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11:23, 3 March 2021
Aslanov and Sadygov continue their hunger strike
The Azerbaijani journalists, Polad Aslanov and Afghan Sadygov, continue their hunger strike, their wives have informed.
Screenshot of the article: https://zona.media/chronicle/nemtsov-chronicle
11:10, 3 March 2021
Journalists' inquiry expands range of Chechen natives involved in Nemtsov's murder
The chronology of calls, videos and information about air travel points to involvement of several other Chechen natives in Boris Nemtsov's murder; they were not convicted, although their names are known, says the joint journalistic investigation of the "Mediazona" and the "Scanner Project".
Protest rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
08:35, 3 March 2021
"Rosgvardia" servicemen failed to recognize participants in Magas action among defendants
The employees of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard), recognized as the suffered party at the riots at a rallies in Magas in 2019, said at the trial that they have no claims against the protest leaders, since they had not seen them at the rally, advocates have stated.
Pashinyan's opponents at a rally in Yerevan, March 1, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
08:23, 3 March 2021
Political analysts point to Pashinyan's readiness to use administrative resources at elections
The authorities have used administrative resources when organizing a rally in Yerevan and will do the same in case of elections, but the opposition has enough supporters to effectively control the voting, political analysts believe.
Martin Kochesoko at the courthouse. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
22:02, 2 March 2021
Martin Kochesoko sentenced to probation
In Kabardino-Balkaria, a court sentenced Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko to three years of imprisonment.
Unexploded shell. Photo: REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov
21:46, 2 March 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsman accuses officials of deaths of 33 civilians
The General Prosecutor's Office of Nagorno-Karabakh has started to investigate a case on the deaths and capture of dozens of civilians during the combat actions in the autumn of 2020. The tragedy occurred, because the local authorities failed to carry out the evacuation of civilians, the Ombudsman claims.
Screenshot: https://runet.report/incidents/
21:31, 2 March 2021
Chechnya leads in cases of violence against journalists and bloggers in Russia
In 2020, out of 103 cases of violence against journalists registered by human rights defenders in Russia, 40 cases took place in Chechnya. The unfavourable situation with the freedom of the Internet has also developed in Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Adygea, and Kuban.
In Abkhazia, opposition hold a protest action near parliament building, March 2, 2021. Screenshot: @SputnikAbkhazia t.me/SputnikAbkhazia/4436
19:10, 2 March 2021
In Abkhazia, opposition hold a protest action near parliament building
About 200 people gathered in front of the parliament of Abkhazia to express their indignation at the trip of presidential aide Benur Kviraya to Georgia. The administration of President Aslan Bzhaniya claimed that Benur Kviraya visited Georgia after he had resigned from his post as the aide to the President of Abkhazia.
Policemen during a protest action in Yerevan, February 26, 2021. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
18:45, 2 March 2021
Robert Kocharyan's supporters hold a protest action in Yerevan
Today, in Yerevan, activists have blocked one of the streets with the demand to close the criminal case against Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia.
Bagautdin Myakiev. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EQy41nsPm/
18:21, 2 March 2021
Criminal case opened against Bagautdin Myakiev, sources report
The police have opened a criminal case against Ingush activist Bagautdin Myakiev for damaging property during his stay in a Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison), sources reported.
One of the central streets in the town of Zangilan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:02, 2 March 2021
Searches for dead bodies resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Today, Nagorno-Karabakh rescuers have resumed searches for the bodies and remains of military servicemen and civilians in the battlefields of the conflict zone, the emergency service of the unrecognized republic has announced.
Protest rally in Tbilisi. Screenshot: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20210302/251045088/Deputatam-prikhoditsya-probiratsya-v-parlament-Gruzii-po-koridoru-pozora.html
13:41, 2 March 2021
Protest action in Tbilisi turns into detentions
Today, opposition supporters went out to a protest action in Tbilisi demanding the release of political prisoners and hold repeated parliamentary elections. Protesters tried to block the road, after which law enforcers detained seven of them.
Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, is scolding three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CL40Ok0puL1/
13:16, 2 March 2021
Three women from Kurchaloi detained for witchcraft
Adam Elzhurkaev, a theologian, has scolded three Kurchaloi women detained by law enforcers for providing occult services, the regional TV channel reports.
Pre-trial prison. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
11:27, 2 March 2021
Defence reports ten suspected torturers of Caucasians in Yaroslavl colony
Three suspects of beating up Abubakar Tsagalaev, a native of Chechnya, and Vazha Bochorishvili, a citizen of Georgia, have been arrested in the Yaroslavl colony; two are under house arrest. The whereabouts of the remaining suspects are being established.
At the site where the suicide bomber activated a bomb, Uchkeken, December 2020. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
11:12, 2 March 2021
Analysts doubt militants' involvement in attacks on law enforcers in Uchkeken
The two attacks committed in Uchkeken since early December have little in common, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
08:37, 2 March 2021
Rallies of Pashinyan and his opponents gather about 28,000 people
On March 1, supporters of Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Prime Minister, and of the opposition held their parallel rallies in Yerevan.
Idris Yusupov holds solo picket, March 1, 2021. Screenshot from the Caucasian Knot video
08:25, 2 March 2021
Makhachkala picketers demanded to release political prisoners
On March 1, four solo pickets with different demands were held in Makhachkala. Picketers demanded, in particular, to release the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.
Boarding house. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
23:48, 1 March 2021
Tenant of dilapidated house in Kabardino-Balkaria appeals to Kadyrov for help
The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have ignored requests to exercise the rights to housing, claims Gulbinat Adjibekperova, who lives in a dilapidated five-storey building with no heating and water supply. The woman recorded a video appeal to the leader of Chechnya.
Residential buildings in Gelenzhik. Photo: Alina Desyatnicheno for the 'Novaya Gazeta'. Collage prepared by the Caucasian Knot
23:31, 1 March 2021
"Novaya Gazeta" covers contrast between luxury of "Putin's palace" and Gelendzhik life
Residents of Gelendzhik, in the vicinity of which a palace from the Alexei Navalny's investigation is located, have to huddle in illegally built constructions adjacent to garages, and they suffer from poor roads and problems with water supply, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports. More than 3000 people signed a petition to demolish "Putin's palace" drawn up by a local activist.
Village of Talysh, December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
21:04, 1 March 2021
Four Azerbaijani residents detained for trying to enter Karabakh
Two residents of the Terter District tried to avoid checkpoints and get to the village of Talysh, while two others tried to go to the Agdam District, despite the authorities' ban on visiting the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, the police report.
News
Armenia's Prosecutor General's Office has requested that Tsarukyan's parliamentary immunity be revoked.

Associates called Chalabyan's arrest part of a policy of pressure on the opposition.

A photograph used by users to claim that Azerbaijani forces are using construction equipment to destroy the "We Are Our Mountains" monument. Photo: https://civilnet.am/hy/news/1012657 Armenian political scientists have identified those behind the publication of a fake story about the destruction of a Karabakh symbol.

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.