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05:26, 11 February 2018
Film about women's oppression arouses interest in Nalchik
On February 9 and 10, the State Concert Hall in Nalchik hosted the International Documentary Film Festival "We are in the Big World. Stories from Life", organized by the Independent Film Promotion Foundation "Projector of Live Stories".
02:29, 11 February 2018
Saakashvili says Ukrainian authorities want to deport him to Poland
Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, said that the State Migration Service (SMS) of Ukraine had signed a package of documents on his deportation to Poland.
Vladimir Vasiliev, Yuri Chaika, Ivan Sydoruk. Makhachkala, February 10, 2018. Photo: press service of the head of Dagestan, Ivan Sydoruk
23:02, 10 February 2018
Dagestani leader declares new priorities of republic
In Dagestan, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has revealed hundreds of corruption-related violations and dozens of concealed crimes, Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy Russia's General Public Prosecutor, has stated. After the liquidation of the armed underground, the war on corruption is a new priority for Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of the republic, has announced.
20:00, 10 February 2018
KBR resident accused of raping a girl
A man got acquainted with a girl in a social network; then met and raped her.
Natalia Zubarevich, screenshot of a video by the user NewsMix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d656PqucltU; Mikhail Delyagin, photo RFE/RL. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:27, 10 February 2018
Economists link future of Dagestan with success of cadre cleansings
The Dagestani anti-corruption campaign will be only fruitful, if the cadre cleansings break the existing system. Its results could be assessed after the real socio-economic statistics is published, economists believe.
Residents of the Dagestani village of Akhty have gathered near the police station on February 9, 2018. Screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel "Akhty 24"
17:54, 10 February 2018
Murder of kidnapped guy triggers unrest in Akhty village
Residents of Dagestani villages of Akhty and Fiy have gathered near the police station, demanding to give out the killer of Bairam Omarov, a 19-year-old local resident. Law enforcers, who had declared Omarov the initiator of his own kidnapping, have reported the suppression of the unrests.
A house belonging to one of the officials detained in Dagestan. Screenshot of a video by the Investigative Committee www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=8_SZ_0qeI10
16:44, 10 February 2018
Russian General Prosecutor impressed by houses of Dagestani officials
Today, Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, has arrived in Dagestan. He has instructed his subordinates to check the legality of the construction of local officials' houses and to control their expenses, distribution of subsidies and process of land allocation.
An alleged militant killed by the law enforcers in the Nazran District on February 10, 2018. Photo by the NAC press service http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
15:00, 10 February 2018
A man killed in Ingushetia identified as a suspect involved in IS
One of two persons killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the Nazran District was wanted in the case of involvement in combat actions in Syria.
Gulya Karakhanova, mother of Magomed Karakhanov who disappeared in Derbent, held a picket near the City Prosecutor's Office. February 9, 2018. Photo courtesy of Gulya Karakhanova
13:21, 10 February 2018
A woman from Derbent accuses law enforcers of kidnapping her son
Gulya Karakhanova has held solo pickets in front of the Derbent police station, the City Prosecutor's Office and the district administration. The woman demands to find her son who disappeared in May 2015.
11:51, 10 February 2018
Two alleged militants killed in Ingushetia
In the course of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Ingushetia, law enforcers have killed two men, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.
A protest action of the circus artists in Tbilisi. February 9, 2018. Photo © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/society/20180209/239250817/Artisty-cirka-hotjat-vystupat-v-shkolah.html
07:55, 10 February 2018
Georgian circus artists demand to allow them performing at schools
Circus artists went out to protest at the Georgian Ministry of Education. They complained about the lack of work and demanded that the ban on paid performances in schools be lifted.
Oyub Titiev. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/zaderzhan-rukovoditel-groznenskogo-predstavitelstva-pravozashchitnogo-centra-memorial
02:10, 10 February 2018
HRC "Memorial": Chechen authorities decide to demolish Oyub Titiev's house
The authorities ordered residents of 37 private houses in Kurchaloi to leave their houses within a week. Among them, there is the house of the family of the arrested rights defender Oyub Titiev; they will demolish the houses in order to build a shopping centre instead, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: screenshot of the video by Front Line Defenders https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=142&v=dGFyfKYPyjw
23:59, 9 February 2018
EP's resolution on Titiev's case inspires rights defenders
The European Parliament (EP) treats falsifications in the case of Oyub Titiev as obvious, and his prosecution – as another link in the chain of human rights violations committed in Chechnya and throughout Russia, rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya have stressed.
Afghan Mukhtarly near the building of the court. May 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
19:40, 9 February 2018
Afghan Mukhtarly returned to SIZO before term
The early return of the journalist Afgan Mukhtarly into custody is associated by his defence with his interviews, in which he accused the authorities of Azerbaijan and Georgia of his kidnapping.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
18:35, 9 February 2018
Mikhail Saakashvili reports an attempt to detain him in Kiev
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili used Facebook to announce that a group of armed people tried to detain him when he held a meeting at a hotel in Kiev. The law enforcement bodies and the State Border Service of Ukraine rejected their involvement in the attempted detention of Mikhail Saakashvili.
A protest action during the meeting of acting Dagestani leader Vladimir Vasiliev and Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, who came with a visit to Dagestan. Makhachkala, February 9, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:06, 9 February 2018
Mothers of missing Dagestani residents want to talk to Vasiliev and Bastrykin
At a protest action, about 20 women, whose sons disappeared in Dagestan, demanded a meeting with acting Dagestani leader Vladimir Vasiliev and Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
The Erivan Khanate on the map of the war in Transcaucasian territory (1809-1817) with the borders according to the Treaty of Gulistan. Tiflis, 1902. Photo: public domain, https://ru.wikipedia.org/
16:51, 9 February 2018
Armenian authorities boil over Aliev's words about Azerbaijani historical lands
Ilham Aliev has called on Azerbaijanis to return to their historical lands, including Yerevan.
A police officer. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
10:04, 9 February 2018
Law enforcers conduct searches at Ingush branch of Social Insurance Fund
Law enforcers seized documents from the Ingush branch of the Russian Social Insurance Fund, reports a source of the news agency "Interfax-South".
Napisat Magomedova, mother of Islam Magomedov at a press conference in Makhachkala. February 8, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:30, 9 February 2018
In Dagestan, mothers of detained young people claim arbitrariness of law enforcers
In Makhachkala, at a press conference held at the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", women described detentions of their sons suspected of illegal possession of weapons and involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs). According to the mothers, the cases against the young people are fabricated, and they confessed to the crimes under torture.
Murat Gassiev. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:08, 9 February 2018
Ossetian boxer Murat Gassiev describes preparations for World Boxing Super Series
Boxer Murat Gassiev has every chance of winning a hard match with an experienced rival, stated Alexei Vasiliev, the director of the "Ural Boxing Promotion". Murat Gassiev himself intends to compete in heavyweight category after a fight with Alexander Usik.
News
Pashinyan at a concert in Gyumri. Screenshot from News.Am photo from April 20, 2026, https://news.am/rus/news/944772.html. Observers considered concerts featuring Pashinyan to be propaganda.

Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has completed accepting documents for participation in the elections.

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.