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Policeman in a bar. Photo by Maria Mayer, IA 'Komiinform'
00:32, 28 August 2017
Stavropol MIA bans its staff to visit bars on weekends
According to the interdeparment order, staff members of the MIA's Department for the Stavropol Territory are forbidden to visit bars on weekends and also to travel on holidays outside the areas in which they serve.
00:09, 28 August 2017
Police release Marziyat Gadjikurbanova detained in Dagestan
Marziyat Gadjikurbanova, a resident of Ukraine, taken off a bus at the Gerzel checkpoint with her four children, has been released after spending six hours at the police station. The woman was told that she had been put on the wanted list.
21:52, 27 August 2017
Woman with four children detained at Gerzel checkpoint
The police detained 35-year-old Marziyat Gadjikurbanova with four children at the Gerzel checkpoint, when she was travelling in a shuttle bus on the route Makhachkala-Kiev.
8-storey building in Shaumyan Street. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
14:31, 27 August 2017
Sochi: tenants claim their high-rise building unfit for living
According to tenants of the apartment building in Shaumyan Street, the house was put into operation unfit for living: there is no sewage system in the house, no permanent water supply is arranged, and the high-rise building is constructed on a landslide slope.
11:39, 27 August 2017
Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone
Artak Bischaryan, a soldier of the Defence Army, was brought to a hospital with serious injuries as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side and died. This was reported by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh.
Mekhman Aliev, director of Turan news agency. Photo: http://www.bbc.com/russian/news-41038484
04:13, 27 August 2017
US initiate signature collection in support of Mekhman Aliev
The website of the US presidential administration collects signatures under the petition with a demand to release Mekhman Aliev, the director of Turan news agency, arrested in Azerbaijan.
Participants of rally against censorship on Internet, Sochi, August 26, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
01:12, 27 August 2017
In Sochi, five persons picket against censorship on Internet (+video)
Participants of the rally have demanded to prevent restriction of the freedom of speech on the Internet and also declared inadmissibility of reprisals against those people who simply express their opinion.
23:44, 26 August 2017
Activists called on US and EU to use sanctions in response to Mekhman Aliev’s arrest
The arrest of Mekhman Aliev, Director of the “Turan” News Agency, has to do with his independent position and free expression of opinion on situation in Azerbaijan, opposition activists are sure. Repression will continue unless the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) introduce sanctions against violators of human rights, they have stated.
17:42, 26 August 2017
Abdulatipov orders to speed up payment of compensations to Mokok fire victims
The waiting list for compensations contains 251 persons, other 336 fire victims from the village of Mokok, Tsuntin District, will have to confirm their right through the court, the authorities of Dagestan have stated. Ramazan Abdulatipov, the head of the republic, has instructed his subordinates to immediately transfer the list of victims to the Russia’s Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
16:52, 26 August 2017
Two persons burned in a car in Chechnya
A car caught fire after a road accident in the village of Chernorechye. A driver and a passenger were killed.
Day of Knowledge at a school in Ingushetia. Photo from the website of the Lyceum No. 1 in Sunzha
16:17, 26 August 2017
Ingushetia re-schedules Day of Knowledge for September 2 because of Eid al-Adha
In Ingushetia, solemn school assemblies will be held on September 2 due to the fact that the holiday of Eid al-Adha is celebrated on September 1. This was reported on Instagram by Yusup Kostoev, Minister for Education.
Mekhman Aliev. Photo: http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/22704.html
12:54, 26 August 2017
HRHF calls on for immediate release of Mekhman Aliev
The arrest of Mekhman Aliev, the director of the news agency "Turan", has become another step taken by the Azerbaijani authorities to suppress independent media. This was stated by the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF).
11:19, 26 August 2017
Psedakh villager detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting militants
Detained 48-year-old Akhmet Baloev is suspected of aiding and abetting the Malgobek grouping of militants, which members were killed in the village of Psedakh. This was reported by a source from the Ingush law enforcement agencies.
Ramzan Kadyrov on the murder of Mukhmad Askhabov
10:43, 26 August 2017
Ramzan Kadyrov excludes involvement of militants in MP Askhabov's murder
The murder of Mukhmad Askhabov, a member of the Chechen Parliament from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), had no political motives. This was announced by the leader of Chechnya. Investigators have reported that no priority version of the murder has yet been formulated.
One of the residents of the farm yard of Krasny on the cinder. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for "Caucasian Knot"
07:28, 26 August 2017
In Volgograd Region, residents of Krasny farm yard report consequences of fire
At the farm yard of Krasny in the Volgograd Region, the fire destroyed about 30 buildings and 17 gardens. All the fire victims were accommodated by their relatives. Local residents hope to receive compensation and assistance from the authorities.
Mekhman Aliev. Photo http://minval.az
06:09, 26 August 2017
Activists claim political nature of criminal proceedings against Mekhman Aliev
In Azerbaijan, public activists consider the criminal proceedings against Mekhman Aliev, the director of the news agency "Turan", to be politically motivated.
04:27, 26 August 2017
CoE criticizes arrest of Mekhman Aliev in Azerbaijan
On August 25, Stefan Schennach, Co-Rapporteur of the Council of Europe (CoE) on Azerbaijan, called on to release the arrested director of the news agency "Turan". The Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) also voiced a call for respect for human rights and freedom of the press.
Mekhman Aliev (on the right). Photo by Aziz Karimov for "Caucasian Knot"
23:38, 25 August 2017
Defence to challenge Mekhman Aliev’s arrest
The arrest for three months of Mekhman Aliev, Director of the “Turan” Azerbaijani News Agency, will be appealed against in court, said his advocate; while Aliev himself rejects the charges.
21:32, 25 August 2017
In Makhachkala, law enforcers release 17 mosque-goers
Believers of a Salafi mosque in Makhachkala were detained after a Friday prayer, reported eyewitnesses. All 17 believers were released, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan reported.
20:41, 25 August 2017
AI calls on General Prosecutor to investigate beatings and torture of Krasnaya Turbina residents
The federal authorities should promptly investigate reports about violations of the rights of two men from the Krasnaya Turbina village, accused of attempting to leave for Syria, and about beating of their fellow villagers who supported them. This was stated by the human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI).
News
A picketer holds signs. Screenshot from RusNews photo from May 2, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/84132. Activists in Yerevan demanded the release of Russian political prisoners.

Armenian politicians began their campaign for votes before the start of their campaign.

Three Strong Armenia representatives arrested in voter bribery case

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.