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Yanina and Alexey Kopaigorodsky. Video footage from Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction: https://t.me/moscowcourts/5870, https://t.me/moscowcourts/5872. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot."
09:02, 25 February 2026
The court approved the decision to hear the Kopaigorodsky case in Moscow.
The Supreme Court upheld the decision to transfer the case of former Sochi Mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky and his wife, who are accused of corruption, to a Moscow court.
A former internally displaced person from the village of Khorovlu. February 25, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-horovlu-dzhebrailskogo-rajona-otpravlena-ocherednaya-gruppa-pereselencev
08:02, 25 February 2026
30 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu
Today, members of 30 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.
07:04, 25 February 2026
A fighter from the Astrakhan region was killed in combat.
Ivan Glushchenko from the Kamyzyak district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 711 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
06:05, 25 February 2026
The court refused to change the preventive measure for Sergei Turkmenyan.
The Court of Appeal rejected the appeal by the CEO of SVS Shipping, which organized the Seabridge ferry voyage from Trabzon to Sochi late last year, to extend his detention.
05:05, 25 February 2026
Bomb disposal experts destroyed seven unexploded drones in the Volgograd region.
Seven UAVs, which were discovered after a massive attack on the Volgograd region, were destroyed by bomb disposal experts; their total mass in TNT equivalent was approximately 200 kg.
04:19, 25 February 2026
Lilia Fedotova's case has reached court.
The case of former Finance Minister of the Rostov Region, Lilia Fedotova, will be heard by the Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don.
03:20, 25 February 2026
The Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources assessed the damage to wildlife following the tanker accident.
The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Krasnodar Territory estimated the damage to wildlife following the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait at 34.22 billion rubles.
02:21, 25 February 2026
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.
Shikhamat Magomedov from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Over the past four years, authorities have publicly named at least 1,826 Dagestani servicemen killed in Ukraine.
FSB officers. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
01:45, 25 February 2026
During the week of February 16-22, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.
During the week of February 16–22, 2026, armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia resulted in four casualties—two killed and two wounded. These are the results of a "Caucasian Knot" tally based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
01:24, 25 February 2026
Political prisoners called on the European Commission to pay attention to human rights problems in Azerbaijan.
A group of convicted activists and journalists held in Baku's Penitentiary No. 2 in Azerbaijan have called on the European Commission to take concrete steps to implement European Parliament resolutions demanding the release of Azerbaijani political prisoners.
00:26, 25 February 2026
Gultekin Hajibeyli was released after interrogation by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.
Gultekin Hajibeyli, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan's coordinating center, was released after a search of her apartment and questioning by the State Security Service.
Participants in the march in Tbilisi, February 24, 2026. Photo: Khatia Kakhidze / Publika
23:38, 24 February 2026
Participants in a march in Tbilisi expressed solidarity with Ukraine.
Supporters of Georgia's European integration held a solidarity march with Ukraine on the 454th day of uninterrupted protests. The rally began at the Ukrainian Embassy and ended at the traditional protest site near the parliament building.
22:57, 24 February 2026
A native of St. Petersburg received a prison sentence for plotting a terrorist attack in Rostov-on-Don.
A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Anastasia Donova to 18 years in prison, finding her guilty of plotting a terrorist attack against Russian military personnel and a Luhansk official.
22:19, 24 February 2026
The name of the Ingush soldier killed in Ukraine has been released.
Magomed-Basir Albogachiyev from the Nazran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 181 Ingush soldiers have been officially recognized as killed.
21:46, 24 February 2026
A Russian convicted in Georgia has gone on hunger strike after being placed in solitary confinement.
Russian Denis Kulanin, sentenced to two years in prison after participating in protests in Tbilisi, complained about the conditions in the punishment cell and went on a hunger strike in protest.
21:17, 24 February 2026
The Cassation Court overturned the sentence of Alexei Safonov.
The Fifth Cassation Court overturned the appellate decision of the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia, which upheld the 20-year sentence of Alexey Safonov, former head of the Stavropol Krai traffic police department. The case was remanded for a new appellate hearing.
20:25, 24 February 2026
Two pro-government Georgian TV channels have been subject to UK sanctions.
The UK government announced sanctions against pro-government Georgian television channels Imedi and PosTV, labeling them as disseminators of Russian disinformation.
19:46, 24 February 2026
Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Akhmed Alikhanov and Karimudin Ulubiyev from the Kazbekovsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,825 Dagestani servicemen killed there.
19:15, 24 February 2026
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has suspended Mansur Movlaev's extradition.
The extradition of Chechen native Mansur Movlayev to Russian authorities has been suspended pending the final review of his asylum application. The UN representative in Kazakhstan attended the court hearing.
18:43, 24 February 2026
Gultekin Hajibeyli was detained by security forces in Baku.
Security forces searched the apartment of Gultekin Hajibeyli, a representative of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan, and took her to the State Security Service for questioning.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

In February 2026, three people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Russian troops in a combat zone. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://mil.ru/news/1b9c3525-a768-4ce0-81c3-4b4a885d8335 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in the SVO has exceeded 8,750.

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.