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23:30, 22 February 2010
Minister of Finance: Armenia on recovery
Last year, Armenia managed to resist the challenges of the global economic crisis and preserve a stable macroeconomic situation in the country. The results of January show some economic growth, and the country has entered the stage of restoring its economy, said Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Finance of Armenia at the International Forum "Bridge".
23:20, 22 February 2010
One more lawyer to defend interests of the son of Georgia's first president
Tsotne - son of the ex-president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, accused of an attempt of deliberate murder, causing light injuries, espionage and anti-governmental plot, will be defended by two advocates. The second defender was appointed by the court under request of the first one - Keti Bekauri.
23:10, 22 February 2010
Dagestan: a sauna in Kaspiisk blow up
In the evening on February 21, an unidentified explosive was triggered in one of saunas of the city of Kaspiisk; fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.
23:00, 22 February 2010
Chechen Muftiyat obliges young marrieds to present AIDS-absence certificates to mullahs
The Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Chechnya has joined the struggle against spread of AIDS in the territory of the republic. Henceforth, the young people, intending to marry, should present the mullah, who registers new families according to Moslem traditions, with their medical certificates that they have no HIV-infection and AIDS-virus. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the republic's Muftiyat.
The square in front of the railway station of Sochi. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 22 February 2010
Train traffic near Sochi interrupted by a mudslide restored
In the area of the Big Sochi clearing of the railway track from the mud is over. Train traffic was completely resumed at 9:14 a.m. Moscow time, reports Nikolai Shustov, head of the Department for Sochi of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
22:00, 22 February 2010
Chechnya prepares to mark 66th anniversary of deportation of Chechens and Ingushes
February 23 will be 66 years after deportation of Chechens under Stalin's order, when about half of the population of former Chechen-Ingushetia was lost from famine, frosts and illnesses. Chechnya will mark this tragic anniversary with mourning actions, immolations and various religious ceremonies.
Power agencies and units of Chechnya. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
21:00, 22 February 2010
Chechen MIA switches over to reinforced service mode
Power agencies and units of Chechnya have been switched over to reinforced service regime for the period of celebrations of the Homeland Defender Day, 66th anniversary of Stalinist deportation and Birthday of Prophet Muhammad to be held on February 23-26.
Armenia, Yerevan. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/23848391
20:00, 22 February 2010
NGOs from Russia, South Ossetia and Georgia meet in Yerevan within Strasbourg dialogue
On February 20-21, the capital of Armenia hosted a meeting of NGO leaders from Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia within the limits of the Strasbourg dialogue. They discussed ways of further interaction of civil societies in conflict zones.
Northern Ossetia, Beslan. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/10491094
19:00, 22 February 2010
Girl killed by explosion in Beslan
In Beslan today, an unidentified explosive blew up. By preliminary data, the explosion killed a girl of eight, and her two brothers were wounded and hospitalized.
18:00, 22 February 2010
Caretakers of outcast animals in Sochi are under threat of eviction
The public charitable organization in Sochi, engaged in taking care of outcast animals, may be deprived of its premises, since the bosses of the Federal State Educational Establishment of Secondary Vocational Training "Sochi Economic-Technological College" is going to hand over these premises occupied by animals defenders and belonging to the college to some security entity.
21:00, 20 February 2010
Georgia buries its sledge racer, who crushed to death in Canada
Today, Georgia held the funeral of its sledge (toboggan) racer Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in an accident in Canada several hours prior to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver.
19:00, 20 February 2010
President of Dagestan inaugurated
Today Makhachkala hosted inauguration of Magomedsalam Magomedov to the post of President of Dagestan. The new leader promised to bring the republic out of crisis, eradicate corruption and attract investors to Dagestan.
18:00, 20 February 2010
Novorossisk: human rights activist who represents Dymovskiy's interests arrested
Today, the magistrate court of Novorossisk has ruled to arrest the human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov, who represents the interests of Major Alexei Dymovskiy, for seven days. Yesterday, the court found Karastelyov guilty of holding a non-authorized rally and fined by two thousand roubles.
16:00, 20 February 2010
In North Ossetia, trade sector well endured the 2009 crisis
The situation in the consumer market of North Ossetia remains stable and is characterized by a high level of saturation with goods, Zaur Kuchiev, Minister of Economy, has noted.
15:00, 20 February 2010
CPJ welcomes Kadyrov's recall of claims to "Novaya Gazeta" and HRC "Memorial"
Robert Mahony, deputy director of the international Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has named the decision of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to recall his claims to the "Novaya Gazeta" and Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" the first small step towards liquidation of the frightening effect against journalists in Russia.
14:00, 20 February 2010
In Rostov Region, militia searches those who desecrated graves
At night on February 15, in the city cemetery of Azov, Rostov Region, unidentified persons made a rout. In more than 30 tombs of one of the sections, where only veterans of World War II are buried, monuments and tombstones were ruined or damaged.
13:00, 20 February 2010
Shakhnazaryan: Moscow wants to make parallel format in Karabakh process
Russia tries to change the format of the Minsk OSCE Group and is interested to set up a parallel intermediary format in the Karabakh process. This is the opinion of David Shakhnazaryan, a member of the oppositional Armenian National Congress and former chairman of the local KGB.
12:00, 20 February 2010
Fatima Margieva, editor of the newspaper "Position" arrested in Tskhinvali
In Tskhinvali, on February 18, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia arrested Fatima Margieva, editor of the newspaper "Position". She went on hunger strike and plans to continue it until all the circumstances of her detention and the criminal case opened against her last year on the fact of illegal keeping arms are clarified.
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11:00, 20 February 2010
Authorities of Dagestan create a school of bloggers
Dagestan plans to set up a school of bloggers. The initiative belongs to the information-analytical centre of the local Ministry on Youth's Matters. The main mission of the school is proclaimed as "creation of positive information" about the republic.
10:00, 20 February 2010
Georgia: history teachers study problem of tolerance in education
In the capital of Georgia, teachers of history considered the ways of bringing up tolerance in pupils in the multinational and multi-confessional society. The seminar was held within the project "Building up tolerance through historical education". Over 50 persons from different regions, representing various ethnic and religious communities of Georgia, were present.
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The road to one village remains blocked in Dagestan.

The road to 14 villages in Dagestan is blocked due to a landslide.

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.