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18:51, 12 February 2022
After refusal to soften Musaeva's freedom restriction measure, Yangulbaev shames judges
In Chechnya, judges rule under orders received from Ramzan Kadyrov's administration; and there is completely no judiciary in the republic, Saidi Yangulbaev, a retired Russian federal judge, has commented on the refusal of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to transfer his wife, Zarema Musaeva, under house arrest.
A shell hole in a window after the shelling attack on residential buildings. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4556946357768076&set=pcb.4556946581101387
18:28, 12 February 2022
Houses of two Nagorno-Karabakh communities damaged by shelling
On Friday (February 11), Azerbaijani militaries shelled residential buildings in the communities of Tagavard and Karmir Shouka (Red Bazaar), in which they damaged windows, roofs and walls; however, the situation in the villages is calm, Gegam Stepanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson, has informed.
Vladimir Osechkin. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrvk5zVzCw
15:29, 12 February 2022
Osechkin reminds Delimkhanov about Chechens' torture in jails
Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information of Chechnya, has treated the statement about the impending assassination attempt on Vladimir Osechkin as absurd. In his turn, Osechkin thanked the Chechens, who had informed him about the prepared attempt, and invited Adam Delimkhanov to personally discuss the claims against the work of human rights defenders.
Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the video on Instagram of the Grozny TV channel https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAL5i5JfKU/
15:21, 12 February 2022
Musaeva assesses her health condition as pre-mortal
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has ignored the words of Zarema Musaeva, who asked to place her under house arrest due to her poor health. The arrest of Musaeva, who suffers from severe diabetes, is against Russian law, her son Abubakar Yangulbaev has stated.
A post with the hashtag #ЯпехотинецКадырова (#I’m Kadyrov’s infantryman) on Instagram. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ1FqHTqarC/
04:14, 12 February 2022
Supporters of Kadyrov respond with a flash mob to a petition for his resignation
About 400 posts with the hashtag # YapekhotinetsKadyrova (“I’m Kadyrov’s infantryman) appeared on Instagram as part of a flash mob launched by an assistant to the leader of Chechnya. The petition for the Ramzan Kadyrov’s resignation has already gained 200,000 signatures.
Salekh Magamadov (on the right) and Ismail Isaev. Photo by the press service of the HRC "Memorial" https://memohrc.org
04:11, 12 February 2022
Prosecutor requests long terms of imprisonment for Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev
A public prosecutor requested the court to sentence Salekh Magamadov to 8.5 years and Ismail Isaev to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a case on aiding and abetting a militant. The prosecutors’ version has not been even indirectly confirmed, and there is no evidence that the brothers were familiar with the militant, their advocate notes.
An Azerbaijani soldier. Photo by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan
04:06, 12 February 2022
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of a shelling attack on positions in Kelbadjar
The Armenian military forces shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani army in Kelbadjar, there are no casualties in personnel, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.
Advocate Dmitry Zakhvatov. Screenshot: "Current Time" https://www.currenttime.tv
04:01, 12 February 2022
Father of Dagestani native denies accusation of violence against his daughter in Moscow
Relatives did not try to kidnap a native of Dagestan in Moscow, her father said. According to him, the parents did not have conflicts with their daughter, since it was not planned to force her to marry.
23:58, 11 February 2022
Townspeople of three Georgia cities hold protests
The Georgian cities of Gori, Zugdidi and Telavi has hosted protest actions demanding better living conditions, abolition the increase of electricity tariffs and decrease taxes. The Georgian opposition has reproached authorities for their inefficient countering social problems.
A gunpoint. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-kbr-unichtozheny-dvoe-boevikov-prichastnyh-k.html
23:53, 11 February 2022
Armenian rights defenders worried about army non-combat losses
The increase in the count of non-combat losses in military units indicates systemic problems in the Armenian Army, while authorities refuse to involve the civil society in protecting militaries' rights, the participants in the discussion held in Yerevan have stated.
A protest rally in front of the Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (parliament) on December 28. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:59, 11 February 2022
Azerbaijan: media law creates new obstacles for journalists
The approval of the new law "On Media" has strengthened Azeri authorities' control over media and restrictions on their professional activities, journalists have stated. Their concerns are shared by international structures.
