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15:06, 25 February 2022
Azerbaijan insists on peaceful settlement of situation in Ukraine
The situation in Ukraine should be resolved through diplomacy in accordance with the norms of the international law, including respect for states' sovereignty and borders' inviolability of, Araz Azimov, a Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, has stated.
Presidential Palace in Baku. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijan President's administration https://president.az/ru/articles/view/432
14:58, 25 February 2022
Baku analysts assess impact of war in Ukraine on Azerbaijan
Experts have disagreed on whether Vladimir Putin had warned Ilham Aliev at their meeting in Moscow about an imminent attack on Ukraine. Aliev is forced to take into account the Russia's position, since there is a Russian military contingent in Karabakh, analysts report.
Protesters holding posters saying, "Support Ukraine" and "Stop Russian invasion."
14:52, 25 February 2022
Residents of Georgia demand from Kremlin to stop military operation in Ukraine
In Tbilisi, about 10,000 residents took part in the protest action against Russia's military operation in Ukraine. The Georgian authorities have expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian ones; and Georgian activists took to social media to criticize the Kremlin.
Law enforcers from Chechnya during a prayer. Screenshot of the video footage from the aircraft posted on the page ya_pomoshnik_kra_95 on Instаgram https://www.instagram.com/stories/ya_pomoshnik_kra_95/2780830250071916392/
14:49, 25 February 2022
Amid war on Ukraine, video from aircraft with Kadyrov's voice appears on Internet
A video footage from the aircraft reporting on the imminent landing and a photo with Chechen law enforcers praying in the forest were posted on the Instagram, accompanied by Ramzan Kadyrov's voice. The video appeared on the eve of the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin about a special operation in Ukraine.
The deportation of Chechen and Ingush people. Screenshot of the video by the user vainakh38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmb-WX0OI0
14:30, 25 February 2022
Ingushetia: on February 23, mourning and festive events were held in different cities
A mourning rally on the 78th anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation was held on February 23 in Nazran, while the events dedicated to the Fatherland Defender Day were held in Malgobek.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Photo by the press service of the Federal Tax Service of Russia https://www.nalog.gov.ru/rn77/taxation/jud_settlement/9425570/
14:12, 25 February 2022
Mother of child who perished in 1999 during shelling of Grozny denied compensation
A court in Krasnodar denied compensation to Natalia Zagudaeva, a resident of the city of Belorechensk, whose child was killed in 1999 during the shelling of Grozny by federal troops. Her defence has called the ruling a gross violation of the presidential decree.
Andrei Reshetov, Sergey Zhavoronkov, Vasily Dandykin, Vladimir Evseev (from left to right). Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjhto0c1K9g https://www.iep.ru official website of the Regional Public Organization "Bryansk Community" 24news.am
13:57, 25 February 2022
Military experts point to similarity of special operation against Ukraine with five-day war on Georgia
The special operation is aimed at taking control over the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions, but the possibility of further advancement deep into Ukraine cannot be ruled out, experts have stated.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by the Chechen State Broadcasting Company "Grozny" https://grozny.tv
13:50, 25 February 2022
Kadyrov catches trends from Moscow on Ukrainian issue
The head of Chechnya had no information about the upcoming special operation in Ukraine, but he has perceived trends from the Kremlin, which dictated his statements on the Ukrainian issue, Alexei Malashenko and Dmitry Oreshkin, political analysts, believe.
A poster dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakh people. Photo by Magomed Aliev for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:32, 25 February 2022
Political analysts explain Kadyrov's unwillingness to mark anniversary of Chechens' deportation
On February 23, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, refrained from marking the anniversary of Chechens' deportation by means of public actions in order "not to strain the situation," experts believe.
23:55, 24 February 2022
European Party of Armenia calls on Russia to stop war in Ukraine
At a rally in front of the Russian Embassy, members of the European Party of Armenia demanded to stop the aggression in Ukraine. The participants of the protest action supported the decision of the Armenian authorities not to consider the issue of independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Elman Guliev (on the right). Screenshot of the video https://www.ipd-az.org/
23:51, 24 February 2022
Participant of anti-war rally near Russian Embassy detained in Baku
Two activists held a protest action in front of the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan calling for an end to the aggression in Ukraine. The activists demanded from the Azerbaijani authorities to break the alliance agreement with Russia. Activist Elman Guliev, who planned to hand over the text of the appeal to the Russian Embassy, was detained by the police.
Troops of Southern Military District. Photo from the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defence mil.ru
18:39, 24 February 2022
Combat alert declared in troops of South Ossetia
The troops of South Ossetia declared a combat alert in connection with the situation in Ukraine. All subdivisions of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) should stay in barracks, being ready to move to the areas of concentration, announces Anatoly Bibilov, President of South Ossetia.
18:37, 24 February 2022
Georgian activists demand reaction of country’s authorities to events in Ukraine
At a rally in Tbilisi, members of the “United National Movement” Party and activists expressed their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and demanded the reaction of the Georgian authorities to the Russian special military operation.
Polad Aslanov. Screenshot https://doshdu.com/osuzhdennyj-azerbajdzhanskij-zhurnalist-podvergaetsja-davleniju-i-izoljacii-v-tjurme/
18:28, 24 February 2022
Prison tern of Azerbaijani journalist, Polad Aslanov, reduced by three years
The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has partially satisfied the complaint lodged by the journalist Polad Aslanov. His sentence was reduced from 16 to 13 years in prison.
The screensaver of a documentary about the torture https://premier.one/show/nevinno-osuzhdennye/season/1/video/10212015195683a9014071ad68719ac9?fullscreen=true
15:05, 24 February 2022
Film about law enforcers' torture of Kuban resident released online
The Russian online cinema "Premier" has released the first part of a documentary about the torture by policemen of Artyom Danilov, a resident of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory).
The building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Photo: Maksym Kozlenko - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Здание_Министерства_иностранных_дел_Украины
15:01, 24 February 2022
Ukraine breaks diplomatic relations with Russia
Ukrainian authorities have decided to terminate diplomatic relations with Russia, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.
The Russian Armed Forces. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence https://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=109017@cmsPhotoGallery
11:25, 24 February 2022
Putin compares Russia's actions in Donbass with special operation in the Caucasus
The Russian Armed Forces have launched a military operation in connection with the situation in the Donbass, Vladimir Putin has stated. He compared the operation to the campaign against terrorists in Northern Caucasus in the early 2000s.
11:23, 24 February 2022
Analysts find it unacceptable for Armenia to recognize DPR and LPR
The issue of recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) is not on Armenia's agenda, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.
Vladimir Putin signs decrees to recognize the independence of the LPR and DPR. Screenshot of the video http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67829
11:10, 24 February 2022
Amid Russia's recognition of LPR and DPR, political analysts assess chances of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
In case Russia incorporates the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), the same way will open for Abkhazia and South Ossetia, political analysts have pointed out, but disputed about how the Russia's recognition of the DPR and LPR would affect the development of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili (on the right) in the courtroom. Screenshot of the video by the "News on First Channel" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtb5QF28d6Q
11:00, 24 February 2022
UNM declares saving Saakashvili's life as its priority
On the third day of the hunger strike of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a Georgian former president, the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party announced daily protests in order to achieve Saakashvili's departure for medical treatment abroad.
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Analysts explained the significance of the decision in the Gubarev case.

Kadyrov secured Putin's support ahead of the next Chechen presidential election.

A still from Aishat Khizrieva's video message about leaving Russia: https://t.me/marem_group/1658 Khizrieva's escape sparked a social media debate about domestic violence in Chechnya.

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.