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Palm tree in Sochi severely damaged by insects. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’
18:23, 19 February 2015
Sochi put under state of emergency
The local state of emergency has been introduced in Sochi in connection with the massive spread of pests.
18:02, 19 February 2015
Detained activist Faradj Kerimli rejects appointed advocate
The preparatory session at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, which intended to consider the case of Faradj Kerimli, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, was postponed today, because the defendant has rejected the appointed state advocate.
Sergey Melikov. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/news/politics/sergey_melikov_i_ramazan_abdulatipov_proveli_vstrechu_s_predstavitelyami_molodezhnykh_i_obshchestvennykh_organizatsiy/
16:45, 19 February 2015
Melikov praises Chechen authorities for prompt restoration of Grozny objects destroyed during militants' attacks
Sergey Melikov, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of Russia President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), took part in the sitting of the Council on Youth Policy in Grozny; and at the start thereof he expressed his satisfaction with the prompt restoration of the House of Press and School No. 20 after the militants' attack.
14:03, 19 February 2015
Four ECtHR's decisions oblige Russia to pay 2.6 million euros to residents of Chechnya
Four decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on complaints received from residents of Chechnya have entered into force. According to them, Russia shall pay 2,651,000 euros of compensation to the applicants.
10:55, 19 February 2015
ECtHR's decision obliging to pay 24,000 euros to relatives of woman lost in Chechnya comes into force
On February 16, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the case of the death of Raisa Kosumova, a resident of Chechnya, killed in 2003 under fire, came into force. According to the court decision, the Russian authorities shall pay 24,000 euros of compensation to her relatives.
Participants of the hearings in Tbilisi. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
10:35, 19 February 2015
Independent media of Southern Caucasus cannot confront Russia, participants of hearing in Tbilisi assert
The informational influence of Russia in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan is strong, while independent mass media are unable to create an alternative platform for covering the events – this is the opinion of the participants of the hearing "Russia's informational influence in Southern Caucasus", held in Tbilisi.
10:04, 19 February 2015
Dagestani advocate reports about his client's torture to ID of the ICRF
Gusein Abdulkadyrov, a resident of Dagestan, who was arrested on suspicion of collaborating with the armed underground, was tortured by power agents, said his defender Rustam Yunusov.
Tatiana Okushko. Photo: RFE / RL, http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26790125.html
03:00, 19 February 2015
Okushko: Musaev's persecution may be used as precedent for victimizing other lawyers
The criminal case against the lawyer Murad Musaev, suspected of bribing witnesses in the murder case of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, may become a dangerous precedent for the persecution of the lawyers across the country, said the lawyer Tatiana Okushko. The investigation of his case has been going on for two years.
23:58, 18 February 2015
Police starts checking complaints of Dagestani hunger-strikers
Today, policemen have accepted applications from the hunger strikers in the village of Shushiya, Novolak District of Dagestan about violations of their rights. Officials from the republic's government promised to help the protesters to solve their problems.
Participants of the picket in support of Evgeny Vitishko. Photo by Ekaterina Tatarnikova.
16:50, 18 February 2015
In Moscow, 17 persons picket in support of ecologist Vitishko
The picket, which was sanctioned by the authorities, in support of the convicted Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, held near the monument to Vladimir Vysotsky in Moscow, was attended by nine people, while eight other persons held solo pickets at the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia, said the organizers.
16:05, 18 February 2015
Detained PAP activists released in Yerevan
All the 19 activists detained on February 17 at the headquarters of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party (PAP) in Yerevan are back at large, said the press service of the Armenian Police.
Gagik Tsarukyan (left) and Serzh Sargsyan (right). Photo: screenshot from the video posted by Radio Azatutyun, http://rus.azatutyun.am/content/article/26854771.html
15:37, 18 February 2015
After Tsarukyan's meeting with Sargsyan, PAP refused to hold protest in Yerevan
Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party (PAP), who had called for a change of power in the country, has stated the need for peaceful settlement of disagreements. This statement was made after he met the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on February 17 in the latter's residence.
14:54, 18 February 2015
Parpulov's custody covered by over 100 media publications
Relatives of Pyotr Parpulov, 60, a resident of Sochi, accused of treason, hope to use the resonance in the media and society to get a chance to visit him – the head of the family, whom they had not seen for about a year. His daughter had asked the Russian President Vladimir Putin to save the life of her sick father.
Murad Musaev. Photo: RFE/RL
14:43, 18 February 2015
Court stops prosecuting lawyer Murad Musaev
The criminal case against the lawyer Murad Musaev, who was accused of bribing witnesses in the murder case of the former Colonel Yuri Budanov, was stopped due to the lapse of time, said the press secretary of the Preobrazhensky Court of Moscow.
14:40, 18 February 2015
Azerbaijan: Leyla Yunus' arrest extended until July 28
Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku has considered the presentation of the Investigating Department for Grave Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan asking to extend the arrest of the rights defender Leyla Yunus by five months, her advocate Elchin Gambarov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
11:50, 18 February 2015
Volgograd parents with many children intend to go on hunger strike in governor's waiting room
Members of four large families of Volgograd have announced their intention to start – on March 1 – a three-month-long hunger strike right in the reception office of the regional governor.
10:58, 18 February 2015
Beaten advocate not to attend court sessions on terror act in the house of Sheikh of Chirkey
The health status of the lawyer Murad Magomedov, who was beaten up in Makhachkala, does not allow him to continue representing the interests of the defendant Magomedali Amirkhanov at the trial on the terror act committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi. The court did not rule out the appointment of a state advocate for Amirkhanov.
09:24, 18 February 2015
Court in Grozny restricts access to 85 "VKontakte" web pages
The Leninsky District Court of Grozny has satisfied the lawsuit lodged by the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya demanding to restrict access to 85 pages of the social network "VKontakte", because they posted extremist materials and caricatures on Prophet Muhammad.
01:14, 18 February 2015
About 20 PAP members detained in Yerevan
On February 17, in the central office of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party (PAP) in Yerevan, about twenty persons were detained, said the party. According to the police, the detentions followed the information about a brawl.
23:58, 17 February 2015
Over five years, the "Caucasian Knot" fixed 5816 victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
Over the past five years – from 2010 to early 2015 – the number of victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus has declined considerably: from 1705 persons in 2010 down to 525 – in 2014. The sustainable downward trend in the count of killed and wounded in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) is illustrated in the infographics drafted by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own data and information from other open sources.
News
A drone alert has been declared in the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

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.