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    19:17, 18 February 2014
    Italian transgender activist asserts that she was twice detained in Sochi
    Vladimir Luxuriya, an ex-deputy of the Italian Parliament and a transgender activist, said that he was twice detained by the police in Sochi. The latter denies the detentions.
    Evgeny Vitishko. Photo: Anastasia Kirillenko (RFE/RL)
    16:21, 18 February 2014
    Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko sent from Tuapse detention to Krasnodar SIZO
    Evgeny Vitishko, a convicted activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), has been convoyed from the special detention facility of the Tuapse OVD (Interior Division) to the Krasnodar SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he will wait for his departure to a colony-settlement.
    Khadidja Ismailova. Courtesy image of http://www.radioazadlyg.org
    16:03, 18 February 2014
    Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova summoned to GPO on charges of disclosing state secrets
    In Azerbaijan, Khadija Ismayilova, a well-known investigative journalist and an employee of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty, was summoned to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) as a witness in the criminal case instituted in connection with the material posted by her on the Facebook. The Office saw divulging state secrets in the material and opened a criminal case.
    Patimat Abakargadzhieva, mother of Magomed Piraev, at the picket against the abuse of power by the national security service. Makhachkala, July 24, 2013. Photo by Natalya Kraynova for the "Caucasian Knot"
    16:01, 18 February 2014
    In Dagestan, parents of policeman accused of robbery ask authorities to take inquiry under control
    The parents of Magomed Piraev, a former policeman of Kizilyurt, have appealed to the President and Prime Minister of Russia, as well as to the leaders of the country's law enforcement bodies, asking them to supervise the investigation of the criminal case initiated against their son.
    Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Photo: Denis Bochkarev, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
    14:32, 18 February 2014
    Sochi UVD: Pussy Riot members were questioned in connection with hotel theft
    Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, members of the punk band Pussy Riot, have been questioned in connection with a report about a theft at the hotel, the Sochi UVD (Interior Department) reports.
    12:03, 18 February 2014
    Athletes and guests of Sochi Games can attend prayer houses of world's major religions organized in all Olympic Villages
    In Sochi, the three Olympic Villages located in the Imereti Lowland and in Krasnaya Polyana, opened – for the days of the Olympic Games – special prayer rooms, serviced by volunteers and clergymen, representing the world's major religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Protestantism.
    Evgeny Vitishko at the special detention facility in the city of Tuapse. February 16, 2014. Screenshot of a video made by the members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Krasnodar Territory, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfi_m9WTmOI
    09:56, 18 February 2014
    On Tuesday, Evgeny Vitishko's administrative arrest has expired
    The term of the administrative arrest imposed on the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko, currently kept at the special detention facility in the city of Tuapse, has expired on Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. Moscow time, said the lawyer Alexander Popkov.
    Olga Noskovets. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
    05:31, 18 February 2014
    Olga Noskovets, "EcoWatch" activist, released from Sochi police
    On Tuesday, Olga Noskovets, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and a member of the City Council of the "Yabloko" Party, was set free from the police division of the micro-district of Blinovo in Sochi.
    Asker Sokht. Photo from the personal page of Asker Sokht at http://www.odnoklassniki.ru/
    01:26, 18 February 2014
    Adygea: Circassian activists demand to release Asker Sokht
    The Maikop city public organization "Adyge-Khase-Circassian Council" has demanded the release Asker Sokht, the head of the public organization "Adyge-Khase" of the Krasnodar Territory, from custody. The demand was supported by Ilyas Soobtsokov, the ex-chairman of the Adygea regional public organization for revival of national traditions of the Circassian nation "Adyge-Khase".
    22:52, 17 February 2014
    Ex-policeman Pavlyuchenkov testifies against defendants in Politkovskaya's murder case
    Today, the former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who had been sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment under the case of the murder of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, performed as a witness, and repeated his earlier testimony about the preparation for the crime.
    Activist David Khakim in solo picket in support of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko. Sochi, February 17, 2014. Photo by Semen Simonov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    20:45, 17 February 2014
    Sochi court sentences activist David Khakim to correctional labour
    Tonight, the Magistrate Court in Sochi has decided to punish the Sochi activist David Khakim with 30 hours of correctional works, said the lawyer Alexander Popkov.
    Pyatigorsk. Photo: http://pyatigorsk.org/
    18:25, 17 February 2014
    Pyatigorsk is dismantling minaret of unfinished mosque
    The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Stavropol Territory has begun implementing the decision of the City Court about dismantling of the minaret of the unfinished mosque in Pyatigorsk, the Muftiat of the Territory said on February 16.
    Hunger strikers. Volgograd, February 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    18:09, 17 February 2014
    26 people continue hunger strike in Volgograd
    As reported by Elena Samoshina, a hunger-striker, the action in Volgograd is continued by 26 parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities. Today, the protesters were visited by representative of Russia's Investigating Committee and State Duma Deputy.
    15:55, 17 February 2014
    Chechen native Muzaev was again stopped from flying to London by Border Service of Georgian MIA
    Today, the Frontier Service of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has again stopped Saikhan Muzaev, an ethnic Chechen, who took the citizenship of Georgia in 2011, from boarding the flight Tbilisi-Trabzon-London, said Alex Shoshikelashvili, the head of the Human Rights Institute.
    Participants of hunger strike meeting with Volgograd officials. February 7, 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    11:30, 17 February 2014
    Hospitalized Volgograd hunger-striker starts eating for health indications
    Valery Vitkin, a hospitalized participant of the hunger strike, held by parents of many children and parents of disabled children in Volgograd, has begun taking food, said Georgy Goryachevskiy, another hunger-striker.
    10:20, 17 February 2014
    Armenia: DEM.AM activists call opponents of new pension system to strike
    On 16 February, in Mashtots Park in Yerevan, members of the initiative group named DEM.AM held a public debate and drafted a plan of action against the country's pension reform. Activists announced their intention to switchover from local actions to broad-scale ones and urged all the opponents of the new pension system to hold a one-day strike.
    Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
    02:12, 17 February 2014
    On February 10-16, 10 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
    During the week from February 10 to February 16, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus affected at least 10 people, nine of them were killed and one was wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
    Organizer of the rally in support of Evgeny Vitishko, leader of ‘Ecological Defence of Moscow Region’ movement and ‘Movement in Defence of Khimki Forest’ Evgenia Chirikova. February 16, 2014. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    01:01, 17 February 2014
    Evgeny Vitishko's prosecution is politically motivated, say picketers in Moscow
    The ruling passed on the case of Evgeny Vitishko is politically motivated; while sending Vitishko to a colony-settlement has to do with his report on the environmental damage inflicted during the preparation of Sochi for the Olympics, said the participants of the action in support of the ecologist, held in Moscow.
    22:41, 16 February 2014
    Chechen native claims being tortured in Karelian colony
    As reported by Aminat Malsagova, the Chair of the Public Supervisory Commission (PSC) of Chechnya, a native of Chechnya, who is serving his sentence in a colony in Karelia, had been tortured and is currently in hospital in Vologda.
    Posters in support of Evgeny Vitishko. February 16, 2014. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
    21:51, 16 February 2014
    Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko goes on hunger strike
    Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), who is under arrest, has gone on hunger strike, as another activist of the "EcoWatch" told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
    News
    Akhmat Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/ Akhmat Kadyrov received a medal for special achievements in physical education.

    A new temporary plaque has been installed on Anna Politkovskaya's home.

    The eleventh installation of the plaque. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram A banner about vandals of memorial plaques has been reinstalled on Anna Politkovskaya's house.

    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.