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Urus-Martan, where Magamadov and his brother have been delivered to. Screenshot of the video by tehnoborz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVTK5lUqVE&feature=emb_logo
11:25, 26 February 2021
Experts on Caucasus treat links of LGBT activists with Chechen militants as absurd
The version of Chechen law enforcers that LGBT people, Salekh Magamadov, and his underage brother supplied militants, who treat same-sex relations as a sin, is unrealistic, Alexei Malashenko believes. The resonant detention of Chechen residents in another region has forced authorities to fabricate a case, but by doing so they equated LGBT people to terrorists, said Mikhail Roschin, an Orientalist.
Vadim Tekhov. Screenshot of the video by GTRK Alania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBYcscpSr6c&feature=emb_logo
11:20, 26 February 2021
Victims disbelieve repentance of killer of North-Ossetian woman
In his last plea, Vadim Tekhov, sentenced to 16 years in a high-security colony for killing his ex-wife, Regina Gagieva, has pled guilty and repented. The victims failed to believe in his sincerity. The founder of the "Khotae" community to help domestic violence victims has stated that activists are satisfied with the verdict.
A rally in the center of Yerevan. February 25, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:14, 26 February 2021
Political analysts treat army's intervention into opposition's conflict with Pashinyan as possible
Militaries can interfere into the internal political situation, if the President of Armenia approves the resignation of the Chief of the General Staff, or if protests are suppressed by force, political analysts have predicted. The General Staff's demand for Pashinyan's resignation has reduced his chances of retaining power, Stepan Danielyan, a political analyst, believes.
Nika Meliya. Screenshot of the video https://1tv.ge/ru/news/nika-melija-zajavljaet-chto-planiruet-vstretitsja-s-mikhailom-saakashvili/
11:08, 26 February 2021
Defence rejects GPO's offer to release Meliya on bail
The Georgia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has expressed its readiness to release Nika Meliya, the leader of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, from custody on bail, but advocates have criticized this proposal as politically motivated. The court refused to consider the defence's appeal against the oppositionist's arrest.
The participants in the rally in Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:58, 26 February 2021
650 people take part in mourning rally dated to centenary of Georgia's sovietization
At schools, they tell little about the events of February 1921, when the Red Army invaded Georgia, the participants in the mourning rally in Tbilisi have stated. It is important to preserve democracy in Georgia, the foreigners who took part in the rally have stressed.
The Akkin Chechens near the memorial to the victims of the 1944 deportation. February 23, 2021. Photo by S. Kasimov
23:59, 25 February 2021
Analysts explain Kadyrov's interest in Dagestani Chechens by his ambitions
The participation of the vice-speaker of the Chechen parliament in a rally on the anniversary of the deportation of Akkin people from Dagestan showed the Ramzan Kadyrov's claims to the role of the all-Chechen leader, says Caucasian expert Akhmet Yarlykapov.
The police officers and protesters. Yerevan, February 25, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov
23:57, 25 February 2021
Nikol Pashinyan threatens to arrest oppositionists
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the army must obey the authorities. He called the General Headquarters' statement an attempt of a military coup d'etat. The Armenian Prime Minister regarded the protests as an attempt of revenge from the previous authorities and threatened to severely suppress them.
Nikol Pashinyan (in the center) went out to his supporters. Yerevan, February 25, 2021. Photo: Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
23:53, 25 February 2021
Kocharyan and Sargsyan support General Headquarters' call for a change of power in Armenia
The General Headquarters of Armenia confirmed the position on the need for the Nikol Pashinyan's resignation. Former presidents of Armenia supported the country's General Headquarters.
Footage of the scene of the suicide bombing in the village of Uchkeken. December 11, 2020. Photo by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) nac.gov.ru
21:18, 25 February 2021
Second attack on law enforcers takes place in Karachay-Cherkessia within a year
In Karachay-Cherkessia, an attack on law enforcers in the village of Uchkeken was preceded by a suicide bomber's attack on FSB agents in the same village in 2020.
The police detains an activist. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:12, 25 February 2021
Participants of Baku action in support of army plead not guilty in court
In Baku, a court has begun a consideration of a case instituted against participants of a rally in support of the army. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and the opposition claimed the prosecution was politically motivated.
A protest rally in Yerevan under the slogan "Armenia without Nikol." Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:13, 25 February 2021
Pashinyan's opponents block streets in Yerevan
On Thursday (February 25) the opposition resumed its actions demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Activists have temporarily blocked traffic in streets of Yerevan.
A law enforcer. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
13:50, 25 February 2021
Two law enforcers wounded in attack in KChR
In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a policeman and a "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) serviceman were stabbed and received gunshot wounds while trying to check the driver's documents; two attackers managed to escape.
The participants in clashes in Moscow between natives of Armenia and Azerbaijan, July 2020. Screenshot of the video by RBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuSua39w3lA
12:07, 25 February 2021
Seven Armenian natives convicted after conflict with Azerbaijanis in Moscow
The natives of Armenia, detained after the attack on the Azerbaijani restaurant "1001 Nights" in Moscow during the escalation of hostilities on the two countries' border in July 2020, have been sentenced to two years in prison each.
11:56, 25 February 2021
Oppositionists link Abbasov's arrest with his criticism of Azerbaijan President
Elmir Abbasov, a member of the "Nida" movement, has refused to plead guilty of a drug-related offense. The opposition believes that Abbasov is being persecuted because of his post about the corruption nature of Ilham Aliev's regime.
01:38, 25 February 2021
Coordinator of Navalny's office announces investigations about Dagestan
Ruslan Ablyakimov has informed that he needs medical treatment after the attack on him in Makhachkala. He has announced that he will return to Dagestan and present investigations about the republic.
Poster with Polad Aslanov's portrait. Screenshot: "Amerikanın Səsi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeItCVwfF20
00:53, 25 February 2021
Polad Aslanov demands to drop case against him
Polad Aslanov, a journalist, who is on hunger strike at the isolation facility, has changed his demands, and is now insisting not on a fair trial, but on the closure of his case, his wife has informed.
Nika Meliya. Photo: European People's Party https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:04, 24 February 2021
Opposition organizes a car rally in support of Nika Meliya
Participants of a protest action drove to the place of detention of opposition leader Nika Meliya in Tbilisi. For the second day, the Court of Appeal does not respond to a complaint lodged in connection with the decision on the Nika Meliya's arrest, an advocate of the opposition leader emphasizes.
Volgograd student voices public apology for dancing on Mamayev Kurgan. Screenshot: https://www.tiktok.com/@_sweet_boy_8_/video/6932515448302931202?lang=ru-RU&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1
22:43, 24 February 2021
Volgograd student voices public apology for dancing on Mamayev Kurgan
A young man from a video with a dance near the monument "Motherland Calls!", which provoked a wide public outcry, called his act "terrible" and apologized to residents of Volgograd. A criminal case was instituted against the young man for abusing places of burial.
Regina Gagieva. Screenshot: Youtube iRYSTON TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCHwqCDuAQ
22:26, 24 February 2021
Gagieva's husband accused of her murder sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment
The Sovietsky District Court of Vladikavkaz found Vadim Tekhov, a former husband of Regina Gagieva, guilty of her murder and sentenced him to 16 years of imprisonment.
"Iskander" missile complexes, Yerevan, February 21, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
22:02, 24 February 2021
Military experts treat Pashinyan's words on Iskander systems as a claim against Russia
The statement of the Armenian Prime Minister who claimed that Russian Iskander missile systems turned out to be combat-ineffective during the Karabakh war should be regarded as an unfounded claim against Russia, military experts note.
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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.