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Chechen woman talking to a soldier, February 2000. Photo: REUTERS/Vasiliy Fedosenko
21:45, 6 February 2020
Eyewitnesses share their memories about assault of Grozny in 2000
On the 20th anniversary of the assault of Grozny, eyewitnesses of those events recalled how residents of the Chechen capital had to hide in basements from continuous shelling attacks.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
17:31, 6 February 2020
Court denies Robert Kocharyan's defence access to case materials
The Prosecutor's Office succeeded in seeking the cancellation of the decision to submit the materials of the case on the dispersal of demonstrators to advocates of the former president of Armenia.
Soldier of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am
17:19, 6 February 2020
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling attacks on two villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 24 times within 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
Premiere screening of a documentary in memory of Aishat Magomedova in Moscow. Photo by Gor Aleksanyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:50, 6 February 2020
Film about women's lives in Dagestan approved by Moscow audience
The premiere screening of a documentary in memory of Aishat Magomedova was held in Moscow. The film made people think about the hard lives of women living in the mountains of Dagestan, the audience notes.
Rally in Magas, March 27, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
14:39, 6 February 2020
Four new suspects arrested in case on Magas rally
On February 5, the Nalchik City Court pronounced a decision to detain four alleged participants of clashes with law enforcers at a rally in Magas. Information about the new detentions came as a surprise to residents of Ingushetia, notes advocate Magomed Bekov.
Participants of the seminar "Gender in Northern Caucasus". Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the Caucasian Knot
14:26, 6 February 2020
Participants of Moscow meeting note worsening position of women in Caucasus
On February 5, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (known as MGIMO) hosted a seminar entitled "Gender in Northern Caucasus: new challenges, everyday life, and stereotypes (between tradition, religion and modernity)".
Landslide in Chechnya. Photo: Vladimir Anosov. https://www.yuga.ru/news/398587/
11:18, 6 February 2020
Chechnya: resettlers from dilapidated housing complain about poor repairs in new houses
The residents of new houses, who have moved there from the landslide zone of the Nozhai-Yurt District, said that after moving in, they now have to eliminate the results of poor-quality repairs, while the school and hospital are located outside the new settlement.
Blogger Mekhman Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:06, 6 February 2020
CEC partially satisfies blogger Mekhman Guseinov's complaint
Mekhman Guseinov, a blogger, insisted on cancellation of registration of Faradj Guliev, his rival at parliamentary elections, but the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan has only made a warning and decided to wait for the outcome of the investigation initiated by the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO).
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=557490281792370&set=a.108531503354919&type=1&theater
08:22, 6 February 2020
Court refuses to investigate Salaev's allegation of torture
Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has told at the trial that he had been tortured by law enforcers, but the court rejected the defence's motion demanding to investigate this statement.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
08:11, 6 February 2020
Three Vagram Avagyan's colleagues accused under his death case
Investigators have charged two other colleagues of the soldier, Vagram Avagyan, who perished in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), with non-statute relations (hazing); therefore, there are now three persons accused in his death base.
Advocate Gapur Murzabekov during the court hearing, February 5, 2020. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
22:10, 5 February 2020
Defence of Ingush activist Amir Oskanov requests to summon law enforcers to court
An advocate of Amir Oskanov, a participant of a rally in Magas, requested the court to question both law enforces, with the use of force against whom Amir Oskanov was charged.
Military drills in Southern Military District. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Defence of Russia: https://stat.mil.ru/
21:52, 5 February 2020
Political analysts associate Caucasus exercises with Syrian conflict and crisis in Georgia
In the course of the regular military exercises in Northern Caucasus, soldiers and officers are practicing defensive tactics, explain Russian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Their Georgian counterparts associated the military exercises in Russia with the political crisis in Georgia.
Imran Aliev. Screenshot from video posted at YouTube Channel "KYFiK OLEG - PRIME-SHOW" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfz5rSvhXDkZO9ZJjNpmlw
18:05, 5 February 2020
Imran Aliev's murder reveals threat to Chechen activists in Europe
The murder in France of blogger Imran Aliev is an act aimed to intimidate critics of the Chechen government, believes Tumso Abdurakhmanov. The killer was hunting for Minkail Malizaev, whom the French authorities refused to provide police protection, suggested activist Djambulat Suleimanov and human rights defender Daniel Mihailovic.
A "warning conversation" with people detained for for using of narcotic and psychotropic substances. Screenshot from video posted by IA 'Grozny-Inform', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lhD4oUqZMU
17:23, 5 February 2020
Chechen law enforcers continue mass warning conversations with detainees
A new "warning conversation" with people detained for driving cars in a state of alcoholic intoxication, for using of narcotic and psychotropic substances, and "for other illegal actions" was arranged by Rustam Aguev, the chief of the Department for the Kurchaloi District of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Mher Pogosyan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
17:10, 5 February 2020
Karabakh activist Mher Pogosyan ends his hunger strike
Today, Mher Pogosyan, a resident of Stepanakert, has ended his protest rally against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP). The protestor says that he is satisfied with the creation of a commission to examine environmental harm. Mher Pogosyan called for an anti-corruption inspection.
Idris Baisultanov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: chechnya.gov.ru, Reuters. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
13:19, 5 February 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov appoints a relative Chechen minister to continue own personnel policy
Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed his cousin Idris Baisultanov the Minister of Education of Chechnya. Earlier, Idris Baisultanov held the post of the deputy head of the Chechen leader's administration. Ramzan Kadyrov continues to build his own "power vertical axis" in Chechnya, local residents suggest.
A man sitting at the computer. Photo: pixabay.com
13:06, 5 February 2020
Human rights defenders assess degree of Internet control in Caucasus
Four out of the six regions of the Southern Federal District, including the Volgograd and Rostov Regions, the Krasnodar Territory, and Adygea, are in the "red" area, the report suggests. This means that 30 or more facts of restriction of digital freedom were registered in the region or at least one case of violence as a result of online activity of citizens. In the North-Caucasian Federal District, the "red" area included Ingushetia, Chechnya, and the Stavropol Territory.
Portrait of Julietta Gukasyan. Screenshot from video posted by CBC TV Azerbaijan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbZDzKF_U3A&feature=emb_logo
11:29, 5 February 2020
Russian soldier accused of killing woman in Gyumri failed to appear at court for fifth time
The court session on the murder of Julietta Gukasyan in Gyumri has been postponed for the fifth time because of the non-appearance of the accused Russian soldier. The Russian party has demanded to ensure his safety. The command of the Russian military base does not want in principle to bring soldier Razgeldeev to court, Arthur Sakunts, a human rights defender, has stated.
Alexander Kananyan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:14, 5 February 2020
Alexander Kananyan stops his hunger strike
Alexander Kananyan, a resident of Karvachar, a city in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has stopped his protest hunger strike after the start of a commission on studying the environmental impact of minor hydropower plants (HPPs). Meanwhile, his supporter, Mger Pogosyan, continues his hunger strike.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
11:02, 5 February 2020
ECtHR awards compensations on North-Caucasian kidnapping complaints
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay 80,000-88,000 euros to residents of Dagestan and Ingushetia, who complained about kidnapping of their relatives by law enforcers.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Muftis of the North Caucasus republics have announced the start dates for Ramadan.

Recognized human losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 7,250

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.