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Boris Nemtsov at the "Conference of the civil activists" on October 16, 2011, Krasnodar. Photo by Natalya Dorokhina for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:08, 28 February 2015
The Russian oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead last night in Moscow, had systematically sharply criticized the actions of the Chechen leadership. He stressed that Ramzan Kadyrov's power in the region is violent in nature and is supported by huge financial subsidies.
05:00, 28 February 2015
Russian border guards, stationed in South Ossetia, have detained a Georgian citizen Vasily Kobakhidze in the pre-border territory.
Special equipment in the country road, February 27, 2015,  Kizilyurt District, Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/02/28/v-dagestane-neitralizovany-shestero-banditov-aktivnaya-faza-kto-prodolzhaetsya.html
03:51, 28 February 2015
The highway that is connecting six villages of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan with Kizilyurt – the district centre – is blocked, because of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), creating a number of inconveniences for the population, local residents report.
21:46, 27 February 2015
The protesters, who rallied in Yerevan in front of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia, have demanded to hand Valery Permyakov, accused of massacring the Avetisyan family, out to the Armenian party.
20:25, 27 February 2015
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya will consider the case of the local resident Mukhammed Migaev, accused of attacking in 2005 residents of the village of Roshni-Chu of the Urus-Martan District.
19:18, 27 February 2015
The explosion of a bus in 2007, en route from Pyatigorsk to Vladikavkaz, was committed by a former resident of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, said a local law enforcement source.
Self-firer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/content/4534.html
15:47, 27 February 2015
Oleg Shalyapin, the head of the armed grouping, was pre-identified among the six persons killed in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan. The special operation continues, said the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
15:07, 27 February 2015
Abdullah Getagazov, a native of Ingushetia, is accused of committing a robbery in the city of Khimki. His advocate states that he revealed at least 16 violations in the investigation of the case. One of them, as he says, was a wrong qualification of the incident, in the course of which, according to Getagazov, he tried to get some debt on behalf of his friends.
14:20, 27 February 2015
On the results of the repeated inquiry, investigators of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have presented charges of abuse of office and intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm to Ruslan Rakhaev, a former deputy police chief of the city of Cherkessk.
The 29th army headquarters in Chita. Photo: http://q99.it/2Zz0u5p. Фото: http://ng54.ru/news/5d0bea48/
13:30, 27 February 2015
By the outcomes of the work of the commission of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), hospital staff and officials of the military commissariat in the Transbaikal Territory will be punished in connection with involvement in conscription of Valery Permyakov, who is accused of a mass murder in Gyumri.
Ukrainian resettler holding a Ukranian passport. Photo: Eduard Kornienko, YUGA.ru, http://www.yuga.ru/media/3c/6c/ek_8026__hefdzn4.jpg
10:58, 27 February 2015
A group of forced migrants from the eastern regions of Ukraine have come to Stavropol from Rostov-on-Don. In just the recent two weeks, the region has accommodated 140 refugees.
Special operation. Photo: ttp://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/01/20/v-kbr-neitralizovan-odioznyi-podryvnik-banditskogo-podpolya.html" class="main_article_image
20:33, 26 February 2015
In Dagestan, nine militants were killed during a special operation held in the Kizilyurt District, and one special agent also perished. This was reported by a source in the Ministry Internal Affair (MIA). One more power agent was wounded.
19:44, 26 February 2015
The Goychay District Court of Azerbaijan has announced the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest for three months against rights defender Talekh Khasmamedov accused of disorderly conduct.
Darya Polyudova. Photo: personal page at Vkontakte
18:17, 26 February 2015
During the detention at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Krasnodar, the health state of Darya Polyudova has deteriorated. According to her, she was not exposed to pressure from power agents; however, she had a big problem with food at the SIZO.
16:35, 26 February 2015
The Investigating Department of the Shirak Region has charged 26-year-old Anushavan Arutyunyan with disorderly conduct within the case of the riots in the town of Gyumri.
15:16, 26 February 2015
Magomed Aushev, who was detained in Ingushetia on suspicion of opening fire at the wedding party and who was hospitalized after interrogations, was brought home from the hospital in Nalchik.
The Court of Appeal session started at 10 am under the chairmanship of the judge Norayr Grigoryan. Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, February 26, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:07, 26 February 2015
In the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the Court of Appeal (CoA) intends to announce on March 10 the decision on the appeal against the verdict of the court of first instance against Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilkham Askerov, citizens of Azerbaijan.
Young man with a beard in the avenue named after Putin on the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Grozny. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:00, 26 February 2015
In the capital of Chechnya, power agents continue raids to detain young men, who wear beards, but shave off their moustaches. According to eyewitnesses, the young men are being detained in the yards of apartment buildings.
Azerbaijani residents came to the Memorial to the victims of the tragedy in the town of Khojaly in Khatai. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:58, 26 February 2015
On February 26, Azerbaijan pays tribute to memory of the victims of the tragedy in the town of Khojaly in Nagorno-Karabakh. The country holds mourning ceremonies.
Baichorov's advocates: Alexander Fedulov, Alaudi Musaev and Adam Abubakarov. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:04, 26 February 2015
The materials on verification of violation of the rights of Imam of Kislovodsk committed by power agents are not to be transferred to the 55th Military Investigating Department in Pyatigorsk. The appropriate request was filed to the leaders of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) by advocates of Kurman-Ali Baichorov.
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.