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Sign of the "Warm House on the Mountain" shelter. Screenshot of the shelter's Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuREf43AIHR/
13:42, 3 February 2020
In Makhachkala, shelter administration announces its version of conflict with inmates
In Makhachkala, victims of violence who lived in the "Warm House on the Mountain" shelter were not forced to work for free and communicate with journalists. A request for the eviction of women is related to the violation by them of the shelter rules, announces the administration of the shelter in response to the article prepared and posted by Svetlana Anokhina.
David Mamedov. Screenshot from video posted on YouTube by 'OsNova' edition, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2_BKVppgw&feature=emb_logo
12:03, 3 February 2020
Attack on a journalist committed in Vladikavkaz
In the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania, two men have forced David Mamedov, a journalist, into a car and searched him by accusing him of spreading narcotic drugs, Mamedov himself announced on February 2. The local branch of the Russian Union of Journalists has called on the police to promptly investigate the attack on Mamedov.
The village of Staraya (Gornaya) Saniba in the Prigorodny District of North Ossertia. Photo: Iosif Korotkij, https://ru.wikipedia.org
11:19, 3 February 2020
Ingush lawyers initiate amendments to Constitution
The proposed amendment can help to restore the "Ingushes' right to the Prigorodny District" and become a "legal basis for resolving territorial disputes and establishing peace in the Caucasus," wrote the lawyer Ozdoev.
Protest action of Vagram Avagyan's relatives. Screenshot from video posted by YouTube Channel NEWS.am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7YTwR_MEXw&feature=emb_logo
11:08, 3 February 2020
Vagram Avagyan's relatives demand not to treat his death as suicide
A protest action held by relatives of the soldier, who perished in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) turned into clashes with policemen, who wouldn't let the protesters into Yerevan. The Armenian Minister of Defence has persuaded the soldier's relatives to disperse by promising to revise the suicidal version of his death.
Imran Aliev. Screenshot from video posted at YouTube Channel "KYFiK OLEG - PRIME-SHOW" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfz5rSvhXDkZO9ZJjNpmlw
10:43, 3 February 2020
Tumso unveils version of Chechen blogger's murder in France
Imran Aliev, a blogger, was killed in France by a native of Chechnya linked with a well-known Chechen official, says the publication of Tumso Abdurakhmanov.
11:42, 2 February 2020
Opposition claims inhuman custody conditions of Azerbaijani activists
Arrests of oppositionists under administrative cases have frequented in Azerbaijan, while their custody conditions are inhuman, the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) asserts.
Opening of the park named after Akhmat Kadyrov in Urus-Martan, January 31, 2020. Screenshot from video posted at: https://youtu.be/IYiFcoJKxIk
11:28, 2 February 2020
New park in Urus-Martan named after Akhmat Kadyrov
The first city park has been opened in the city of Urus-Martan. In order to flatter their boss, Chechen officials call any new objects after Akhmat Kadyrov, Ramzan's father, local residents, dissatisfied with the initiative, told the "Caucasian Knot".
Serviceman of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh. http://www.nkrmil.am/
10:51, 2 February 2020
NKR counts 200 shelling attacks during week
Since January 26, soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1150 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reported on February 1.
Clashes of protesters and policemen in Tbilisi, November 18, 2019. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
18:04, 1 February 2020
Rights defenders criticize Georgian authorities for restricting freedom of self-expression
Law enforcers stick to especially tough approach with regard to demonstrations critical of the government, and their actions are aimed at restricting the freedom of self-expression, rather than at responding to violations, the NGO "Georgian Democratic Initiative" (GDI) states in its report.
Soldier of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/ru/news/7402
17:46, 1 February 2020
Azerbaijan claims 24 shelling attacks on frontline
The positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
17:03, 1 February 2020
Baiting Vladikavkaz student stopped after flash mob on Facebook
The Vladikavkaz female student, in support of whom a flash mob on the Facebook was organized, said that threats against her for public dancing have stopped.
16:39, 1 February 2020
PO offers agreement to Moris Machalikashvili
The family of Moris Machalikashvili, who is accused of violence during protests in Tbilisi, insists on his conclusion a procedural deal in hope for his speedy release. Machalikashvili denies the charges against him and is ready to admit only that he had accidentally pushed a law enforcer, said his advocate.
PACE sitting. Photo: press service of the Council of Europe, http://assembly.coe.int/nw/Home-EN.asp
11:55, 1 February 2020
PACE urges Armenian authorities to reduce pressure on Constitutional Court
The unprecedented level of tensions of the government with the Constitutional Court (CC) threatens the whole judicial system, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia have stated.
Members of the "Beslan Mothers" committee, 2017. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot
11:37, 1 February 2020
"Beslan Mothers" find law on terror act victims' status a must
The additional state support promised by Vladimir Putin will help to remove some of the problems faced by the victims of the terror act on Beslan School No. 1. But it is also necessary to adopt a law on the status of terror act victims, the members of the "Beslan Mothers" committee have pointed out.
Crisis centre "Warm House on the Mountain". Screenshot of the centre's Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DXUf_B5N8/
11:21, 1 February 2020
Anokhina reports eviction of violence victims from shelter in Makhachkala
The managers of the Makhachkala shelter for domestic violence victims tried to drive into the street those of their clients, who refused to communicate with the media, Svetlana Anokhina, a Dagestani journalist, has reported.
Sign at the entrance to the Employment Service. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:10, 1 February 2020
Economists criticize unemployment statistics in Northern Caucasus
The data of the "Rosstat" (Russian Federal Statistics Service) on the record low unemployment in Ingushetia and Chechnya should not be trusted, as it fails to take into account the informal employment, Professor Natalia Zubarevich has noted.
08:34, 1 February 2020
MIA announces average bribe in Northern Caucasus
In 2019, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) revealed that officials at various levels received 244 bribes, said Sergey Bachurin, the head of the Main Department of the Russian MIA for Northern Caucasus, on January 31. "In 2019, the average bribe amounted to 245,000 roubles," the "Interfax-South" quotes him as saying. In total, 101 persons were prosecuted for bribery.
Mosque in the Hungarian Fighters Street in Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
08:24, 1 February 2020
Makhachkala resident reports law enforcers' threats during their raid at Tangim Mosque
A visitor to the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala said that law enforcers tried, under far-fetched pretext, to detain him after the Friday prayer. Dozens of law enforcers took part in the raid at the mosque.
Djambulat Umarov. Screenshot of Djambulat Umarov's Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-a7nwI4S3/
21:43, 31 January 2020
Djambulat Umarov argues with rights defenders on detentions in Chechnya
Djambulat Umarov, a Chechen Minister, has treated the version of rights defenders that by his words about the need to "warn a dozen of troublemakers and villains" he had indirectly confirmed the fact of detentions of the distributors of the photo collage with Kadyrov as inconsistent. At the same time, the minister refrained from asserting that there were no detentions.
Olga Karpukhnova holds solo picket in Volgograd, January 31, 2020. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
21:26, 31 January 2020
Activists mark tenth anniversary of "Strategy-31" with pickets in Volgograd
Over the past three years, protests in defence of the freedom of assembly have been held in Volgograd in the form of solo pickets; the Mayoralty wouldn't sanction mass actions. Passers-by have supported two activists of the "Strategy-31" campaign, who came out today with posters to the city centre.
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.