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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.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue. Photo: NEWS.On.ge

21:57, 19 August 2025

Protesters in Tbilisi demand release of political prisoners

Protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament on the 265th day of continuous protests and announced new actions in support of political prisoners.

20:58, 19 August 2025

Book on Lost Monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh Published in Yerevan

The first book-album “Artsakh: Endangered Heritage”, published on the initiative of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in three languages, contains information about 48 monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh.

19:54, 19 August 2025

The head of the Ministry of Nationalities of Ingushetia responded to the controversy surrounding the imam's words about waiters

The discussion around the statement of the Ingush imam about male waiters is "an attempt to destabilize the situation in the region," said the republic's minister for external relations and national policy. This statement was made after Telegram channels criticized the passive position of the Ingush authorities.

18:53, 19 August 2025

North Ossetian soldier killed in Ukraine

Viktor Andreyev from the Digorsky district was killed in the combat zone. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 476 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

17:55, 19 August 2025

Rostov engineer sentenced to treason

An energy engineer at an industrial enterprise in Rostov-on-Don has been sentenced to a long prison term on charges of treason.

16:58, 19 August 2025

Armenia and Iran Declare Strategic Partnership

Relations between Armenia and Iran will be elevated to the level of strategic partnership, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said after a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Yerevan. Armenia and Iran also agreed to build a second bridge on their common border.

15:31, 19 August 2025

The defense appealed the verdict against Zarema Musayeva

A brief appeal against the sentence of Zarema Musayeva has already been filed. She decided to appeal it after she read the reasoned part of the decision of the Shali court, which sentenced her to four years in a penal colony.

13:50, 19 August 2025

Residents of the Volgograd Region reported problems due to mobile Internet shutdowns

Problems related to the increasingly frequent disconnections of mobile Internet arise when paying in stores, calling a taxi, working, trying to contact relatives. In some areas, there is no mobile Internet for a long time, residents of the Volgograd Region said. The authorities called for an understanding attitude to the situation.

12:50, 19 August 2025

Residents of Lermontovo considered a boat crossing instead of a bridge insufficient

The head of the Tuapse District reported on the opening of a boat crossing at the site of the collapsed bridge in Lermontovo. Commentators called for speeding up work on organizing an alternative road.

Arshad Khankishiev. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNhaL4cNyyF/ belongs to the Meta company, whose activities are prohibited in Russia

11:50, 19 August 2025

Sources reported that an Azerbaijani businessman was stripped of his Russian citizenship

Azerbaijani businessman Arshad Khankishiev, former head of the national-cultural autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Chelyabinsk region, which was liquidated by the court, has been stripped of his Russian citizenship.

10:50, 19 August 2025

A fighter from Stavropol was killed in the SVO zone

Kirill Kazachenko was killed in combat. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the authorities have acknowledged that at least 794 fighters from Stavropol have been killed.

Irakli Kupradze. Screenshot of photo "News Georgia" https://t.me/NGnewsgeorgia/25392.

09:50, 19 August 2025

Part of the opposition has nominated a candidate for mayor of Tbilisi

The opposition parties Lelo - Strong Georgia and Gakharia for Georgia have nominated Lelo Secretary General Irakli Kupradze as a joint candidate for mayor of Tbilisi, despite the refusal of the majority of opposition parties to participate in the municipal elections.

08:50, 19 August 2025

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine

Sergei Zubrilin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,304 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

07:50, 19 August 2025

Defense Ministry reports drones shot down in southern Russia

13 drones were shot down tonight over the Volgograd region and five over the territory of the Rostov region.

Crimean Bridge. Photo from Sergey Aksenov's Telegram channel

05:50, 19 August 2025

Traffic on the Crimean Bridge has resumed without traffic jams

There are no queues at the entrances to the Crimean Bridge either from the Crimean side or from the Kuban side; according to motorists, inspection takes 10-15 minutes.

04:51, 19 August 2025

Fire breaks out at oil refinery in Volgograd after drone attack

Drone debris fell in the south of Volgograd, the roof of one of the hospital buildings caught fire, and a fire also broke out on the territory of an oil refinery.

03:52, 19 August 2025

Property worth 360 million rubles seized from Sergei Simonenko

The Court of Appeal upheld the legality of the seizure of property and money of the former Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Krasnodar Krai, Sergei Simonenko, in favor of the state.

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Six fighters from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Shootout in Dagestan. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in ChatGPT.

During the week from January 26 to February 1, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

Zaur Kaituev after the beating. Photo courtesy of the "Caucasian Knot."

Lawyer Kaituev reported pressure from security forces after the beating.

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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....

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