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19:52, 9 February 2016
Dagestani resident goes to court seeking to cancel his registration at police
Daniyal Alkhasov, a doctor of the Dagestani village of Erpeli, has addressed the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" with a complaint about the systematic pressure of law enforcers and his unlawful operational-preventive registration at the police as a follower of the Salafi concept of Islam.
At the polling station during voting at the referendum. December 6, 2015. Photo: © PAN Photo / Varo Rafayelyan, Hrant Khachatryan, Karo Sahakyan
16:38, 9 February 2016
Member of "Heritage" Party complains about use of violence at Armenian referendum
In Armenia, the law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into the case of obstruction to actions of an authorized delegate at the constitutional referendum held on December 6, 2015.
Asabali Mustafaev, an advocate. Photo: RFE/RL
15:29, 9 February 2016
Baku court refuses to summon doctors who treated Rasim Aliev
The court that considers the murder case of Rasim Aliev has refused to summon the Minister of Public Health of Azerbaijan; however, it partially granted the petition to summon forensic experts, said Asabali Mustafaev, an advocate.
The house destroyed by the explosion in Volgograd. January 14, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:05, 9 February 2016
Tenants of Volgograd destroyed apartment house demand meeting with Governor
Former tenants of the destroyed house in Volgograd seek to meet the Governor or his representative to learn about compensation for their lost housing before the public hearings on surveying the territory, said Larisa Borodaeva, the leader of tenants' activists.
Hideout with ammunition. Photo: http://www.vestikavkaza.ru/news/V-Botlikhskom-rayone-obnaruzhen-taynik-s-oruzhiem-i-boepripasami.html
11:38, 9 February 2016
Hideout with ammunition found in Botlikh District of Dagestan
In the outskirts of the village of Ashali, law enforcers found a large hideout with weapons and medicines; the "owners" of the weapons have not been defined yet, said a law enforcement source of Dagestan.
Ilya Yashin. Screenshot of a video https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/vechernee_shou/yashin-402108/
10:48, 9 February 2016
Ilya Yashin finds allies in Chechnya for preparing report on Ramzan Kadyrov
In Chechnya, people are afraid of Ramzan Kadyrov. This was stated by Ilya Yashin, Deputy Chairman of the "People's Freedom Party" (PARNAS), who visited Grozny while working on the report about the leader of Chechnya. According to Ilya Yashin, the study is addressed to the Russian public, and there are people in Chechnya, who will disseminate the report in the territory of the republic.
Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director, during the court session in Rostov-on-Don. Photo: Anton Naumlyuk, http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/27174113.html
05:34, 9 February 2016
Oleg Sentsov transferred from Rostov SIZO to Yakutia instead of Irkutsk
Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director, sentenced in Rostov-on-Don to 20 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony on the charge of terrorism, has been transported to Yakutia. This was reported by advocate Mark Feighin.
A police officer in Grozny during the rally. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:50, 9 February 2016
Chechen MIA reports no complaints about disappearances
According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the reports of the kidnapping of a young man in the Leninsky District of Grozny on February 5 have not been confirmed, as well as the posts in social networks about the disappearance of seven persons.
Ramzan Kadyrov in the sub-unit of the Chechen spetsnaz (special troops). Screenshot of a story shown on TV Channel "Russia-1"
00:46, 9 February 2016
Experts treat Kadyrov's statements about Chechen spetsnaz in Syria as PR actions
Ramzan Kadyrov's statement that Chechen spetsnaz (special troops) is at war in Syria should be treated with scepticism, said Reserve Colonel Victor Murakhovskiy and Andrei Koshkin, a military political analyst. If Kadyrov is telling the truth, then he has actually "exposed" his spetsnaz to the fighters of the "Islamic State" (IS), said Alexei Malashenko, a member of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Carnegie Centre.
Nadezhda Savchenko at the Donetsk City Court, February 4, 2016. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:09, 8 February 2016
Savchenko express distrust testimonies of witness Manshin
Dmitry Manshin, a witness in the case of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, has stated at interrogation the truthfulness of the version of the prosecution. Savchenko and her defence have disagreed with Manshin's testimonies, and received a remark for that.