Rimma Gagloeva. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia www.instagram.com/p/CZv-gHMMREe/
10:53, 11 February 2022
Rights defenders doubt link of North-Ossetian woman's disappearance with occultism
In Chechnya, persecution of people involved in occultism usually resorts to public scolding, while in Ingushetia and North Ossetia there have been no persecutions of fortune-tellers in recent years, lawyers and human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments on the version voiced out by a relative of Rimma Gagloeva, a missing resident of North Ossetia, who was engaged in fortune telling and removing an evil eye.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:47, 11 February 2022
Human rights defenders voice out law enforcers' violations in death case of detained Yeysk resident
The father of Ilya Smolin, who was kept at the temporary isolation facility (known as the IVS) in the city of Yeysk, has learned about his son's death from strangers; for more than a week, he was not allowed to examine his son's body in the morgue.
An entrance to the village of Kakashura. Photo: https://welcomedagestan.ru/dagestan/karabudahkentskij/kakashura/#&gid=null&pid=1
10:41, 11 February 2022
Dagestani authorities react to protest of Kakashura villagers
Residents of the village of Kakashura, demanding to allocate land to them, achieved a meeting with Batyr Emeev, the Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan. If the land plot, which caused the villagers' conflict with district officials, is free, it will be transferred to villagers, Batyr Emeev has promised.
The cover illustration from the book entitled "Thirteen Amazing Women of Northern Caucasus." Screenshot by the "Caucasian Knot"
10:33, 11 February 2022
Book about fates of 13 Caucasian women presented in Moscow
The book, prepared with the support of the Heinrich Böll Fund, tells about lives of the women, whose example can inspire and destroy stereotypes about the hard situation of women in the society of Northern Caucasian.
The Dagestani police detained a man for murder in Makhchkala. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CZy8Qw_KMle/
00:21, 11 February 2022
A resident of Dagestan confesses to revenge murder
The Dagestani police detained a man for murder in Makhachkala. According to video of the interrogation, the detainee said that he had avenged the murdered man for his “Muslim sister.”
Zarema Musaeva at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Screenshot of the video from the account of Chechen Ombudsperson Mansur Soltaev on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPyIyiFlvO/
00:17, 11 February 2022
Chechen SC ignores Musaeva’s deteriorating health
Advocates requested the court to transfer Zarema Musaeva to house arrest due to her state of health, but the court dismissed the request, although an ambulance was called again at night, advocate Arkady Shindyapin said. Abubakar Yangulbaev, a son of Zarema Musaeva, notes that the court is under pressure.
The Tovuz District of Azerbaijan. Photo from the official website of the Tovuz District http://tovuzlular.com/
23:55, 10 February 2022
Fear of resumption of fighting affects restoration of Tovuz and Terter
The authorities of Azerbaijan have not yet concluded a peace treaty with Armenia, and therefore, residents of the border villages fear the resumption of combat actions. The situation is calm in the Tovuz, Terter, and Agdjabadi Districts, but restoration work is going slowly, and there are problems with communications, local residents say.
Ibragim Yangulbaev. Screenshot of the video: Baza / Тelegram
23:48, 10 February 2022
Ibragim Yangulbaev denies involvement of his relatives in 1Adat Movement*
According to Ibragim Yangulbaev, his father and mother, as well as other relatives, are not involved in the 1Adat Movement” and are not its leaders. He pointed to contradictions in the Chechen authorities’ accusations against members of the Yangulbaev family.
Giorgi Gagloev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuPCmxl4Y-/
23:42, 10 February 2022
Nephew of disappeared resident of North Ossetia associates her disappearance with fortune-telling
Rimma Gagloeva, a disappeared resident of North Ossetia, was engaged in fortune-telling and removing the evil eye effect, which could be the reason for her disappearance, suggests her nephew Giorgi Gagloev. According to him, a video appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov concerning the disappearance gained over half a million views, but there was no reaction from the leader of Chechnya.
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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.