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Benjamin Kesser. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
17:20, 18 August 2018
German citizen separated from children treats judgement of Sochi court as inhuman
The Adler Court failed to notify Benjamin Kesser, a citizen of Germany, about the session, at which the court decided to leave his four children with their mother in Russia, and gave him no chance to refute the claimant's statements, his defence asserts. Mr Kesser has appealed against the judgement, treating it as "inhuman."
Azerbaijani shooter at a gun range, August 2018. Photo: press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, https://mod.gov.az
14:48, 18 August 2018
Azerbaijan counts 81 bombardments from Armenia
During the past 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire on the troops contact line for 81 times by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Nikol Pashinyan (centre) at rally in Yerevan, August 17, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:38, 18 August 2018
Pashinyan announces victory over corruption in Armenian govt
There are no more corrupt officials among high-ranking government officials, the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a rally in Yerevan, while summing up the outcomes of the first hundred days of the new government's rule.
Members of the Georgian national freestyle wrestling team wearing Russian Tri-color T-shirts. Photo: RFE/RL
14:31, 18 August 2018
Photo of Georgian wrestlers in T-shirts with Russian flag triggers protests in Tbilisi
A photo of the members of the Georgian national freestyle wrestling team and their coach wearing T-shirts with a portrait of the Russia's freestyle wrestling head coach against the background of the Russian flag, posted on the Internet, has turned into scandal; a protest action was held in Tbilisi.
Announcement that tickets are sold out for Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight, https://twitter.com/btsportufc/status/1030508592959549440
11:13, 18 August 2018
Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor fight causes fans' agio
The tickets to the fights of Khabib Nurmagomedov from Dagestan and Conor McGregor, an Irishman, at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the USA were sold out in three minutes.
11:03, 18 August 2018
Convict for attack on Nalchik is on ninth day of hunger strike in colony
On August 9, Azamat Akhkubekov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, convicted for taking part in militants' attack on Nalchik in 2005, went on a hunger strike in protest against placing him in a punishment cell with a ban on prayers, his wife has informed today.
Detention of Magomed Rashidov. Screenshot from video posted by RIA Derbent, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SZ9iQxFJBs
08:23, 18 August 2018
Former head of Dagestani Diaspora in Minvody detained
Magomed Rashidov, a former head of the regional ethnic and cultural autonomy of Dagestani nations in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody), was detained in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in organized crime and links with Sagid Murtazaliev.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Said Tsarnayev Reuters
08:17, 18 August 2018
Kadyrov pays 100,000 roubles to his son's opponent who lost the fight
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, organized another children's fight in Grozny, having paid 100,000 roubles to an 11-year-old kickboxer from Kabardino-Balkaria for a loss in a fight with his son. Users of social networks indicated the difference in opponents' weight categories, which was in favour of Kadyrov's son.
Participants of rally in Yerevan, August 17, 2018. Screenshot from video: https://www.facebook.com/nikol.pashinyan/videos/249764159196556/
21:08, 17 August 2018
Thousands come to support Pashinyan in Yerevan
Supporters of Nikol Pashinyan from different regions of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh gathered for a many-thousand-strong rally in Yerevan to sum up the outcomes of the first hundred days of the new power. The action began under enhanced security measures.
Vladimir Vasiliev and Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: premier.gov.ru, Kremlin.ru. Collage by the Caucasian Knot
20:55, 17 August 2018
Putin nominates candidates for heads of Dagestan and Ingushetia
The Russian President has forwarded to the parliaments of Dagestan and Ingushetia lists of candidates for the posts of the leaders of these regions, including Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan, and Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the current head of Ingushetia.
Ceremony of schoolchildren's joining the "Kadyrov Youngsters" organization. Screenshot from video 'Chechnya Today', https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=144&v=jYXF8HviD4Q
20:47, 17 August 2018
