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Patriarch Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. Photo © FB / Giorgi Kvirikashvili http://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20170104/234435261/Pervye-lica-Gruzii-pozdravili-Iliju-Vtorogo-s-dnem-rozhdenija.html
15:14, 19 February 2017
Georgian theologians doubt investigators' information about attempt on Ilia II
Georgy Mamaladze, suspected of an assassination attempt on Ilia II, had no ambitions to claim for the patriarchal throne. This opinion was voiced by Georgian theologians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They treat the investigators' version as doubtful.
A prison cell. Photo: © Flickr/ Michael Coghlan
11:59, 19 February 2017
Journalist Arshad Ibragimov appeals to Azerbaijani President for pardon
In his motion on pardon to President Ilham Aliev, journalist Arshad Ibragimov has noted that he has already served half of his sentence at a penal colony and that he was an internally displaced person (IDP) from Nagorno-Karabakh.
An aisle in SIZO (pre-trial detention facility). Photo: https://www.yuga.ru/news/256817/
05:02, 19 February 2017
Ruslan Tagibekov detained in Moscow Region subjected to torture, his defence asserts
Law enforcers tortured Ruslan Tagibekov, a native of Dagestan, suspected of illicit trafficking in weapons. This was claimed by his defence. On February 18, Ruslan Tagibekov was formally charged.
22:53, 18 February 2017
Two Azeri journalists complain to ECtHR about ban to leave the country
The freelance journalists Aiten Ferkhadova and Ainura Geidarova have lodged a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in connection with the ban on leaving Azerbaijan imposed on them. The ban is caused by the inquiry into the criminal case against the edition “Meydan.TV”, their advocate has explained.
21:51, 18 February 2017
Congress of Karachay People demands to ban screening of "Fifty Shades Darker" in KChR
The public organization "Congress of Karachay People" has criticized the movie "Fifty Shades Darker" and demanded from the authorities of the Karachay-CherkessianRepublic (KChR) to ban the film in the republic.
20:00, 18 February 2017
Marchers in support of Arthur Sargsyan urged him to stop hunger strike
In Yerevan, over a hundred persons have demanded the release Arthur Sargsyan, accused of helping members of the "Sasna Tsrer" detachment, whose state of health has sharply deteriorated on the tenth day of his hunger strike.
17:17, 18 February 2017
Rights defenders present 27 Azerbaijani political prisoners to pardoning
The list, presented by a group of rights defenders to the Commission on Pardoning under the Azerbaijani President, includes, first of all, prisoners with serious health problems, persons, on whom there are decisions of the European Court of Human Rights ECtHR, and the "prisoners of conscience", recognized as such by the Amnesty International (AI).
16:41, 18 February 2017
Soldier dies in Karabakh conflict zone
Lernik Osyan, a soldier of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), received a fatal gunshot wound today in the conflict zone under unclear circumstances, the NKR’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
14:42, 18 February 2017
Son and nephew of "Unity" leader detained in Armenia
A son and a nephew of Vardan Oskanyan, the former Foreign Minister of Armenia, have kidnapped a man and threatened to kill him, investigators assert.
Photo from the movie "Fifty Shades Darker", https://www.kinopoisk.ru/picture/2896219/
14:34, 18 February 2017
Universal demands to allow screening "Fifty Shades Darker" in Vladikavkaz
The “Universal Pictures International” Company incurs losses because of the decision to ban screening of the film in Vladikavkaz, said the Company’s Russian representative office.
Office of Islamic banking. Photo: http://klient-banking.ru/ru/view/normal/8326
04:41, 18 February 2017
Four republics of Northern Caucasus plan to open offices of Islamic banking
The International Association of Islamic Business (IAIB), set up in Moscow, has stated preparation for opening its offices in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia for the development of halal businesses.
03:20, 18 February 2017
"Rustavi-2" TV Channel interrupts broadcasting in protest
The "Rustavi-2" TV Channel of Georgia has switched over to protest broadcasting, claiming the injustice in the country. The Channels urges its spectators to support it.
At the voting station in Armenia. Photo: © PAN Photo / Varo Rafayelyan, Hrant Khachatryan, Karo Sahakyan
02:21, 18 February 2017
1539 candidates nominated for parliamentary elections in Armenia
The lists of political parties and blocs, which have declared their participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections, include 1539 candidates, Tigran Mukuchyan, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia said on February 17 at a press conference, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Participants of one of protest actions in Gukovo, August 14, 2016. Photo by Valery Lyugaev.
22:37, 17 February 2017
Gukovo miners threaten authorities with new hunger strike
Workers of the “Zamchalovsky Anthracite", one of the companies of the "Kingcoal" group, said at the picket in Gukovo that they have received no wage debts from the start of the year. According to the protesters, should the authorities fail to resume payments, they will begin a mass hunger strike.
21:38, 17 February 2017
Krasnodar farmer-activist Volchenko report closure of case against him
Suspicions of bribe-giving have been lifted from Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement "Polite Farmers”. Now, he is a witness in a new criminal case, this time initiated against the alleged intermediary of a bribe transfer, said Volchenko and his advocate.
19:21, 17 February 2017
Alleged coordinators of “death groups” detained in North Ossetia
Policemen have detained four suspected coordinators of "death groups", in which teenagers are induced to commit suicide, authorities of North Ossetia have reported. The detainees have stated that they had just "made a joke."
Derbent. Photo: http://flnka.ru/novosti/12345-bolee-300-chelovek-protestuyut-protiv-zaderzhaniya-imama-mecheti-v-derbente.html
16:25, 17 February 2017
Derbent residents report return of Azerbaijani builders to construction sites
The citizens of Azerbaijan, released from police after the raid to detain migrants, are back at the construction sites of Derbent, said the townspeople.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru
15:19, 17 February 2017
Evkurov announces women's council of killed militants’ widows
Ingushetia will set up a public council involving militants’ widows, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the head of Ingushetia, has announced today, adding that the council will deal with adaptation of family members of killed militants to peaceful life.
At the voting station, Dagestan. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru
13:18, 17 February 2017
Ella Pamfilova reports pressure to public sector employees at elections in Dagestan
On February 16, Ella Pamfilova, the chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia, arrived in Dagestan. Her meeting with members of political parties, public activists, and authors of complaints to the CEC was held behind closed doors. Not all people who wanted to attend the meeting with Ella Pamfilova succeeded in their wish. Later, Ella Pamfilova held another meeting at which the opposition talked about the violations revealed by them during the election in September 2016.
Russian soldiers in Aleppo. Photo: http://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=35400@cmsPhotoGallery
11:09, 17 February 2017
Chechen soldiers and officers to stay in Syria for several other months
Staff members of a unit of the military police from Chechnya, who perform combat missions in Syria since last December, may stay there until August. This was reported by an official of the Chechen law enforcement authorities.
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A complaint against the verdict against Karabakh leaders has been filed with a Baku court.

Analysts commented on the participation of Karabakh refugees in the Armenian parliamentary elections.

Artur Osipyan went on a hunger strike demanding an apology from Pashinyan.

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.