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Hunger strikers. Volgograd, February 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:09, 17 February 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
19:07, 16 February 2014
Today in Volgograd, activists of the public movement named "The Essence of Time" and of the all-Russian public organization of family defence "All-Russian Parental Resistance" held pickets against the closure of libraries in Volgograd.
Baku, February 16, 2014. Rally by residents of Narimanov street (former Sovietskaya) and neighboring boroughs against demolition of their houses. In the centre – deputy head of Yasamal District of Baku Samed Islamov. Photo by Kyamal Ali for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:10, 16 February 2014
On February 16, a rally was held in Baku by residents of the central city district consisting of old one- and two-storey private houses. The protesters were unhappy with the authorities' plan to demolish the district and build a park area instead.
14:14, 16 February 2014
The arrest of Asker Sokht, the Chair of the Krasnodar Territorial "Adyge-Khase", will consolidate the Circassian movement, since now even his critics speak in his support, said Adam Bogus, the chairman of "Adyge-Khase" of Adygea, who did not rule out that Circassian activists would hold a series of protest actions in support of Asker Sokht.
11:11, 16 February 2014
This morning, in the yard of Boris Chochiev, the head of the presidential administration of South Ossetia in Tskhinvali, an explosion occurred that hurt nobody, said a source from the administration.
Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: Vladimir Anosov, YUGA.ru
23:20, 15 February 2014
The mother and the advocate of Azamat Eguzhokov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), detained on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons, declare that he was exposed to unlawful methods of investigation.
21:44, 15 February 2014
The court has ruled to place Asker Sokht, the head of the public organization "Adyge-Khase" of the Krasnodar Territory, into custody for eight days, users of social networks report. No official confirmation of this information has arrived.
Evgenia Chirikova at the solo picket in support of the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko. Moscow, December 25, 2013. Screenshot of a video at youtube.com
20:12, 15 February 2014
In the Moscow's Gorky Park, in Pushkin Embankment, a picket in support of the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko took place. The action was attended by up to 100 people; the ecologist Evgenia Chirikova and activists of the "Yabloko" Party among them.
Participants of rally collect signatures against the incorporation of the Gorodische settlement into Volgograd. February 15, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:36, 15 February 2014
An appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to help residents of the settlement of Gorodische in the Volgograd Region to overturn the decision to join the settlement to the city of Volgograd was adopted by the participants of the today's rally. In their opinion, the incorporation into the city will significantly damage the social status of Gorodische residents.
15:41, 15 February 2014
Asker Sokht, the leader of the public organization "Adyge-Khase" of the Krasnodar Territory was detained on February 14 in Krasnodar, Circassian activists have reported.
Sumgait, Azerbaijan. Photo: Timur Mamedrzaev, http://en.wikipedia.org/
14:35, 15 February 2014
On February 14, Malik Medjidov, a veteran of the Karabakh War, made an attempt of self-immolation in front of the administration of the city of Sumgait in protest against non-provision of housing to his family. Eyewitnesses of the incident prevented him from setting fire to himself.
Lydia Petrova, 83, a participant of the hunger strike. Volgograd, February 7, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:03, 15 February 2014
Volgograd officials offered Lydia Petrova, 83, who is taking part in the hunger strike of parents of many children and children with disabilities, and people without housing, to move to a social hotel. The woman disagrees with such solution of her housing problem.
04:40, 15 February 2014
The Russia's government has promised to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pay the outstanding wage debts equivalent to 8.3 million US dollars to the builders of sports facilities and infrastructure of the Sochi Olympics, the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports.
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.