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Unexploded shell. Photo: REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov
21:46, 2 March 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsman accuses officials of deaths of 33 civilians
The General Prosecutor's Office of Nagorno-Karabakh has started to investigate a case on the deaths and capture of dozens of civilians during the combat actions in the autumn of 2020. The tragedy occurred, because the local authorities failed to carry out the evacuation of civilians, the Ombudsman claims.
Screenshot: https://runet.report/incidents/
21:31, 2 March 2021
Chechnya leads in cases of violence against journalists and bloggers in Russia
In 2020, out of 103 cases of violence against journalists registered by human rights defenders in Russia, 40 cases took place in Chechnya. The unfavourable situation with the freedom of the Internet has also developed in Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Adygea, and Kuban.
In Abkhazia, opposition hold a protest action near parliament building, March 2, 2021. Screenshot: @SputnikAbkhazia t.me/SputnikAbkhazia/4436
19:10, 2 March 2021
In Abkhazia, opposition hold a protest action near parliament building
About 200 people gathered in front of the parliament of Abkhazia to express their indignation at the trip of presidential aide Benur Kviraya to Georgia. The administration of President Aslan Bzhaniya claimed that Benur Kviraya visited Georgia after he had resigned from his post as the aide to the President of Abkhazia.
Policemen during a protest action in Yerevan, February 26, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
18:45, 2 March 2021
Robert Kocharyan's supporters hold a protest action in Yerevan
Today, in Yerevan, activists have blocked one of the streets with the demand to close the criminal case against Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia.
Bagautdin Myakiev. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EQy41nsPm/
18:21, 2 March 2021
Criminal case opened against Bagautdin Myakiev, sources report
The police have opened a criminal case against Ingush activist Bagautdin Myakiev for damaging property during his stay in a Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison), sources reported.
One of the central streets in the town of Zangilan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:02, 2 March 2021
Searches for dead bodies resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Today, Nagorno-Karabakh rescuers have resumed searches for the bodies and remains of military servicemen and civilians in the battlefields of the conflict zone, the emergency service of the unrecognized republic has announced.
Protest rally in Tbilisi. Screenshot: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20210302/251045088/Deputatam-prikhoditsya-probiratsya-v-parlament-Gruzii-po-koridoru-pozora.html
13:41, 2 March 2021
Protest action in Tbilisi turns into detentions
Today, opposition supporters went out to a protest action in Tbilisi demanding the release of political prisoners and hold repeated parliamentary elections. Protesters tried to block the road, after which law enforcers detained seven of them.
Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, is scolding three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CL40Ok0puL1/
13:16, 2 March 2021
Three women from Kurchaloi detained for witchcraft
Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, has scolded three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services, the regional TV channel reports.
Pre-trial prison. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
11:27, 2 March 2021
Defence reports ten suspected torturers of Caucasians in Yaroslavl colony
Three suspects of beating up Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, and Vazha Bochorishvili, a citizen of Georgia, have been arrested in the Yaroslavl colony; two are under house arrest. The whereabouts of the remaining suspects are being established.
At the site where the suicide bomber activated a bomb, Uchkeken, December 2020. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
11:12, 2 March 2021
Analysts doubt militants' involvement in attacks on law enforcers in Uchkeken
The two attacks committed in Uchkeken since early December have little in common, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
08:37, 2 March 2021
Rallies of Pashinyan and his opponents gather about 28,000 people
On March 1, supporters of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, and of the opposition held their parallel rallies in Yerevan.
Idris Yusupov holds solo picket, March 1, 2021. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video
08:25, 2 March 2021
Makhachkala picketers demanded to release political prisoners
On March 1, four solo pickets with different demands were held in Makhachkala. Picketers demanded, in particular, to release the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.
Boarding house. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
23:48, 1 March 2021
Tenant of dilapidated house in Kabardino-Balkaria appeals to Kadyrov for help
The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have ignored requests to exercise the rights to housing, claims Gulbinat Adjibekperova, who lives in a dilapidated five-storey building with no heating and water supply. The woman recorded a video appeal to the leader of Chechnya.
Residential buildings in Gelenzhik. Photo: Alina Desyatnicheno for the 'Novaya Gazeta'. Collage prepared by the Caucasian Knot
23:31, 1 March 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" covers contrast between luxury of "Putin's palace" and Gelendzhik life
Residents of Gelendzhik, in the vicinity of which a palace from the Alexei Navalny's investigation is located, have to huddle in illegally built constructions adjacent to garages, and they suffer from poor roads and problems with water supply, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. More than 3000 people signed a petition to demolish "Putin's palace" drawn up by a local activist.
Village of Talysh, December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
21:04, 1 March 2021
Four Azerbaijani residents detained for trying to enter Karabakh
Two residents of the Terter District tried to avoid checkpoints and get to the village of Talysh, while two others tried to go to the Agdam District, despite the authorities' ban on visiting the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, the police report.
Policement trying to prevent a crowd from entering the building, March 1, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4d5OQ75DWo&feature=youtu.be
20:49, 1 March 2021
In Yerevan, activists burst into building of district administration
Dozens of Nikol Pashinyan's opponents entered the administration building of the Kentron District of Yerevan, despite attempts by the police to stop them. The activists demanded from the directors of the district administration not to force public sector employees to participate in a pro-government rally.
Policemen standing at the gates of the Parliament during a protest rally, Yerevan, February 26, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
20:38, 1 March 2021
Residents of Armenia and Karabakh forced to participate in pro-government rally, opposition reports
The authorities use the administrative resource in an attempt to ensure the mass nature of the rally scheduled for today in the centre of Yerevan, the opposition claim. The press service of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh announced that no public sector employees were sent to the rally initiated by Nikol Pashinyan.
Police detaining Ara Sagatelyan. Screenshot: Tert. am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIIBERPTlC8&feature=youtu.be
13:46, 1 March 2021
Collection of signatures in support of Ara Sagatelyan launched in Yerevan
The signatories of the petition in support of Ara Sagatelyan, a former chief of staff of the Armenian Parliament, who was arrested within the case of fakes during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, treat his arrest as a political persecution.
Law enforcer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/organami-fsb-i-mvd-presechena-deyatelnost.html
13:25, 1 March 2021
On February 22-28, two people were wounded during armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of February 22-28, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, two people were wounded; there was no information about any casualties. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Participants of commemorative events in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
11:22, 1 March 2021
Victims of Sumgait pogroms commemorated in Yerevan and Stepanakert
On February 28, the "National Democratic Pole" movement held a torchlight march timed to the 33rd anniversary of pogroms in Sumgait. The action began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
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A Dagestani woman has been accused of financing an extremist organization.

The former head of the Karabudakhkent district has been accused of bribery.

More than 3,600 flood victims in Dagestan have received payments.

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.