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Elena Milashina, a columnist for the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/GL0PmG9ZdGY
18:04, 15 February 2020
Journalist receive murder threat a week after she was beaten up in Grozny
The author of a letter to the editorial board of the "Novaya Gazeta" has threatened the journalist, Elena Milashina, with a "death sentence" for her publications about Chechnya and Ramzan Kadyrov. In another threat posted in social networks, the recent attack on Milashina in Grozny is called a warning to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
11:31, 15 February 2020
Chechnya: Assembly of Caucasian Nations urges police to release detained invalid
Ruslan Turaev, a resident of Grozny, disappeared on February 9, and, as his relatives report, law enforcers refused to confirm his detention. They said that without the proper medications, Turaev could fall into coma. The Assembly of Caucasian Nations has urged the head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to help to set Turaev free.
The police interferes with the journalists' work, October 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:28, 15 February 2020
Journalists demand to investigate actions of Azerbaijani police
The Azerbaijani Prosecutor's Office (PO) has issued a warning of non-compliance with the professional ethics to four journalists because of their participation in the action on February 11. In protest, journalists have torn the PO's notifications into pieces and demanded to investigate the actions of the policemen who interfered with their work.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
11:25, 15 February 2020
Criticism of Kadyrov's cadre decisions forced him to find excuses
Most of Kadyrov's relatives hold rank-and-file positions in law enforcement structures, the head of Chechnya himself has stated in response to criticism of his cadre decisions. At the same time, he admitted that the kinship with Akhmat-haji Kadyrov (Ramzan's father) promotes a career in Chechnya.
08:57, 15 February 2020
Law enforcers refuse to disclose reasons for searches of rights defenders in Dagestan
Law enforcers have associated the searches of the partners of the "Legal Initiative" conducted in Dagestan on February 13 with some operative-search activities, but failed to present specific grounds for such actions, Ksenia Babich, the press secretary of the "Legal Initiative", has informed.
08:54, 15 February 2020
Contract soldier perishes in NKR
Ayk Asryan, a contract soldier, has died from a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has informed.
Zubayr Reshidov (on the left) brings public apologies. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1938&v=aXqzii_aoCc&feature=emb_logo
08:45, 15 February 2020
Practice of public repentances strengthens fear in Chechnya
Public repentances widespread in Chechnya cannot be legal proof of a person's guilt, lawyers assert. The aim of forcing people to apologize is to intimidate them with a threat of humiliation, Lev Levinson, a human rights defender, believes.
The "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:01, 14 February 2020
Believers report new features of raids near "Tangim" Mosque in Dagestan
Today, in Makhachkala, in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque, law enforcers were asking people to produce their IDs. The law enforcers' attention was focused on men wearing beards, believers reported. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) called the raid an ordinary security event.
21:59, 14 February 2020
Law enforcers shelled during search in Ingushetia
A resident of Ingushetia shelled law enforcers from a pistol while they were searching his house, sources reported. According to them, the attacker was Yunus Vidzizhev, a participant of March protests.
A post on Boris Kodzoev's account on Facebook. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2473431826239844&set=gm.811808225962519&type=3&theater
21:55, 14 February 2020
"Neotlozhka" stops its activities after pressure from law enforcers
Today, volunteers of the "Neotlozhka" (Emergency Care) group will submit the last transfer to the arrested Ingush activists, and after that the project will be stopped, reports group leader Boris Kodzoev. The news aroused regret among relatives of the imprisoned activists.
A journalist wounded during the protest action gets medical help. Baku, 2012. Photo: REUTERS/Abbas Atilay
21:44, 14 February 2020
RWB condemns violence against journalists in Azerbaijan
The international organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) engaged in protection of journalists condemned pressure on media correspondents in Azerbaijan during the parliamentary elections held on February 9 and called on the authorities to investigate all cases of attacks on journalists.
The action in Stepanakert on the 32nd anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:49, 14 February 2020
Veterans of Karabakh movement state society's disunity before election
The traditional action in Stepanakert on the 32nd anniversary of the Karabakh liberation movement brought together about 40 veterans. The election campaign creates tensions and distracts local residents from republic's major problems, the veterans have stated.
Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dmEg4C1XY/
16:37, 14 February 2020
Residents of Chechnya criticize court marshals for ban on registration of debtors' cars
Court marshals have reported about more than 100,000 cars in Chechnya, the registration of which was banned because of unpaid debts of owners thereof. The ban bring sufferings not only to debtors, but also the drivers, who have bought such cars not knowing about the debts, local residents have pointed out.
11:58, 14 February 2020
Syrian Parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide
On February 13, Syrian MPs adopted a resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded with words of gratitude.
Repatriates from Syria. Photo by Angela Kuchuberiya for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:54, 14 February 2020
Syrian Circassians from outside compatriots' resettlement programme to Adygea
In 2019, only six families took part in the state programme for the resettlement of Circassian compatriots to their homeland, said Asker Shkhalakhov, the head of the Adygean Committee on Nationalities.
The "Nizhny Zaramag" checkpoint. Screenshot of the video by Don24
11:34, 14 February 2020
South-Ossetian entrepreneurs threaten to strike because of problems on Russian border
The checkpoint staff is detaining heavy trucks with goods on the Russian-South-Ossetian border, demanding to fill in a detailed electronic declaration; and meanwhile foodstuffs get spoiled, entrepreneurs have complained. Under a threat of stop shipments, they demand to solve the problem.
Photo by the press service of the head and the government of the Chechen Republic http://chechnya.gov.ru/organy-vlasti/administratsiya-glavy-i-pravitelstva/rukovodstvo/rukovoditel-administratsii-glavy-i-p/
11:27, 14 February 2020
Closeness to Kadyrov remains main factor in Chechen cadre policy
The appointment of Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew as the head of his administration will increase the political status of Ibragim Zakriev in connection with his closeness to the head of Chechnya, Ruslan Kutaev, an Orientalist, has stated. The degree of influence of Chechen officials is defined by their personal relations with Kadyrov, Rinat Mukhametov, a political analyst, and Alexei Malashenko, an expert, have noted.
11:17, 14 February 2020
Azerbaijani CEC cancels election outcomes in four constituencies
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has considered complaints about violations during the February 9 parliamentary elections and cancelled the outcomes thereof in four constituencies. The complaints concerning 13 other constituencies were sent to the respective commissions at the constituency level. Activists insist that falsifications were made everywhere.
Mother of Rashid Aushev (on the left) and his aunt came to the court to support the activist. Zheleznovodsk, February 13, 2020. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 13 February 2020
Relatives of Ingush activist Rashid Aushev report deterioration of his health in SIZO
At trial, Ingush activist Rashid Aushev stated that he was not guilty of attacking law enforcers in Magas. Rashid Aushev is not allowed to be visited by his relatives and friends, and his decease has aggravated at a SIZO (pre-trial prison), his relatives claimed.
Giyas Ibragimov (on the right) and Bairam Mamedov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo: RFE/RL, https://www.meydan.tv
23:54, 13 February 2020
ECtHR awards compensation to Azerbaijani activists Mamedov and Ibragimov
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded 72,000 euros of compensation to Azerbaijani activists Bairam Mamedov and Giyas Ibragimov, who complained about torture and violation of the right to freedom of expression.
News
Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Rovshan Jabbarov. Photo: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ Azerbaijani activist Jabbarov was subjected to violence after protests in a prison colony.

Polad Aslanov. Photo: https://novator.az/2022/01/25/polad-aslanov-təkid-edir/ Polad Aslanov's wife demanded that his placement in solitary confinement be cancelled.

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.