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Abubakar Yangulbaev. Screenshot of video posted at Yangulbaev’s Telegram Channel on January 31, 2022, https://web.telegram.org/z/#-1252439480
11:09, 6 February 2022
Abubakar Yangulbaev appeals to Bastrykin
On February 5, Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT)*, sent an application to Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Abubakar has asked to check the threats against his family pronounced by Chechen leaders for the presence of death threats, incitement of hatred and enmity, solicitation, slander, insults and abuse of power.
Saidi Yangulbaev. Screenshot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM28I3flMvA
18:46, 5 February 2022
Saidi Yangulbaev rebukes Kremlin for inaction
Saidi Yangulbaev, a former federal judge, said that he had repeatedly appealed to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, asking him to protect his family from the persecution by "Kadyrov people", but no reaction followed.
18:11, 5 February 2022
USA reacts to arrest of Azerbaijani oppositionist Aliev
The United States have expressed disappointment with the arrest of opposition politician, Ali Aliev, in Azerbaijan on charges of defamation. Washington has called on Azerbaijani authorities to respect their international obligations, including the right to the freedom of expression.
A house in Gadrut, December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
16:37, 5 February 2022
Refugees from Gadrut complain about Armenian authorities' indifference to their problems
Armenian authorities refuse to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, which casts doubt on its future existence; at the same time, they offer refugees to return to Karabakh, the NGO "In the Name of Gadrut" has stated.
Saidi Yangulbaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDpTtMH76z8&t=1s
16:07, 5 February 2022
Saidi Yangulbaev estimates chances to challenge immunity stripping
The Russian qualification board of judges will cancel the decision to terminate the resignation, if it is guided by the law, since the order of this procedure was not observed in Chechnya, Saidi Yangulbaev has stated.
13:35, 5 February 2022
Opposition refuses nominating its candidate for Armenian president
The parliamentary oppositional factions "Armenia" and "I have the honour" have decided not to nominate their candidates for the upcoming presidential election.
Akhmed Sagov speaks at a rally in Grozny. Screenshot: youtu.be/CSQU74OPo8w
13:07, 5 February 2022
Ingush rights defenders name possible consequences of Sagov's participation in Kadyrov people's action
Akhmed Sagov, the head of the "Bart" Ingush Cultural and Educational Centre, who attended the rally against the Yangulbaevs in Grozny, may be subject to moral and psychological measures of influence so that he no longer speaks out on behalf of the Ingush nation, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.
12:16, 5 February 2022
Bar Chamber claims rights violation of Zarema Musaeva's advocate
Chechen law enforcers violated the rights of the lawyer, Natalia Dobronravova, who was present at the Yangulbaevs' apartment in Nizhny Novgorod, when law enforcers broke into it, the Bar Chamber of the Nizhny Novgorod Region has concluded.
Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPyIyiFlvO/
08:41, 5 February 2022
Musaeva complains to advocate about feeling unwell
At the SIZO (pre-trial prison), Zarema Musaeva is kept in solitary cell; she "barely walks"; she was called an ambulance twice, said Alexander Karavaev, an advocate, who has managed today to visit her at the SIZO for the first time.
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (left). Screenshot of The Insider Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295
08:29, 5 February 2022
100,000 support petition in defence of Magamadov and Isaev
A petition demanding to release Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, natives of Chechnya, who were kidnapped exactly a year ago from Nizhny Novgorod, has gathered more than 100,000 signatories. The authors of the petition note that the lives of the two brothers are in danger.
08:18, 5 February 2022
"International Memorial"* asks to suspend liquidation
An application with a request to suspend the liquidation procedure of the "International Memorial"* was sent to the Appellate Board of the Russian Supreme Court (SC) by the organization's lawyers. They refer to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which has decided to apply interim measures to the organization until the consideration by the ECtHR of the complaint against the law on foreign agents.
Valery Fadeev. Photo: HRC official website, http://president-sovet.ru
23:09, 4 February 2022
Fadeev urges to take Musaeva’s case from Chechen investigators
Valery Fadeev, the chief of the Human Rights Council, addressed the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a proposal to transfer the investigation into a Zarema Musaeva’s case to the federal level or to investigators from the ICRF’s Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
A rally in the village of Goity where the Yangublaev and Musaev families renounced their relatives and promised to take revenge on them. February 3, 2022. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfVgJOJb37/
22:53, 4 February 2022
Disavowal by relatives aggravates risk for Yangulbaev family
According to human rights defenders and Caucasian experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, relatives of the Yangulbaev family were forced to curse and threaten them, fearing for their safety, but the declaration of revenge by relatives led to real danger for members of the Yangulbaev family.
Neimat Kerimli. Photo by Kyamal Ali for the Caucasian Knot
22:29, 4 February 2022
Azerbaijani oppositionist Gumbatov demands to review his verdict
A court in Baku held a hearing to consider an appeal filed by oppositionist Agil Gumbatov, who was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for injuring a fellow villager. At trial, Agil Gumbatov pleaded not guilty and requested the court to acquit him.
Dmitry Peskov. Photo: Kremlin press service
18:13, 4 February 2022
Peskov: blood feud in Chechnya contradicts laws of Russia
Amid a scandal involving the threats from the Chechen authorities to the Yangulbaev family, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has announced that the tradition of blood feuds does not comply with the laws of Russia.
Mikhail Saakashvili in the court, February 4, 2019. Screenshot of live video coverage at Saakashvili's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaakashviliMikheil/videos/814514236613998
17:51, 4 February 2022
Court dismisses defenders’ request to let doctor visit Saakashvili
Mikhail Saakashvili and his defence requested the judge to oblige the Penitentiary Service to let a private doctor visit the arrested politician. However, the court dismissed the request.
Sports and tourist complex Kezenoy-Am. Photo: Grichany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lake_Kezanoiam
17:23, 4 February 2022
Travel bloggers consider illogical a refusal of Chechen Ministry of Tourism to pay for advertising
When commenting on the refusal of the Chechen Ministry of Tourism to pay for travel reports, travel bloggers explained their desire to receive money for advertising attractions by the cost of travel and the production of high-quality content.
Ilya Smolin. Photo: Alexander Korovainy FB page, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4783364145051806&set=pcb.4783365761718311
14:03, 4 February 2022
Relatives doubt the version of detainee's death in Yeisk
Ilya Smolin, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), died after being detained in the city of Yeisk due to his heart problems, the police have informed. His parents have drawn attention to the haematomas on the body of their son, and demanded that a prosecutor's examination to be held of the circumstances of his death.
Participant of the action against laws on foreign agents, Moscow, August 2021. Screenshot of vido reportage made by the Dozhd TV channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6fabOiPr64
13:42, 4 February 2022
Moscow: debaters criticize laws on foreign agents
On February 3, an expert discussion on the reform of the legislation on foreign agents, organized by the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), was held online by using the Zoom platform.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
12:33, 4 February 2022
Azerbaijani website owner fined for social media post about Tofig Yagublu
The court has imposed a fine on the owner of the Yeniavaz.az online outlet after he refused to remove the Facebook post about the investigators' version that the activist, Tofig Yagublu, had injured himself at the police station.
News
The number of killed fighters in Ukraine from southern Russia has reached 9400.

The authorities have recognized at least 9350 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

4 people were killed and 8 were injured in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia in the second quarter of 2026.

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.