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21:15, 12 February 2026

Russia has expressed its desire to restore rail service with Georgia via Abkhazia.

Work is underway to unblock all damaged routes in the Caucasus, including the possibility of restoring rail service between Russia and Georgia through Abkhazia.

Nika Gvaramia. Screenshot from Publika's photo from February 12, 2026, https://publika.ge/8-tviani-patimrobis-shemde-gvaramia-tavisufalia/

20:18, 12 February 2026

Nika Gvaramia was released after eight months in prison.

Nika Gvaramia, leader of the Coalition for Change, has left the Rustavi penitentiary after serving an eight-month sentence for failing to appear at a meeting of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission examining the "crimes of the Saakashvili regime" from 2003 to 2012.

19:42, 12 February 2026

A Nalchik resident was convicted of attempting to blow up a train station.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Vitaly Gaivoronsky, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, guilty of attempting a terrorist attack at the Nalchik train station and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

19:24, 12 February 2026

Analysts attribute the halt in issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia to political infighting.

The cessation of issuing Russian passports and driver's licenses in Abkhazia has created inconvenience for residents and could be used in a political struggle against the opposition, whose actions irritate Russia.

18:33, 12 February 2026

A Sochi court has sent a sixth-grader to a temporary detention center for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack.

The Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi ordered the placement of a 13-year-old teenager in a temporary detention center for juvenile offenders for up to 30 days for preparing to commit a terrorist act on the grounds of his school.

17:45, 12 February 2026

Movlaev's lawyers faced a ban on pickets in his support.

Kazakh lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev twice filed notices to hold solo pickets against his extradition, but were denied.

16:57, 12 February 2026

An Azerbaijani activist has denied accusations of illegally receiving grants.

The trial of Mehriban Rahimli, accused of illegally receiving grants, has begun in Baku. She denied the charges, stating that she had been receiving a salary from a foreign NGO for 17 years, paid in accordance with Azerbaijani law.

15:57, 12 February 2026

The government has allocated 5.8 billion rubles to clean up sunken tankers near Anapa.

The head of the Russian government allocated up to 5.8 billion rubles from the reserve fund to Rosmorrechflot for work at sites where fuel oil tankers sank.

14:57, 12 February 2026

Karimli and Mehdiyev are accused of attempting a coup in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan's State Security Service announced the uncovering of a plot against the country's authorities involving former high-ranking officials and members of the Azerbaijani opposition. Among those named in the case are former head of the presidential administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli.

13:57, 12 February 2026

The temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been torn down for the eleventh time.

The eleventh temporary plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, installed last night on her home, has disappeared. A stenciled inscription, duplicating the text on the original plaque, remains on the wall of the building where the journalist lived and was murdered.

12:57, 12 February 2026

Residents of Makhachkala complained of constant power outages.

Power outages in the Reduktorny settlement in Makhachkala are frequent and last for long periods. Residents say appeals to local officials regarding this issue have been fruitless.

11:55, 12 February 2026

A Rostov Region resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist attack on a railway.

Nikolai Golubov was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

10:57, 12 February 2026

A jury found the head of the Azerbaijani community in the Urals guilty of murder.

The jury found representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora, including its former head Shahin Shykhlinski, guilty of murder and attempted murder.

09:59, 12 February 2026

A combatant from North Ossetia died in the combat zone.

Aslan Dzhioyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 542 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

09:01, 12 February 2026

A drone attack was recorded in three districts of the Rostov region.

Drones attacked the Millerovsky, Sholokhovsky and Tarasovsky districts.

08:02, 12 February 2026

A court in Kuban refused to take equity holder Soboleva into custody.

The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the house arrest of Alla Soboleva, who is accused of extorting an apartment from a developer.

07:05, 12 February 2026

Authorities in the Volgograd region have announced an evacuation in the village of Kotluban.

A memorial picket for Aishat Baimuradova in Yerevan, Armenia, November 4, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

06:04, 12 February 2026

Human rights activists have claimed that Russian authorities are concealing Baimuradova's alleged killers.

The Chisinau Convention, to which both Russia and Armenia are parties, obliges states to assist each other in criminal investigations, but Yerevan's request regarding the case of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was ignored.

05:05, 12 February 2026

The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published.

At the final stage of his trial in the Baku Military Court, former Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan instructed his lawyer not to speak and delivered the closing speech himself, quoting classic Azerbaijani poetry.

04:07, 12 February 2026

Two residents of Buynaksk have been accused of promoting extremist symbols.

The Buinaksk City Court will hear the cases of Magomedtagir Kambulatov and Kurban Arabkhanov, who are charged with repeatedly publicly displaying Nazi symbols.

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