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Street reconstruction in Tskhinvali. Photo: http://sputnik-ossetia.ru/photo/20160728/2806352.html
15:55, 9 August 2016
Residents of Tskhinvali complain about insufficient assistance after 2008 war
Despite eight years passed after the events of August 2008 in South Ossetia, Tskhinvali still has signs of the past war. Local residents complain about the fact that after the hostilities, not all people were able to get assistance from the authorities after the combat actions.
Automatic weapons. Photo: http://gov.cap.ru/info.aspx?gov_id=780&type=news&id=3082313
15:24, 9 August 2016
South Ossetia: MIA calls on people to surrender their weapons
The authorities of South Ossetia gave local residents three months for the voluntary surrender of illegally held weapons or its registration. After November 15, law enforcers will carry out raids to seize weapons and bring owners of weapons to criminal liability. This was reported by a spokesman of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
MfE officers at the site of the gas explosion in Makhachkala. Photo: Bashir Aliev
13:30, 9 August 2016
Death toll of explosion at "Laili" banquet hall reaches eight persons
The Dagestani Ministry of Public Health has updated the dead list after the explosion in the Makhachkala cafe "Laili". According to the Ministry of Public Health, eight victims died in hospitals.
Tskhinvali in August 2008. Photo: http://sputnik-ossetia.ru/multimedia/20160808/2850853.html
11:00, 9 August 2016
Residents of North and South Ossetia pay tribute to victims of 2008 conflict
In North and South Ossetia, people held actions to pay tribute to the memory of the victims killed in the course of the military conflict in August 2008. Residents of Vladikavkaz lit candles in memory near the Saint George Cathedral. In Tskhinvali, the events were attended by relatives of the killed Russian soldiers.
Ammunition and explosive devices. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
10:12, 9 August 2016
Resident of Grozny sentenced for possession of ammunition and financing terrorism
Suleiman Aidamirov, a resident of Chechnya, accused of illegal possession of ammunition and explosive devices and of financing terrorism, was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment by the North-Caucasian District Military Court (NCDMC).
A wrecked house in Shindisi. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:06, 9 August 2016
Eight years after "five-day war", Georgian villagers speak about conditions of life
Georgian villagers, who fled from the conflict in August 2008, still cannot return to their houses. Meanwhile, not all of them can find jobs at the place of their current residence. The above was told by them to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent at the anniversary of the beginning of the 2008 war.
Supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" group. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:21, 8 August 2016
Action of Armenian opposition ends without incidents
During their march, supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" group were accompanied by several police cars.
Timur Kuashev. Screenshot of an interview, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qww_YURzKak
23:18, 8 August 2016
Kuashev's family refuses to treat his death as solved
The investigators, who held the inquiry into the death of Timur Kuashev, failed to establish who had called him before the murder, said the father of the journalist. The prosecutor's office returned the materials of the case to investigators; and the family intends to appeal against the investigator's decision.
20:53, 8 August 2016
Two IEDs neutralized in Dagestani village
The power of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs), neutralized by power agents in the village of Aimaki, was about 10 kilos of TNT (trotyl) equivalent, said regional law enforcement sources.
Khamzat Chumakov. Photo: chechenews.com
19:40, 8 August 2016
Leaving Russia forbidden to Khamzat Chumakov
Special services have not allowed the Ingush Imam Khamzat Chumakov to go for treatment to Georgia under the pretext that he and his wife are on the so-called "prophylactic list". Magomed Mutsolgov, a rights defender, has called on Russian President to stop the practice of unreasonable putting people on such lists.
Yerevan police. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:44, 8 August 2016
Yerevan police boss dismissed
Ashot Karapetyan has been dismissed from the post of the head of the Yerevan police after a service investigation in connection with dispersal of protests.
The Regional Election Commission. Photo: http://ikvo.ru/news/7/13330/
16:41, 8 August 2016
Volgograd CEC rejects signatures in support of two candidates
The Volgograd Regional Central Election Commission (CEC) has completed checking documents of two self-nominated candidates for the Russian State Duma – Evgeny Ischenko and Yuri Kochetov. The CEC has rejected 22% of signatures in support of Ischenko, and 100% of signatures in support of Kochetov.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26815985.html
16:10, 8 August 2016
Ismayilova to appeal against Baku court's judgement to commute her punishment
Journalist Khadija Ismayilova disagrees with the decision of the Baku court to reduce the term of her conditional punishment. She intends to seek to stop her criminal prosecution under the article of illegal entrepreneurship.
The capturers of the building of the PPS police regiment in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:20, 8 August 2016
Nine persons wounded during the capture of PPS building in Yerevan are still in hospitals
Nine victims of the capture of the building of the patrol-and-post (PPS) police regiment in Yerevan continue taking their treatment in hospitals. The condition of one of them – the policeman Gagik Mkrtchyan – is assessed as extremely grave, said the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Armenia.
13:45, 8 August 2016
On August 1-7, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from August 1 to August 8, 2016, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, four persons were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
The settlement of Sayasan, Chechnya. Photo: https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/34995139
12:31, 8 August 2016
Restoration of roads damaged by landslide launched in Nozhai-Yurt District
In the dwelling settlement of Sayasan, Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, the have started restoring transport routes and bridges, damaged by landslides, said the republic's Ministry of Motor Roads (MMR).
08:30, 8 August 2016
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 1-7
The first gold medal at the Olympic Games, won for Russia by a native of Kabardino-Balkaria; flooding in Sukhumi caused by heavy rain; motion for Dmitry Medvedev's resignation after his response to a question of a Dagestani teacher concerning teachers' salaries; earthquake in Azerbaijan which damaged old buildings; gas explosion in a banquet hall in Makhachkala, which injured 27 people, see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 1-7, 2016, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Festival of colours. Photo: http://xn----7sbbfosrbf7aufif1a9k.xn--p1ai/ (фестиваль красок.рф)
17:48, 7 August 2016
Festival of colours cancelled in Makhachkala
The Holi Festival of Colours has been cancelled at the "Cinema Hall" movie theatre after protests of residents of Dagestan.
Residents of military settlement at the meeting with the acting head of the district Vyacheslav Bitarov. Vladikavkaz, August 3, 2016. Photo: http://rso-a.ru/novosti-glavy/5145-vyacheslav-bitarov-vstretilsya-s-zhitelyami-voennykh-gorodkov
15:31, 7 August 2016
Residents of military settlement in Vladikavkaz demand from authorities to solve land problem
The unsettled land relations in the territory of the military settlement "Vesna" (Spring) located in Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia) hinders the development of the micro-district, local residents assert. Officials are seeking a transfer of federal lands into municipal ownership.
A picketer in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:40, 7 August 2016
Sochi picketers demand to dismiss bosses of court marshals' service
At the picket in Sochi, townspeople told that cases of non-fulfilment of court judgements have become widespread; while the violations established by courts in the work of court marshals are not eliminated.
News
A shipment of Russian grain and fertilizers was sent from Baku to Armenia.

Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport has not closed its investigation into the AZAL plane crash.

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.