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07:00, 13 February 2026
Residents of Sarpinsky Island complained about the dangerous road to the pier.
On February 12, due to difficult ice conditions on the Volga, river transport routes transporting residents of Sarpinsky Island to the mainland were diverted. According to Volgograd residents, previously, when routes were diverted, passengers were transported to the auxiliary pier by snowmobile. The Kirovsky District administration stated that they were unaware of the problem.
06:02, 13 February 2026
A soldier from Kalmykia was killed in the SVO zone.
Baatar Ashkayev from the Oktyabrsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, officials have officially acknowledged at least 213 fighters from Kalmykia killed there.
05:04, 13 February 2026
A resident of North Ossetia is suspected of discrediting the army.
Investigators in North Ossetia have opened a criminal case against a Vladikavkaz resident for social media comments they deemed fake about the Russian army.
A Russian passport and the Abkhazian flag. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
04:06, 13 February 2026
Analysts have deemed the opposition's demand for the resignation of the Abkhaz Interior Minister futile.
The demand for the resignation of Abkhazia's Interior Minister Robert Kiut is motivated by legitimate doubts about the legality of issuing Russian passports. However, Kiut is not personally responsible for the legal conflict that has arisen, and the opposition has little chance of securing his resignation.
03:38, 13 February 2026
Three residents of the Volgograd region were injured during a drone attack.
A woman, a teenager, and a 12-year-old child were hospitalized as a result of a drone attack on Volgograd and its surrounding areas, said regional governor Andrei Bocharov.
02:55, 13 February 2026
Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Ibragim Zakharov and Magomed Ibragimov from the Kizilyurt district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,807 combatants from Dagestan killed there.
01:56, 13 February 2026
Evacuated residents of Kotluban returned to their homes
All residents of Kotluban, evacuated due to the threat of shell detonation, have left their temporary accommodation centres.
00:57, 13 February 2026
A new temporary plaque has been installed on Anna Politkovskaya's home.
The twelfth homemade memorial plaque has been installed by activists on the facade of the Moscow building where Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.
23:59, 12 February 2026
A Stavropol resident has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term in connection with an attack on Dagestan.
The Khasavyurt District Court has sentenced a participant in the 1999 attack on military personnel in the Botlikh District of Dagestan.
23:30, 12 February 2026
A court in Sukhumi has placed three participants in the incident involving political strategists under house arrest.
Garry Kokaya, Almaskhan Ardzinba, and Khyna Dumava have been placed under house arrest in connection with the incident at the Abkhazian Herald newspaper office. The defendants have disputed the court's decision.
22:45, 12 February 2026
A captured Georgian fighter was sentenced to life in prison in Donetsk.
A Russian court in Donetsk sentenced Georgian citizen Georgiy Chubetidze to life in prison. He fought on the Ukrainian side and was captured by Russian forces in the fall of 2023. Human rights activists have recognized Chubetidze as a political prisoner.
Participants of the rally on Rustaveli Avenue, February 12, 2026. Photo: Nino Kikvadze / Publika
21:59, 12 February 2026
Student marchers joined the protest on Rustaveli Avenue.
Students from Ilia State University protested against education reform and marched from the university building to the Georgian Parliament. Outside the parliament building, they joined the daily protest, which is now in its 442nd day.
21:27, 12 February 2026
The court arrested two teenagers in connection with the shooting in Anapa.
The Anapa City Court has remanded two minors in custody in connection with the shooting at the Anapa Industrial College – the shooter and the young man who incited him to commit the crime. One of the injured is in serious condition.
21:15, 12 February 2026
Russia has expressed its desire to restore rail service with Georgia via Abkhazia.
Work is underway to unblock all damaged routes in the Caucasus, including the possibility of restoring rail service between Russia and Georgia through Abkhazia.
Nika Gvaramia. Screenshot from Publika's photo from February 12, 2026, https://publika.ge/8-tviani-patimrobis-shemde-gvaramia-tavisufalia/
20:18, 12 February 2026
Nika Gvaramia was released after eight months in prison.
Nika Gvaramia, leader of the Coalition for Change, has left the Rustavi penitentiary after serving an eight-month sentence for failing to appear at a meeting of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission examining the "crimes of the Saakashvili regime" from 2003 to 2012.
19:42, 12 February 2026
A Nalchik resident was convicted of attempting to blow up a train station.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Vitaly Gaivoronsky, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, guilty of attempting a terrorist attack at the Nalchik train station and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
19:24, 12 February 2026
Analysts attribute the halt in issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia to political infighting.
The cessation of issuing Russian passports and driver's licenses in Abkhazia has created inconvenience for residents and could be used in a political struggle against the opposition, whose actions irritate Russia.
18:33, 12 February 2026
A Sochi court has sent a sixth-grader to a temporary detention center for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack.
The Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi ordered the placement of a 13-year-old teenager in a temporary detention center for juvenile offenders for up to 30 days for preparing to commit a terrorist act on the grounds of his school.
17:45, 12 February 2026
Movlaev's lawyers faced a ban on pickets in his support.
Kazakh lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev twice filed notices to hold solo pickets against his extradition, but were denied.
16:57, 12 February 2026
An Azerbaijani activist has denied accusations of illegally receiving grants.
The trial of Mehriban Rahimli, accused of illegally receiving grants, has begun in Baku. She denied the charges, stating that she had been receiving a salary from a foreign NGO for 17 years, paid in accordance with Azerbaijani law.
News
Georgian citizen Emzar Bagishvili is detained. Photo: https://newshub.ge/ru/news/incidents/v-okkupirovannoi-abxazii-zaderzan-grazdanin-gruzii-po-podozreniyu-v-spionaze Security forces' theory about a Georgian spy in Abkhazia has surprised Facebook users*

A Georgian citizen has been detained in Abkhazia in connection with an espionage case.

Facebook* users consider the initiative for a railway through Abkhazia premature

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.