nalchik buildings have been forced to heat their apartments with electric appliances or stay with relatives. Some buildings have been without water for four days, residents complained.
07:23, 10 February 2026
Restrictions on travel on the Transkam highway have been tightened.
Traffic on the Transcaucasian Highway between Russia and South Ossetia is prohibited for all vehicles.
06:24, 10 February 2026
Protesters asked Vance to help free former Karabakh leaders
During US Vice President J.D. Vance's visit to Yerevan, a rally was held asking for assistance in securing the release of former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders imprisoned in Azerbaijan and in searching for those missing during the Karabakh wars.
05:25, 10 February 2026
A former magistrate from Nalchik has been accused of bribery.
In Kabardino-Balkaria, a criminal case has been opened against former magistrate Mukhamed Tembotov, who is accused of accepting bribes and acting as an intermediary in bribery.
J.D. Vance and Nikol Pashinyan. Source: primeminister.am/
04:26, 10 February 2026
Vance and Pashinyan signed a statement on investments in Armenia's nuclear energy sector.
J.D. Vance and Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on investing $9 billion in Armenia's nuclear energy sector. Vance expressed his support for Pashinyan in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Lyceum shooting. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
03:27, 10 February 2026
The shooting at the lyceum highlighted the problems in the education sector in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan's educational institutions face challenges with security and psychological work, which became particularly apparent after the incident involving a teenager who wounded a high school teacher in Baku's Binagadi district with his father's gun.
News
Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 28-January 3, 2020

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.