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An ambulance car. Photo © Sputnik / STRINGER https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20180712/241182835/Solnechnye-ozhogi-v-Tbilisi-poluchili-180-chelovek.html
21:32, 12 July 2018
Five people suffer at helicopter emergency landing in Georgia
Three pilots, a border guard and a policeman were injured in an emergency landing of a helicopter in the Kakheti region. The health condition of four victims is treated as stably grave; one person has undergone surgery.
Military exercises. South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Sergey Karpov https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20160926/3076281.html
18:58, 12 July 2018
South Ossetia holds military exercises against NATO's call for withdrawal of Russian troops
About 1000 soldiers and officers took part in exercises at a Russian military base in South Ossetia, reported the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after NATO had requested to withdraw the Russian troops from the above territory.
The building of the Yerevan Council of Elders. Photo © Armineaghayan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/armenia/20170515/7328289/erevan-sovet-starejshin-mandaty.html
18:58, 12 July 2018
Election of Yerevan Mayor scheduled for July 16
Members of the "Elk" bloc proposed holding the early election of the Yerevan Mayor on August 8, but the Council of Elders supported the proposal of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) by a majority vote.
A Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies. Photo http://www.mchs.gov.ru/dop/info/smi/news/item/33096041
15:33, 12 July 2018
One mountaineer killed by rock fall in Kabardino-Balkaria
The body of the perished climber was delivered by helicopter to Nalchik and handed over to the investigators; the remaining two unharmed group members will descended on foot by themselves.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence. Photo: Спутник / Anar Mustafayev https://sputnik.az/karabakh/20171023/412451627/gucumuzu-subut-etmeye-haziriq.html
15:33, 12 July 2018
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of machine-gun shelling
Within the last 24 hours, Armenian militaries violated the ceasefire for 101 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
The believers of the village of Terechnoye, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, during a forced mass "prophylactic registering". Photo by Magomed Razakov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:37, 12 July 2018
Residents of Dagestani village complain about mass prophylactic registering
The believers of the village of Terechnoye, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, were massively put on the so-called "prophylactic registry". For this purpose, law enforcers blocked parishioners in the mosque after Friday namaz (prayer), local residents have reported.
A scheme of the location of the villages of Dolakovo and Zilga made by the "Caucasian Knot". The ditch is marked by a red cross
12:37, 12 July 2018
Residents of Ingush village demand to restore road to North Ossetia (+video)
Residents of the Ingush village of Dolakovo demand to liquidate the ditch dug in 1992 and restore the road that connects the border villages of Ingushetia with the federal highway. However, the head of the North-Ossetian village of Zilga and the deputy head of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia insist on preserving the ditch.
Farrukh Gasymov. Photo © FB / ferrux.qasimov.7 https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180711/416165400/ganja-ubiystvo-policiya-zaderjaniye.html
08:16, 12 July 2018
Suspect of killing policeman in Ganja detained
The police have detained Farrukh Gasymov within the murder case of two policemen during the riots in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja.
08:16, 12 July 2018
Serzh Sargsyan's nephew arrested
The court in Yerevan has ruled to place Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, on charges of an attempted murder.
NATO's summit in Brussels. July 11, 2018. Photo by the NATO's press service https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_156840.htm
08:16, 12 July 2018
NATO calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia
The leaders of 29 countries-members of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have confirmed their support for the territorial integrity of Georgia. They called on Russia to withdraw troops from the territory of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and reject the earlier recognition of their sovereignty.
The Georgian-South-Ossetian border. Photo © Sputnik / Natalya Ayriyan https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20171219/5507957.html
23:06, 11 July 2018
Georgian citizen fined after detention at South-Ossetian border
In South Ossetia, the court fined a woman from Rustavi for violating the border, and she was deported to Georgia.
A mourning ceremony for the policemen killed in clashes during the protest action in the city of Ganja. Photo © Sputnik / İlham Mustafa https://ru.sputnik.az/azerbaijan/20180711/416156503/ganja-azerbaijan-policija-proshhanie-ceremonija.html
22:58, 11 July 2018
Riots in Azerbaijani Ganja: secular opposition replaced by religious radicals
In the city of Ganja, one of the Shiite centres, social tension in the city resulted in the killing of policemen at a protest action. This is reported by experts. They have noted that in Azerbaijan, as a result of the authorities' actions against the secular opposition, religious radicals who raise social issues become more popular.
Oyub Titiev's convoy. Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
20:04, 11 July 2018
Defenders report filing a complaint against Oyub Titiev's arrest to ECtHR
Oyub Titiev, the head of the "Memorial" office in Grozny, has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg against violation of his right to freedom and political motives for criminal prosecution. That is reported by his advocate.
Vegetables. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
20:00, 11 July 2018
Relatives claim author of appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov suffers from mental deviations
A resident of Chechnya, who addressed Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the information about dangerous vegetables, grown by Chinese entrepreneurs in the republic, is registered at the psychiatrist's place. This was stated by relatives of the man on the air of the Chechen TV Channel. Messages about poor-quality vegetables were also disseminated by other WhatsApp users.
Mtskheta District Court. Photo: Nino Kharadze (RFE/RL)
19:56, 11 July 2018
Georgian resident arrested in US family murder case
Malkhaz Kobauri, suspected of involvement in the murder of spouses and their child in the mountains of Georgia, has claimed that the people were killed by two people unknown to him.
14:13, 11 July 2018
Schoolboy driving a car shot down a two-year-old child in Chechnya
A two-year-old child died after getting under the car, driven by 12-year-old schoolboy.
Yunis Safarov. Photo: screenshot of the video on YouTube / Xəzər Xəbər https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEl-MEWaRIY&feature=youtu.be
14:11, 11 July 2018
Suspects of killing Azerbaijani law enforcers named
Rashad Beyukkishiev and Farrukh Gasymov have been put on the wanted list under the case of killing two policemen during the riots in the city of Ganja.
Women and children returned from Syria to Dagestan. Grozny, October 21, 2017. Photo: screenshot of the video by the user Russia 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-M3DuD-9I
09:58, 11 July 2018
Two Dagestani women find their grandsons in Syria
Raisat Omarova and Zukhra Gaziakhmatova, residents of Dagestan, have found the whereabouts of their grandsons, who remained in Syria after the death of their parents. For their active actions to evacuate the children from the territory of the "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia by the court), the grandmothers may face criminal liability.
09:51, 11 July 2018
Policemen prevent self-immolation near Pashinyan's residence in Yerevan
Law enforcers have saved the man, who poured gasoline over and set himself on fire at the residence of Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia.
Leaflets with Nikol Pashinyan's name and photos of Pashinyan. Yerevan, May 2, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:24, 11 July 2018
Political analysts outline Nikol Pashinyan's first foreign policy outcomes as Premier
In the opinion of Tigran Khzmalyan, a political analyst, after three months of Nikol Pashinyan's advent to power in Armenia, a gradual weakening of Russia's influence is noticeable. According to Khikmet Gadjizade, his colleague, Azerbaijan associates Pashinyan with possible progress in settling the Karabakh crisis.
News
The former member of the Armenian parliament has been arrested in a case of bribing voters.

Akhra Kvekveskiri. Photo: https://apsnypress.info/ The attack on the tourist in Sukhum continued the trend of violence against women in the South Caucasus.

A close associate of Pashinyan ruled out the possibility of a referendum on the EAEU in the near future.

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.