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04:28, 13 February 2018
Rallies and marches in honour of the 30th anniversary of liberation movement held in NKR cities
The events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the start of the liberation movement began in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Gasanbek Shikhakhmedov, father of disappeared Aslan Shikhakhmedov, February 11, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot.
20:57, 12 February 2018
Shikhakhmedov's defence tells about his refusal to defame Dagestani officials
Aslan Shikhakhmedov, a former employee of the Derbent District Administration, whose kidnapping was reported by his relatives, was found in a Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison), his advocate Murad Velikhanov has stated, adding that law enforcers demanded from Shikhakhmedov to testify against officials of the Derbent District Administration.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
20:49, 12 February 2018
KBR's Public Prosecutor reports return of 17 militants from Syria
Four of the returnees from international terrorist organizations acting in Syria were killed, 13 others were convicted, Oleg Zharikov, the Public Prosecutor of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has stated today.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
19:11, 12 February 2018
Ukraine reports Saakashvili's extradition to Poland
Today, employees of the State Border Service of Ukraine have returned Mikhail Saakashvili to the country, from where he penetrated into the Ukrainian territory. "The person was in Ukraine illegally, and therefore, with the observance of all legal formalities, he was returned to the country, from where he arrived with violation of the law," says the statement posted on the website of the Service.
Rally by Gukovo miners, February 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
16:00, 12 February 2018
Gukovo miners start receiving coal for heating
Today, 50 tons of coal have been shipped to former employees of the "Kingcoal" Group of Companies, the Information Policy Department of the Government of the Rostov Region has stated.
Screenshot of video released by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_SZ_0qeI10
15:01, 12 February 2018
Journalists voice scepticism about video with luxury items in Dagestani officials' houses
Reports about the wealth of detained officials and a gold pistol found at the Abdusamid Gamidov's house are a traditional way to attract public attention to the activities of investigators. This opinion was voiced by journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
A car is on fire in conflict zone. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
09:07, 12 February 2018
Azerbaijan claims shelling of six villages in Karabakh conflict zone
Units of the Armenian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire regime in various directions of the front 135 times during a day, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.
Relatives of missing Derbent resident come to a protest action, Derbent, February 11, 2018. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent
01:14, 12 February 2018
Relatives of missing Derbent resident come to a protest action
On February 11, relatives and friends of Aslan Shikhakhmedov, a former official of the Derbent administration, who disappeared on February 8, gathered in front of the FSB Department in Derbent. The protestors believe that Aslan Shikhakhmedov could be detained in connection with police raids in Dagestan and demanded from law enforcers to report his whereabouts.
Sochi resident Maxim Kolomeitsev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47uoWsxzos
01:04, 12 February 2018
Resident of Sochi gives up An-148 flight from "Domodedovo" Airport and stays alive
Maxim Kolomeitsev, a resident of Sochi, has reported why he had to return his ticket for a flight with a "Saratov Airlines" airplane several days before a crash.
Special operation in Ingushetia, February 10, 2018. Screenshot of video posted by NAC, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
00:30, 12 February 2018
On February 5-11, 2018, two persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of February 5-11, 2018, two persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
14:08, 11 February 2018
Ali Bakaev arrested in Borispol for 40 days
A Ukrainian court has ruled to arrest Ali Bakaev, a native of Chechnya, suspected in Russia of organizing an attack on a "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) unit.
Special forces' vehicles at the place of special operation in Ingushetia. Photo: screenshot of NAC video
13:18, 11 February 2018
Ingushetia: CTO casualties named
The two men killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) held in Ingushetia have been identified as Abdulla Askhabov and Yunus Ibadiev, natives of Dagestan.
12:16, 11 February 2018
Military police battalion back in Chechnya from Syria
393 military policemen have returned to Chechnya after 1.5 years of service in Syrian Aleppo, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.
05:26, 11 February 2018
Film about women's oppression arouses interest in Nalchik
On February 9 and 10, the State Concert Hall in Nalchik hosted the International Documentary Film Festival "We are in the Big World. Stories from Life", organized by the Independent Film Promotion Foundation "Projector of Live Stories".
02:29, 11 February 2018
Saakashvili says Ukrainian authorities want to deport him to Poland
Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, said that the State Migration Service (SMS) of Ukraine had signed a package of documents on his deportation to Poland.
Vladimir Vasiliev, Yuri Chaika, Ivan Sydoruk. Makhachkala, February 10, 2018. Photo: press service of the head of Dagestan, Ivan Sydoruk
23:02, 10 February 2018
Dagestani leader declares new priorities of republic
In Dagestan, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has revealed hundreds of corruption-related violations and dozens of concealed crimes, Ivan Sydoruk, Deputy Russia's General Public Prosecutor, has stated. After the liquidation of the armed underground, the war on corruption is a new priority for Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of the republic, has announced.
20:00, 10 February 2018
KBR resident accused of raping a girl
A man got acquainted with a girl in a social network; then met and raped her.
Natalia Zubarevich, screenshot of a video by the user NewsMix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d656PqucltU; Mikhail Delyagin, photo RFE/RL. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:27, 10 February 2018
Economists link future of Dagestan with success of cadre cleansings
The Dagestani anti-corruption campaign will be only fruitful, if the cadre cleansings break the existing system. Its results could be assessed after the real socio-economic statistics is published, economists believe.
Residents of the Dagestani village of Akhty have gathered near the police station on February 9, 2018. Screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel "Akhty 24"
17:54, 10 February 2018
Murder of kidnapped guy triggers unrest in Akhty village
Residents of Dagestani villages of Akhty and Fiy have gathered near the police station, demanding to give out the killer of Bairam Omarov, a 19-year-old local resident. Law enforcers, who had declared Omarov the initiator of his own kidnapping, have reported the suppression of the unrests.
A house belonging to one of the officials detained in Dagestan. Screenshot of a video by the Investigative Committee www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=8_SZ_0qeI10
16:44, 10 February 2018
Russian General Prosecutor impressed by houses of Dagestani officials
Today, Yuri Chaika, General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, has arrived in Dagestan. He has instructed his subordinates to check the legality of the construction of local officials' houses and to control their expenses, distribution of subsidies and process of land allocation.
News
The defense demands that the preventive measure for lawyer Gakhramanov be softened.

The diplomat named the conditions for opening Armenia's borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan.

The ECHR has begun examining complaints from 10 victims in the Terter case.

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.