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Banner of "Front Line Defenders" campaign in support of persecuted human rights defenders, photo taken from FLD website, http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/
16:10, 8 February 2014
FLD times its campaign in support of persecuted rights defenders to Sochi Olympics
The international organization "Front Line Defenders" (FLD) launched its campaign in order to attract the world's attention to the problem of persecuted human rights defenders on the same day with the start of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
The "Adyg's House" Pavilion in the Olympic Park in Sochi, February 7, 2014. Photo: NatPress news agency, http://www.natpress.net/
15:32, 8 February 2014
"Adyg's House" opened in Sochi Olympic Park
The "Adyg's House" opened in the Olympic Park of Sochi will demonstrate – for the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games – the Circassian culture, said Mukhamed Khafitse, Vice-President of the International Circassian Association (ICA).
14:04, 8 February 2014
Guests of Sochi Olympics note good coordination of the police
During the Olympics, Sochi is guarded by tens of thousands of policemen recruited from many regions of Russia; however, the security measures have not yet led to queues at inspection points, said the guests of the city interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
10:49, 8 February 2014
Five persons killed, one detained in special operation in Makhachkala
Five members of the "Buynaksk" militant grouping were killed during the today's special operation in Makhachkala, another one surrendered, said a source from the Dagestani MIA.
10:14, 8 February 2014
In Volgograd, four women-hunger-strikers needed urgent medical care
After the meeting with Volgograd city officials, four women, who take part in the hunger strike, needed medical help. Ambulances were called to Nadezhda Timoshenko and Tatiana Roschina after the February 7 meeting with the officials.
07:41, 8 February 2014
In 2013 Chechnya received more tourists
Last year, 35,000 tourists visited Chechnya, says the Committee on Tourism under the Republic's Government. According to the Committee, most of them come from neighbouring regions for pilgrimage to saints' tombs, and for sightseeing.
Murat Borlakov (to the right). Photo provided by his relatives.
05:53, 8 February 2014
KChR: three policemen suspected of causing Borlakov's death arrested for two months
The Cherkessk City Court has ruled to arrest the policemen of the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), suspected of intentional infliction grave bodily harm that caused the death of a detainee Murat Borlakov, for the time of the preliminary investigation, said a source from the court.
04:27, 8 February 2014
Sochi authorities offer to hold meeting of activists with officials instead of rally against "residence-based discrimination"
Deputy Sochi Mayor Victor Filonov has suggested Roman Shikarev and Vladimir Kimaev, the organizers of the rally against "discrimination of Sochi townspeople based on their residence", to hold a conversation with governmental officials, the activists have reported themselves.
Activist of the "EcoWatch" Igor Kharchenko in police car, Krasnodar, February 4, 2014. Photo provided by "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", http://ewnc.org/node/13505/
00:05, 8 February 2014
Ecologist Igor Kharchenko arrested in Krasnodar goes on hunger strike
Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who was sentenced to five days of administrative arrest, has gone on hunger strike.
Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, District Court. Photo: http://neftchiliyik.biz/
22:09, 7 February 2014
Lenkoran resident convicted for freedom of expression on Internet, rights defenders assert
Shaig Agaev, a resident of the city of Lenkoran, located in Southern Azerbaijan, was sentenced to 4 years in prison on charges of selling drugs. Azerbaijani human rights activists believe that Agaev was convicted for declaring that his daughter had been beaten at school.
18:41, 7 February 2014
In Dagestan, office of "Pravozaschita" is searched
The office of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy) is now being searched with confiscation of financial and other documents, said Aisha Selimkhanova, a human rights activist.
Flag of the rally against Sochi Olympics, Nalchik, February 7, 2014. Screenshot from video http://bambuser.com/
16:20, 7 February 2014
25 protesters against Sochi Olympics detained in Nalchik
Today, 25 protesters against the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi were detained in the city of Nalchik by employees of the OVD (Interior Division) No. 1, said Abubekir Murzakan, the chairman of the public movement "Adyge Khekuzh-Circassia".
Activists of the youth wing of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party held a rally demanding to objectively investigate the incidents on the contact line of the Karabakh conflict. Stepanakert, February 7, 2014. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:06, 7 February 2014
Nagorno-Karabakh protesters demand objective investigation into contact line incidents
Today, more than 20 activists of the youth wing of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party held a rally in Stepanakert demanding to objectively investigate the incidents on the contact line of the Karabakh conflict.
15:04, 7 February 2014
Thousand inmates of Gegut Prison in Georgia go on hunger strike
Today, 1000 prisoners, who serve their terms in the Gegut Prison located near the city of Kutaisi, went on hunger strike in protest against ill-treatment by the prison administration.
13:50, 7 February 2014
Residents of Borlakov, who died in ROVD in KChR, satisfied with detention of 11 policemen
The family of Murat Borlakov, who died in the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division), is satisfied with the decision of Kazimir Botashev, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) to detain 11 power agents in connection with the incident.
13:34, 7 February 2014
Grenade goes off and kills three people in Chechnya
Three people were killed and one was wounded in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, said a source from the republic's law enforcement bodies.
11:38, 7 February 2014
In Dagestan, Chontaul villagers claim kidnapping of law enforcer by unidentified persons
On January 31, two unidentified persons kidnapped in Dagestan two Chontaul villagers; one of them was later released, say the villagers. According to their story, the fate of the second one, who served in Chechnya under contract, remains unknown.
08:57, 7 February 2014
KBR: Atazhukino villagers demand to liquidate defects in new houses
Residents of the village of Atazhukino, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) claim that they were moved into houses built with gross violations of building rules and technologies.
Spectators during Olympic Torch Relay, Sochi, February 6, 2014. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
03:49, 7 February 2014
Sochi residents diverge in assessing the impact of Olympics on the city
Some of Sochi residents believe that the preparation for the Olympics has brought a great benefit to Sochi as a resort. Others, on the opposite, assert that many social problems remain unresolved because of the Olympics. These are the results of the blitz opinion poll conducted by the "Caucasian Knot" in the city streets one day before the opening of the Games.
02:26, 7 February 2014
Circassians who came to the Olympics do not represent Circassian Diaspora, activists say
Representatives of Circassian organizations claim that the Circassians who have come to the Olympic Games in Sochi from abroad cannot represent the Circassian Diaspora and will be attending the Games as individuals. The International Movement "Patriots of Circassia" has urged them to listen to the opinion of the Circassian community.
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Fuel tanks and fertilizer wagons at the Bilyajari station. Baku, May 9, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/energetika/azerbajdzhan-otpravit-v-armeniyu-ocherednuyu-partiyu-nefteproduktov A train carrying fuel and fertilizers has been sent from Baku to Armenia.

98 IDP families returned to Aghdam and Khojavend

Participants in the European Parliament hearing called for the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

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.