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An elderly woman near the photos of the victims of war and deportation. Photo: screenshot of the video on the YouTube channel vainakh38
05:49, 24 February 2018
Historians report connection between deportation of Vainakhs and modern conflicts
The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people was a part of the national policy of Stalinism, states Ingush historian Angela Matieva. People from neighbouring regions were resettled to houses of the repressed people, and thus the ground for future conflicts was built, notes Russian historian Sergey Arutyunov.
A boundary pillar on the border with Latvia. Photo by Roman Nuriev for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:20, 24 February 2018
Latvia bans Ramzan Kadyrov's entry
The ban on entry to Latvia has also been introduced for a number of law enforcement officials and subordinates of the Chechen leader.
Logo of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan. http://www.pia.az/Ilham_Eliyev_Iran_mudafie_-237079-xeber.html
02:16, 24 February 2018
Lawyers criticize Aliev's order on the Bar development in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev has issued an order on the development of the legal profession (the Bar Association) in the country. However, the authorities have failed to envisage any mechanisms to protect the independence of lawyers; and the measures stipulated in the document will put the Bar under full government's control, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
The participants of the commemoration evening in Istanbul, February 23, 2018. Photo by Arslan Koch for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:03, 24 February 2018
In Istanbul, 500 people pay tribute to victims of Vainakh deportation
In Istanbul, members of the Chechen Diaspora have arranged an evening to pay tribute to the memory of the people who fell victim to the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia. The audience was showed footage from the film "Ordered to Forget", banned for screening in Russia.
An eternal flame in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:12, 23 February 2018
February 23 celebrations cause mixed emotions in Sochi residents
The authorities state about 10,000 participants of celebrations in Sochi. However, townspeople reacted ambiguously to the Fatherland's Defender Day: this is a reminder of those who perished at war, and an occasion to reflect on the country's foreign policy problems.
The police detains an activist. Baku, January 2013. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
21:01, 23 February 2018
AI tells about law enforcers' lawlessness in countries of Southern Caucasus
Persecutions of activists in Azerbaijan, violations of defendants' rights in "Sasna Tsrer" case, and abuses of power by police in Georgia were noted by the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) in its report on the observance of human rights in the world.
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Museum. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:13, 23 February 2018
Recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Netherlands triggers diplomatic conflict
Eric Westestrate, the Dutch charge d'affairs, was summoned to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the Dutch MPs had voted for the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
On the troop contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20171103/9310040/zamglavy-mid-armenii-odnostoronnie-ustupki-po-karabahu-ehto-mazohizm.html
18:16, 23 February 2018
Armenian soldier wounded in Karabakh conflict zone
On February 22, a soldier was wounded in a military unit in the Tavush Region during the shelling by Azerbaijan. This was announced by the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people. Screenshot of the video by the user vainakh38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmb-WX0OI0
15:20, 23 February 2018
Chechen residents pay tribute to victims of deportation, despite authorities' ban
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the deportation of Chechen and Ingush people to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Chechnya holds no official events to mark the anniversary; however, residents of the republic say that they pay tribute to their deceased relatives, despite the authorities' ban.
An ambulance car. Photo © Sputnik / Konstantin Chalabov
13:15, 23 February 2018
Georgian citizen dies after detention in South Ossetia
Archil Tatunashvili, suspected of plotting a diversion act, has died in a Tskhinvali hospital, the South-Ossetian KGB (State Security Committee) reports.
The residents of Kizlyar tell about detentions. Screenshot of the video https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/vechernee_shou/tajnaja_spetsoperatsija_v_kizljare-458206/?utm_source=chromeweb&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=teleshow-vechernee_shou&utm_term=458206
11:45, 23 February 2018
Kizlyar residents tell about detentions after shooting near the church
At least two Kizlyar residents were detained in the context of the inquiry into the execution of parishioners of the local church. There was no official information to this end; however, and detainees' relatives claim their innocence and complain that they do not know the young men's whereabouts, the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel reports.
Akkin Chechens at the rally on February 23, 2017. Photo courtesy of Imampashi Chergizbiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:02, 23 February 2018
Akkin Chechens mark anniversary of deportation despite Ramzan Kadyrov's policy
On February 23, the village of Yaryk-Su in the Novolak District of Dagestan marks a day of mourning. On February 19, 1989, a monument to the victims of the Stalin's repression was built in the village. Every year, residents of the Chechen villages bordering with Dagestan come to Yaryk-Su, since the day of mourning is banned in Chechnya.
A screenshot of the video "Blood feud – how they kill now in the Caucasus prepared by the 'Caucasian Knot', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxH47RW8GQ8
05:41, 23 February 2018
Researchers of Caucasus announce failure of Kadyrov's attempts to eradicate blood feud
A murder of an entrepreneur by a Chechen law enforcer cannot be attributed to traditional blood feud, but now relatives of an entrepreneur can themselves take the path of revenge, say natives of Chechnya. The concept of blood feud continues to exist in Northern Caucasus amid assurances from the Chechen authorities about reconciliation of blood enemies, notes Akhmet Yarlykapov, a researcher of the Caucasus.
The deportation. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=tVSZcPNs7cc
04:52, 23 February 2018
On deportation day, Ingush activists reproach authorities for lack of principles
Activist Barakh Chemurziev and rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov have stated that the authorities of Ingushetia are to cancel celebrating the Defender of the Fatherland Day on the day of mourning for the victims of Ingush deportation on February 23.
00:37, 23 February 2018
Dutch MPs recognize Armenian Genocide
On February 22, most of the delegates to the lower house of the Dutch Parliament voted for two resolutions concerning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
A car of the OSCE mission in the Karabakh conflict zone. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/monitoring-zavershilsya-bez-incidentov-21727.html
23:55, 22 February 2018
OSCE monitoring reveals no violations in Karabakh conflict zone
After the today's monitoring, the OSCE mission has concluded the absence of ceasefire violations by the parties to the Karabakh conflict. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).
23:23, 22 February 2018
Ingush law enforcers report their losses in 2017
The head of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has confirmed the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", according to which in 2017 three law enforcers and eight militants were killed in Ingushetia.
Laying flowers at the memorial "Wall of Sorrow". Moscow, February 22, 2018. Photo by Gor Alexanyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:48, 22 February 2018
Anniversary of Ingushes' deportation reminds about country's course towards Stalinization
The secret status of archival materials on deportation allows now, 74 years later, to distort the number of victims and strengthen the myths about mass treason and desertion of Ingushes, historians and publicists have lamented on the eve of February 23, the day of mourning for the victims of deportation in Ingushetia.
A prison in Iraq. Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
20:13, 22 February 2018
Chechen senator laments over Azerbaijan's indifference to its children in Iraq
Ziyad Sabsabi, the Chechen Senator at the Russia's Federation Council, who is in charge of returning Russian citizens from the Middle East, reports that the Iraqi central women's prison keeps 36 women and more than 65 children from Russia, as well as about 15 children from Azerbaijan, whose fate is of no concern of this country's authorities.
The police detains the participant of the protest action against corruption. Moscow, December 2014. Photo REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva (RUSSIA - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
15:26, 22 February 2018
Russia outstrips Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan by corruption level
In late 2017, in the "Corruption Perception Index", compiled by the Transparency International (TI), Georgia took the 46th place, while Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are behind the first hundred.
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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.