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PFPA logo. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/
19:49, 23 August 2019
Fourth PFPA activist arrested over a week
Mubariz Abdulkerimov, the chairman of the Sheki District branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for 15 days in an administrative case on hooliganism. His colleagues called the charge as far-fetched and associated the persecution of the activist with his opposition activities.
A gun. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:39, 23 August 2019
Social networks do not trust version of domestic nature of shootout between natives of Chechnya and Dagestan
Users of social networks criticized officials for alleging that a shootout of natives of Chechnya and Dagestan in the centre of Krasnodar was a domestic conflict. The authorities try to hide the interethnic background of the incident, the social network users suggest.
19:30, 23 August 2019
Contract soldier blown up on a mine in Chechnya
A paratrooper died from wounds he had got during military exercises in a mountainous-wooded area in Chechnya, reported the military commandant's office. The deceased man was Mikhail Bezelt, a resident of Yekaterinburg, his wife reported.
Men detained after shootout in Krasnodar. Screenshot of Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1f0TINhYQS/
14:53, 23 August 2019
Law enforcers: natives of Chechnya and Dagestan detained after firing in Krasnodar
Five suspects involved in a shootout near the market in Krasnodar are detained in Sochi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MA) reports today. In a video posted by law enforcers, the detainees said that they had arrived in the resort city on vacation.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Photo: screenshot from YouTube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGM-QIlB8Yg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3G4DO-JXI. Collage by the Caucasian Knot
14:40, 23 August 2019
Chechen propaganda makes blunder by interference in dispute between Tumso and Kadyrov
Calls for employees of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) to vote for the Ramzan Kadyrov's refusal to hold a public discussion with Tumso Abdurakhmanov exacerbated the sensitive situation which the leader of Chechnya faced after a call for a dispute, notes political analyst Ruslan Kutaev.
Clashes between Rosgvardia agents and participants of rally in Magas, March 27, 2019. Screenshot from video by Zarifa Sautieva
11:11, 23 August 2019
Fired law enforcers tell about persecutions after Magas rally
There was no order to disperse the rally in Magas downloaded from the leadership, while the criminal case on abuse of powers was initiated because of an attempt to defend our rights in court, the dismissed policemen have explained.
Razor wire. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:00, 23 August 2019
Closure by South Ossetia of its border with Georgia actualizes bordering problem
The bans on crossing the South-Ossetian-Georgian border during holidays result in detentions in the conflict zone, activists inform.
Krasnodar. Screenshot from video 'Why everybody moves to Krasnodar? See answers here' posted at Yuzhanin Youtube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqd8gCF-Fsk
01:24, 23 August 2019
Natives of Chechnya and Dagestan tell about interethnic tensions in Krasnodar
Disputes about the Chechen-Dagestani border have exacerbated the hostility among natives of these republics in the Krasnodar Territory, members of national communities have pointed out.
01:07, 23 August 2019
Dagestani historians argue about idea of broad conference on Caucasian War
A large-scale scientific conference on the Caucasian War is needed to fill in the gaps and identify insufficiently studied points, the initiator of the event, Zurab Gadjiev, a historian, believes. In their turn, Patimat Takhnaeva and Khadji Murad Donogo, historians, believe that a conference will yield no results, since Dagestani and Chechen scholars will fail to reach a uniform assessments and interpretations of events.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3G4DO-JXI
22:33, 22 August 2019
Tumso doubts Kadyrov's merits in building mosques
Over the 17 years of Kadyrov's rule, a little more than 200 mosques were built in Chechnya, and in total, more than 800 mosques over the years of independence, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated with reference to Ramzan Kadyrov.
Rally participant in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
22:20, 22 August 2019
Growth in number of arrests indicates scale of activists' persecutions in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, administrative arrests are used to persecute activists and critics of the authorities. Compared with 2011, in 2018 the number of such arrests has grown by more than 2.5 times, says the report prepared by the Institute for Democratic Initiatives (IDI).
Shootout at the marketplace in Krasnodar https://yandex.ru/video/search?filmId=5734619900410236046&t
22:10, 22 August 2019
Krasnodar: leaders of national communities react to shooting incident
The shootout near the marketplace in Krasnodar was the result of a "criminal showdown" rather than an interethnic conflict, a source from the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has voiced out the law enforcers' position. Members of national communities have promised the Krasnodar authorities to intensify work with the youth.
Georgia-South Ossetia border area. Photo: Jelger Groeneveld - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:South_Ossetia?uselang=ru#/media/File:Georgian_farmer_at_Khurvaleti_victim_of_borderization_by_Russian_and_South_Ossetian_troops.jpg
18:46, 22 August 2019
South Ossetia announces temporary closure of its border with Georgia
In the period from the evening on August 25 to the morning on August 27, checkpoints on the border with Georgia will suspend operation in connection with the celebration of the anniversary of the recognition of the country's independence, the KGB of South Ossetia announces today. The South Ossetian Ministry of Culture announced the programme of the holiday.
Group of support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev in front of court building in Makhachkala, July 29, 2019. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
18:39, 22 August 2019
HRC "Memorial" recognizes Abdulmumin Gadjiev as a political prisoner
Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), who was arrested in a case on terrorist financing, is being prosecuted for political reasons, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has declared today and demanded to release the journalist.
Azerbaijani servicemen. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?&pagen=1
16:24, 22 August 2019
Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on four villages in border areas
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 20 times within 24 hours, and villages in the areas bordering Armenia were shelled, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
Rustam Kuchmenov. Photo: Committee Against Torture website, https://www.pytkam.net/ru/news/rassledovaniem-dela-o-pytkah-v-nalchike-zaymutsya-na-respublikanskom-urovne
16:14, 22 August 2019
New investigation started into case on torture of Nalchik resident
The investigation into the case on beating of Rustam Kuchmenov, a detained resident of Nalchik, was resumed, and it was handed over to officials from the Investigating Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the Committee Against Torture (CaT) reported on August 21.
Azerbaijani policemen. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:26, 22 August 2019
Law enforcers disrupt rally in support of defendants in Ganja case
On August 21, mothers of the men arrested in the "Ganja case" tried to hold a protest rally in Baku in the support of their sons. Law enforcers stopped the protest action and detained one of its participants.
Nika Gvaramiya. Screenshot of 'Rustavi-2' Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/rustavi2/photos/a.293417874035638/1286081234769292/?type=3&theater
11:14, 22 August 2019
Nika Gvaramiya invites dismissed "Rustavi-2" reporters to new TV Company
At present, the new "Mtavari Archi" TV Company forms its staff, and journalists and presenters of talk shows from the "Rustavi-2”TV Channel are invited to work for the new company, while their salaries will be maintained, reports Nika Gvaramiya, the former general director of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel.
SIZO staff. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:03, 22 August 2019
Mother of Daniyal Zagirov: SIZO bans doctor's visits to arrested son
Daniyal Zagirov, a resident of Buynaksk, who was arrested together with his three acquaintances on the charge of involvement in the IS*, complains of spasm attacks and headaches, but he does not receive any medical care of high quality, claims the mother of the defendant.
Exhibition 'Remember to Live', Nalchik. Screenshot from video report by KBR TV
08:12, 22 August 2019
Visitors to exhibition in Nalchik recall horror of Beslan terror act
Residents of Nalchik have attended the two-day photo exhibition "Remember to Live", dedicated to the 15th anniversary of hostage-taking at Beslan School.
News
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport has not closed its investigation into the AZAL plane crash.

Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Alexander Vaysero. Photo: https://minval.az/ An Azerbaijani court has sentenced one of eight Russians arrested for money laundering.

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.