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20:48, 20 August 2025

The decision of the Chechen Muftiate contradicted the norms of Sharia

The deeply rooted custom in Chechnya of leaving young children with their father in the event of a divorce contradicts the norms of Sharia, Islamic scholars commented on the decision of the republic's muftiate on visiting hours for divorced women. At the same time, Russian courts more often leave children with their mothers.

19:48, 20 August 2025

A fighter from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation

Sergei Solodovnikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 506 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

18:02, 20 August 2025

Bastrykin was interested in teaching children in an unfinished school in Dagestan

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has ordered the initiation of a criminal case on the fact of violation of the rights of children forced to study in an unfinished school building in the village of Balakhani in Dagestan.

15:44, 20 August 2025

Nagavkin remains in solitary confinement until transfer to general regime penal colony

Before transferring him to a general regime colony, the management of the Uryupinsk colony-settlement decided to keep Igor Nagavkin in a punishment cell. More than 700 reports on regime violations have already been filed against him. Nagavkin and his defense have failed to challenge them in court.

14:45, 20 August 2025

Investigative Committee responds to beating of Rostov club visitor by security forces

Investigators have begun an investigation into the publication of a video of a person being beaten by law enforcement officers.

13:45, 20 August 2025

A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the combat zone

Vasily Landyshev was killed during military operations. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 1,306 servicemen from the Volgograd region killed there.

12:46, 20 August 2025

South Ossetian security forces accuse Georgian citizen of violating border

A Georgian resident was detained near the Artsev force. Official Tbilisi stated that the detention was illegal.

11:43, 20 August 2025

The operational headquarters reported no fuel oil emissions

The Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters did not find any new fuel oil emissions over the past week, and Rospotrebnadzor stated that the water from Gelendzhik to Abkhazia is clean. Meanwhile, the Anapa sanatorium recommended that guests wear shoe covers to the beaches.

Sergey Davidis. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org/

10:50, 20 August 2025

Sergei Davidis sentenced in absentia

A military court in Moscow sentenced Sergei Davidis, co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center*, to six years in prison in absentia, finding that a repost on his social media page was a justification for terrorism.

09:47, 20 August 2025

Six UAVs Shot Down at Night in Southern Russia

Five drones were shot down in the Rostov region and one in Kuban, the Defense Ministry reported. The authorities reported no damage or casualties. Volgograd airport resumed operations.

08:50, 20 August 2025

A fighter from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in a military operation

Vadim Grishkin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 284 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

07:50, 20 August 2025

The Prosecutor General's Office has demanded that the property of former State Duma deputy Gadzhiev* be seized

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit in the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala to recognize former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev* and his relatives as an extremist organization, demanding that their real estate worth more than 2 billion rubles be transferred to the state.

06:47, 20 August 2025

Return of Ivan Gel's case to the prosecutor's office appealed

The victims appealed the return of the case of the head of the Ilovlinsky district, Ivan Gel, to the prosecutor's office; the department itself did not agree with the judge's decision.

05:48, 20 August 2025

Baku court refuses to consider Vardanyan's defense appeal

The defense of the former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan lodged a protest with the panel of judges, but it was not considered. Testimony in court was given by citizens of Azerbaijan who suffered during the military actions in the Karabakh conflict zone.

03:50, 20 August 2025

Restrictions on the operation of the Volgograd airport have been introduced

To ensure flight safety, the operation of the Volgograd airport has been limited.

03:03, 20 August 2025

268 Rostov residents applied for assistance after drone attack

Rostov-on-Don authorities accepted 268 applications for financial assistance from city residents following the drone attack on August 14.

01:55, 20 August 2025

Three Ukrainians convicted in Rostov-on-Don were taken to Chechnya

Ukrainian citizens convicted by a military court in Rostov-on-Don were transferred from the Rostov pretrial detention center to Grozny before the appeal. They had previously reported torture.

00:58, 20 August 2025

Baku native convicted in Russia under article on cooperation with foreigners

The court sentenced Azerbaijani native Mehriban Lukinskaya to five years in prison on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign state.

23:54, 19 August 2025

Residents of South Ossetia ask Gagloev to provide housing for the family of a former military man

More than 150 residents of South Ossetia have signed an appeal to the president of the republic, Alan Gagloev, asking him to provide housing to former military man Taimuraz Tuaev, who became disabled after a stroke.

22:55, 19 August 2025

Recognized human losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 7,250

The authorities of the regions of southern Russia have publicly acknowledged that more than 7,250 soldiers were killed in combat operations in Ukraine, including 3,644 from the Southern Federal District and 3,607 from the North Caucasus Federal District.

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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

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

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

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.