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11:00, 19 February 2011
Four tourists assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria
On February 18, in the village of Zayukovo, Baksan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons attacked a Gazel minivan with tourists, killing four of them. All the casualties have been identified; they were three men and a woman.
23:20, 18 February 2011
IOC officials are happy with ski resort "Rosa Khutor"
As stated by Jean-Claude Killy, Chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who visited Sochi in connection with the first test races at the ski resort "Rosa Khutor", about 75 percent of construction works of the objects for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be completed by the end of this year.
The participants of the roundtable held at the RIA "Novosti". Feb 18 2011. Foto by "Caucasian Knot".
23:10, 18 February 2011
Moscow hosts roundtable on interethnic relations
Yesterday, on February 17, Moscow held an extended discussion of the problems of interethnic relations in modern Russia at the background of recent nationalist actions in Moscow and other Russian cities.
23:00, 18 February 2011
Documentary "Those Disappeared" presented in Georgia
On February 16, the House of Cinema hosted the first run of a new documentary made by the video studio of the Human Rights Centre. The film "Those Disappeared" tells the story about un-investigated cases of human disappearances in the territory of the country.
22:00, 18 February 2011
Court in Dagestan upholds prosecutor's refusal on Bammatova's complaint
Advocate Gulnara Bammatova intends to insist on initiation of a criminal case against the employee of the Dagestani Drug Control Department, who, according to her story, caused bodily injuries to her. This was stated by advocate Konstantin Mudunov who defends Ms Bammatova. On February 17 he received a statement of the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala who sat on February 11 and confirmed the refusal of the prosecutor's office to reject the criminal case.
21:00, 18 February 2011
"White Tape": website Dymovskiy.name turned into platform for nationalists
The founders of the public movement named "White Tape" want to quit the organization and to stop cooperating with the website Dymovskiy.name, named after Alexei Dymovskiy, former militia major, in protest against the policy of the movement and the website. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Svetlana Svetikova, a member of the "White Tape" in St Petersburg. Alexei Dymovskiy himself asserts that he has nothing to do with the website and supervises another resource.
20:00, 18 February 2011
Ingushetia founds Fund to help terror act victims
The aim of the Fund is to render help to employees of law enforcement bodies and militaries affected by terror acts and members of their families.
19:00, 18 February 2011
Woman-namesake of "Domodedovo" suicide bomber and her husband detained in Moscow metro
Madina Evloeva and her husband Khavazh Tsoroev, residents of Ingushetia, have been detained in Novoslobodskaya Moscow metro station. As reported by Madina's sister Khava Garaeva, they are now kept at Militia Station No. 4 of Moscow Metro.
18:00, 18 February 2011
Jury finds Ryno and Skachevsky guilty of another murder
Today, jurymen passed a guilty verdict to neo-Nazis Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky, earlier already convicted for nationalism-based crimes and accused of another murder, said Dmitry Agranovsky, an advocate of one of the defendants.
23:00, 17 February 2011
Mardanov: in 2010, Azerbaijan dismissed 108 workers of education for corruption
Last year, as reported by Misir Mardanov, Minister of Education, 108 educators lost their posts within the campaign of fighting corruption.
Egle Kusaite at the Vilnius Regional Court, January 2011. Photo: Rita Geciunaite, www.alfa.lt
22:20, 17 February 2011
Egle Kusaite summoned from Lithuania to Moscow to Magmadovas' trial
The judge has satisfied the petition of the defence of Apti and Aishat Magmadova, accused of recruiting a citizen of Lithuania for committing a terror act in Moscow, to summon the key witnesses in the case, one of whom is Egle Kusaite. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Tamara Magmadova, mother of Apti and Aishat.
22:10, 17 February 2011
In Dagestan, two explosions hit shop watchman
According to latest data, as a result of the night blast in Dagestani city of Kizlyar a shop watchman suffered and was hospitalized with a fragmental leg wound.
House where Oleg Teplischev's flat is located, Astrakhan, August 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 17 February 2011
In Astrakhan, eviction of journalist Oleg Teplischev is postponed by 10 days
The Astrakhan journalist Oleg Teplischev will have to leave the apartment, which is his property, within 10 days. The journalist believes that his eviction is illegal - although the city officials deemed the house to be an emergency, an independent examination has not confirmed it. According to Mr Teplischev, his eviction is explained by the fact that the apartment became interesting for a high-ranking city official.
Residents of the Kayakent District of Dagestan in the square near the republic's government, February 17, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 17 February 2011
Residents of Makhachkala hold action demanding authorities' non-interference in election of Kayakent District Head
About 100 residents of the Kayakent District gathered in the square in front of the White House in Makhachkala. They sent several representatives to President of Dagestan to demand to grant residents the right to freedom of expression at election of the head of the district. The rest of the rally was driven by militiamen away from the square towards the park.
21:00, 17 February 2011
Astakhov and Magomedov to supervise inquiry into rape of 13-year-old girl in Khasavyurt
The Runet blogosphere is actively discussing the case of a three-day-long violence over a 13-year-old girl committed back in summer of 2010 in Khasavyurt by a group of teenagers who have not been punished yet. After a broad resonance of the incident on the Internet, Pavel Astakhov, Children's Ombudsman in Russia, and Magomedsalam Magomedov, President of Dagestan, took the investigation into this rape under their personal control.
20:00, 17 February 2011
Russia's Supreme Court upholds sentence to ex-head of Astrakhan UBOP
The Panel on Criminal Cases of the Russian Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of life imprisonment to Rinat Salekhov, former head of the department for combating organized crime (known as "UBOP") at the UVD (Interior Department) for the Astrakhan Region, for organizing a criminal grouping and committing especially grave crimes.
19:00, 17 February 2011
UN Commissioner: tough antiterrorist measures worsened situation in Northern Caucasus
The tough methods used in the past in Northern Caucasus to fight terrorism had only worsened the situation in the region, said Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at a today's press conference.
18:00, 17 February 2011
ECtHR fines Russia by 152,000 euros for disappearance of two residents of Chechnya
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found the Russian authorities guilty of disappearance of two residents of Chechnya in 2002 and fined Russia by 152,500 euros.
23:10, 16 February 2011
Sumgait Appeal Court leaves PFPA activist behind bars
The Sumgait Appeal Court has dismissed the complaint lodged by Dzhabar Savalan, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and upheld the decision of the first instance court - to keep him in custody for 2 months.
23:00, 16 February 2011
Ingush SC leaves suspect of terror act in "Domodedovo" in custody
The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld the decision of the Magas District Court to arrest Umar Aushev, accused of helping the suicide bomber who blew him up in "Domodedovo" Airport on January 24.
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The court confiscated the assets of the arrested Kuban Health Minister.

Aslan Trakhov was unable to challenge the seizure of his property.

Lawyers assessed the severity of the sentence handed down to an Anapa resident for the pig's head at a mosque in Adygea.

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.