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    At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
    11:40, 2 March 2019
    Armenian authorities treat verdict to Kazaryan as violation of international law
    The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint against the verdict to Karen Kazaryan, sentenced in Azerbaijan to 20 years in prison, and decided to consider the case in an accelerated manner, the defence of Kazaryan, a citizen of Armenia, has stated.
    March in Yerevan, March 1, 2019. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
    08:41, 2 March 2019
    Armenian residents commemorate victims of March 2008 protest suppression
    Five thousand people took part in the march on the 11th anniversary of the clashes of oppositionists with law enforcers. The authorities will never solve internal problems by force, the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has promised.
    Galanchozh District. Photo: Tsoy-Peda_1 https://ru.wikipedia.org
    08:30, 2 March 2019
    Residents of Chechnya voice out conditions for returning to Galanchozh District
    Commenting on the authorities' promises to build housing for the resettlers and pay installation allowances to them, natives of the Galanchozh District have expressed concern that the necessary infrastructure would not be fully built.
    Kepsha River. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
    08:22, 2 March 2019
    Flooding in Sochi linked with Olympic construction
    The Sochi authorities claim that there is no danger to townspeople living near the Kepsha River. Activists have linked the flooding in Sochi with large-scale extraction of gravel from the river and the construction of Olympic facilities.
    Arkadi Akopyan (second from right) in the hall of the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, March 1, 2019. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
    21:24, 1 March 2019
    KBR's SC closes Akopyan's case
    The Supreme Court (SC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has decided that after the mitigation of the article on extremism, there was no crime element in the case of Arkadi Akopyan, a believer of Jehovah's Witnesses, the religious organization, recognized as extremist and banned by the court decision.
    Mikhail Savostin in the courtroom. Photo: press service of the Committee in support of political prisoner Mikhail Savostin
    21:15, 1 March 2019
    Witness in Mikhail Savostin's case tells about threats from law enforcer
    The testimony about the joint use of drugs with Mikhail Savostin, the head of the "People's Assembly of Mineralnye Vody", was given under pressure, said the witness, Sergey Didenko, at the court session on February 28 and named the law enforcer who threatened him.
    Fakhraddin Aboszoda. Screenshot from video: Qezene Qazana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n02R9uikaU
    18:20, 1 March 2019
    Talysh activist extradited from Russia to Azerbaijan
    Russia has given Fakhraddin Abbasov, a Talysh activist, out to Azerbaijan; he is accused in his homeland of appeals against territorial integrity and of hostility incitement.
    Law enforcer. Photo: Yulia Simatova / Yugopolis
    18:10, 1 March 2019
    Rights defenders make film about torture of four Anapa residents
    The film "Extreme South", the presentation of which is scheduled for March 2, tells about the fate of four residents of Anapa, who were tortured and became figurants of a criminal case on robbery. For the fourth year, they are under house arrest, whereas there is not a single suspect in the torture case, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has informed.
    Map of new border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. Photo: press service of Ingushetia government
    17:59, 1 March 2019
    Data on Chechen-Ingush border entered into state registry
    The updated Chechen-Ingush border has been checked by experts of federal agencies and entered into the "Rosreestr" (Unified State Real Estate Registry – USRER), the agency has announced today.
    Tanks of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=24276
    12:55, 1 March 2019
    Azerbaijan reports 26 shelling attacks in conflict zone
    During the last 24 hours, the truce regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 26 times; two border villages were hit by the shelling, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
    House in Kardanov Brothers Street in Nalchik after special operation. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
    12:48, 1 March 2019
    Owner of house destroyed during CTO in Nalchik tells about tenant
    The house, in which during the counterterrorist operation in Nalchik, three persons were killed, was rented by a young man a day before the CTO, the woman-owner of the house has stated. Law enforcement sources have named the casualties.
    LJ at 2018 Big Love Show. Photo: Okras/https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Элджей#/media/File:Элджей_(5)_на_Big_Love_Show_2018_в_СПб.jpg
    11:24, 1 March 2019
    HRW: Russia introduces censorship of youth music
    The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a statement in the context of cancellation of concerts and authorities' interference into the concert activities of groups and performers popular among young people in various Russian regions, including Northern Caucasus.
    Salome Zurabishvili and Ilham Aliev during the visit of the Georgian President to Azerbaijan, February 27, 2019. Photo: press service of the President of Azerbaijan: https://ru.president.az/articles/32063
    11:13, 1 March 2019
    Zurabishvili announces demarcation of Georgian-Azerbaijani border
    The issue of the common border section will be resolved by the end of the year, the Georgian President, Salome Zurabishvili, has stated during her visit to Azerbaijan, citing the friendly relations of the two countries.
    Laying of flowers in memory of victims of Sumgait pogroms, Stepanakert, February 28, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
    08:22, 1 March 2019
    NKR residents commemorate victims of Sumgait pogroms
    On February 28, district centres of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) held marches, laying of flowers and other events in memory of the victims of the Sumgait pogroms. A documentary film about the pogroms of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan in late 1980s and early 1990s was screened in the central library of the district centre of Gadrut.
    Criminal case. Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
    08:17, 1 March 2019
    Dagestani woman accused of links with militants
    A female resident of Makhachkala had joined militants and took part in a robbery and kidnapping of two persons, the Prosecutor's Office (PO) has stated.
    Eldar Iraziev. Photo from Instagram personal page: eldar_irazievhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BuWdhcxhy5Y/
    21:26, 28 February 2019
    Blogger Iraziev claims being registered at police after criticizing nightclubs in Dagestan
    In his video appeal, Eldar Iraziev, a comedian actor and a blogger, who is popular in Dagestan, has said that law enforcers put him on the police prevention registration list as an extremist after he had spoken about nightclubs. When commenting on the scandalous performance "Hunting for Men", the blogger called for the introduction of censorship in Dagestan.
    Natalia Estemirova. Photo: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (BRITAIN)
    21:17, 28 February 2019
    On Natalia Estemirova's birthday, AI calls for investigation into her murder
    During ten years, the murder of Natalia Estemirova has never been effectively investigated, the "Amnesty International" (AI) declares on the birthday of the murdered rights defender who would celebrate her 61st birthday today.
    18:10, 28 February 2019
    Advocates criticize Azerbaijani authorities for sentencing PFPA activists
    The verdict in the case on financing the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) is not justified and unfair, and therefore, it will be challenged, advocates of the sentenced activists announce.
    Polling station in Georgia, November 28, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Tornike Turabelidze
    18:02, 28 February 2019
    Georgian opposition starts collecting signatures to change election system
    Today, over 20 opposition parties have started to collect signatures under a petition to completely abandon the mixed proportional majority system in favour of the proportional system at the 2020 parliamentary elections. Opposition members explain their petition by the fact that under the current proportional majority system, the ruling party gains most of the mandates in the parliament.
    Ekaterina Tolstikova and another participant of the trip on the demarcation of the Dagestani borders. Photo: press service of the Administration of the Babayurt Disctict of Dagestan
    17:51, 28 February 2019
    Dagestani commission finds problem section on border with Chechnya
    A participant of the trip arranged by the commission on the demarcation of the Dagestani borders reported about a dispute between a local entrepreneur and residents of Chechnya over construction at the border.
    News
    Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

    Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

    Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

    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.