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15:00, 8 February 2013
In Armenia, figurant in case of explosion of balloons sentenced to conditional imprisonment
In Armenia, Serop Bozoyan, who was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in the case of the explosion of balloons at Republic's Square, was sentenced to conditional imprisonment.
14:00, 8 February 2013
Human rights defenders complain to ECtHR about law on foreign agents
11 Russian human rights organizations have filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) the complaint against the law on non-commercial organizations. The human rights defenders believe that the requirement to get registered as "foreign agents" violates their right to freedom of association and freedom of speech and violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.
23:00, 7 February 2013
"Novaya Sila" starts collecting signatures for withdrawal of Stavropol Territory from NCFD
The regional office of the unregistered party "Novaya Sila" (New Force) has announced a start of collecting signatures for return of the Stavropol Territory into the Southern Federal District (SFD).
22:00, 7 February 2013
Georgian government initiates mitigation of law on occupied territories
Today, the Georgian government has approved a proposal to ease the law on occupied territories, namely, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as considered by Georgia, and is ready to bring a respective bill for approval of the Parliament.
20:00, 7 February 2013
Policeman shot dead in Dagestan
Tonight, in the Levashin District of Dagestan, unidentified criminals shot dead a local district policeman, said a source from law enforcement bodies.
19:00, 7 February 2013
President of Azerbaijan deprives author of the novel on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of "People's Writer" title
In Azerbaijan, the 75-year-old writer Akram Aylisli (Naibov), the author of the novel "Stone Dreams" about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, was deprived of the title of "People's Writer" and his personal pension; the respective order was signed today by President Ilham Aliev.
19:00, 7 February 2013
In Armenia, presidential candidate Arutyunyan goes on hunger strike
Today in Armenia, at 5:00 p.m., the presidential candidate Aram Arutyunyan, the leader of the "National Accord" Party, went on a hunger strike in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
18:00, 7 February 2013
Two men killed in shootout with police in Dagestan
As reported by the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), during an attack on the police in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan two men were killed and a woman was wounded.
17:00, 7 February 2013
Khizri Shikhsaidov approved as Speaker of Dagestani Parliament
Today, Makhachkala hosted an extraordinary session of the People's Assembly of Dagestan. Magomedsultan Magomedov, the Speaker of the Parliament, was dismissed from his post; and instead the parliamentarians have unanimously elected the former MP of the Russian State Duma Khizri Shikhsaidov.
16:00, 7 February 2013
In Dagestan, one person killed and another wounded in shootout
Today, an attack on policemen was undertaken in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. During the fight, one attacker was killed and one more wounded. The policemen were not hurt, said the Investigatory Department for Dagestan of the ICRF.
15:00, 7 February 2013
Kozak: Bilalov will be dismissed from the posts of Vice-President of the Olympic Committee and head of "Resorts of Northern Caucasus"
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to dismiss Akhmed Bilalov from all his posts, namely, of Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee and the head of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus", Dmitry Kozak, the Deputy Prime Minister, has reported.
14:00, 7 February 2013
In Ingushetia, "Mekhk-Khel" collects signatures against bill on right of Russian subjects to change the procedure for electing governors
Activists of the movement "Mekhk-Khel" have organized collection of signatures to a petition addressed to Vladimir Putin, demanding not to sign the bill that would allow the authorities of the republics of Northern Caucasus to cancel direct election of governors.
23:00, 6 February 2013
Stavropol Territory: Deputy charged with fatal road accident
Valery Kalugin, a Deputy of the Stavropol Territorial Duma from the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, is accused of violating the "Road Traffic Rules", which entailed a human death, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.
22:00, 6 February 2013
Magomedov, killed in Dagestan, was ambushed by power agents, a source says
Gusen Magomedov, who was searched for involvement in organizing terror acts in Moscow metro in 2010, was killed by law enforcers from their ambush, said a source from the Russian Special Forces.
21:00, 6 February 2013
In Armenia, health condition of hunger-striking presidential candidate Andreas Gukasyan worsens
Andreas Gukasyan, a presidential candidate and director of the "Radio-I", who is on a hunger strike, has health problems. Doctors have fixed low blood tension – 80/40, said Armen Grigoryan, a member of his election office.
20:00, 6 February 2013
Intigam Aliev: detention of activists who promoted reading books in Baku is illegal
The detention of three young men, who encouraged people to read books, is illegal, said Intigam Aliev, the head of the Society of Legal Education.
19:00, 6 February 2013
HRW urges IOC to promote migrant workers' rights at Olympic facilities in Sochi
The report of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), based on interviews with migrant workers engaged at Olympic and other construction sites in Sochi, will be presented today at a briefing in Geneva. The report documents different violations of migrant workers' rights and facts of their exploitation by employers.
18:00, 6 February 2013
In Makhachkala, policeman wounded by gunfire
Tonight in Makhachkala, unidentified persons opened fire at a car with policemen inside and wounded one of them, a source from law enforcement bodies of the city has reported.
17:00, 6 February 2013
DPS inspector killed by shelling in Nalchik
In the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in an attack on the crew of the road-and-post service (DPS), a policeman was lost; another one was hospitalized with wounds.
16:00, 6 February 2013
Arrested leader of "ReAl" Ilgar Mamedov nominated as presidential candidate
Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), arrested on charges of organizing riots in the city of Ismailly, has been nominated by the movement as a presidential candidate at the election of the head of Azerbaijan upcoming on October 16, 2013.
News
The prosecutor's office has requested a postponement of the Symonenko trial.

A house on Lesnaya Street in Sochi. Photo by Kristina Romanova for "Caucasian Knot." The outcome of the complaint against the management company disappointed Sochi residents.

The court rejected an independent expert examination of Alla Soboleva's conversations with the developer's assistant.

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.