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Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:56, 7 August 2019
Kadyrov blames Dagestani militants for attacks on his republic
In the 1999 raid on Dagestan, first of all, Dagestani militants took part, while in Chechnya this military operation was condemned, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, calling the thesis "Chechen terrorists attacked Dagestan" false.
The mosque being built in Shali and named after Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by Ibragim Estamirov http://www.grozny-inform.ru/multimedia/photos/71077/
23:54, 7 August 2019
Chechnya "improves" Muslim tradition of naming mosques
The large mosque being built in Shali and named after Ramzan Kadyrov was awarded the title "Muslims' Pride". It was invented by the retinue of the head of Chechnya in order to please Kadyrov, the residents of the republic interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
A counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the village of Voznesenskoye on August 7, 2019. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-ingushetii-neytralizovan-bandit.html
23:51, 7 August 2019
NAC treats the man killed in Ingushetia as terrorist recruiter
The man, killed today during the CTO in the Malgobek District, was looking for supporters to prepare a terror act and leave for Syria to join militants, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has informed.
Fans of the Football Club (FC) "Akhmat" (Grozny) at the match in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
23:48, 7 August 2019
Residents of Chechnya describe control mechanism over attendance of FC "Akhmat" matches
Securities of the "Akhmat" Arena stadium allowed those, who had been forced to come to the football match of the Football Club (FC) "Akhmat" (Grozny) versus the "Orenburg" on August 5, to leave before the start of the match, employees of budget-funded organizations told after the match. Any complaints to authorities threaten residents of Chechnya with problems, Rizvan Ibragimov, a writer, and Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, told the "Caucasian Knot".
Signing of a declaration on interaction between Cossacks and mountain people in Pyatigorsk on July 22, 2019. Photo: screenshot of Ruslan Kutaev's post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=460696984489379&set=pcb.460697134489364&type=3&theater
18:06, 7 August 2019
Pyatigorsk declaration enhances trend of cooperation between Cossacks and mountain people
Political problems in Russia and Northern Caucasus contributed to signing of a declaration on interaction between Cossacks and mountain people. The declaration helps resolve conflicts and raises the issue of territorial rehabilitation of Cossacks, note experts.
A law enforcer. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-kolchugino-neytralizovany-dvoe.html"
15:54, 7 August 2019
One person killed in CTO zone in Ingush village
A militant who was plotting a terror act was killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the village of Voznesenskoye, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-kolchugino-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
15:52, 7 August 2019
CTO in Ingushetia becomes first since early 2019
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) introduced today in the village of Voznesenskoye has become the first in Ingushetia since January 2019. The shootout in the CTO zone is the second armed incident in the republic since the early 2019.
Gyulmira Aslanova near the court building. Screenshot of the video by Xural TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjRmSkkzoA
11:09, 7 August 2019
Baku court leaves journalist Aslanov in custody
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the complaint lodged by journalist Polad Aslanov about the refusal to transfer him under house arrest.
A law enforcer during the counterterrorist operation. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-kolchugino-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
11:05, 7 August 2019
Ingush village put under CTO regime
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime has been introduced in the village of Voznesenskoye in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, the regional operative headquarters has informed.
08:46, 7 August 2019
Builders of Georgian railway tunnel quit after strike
More than 60 workers, who were building a railway tunnel between Eastern and Western Georgia, decided to quit after a failure to achieve their demands from the employer.
The mosque, named "The Heart of Chechnya". Photo: pxhere.com
08:44, 7 August 2019
Chechen TV reports thousands of Israeli tourists in Grozny
In less than a year, 3600 Israeli citizens visited Chechnya, the republic's authorities claim citing a travel agency from Pyatigorsk. Other tourism professionals interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" haven't noticed much interest in Chechnya among foreign tourists.
The border between Georgia and Sout Ossetia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
23:59, 6 August 2019
South Ossetia closes border with Georgia before Five-Day War anniversary
The border with Georgia is closed until the morning of August 9 in connection with the commemorative events, the South-Ossetian State Security Committee announced on the Facebook.
A sheep at a market during Kurban Bayram (Eid al-Adha). Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:57, 6 August 2019
Chechen and Dagestani authorities announce days-off for Kurban Bayram holiday
August 12 and 13 have been declared days-off in Chechnya in connection with one of the main Muslim holidays, Kurban Bayram. In Dagestan, only August 12 will be a day-off.
A rally in Magas. October 7, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
22:02, 6 August 2019
Complaint about Internet interruptions at rallies in Ingushetia and Moscow sent to UN
The human rights group "Agora" requested UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye to intervene in the situation with restrictions on Internet access during mass protests. In Moscow and Ingushetia, protesters faced disconnection of the Internet.
The Supreme Court of Russia. Photo by Ilya Otkalo https://ru.wikipedia.org
21:58, 6 August 2019
Russian SC schedules consideration of case of Dagestanis killed in Chechnya
The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia scheduled for August 12 a hearing in the criminal case of eight natives of Dagestan, who, according to the Chechen law enforcement bodies, were killed in a shootout. This was reported by advocate Andrei Sabinin.
An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence for Armenia http://www.mil.am/hy/news/6254
16:35, 6 August 2019
Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling attacks in conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 20 times during a day, including from machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.
Students attack Narek Malyan, a video blogger, on March 4, 2019. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/restarttimes.am/videos/960188047522246/
16:32, 6 August 2019
In Yerevan, attackers on blogger face tougher charge
The Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has toughened the charge brought against participants of the student movement who tried to throw blogger Narek Malyan into a garbage can. The case of an attempted kidnapping has been brought to court, investigators report.
Islam Gugov at the court session. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:29, 6 August 2019
KBR resident-returnee from Syria files complaint to the ECtHR
Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), sentenced to 16 years in prison after his voluntary return from Syria, has sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in which he claims the second sentence for one and the same crime, a frequent change of judges and the inability to question witnesses.
A street in Tbilisi. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:24, 6 August 2019
In July, flow of Russian tourists to Georgia dropped by 14%
In July 2019, after the ban on direct Russia-Georgia flights, the number of Russian tourists in Georgia decreased by 14% compared to the same period of 2018. Hotel business professionals in Batumi have noted that the total number of foreign tourists did not decrease due to a bigger inflow from other countries.
08:43, 6 August 2019
Governments of North-Caucasian republics are recognized as most closed in Russia
The official portal of the government of the Rostov Region was the most open for users, while the websites of the authorities of Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia took the last places in the rating of the "Infometr" Project Centre.
News
Analysts considered the nationalization of the Pokrovsky concern to be only a step in the redistribution of the agro-cluster in southern Russia.

The court confiscated the property of the former governor of the Rostov region.

Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region.

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.