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20:00, 29 February 2012
Georgian authorities to provide indigent citizens vouchers for professional training
Starting from March 20, in Georgia, socially vulnerable persons will receive vouchers for 1000 laris (about 606 US dollars) for education at professional training centres or vocational colleges. This was announced today by Nika Gilauri, Georgian Prime Minister, at the government meeting.
19:00, 29 February 2012
"Commersant": among possible paymasters of Politkovskaya's murder Pavluchenkov designated Zakaev and Berezovsky
Dmitry Pavluchenkov, ex-Chief of Operative-search department of Chief Directorate of Interior Affairs of Moscow, who entered into collaboration with the investigation evidenced that Ahmed Zakaev and Boris Berezovsky could have been paymasters of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of "Novaya Gazeta", "Commersant" newspaper reports today. Committee of Inquiry of Russia (CIR) neither confirmed nor disproved this information.
19:00, 29 February 2012
SC of Kabardino-Balkaria sentences attackers on Baksan HPP to 14 years of imprisonment
The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria announced the verdict for the two persons involved in the attack on the Baksan hydroelectric power plant (HPP). A 28-year-old Murat Shogenov and a 25-year-old Timur Shebzukhov were sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment to be served in a high security colony and to restriction of freedom for a term of 1 year.
18:00, 29 February 2012
An action of protest passed off in Georgia during Saakashvili's speech in the Parliament
Reading out annual message of President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili to the supreme legislative body of the country was accompanied by an action of protest near the walls of the Parliament.
18:00, 29 February 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy promises to draft new French law on denial of Armenian genocide
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has instructed the government to develop a new draft law allowing punishing persons doubting of Armenians' genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Turkey welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Council of France, which recognized the law on punishing for denial of the Armenian genocide adopted by the Senate of France as unconstitutional. Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) also welcomes the decision. The Armenian Diaspora in France threatens with protest actions.
23:50, 28 February 2012
UN to allocate about 12 million US dollars to Azerbaijan to help refugees
In 2012-2013, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will allocate to Azerbaijan assistance amounting to 11.8 million US dollars.
23:30, 28 February 2012
In Volgograd Region, governess arrested on suspicion of cruel beating of child
Court arrested the governess of the family group in the Volgograd Region, suspected of beating a 6-year-old pupil. This was reported today by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
23:10, 28 February 2012
In Astrakhan, bodies of eight deceased persons under rubbles of apartment building's porch identified
In Astrakhan, eight out of ten victims under the rubbles of collapsed nine-storey apartment building are identified, including three men and five women.
23:00, 28 February 2012
Court extends arrest of defendant in case of terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport till June 4
Today, the Moscow City Court extended till June 4 the period of arrest for Akhmed Evloev, the defendant in the case of the terror act in the capital's "Domodedovo" Airport. This was reported by the press service of the Court.
Ruins of a dwelling house in Gali, Abkhazia, November 2011. Courtesy of the NonviolentPeaceforce.org
22:20, 28 February 2012
EU calls for peaceful resolution of conflicts in Southern Caucasus
The EU calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to send an invitation to the PACE Special Rapporteur on political prisoners, expressed its strong support for the territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders and emphasizes the need for access of its representatives to Nagorno-Karabakh. This is stated by the document adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU at the meeting held on February 27.
22:10, 28 February 2012
Mikhail Saakashvili: Georgia to cancel visa regime for Russian citizens
Georgia is ready to cancel visa regime for citizens of Russia. This was announced by Mikhail Saakashvili in his annual report in the Parliament on February 28.
22:00, 28 February 2012
General Director of CCO in Chechnya dismissed for failure to pay wages
The leader of Chechnya dismissed Sultan Dudaev, the head of the Chechen Construction Office (CCO), from his position. The reason for dismissal of the top-ranking officer was in systematic failure to pay wages to workers of the organization. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the Office of the Chechen leader and the Government of the republic.
Fire suppression on tanker "Engineer Nazarov", February 28, 2012. Courtesy of the press service of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies for the Republic of Dagestan, www.05.mchs.gov.ru
21:00, 28 February 2012
Four persons were injured by fire on tanker at Makhachkala port, one of them deceased
The fire on the tanker "Engineer Nazarov" in the water areas of Makhachkala injured four persons, one of whom died. This was reported by the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Dagestan.
20:00, 28 February 2012
In Armenia, opposition holds rally to change election system
On February 28, in Yerevan, in front of the Armenian National Assembly building, a rally was held. The rally participants demanded the Parliament's approval of legislative initiate proposed by the opposition to introduce a 100-percent proportional election system.
19:00, 28 February 2012
Milan authorities to name one of streets after Anna Politkovskaya
The City Council of Milan decided to immortalize the memory of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist from the "Novaya Gazeta". It was decided to name one of the streets after her.
18:00, 28 February 2012
In Lermontov, hospitalized hunger-striker continues to protest at hospital
Mikhail Markus, a 75-year-old participant of the hunger strike held in the town of Lermontov, who was emergently hospitalized last night, was transferred from a resuscitation ward into a therapeutic unit. The pensioner continues his hunger strike. According to recent reports, the protest action involves 17 persons.
23:50, 27 February 2012
Ecologist attacked in Krasnodar Territory
On February 24, in the Krasnodar Territory, unidentified persons inflicted bodily injuries to Igor Golubenkov, a co-chair of the public organization "Save Taman" and assistant of the Deputy of the Temryuk Settlement Council. According to the victim, the attack was customized.
23:50, 27 February 2012
In Lermontov, hunger-striker of 75 hospitalized
Mikhail Markus, 75, one of the protesters against elections to the City Council of Lermontov, was taken to the intensive care unit after several days of hunger strike, a medic from the first aid city centre has reported today.
Participants of the rally "For Fair Elections" in Astrakhan, February 26, 2012. Photo by Sergey Kozhanov
23:40, 27 February 2012
Rally "For Fair Elections" in Astrakhan attracted about a hundred persons
On February 26, in Astrakhan, an oppositional rally "For Fair Elections" took place. The action adopted a resolution and collected signatures to the letter to the Prosecutor's Office demanding to address the systemic refusals to sanction rallies and transfer them from away from administrative buildings to sleeping districts.
Courtesy of the press service of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region
23:20, 27 February 2012
Dagestan: policemen who failed to detain a criminal sacked
Four policemen, in whose eyes Abdullah Magomedov, a resident of the village of Tsekob, Shamil District of Dagestan, was shot dead in the Republic's Drug Treatment Clinic, have been fired for not attempting to detain the killer.
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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.