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17:33, 4 February 2019
Chief Physician from KBR associates her dismissal with criticism of MPH
A formal reason for her dismissal was a minor error in her tax declaration, while the real reason was her criticism of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) for insufficient supply of patients with medications, she has stated.
Alazani River. Photo: A. Mukhranov, travelgeorgia.ru, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33422276
11:30, 4 February 2019
Several hundred Pankisi residents protest against HPP construction
Residents of the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia have held an action in Birkiani against the construction of the "Khadori-3" hydropower plant (HPP). They have refused to resettle because of the construction, even if they are offered better conditions.
11:27, 4 February 2019
Georgia: two persons detained for beating up LGBT supporters
Two attacks based on intolerance to non-traditional sexual orientation committed in Georgia; two suspects were detained, the police said.
The dwelling settlement of Ilsky. Photo: https://pixabay.com
11:23, 4 February 2019
Investigators name homophobia as priority version of killing two Kuban pensioners
A month after the murder of pensioners committed in the dwelling settlement of Ilsky, Seversky District of the Krasnodar Territory (also called Kuban by the name of the main river), investigators regard homophobia one of the priority versions. The suspected killer is detained and gives confessions.
11:42, 3 February 2019
Pashinyan refuses to pardon Mger Enokyan
The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given a negative opinion on the pardoning the lifelong convict Mger Enokyan. A new petition can be filed in a year, but the prisoner is unlikely to do it, his wife has stated.
Cairo. View from Cairo TV Tower. Photo: Przemyslaw 'Blueshade' Idzkiewicz. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каир
11:29, 3 February 2019
Four Ingush students imprisoned in Egypt
The fate of one of the five Ingush students detained in Cairo in the summer of 2018 remains unknown, said Yushaa Gazgireev, a State Duma MP. Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has decided to join the efforts aimed to clarify the reasons for the detention of young people.
11:19, 3 February 2019
NKR counts 200 shelling attacks within a week
In the period from January 27 to February 2, 2019, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan fired over 1300 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported on February 2.
Gas pipelines above a street in Chechen village. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
11:09, 3 February 2019
Resident of Chechnya apologizes for criticising gas controllers
A resident of the Urus-Martan District has posted in the WhatsApp his apology to the employees of the gas supplying company, whom he had accused of "injustice." The man has apologized fearing the coercion to publicly repent on the TV, local residents have suggested.
Message reading that the website has been blocked. Screenshot made by Aravot journalists. https://www.aravot-ru.am/2019/02/01/297376/
18:30, 2 February 2019
"Roskomnadzor" blocks Russian-language version of Armenian online media
The website "Aravot-ru.am" has been blocked in Russia for refusing to remove the data on the Sochi businessman of Armenian origin from the material about the cooperation of the Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with crime bosses, the editorial board of the website has reported.
Picket in support of Anastasia Shevchenko, February 1, 2019. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
18:19, 2 February 2019
Rostov picketers demand to release Anastasia Shevchenko
About 50 residents of Rostov-on-Don gathered for a picket demanding to decriminalize the article on "undesirable organizations" and stop the criminal prosecution of the local activist Anastasia Shevchenko.
Ekaterina Beseliya. Photo: Mziya Saganelidze. RFE/RL
18:06, 2 February 2019
17 persons detained in Georgia for spreading video of MP's intimate life
The Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has detained 17 people on charges of storing and mass dissemination on the Internet of video records that violate the privacy.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayantshttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20190130/17029686/konstitucionnyj-sud-armenii-otklonil-isk-advokata-roberta-kocharyana.html
12:49, 2 February 2019
Kocharyan tells about attempts to involve militaries in 2008 confrontation
In 2008, the opposition tried to involve military servicemen in the political confrontation. The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, has stated at the trial that he had stopped these attempts.
Pavel Grib. Photo: Maria Tomak / Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1781782718522118&set=pb.100000712204251.-2207520000.1511256161.&type=3&theater
12:40, 2 February 2019
Defence achieves check of Grib's complaints about law enforcers
The North-Caucasian District Military Court has instructed investigators to check the applications of Pavel Grib that he had given confessions under pressure. The court also agreed to question the doctor from Ukraine, Vasily Pritula, who had supervised Pavel Grib since childhood.
12:27, 2 February 2019
IS* claims responsibility for attack on law enforcers in Sernovodskaya
The "Islamic State" (IS, earlier ISIL), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, has declared Mansur Beltoev, the Ingushetia resident killed in the attack on Chechen law enforcers, to be its militant; however, it marked the Stavropol Territory as the place of the attack.
08:40, 2 February 2019
Kremlin postpones decision on petition calling for Evkurov's resignation
The administration of President Putin has extended the term for the consideration of the demands of Ingush activists, namely, the resignation of the head of Ingushetia, and the cancellation of the border agreement with Chechnya and the transfer of the Prigorodny District. The postponement was explained by the need to study additional documents, Magomed Mutsolgov has informed.
Jostlement in Dagestan, February 1, 2019. Screenshot from video at: https://www.instagram.com/p/BtVrU5WHb_Q/
08:29, 2 February 2019
Kerimov's almsgiving results in jostlement in Derbent
Several Derbent townspeople have suffered in a charity event organized by Senator (Member of the Federation Council) Suleiman Kerimov, after which the police stopped the food distribution.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov holds solo picket, Makhachkala, February 1, 2019. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
22:01, 1 February 2019
Gasanguseinov says he won't seek meeting with Dagestani head any longer
Murtazali Gasanguseinov has stated today during his picket that he does not want to meet the head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, since the latter had called the murder of Murtazali's sons a mistake.
Gazprom logo. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
21:47, 1 February 2019
In Arashukov's case, Dagestan figures as leader in gas thefts
Out of the 31.7 billion roubles lost by Gazprom because of the thefts, imputed to Raul Arashukov and four other top bosses of Gazprom structures, at least 27.4 billion were embezzled at gas supplies to Dagestan. Gas thefts were also committed in the Stavropol Territory and Karachay-Cherkessia, investigators assert.
Rafael Guseinzade holds solo picket. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video
17:23, 1 February 2019
Court refuses to release Azerbaijani activist
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint against the arrest of the activist Rafael Guseinzade after his solo picket in support of political prisoners.
Law enforcers in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko
17:08, 1 February 2019
Public talk on drug addiction in Chechnya raises collective responsibility problem
The participants of a prophylactic talk with detainees for drug use and distribution, which was shown on TV, did not come there voluntarily, residents of Chechnya have informed. They also recalled the principle of collective responsibility in force in the republic.
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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.