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Agil Gumbatov. Still image from Gumbatov's video appeal to the President of Azerbaijan dated March 13, 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0LMm-tKug
13:27, 3 February 2022
Spouse of convicted oppositionist holds a protest rally in Baku
At a protest action in Baku, Aigyun Gumbatova, a spouse of convicted activist, complained that after her husband, oppositionist Agil Gumbatov, was sent to a penal colony, the family faced difficulties, and the Azerbaijan’s authorities obstructed the registration of documents for child benefits. Three activist’s three children took part in the protest action.
Saidi Yangulbaev. Screenshot: sotavision, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM28I3flMvA
13:05, 3 February 2022
Chair of Chechen SC initiates withdrawal of Saidi Yangulbaev’s status
The Qualification Board of Judges of Chechnya has scheduled for February 3 the consideration of the initiative voiced by the chair of the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to terminate the resignation of federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, who left the country after the threats voiced by the leader of the republic.
Photo of 2017, which on February 3 illustrated the report about the meeting between Putin and Kadyrov. Source: website of the head of Chechnya. http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54342/photos
11:09, 3 February 2022
Putin meets Kadyrov amid scandal over threats to Yangulbaev family
The Russian President met Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow, although earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov had assured that no such meeting had been planned. Ramzan Kadyrov came to the Kremlin amid a scandal caused by the threats voiced by the Chechen authorities against the Yangulbaev family, human rights defenders, and journalists.
Pre-trial prison in Baku. Photo: http://minval.az/news/123536661
10:54, 3 February 2022
Azerbaijani activist arrested after being deported from Germany
Pyunkhan Kerimli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, who was deported to Azerbaijan from Germany in November 2021, has been placed in custody on the charge of drug trafficking. Pyunkhan Kerimli is being persecuted for political reasons, his father believes.
Spontaneous rally in the center of Grozny. February 2, 2022. Photo: Chechnya Today https://chechnyatoday.com/images/uploads/2022/02/02/photo_2022-02-02_14-58-09%20(2).jpg
08:34, 3 February 2022
Rally against Yangulbaevs in Grozny was addressed to Kremlin
By organizing a thousands-strong rally in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov has decided to reinforce his enmity against Yangulbaevs with the "people's position" and to show the Kremlin, amid rights defenders' criticism, that Chechen authorities are well in control of the situation in the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
Screenshot: of the video where Adam Delimkhanov promises to cut off the heads of the Yangulbaev family and the translators of his words into Russian: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZb2JJ7qBQU/
08:17, 3 February 2022
Analysts treat Delimkhanov's promise to cut off heads as threat to kill
The promise of Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP, to cut off Yangulbaevs' heads and of the translators of his threats into Russian can be treated as a threat of murder, especially in the realities of Chechnya; therefore, Russian authorities must react immediately, the Caucasian scholars and human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.
Dozhd* CEO Natalia Sindeeva. Screenshot: https://tvrain.ru
00:01, 3 February 2022
“Dozhd” TV Channel* calls on to respond to Kadyrov’s threats
The Russian law enforcement bodies and authorities should respond to the statement voiced by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who called the TV Channel terrorists and accomplices of terrorists, the “Dozhd” (Rain) TV Channel* noted in its complaint.
Zarema Musaeva is being detained by security forces. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot of an Instagram page of Mansur Soltaev, Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAKOLSlcvd/
23:40, 2 February 2022
Human rights defenders point out violations in Musaeva’s case
Chechen law enforcers ignored demands to let advocates visit Zarema Musaeva, and Nizhny Novgorod investigators have not responded to complaints about violations during her detention for almost two weeks, human rights defenders report.
23:24, 2 February 2022
Zarema Musaeva arrested for two months in Chechnya
A court in Grozny ordered the arrest of Zarema Musaeva in a criminal case on the use of violence against a public officer.
