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Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 15 February 2010
Over 40,000 cars with excessively tinted glasses found in Chechnya in four months
Starting last October till this February, Chechen law enforcers, who fight against excessive tinting of car glasses, revealed 40,000 cars with substandard dark tinting. In the meantime, drivers complain of excessive demands of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) employees.
22:00, 13 February 2010
In Ingushetia, employee of Security Council is heavily wounded
Khavazh Geroev, an employee of the Security Council of Ingushetia, was heavily wounded in a terror act and hospitalized. His car was blown up by means of a bomb.
21:00, 13 February 2010
Peaceful residents lost in special operation in Ingushetia
As reported by Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of President of Ingushetia, on February 11-12, as a result of a special operation aimed to liquidate members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the vicinity of Arshty and Datykh villages, Sunzha District of Ingushetia, four local residents were lost and two others received wounds.
20:00, 13 February 2010
Caucasian athletes take part in Vancouver Winter Olympics
National teams of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan take part in the 21st Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, which opened on February 12; and the national team of Russia includes three representatives of the Southern Federal District (SFD).
19:00, 13 February 2010
In Georgia, journalists support Vakhtang Komakhidze's request for political asylum
Today, members of the Georgian organization "Journalists for Freedom of Speech" have handed over a petition to the Embassy of Switzerland in Tbilisi with a request to the government of this country to help Vakhtang Komakhidze, a Georgian journalist to receive political asylum.
18:00, 13 February 2010
"Caucasian Knot" receives a UJR's Prize
In Moscow, on February 12, within the All-Russia Contest of the Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR), a ceremony of rewarding the winners of 2009 was held. The prizes were awarded for best publications, actual picture stories, new television programs, books and journalistic actions. The "Caucasian Knot" became a Laureate of the Prize "For Defence of Interests of Professional Community".
17:00, 13 February 2010
Organizing committee of Olympiad-2010: Georgian sledge racer made a fatal mistake
A couple of hours prior to the opening ceremony of Vancouver Olympiad, held on February 12, the Georgian Olympic team suffered a tragic loss: at the morning training session Nodar Kumaritashvili, a sledge racer, crushed himself to death in an accident it was broke to death.
16:00, 13 February 2010
Armenia may cancel international treaties prior to enactment
The government of Armenia has approved a bill "On Making Additions in the Law 'On International Treaties'", assuming Armenia's possibility to cancel international treaties prior they come into legal force.
12:00, 13 February 2010
Kalmykia to mark one of the main national holidays - Tsagan Sar
On February 14, Kalmykia will mark the national spring holiday - Tsagan Sar (White Month). Traditionally, celebratory actions and molebens will be held in all the khuruls (monasteries and prayer houses) of the republic.
11:00, 13 February 2010
Chechnya: authorities plan to tax livestock and poultry
Residents of Chechnya report that they are demanded to pay tax on their domestic animals. According to their version, officials assert that President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has personally ordered to take taxes on domestic cattle and poultry.
10:00, 13 February 2010
Hurricane leaves 50,000 families without electricity in Georgia
In Georgia, over fifty thousand families remain without electricity. On February 12, the cities of Poti and Kutaisi suffered from hurricane, when the wind reached 30 meters per second. Weather forecasters warn that today bad weather will cover the whole country.
23:40, 12 February 2010
In Rostov Region, young volunteers teach Internet to elderly people
The Project entitled "Place Where Generations Meet" (of the Programme "Dialogue Is Rendezvous Place"), executed by the Sholokhov Library - a branch of the Novocherkassk Central Library System - and supported by the Foundation "Memory, Responsibility and Future" (Germany) and the Federal State Institution (FSI) "Fund of Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation" (Moscow), assumes teaching old people in information technologies by volunteers.
23:10, 12 February 2010
MCC reappoints consideration of complaint of the person acquitted on attempt on Chechen President on February 26
Today, the Moscow City Court (MCC) has delayed the consideration of the rehabilitation claim lodged by Ruslan Musaev, one of the acquitted figurants in the case on the attempt on President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov committed back in May 2007.
23:00, 12 February 2010
About 9000 are still without electricity in Dagestan
Because of strong snowfalls and wire icing, electric power supplies are broken in the Buinaksk, Karabudakhkent and Sergokalin Districts of Dagestan. About nine thousand residents are still without electricity; they promise to restore supplies by February 15.
22:10, 12 February 2010
Azerbaijan is not unanimous on amendments to laws on journalists
In the evening on Friday, February 12, the National Assembly of Azerbaijan with 92 votes for and 7 votes against approved the amendments to a number of legislation acts imposing restrictions on collection and dissemination of information.
22:00, 12 February 2010
In Azerbaijan, consideration of bloggers' complaint postponed again
Today, the consideration of the appeal complaint lodged by young bloggers' Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade was again postponed by the Baku Appeal Court.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Photo by http://pansik.berdyansk.net
21:00, 12 February 2010
Resident of Dagestan claims defence of honour and dignity against Zhirinovsky
The Meschanski District Court of the city of Moscow has accepted to consideration a claim from a resident of Makhachkala Shamil Sheikhov about protection of honour, dignity and business reputation and demand to collect compensation in the sum of 100 million roubles in equal halves from Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Chairman of LDPR (Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia) and vice-speaker of the State Duma of Russia, and from the editorial board of the newspaper "LDPR". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Mr Sheikhov himself.
20:00, 12 February 2010
Trial of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia to resume on February 18
The litigation on the case of Tsotne - the son of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia - will resume at the Tbilisi City Court on February 18 at 1:30 p.m., said his advocate Keti Bekauri.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/929605
19:00, 12 February 2010
PACE Rapporteurs on Azerbaijan worry about Fatullaev's life
The case of Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan", who was convicted in Azerbaijan, is causing many doubts and gives rise to worry for his life. This was stated by Andres Herkel, Rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee.
Ramzan Kadyrov ( In the centre ). Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
18:00, 12 February 2010
Ramzan Kadyrov is ready to be Chechen leader for another term
President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that he is ready to remain the head of the republic until he is on demand in this position. His term as President of Chechnya expires in 2012.
News
Two children died in Krasnodar during a drone attack.

The Supreme Court refused to review the transaction for the sale of Vyacheslav Tsepyovaz's property.

The Sochi activist has a chance to avoid deportation to Russia from the USA.

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.