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23:00, 14 February 2011
James Appathurai: NATO of no help in settling Caucasian conflicts
As stated today by James Appathurai, Special NATO Representative for the Caucasus and Middle Asia, the Alliance has no plans to take part in settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict.
22:30, 14 February 2011
Kalmykia presents project of first country's wind power farm
Today, Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, has hosted a meeting with participation of experts from ministries and agencies and bosses of Russian and foreign financial circles. The meeting discussed the issues related to implementation of the investment project of building wind power units (WPUs) in the village of Peschany, Priyutnenskiy District.
22:20, 14 February 2011
Soldier commits suicide in Nagorno-Karabakh
On February 2, in one of the military units of Stepanakert, as a result of use of firearms, Torgom Sarukhanyan, a 21-year-old soldier of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Inspectors are suspecting a suicide.
22:10, 14 February 2011
Prosecutor's Office restarts inquiry into Dubrovka terror act
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has cancelled the statement on termination of the criminal case on the terror act in Dubrovka in October 2002. The Investigatory Committee was instructed start an additional investigation into the tragedy.
22:00, 14 February 2011
Organizer of "Day of Anger" detained in Rostov-on-Don
On the "Day of Anger", opposition movements have held a non-sanctioned rally in Soviets Square at the building of the regional administration. The action passed without major incidents; Vladislav Ryazantsev, coordinator of the Rostov branch of the "Left-Wing Front" was detained for an hour.
21:00, 14 February 2011
Consideration of the case "Krasnenkov vs. HRC 'Memorial'" suspended
The consideration of the lawsuit lodged by Andrei Krasnenkov, legal representative of the head of Chechnya, against the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" on protection of business reputation has been suspended until settlement of another case - "Kadyrov vs. Orlov".
20:00, 14 February 2011
Bodies of Russian railwaymen who perished in Abkhazia sent to Chelyabinsk
Tonight, a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) took off for Chelyabinsk with the bodies of four Russian railwaymen on board, who died in a traffic accident.
19:00, 14 February 2011
Woman from Dagestan reports disappearance of her son and his friends in Moscow
Arip Magomedov, a resident of Makhachkala, went with friends to Moscow on business and disappeared. This was reported by his mother Zumrat Magomedova, who appealed to human rights activists asking to help to find her son.
18:00, 14 February 2011
Female suicide bomber commits terror act in Dagestan, killing people
Tonight, an explosion was triggered near the township militia division in the Karabudakhkent District, Dagestan, and killed a soldier from the interior troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); several more persons were wounded. According to the militia, the bomb was triggered by a female suicide bomber.
22:00, 12 February 2011
"Rosa Khutor" resort in Sochi hosts first Alpine ski races
Today, Sochi held the first trial competition event in preparation for the 2014 Olympics - the official races of the Cup of Russia in Alpine skiing. The competition was attended by about 60 racers.
21:00, 12 February 2011
Candidate for MP assassinated in Adygea
In Maikop, Hadzhimos Khatsechukov, candidate for the Parliament of Adygea from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party, registered at the one-candidate constituency in the Shovgenov District of the republic, was shot dead.
Entrance to the "Anrapetutsyan Khraparak" metro station, Yerevan. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
20:00, 12 February 2011
EBRD to finance modernization of Yerevan metro
On February 10, the National Assembly of Armenia ratified the agreement signed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the first phase of the programme aimed to modernize the Yerevan metro. The bank grants a 15-million-euros loan for the purposes.
19:00, 12 February 2011
Ingushetia: two persons killed in a skirmish
Today, in the course of a special operation in Nazran, power agents killed two persons suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs), said a source from law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia.
18:00, 12 February 2011
Turkey and Georgia simplify border crossing
Passing across the Georgian-Turkish border will be possible without presenting foreign passports; the domestic IDs will be enough. This was announced today at a briefing in Tbilisi by Foreign Ministers of the two countries Grigol Vashadze and Akhmet Davutoglu. Besides, it is planned to open new crossing points.
Oleg Teplischev. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 12 February 2011
In Astrakhan, journalist Oleg Teplischev complains of strengthened pressure
The independent journalist Oleg Teplischev, who figures as a victim in the case on the attack on journalists during the election of Astrakhan Mayor on October 11, 2009, said that last week he experienced increased pressure on him.
16:00, 12 February 2011
In the Azov Sea, rescuers take several hundreds of fishermen from a breakaway ice floe
Near the village of Nikolayevka, the Yeisk District of the Krasnodar Territory, rescuers evacuated about 500 fishermen from an ice floe that broke away from the coast of the Azov Sea. No injuries were reported.
15:00, 12 February 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh shows non-translated foreign films
The Karabakh-based Public Organization "European Movement of Artsakh" has organized screening of European films for young people to promote studying foreign languages. The action started on February 10 and will last for a month.
14:00, 12 February 2011
Relatives of Kuschevskaya massacre casualties demand to collect 2 billion roubles from Tsapok
The son of the farmer Server Ametov, in whose house in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in early November 2010, 12 assassinated bodies were found, and the father of the then Ametov's guest - Vladimir Mironenko, Financial Director of the "Aston" Agrarian Holding, expect to recover from the figurant in this case Sergey Tsapok one billion roubles each. The property of Tsapok and his wife has been arrested already.
13:00, 12 February 2011
Every Georgian family to receive a food voucher
As stated on February 11 by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in his annual address to the Parliament of Georgia, in March every Georgian family will get one-time food voucher worth 30 laris (about 16 US dollars).
Identity check in Manege Square, Moscow, February 11, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 12 February 2011
Around 1000 nationalists took part in action in Moscow
The rally of nationalists scheduled for February 11 in Manege Square in Moscow was prevented by large forces of police and interior troops of the Russian MIA.
News
A resident of North Ossetia is suspected of justifying terrorism.

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

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.