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16:58, 10 August 2017
Karachay-Cherkessian resident sentenced in absentia for joining Syrian militants
The Adyge-Khabl District Court has sentenced Khairdin Shebzukhov in absentia to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.
In the village of Primorskoe, builders started repairing houses. Abkhazia, August 10, 2017. Photo © Sputnik. Badrak Avidzba
16:29, 10 August 2017
Abkhazia starts restoring houses destroyed by explosions
In the village of Primorskoe, builders started repairing houses, destroyed by explosions at an ammunition depot. Local residents requested the authorities to speed up a search for unexploded shells near their houses.
A mosque in the village of Aki-Yurt in Ingushetia. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/news/018628/
13:42, 10 August 2017
Ingush elders report reconciliation of blood feudists
In the first half of 2017, village elders, acting jointly with the reconciliation commission of Ingushetia, managed to settle seven family conflicts based on the blood feud. This was announced by Mikail Aushev, the responsible secretary of the above commission that acts under the head of the republic.
The Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo by the user lachicaphoto https://www.flickr.com
12:19, 10 August 2017
Iraqi authorities refuse to give out children from Dagestan to Chechnya
The Iraqi authorities have agreed to transfer children of Dagestani residents who joined terrorists only to delegates of the republic. This was reported by a member of the Chechen Diaspora in Jordan.
A participant of the conflict in the Morzokh village in the Urvan District of Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MfNONAlydU
06:12, 10 August 2017
In Kabardino-Balkaria, people's enterprise complains about raiders' seizure of harvest
In the Urvan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified people seized a plum tree garden owned by Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "People's Enterprise 'Morzokh'". This was claimed by local residents.
05:01, 10 August 2017
US Department of State calls President Putin's visit to Abkhazia "unacceptable"
The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Abkhazia violates the principles of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia. This was declared by Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State.
The central highway "East-West". Photo © Sputnik/ Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20170809/236920563/Rabochie-avtobana-Vostok-Zapad-ustroili-zabastovku.html
03:02, 10 August 2017
Georgia: about 100 autobahn builders go on strike
Employees of the “Sinohydro” Company, engaged in building one of the sections of the high-speed transit highway "East-West" in Georgia, announced a strike with a demand to raise wages and improve working conditions. The company lawyer has promised that all the strikers’ demands, except for salary increase, will be satisfied.
Rasim Aliev at the hospital. Screenshot of the interview with the journalist, Youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=wigU5a7vRHM
01:44, 10 August 2017
In Baku, about 50 people pay tribute to memory of journalist Rasim Aliev
In Azerbaijan, activists from of the media, civil society and opposition have held an action to pay tribute to memory of journalist Rasim Aliev, who died two years ago after being beaten. Speakers who delivered their speeches during the action held the authorities of the country responsible for the journalist's death, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo https://haqqin.az/news/101441
22:01, 9 August 2017
Advocate states Mukhtarly’s health deterioration
The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly suffers from diabetes, and at the background thereof now complains of heart and stomach pains. Doctors observe his much faster heartbeat; however, he receives no proper medical care at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), said his advocate Nemat Kerimli.
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow. Photo by the user Simondedovsk http://wikimapia.org
20:59, 9 August 2017
Nurmagomedov's relatives treat court’s refusal to stop prosecuting him as cynical
A court in Moscow has dismissed the complaint about criminal prosecution of Shamil Nurmagomedov, suspected of sponsoring the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS), banned in Russia. Nurmagomedov said that he sent money to his brother in Syria. His family called the court's decision unreasonable and cynical.
The Inguri River bridge. Photo khalampre https://ru.wikipedia.org
20:36, 9 August 2017
Georgian citizen detained on Abkhaz border
A resident of the pre-border Georgian village of Paluri was detained on the Inguri River, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reports.
War in Syria. Photo: IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation https://www.flickr.com/
19:37, 9 August 2017
Azerbaijani resident rejects accusation of involvement in Syrian militant units
At trial, Rovshan Gadirov has stated that he delivered humanitarian aid to the Arab countries and did not take part in combat actions.
Advocate Yalchin Imanov. Photo: RFE/RL
18:53, 9 August 2017
Man sentenced in "Nardaran case" complains about torture in prison
Advocate Yalchin Imanov has appealed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office and the Azerbaijani Ombudsman' administration about torture at the Gobustan prison of Abbas Guseinov, the deputy head of the movement "Muslim Unity".
Pilgrims do their round in Kaaba. Saudi Arabia. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:51, 9 August 2017
KBR completes its quota for Hajj
A quota of 390 people allocated for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) for the pilgrimage to holy places in Saudi Arabia has been completed. This was reported by an official from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) for the KBR.
Andrei Reznikov. Photo: http://minkavkaz.gov.ru/
16:31, 9 August 2017
Deputy Minister for North-Caucasian Affairs Andrei Reznikov dies
Today, Andrei Reznikov, Deputy Minister for North-Caucasian Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Resorts of Northern Caucasus" has died after a long illness. He was 48 years old.
Screenshot of the film "Matilda". Photo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGRPvQGY6Do
15:27, 9 August 2017
Dagestan joins request to ban film "Matilda"
Anatoly Karibov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan, has asked to exclude the republic from the rental certificate for screening the film "Matilda". The Russian Ministry of Culture has stated that to make exceptions for certain regions is not in its competence and suggested that the authorities of Chechnya and Dagestan will decide for themselves whether to ban the film or not.
An OSCE mission employee. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexei Kudenko
14:49, 9 August 2017
Monitoring in Karabakh conflict zone carried out without incidents
Today, the OSCE mission has carried out a monitoring at the contact line of the troops, and no violations of the ceasefire have been revealed. This was reported by Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Relatives meet Annik Kesyan (second on the left). Photo facebook.com/pavlov.svobodainfo
13:32, 9 August 2017
Sochi women sentenced for high treason and pardoned return home
Rights defenders helped Annik Kesyan and Marina Djandjgava to raise the money to buy air tickets. Today, the women have returned to Sochi.
The boy's relatives meet him. Photo: screenshot of the video "Bilal Tagirov is safe back at home in Chechnya", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2sO8-N-zWw
10:49, 9 August 2017
Relatives report about adaptation of a child returned from Iraq to Chechnya
A four-year-old boy, taken by his father from Chechnya and returned two years later, gets used to the new situation.
Pilgrims starting for Hajj. Photo http://www.ansar.ru/analytics/2013/12/05/46048
07:58, 9 August 2017
Chechen pilgrims to start for Hajj on August 18
On August 18, the first group of pilgrims from Chechnya, who this year makes a pilgrimage to Mecca, will travel to Saudi Arabia. In 2017, the republic has been allocated a quota for 2600 pilgrims.
News
Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded freedom of the media.

Protesters in Tbilisi demanded that children be provided with medicine and food.

Couriers and taxi drivers held a protest march in three Georgian cities. Photo: TV Pirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/sazogadoeba/126716-kurierebi-da-taqsis-mdzgolebi-tbilisshi-saprotesto-msvlelobas-martaven Couriers and taxi drivers held a protest march in three Georgian cities.

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.