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A brawl between Cossaks and Pussy Riot band and the art-group "Voina" members. Sochi, February 19, 2014. Photo from activists’ Twitter account, http://twitter.com/gruppa_voina/status/435830304725794816/
19:25, 20 February 2014
In Sochi, participant of scuffle with Pussy Riot and "Voina" art-group fined
Today, the instigator of the brawl on February 19 in Sochi between the Cossacks and member of the punk band Pussy Riot and the art-group "Voina" (War) was fined by one thousand roubles, said a source from the Sochi Transport Police.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
17:21, 20 February 2014
Resident of Dagestan asserts that power agents planted a bomb into her house
Power agents claim that in the house, which was blown up today in the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, they found an explosive device; however the owner Aslikhanum Dadaeva is sure that the bomb had been planted by law enforcers themselves.
Asker Sokht. Photo from Facebook profile
15:30, 20 February 2014
Arrest of Asker Sokht appealed against, his advocate says
As reported by Inver Tlij, a lawyer of the Bar of the Republic of Adygea, a complaint has been lodged on the decision of the Lenin District Court of Krasnodar to attract Asker Sokht, the chairman of the Krasnodar organization "Adyge-Khase", to administrative responsibility and his detention.
Syrian refugees in Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: ‘Solidarnost’ Charity Fund, http://solidarnost.su/
13:27, 20 February 2014
Nalchik: volunteers ask authorities to pay attention to situation with Syrian Circassians
The volunteers who render help to refugees from Syria have sent a letter to Yuri Kokov, the Acting Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where they draw attention to the situation of Syrian Circassians.
Elena Samoshina. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:21, 20 February 2014
Volgograd hunger-strikers intend to continue, despite solution of their personal problems
In Volgograd, today is the 17th day of the hunger strike held by parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities. Many personal problems of the protesters have been solved, but they plan to continue in order to achieve solution of all the raised problems.
Bogdana Matsetskaya at the Sochi Olympics, February 15, 2014. Photo by NOC of Ukraine, http://noc-ukr.org/
11:30, 20 February 2014
Ukrainian alpine skier refuses to perform at Olympic Games in Sochi in protest against events in Kiev
The Ukrainian alpine skier Bogdana Matsetskaya and her coach Oleg Matsetsky have refused to perform at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, protesting against the bloodshed during the violent dispersal of protests in Kiev, Ukrainian media report.
11:08, 20 February 2014
Pussy Riot girls state ill-treatment by policemen at press conference in Sochi
Today, the Kurortny Township of Adler hosted a press conference of the members of the punk band Pussy Riot, where Nadezhda Tolokonnikova stated that she was rudely treated by Sochi policemen.
Square at the railway station of Volgograd after terror act on December 29, 2013. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
07:25, 20 February 2014
Volgograd Region: pensioner convicted for false message about bomb sent on December 29
A court from the Volgograd Region has sentenced a 62-year-old resident of the city of Volzhskiy to correctional labour for her false call about a bomb planted on a local HPP (hydropower plant), which she made on December 29, 2013, the day of the terror act in Volgograd.
05:04, 20 February 2014
Yerevan activists demand legal assessment of Maidan from international community
In Yerevan, dozens of people organized a march of solidarity with the Euromaidan. They walked from the Victory Park to the building of the Ukrainian Embassy in Armenia, where activists expressed their concern about the developments in Kiev.
02:40, 20 February 2014
Alautdin Dadaev who disappeared in Dagestan is kept by Izberbash police, says his wife
The 53 -year-old Alautdin Dadaev, a resident of the village of Novy Agachaul, Karabudakhkent District, who disappeared in Dagestan on February 17, was detained and is kept by the GOVD (City Interior Division) of the city of in police department Izberbash, said his wife Aslikhanum Dadaeva.
22:11, 19 February 2014
In Yerevan, march in support of Euromaidan was about 20 people strong
Today, the capital of Armenia hosted a march in support of Ukrainian protesters, organized by activists of oppositional parties and NGOs, about 20 persons in total.
Pussy Riot members going out from Sochi police department. February 18, 2014. Photo from the Twitter account of ‘Voina’ group activists, http://twitter.com/gruppa_voina/status/435830304725794816/
17:41, 19 February 2014
Sochi: Pussy Riot members complain about beating by Cossacks
Today in Sochi, Cossacks attacked the member of the Pussy Riot group, by spraying tear gas and beating them with whips, the girls and activists of the art-group "Voina" (War) have reported.
Journalist of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty Khadija Ismayilova and her advocate Elton Guliev. Baku, February 18, 2014. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:02, 19 February 2014
GPO forbids journalist Ismayilova to leave Baku without notice
Today, Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty, was again questioned at the Investigating Department of Azerbaijan as a witness in a criminal case involving disclosure of state secrets. She was forbidden to leave Baku and Azerbaijan without prior informing investigators for the period of the inquiry.
16:04, 19 February 2014
KBR resident reports disappearance of her husband, who left to work in Anapa
Albina Khuzhokova, a resident of the city of Nartkala, Urvan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), claims that her husband Murat Tkhagapsoev, who had gone, along with his friend, to the city of Anapa, KrasnodarTerritory, to work on a construction site, has disappeared.
15:30, 19 February 2014
Novorossiysk court fines activist Darya Polyudova and arrests her for 15 days
Today, Darya Polyudova, an activist of the organization named "Rot Front", who was detained in Novorossiysk, was sentenced to administrative arrest and fine, she said after the court session.
Defendants in the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya - Lom-Ali Gaitukaev, Rustam Makhmudov and Sergey Khadjikurbanov at the Moscow Court, June 4, 2013. Screenshot from video records of the Moscow Court press-service.
13:22, 19 February 2014
MCC extends custody of figurants in Politkovskaya's murder case by other three months
Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has extended the detention of all five defendants in the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya. Thus, the judge has granted the petition of the prosecutor Boris Loktionov.
Detention of Pussy Riot members in Sochi on February 18, 2014. Photo from the Twitter account of ‘Voina’ group activists, http://twitter.com/gruppa_voina/status/435830304725794816/
10:23, 19 February 2014
Tolokonnikova: Pussy Riot members were detained in Sochi on three days in a row
On February 18, Sochi law enforcers detained the member of the Pussy Riot group for the third time during their stay in the city, said Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a group member.
Rally by relatives of people missing in Chechnya. Chechnya, Grozny, November 2010. Photo by Isa Khusainov, ‘DOSH’ magazine, N4(30) 2010.
10:10, 19 February 2014
ECtHR's decision on four disappearance cases in Chechnya and Ingushetia comes into force
As stated by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on four cases related to disappearances and deaths of residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia in 2000-2005 published on February 18, the decision has come into force.
08:00, 19 February 2014
Gold mine workers hold protest in Bolnisi and demand from TV to objectively cover events
The striking workers of the RMG-Gold and RMG-Copper have held a protest in front of the TV Company "Public Broadcaster of Georgia" with a demand to media people to be objective in reporting the situation at the enterprises.
Soldiers of Nagorny Karabakh Defense Army. Photo from the archive of Nagorny Karabakh Defense Army press-service, http://nkrmil.am
03:27, 19 February 2014
Incidents at Armenian-Azerbaijani border cannot turn into full-scale war, experts believe
Military experts polled by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent believe that recent more frequent violations of the ceasefire in the conflict zone in Nagorno-Karabakh will not lead to a resumption of a full-scale warfare.
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A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

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.