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Celebration of the 10th anniversary of independence recognition in Tskhinvali, August 26, 2018. Photo: Natalia Airiyan, https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20180826/7022702.html
10:18, 29 August 2018
Abkhazia and South Ossetia mark 10 years of Russia's recognition of their independence
Delegations from Russia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Nauru and self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have attended the festivities on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Russia's recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
08:32, 29 August 2018
Houses of Azerbaijani residents damaged by earthquake
This evening, two underground tremors were fixed in the Lerik District of Azerbaijan. No victims have been reported; however, cracks appeared on some houses.
08:27, 29 August 2018
Ganja Mayor dismissed after attempt on him and residents' protests
The President of Azerbaijan has dismissed Elmar Veliev from the post of the Mayor of Ganja, the second largest city of the country, where protests against the Mayor led to clashes with the police and human casualties.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
08:18, 29 August 2018
Testimonies of two law enforcers give arguments to Titiev's defence
Two of four prosecution witnesses, questioned today at the trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", gave truthful answers to defence's questions, advocate Pyotr Zaikin said.
Policemen in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
21:40, 28 August 2018
Chechen authorities link mass interrogations of teens with search for recruiters
The authorities of Chechnya have explained interrogation of teenagers from the encirclement of those who attacked law enforcers with conducting of prophylactic conversations.
Magomed Makhachev at Federal Security Service Directorate for Dagestan in Makhachkala. Photo: North Caucasus Service (RFE/RL)
21:32, 28 August 2018
Magomed Makhachev's relative detained in Dagestan
Magomednabi Gairbekov, a resident of Dagestan, is suspected of involvement in the criminal community, the creation of which is criminated to his relative, Magomed Makhachev, a former head of the Chief Bureau of Forensic and Social Expertise of Dagestan, investigators have reported.
Yuri Khachaturov. Photo: © Sputnik / Aram Nersesyanhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180710/13147166/gensek-odkb-budet-doproshen-po-delu-1-marta-v-konce-iyulya.html
21:21, 28 August 2018
Court refuses to lift arrest from Yuri Khachaturov
Today, the Armenian Court of Appeal (CoA) has rejected the defence's appeal against the arrest and subsequent release on bail of Yuri Khachaturov, the Secretary General of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization), who is accused within the case of dispersing protests ten years ago.
Oyub Titiev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot.
17:59, 28 August 2018
In Oyub Titiev's case, witness voices conflicting evidence
Today, at the trial in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, the court questioned a law enforcer from the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division). The witness denied his acquaintance with Oyub Titiev, but failed to explain why he wore the same uniform as other law enforcers who took part in the detention of the rights defender.
House in Şıxarx village, Terter Region of Azerbaijan, after shelling. Photo: http://mod.gov.az/index2.php?content=news%2F2016%2F20160424_fotoev
17:47, 28 August 2018
Azerbaijan claims shelling of border areas
During the past day, the ceasefire regime on the contact line was violated 94 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijani reports today. There were no reports about shelling of villages and towns.
Smartphone display. Photo: https://pixabay.com/ru/мобильный-телефон-смартфон-1917737/
14:01, 28 August 2018
In Kuban, social network user fined for demonstration of Nazi symbols
A resident of the Korenovsk District was fined for posting images with Nazi attributes and symbols on a social network page, the Prosecutor's Office reported.
Tigran Khachatryan being convoyed, 2015. Photo: http://golosarmenii.am/article/33307/prekrashheno-ugolovnoe-presledovanie-v-otnoshenii-syna-syunikskogo-gubernatora
13:50, 28 August 2018
In Armenia, son of Syunik Region Governor wanted
Tigran Khachatryan has been put on the wanted list. According to investigators, he forged documents to avoid military service, when his father Surik Khachatryan was the Governor of the Syunik Region in Armenia.
Participant of a flash mob in support of Aslan Yandiev in Volgograd, August 27, 2018. Photo: RFE/RL
11:49, 28 August 2018
Volgograd activists hold flash mob in support of Aslan Yandiev
The action in support of Aslan Yandiev, extradited from Slovakia to Russia and accused of involvement in a series of terror acts in North Ossetia, was held in Volgograd.
Oyub Titiev, August 27, 2018. Photo: press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
11:41, 28 August 2018
Policemen reject their participation in Oyub Titiev's detention
Most of the law enforcers from the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), who were questioned in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, stated that they did not see him at the police station, they were not acquainted with the rights defender, and they did not take part in his detention and bringing him to the police department.
Azerbaijani refugee Farid Yusub. Screenshot from video posted by Radio Liberty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1340&v=z40XmrU-G3I
11:30, 28 August 2018
AI condemns extradition of refugee Farid Yusub from Russia to Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani refugee Farid Yusub, accused of theft, forgery of documents, and illegal crossing of the border, associated his persecution in Azerbaijan with his opposition views. The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) believes that at home, the refugee can be subjected to torture and unfair trial.
Businessman from the city of Volzhsky holds a picket outside the building of the Russian FSB, Moscow, August 27, 2018. Photo by Sergei Bochkarev for the Caucasian Knot.
08:29, 28 August 2018
Picketer from Volzhsky complains to FSB about law enforcers' corruption
Today, a businessman from the city of Volzhsky has held a picket outside the building of the Russian FSB, stating that he has faced an attempt to deprive him of his hotel complex, and complaining about corruption in power structures of the Volgograd Region.
Military drills at Adanak training ground, Dagestan. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, http://syria.mil.ru
08:19, 28 August 2018
1500 militaries raised on alert in Dagestan
Motorized rifle soldiers and marines, raised by training alert, have moved to the coastal training ground Adanak in Dagestan, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.
Amulsar mine. Photo: © Sputnik / Aram Nersesyanhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/economy/20180706/13074205/amulsar-slishkom-pozdno-ostanavlivat-no-vse-rano-nado-obsudit-pashinyan.html
22:23, 27 August 2018
Five people injured in clash near Amulsar mine
The people accompanying the head of the "Lidian Armenia" Company sprayed gas, from which a policeman and four activists suffered, who blocked the road to the Amulsar deposit. The Inspectorate for Ecology and Mineral Resources of Armenia has urged the "Lidian Armenia" to suspend the works at the mine until the re-inspection is over.
Grozny residents. Photo by Nikolai Petrov for the Caucasian Knot.
22:15, 27 August 2018
Levada Centre fixes growth of intolerance to natives of the Caucasus
The "Levada Centre" explains the growth of xenophobic attitudes towards natives of the Caucasus by the deterioration of the socio-economic situation. At the same time, the sociological survey published today indicates a marked improvement in the attitude of Russian residents to natives from Chechnya.
Malkhaz Kobauri. Photo: David Sakvarelidze, https://1tv.ge
22:07, 27 August 2018
Georgian court leaves person accused of killing American family in custody
Today, the court rejected the petition of the defence of Malkhaz Kobauri to release him from arrest for killing the Smith family in mountains of Georgia.
Law enforcers in Grozny streets. Photo: Radio Marsho (RFE/RL)
18:40, 27 August 2018
Residents of Chechnya tell about new wave of teens' detentions
After the recent series of attacks on policemen, law enforcers took teenagers straight from the streets and conducted many-hours-long interrogations of them, residents of the Shali District of Chechnya have reported. According to their estimates, from 150 to 200 people were detained.
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Nikita Zhuravel's mother received his letter from the prison colony.

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.