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19:00, 18 February 2010
Psychiatric examination appointed to Dymovskiy
Alexei Dymovskiy, a former employee of the UVD (Interior Department) of Novorossisk, now kept in SIZO (pre-trial detention facility) accused of a swindle, will take a complex mental examination.
18:30, 18 February 2010
Broad-scale operation "Homeless Child" held in Chechnya
Employees of the Chechen MIA, mainly the units dealing with minors and local inspections, are engaged, since February 11, in searching actions aimed to reveal of homeless and neglected children. The broad-scale operation "Homeless Child" will continue till February 20.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 18 February 2010
Nukhazhiev accuses European politicians and human rights defenders of jaundice to Chechnya
The delegation of the UK Parliament, headed by Lord Judd, former PACE Rapporteur on Chechnya, finished its visit to the Chechen Republic. The meeting of the delegation with Ombudsman in Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev was on the brink of cancellation, since the latter wanted to refuse to meet the British MPs in protest against the attitude of the UK Parliament to Iraq and Afghanistan.
23:50, 17 February 2010
Major Dymovskiy wants to get restored at work
Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who had placed in the Internet a video appeal with criticism of the work of the militia and was later accused of swindle, has lodged a claim to the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Krasnodar asking to restore him at work at the UVD (Department of Interior) of the city of Novorossisk.
23:40, 17 February 2010
In Azerbaijan, bloggers' advocates challenge the bench
Today in Azerbaijan, the Baku Appeal Court, presided by Gail Mamedov, continued consideration of the complaint lodged by young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade.
23:40, 17 February 2010
Moscow GUVD refutes rumours about wounded OMON fighters in Dagestan
Victor Biryukov, head of the Department for Information and PR of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) of the city of Moscow, has refuted information that several fighters of Moscow OMON (special-purpose militia unit) were wounded in a skirmish in the Untsukul District of Dagestan.
23:30, 17 February 2010
Medvedev labels his Georgian counterpart as "persona non grata" in Russia
Today in Kremlin, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has named President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili a persona non grata for the Russian Federation, having added that he "will never have any business" with the incumbent head of Georgia.
23:10, 17 February 2010
Nagorno-Karabakh: invalids undergo medical examination
In the end of 2009, the Centre of Medical-Sanitary Examination held a control physical examination of invalids. After that, some of them were dissatisfied with change of the category or complete lifting of their disability status, and with deprivation of privileges.
23:00, 17 February 2010
"Olympstroy": in Sochi swindlers take money for access to objects
In Sochi, swindlers who operate in the labour market are selling passes to the State Corporation (SC) "Olympstroy", which allow getting to Olympic objects.
22:50, 17 February 2010
Over 90 percent of Armenian migrants in Turkey are women
The overwhelming majority of Armenian migrants (96 percent), working today in Turkey, are women, most of them engaged in household work. This is the outcome of the study performed by the Foundation "Cooperation Eurasia".
Georgia, Tbilisi. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 17 February 2010
Georgia to claim USD 40 billion from Russia for Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Georgian authorities plan to go to international courts with claims against Russia and demand compensation worth several dozens billion US dollars for the damage caused, in the opinion of the Georgian party, by Russia's actions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia from early 1990s.
22:30, 17 February 2010
In Azerbaijan, NAR Tax Ministry extends audit of human rights NGO
The Ministry of Taxes and Dues of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), located in Azerbaijan, has extended the audit of the documents of the Regional Resource Centre of Human Rights and Democracy. The employees of the Centre assert that they are pressed on.
22:20, 17 February 2010
Shevardnadze: Georgian-Russian relations to get better after 2013
The relations of Tbilisi and Moscow will improve at least by 2013, said Eduard Shevardnadze, ex-president of Georgia.
22:10, 17 February 2010
Dagestan hosts a rally of Kumyk nationals
On February 16, a rally of representatives of the Kumyk nation took place in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. The participants adopted an appeal to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 17 February 2010
British delegation notes positive changes in Chechnya
Today, the group of British MPs - members of the Human Rights Group, making their acquaintance visit to Chechnya, met university students in Grozny and visited a gymnasia and a boarding school for children-orphans and children, left without parental care.
Chtchnya, Grozny. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 17 February 2010
German court qualifies murder of Russian soldiers by resident of Chechnya as war crime
In Germany, the Federal Administrative Court has found the actions of the Chechen who killed two Russian soldiers in an armed conflict to be a war crime.
19:10, 17 February 2010
OMON fighters wounded at shelling in Dagestan
Unidentified persons shelled a militia post in the Untsukul District of Dagestan and wounded three fighters of the Moscow OMON (special militia).
19:00, 17 February 2010
Chechnya: participants of skirmish in Gudermes District are searched
So far, power agencies could not get on the trail of the militants, who on February 15 twice started skirmishes with Chechen law enforcers in the Gudermes District. In the course of these combat clashes, an officer of the special-purpose MIA regiment was killed, and two more servicemen were wounded. It is supposed that some of searched militants were also wounded.
18:00, 17 February 2010
In Ingushetia, a bomb found near former Nazran GUVD building
In the Moskovskaya Street of Nazran, close to the building, which earlier housed the city GUVD (City Interior Department), sappers are now de-mining a self-made bomb.
23:40, 16 February 2010
Georgian athlete lost in Vancouver to be buried on February 20
Nodar Kumaritashvili, a sledge racer from Georgia, who perished on February 12 after an accident in the sledge-bobsleigh track at the Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, will be buried on Saturday, February 20, in Bakuriani.
News
Protesters in Tbilisi expressed solidarity with convicted prisoner Nana Sander on the 574th day of uninterrupted protests. Photo: Levan Zazadze/ Facebook Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 574 consecutive days.

Four people have been convicted in connection with an attempted seizure of the presidential palace in Georgia.

Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 573 days.

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.