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Ingushetia, Borga-Kash Mausoleum. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/7509931
22:00, 26 February 2010
The large Islamic complex to be erected in the city of Magas, where the main object will be the Cathedral Mosque capable to house 8000 believers, will also comprise the Islamic University for 300 students, a students' hostel, a building of the Republic's Spiritual Department of Moslems, a hotel and a "Khalyal" shopping centre. This was reported by President Yunus-Bek Evkurov.
Ingushetia, Ordzhonikidzevskaya village. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/18662345
22:00, 26 February 2010
Today in the morning in Ingushetia, near Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, a bomb was triggered in a road shoulder, when armoured "Ural" truck with MIA agents inside was passing by. Two militiamen were wounded and hospitalized.
21:00, 26 February 2010
Today, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner of the Council of Europe, came to Georgia for his three-day visit. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Mr Hammarberg's press service that today he would have meetings with activists of NGOs and human rights organizations, then - with government officials, prior to his visit to South Ossetia.
Political ralley in memory of murdered activist Natalya Estemirova. Moscow, Novopushkinsky square, July 23, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 26 February 2010
People in Chechnya are sceptical to the news that the murderer of the well-known human rights defender Natalia Estemirova, kidnapped and assassinated on July 15, 2009, is established. Her colleagues believe that inspectors know already for a long time the executors and organizers of this crime; however, they doubt that the names will ever be disclosed.
Flooded Horticultural Comradeship "Polygraphist". Rostov-on-Don. Photo by http://picasa.google.com
19:00, 26 February 2010
The failure of the Rostov sewer on February 17 changed the ecology of Rostov water bodies. The committee for environment preservation of Rostov-on-Don has warned about it.
Azerbaijan, Lenkoran. Fragment of Memorial "To Victims of Khodzhaly Genocide". Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
18:00, 26 February 2010
Today is 18 years after the Khodzhaly tragedy, when at night on February 26, 1992, the city of Khodzhaly in Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited by Azerbaijanis, was seized by Armenian armed formations with participation of the 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the former Soviet Army.
23:50, 25 February 2010
Medical people are visiting, on the house-by-house basis, residents of the city of Semikarakorsk, Rostov Region, with the aim to prevent a spread of infection, which already caused hospitalization of 10 persons. The Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case on the fact of mass poisoning of citizens.
23:40, 25 February 2010
The court session due to take part today in Dubai on the case dealing with a murder attempt on Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" (East) special battalion, is postponed till March 2, after the judge in the process failed to appear in the courtroom.
Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert Airport. February 25, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 25 February 2010
Construction of the Stepanakert Airport continues in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Anait Vardanyan, Minister of Town-Planning, has noted that construction goes on at a high rate, and by October 2010 the Airport will receive first passengers.
23:20, 25 February 2010
Near the building of the Operative-Search Bureau (OSB) in central Nazran, which was shelled on February 24 by unidentified persons, three self-made bombs were found.
23:00, 25 February 2010
Militiamen of the city of Azov, Rostov Region, have detained a suspect of committing vandalism in the veterans' cemetery. According to the GUVD (Chief Interior Department), the 19-year-old local resident destroyed more than 30 tombs; the youngster has admitted his guilt.
22:40, 25 February 2010
Residents of some Chechen villages report that officials from district and settlement administrations are touring over households and register all the animals raised by local residents. Under peasants' stories, such officials' actions have the aim of subsequent taxation.
22:30, 25 February 2010
In the opinion of activists of Chechen NGOs and local residents, the absence of information about the inquiry into the circumstances of the murder on February 11 of several residents of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, committed in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, gives rise to suspicion that this crime may remain unpunished.
New Prime Minister of Dagestan Magomed Abdulaev (at the mike) presenting his programme. Makhachkala, February 25, 2010. Photo by Magomed Khazamov
22:10, 25 February 2010
Magomed Abdulaev, who was appointed today to the post of the chairman of the government of Dagestan, has defined the main priorities of economic development of the republic. Among the first-order tasks are development of industry, attraction of investments and creation of a free economic zone in Dagestan.
President's Plenipotentiary meets creative intellectuals of North Ossetia. From right to left: Alexander Khloponin and leader of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
20:30, 25 February 2010
A cultural programme will promote changes in the image of Northern Caucasus and in the attitude to the region, said Alexander Khloponin, Plenipotentiary of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), at the meeting in Vladikavkaz with members of the creative unions and religious organizations.
20:00, 25 February 2010
Employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have contacted the members of the investigatory group, who told them have reported that the name of the killer of the Chechen human rights defender Natalia Estemirova was not established yet.
Dagestan, Botlikh District. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/18260209
19:00, 25 February 2010
Today, Ahmadudin Berziev, a resident of Rakhat settlement, Botlikh District, and father of Shamsullah Berziev, who was detained on suspicion of murdering the Interior Minister of Dagestan, has stated that his son is tortured. The detainee's bodily injuries were confirmed by a medical certificate.
18:00, 25 February 2010
Madina Tsokieva, a resident of Ingushetia and mother of Timur and Magomed Tsokiev, who were announced in federal search on suspicion of preparing and committing crimes, asks for help in defending her sons' rights. Ms Tsokiev? herself told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
23:50, 24 February 2010
On February 23, in Ordzonikidzevskaya village an employee of the Department for Ingushetia of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of the Russian Federation was killed as a result of shelling of his car.
23:40, 24 February 2010
In Georgia, on the basis of the "Meore Arkhi" (Central TV Channel Two), a new - political - channel is created. The corresponding memorandum was signed on February 23 by David Bakradze, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, in the Tbilisi office of the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
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.