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Zainab Rabadanova holds solo picket in Makhachkala, February 19, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
19:32, 19 February 2021
Female picketers demand to investigate torture of arrested Derbent residents
During pickets in Makhachkala, mothers of Derbent residents Islam Barzukaev, Gasan Kurbanov, and Mirzaali Mirzaliev, accused in a case on terrorism, disclosed the names of the law enforcers, whom they considered involved in torture, and demanded to institute a criminal case against them.
Handcuffs. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
19:02, 19 February 2021
Two Dagestani law enforcers detained on suspicion of kidnapping
Four persons kidnapped a resident of Makhachkala and demanded from him to pay out 4 million roubles. Two of the kidnappers, former policemen, are detained, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Vera Oleinikova. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLeEJ-dnc3M/
18:43, 19 February 2021
Activist Vera Oleinikova detained in Rostov-on-Don
Today, in Rostov-on-Don, the police have detained and brought to court Vera Oleinikova, a participant of a protest rally in support of Anastasia Shevchenko. According to the activist herself, she does not know why she is detained.
The village of Sugovushan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:36, 19 February 2021
Azerbaijan resident blown up by a mine in Nagorno-Karabakh
Bakhtiyar Makhmudov, a native of the Lachin District, died after being blown up by a mine near the village of Sugovushan in the Terter District.
Session of the Parliament of South Ossetia. Photo: http://www.parliamentrso.org/
13:58, 19 February 2021
South-Ossetian MPs reproach GPO for meddling in politics
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia has groundlessly assessed the work of the Parliament, since it is beyond its mission, the MPs from three parties have stated. Inal Djabiev's relatives said that they continue their protest action in a Tskhinvali square.
Serzh Sargsyan. Photo: Hrantos, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31695638
11:49, 19 February 2021
Political analysts see attempts to self-justify in Sargsyan's interview
The first interview of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, given after the "velvet revolution", indicates his desire to rehabilitate himself in the changed political situation, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Construction site in Shurnukh. Photo: Tigran Avinyan, https://www.facebook.com/tigran.avinyan/photos/pcb.2681037092200694/2681036992200704/
11:33, 19 February 2021
Authorities announce housing construction for 13 families in Shurnukh
The Armenian government has allocated 700 million drams for the construction of housing and infrastructure in the village of Shurnukh for residents of the Syunik Region, whose houses were left in the territory now controlled by Azerbaijan.
Anastasia Shevchenko in a courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
08:34, 19 February 2021
Shevchenko treats four years of conditional imprisonment as severe sentence
The court has appointed a milder sentence than the prosecution demanded, but the conditional imprisonment also implies a number of restrictions, Anastasia Shevchenko, an activist, has stated.
European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
08:22, 19 February 2021
ECtHR obliges Azerbaijani authorities to pay compensations to two activists
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the complaints of Mamed Azizov and Shakhin Novruzlu, activists of the Azerbaijani movement "Nida" about politically motivated arrests and persecutions, and awarded compensation to them in the total amount of EUR 43,500.
Dmitry Peskov. Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
22:44, 18 February 2021
Peskov forwards material about extrajudicial executions in Chechnya to law enforcers
Today, while commenting on the material about victims of the extrajudicial executions released by the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, has said that the newspaper's material cannot be considered as evidence of extrajudicial executions and that law enforcers should deal with such information.
Anastasia Shevchenko and her advocate in a courtroom. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
22:21, 18 February 2021
Anastasia Shevchenko punished with suspended sentence
In Rostov-on-Don, a court found activist Anastasia Shevchenko guilty under a criminal article on participation in activities of an undesirable organization and punished her with four years of conditional sentence.
The election of Adam Kadyrov as the president of the school self-administration. Screenshot: https://youtu.be/uHI2LaOtlT4
22:08, 18 February 2021
Social media users treat election won by Kadyrov's son as unfair
Adam Kadyrov, a son of the leader of Chechnya, has become the president of the school self-administration as a result of a procedure that had little in common with the real election, note users of Instagram and VKontakte.