Law enforcers. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
20:29, 8 February 2016
Power agents refute information about the CTO regime in Makhachkala
Shamil Avenue was closed with the aim of conducting targeted checks; information about blocking a house with militants is not true, said a law enforcement source of Dagestan.
Igor Stenin. Photo http://u-f.ru/News/u20/2015/01/22/701203
16:56, 8 February 2016
Astrakhan Court announces Stenin's trial closed
At the request of the Prosecutor's Office, the Sovietskiy District Court of Astrakhan, which is considering the case of Igor Stenin, the leader of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", has announced the trial closed and removed the audience and the media from the courtroom.
15:15, 8 February 2016
Alleged recruiter of "Imarat Kavkaz" arrested in Saratov
The Frunze District Court of Saratov has placed into custody a suspect of recruiting people to the "Imarat Kavkaz Vilayat Dagestan", which is recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization.
Fighters of the Chechen special forces. Photo http://www.yuga.ru/news/364289/
15:05, 8 February 2016
Kadyrov reports on work of Chechen special forces in Syria
In the territory of Syria, in the rear of the militants of the "Islamic State" (IS), fighters of the Chechen special forces are operating, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, adding that the Chechen fighters had been trained at the centre of special forces near the village of Tsentoroi.
12:32, 8 February 2016
HRC "Memorial" recognizes civil activist Ivan Barylyak political prisoner
The criminal case against Ivan Barylyak, a resident of Stavropol, has a political motive related to the public activities of the convict; and his prosecution is related exclusively to this activities. These conclusions were made by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", which recognized Barylyak to be a political prisoner.
Ilya Yashin. Photo: screenshot of a video "Towards the elections", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9QEOH-dh4
10:45, 8 February 2016
Yashin arrived in Grozny to collect materials about Ramzan Kadyrov
Ilya Yashin, Deputy Chairman of the People's Freedom Party (known as "Parnas") has arrived in the Chechen capital, where he is collecting materials for a report about the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov. The provisional title of the report is "Threat to National Security"; the end of the work is scheduled for February 23.
CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/ukryvavshiysya-v-blokirovannom-dome-bandit.html
08:45, 8 February 2016
On February 1-7, one person was killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from February 1 to February 7, 2016, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus at least one person was killed. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Stele at the entrance to the town Ust-Djeguta, Karachay–Cherkessia. Photo: http://serlo.ucoz.com/photo/karachaevsk/garada/ust_dzheguta/13-0-134
02:27, 8 February 2016
Relatives of Murat Borlakov appeal to Putin for help
An appeal to President Vladimir Putin has been sent by the suffered party in the case of the death Murat Borlakov at the Ust-Djeguta ROVD (District Interior Division), as well as by the representative of the victims in the case of robbery and theft of cattle in the Stavropol Territory; the figurants in both cases are policemen of Ust-Djeguta.
Isa Gambar, the head of the "National Centre of Strategic Thought". Photo: http://report.az/ru/персона/иса-гамбар/
23:59, 7 February 2016
Opposition suggests roadmap to drive Azerbaijan out of crisis
The oppositional "National Centre of Strategic Thought" has presented an action plan for driving Azerbaijan out of the economic crisis. In particular, it is necessary to adopt a new constitution, and to hold early parliamentary and presidential elections.
Activists of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan" have held an action in support of Ildar Dadin and Alexander Belov (Potkin). Astrakhan, February 7, 2016. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:03, 7 February 2016
Action in support of Ildar Dadin and Alexander Belov held in Astrakhan
Today, three activists of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan" have held an action in support of Ildar Dadin, convicted for repeated violation of the rules of holding actions, and Alexander Belov (Potkin), one of the leaders of the nationalistic movement "Russians".
News
Azerbaijan's Parliament. Screenshot of the photo from Report? https://report.az/ru/vneshnyaya-politika/azerbajdzhan-priostanavlivaet-sotrudnichestvo-s-evroparlamentom The Azerbaijani Parliament has suspended relations with the European Parliament.

Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before 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.