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Armenian Armed Forces. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
14:52, 2 February 2021
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of border provocation
This morning, units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire for 20 times by opening machine gun fire at the territory in the direction of the border combat point, the Azerbaijani State Border Service has stated. The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refuted this statement.
A talk of policemen of the Urus-Martan District with the drivers who had violated traffic rules. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwab8EF_ut/
14:26, 2 February 2021
Chechnya: law enforcers scold violators of traffic rules
The police have posted a video clip on the Instagram showing a talk of policemen of the Urus-Martan District with the drivers who had violated traffic rules. Social network users have reproached law enforcers for violating the mask regime.
People in civilian clothes help law enforcers to detain protesters. Krasnodar, January 31, 2021. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot".
11:18, 2 February 2021
Nine activists arrested in Krasnodar after action for Navalny
The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar has considered the cases of 14 activists detained in connection with the action in support of Alexei Navalny held on January 31.
Polad Aslanov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-8biHhxt2M
11:06, 2 February 2021
Journalist Polad Aslanov goes on hunger strike in courtroom
While the court was considering his appeal against a 16-year sentence in a high treason case, Polad Aslanov, an Azerbaijani journalist, announced a hunger strike. At the court of appeal, he claimed protraction of his case consideration, demanded a fair trial and transfer to house arrest.
The 'Goryanki' documentary poster. Photo: https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/1345605/
10:50, 2 February 2021
Film by KBR filmmaker included into US festival programme
The film "Goryanki" (Female Highlanders) by a film director from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has been chosen to take part in the American documentary film contest.
Head of the North Caucasian branch of the Committee against Torture Magomed Alamov (right) and lawyer Konstantin Gusev. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=763828101209959&set=a.103759377216838
08:47, 2 February 2021
CaT's lawyers arrested after Pyatigorsk protest
Magomed Alamov, the head of the North-Caucasian branch of the Committee against Torture (CaT), and Konstantin Gusev, a Committee's lawyer, were arrested for ten days after they observed an action in support of Alexei Navalny, held on January 31 in Pyatigorsk.
Flowers and candles at the portrait of Inal Djabiev. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKlMRR1rjtq/
08:32, 2 February 2021
New examination in Djabiev's case appointed without widow's consent
The South-Ossetian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has appointed a new examination in Inal Djabiev's case; it will be conducted in Moscow. Experts who have already made their conclusions will have to justify their conclusions, Oksana Sotieva, Inal's widow, has explained.
Handcuffs. Photo courtesy of Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
22:27, 1 February 2021
In Nazran, three persons detained in case on aiding and abetting terrorists
Kureish Djandigov, Islam Zhandigov, and Adam Khashiev are charged with transporting weapons and providing housing and food to members of the "Imarat Kavkaz"*, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports. Relatives of Kureish Djandigov were also detained in Nazran, eyewitnesses said.
People in civilian clothes help law enforcers to detain protesters. Krasnodar, January 31, 2021. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot".
22:14, 1 February 2021
Advocates claim violation of Krasnodar activists' right to defence
In Krasnodar, cases against activists detained at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny are being considered simultaneously by nine judges, and as a result, some of the activists were left without defence, advocates note.
Banner at a protest action in support of Alexei Navalny, January 23, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
18:11, 1 February 2021
Armavir teacher complains about his dismissal in connection with rally
Teacher Alexei Romanov reports that school administration persuaded him to resign after a court recognized him as a participant of an unsanctioned rally in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place in Armavir on January 23.
Russian residents hold protest action in Tbilisi, January 31, 2021. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
17:06, 1 February 2021
In Tbilisi, protestors demand to release political prisoners in Russia
In Tbilisi, citizens of Russia, who on January 31 came to a protest action in front of the parliament building, spoke about the political persecution in their homeland and demanded to release political prisoners.
Water faucet. Photo courtesy of Nina Tumanova
14:57, 1 February 2021
Baku residents outraged by twofold increase of water supply tariff
Azerbaijani authorities have approved a twofold increase in water supply prices from February 1 amid coronavirus restrictions, because of which many people lost their earnings, Baku townspeople are outraged.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
14:27, 1 February 2021
On January 25-31, no information arrived about any victims in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of January 25-31, 2021, there was no information about any casualties and wounded person in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Protest action in Makhachkala, January 31, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
11:21, 1 February 2021
Makhachkala: most protesters distance themselves from Navalny's support
On January 31, about fifteen young people went out to a protest action in Makhachkala. Most of them explained their activeness not by support of Alexei Navalny, but by dissatisfaction with the authorities' policies.
11:05, 1 February 2021
"Caucasian Knot" correspondent would not give fingerprints to Astrakhan policemen
Despite the presented ID, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was detained at a protest action in Astrakhan, which she covered on the assignment of the editorial board. At the police station, they tried to force her to undergo fingerprinting.
Activist Galina Tikhenko was detained at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Volgograd on January 31, 2021. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot".
10:52, 1 February 2021
Volgograd: at protest action, townspeople express dissatisfaction with authorities
In Volgograd, the organizers of the action in support of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, have estimated the audience at 500 people; some protesters were detained. Activists explained their decision to go out to protest by dissatisfaction with authorities' policies.
12:17, 31 January 2021
Idea of opening consulates in Yerevan and Baku causes political analysts' scepticism
The issue of mutual border crossing by citizens of Armenia and Azerbaijan can be resolved only after the definition of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, political analysts have commented on the initiative of Georgy Vanyan, a human rights defender. So far, only the opening of transport communications for cargo transportation is possible, Mekhman Aliev, Director of the "Turan" News Agency, has noted.
12:07, 31 January 2021
Eyewitnesses report special operation in Nazran
In the evening on Saturday (January 30), law enforcers in armoured vehicles cordoned off a territory in Nazran, where the mobile Internet was turned off, local residents have reported.
12:00, 31 January 2021
Remains of 15 servicemen found in Nagorno-Karabakh
Karabakh rescuers have found remains of 14 military servicemen in the Djebrail and Martuni Districts. The body of another soldier was handed over to them by Azerbaijan near Madagis, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported. The total number of bodies found in battle zones has reached 1344.
Malika Djikaeva. Screenshot of the post on Instagram malika_djikaeva_fan https://www.instagram.com/p/BqMvqQzgj4Q/
11:58, 31 January 2021
Advocate links blogger Djikaeva's health worsening with her custody at SIZO
Because of her arrest, Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, is unable to take her regular treatment at hospital, which leads to auto-aggression bouts, Inara Bedoeva, her advocate, has stated. Malika has applied for her transfer from colony to SIZO (pre-trial prison) as she fears the unknown, Magomed Alamov, a human rights defender, has suggested.
News
Meeting of gas station owners with the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan. Still frame from the video from the Telegram channel "Criminal Chronicle" dated 08.08.26, https://t.me/criminal_chronicle/9006 The police have been involved in the issue of pricing at gas stations in Dagestan.

Lift passengers in the Makhachkala high-rise. Frame from the video on the page https://www.instagram.com/p/DbzK8ZzsrB0 (the activities of the company Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia) Social media users debated the causes of the lift's fall in the Makhachkala high-rise.

Gas stations. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The authorities' report on the decrease in gasoline prices has drawn criticism from the residents of Dagestan.

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.