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    22:30, 17 February 2010
    In Azerbaijan, NAR Tax Ministry extends audit of human rights NGO
    The Ministry of Taxes and Dues of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), located in Azerbaijan, has extended the audit of the documents of the Regional Resource Centre of Human Rights and Democracy. The employees of the Centre assert that they are pressed on.
    22:20, 17 February 2010
    Shevardnadze: Georgian-Russian relations to get better after 2013
    The relations of Tbilisi and Moscow will improve at least by 2013, said Eduard Shevardnadze, ex-president of Georgia.
    22:10, 17 February 2010
    Dagestan hosts a rally of Kumyk nationals
    On February 16, a rally of representatives of the Kumyk nation took place in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. The participants adopted an appeal to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev.
    Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    21:00, 17 February 2010
    British delegation notes positive changes in Chechnya
    Today, the group of British MPs - members of the Human Rights Group, making their acquaintance visit to Chechnya, met university students in Grozny and visited a gymnasia and a boarding school for children-orphans and children, left without parental care.
    Chtchnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    21:00, 17 February 2010
    German court qualifies murder of Russian soldiers by resident of Chechnya as war crime
    In Germany, the Federal Administrative Court has found the actions of the Chechen who killed two Russian soldiers in an armed conflict to be a war crime.
    19:10, 17 February 2010
    OMON fighters wounded at shelling in Dagestan
    Unidentified persons shelled a militia post in the Untsukul District of Dagestan and wounded three fighters of the Moscow OMON (special militia).
    19:00, 17 February 2010
    Chechnya: participants of skirmish in Gudermes District are searched
    So far, power agencies could not get on the trail of the militants, who on February 15 twice started skirmishes with Chechen law enforcers in the Gudermes District. In the course of these combat clashes, an officer of the special-purpose MIA regiment was killed, and two more servicemen were wounded. It is supposed that some of searched militants were also wounded.
    18:00, 17 February 2010
    In Ingushetia, a bomb found near former Nazran GUVD building
    In the Moskovskaya Street of Nazran, close to the building, which earlier housed the city GUVD (City Interior Department), sappers are now de-mining a self-made bomb.
    23:40, 16 February 2010
    Georgian athlete lost in Vancouver to be buried on February 20
    Nodar Kumaritashvili, a sledge racer from Georgia, who perished on February 12 after an accident in the sledge-bobsleigh track at the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, will be buried on Saturday, February 20, in Bakuriani.
    Sochi administration advertising. The inscription says: "Sochi 2014. Development strategy. Municipal transport fleet is to be twice and a half enlarged". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    23:30, 16 February 2010
    Russian ecologists suspend cooperation with "Olympstroy"
    As reported by Igor Chestin, head of the Russian representative office of the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), Russian ecologists have suspended their cooperation with the State Corporation (SC) "Olympstroy", in charge of preparing the Sochi Olympiad-2014, because their joint decisions on protection of the regional ecosystems are not fulfilled. The "Olympstroy" treats the ecologists' demarche as a complete surprise. In the opinion of the builders, ecologists "have taken a non-constructive stand" and mislead the public.
    23:00, 16 February 2010
    Trial on claim of Dagestan resident to Zhirinovsky postponed for respondent's absence
    On February 15, the court session of the Meschanskiy District Court of Moscow for considering the suit lodged by Shamil Sheikhov, a resident of Makhachkala, on protection of his honour, dignity and business reputation against Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Chairman of the LDPR (Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia) and Deputy of the State Duma, and against the editorial board of the newspaper "LDPR", did not take place because of the absence of the respondent. Shamil Sheikhov himself told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
    Ramzan Kadyrov (second from the left). Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
    22:30, 16 February 2010
    Kadyrov's decision to recall claims against "Novaya Gazeta" was a surprise for his lawyer and respondents
    The decision of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to recall his claim against "Novaya Gazeta" was a surprise for the lawyer Andrei Krasnenkov, who represented his interests in the court of Moscow. In his turn, Vyacheslav Izmailov, a journalist of "Novaya Gazeta", believes that the open litigation, initiated by Kadyrov, could have drawn attention of the public to kidnappings in Chechnya.
    22:10, 16 February 2010
    WWF dissatisfied with ecological support of 2014 Sochi Olympiad
    The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) of Russia is dissatisfied with the way its opinion in taken into account in ecological support of Olympiad-2014 in Sochi; while the State Corporation (SC) "Olympstroy" emphasizes that the requirements to Olympic objects meet the experience of foreign countries as regards ecological construction.
    22:00, 16 February 2010
    Chechen MIA: no more than 4 Chechens perished in special operation in Ingushetia
    Law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic refute information about huge losses among peaceful citizens as a result of the militaries' operation near the Ingush village of Arshty. According to the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia four residents of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya were lost and one more is considered to be missing.
    21:00, 16 February 2010
    16 casualties of special operation identified in Ingushetia
    Inspectors managed to identify 16 out of 22 persons who perished as a result of a combat clash in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia.
    Dagestan, Makhachkala. The prospect blocked by inhabitants of neighbouring multistoried buildings who protest against regular power and water outage. February 16, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
    20:00, 16 February 2010
    Makhachkala residents block streets in protest against water and electricity cut-offs
    From 10 a.m. today, residents of high-rise apartment blocks adjacent to the Akushinskiy Avenue in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, began blocking the avenue in protest against regular water and electricity cut-offs.
    19:00, 16 February 2010
    Turkish MPs worry of the fate of the Turks convicted in Switzerland for genocide negation
    Members of the oppositional People's Republican Party of Turkey have brought a point to the parliament's agenda on the three Turks convicted in Switzerland for negating the genocide of Armenians.
    18:00, 16 February 2010
    Azerbaijan: participants of religious action arrested for two months
    In the evening on February 15, the Yasamal District Court of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, ruled to arrest four believers, detained by the police during dispersal of the unauthorized action last Saturday, on February 13, for the term of two months.
    Armenia, Yerevan. The Armenian genocide victims memorial. Photo by http://acher.ru
    23:50, 15 February 2010
    British MPs recognize genocide of Armenians
    The majority of the members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom have voted for recognition of the fact of genocide against Armenians and Assyrians in the territory of the Ottoman Turkey.
    23:20, 15 February 2010
    Kadyrov's claim against "Novaya Gazeta" stopped
    The Basmanny Court of Moscow has stopped proceedings on the claim of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against the "Novaya Gazeta", as the claimant recalled his.
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    The road to 14 villages in Dagestan is blocked due to a landslide.

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    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.