All news

Homepage / All news

15:10, 12 February 2014

Vitishko's defence claims absence of notification about dismissal of complaint against ecologist's administrative arrest

It was back on February 6 that the Krasnodar Territorial Court dismissed the complaint lodged by Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", against his administrative arrest for 15 days, said the court. However, neither Vitishko, nor his lawyer, according to them, knew about this decision until February 12.

Evgeny Vitishko. March 2012. Photo: http://oleg-kozyrev.livejournal.com/4074689.html

13:53, 12 February 2014

Krasnodar Court upholds punishment to Vitishko as colony-settlement

The Krasnodar Territorial Court has dismissed the complaint lodged by Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for North Caucasus" (EcoWatch), against the change of his conditional verdict by the real deprivation of freedom in the case of damaging the fence of the so-called "Tkachov's summer cottage".

13:35, 12 February 2014

AI: IOC must emphasize human rights violations because of Olympics in Sochi

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should stop ignoring serious human rights violations associated with the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games in Sochi, says an open letter to the IOC President Thomas Bach from the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI).

Nadezhda Tsapok. Photo: Gennadiy Anosov / Yugopolis

13:13, 12 February 2014

Court upholds the conviction of Nadezhda Tsapok

The Krasnodar Territorial Court has dismissed the complaint of Nadezhda Tsapok against the verdict of the first instance, under which she was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of fraud, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

08:16, 12 February 2014

SAM of North Ossetia offers to set up a body to combat extremism

Hadji Murat Gatsalov, the Mufti of North Ossetia has proposed to establish a joint permanent body including religious, public and state structures that will supervise and monitor the situation with extremism in the republic.

03:43, 12 February 2014

Turkish authorities decide to deport Azerbaijani journalist

The Turkish authorities have decided to deport Makhir Zeinalov, 28, a citizen of Azerbaijan and a journalist from the country. Ankara has accused him of violating the Turkish laws. Zeinalov rejects the accusation and treats his deportations as a violation of the freedom of speech.

Astrakhan. Photo from the site http://www.astrobl.ru/ by Vladimir Tyukaev

02:43, 12 February 2014

Initiator of rally in memory of terror victims claims violation of constitutional rights in refusal of Astrakhan Mayoralty to sanction the action

Igor Stenin, the organizer of the rally in memory of those killed in the terror acts in Volgograd, which was scheduled in Astrakhan for February 6, has filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office against the Mayoralty of Astrakhan, which abolished the earlier issued permit.

View from a window of a demolished house in central Baku. March 2012. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"

01:42, 12 February 2014

Demolition of 10,000 houses in central Baku planned by authorities violates people's rights, NGO activists assert

In central Baku, they have started mass resettlement of residents; they plan to demolish about 10,000 old buildings inhabited by about 40,000 people, the authorities of the Azerbaijani capital have stated. They explain these measures by the need to improve the city and plan to create greenery zones there.

Ski jumping competition at the Olympic Games in Sochi. February 9, 2014. Photo: Atos International, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/atosorigin

23:56, 11 February 2014

Fourth day of Olympics added one medal to Russian team's stock

On the fourth day of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, eight sets of medals were competed. The only medal of the Russian team was the silver medal won by the speed skater Olga Fatkulina in the women's 500-meter race.

Zarema Bagautdinova. Photo: video from www.youtube.com

17:17, 11 February 2014

At trial in Dagestan, secret witness testified against Zarema Bagavutdinova

At the court session on the case of Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), a testimony of another "secret witness" was presented. He said that Zarema had recruited a native of Dagestan for participation in illegal armed formations (IAFs).

Participant of the hunger-strike Yelena Levina. Volgograd, February 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

15:31, 11 February 2014

Investigators and prosecutors question Volgograd hunger-strikers

In Volgograd, parents with many children and parents of children with disabilities are on their hunger strike for the eighth day already. On February 10, the venue of the protest action was visited by investigators of the Regional Investigating Committee, who interviewed the protesters. On Tuesday, the hunger-strikers, some of whom have continued health worsening, were visited by employees of the Prosecutor's Office.

