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A police officer in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:58, 9 February 2021
Activists report detentions at protest action in Yerevan
Today, members of the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party went out to a protest rally in Yerevan demanding the resignation of the government. Law enforcers brought dozens of protesters to police stations, activists report.
Magomed Khamkhoev in the courtroom, December 2020. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:52, 9 February 2021
Witnesses testify innocence of Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev
In March 2019, in Magas, Magomed Khamkhoev, an Ingush activist, did not incite protesters to resist "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) agents, 15 defence witnesses told the court on February 8.
The engagement of a 15-year-old boy with an 11-year-old girl. Screenshot of the post via Oxu.Az Telegram channel Newshttps://ru.oxu.az/society/465396
18:46, 9 February 2021
Ombudspersons get interested in video about girl's engagement in Georgia
After watching the posted video about the engagement in Georgia of an 11-year-old Azerbaijani girl and a 15-year-old boy, the Azerbaijan Ombudsperson has appealed to his Georgian colleague; the latter's office has launched a check.
Evgeny Kochegin. Photo by Fyodor Kunitskiy
11:23, 9 February 2021
Coordinator of Navalny's Volgograd office complains about poor conditions in custody
The inmates kept at the special detention centre in Volgograd have not enough clean bedding; there are no hygiene means there; and detainees are not given medicines, Evgeny Kochegin, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's Volgograd office, has complained. He intends to appeal against his arrest at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
11:19, 9 February 2021
ECtHR orders Russia to admit doctors and advocates to detained natives of Chechnya
Russian authorities are obliged to ensure access of advocates, doctors and relatives to the two natives of Chechnya, convoyed from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has ruled.
The Supreme Court of Chechnya. Screenshot of the post on Andrei Sabinin's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3971759139515270&set=a.511013482256537
10:50, 9 February 2021
Complaint about threats to kill Kadyrov's critics lodged to Chechnya's SC
A complaint has been sent to the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya against the decision of a Grozny court, which had refused to acknowledge investigators' inaction on the complaint of human rights defenders against the threats pronounced by Ramzan Kadyrov. This was announced by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
Sergey Smirnov. Photo © Yelena Sineok, YUGA.ru
23:10, 8 February 2021
Court shortens sentence of "Mediazona" editor-in-chief
In Moscow, a court refused to recognize Sergey Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of the "Mediazona", not guilty of calling for participation in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, but shortened the journalist's arrest from 25 to 15 days.
A mess in the apartment where Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev were detained. Photo courtesy of the "Russian LGBT Network" https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/02/06/89088-k-allahu-iz-pod-palki
22:58, 8 February 2021
"Russian LGBT Network" reports threats to father of detained Chechen natives
A father of two moderators of a Chechen Telegram channel complained about pressure from the law enforcement bodies, the "Russian LGBT Network" reports. The human rights defenders believe that the father of the detained brothers gave up the advocate's help because of the threats he got.
Salekh Magamadov. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/screennews.ad/videos/241302913661764
22:20, 8 February 2021
Media: Chechen investigators call atheists accomplices of militants
The Chechen law enforcement bodies suspect a gay and a transgender person who mocked religion of aiding and abetting militants, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. Investigators say that the detainees acknowledged their guilt.
Abakar Kaplanov. Photo https://valetudo.ru/mma/2010-02-17-12-10-44/profc-daet-dorogu-molodym
21:27, 8 February 2021
In Dagestan, over 2000 people attend funeral of killed former village head
Over 2000 people came to the funeral of Abakar Kaplanov, the former head of the Novokuli village, who was killed at a police station in Makhachkala, villagers say. According to their version, the conflict, which ended in the murder, relates to a land dispute and personal hostility.
Search for perished militaries in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh's State Emergency Service https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR/photos/a.1527615660606237/4088398617861249/
16:52, 8 February 2021
Bodies of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Karabakh conflict zone, rescuers have found two more perished military servicemen, making the total number of remains found equal to 1367, the Nagorno-Karabakh's State Emergency Service has reported.
CTO. Photo by the press service of the Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-chegeme-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
16:42, 8 February 2021
On February 1-7, one person was wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of February 1-7, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, one person was wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
The police car in Tbilisi. Photo by the press service of the Tbilisi Police Department https://police.ge/ge/projects/patrol-police
16:36, 8 February 2021
Tbilisi resident detained for beating up transgender woman
In Tbilisi, policemen have detained a 31-year-old man suspected of beating up a transgender woman out of hostility, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
Abuzaid Vismuradov. Photo from the official page of the Akhmat Fight Club on "VKontakte" https://vk.com/fc_akhmat
12:04, 8 February 2021
Rights defenders treat Vismuradov's words about drunken drivers as carte blanche for law enforcers
The words of Abuzaid Vismuradov, a Chechen Vice-Premier, about punishments to those who drive their cars after drinking alcohol, will be interpreted by Chechen law enforcers at their own discretion and used as a pretext for persecuting those who are unwanted by the authorities, human rights defenders assert.
A march in Georgia on February 6, 2021. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUavinDuDkk
11:56, 8 February 2021
Protests against COVID-19 restrictions held in Tbilisi and Batumi
Tbilisi marchers have called the curfew unconstitutional and demanded to cancel it. In Batumi, athletes and oppositionists went out to an action; the police detained 10 persons.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev (on the right). Photo by the press service of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow
11:45, 8 February 2021
Lawyers assess Djumaev's chances for conditional imprisonment
The resonance around the story of Said-Mukhammad Djumaev was caused by the fact that he has become the first Chechen in many years to take the side of the opposition, Musa Lomaev, a blogger, and Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, believe. Djumaev can avoid imprisonment for a fight with law enforcers, if he pleads guilty, lawyers have suggested.
The police has been monitoring a protest action in Yerevan, February 7, 2021. Screenshot of the video by "Sputnik Армения" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REijPGl20Y4
11:28, 8 February 2021
Yerevan marchers stand up for Pashinyan's opponent
At a protest action in Yerevan, several dozen people demanded Nikol Pashinyan's resignation and release of Vaan Badasyan, who was arrested for calling to execute the Armenian Premier.
11:41, 7 February 2021
Chechen Telegram chat moderators questioned in Gudermes
The two young men taken out by Chechen law enforcers from Nizhny Novgorod, have been interrogated under two criminal cases as witnesses. A lawyer from the Russian LGBT Network has filed complaints with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Committee about the illegal detention of young people.
Abuzaid Vismuradov voices threats to alcohol consumers. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CK9BbSnqPxE/?igshid=oupflfqqd5x7
11:13, 7 February 2021
Social network users criticize Vismuradov's threats to alcohol consumers
If a resident of Chechnya is caught drunk by law enforcers, he will be arrested and incur "additional punishment", Abuzaid Vismuradov, Chechen Vice-Premier, has threatened. However, Instagram users have pointed out that offenders can only be punished according to the law, treating the official's threats as "lawlessness."
Protest action in Tbilisi, February 6, 2021. Screenshot: https://youtu.be/Odkr3P0coz4
11:00, 7 February 2021
Protesters against quarantine measures stage concert in Tbilisi
Animators, employees of entertainment and fitness centres, and ski resorts have demanded to cancel restrictions related to coronavirus. They staged a street concert on the steps of the Georgian Parliament.
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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.