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Elena Samoshina announces a hunger strike by parents of large families and of children with disabilities starting from February 5, 2014, Volgograd, February 3, 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:06, 5 February 2014
Volgograd parents of many children go on hunger strike
Parents of large families and of children with disabilities have gone on an endless hunger strike. They demand to solve their housing problems and increase the amount of benefits and social help to large families and families with disabled children.
23:51, 4 February 2014
Rostov Regional Court upholds arrest of oppositionist Vladislav Ryazantsev
Today, the Rostov Regional Court has upheld the ruling of the Sovietskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don to arrest Vladislav Ryazantsev, the coordinator of the movement "Left-Wing Front", for hooliganism for 15 days. Ryazantsev announced his intention to challenge the court ruling.
Smashed car of Igor Kharchenko, Krasnodar, February 4, 2014. Photo by EcoWatch
21:58, 4 February 2014
"EcoWarch" activist Igor Kharchenko charged with disobeying police
Igor Kharchenko, an activist of the public organization "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) and a member of the "Yabloko" Party, who was detained today in Krasnodar, has been accused of disobeying a legitimate order of a policeman, said the Department of Internal Affairs.
17:58, 4 February 2014
Austrian female athletes receive threats of abduction
The Austrian National Olympic Committee (NOC) has received a letter containing threats to abduct two Austrian female athletes, who go to compete at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Peter Mennel, the Secretary General of the NOC, has reported today.
Resident of Potskho-Etseri settlement, Georgia. Photo: Nodar Tskhvirashvili (RFE/RL)
16:01, 4 February 2014
Georgia: Abkhazian refugees leave migrants' settlement Potskho-Etseri
Out of two hundred refugee families, who were sent in 2011 to live in the Georgian settlement of Potskho-Etseri, only five families continue living there. The rest of the families have moved to other parts of Georgia or returned to Abkhazia, the remaining refugees have reported.
‘Russian March’ in Volgograd, November 4, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:53, 4 February 2014
Putin approves tougher responsibility for extremism
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law reinforcing criminal responsibility for extremist activities, according to the today's statement of the state system of legal information.
10:54, 4 February 2014
Netherlands public demand from monarch and prime minister not to go to Sochi Olympics
35,000 Dutchmen have signed a petition demanding from the top officials of the Netherlands not to attend the Olympic Games in Sochi, because of the Russian law, which infringes, in their opinion, the rights of sexual minorities.
Mountain Olympic village, Sochi, Roza Khutor Resort. November 21, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Ukolova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
09:54, 4 February 2014
IOC demands from OC "Sochi-2014" to solve the problem of hotels in Mountain Cluster
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged the Organizing Committee (OC) of the Olympic Games in Sochi to take urgent measures to address the problem of unavailability of accommodations for the journalists, who came to work in the Mountain Cluster of the Games.
Lawyer Igor Trunov. Photo: http://grani.ru/
07:59, 4 February 2014
Trunov: refusal of Krasnodar teachers to attend Torch Relay may affect their future work
The initiative to involve Krasnodar educators in the Olympic Torch Relay is a recommendation, but a refusal to go may have consequences for a teacher, said the lawyer Igor Trunov.
Press-conference of parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities, Volgograd, February 3, 2014. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
03:52, 4 February 2014
Volgograd: parents of children with disabilities plan to go on hunger strike on February 4
Parents of many children and parents of children with disabilities are going to start their protest hunger strike on February 4, as they stated at a press conference on February 3. Their demands include increase of monthly child allowances and provide free public transportation.
01:44, 4 February 2014
Six activists of "EcoWatch" detained in Krasnodar
In Krasnodar, on February 3, on the eve of the welcoming ceremony of the Olympic Flame, six activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) were detained.
Olympic Torch Relay in the city of Maikop, February 3, 2014. Photo by Oleg Chaly for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
23:52, 3 February 2014
On the day of Olympic Torch Relay Maikop was crowded, citizens report
A section of the Olympic Torch Relay was held today in the city of Maikop, the capital of Adygea. The festive event was held at elevated security measures; however, there were plenty of people in the streets, residents report.
Rally to protest Sochi Olympics, Istanbul, February 2, 2013. Photo by Irma Kreiten, http://sochi2014-nachgefragt.blogspot.com.tr/
21:31, 3 February 2014
In Istanbul, 700 Circassians rally against Sochi Olympics
On February 2, in Istanbul, at the building of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Turkey, a rally of the Circassian public against the Olympics in Sochi was held with the attendance of over 700 people.
19:49, 3 February 2014
Tuapse court arrests Vitishko for 15 days
Today, the ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has been sentenced in Tuapse to 15 days of administrative arrest. Evgeny was detained in the morning when leaving the building of the criminal-executive inspection. At detention, policemen alleged that Evgeny Vitishko was suspected of committing a theft, the lawyer Alexander Popkov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
19:19, 3 February 2014
At trial of Politkovskaya's murder case, jurors watch video from the doorway camera
Today, the prosecutors showed the jury of the Moscow City Court (MCC) the video record from the surveillance camera at the entrance to the house of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated in the fall of 2006.
19:02, 3 February 2014
Detainee dies in ROVD in Karachay-Cherkessia, his relatives assert (+video)
Murat Borlakov, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, delivered today to the Ust-Djegutin ROVD (District Interior Division), has died there under unclear circumstances, according to his relatives. In demand to clear out what happened, his relatives and friends blocked Federal Highway A-155 Vladikavkaz-Dombay.
Law enforcers patrolling Sochi streets. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:43, 3 February 2014
Obama finds Sochi a safe city but can’t ‘discount’ terror threats
Although the risk of terror acts during the Olympic Games in Sochi is real, the capital city of the Games is safe, said the President of the United States Barack Obama.
A copy of the document posted in Navalny's blog says that the Krasnodar City Mayor Vladimir Evlanov asks Iosif Gamzaev, the Director of the Department of Education of the Krasnodar Administration, to ensure the presence of educators at the celebration of the Olympic Torch Relay on February 4, http://navalny.livejournal.com
08:57, 3 February 2014
Navalny: Krasnodar authorities send 30% of educators to Olympic Torch Relay
Alexei Navalny, a blogger and the leader of the unregistered "People's Alliance" Party, has spread information that the authorities of Krasnodar urge the bosses of the local Department of Education to ensure the presence of 30% of city teachers at the celebration of the Olympic Torch Relay on February 4.
Galina Arapova. Photo taken from 7х7 Internet-journal, http://7х7-journal.ru/
02:39, 3 February 2014
Arapova: there are no chances to challenge refusal of OC "Sochi-2014" to issue fan's passport
Those who go to court to sue "Sochi-2014" Organizing Committee (OC) demanding to repeal the provision in the rules on issuance of fan's passports, allowing to refuse to issue one without explanation, have no chance to win the trial, said Galina Arapova, the Director of the Centre for Defence of Media Rights.
Counterterrorist operation, photo: http://nac.gov.ru
02:02, 3 February 2014
From January 27 to February 2, seven persons fell victim to armed conflict in North Caucasus
In the course of the armed conflict in North Caucasus, during the week from January 27 to February 2, 2014, at least seven people suffered: five of them were killed and two wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
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The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

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.