FSB agents during detention. Screenshot: https://russian.rt.com/russia/video/833797-fsb-zaderzhanie-desyat-regionov
18:32, 18 February 2021
FSB reports about detention of terrorists in Dagestan and Kuban
Today, the press service for the Russian FSB has reported about the detention of members of the international terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"* in 10 regions of Russia, including Dagestan and the Krasnodar Territory. According to a source from the law enforcement bodies, one member of the "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"*, a native of Uzbekistan, was detained in Dagestan.
At the office of the opposition party 'United National Movement'. Screenshot: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20210218/250922927/Politsiya-priekhala-za-Nikoy-Meliya---chto-proiskhodit-u-ofisa-Natsdvizheniya.html
18:07, 18 February 2021
Georgian MIA postpones arrest of Nika Meliya after resignation of Prime Minister
After the resignation of Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakhariya, the execution of the court's decision about the arrest of oppositionist Nika Meliya has been postponed for some time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia reports. Supporters of Giorgi Gakhariya explained his resignation by disagreements and called his leaving unexpected.
Sergey Smirnov, editor-in-chief of the "Mediazona". Screenshot: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sergey_Sergeyevich_Smirnov_(journalist)
13:44, 18 February 2021
"Mediazona" editor-in-chief released
Today, Sergey Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of the "Mediazona", has left the special detention centre in Sakharovo in Moscow, after 15 days of administrative arrest under the case of calling people to participate in a rally for Alexei Navalny.
Zina Dolueva, a resident of Grozny. Screenshot: https://vk.com/groznytv?z=video-42535075_456249926%2F743f1ff48c8c809ae0%2Fpl_wall_-42535075
13:21, 18 February 2021
Woman from Grozny publicly repents of witchcraft
In the report broadcast by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company), Zina Dolueva, a resident of Grozny, promised to stop carrying out witchcraft rituals. The woman who had ordered the ritual was also publicly scolded by Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian.
Monument in Nagorno-Karabakh, November 2020. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
11:19, 18 February 2021
MPs offer to make Russian the official language in Nagorno-Karabakh
A bill on the recognition of the Russian language as an official language along with the Armenian one has been brought into the parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh. The issue of the second official language in the unrecognized republic became especially acute after the 2020 autumn war of, Aram Arutyunyan, an MP, has explained.
Tatiana Moskalkova during her trip to Chechnya in 2017. Screenshot from TV reportage by ChGTRK 'Grozny'
11:07, 18 February 2021
Ombudsperson withdraws from inquiry into extrajudicial executions in Chechnya
Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian ombudsperson, has failed to react to the investigation conducted by the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper into the replacement of Chechen residents from the so-called "execution list" by their brothers so as not to confront Ramzan Kadyrov, says Svetlana Gannushkina, the chair of the "Civil Assistance"* Committee.
Residents of the Achkhoi-Martanovsky District in Chechnya are reprimanded by the police for supporting online publications criticizing the Chechen authorities. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLW_tomHt2q/
08:40, 18 February 2021
Educative talk at Achkhoi-Martan ROVD angers Instagram users
The video, in which a police officer scolds two young men from the Achkhoi-Martan District for supporting online publications criticizing Chechen authorities, has sparked outrage among Instagram users. One of the young men had been slandered, one of the commentators has stated.
Magomed Khamkhoev. Photo courtesy of Gelani Khamkhoev.
08:27, 18 February 2021
Magomed Khamkhoev's relatives treat his sentence as too harsh
The accusations against Magomed Khamkhoev, a participant in the rally in Magas, were untenable; and the court verdict that sent him to colony was unfair and harsh, his relative and advocate have stated.
News
Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 509 consecutive days.

Parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy complained about a ban on setting up tents in Tbilisi.

Protesters outside the Georgian parliament. Screenshot from Publika photo from April 19, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1736237834442426&set=pcb.1736237931109083 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia). Protests in central Tbilisi continue for the 508th day in a row.

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.