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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.
17:48, 24 February 2026
Two teenagers from Krasnodar have been charged with arson on a railway.
Investigators have referred to court the case of two teenagers from Krasnodar accused of committing a terrorist attack after setting fire to a battery cabinet on the railway. The young men are currently in pretrial detention.
16:50, 24 February 2026
A Derbent resident is under investigation after her child died of starvation.
The body of an eighteen-month-old child who died of starvation was seized by police from a Derbent resident during an identity check. The case is being investigated for manslaughter.
Yulia Melnichenko. A still from a video message on YouTube
15:52, 24 February 2026
Yulia Melnichenko's picket in Moscow resulted in an arrest.
Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko held a picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office building demanding punishment for the security officer who beat her brother and an end to the persecution of their family. She was taken to the police station and released two hours later.
Investigative Committee. Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
14:53, 24 February 2026
Representatives of a university in Nalchik have rejected the theory that there was an attempt to evict dormitory residents.
The management of the agricultural university is not forcing former employees to vacate their dormitory in Nalchik, but is merely clarifying the grounds for their continued residence there, university representatives stated in response to residents' complaints. The university's grounds have been fenced off in accordance with anti-terrorism legislation, they explained.
13:53, 24 February 2026
A new drone attack occurred in southern Russia.
The military shot down seven drones in the Krasnodar Territory and one in the Rostov Region. Five more drones were destroyed over the Black and Azov Seas.
12:54, 24 February 2026
Five fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.
Derbent District authorities presented awards to the families of five soldiers killed in the military operation. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,823 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
11:55, 24 February 2026
Three police officers have been arrested in connection with the beating of a detainee in Nazran.
Police officers in Ingushetia unjustly detained a driver and beat him several times. The man required medical attention, investigators said. A court ordered three suspects to be remanded in custody.
Mansur Movlaev. Photo: Orda.kz https://orda.kz/chechenskogo-oppozicionera-otpravili-pod-arest-v-almaty-401794/
10:52, 24 February 2026
The UN Committee has requested a stay on Movlaev's extradition from Kazakhstan.
The UN Human Rights Committee received an appeal from Chechen native Mansur Movlaev and called on the Kazakh authorities to suspend Movlaev's extradition to Russia until the appeal is considered.
A banner on the facade of a theater in Tbilisi with a portrait of Andro Chichinadze and the inscription "Freedom for the prisoners of the system!" Photo: JAMnews https://t.me/jamnewsru/21548
09:53, 24 February 2026
Chichinadze announced his departure from the theater in solidarity with his colleagues.
Convicted actor Andro Chichinadze announced his resignation from the Tbilisi theater troupe, following his colleagues who were outraged by the removal of a banner bearing his portrait.
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
08:53, 24 February 2026
17 drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.
Military forces destroyed drones overnight in the Krasnodar Krai, Adygea, and Rostov Oblast. Drones were also shot down over the Black and Azov Seas.
Evgeny Batalov. Photo from the Rudnyansky District Administration's Telegram channel https://t.me/moya_rudnya/1867
07:54, 24 February 2026
A combatant from the Volgograd region was killed in combat.
Yevgeny Batalov from the Rudnyansky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,693 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
06:55, 24 February 2026
A drone attack was recorded in two districts of the Rostov region.
The military shot down drones in the Kamensky and Neklinovsky districts. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
05:50, 24 February 2026
Participants in the Abkhaz opposition rally called for the dismissal of the head of the presidential administration.
The Abkhaz opposition held a rally in front of the Supreme Court building, accusing the head of the presidential administration, Beslan Eshba, of exacerbating political tensions in the republic and calling on him to resign.
04:45, 24 February 2026
A drone crashed in the Gagra region of Abkhazia.
An explosion occurred in Mount Mamzyshkha in Abkhazia, and debris was found at the site, which, according to preliminary information, belonged to a UAV.
03:42, 24 February 2026
Commentators criticized the behavior of a blogger from Dagestan in a store.
A Dagestani blogger filmed himself stomping on chocolate bars in a store and urged people not to buy them, as the manufacturers directly or indirectly sponsor the Palestinian genocide. Commenters on Telegram found this behavior disgraceful.
02:43, 24 February 2026
Participants in a memorial rally in Ingushetia called for commemoration of the victims of deportation.
A delegation of Balkars attended the memorial events marking the 82nd anniversary of the forced deportation of the Vainakh people in Ingushetia. Only one regional head in the North Caucasus Federal District expressed public condolences to the Chechens and Ingush.
02:34, 24 February 2026
A housewife was arrested in Armenia for posting about Pashinyan.
A 55-year-old housewife from Akhuryan was arrested for one month after reporting a fake account created in her name to police and was charged with inciting violence for a post about Nikol Pashinyan.
01:35, 24 February 2026
Azerbaijani activist Rahimova fears arrest
Trade union activist Sara Rahimova was unable to clarify the reasons for the ban on her leaving Azerbaijan and the criminal case against her, even though the investigator himself promised to contact her on February 23.
00:43, 24 February 2026
A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban extended the arrest of Hieromonk Ilya Sigida.
The Slavyansk City Court extended the house arrest of Hieromonk Ilya Sigida, who is accused of desecrating symbols of military glory through online publications, until March 20.
News
Three days have been declared holidays in Chechnya to mark Eid al-Fitr.

Islamic scholars explained the specifics of calculating zakat in Chechnya and Dagestan.

Commentators found Umar Dzhabrailov's actions contradictory

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.