Tickets for the Olympic competitions. Photo http://www.krasnodar-region.com/

14:38, 11 February 2014

OC "Sochi 2014" sold nearly million tickets to Olympic events

To date, the spectators of the Winter Olympics in Sochi have bought 925,000 tickets, said Dmitry Perlin, the ticketing programme director of the Organizing Committee (OC) "Sochi-2014". Empty seats during competitions are filled in by volunteers, said Alexandra Kosterina, the spokesperson of the OC.

Opponents of homosexuality came out in Sochi to the central railway station with posters in English. Sochi, February 10, 2014. Photo: http://ipolk.ru/

12:48, 11 February 2014

Opponents of homosexuality come out in Sochi with posters in English

At the central railway station in Sochi, an unsanctioned picket against the promotion of homosexuality was held, local residents report, arguing that its participants and organizers were the visiting Americans.

08:41, 11 February 2014

Terror threat to Sochi Olympics persists, experts say

The probability of terror acts and provocations during the Winter Olympics in Sochi cannot be ruled out, said the politicians, human rights activists, lawyers and journalists, questioned by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to their answers, at the maximum concentration of anti-terrorist forces in Sochi and its vicinities, other regions of Russia remain vulnerable.

Collection exhibits, presented in the "Adyg's House" in the Olympic Park. Sochi, February 2014. Photo http://www.privetsochi.ru/

07:15, 11 February 2014

"Adyg's House" in Sochi Olympic Park was visited by about 30 members of Circassian Diasporas

The Olympic Park in Sochi has launched the "Adyg's House" and the "Circassian Yard", representing the culture of the Adyg nation – the indigenous population of the Black Sea coast. Within a few days, the "Adyg's House" was attended by about 30 representatives of the Circassian Diasporas, who came to the Olympic Games in Sochi from Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Israel, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

02:07, 11 February 2014

Sochi: organizer of rally against "residence-based discrimination" challenges the officials' refusal to grant sanction

On February 10, Roman Shikarev, one of the organizers of the rally against "residence-based discrimination" addressed the court with his complaint about the actions of officials of the city administration, who had banned illegally, in his opinion, the applied public event.

Gamiyakh village in the territory of the new area in the Novolak District of Dagestan. Photo by the State Unitary Enterprise of projects under construction 'New Area' (Novostroy) http://gupns.ru/

13:29, 10 February 2014

Residents of Lak villages are ready to negotiate with Kumyks on settling Karaman conflict

The participants of the roundtable in Makhachkala, organized by Lak villagers to discuss the issues of resettlement from the Novolak District of Dagestan, decided to organize a rally in the near future. The parties also came to the conclusion about the need to negotiate with Kumyk nationals to resolve the conflict in Karaman.

Makhachkala, Dagestan. Photo by Shamil Magomedov, odnoselchane.ru

13:01, 10 February 2014

Native of Samara living in Dagestan complains about pressure from power agents

Anastasia Dulevskaya, a native of Samara, living in Dagestan and detained by law enforcement bodies in Makhachkala in early January for 24 hours, reports that she is afraid of further persecution by power agents. The young woman turned to the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) with a complaint, which was then delivered to the Prosecutor's Office.

Parade of the athletes during the opening ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. Sochi, February 7, 2014. Photo by Maxim Bogodvid, © RIA Novosti

11:52, 10 February 2014

Georgian opposition claims provocations during opening of Olympic Games in Sochi

The opposition and a number of public figures of Georgia say about provocations during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi, stating the presence in the stadium of Presidents of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as well as clouds on the map of Georgia over these regions during the passage of the Georgian Olympians.

Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/

05:15, 10 February 2014

On February 3-9, 15 people fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week from February 3 to February 9, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus affected at least 15 people; 14 of them were killed and one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 1998 1999 2000 … 3283 3284

Next article ⟶

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

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

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

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.