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Site of fire. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot.
09:23, 29 August 2017
Governor Bocharov informed Putin about detention of man suspected of arsons
One man suspected of causing fires in the Volgograd Region has confessed to the crime, and the second suspect has been identified. This was reported by Governor Andrei Bocharov to the Russian President.
Mukhmad Askhabov. Photo: https://capost.media/news/policy/obzor-za-nedelyu-strasti-na-severnom-kavkaze-ne-utikhayut/
08:36, 29 August 2017
Relatives not aware of any threats to MP Mukhmad Askhabov before his murder
People who shelled in Chechnya Mukhmad Askhabov, a member of the Chechen Parliament, were travelling in a black foreign-made car. This was reported by the investigative bodies. According to relative of the deceased MP, during his lifetime he did not receive any threats.
Natiq Jafarli. Photo: https://ru.sputnik.az
06:41, 29 August 2017
Criminal case against Natiq Jafarli closed
In Azerbaijan, the criminal case instituted against Natiq Jafarli, the executive secretary of the movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), has been closed.
Mekhman Aliev. Photo: http://minval.az
05:35, 29 August 2017
Turan team reports problems in news agency because of Mekhman Aliev's arrest
The consideration of the appeal against the arrest of Mekhman Aliev, the director of the Turan news agency, is scheduled for August 30. The news agency will have to stop its activities since September 1. This was reported by journalists from the Turan news agency.
00:29, 29 August 2017
Men killed in attack on law enforcers in Kaspiysk identified
Two men killed in an attack on policemen in Kaspiysk have been preliminary identified as 19-year-old Islam Abusalimov and Islam Polatov.
21:56, 28 August 2017
North-Ossetian "Communists of Russia" stop hunger strike
Today, the Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the decision of the Stavropol Territorial Court to remove the "Communists of Russia" Party from the parliamentary elections in North Ossetia.
Special operation in the outskirts of Khasavyurt, August 28, 2017. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
20:00, 28 August 2017
NAC reports two killed militants in Khasavyurt
During the armed clash in the outskirt of Khasavyurt, two members of the "Khasavyurt" militant grouping were killed; and also two power agents perished, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of Russia reports.
18:19, 28 August 2017
Islamic State* takes responsibility for attack in Dagestan
The Islamic State (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia, has taken responsibility for the attack on policemen at a fuelling station in Dagestan, where one policeman was killed, and another one was wounded and hospitalized.
Khasavyurt, Dagestan. Photo: Magomed Aliev http://www.odnoselchane.ru
14:40, 28 August 2017
Law enforcer killed in shootout in Khasavyurt outskirt
Today, during a special operation in the village of Balyut in the Khasavyurt District, law enforcers have encountered a group of suspected militants from the Khasavyurt grouping. A shootout occurred, during which a law enforcer was killed. Another law enforcer was wounded.
Car of the "Communists of Russia" near the headquarters where the hunger strike takes place, Vladikavkaz, August 23, 2017. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the Caucasian Knot.
14:07, 28 August 2017
Hunger-striker from "Communists of Russia" stops his protest
The head of the Digora District Committee of the "Communists of Russia" Party has explained his decision to stop his hunger strike against the removal of his party from the elections in North Ossetia by the need to work. The two remaining women hunger-strikers informed the "Caucasian Knot" about the deterioration of their health.
12:26, 28 August 2017
On August 21-27, 2017, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 21-27, 2017, at least four persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Building of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan. Photo: © Sputnik / Anar Mustafayevhttps://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20170828/411613921/ismailly-likvidirovan-radikalnyj-terrorist-azerbajdzhan.html
12:01, 28 August 2017
Suspected militant killed in Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani citizen, suspected of plotting a terror act, was shot dead in the city of Ismayilly by law enforcers during a special operation carried out on August 27.
Gay activist beaten in Batumi, Facebook/Tornike Kusiani
11:46, 28 August 2017
Civil sector demands to investigate beating of gay activists in Batumi
On August 26, members of 16 Georgian NGOs supported the demand to investigate the information about beating of two activists at the police station in Batumi.
Mukhmad Askhabov. Photo: http://vkrizis.ru/obschestvo/98689/
09:58, 28 August 2017
ICRF releases main version for Chechen MP's murder
The murder of Mukhmad Askhabov in Chechnya could be connected with his official activities. This was reported by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
09:00, 28 August 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 21-27
Huge fire in central Rostov-on-Don and fires in 12 districts of the Volgograd Region; special operation in Ingushetia; arrest in Azerbaijan of Mekhman Aliev, Director General of independent news agency, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 21-27, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
03:37, 28 August 2017
Sochi authorities refuse to sanction LGBT actions
The Sochi administration has refused to sanction a gay parade and LGBT rallies in September. Earlier, the authorities of Anapa, Gelendzhik, and Tuapse have also refused to sanction the LGBT actions.
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.
News
Chechen authorities reported on the distribution of food in the Gaza Strip.

The number of killed fighters from the southern regions of Russia in Ukraine has exceeded 9600.

Consequences of the flooding in Chechnya. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWjMcxoCICb/?img_index=2 Instagram is owned by Meta, a company whose activities are banned in Russia. Daudov reported on payments to those affected by the floods.

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.