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08:37, 6 February 2019
Georgian priest released from detention centre in Tskhinvali
The South-Ossetian party has handed the priest David Durglishvili, who was detained on the border, over to Georgian law enforcers.
A map fragment with the border between Dagestan and Chechnya across Lake Kezenoi-Am. Screenshot of a picture published on Shamil Khadulaev's page
08:34, 6 February 2019
Chechnya and Dagestan split Lake Kezenoi-Am
The discussion of the Dagestani-Chechen border in Grozny passed without conflict, said Shamil Khadulaev, a member of the Dagestani delegation, showing a map fragment with the border across Lake Kezenoi-Am. Residents of Dagestan called on the authorities to ensure the open process of delimitating the border with Chechnya.
A solidarity action. Activists are holding posters saying (from left to right), "Solidarity with Temirlan's family", "Stop using Pankisi for political purposes", "Solidarity with Pankisi". Tbilisi, January 11, 2018. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:55, 5 February 2019
Relatives of young men killed in special operation in Georgia lose trial to law enforcers
A Tbilisi court has refused to find that the State Security Service (SSS) had violated the presumption of innocence, by stating the involvement of Temirlan Machalikashvili, killed in a special operation in Pankisi, in extremism.
Elnur Guseinzade. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN5klvI593A
23:52, 5 February 2019
Azerbaijani military Guseinzade released from captivity in NKR
Elnur Guseinzade, an Azerbaijani prisoner of war, has served his two-year sentence and asked to send him not to Azerbaijan, but to a third country, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported.
A border. Photo Sputnik / Natalya Ayriyan https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20190204/8026499/V-Yuzhnoy-Osetii-izmenili-pravila-peresecheniya-granitsy-s-Gruziey.html
20:09, 5 February 2019
Georgian priest detained on border with South Ossetia
Priest David Durglishvili from the village of Nikozi was placed to an isolation ward in Tskhinvali after his detention near the border with South Ossetia, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reported.
The judge's gavel. Photo: https://courts.gov.az/ru
20:01, 5 February 2019
Azerbaijani reporter claims being persecuted for criticizing head of state-owned company
A case against Noureddin Ismayilov, the editor-in-chief of the website "Teref.az", charged with calls against the state after reprinting articles criticizing top managers of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "AzerEnergy", was transferred to the Baku court. The journalist treats the charge against him as unfounded.
The Yerevan State University. Photo: Սէրուժ Ուրիշեան (Serouj Ourishian) https://ru.wikipedia.org
19:57, 5 February 2019
In Yerevan, scientists protest against threat of mass layoffs
250 researchers from the Yerevan State University (known as YeSU) will lose part of their income and other 200 will lose their jobs due to the fact that the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers revised the financing of scientific projects, scientists state. They believe the government's decision contradicts the law and threaten to hold protest actions.
Khizri Shikhsaidov (on the left) and Magomed Daudov. Photo by the press service of the State Broadcasting Company 'Dagestan' http://rgvktv.ru/politika/56742
19:52, 5 February 2019
Speaker of Dagestani parliament comes to Daudov to discuss border with Chechnya
Today, Khizri Shikhsaidov, Speaker of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, has paid a return visit to Magomed Daudov, the chairman of the Chechen parliament, to discuss the issue of the border between the two republics.
Saipudi Nataev, a historian. Photo: screenshot of the video by Masalsh https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=ZLSREH82FQk
15:57, 5 February 2019
Scientists in Chechnya tell history of re-fixing borders with Stavropol Territory
Chechen historians said that there is no point in re-fix the borders of Chechnya with the Stavropol Territory once again, all the more, it is impossible to conduct such experiments in Southern Russia, given the mentality of the nations living in the region.
15:57, 5 February 2019
CoE criticizes restriction of national minorities' rights in Azerbaijan
National minorities in Azerbaijan are restricted in their right to express opinions and face difficulties in learning in their native language, while Talyshes and Lezgins are unreasonably accused of separatism, a Committee of the Council of Europe (CoE) has stated. The restrictions on the rights of national minorities are a consequence of the general restriction of democratic freedoms in Azerbaijan, Togrul Djuvarly, a political analyst, has stated.
Ovannes Galstyan, an Armenian filmmaker. Photo SPUTNIK / ANDRANIK GHAZARYAN Ovannes Galstyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/culture/20181212/16214861/spas-armeniy-mezhdunarodnogo-skandala-chem-zakonchilsya-spor-golodayushchego-rezhissera.html
15:54, 5 February 2019
Armenian filmmaker goes on hunger strike at Parliament
Ovannes Galstyan, an Armenian Film Director, has demanded to resume funding the film "My Granma's Curls". He stopped his first hunger strike last December after meeting the Minister of Culture, but resumed it due to non-fulfilment of agreements.
The North Caucasus District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:44, 5 February 2019
Residents of Ingushetia accused of terrorism denied inquiry into torture
The persons accused of plotting terror acts in Ingushetia and at the French Embassy in Moscow were denied initiating a case on the abuse of official powers by law enforcers.
Posters with the photos of Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement. Baku, April 8, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:42, 5 February 2019
"Muslim Unity" activists go on hunger strike in jail
Talekh Bagirzade, the leader of the "Muslim Unity" Movement, and Abbas Guseinov, an activist of the movement, are on a hunger strike in Gobustan Prison in protest against torture.
A policeman. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:32, 5 February 2019
Policeman wounded at attack in Nalchik dies
Aslan Balkarov, the DPS (road-and-patrol service) inspector, who was wounded in the attack committed in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) on January 25, has died in hospital on Monday, February 4, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
08:30, 5 February 2019
Two oppositionists detained in Baku
Amil Mamedzade, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), detained on Monday, February 4, 2019, has been sentenced to 25 days of arrest. The fate of activist Elnur Djabbarly is not yet known, said Ilham Gusein, member of the PFPA's Presidium.
Tbilisi City Court. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
23:59, 4 February 2019
Court releases on bail "Donbass" veterans detained in Georgia
Seven former militaries of the Ukrainian battalion "Donbass", detained during a special operation in December in Tbilisi, have been released on bail, said Semyon Semenchenko, an MP of the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Assembly) of Ukraine.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva (RFE/RL)
23:57, 4 February 2019
South-Ossetian authorities complicate Georgian border crossing
Citizens of South Ossetia will no longer be able to cross the border with Georgia on their passports; they will have to get a special pass, the South-Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security) has announced.
Bekkhan Yusupov. Photo: screenshot of the video by 'Chechnya Segonya' (Chechnya Today) https://www.youtube.com/user/chechnyatodaycom
23:00, 4 February 2019
A Chechen resident complains to Prosecutor's Office after publication of "Novaya Gazeta"
Bekkhan Yusupov reported that he had been detained because of storing rounds, and not due to suspicions of homosexuality. The man accused the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" of slander. Residents of Chechnya expressed their scepticism about the Bekkhan Yusupov's public speech.
Gatherers of wild garlic. Photo: Radio Marsho (RFE/RL)
22:57, 4 February 2019
Residents of Chechnya report ban to gather wild garlic near Ingush border
In the Achkhoi-Martan District, the authorities have forbidden gathering wild garlic on the territories adjacent to Ingushetia until January 31, reported residents of Chechnya. The ban was introduced on January 1 because of operational activities, reported the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Military excercises in the Karabakh army. Photo http://www.nkrmil.am/history-of-defence-army/view/39
17:35, 4 February 2019
Azerbaijan reports shelling of two villages
Azerbaijani positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 25 times within the last 24 hours, including those deployed in two border villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
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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.