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Participants of a protest action in Volgograd, February 14, 2021. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
10:45, 16 February 2021
Analysts treat action with flashlights in Southern Russia as successful
The action "Love is stronger than fear" was successful, despite the fact that not all of Navalny's supporters reacted thereto, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.
Tubes with blood samples for HIV testing. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
08:43, 16 February 2021
Ingushetia and Kalmykia are leaders in Russian rating of fighting HIV
The authors of the study of the situation with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) detection and treatment in Russia have placed Ingushetia and Kalmykia into the group of 13 best regions. Doctors of the Stavropol and Volgograd Regions are also successfully coping with the problem, while in other regions of the Southern Federal and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) the problem is expressed at an average level.
The head of the Gudermes ROVD holds an explanatory conversation with three young men. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRRpZWqi35/
08:28, 16 February 2021
Rights defenders point to the political reasons for talk with youngsters at Gudermes police
Svetlana Gannushkina and Ruslan Kutaev, human rights defenders, believe that the head of the Gudermes ROVD (District Interior Division) by scolding the guys for supporting the "Euroichkerians" has supported the federal government's confrontation vector with Western countries.
Rally participants holding banners with Polad Aslanov's portraits. .Screenshot: "Amerikanın Səsi" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeItCVwfF20
23:09, 15 February 2021
BCA upholds verdict to Polad Aslanov
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) upheld the verdict of guilty to journalist Polad Aslanov. The sentenced journalist claimed that he would continue his hunger strike in protest against the unjustified criminal prosecution.
Syunik Region. Screenshot: https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20210215/26453950/Ombudsmen-Armenii-predstavil-dokazatelstva-strelby-VS-Azerbaydzhana-bliz-Syunika.html
22:53, 15 February 2021
Armenian side reports shelling near villages of Syunik Region
The Azerbaijani armed forces use small- and large-calibre weapons to shell the immediate vicinity of the villages in the Syunik Region of Armenia, the Ombudsman of Armenia claims today. The head of the Agarak village community also reports about the shelling.
Hand cuffs. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
18:17, 15 February 2021
Dagestani law enforcers detain a person accused of financing terrorism
A resident of Buynaksk was detained in a case on transferring more than 370,000 roubles to support terrorist organizations, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports today.
Terror attack on policemen, December 17, 2016. Screenshot: DAMATOHTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2cD0fAtwes
18:02, 15 February 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" makes public investigation into extrajudicial executions in Chechnya
The newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" got copies of photographic tables prepared by the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), which contained the information about the detention of 108 people, some of whom fell victim to extrajudicial executions. The "Novaya Gazeta" announced a release of an interview with a Chechen law enforcer who witnessed the executions.
Said-Muhammad Djumaev (left) in a courtroom. Photo: press service of the Presnya District Court in Moscow
17:43, 15 February 2021
Moscow City Court refuses to consider complaint about Djumaev's arrest
Today, in Moscow, a judge has decided to withdraw from consideration a complaint about the arrest of Said-Muhammad Djumaev, since the defendant is in quarantine for coronavirus and is not able to participate in a court hearing.
13:37, 15 February 2021
Organizer of terror acts in Moscow found dead in colony
Investigators have begun examining the circumstances of the death of Khalid Khuguev, an ethnic Chechen, who had been convicted on charges of organizing terror acts in Moscow back in 1999.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh return from Armenia to Stepanakert, January 2021. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:26, 15 February 2021
Over past 24 hours, 34 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh
Peacemakers have escorted another group of refugees from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. The total number of returnees has made up 52,545 persons, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Law enforcer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-respublike-tatarstan.html#&gid=1&pid=4
11:30, 15 February 2021
On February 8-14, no information was received about any victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of February 8-14, 2021, no information was received about any casualties or wounded persons in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
11:17, 15 February 2021
Stavropol activists support Alexei Navalny
Policemen did not interfere with the "Love is stronger than fear" action in the Stavropol Territory, the activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.
The head of the Gudermes ROVD holds an explanatory conversation with three young men. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRRpZWqi35/
11:02, 15 February 2021
In video, Chechen law enforcer scolds three youngsters for supporting "Euroichkerians"
The head of the Gudermes ROVD (District Interior Division) has posted a video of his explanatory conversation with three young men, in which he criticized them for supporting the publications of the so-called "Euroichkerians", who criticize Chechen authorities.
Galina Tikhenko holds solo picket in Volgograd, February 14, 2020. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
10:48, 15 February 2021
Volgograd activists hold solo pickets in Navalny's support
Three solo pickets were held in Volgograd demanding to release the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and other political prisoners. Policemen treated one of the pickets as a group one, because a passerby helped the picketer collect her posters flying in the wind.
Law enforcers in the settlement of Tarki. Screenshot of the video from the "Caucasian Knot" Telegram channel
12:04, 14 February 2021
Residents of Dagestani settlement of Tarki report detentions
Law enforcers have detained three residents of Tarki who counteracted to drug dealing in the dwelling settlement, locals have stated.
Aslan Gabuev cooking food for those in need. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CC9f4sIFI1N/
12:00, 14 February 2021
Ossetian food blogger becomes famous for spreading food among those in need
Aslan Gabuev, a resident of North Ossetia, has become a popular food blogger thanks to his charity actions – he cooks food and gives it out to those in need. The "Life Food" Association of Charitable Funds is organizing nutrition at Vladikavkaz orphanages and treats pensioner in the local flea market.
Residents of Yerevan ran out into the streets during the earthquake. February 13, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://youtu.be/e03OB786RVE
11:57, 14 February 2021
After earthquake, 25 Armenian residents turn to hospitals
Doctors have rendered help to 25 residents of Armenia who complained of abrasions and bruises as a result of the earthquake. In its turn, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has assured that no repetition of equally strong shocks in the near future is likely.
12:58, 13 February 2021
Relatives of Tsetiev and Razhapov, residents of Chechnya, treat compensations for their criminal prosecution as scanty
After termination of his criminal case, Khusein Tsetiev, a native of Chechnya, cannot find a decent job; his family, whom he supported before his arrest, is in dire need of money, while the compensations appointed by the court cannot solve these problems, his mother said.
Damaged vehicles of the Armenian army. Nagorno-Karabakh, December 14, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:51, 13 February 2021
Remains of three soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh
Rescuers have found remains of three soldiers in the Kashatagh District; the total number of remains and bodies found in the battle zone has reached 1374, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.
The vial and the "Sputnik V" vaccine kit. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
12:45, 13 February 2021
Fatwa on COVID vaccine postponed until halal lab test
The Russian vaccine contains no animal components; its use has already been approved in a number of Muslim countries, the developers of the "Sputnik V" vaccine have stated. However, believers have reasonable doubts about the safety of the vaccine; and some Muslims have come under the influence of conspiracy theories, clergymen and Islamic scholars have stated.
News
Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Seder food. Photo: Haim Charbit / Unsplash.com Jewish communities in southern Russia have rejected media coverage of their Passover celebrations.

The court confiscated the assets of the arrested Kuban Health Minister.

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.