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Deportation of Chechen and Ingush natives. Screenshot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=diQFHSJTAno
09:21, 25 February 2018
Participants in the memorial party for the victims of the Chechens' and Ingushes' deportation held in Saint Petersburg shared their relatives' memories about life in exile.
"Roza Khutor" Ski Resort. Photo: press service of "Roza Khutor"
02:52, 25 February 2018
Alexei Matveev, a resident of the city of Cheboksary, perished in Sochi mountains when riding his snowboard. According to his relatives, Alexei would have been alive if he had been provided with timely medical help.
A man in handcuffs. Photo © Sputnik / Anar Mustafayev https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180220/414125415/byvshij-zek-avtomat-zaderzhan-baku.html
23:52, 24 February 2018
In Azerbaijan, the police have detained Elgiz Sadygly, a brother of the activist Turad Sadygly, who lives in Europe. Then, the court appointed an administrative arrest for 30 days for Elgiz.
19:42, 24 February 2018
Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili have left a prison in Tskhinvali, but still stay in South Ossetia, the "Georgia Online" reports with reference to the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia.
A memorial to people killed in political repression under Stalin in the village of Yaryk-Su. Photo from Imampasha Chergizbiev's personal archive for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:15, 24 February 2018
On February 23, local Chechens and residents of nearby villages of Chechnya visited a mourning event in the village of Yaryk-Su in the Novolak District of Dagestan. They have confirmed their intention to pay tribute to the memory of the deportation victims on the historical date, rather than on the date set up by the authorities of Chechnya.
Screenshot of a post of the article about Dina Tamukh written by the Kabardino-Balkarian human rights centre on Facebook. Photo https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdygeKhaseRA/permalink/2003446993243191/
16:01, 24 February 2018
The Ministry for Public Health of Kabardino-Balkaria is willing to help Dina Tamukh, a resident of Syria, with medical treatment in Russia, but she needs to raise money to travel to the Russian Federation, the NGO "Ochag" (Hearth) reported.
An elderly woman near the photos of the victims of war and deportation. Photo: screenshot of the video on the YouTube channel vainakh38
05:49, 24 February 2018
The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people was a part of the national policy of Stalinism, states Ingush historian Angela Matieva. People from neighbouring regions were resettled to houses of the repressed people, and thus the ground for future conflicts was built, notes Russian historian Sergey Arutyunov.
A boundary pillar on the border with Latvia. Photo by Roman Nuriev for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:20, 24 February 2018
The ban on entry to Latvia has also been introduced for a number of law enforcement officials and subordinates of the Chechen leader.
Logo of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan. http://www.pia.az/Ilham_Eliyev_Iran_mudafie_-237079-xeber.html
02:16, 24 February 2018
The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has issued an order on the development of the legal profession (the Bar Association) in the country. However, the authorities have failed to envisage any mechanisms to protect the independence of lawyers; and the measures stipulated in the document will put the Bar under full government's control, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
The participants of the commemoration evening in Istanbul, February 23, 2018. Photo by Arslan Koch for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:03, 24 February 2018
In Istanbul, members of the Chechen Diaspora have arranged an evening to pay tribute to the memory of the people who fell victim to the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia. The audience was showed footage from the film "Ordered to Forget", banned for screening in Russia.
An eternal flame in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:12, 23 February 2018
The authorities state about 10,000 participants of celebrations in Sochi. However, townspeople reacted ambiguously to the Fatherland's Defender Day: this is a reminder of those who perished at war, and an occasion to reflect on the country's foreign policy problems.
The police detains an activist. Baku, January 2013. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
21:01, 23 February 2018
Persecutions of activists in Azerbaijan, violations of defendants' rights in "Sasna Tsrer" case, and abuses of power by police in Georgia were noted by the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) in its report on the observance of human rights in the world.
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Museum. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:13, 23 February 2018
Eric Westestrate, the Dutch charge d'affairs, was summoned to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the Dutch MPs had voted for the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
On the troop contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20171103/9310040/zamglavy-mid-armenii-odnostoronnie-ustupki-po-karabahu-ehto-mazohizm.html
18:16, 23 February 2018
On February 22, a soldier was wounded in a military unit in the Tavush Region during the shelling by Azerbaijan. This was announced by the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people. Screenshot of the video by the user vainakh38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmb-WX0OI0
15:20, 23 February 2018
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Chechnya holds no official events to mark the anniversary; however, residents of the republic say that they pay tribute to their deceased relatives, despite the authorities' ban.
An ambulance car. Photo © Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov
13:15, 23 February 2018
Archil Tatunashvili, suspected of plotting a diversion act, has died in a Tskhinvali hospital, the South-Ossetian KGB (State Security Committee) reports.
The residents of Kizlyar tell about detentions. Screenshot of the video https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/vechernee_shou/tajnaja_spetsoperatsija_v_kizljare-458206/?utm_source=chromeweb&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=teleshow-vechernee_shou&utm_term=458206
11:45, 23 February 2018
At least two Kizlyar residents were detained in the context of the inquiry into the execution of parishioners of the local church. There was no official information to this end; however, and detainees' relatives claim their innocence and complain that they do not know the young men's whereabouts, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel reports.
Akkin Chechens at the rally on February 23, 2017. Photo courtesy of Imampashi Chergizbiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:02, 23 February 2018
On February 23, the village of Yaryk-Su in the Novolak District of Dagestan marks a day of mourning. On February 19, 1989, a monument to the victims of the Stalin's repression was built in the village. Every year, residents of the Chechen villages bordering with Dagestan come to Yaryk-Su, since the day of mourning is banned in Chechnya.
A screenshot of the video "Blood feud – how they kill now in the Caucasus prepared by the 'Caucasian Knot', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxH47RW8GQ8
05:41, 23 February 2018
A murder of an entrepreneur by a Chechen law enforcer cannot be attributed to traditional blood feud, but now relatives of an entrepreneur can themselves take the path of revenge, say natives of Chechnya. The concept of blood feud continues to exist in Northern Caucasus amid assurances from the Chechen authorities about reconciliation of blood enemies, notes Akhmet Yarlykapov, a researcher of the Caucasus.
The deportation. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=tVSZcPNs7cc
04:52, 23 February 2018
Activist Barakh Chemurziev and rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov have stated that the authorities of Ingushetia are to cancel celebrating the Defender of the Fatherland Day on the day of mourning for the victims of Ingush deportation on February 23.
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.