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Policemen during protest action in Yerevan. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
11:03, 10 February 2021
Armenia: reform of power agencies faces rights defenders' criticism
In Armenia, the reform of the law enforcement system is an attempt to take full control over power structures and can become an instrument for setting up dictatorship, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Alikhan Ozdoev and Rustam Tsurov (on the right). Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"
08:59, 10 February 2021
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensations to North-Ossetian residents in torture case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has appointed 60,000 euros of compensation to each of the following residents of North Ossetia: Rustam Tsurov, Umar Khadziev and Alikhan Ozdoev, who are serving long prison terms on terrorism charges. The ECtHR found a violation of the articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on the prohibition of torture and the right to a fair trial.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev (on the right) in the courtroom. Photo by the press service of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow
08:58, 10 February 2021
Chechen Djumaev, arrested for brawl with law enforcers, hospitalized with COVID-19 suspicion
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, arrested after a brawl with law enforcers at a rally in Moscow, has been hospitalize due to suspected coronavirus.
The traditional dance. Screenshot of the video https://vimeo.com/gorkyfilmstudio
08:53, 10 February 2021
Director of "Goryanki" film poses identity problem of residents of Northern Caucasus
The film "Goryanki" (Mountain Women) by Maryam Makhieva, a filmmaker from Kabardino-Balkaria, covers a conflict of the traditional culture and Islam that was reborn in Northern Caucasus in the 1990s, said Anastasia Rytsina, the film producer. All the film heroines defend their understanding of freedom, despite others' resistance, Ms Makhieva has noted.
A police officer checks the driver's documents. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev
23:20, 9 February 2021
Police control drivers more severe after Vismuradov's threats to Chechen residents
After Abuzaid Vismuradov, Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya, threatened people with reprisals for alcohol consumption, residents of the republic report that the police conduct anti-alcohol raids and fine people who bring alcoholic drinks to Chechnya.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 9 February 2021
Dagestani SC supports father of killed shepherds
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has granted a complaint against a court's refusal to institute a case on negligence and forgery by an official against the former chief of the Shamil OVD (Interior Division), who declared the Gasanguseinov brothers as terrorists. Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed brothers, is satisfied with the decision pronounced by the Dagestani SC.
A cordoned off area around the unexploded ordnance. November 20, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:11, 9 February 2021
Two Azerbaijani officers and three soldiers blown up on a mine
Two officers and three soldiers were hospitalized in severe condition after a mine explosion in the Tartar District. Since November 10, 2020, the total number of Azerbaijani residents blown up on mines has reached 74, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reported.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
19:10, 9 February 2021
ECtHR awards compensation to Chechen resident under complaint about torture
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized a complaint filed by Roman Gastemirov, a resident of Chechnya, about torture by the police in 2005 as justified and awarded him 50,000 euros in compensation.
Police dispersed female protestors supporting political prisoners. Baku, February 9, 2021. Photo by Parvana Bayramova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:07, 9 February 2021
In Baku, police disperse female protestors supporting political prisoners
In Baku, women came to the US Embassy to hold an action in defence of political prisoners. The police seized posters from the protestors' hands and pushed the female activists, including spouses of Polad Aslanov and Afghan Sadygov, away from the building.
A police officer in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:58, 9 February 2021
Activists report detentions at protest action in Yerevan
Today, members of the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party went out to a protest rally in Yerevan demanding the resignation of the government. Law enforcers brought dozens of protesters to police stations, activists report.
Magomed Khamkhoev in the courtroom, December 2020. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:52, 9 February 2021
Witnesses testify innocence of Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev
In March 2019, in Magas, Magomed Khamkhoev, an Ingush activist, did not incite protesters to resist "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) agents, 15 defence witnesses told the court on February 8.
The engagement of a 15-year-old boy with an 11-year-old girl. Screenshot of the post via Oxu.Az Telegram channel Newshttps://ru.oxu.az/society/465396
18:46, 9 February 2021
Ombudspersons get interested in video about girl's engagement in Georgia
After watching the posted video about the engagement in Georgia of an 11-year-old Azerbaijani girl and a 15-year-old boy, the Azerbaijan Ombudsperson has appealed to his Georgian colleague; the latter's office has launched a check.
Evgeny Kochegin. Photo by Fyodor Kunitskiy
11:23, 9 February 2021
Coordinator of Navalny's Volgograd office complains about poor conditions in custody
The inmates kept at the special detention centre in Volgograd have not enough clean bedding; there are no hygiene means there; and detainees are not given medicines, Evgeny Kochegin, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's Volgograd office, has complained. He intends to appeal against his arrest at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
11:19, 9 February 2021
ECtHR orders Russia to admit doctors and advocates to detained natives of Chechnya
Russian authorities are obliged to ensure access of advocates, doctors and relatives to the two natives of Chechnya, convoyed from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has ruled.
The Supreme Court of Chechnya. Screenshot of the post on Andrei Sabinin's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3971759139515270&set=a.511013482256537
10:50, 9 February 2021
Complaint about threats to kill Kadyrov's critics lodged to Chechnya's SC
A complaint has been sent to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya against the decision of a Grozny court, which had refused to acknowledge investigators' inaction on the complaint of human rights defenders against the threats pronounced by Ramzan Kadyrov. This was announced by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Sergey Smirnov. Photo © Yelena Sineok, YUGA.ru
23:10, 8 February 2021
Court shortens sentence of "Mediazona" editor-in-chief
In Moscow, a court refused to recognize Sergey Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of the "Mediazona", not guilty of calling for participation in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, but shortened the journalist's arrest from 25 to 15 days.
A mess in the apartment where Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev were detained. Photo courtesy of the "Russian LGBT Network" https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/02/06/89088-k-allahu-iz-pod-palki
22:58, 8 February 2021
"Russian LGBT Network" reports threats to father of detained Chechen natives
A father of two moderators of a Chechen Telegram channel complained about pressure from the law enforcement bodies, the "Russian LGBT Network" reports. The human rights defenders believe that the father of the detained brothers gave up the advocate's help because of the threats he got.
Salekh Magamadov. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/screennews.ad/videos/241302913661764
22:20, 8 February 2021
Media: Chechen investigators call atheists accomplices of militants
The Chechen law enforcement bodies suspect a gay and a transgender person who mocked religion of aiding and abetting militants, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. Investigators say that the detainees acknowledged their guilt.
Abakar Kaplanov. Photo https://valetudo.ru/mma/2010-02-17-12-10-44/profc-daet-dorogu-molodym
21:27, 8 February 2021
In Dagestan, over 2000 people attend funeral of killed former village head
Over 2000 people came to the funeral of Abakar Kaplanov, the former head of the Novokuli village, who was killed at a police station in Makhachkala, villagers say. According to their version, the conflict, which ended in the murder, relates to a land dispute and personal hostility.
Search for perished militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh's State Emergency Service https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR/photos/a.1527615660606237/4088398617861249/
16:52, 8 February 2021
Bodies of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Karabakh conflict zone, rescuers have found two more perished military servicemen, making the total number of remains found equal to 1367, the Nagorno-Karabakh's State Emergency Service has reported.
News
The discussion about the South Ossetian soldier killed in the SVO zone touched on political aspects.

A South Ossetian soldier was killed in Ukraine.

South Ossetia's losses in fighting in Ukraine have raised questions about the combatants' motives.

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.