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Usman Nurmagomedov after his fight with Davis. Photo: UFC Russia https://t.me/s/UFCRussiaFight/6772
14:12, 8 February 2026
Usman Nurmagomedov defended his PFL title.
Dagestani MMA fighter Usman Nurmagomedov defeated Briton Alfie Davis at the Professional Fighters League tournament and defended his lightweight title.
Military personnel. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
13:13, 8 February 2026
Six fighters from the Volgograd region were killed in combat.
Authorities presented awards to the families of six soldiers from the Danilovsky District killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,673 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
Irakli Bzhinava. Photo from the SFedU website: https://sfedu.ru/s7/person/ru/bzhinava
12:15, 8 February 2026
Bzhinava's detention and arrest attracted the attention of the Abkhazian Foreign Ministry.
The Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the detention and arrest of Irakli Bzhinava, an associate professor at a Rostov university department who criticized the practice of issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia.
The aftermath of a drone strike on a residential building in Novorossiysk on May 3, 2025. Still from Andrey Kravchenko's Telegram channel: https://t.me/kravchenko_glava_nvrsk/11568
11:16, 8 February 2026
A woman injured in the drone attack in Novorossiysk has been discharged from the hospital.
A Rostov-on-Don resident who was seriously injured in a drone attack on Novorossiysk in May 2025 has been discharged from hospital after nine months of treatment.
10:17, 8 February 2026
Five fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been declared killed in Ukraine.
Anzor Shebzukhov, Rasul Geryukov, and three other fighters from the Zolsky district have been confirmed killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 368 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed.
09:18, 8 February 2026
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the shooting at a Baku lyceum.
A Baku court has remanded in custody a tenth-grader who opened fire with his father's gun at a lyceum. Doctors have described the teacher injured by the teenager as stable after surgery.
08:20, 8 February 2026
Six drones were shot down over the Black Sea.
The Ministry of Defense reported six drones shot down overnight over the Black Sea. An air strike threat was issued overnight in Novorossiysk.
Alexander Sherchenkov's solo picket. Yerevan, February 7, 2026. Photo: RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80111
07:20, 8 February 2026
A picketer in Yerevan called for the release of a man arrested in the Tyumen case.
Activist Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia in support of Nikita Oleynik, who was arrested in Russia in connection with the "Tyumen case."
Aslan Dauletov. Photo from the Volodarsky District Administration's Telegram channel https://t.me/regionvol/11890
06:21, 8 February 2026
A contract soldier from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation.
Aslan Dauletov from the Volodarsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 700 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
05:23, 8 February 2026
The sentences of three former Volgograd City Duma deputies have been upheld.
The appellate court found no grounds to change the sentences of former Volgograd City Duma deputies Yevgeny Shchur, Fyodor Litvinenko, and Alexey Zverev.
04:23, 8 February 2026
Two natives of Dagestan are accused of financing terrorism.
The Southern District Military Court has received a case against two Dagestan natives accused of organizing a fundraiser to purchase thermal imaging drones for the Ukrainian Azov Battalion*.
03:24, 8 February 2026
A Ukrainian citizen was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for participating in a terrorist organization.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian citizen Bogdan Musikhin to 18 years in prison for participating in combat operations against Russian troops as part of a volunteer battalion.
02:25, 8 February 2026
Five residents of Ingushetia are suspected of calling for terrorism.
Five local residents suspected of calling for terrorist activity have been detained in several districts of Ingushetia.
01:26, 8 February 2026
One of the victims of the drone attack on Bataysk in December has died.
Nineteen-year-old Darya Nasreddinova, who suffered severe burns during the drone attack on Bataysk on December 18, died in the hospital.
Ildar Batkayev. Screenshot from the Ikryaninsky District Administration's Telegram channel, February 5, 2026, https://t.me/ikradm/12760.
00:27, 8 February 2026
The names of the soldiers killed in the SVO zone from the Astrakhan region have been announced.
Daniil Kulagin, Ildar Batkayev, Alexander Amosov, and eight other fighters were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 699 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.
A memorial picket for Aishat Baimuradova in Yerevan, Armenia, November 4, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot."
23:44, 7 February 2026
Social media users supported the call for Armenian authorities to release Baimuradova's body for burial.
Nearly 190 people signed a petition demanding that the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova be returned to her friends for burial in Armenia. Social media users supported the petition.
22:44, 7 February 2026
The Armenian Defense Ministry reported the death of a soldier.
The body of serviceman David Manukyan was found in one of the military units of the Armenian Ministry of Defense.
21:44, 7 February 2026
A children's center in Paraul has been sealed after children were poisoned.
The Chudo Center, where children were poisoned by carbon monoxide, has been sealed by order of the Dagestan Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing. Materials regarding the suspension of its operations have been submitted to the court.
Protest outside the Georgian Parliament. Screenshot from Interpressnews photo from February 7, 2026, https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/861329-parlamenttan-akcia-mimdinareobs
20:44, 7 February 2026
Participants in a march for education joined pro-European protests in Tbilisi.
The "Protect Education" march concluded at the Georgian Parliament. Participants, including Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, joined supporters of European integration, who have been protesting for 437 consecutive days.
19:44, 7 February 2026
The authorities explained the ban on the use of jeeps in the forests of Chechnya by concern for the environment.
The head of the Chechen government stated that jeeps and enduro bikes may only be used on paved roads in Chechnya's forests; driving into the forest is prohibited, citing concerns about the preservation of flora and fauna. However, he did not comment on the head of the hunting department's plans to confiscate off-road vehicles used by violators.
News
Historians call for an end to the destruction of Armenian monuments in Karabakh

The return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh. Photo: https://azertag.az/ru/?lang=netherlands%3Fdevice%3DDesktop&page=232?device=Desktop Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh.

A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

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.