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Poland's domestic counterintelligence agency, Warsaw. Photo: Polskie Radio (RFE/RL)
22:42, 11 February 2019
Poland to deport native of Chechnya for links with IS*
A native of Chechnya was detained in Poland on suspicion of having links with terrorist organizations; the authorities are preparing to extradite him to Russia.
Patrol duty cars in Baku. Photo: ©: Sputnik / Murad Orujov https://sputnik-georgia.ru/caucasus/20180429/240254500/baku-zaderzhany-police.html
22:19, 11 February 2019
Five PFPA members detained during trial of their party comrade
The court has refused to release Zakhir Mamedli, the head of one of the branches of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Five activists, who came to the courthouse, were taken to the police station. Four of them were later released.
Oyub Titiev (left) and his advocates in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
17:15, 11 February 2019
Titiev's defence demands to disqualify the judge
The judge's decisions to reject all the defence's petitions in the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", may be associated with fears for the judge's personal safety, Titiev's advocate has stated today. The prosecutors have treated the defence's demands to disqualify the court as unjustified.
Dirty mattress in the infectious diseases ward of the hospital. Screenshot from the Instagram page of the community "ChP/Nalchik", https://www.instagram.com/p/BttlcMdHfz-/
17:04, 11 February 2019
Social networks criticize KBR's Health Ministry for poor state of hospitals
Users of the Instagram have expressed outrage at the information about dirty mattresses and bedspreads, issued to patients in the infectious diseases ward of the hospital of the dwelling settlement of Maisky and stated that a similar picture can be observed in hospitals in other cities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
Armenian mission before being sent to Syria. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia
16:16, 11 February 2019
Armenian opposition criticizes sending mission to Syria
Officials voice contradictory statements about the reasons for sending a humanitarian contingent to Syria, state Armen Ashotyan, the deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). The "Sasna Tsrer" Party described sending of armed forces to Syria as "colonial dependence on Russia."
Special forces agent. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-respublike-tatarstan.html#&gid=1&pid=4
15:54, 11 February 2019
On February 4-10, 2019, one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of February 4-10, 2019, one person was killed in the 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.
At a place where suspicious subject was found in Baku. Photo: © Sputnik / Yelena Starostina https://az.sputniknews.ru/incidents/20190209/419340678/v-bakinskom-dvore-najdena-ruchnaja-granata.html
15:42, 11 February 2019
Grenade found near kindergarten in Baku
A teenager reported to the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Azerbaijan that he had found a grenade in an abandoned front garden in a yard of a house in Ganja Avenue in Baku.
Children going to school, Baghdad (Iraq), December 16, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
11:15, 11 February 2019
Twenty-seven Russian children get back from Iraq
27 children from Russia aged from four to 13 years were brought to Moscow from Iraq. The children had been kept in a prison in Baghdad, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.
Picket in support of Anastasia Shevchenko in Astrakhan, February 10, 2019. Photo: Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
11:03, 11 February 2019
Astrakhan activists stand up for Anastasia Shevchenko
Astrakhan picketers, supporting Anastasia Shevchenko have demanded to release her and stop political repressions.
Mountain village of Shatili in Georgia. Screenshot from film 'Khevsureti - Shatili – Mutso', Kirill Shatilof / YouTube
10:51, 11 February 2019
Kadyrov's idea of border crossing to Georgia reminds struggle for Pankisi
At the promotion of the Kremlin, Kadyrov is advocating the idea of building a road and a border crossing point from Chechnya to Georgia in order to ensure control by Russian intelligence services over the Pankisi Gorge, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have suggested.
Armenian servicemen loading cargo before going to Syria. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://mil.am/ru/news/5921
10:40, 11 February 2019
Sending Armenian mission to Syria treated as curtsey to Russia
Armenia has agreed to send a humanitarian contingent in order to soften the existing disagreements with Russia, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:27, 10 February 2019
Calls for revising Chechen-Stavropol Territory border remind situation of the 1990s
The statements of Cossack activists about the return of the Naursky and Shelkovskoy Districts of Chechnya to the Stavropol Territory are an attempt to earn political points on this topic, as it was in the 1990s, scientists assert, noting that the border is fixed, and the authorities have no disagreement on the issue.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
10:23, 10 February 2019
Ossetian Muslims oppose Kadyrov's involvement in the issue of Vladikavkaz mosque
Vladikavkaz lacks mosques, the North-Ossetian Muftiate has reported, commenting on the petition for the transfer of the building where the planetarium is located, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM). Believers think that the religious building should be used for its intended purpose, but the solution of this issue should not go beyond the republic.
The 100 manat banknotes. Photo © Sputnik / Murad Orujov http://ru.sputnik.az/economy/20161209/408034914/manat-perexodit-na-polniy-plavayushiy-kurs.html
10:19, 10 February 2019
Wage increase in Azerbaijan causes economists' scepticism
The head of Azerbaijan has ordered to increase the minimum (floor) wage in the country by almost 40% starting from March 1 – up to 180 manats instead of 130. Economists are confident that the wage increase will be followed by growth of taxes on entrepreneurs and fines.
16:50, 9 February 2019
Advocate states torture of person detainee in Dagestan
Law enforcers have tortured Abdul Magomedov, a resident of Khasavyurt, with electric current, trying to knock out a confession to the creation of an illegal armed formation (IAF), the defence has stated. Other confessions to this case were given by two local residents.
Talks within the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms. February 8, 2019. © Sputnik / Mikhail Khasiev https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20190208/8057252/Dezinformatsiya-i-granitsa-chto-obsudili-predstaviteli-Yuzhnoy-Osetii-i-Gruzii.html
16:44, 9 February 2019
South-Ossetian delegates refuse discussing Archil Tatunashvili's case
Georgia has unsuccessfully tried to raise the issue of the death of Archil Tatunashvili, who was detained on the border. Tskhinvali complained about reports of Georgian mass media on the humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia.
Azerbaijani soldiers during military training. February 2019. Photo by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan
16:37, 9 February 2019
Azerbaijan reports shelling of its positions in five villages
During the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani troops were attacked for 20 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
A protest action held in Tbilisi with a demand to dismantle the monument to Mikhail Avagyan. February 8, 2019. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/aliQmedia/videos/343223656527583/
13:06, 9 February 2019
Azerbaijanis in Georgia demand to demolish monument to Mikhail Avagyan
The participants of the action in Tbilisi have stated that Azerbaijanis' protests will continue until the monument to Mikhail Avagyan, a veteran of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, erected in Akhalkalaki, is dismantled.
The main page of the "Aravot". Screenshot made by the "Caucasian Knot" on February 9 at 03:00 MSK
13:05, 9 February 2019
Armenian online edition unblocked in Russia after diplomats' intervention
The Russian-language version of the "Aravot" is excluded from the register of violators of the law on the protection of personal data, the editor-in-chief of the online edition has reported. Earlier, the editorial board received three demands from the "Roskomnadzor" to exclude the name of a Russian businessman from publications.
Ismail Berdiev. Photo: screenshot of the video published on the IslamNews YouTube channel
13:03, 9 February 2019
Ingush Muslim Centre not to stand up for Koran "extremist" interpretation
The public council of the Nasyr-Kort Mosque in Ingushetia has called on the Muslims' Coordination Centre (MCC) of Northern Caucasus to stand up for the book interpreting the Koran in the translation of the philosopher, Elmir Kuliev, which the prosecutor's office demanded to treat as an extremist one.
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Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

Serbian authorities have changed their minds about granting citizenship to Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew.

Activists reported mass arrests in Chechnya.

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.