Chechen authorities tell about awarding 10,000 schoolchildren the title "Kadyrov Youngster"
The ceremony of dedicating 520 children to "Kadyrov Youngsters", held on August 16, continued the trend of a rapid growth of the children's and youth organization, in which now every fourth Chechen pupil is a member, the republic's Ministry of Education has reported. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who spoke at the solemn ceremony, called the members of the organization to be the cadre reserve of the local power.
Soldier of Nagorno-Karabakh Army at contact line. Photo: © Sputnik / Aram Nersesyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/karabah/20180817/13916268/azerbajdzhanskaya-diversiya-v-karabahe-nastuplenie-otrazheno.html
18:20, 17 August 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh MoD claims attack of Azerbaijani troops
15 Azerbaijani soldiers tried to attack the positions of the Nagorno-Karabakh army, stated the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani armed forces deny the information.
Manvel Grigoryan. Photo: Facebook/ Մանվել Գրիգորյանhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180711/13167902/zdorove-manvela-grigoryana-pod-strazhej-uhudshaetsya-advokat.html
18:01, 17 August 2018
Court leaves Manvel Grigoryan under arrest
Today, Manvel Grigoryan, a former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and the head of the "Yerkrapah Volunteer Union", has been left under arrest for other two months, his advocate reports.
Islam Gugov at the court hearing. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
13:59, 17 August 2018
Islam Gugov's father complains to court about blackmail from law enforcers
At trial, a father of Islam Gugov said that law enforcers threatened a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of connections with Syrian militants, with new criminal proceedings against him and demanded from him to testify against Alim Sultanov.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:51, 17 August 2018
In Stepanakert, prosecutors close case on a fight involving law enforcers
The Prosecutor's Office has closed the investigation into a criminal case on a fight, which triggered a mass protest in Stepanakert. The case was closed in connection with the reconciliation of the parties.
Explosion. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=23758
11:36, 17 August 2018
Azerbaijan announces shelling of four villages in conflict zone
The Armenian armed forces 92 times violated the ceasefire using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.
11:25, 17 August 2018
In Yerevan, Armenian government dissolves Council of Elders
The decision to terminate the term of office for the Council of Elders of Yerevan was made after it had failed to elect a new mayor of the Armenian capital.
Queues at the "Verkhny Lars" checkpoint, August 17, 2018. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.
11:15, 17 August 2018
Tourists deny customs officials' statement about reduction of queues at Verkhny Lars
On August 16, the average waiting time at the border between Russia and Georgia reduced down to 2-3 hours, the Federal Customs Service of Russia reported. According to tourists, they actually spent in queues about seven hours.
09:59, 17 August 2018
Kadyrov instructs Ministry to find the girl who disappeared in Dagestan
The head of Chechnya has ordered to look for the eight-year-old girl, who went missing in Dagestan in late July, by involving the Chechnya's representative offices and communities in Russian regions, Zhambulat Umarov, the Minister for National Policy of Chechnya, has stated today.
Aik Alumyan, ex-President's advocate, https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180816/13893555/advokat-kocharyana-rasskazal-v-kakom-sluchae-budet-iskat-pravosudiya-ne-v-armenii.html
09:44, 17 August 2018
Investigators and defence argue about reputation of the judge who released Kocharyan
The judge, who has released Robert Kocharyan, a former president of Armenia from arrest, had to take self-disqualification, as he had worked in Kocharyan's administration and passed sentences "on the March 1 case," the head of the Special Investigating Service (SIS) of Armenia has stated today. The Kocharyan's defence treats it as pressure on the court.
News
Protesters outside the Georgian parliament condemned the deportation of Afgan Sadygov.

Afgan Sadygov. Photo: Interpressnews https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/174190-mvd-gruzii-afganu-sadygovu-naznachena-vyplata-shtrafa-v-razmere-2000-lari-vydvorenie-iz-gruzii-i-zapret-na-vezd-v-stranu-srokom-na-3-goda An appeal to prevent the deportation of Afgan Sadygov has been sent to the ECHR.

Afgan Sadygov. Photo: Interpressnews https://www.interpressnews.ge The decision to deport journalist Sadygov from Georgia has outraged human rights activists.

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.