Nikolai Arefiev, Adam Delimkhanov, Vyacheslav Markhaev. Photo: press service of the State Duma, screenshot of Adam Delimkhanov’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZb2JJ7qBQU/
20:36, 2 February 2022
State Duma members urge prosecutors to react to Delimkhanov’s threats
The law enforcement bodies, including the General Prosecutor’s Office, should give an estimate to the Adam Delimkhanov’s promise to punish the Yangulbaev family, State Duma members Nikolai Arefiev and Vyacheslav Markhaev have said today.
20:17, 2 February 2022
Shepherd killed in shell explosion in Azerbaijan
Ismail Mikailov, a resident of Azerbaijan, died from injuries which he got in a cluster bomb explosion while grazing cattle in the Karabakh conflict zone.
Rally in the centre of Grozny, February 2, 2022. Photo: Chechnya Segodnya, https://chechnyatoday.com/news/352661
19:51, 2 February 2022
Chechen authorities: rally with curses against Yangulbaev family held spontaneously
Residents of Chechnya came to an unsanctioned rally in the centre of Grozny to follow the authorities of the republic and voice curses against the Yangulbaev family, the pro-government media reported.
Screenshot of Adam Delimkhanov’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZb2JJ7qBQU/
15:16, 2 February 2022
Instagram users outraged by threats voiced out by State Duma MP from Chechnya
The social network users, who have watched the video clip with the threats pronounced by Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, against the Yangulbaev family, have reproached Delimkhanov for inciting hatred and reminded him of the Criminal Code.
Ilkham Aslanoglu. Photo: AzDem, https://vk.com/wall-34087282_279457
15:02, 2 February 2022
Defence treats verdict to lawyer Ilham Aslanoglu as unlawful
Ilham Aslanoglu was unlawfully found guilty of libel, as he didn't express his position, but was only the presenter of the programme, in which the accusations were spoken out, the advocate has commented on the verdict.
14:46, 2 February 2022
Court refuses to increase compensation for torture to native of Chechnya
The Yaroslavl Regional Court has left unchanged the amount of compensation for the moral harm suffered by Khasdin Murtazaliev, a native of Chechnya, who was tortured in a colony. Murtazaliev claimed 500,000 roubles, but the court approved the amount almost eight times smaller.
Screenshot of Adam Delimkhanov’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZb2JJ7qBQU/
14:29, 2 February 2022
Delimkhanov threatens to execute Yangulbaev family
The members of the Yangulbaev family will be persecuted until they are killed, Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma MP from Chechnya, has stated on the Instagram. He also threatened with reprisals to people who would translate these words of his from the Chechen language into Russian.
08:29, 2 February 2022
Azerbaijani MoD reports on condition of rescued militaries
The three servicemen of the Azerbaijani Army, who got lost in the Kalbadjar District, were taken to the central military hospital in Baku; there is no threat to their lives, the press service of the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Correctional Facility. Photo: official website of the GUFSIN for the Irkutsk region
08:18, 2 February 2022
Native of Dagestan stops hunger strike in colony
The Ombudsperson of the Komi Republic and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) have visited Khiramagomed Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, who had gone on a hunger strike in protest against his unjustified placement into the dungeon (punishment cell). On February 1, Magomedov was released from the dungeon; and he stopped his hunger strike, Eduard Bushuev, the POC head, has informed.
The Yangulbaev family talks with law enforcement officers, building of the Muftiate of Chechnya, police officers. Collage of the Caucasian Knot. Photo: https://chechnyatoday.com/ Telegram channel “Committee against Torture”, photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
00:23, 2 February 2022
Chechen Muftiate and police join campaign against Yangulbaev family
Today, the police and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya have issued a sharp condemnation of members of the Yangulbaev family, and top-ranking Chechen officials have addressed curses and insults to the family, threatening retribution. The indignation was provoked by the statements about Kunta-Khadji Kishiev.
Milana Aguzarova. Still frame ‘Unclinching fists’ movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2OM0Ior4pU
00:04, 2 February 2022
Milana Aguzarova wins a prize in France for her role in film “Unclenching the Fists”
At the Angers-based film festival, Milana Aguzarova won a prize as the best actress for her role in the film “Unclenching the Fists”, filmed in the Ossetian language.
News
Activists have reported the destruction of a memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Karabakh.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

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.