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23:41, 23 August 2014
Yerevan: activists of "Million Mask March" demand to re-qualify the charge
The court of the first instance of the general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron-Nork-Marash, which is considering the case of Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and other participants of the action held on November 5, 2013, has questioned five prosecution witnesses – policemen.
23:29, 23 August 2014
NAR's MIA: Nasibov was beaten up in domestic conflict
The beating of rights defender Ilgar Nasibov was beaten as a result of a domestic conflict, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan. The suspect, according to the MIA, have been detained.
18:38, 23 August 2014
Grozny enhances security measures on eve of celebration of Akhmat Kadyrov's birthday
On Saturday, Chechnya celebrates the 63rd anniversary of the birth of Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov, the former Chechen leader. The city of Grozny enhances security measures in connection with the celebrations.
13:28, 23 August 2014
Nakhichevan: police detain suspect of beating rights defender Nasibov, his wife reports
In Nakhichevan, policemen have detained a local resident on suspicion of beating human rights defender Ilgar Nasibov, stated Malakhat Nasibova, the wife of the beaten activist, with reference to a source in the local police.
Fragment of an agreement of Abkhazian presidential candidates. Photo: http://apsnypress.info/news/12880.html
12:45, 23 August 2014
Abkhazian presidential candidates sign agreement on reforms
As reported by Elza Chanba, spokeswoman for the republic's parliament, the Abkhazian presidential candidates have signed an agreement on reforms in the political and socioeconomic spheres and on measures to reach the national unity.
To the right: Sevak Mnatsakanyan, Avetis Avetisyan and advocate Inessa Petrosyan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:23, 23 August 2014
In Armenia, defendants in case of "Million Mask March" claim their relatives are persecuted
In Yerevan, the trial court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts of Kentron-Nork-Marash has started listening to the prosecutors in the case against Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and other participants of the action of November 5, 2013.
Movses Akopyan, the Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: http://www.hayinfo.ru/ru/news/society/89149.html
03:45, 23 August 2014
Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh: Karabakh conflict zone needs no peacekeepers
To resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, no peacekeeping forces are needed, stated Movses Akopyan, the Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, at the meeting with journalists held in Stepanakert on August 19.
02:51, 23 August 2014
In North Ossetia, unidentified persons throw grenade to yard of policeman's house
In North Ossetia, a grenade was thrown to the yard of the house belonging to the deputy chief of the village police station, stated a source from the law enforcement bodies.
Detention of mosque-goers in Derbent, law enforcers in masks are seen at the distance shot. Photo: screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHROnkYUH-0
02:00, 23 August 2014
In Derbent, police detain dozens of mosque-goers, eyewitnesses report (+video)
On August 22, after the end of Friday prayer at one of the mosques in Derbent, law enforcers detained 40-60 mosque-goers, eyewitnesses of the incident report. Two buses took the detainees to the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Division).
The TV debates held in Abkhazia and attended by all presidential candidates. Photo: screenshot of a video footage of the live broadcast of the debates http://www.apsua.tv/abh/vybory/3470/
01:49, 23 August 2014
Local journalists claim failure of first TV debates in Abkhazia
During the first TV debates held in Abkhazia and attended by all presidential candidates, participants have failed to raise questions of interest for voters, believes Inal Khashig, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Chegemskaya Pravda".
Women in hijabs in the central market of Grozny, July 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 22 August 2014
Law enforcers kept and beat up Chechen woman for three days, rights defenders assert
Malina (Amina) Sadakhanova, a resident of Grozny, who study Arabic and teaches religion in one of the Chechen medreses, had been forcibly kept by law enforcers during three days, sources in Chechnya report. According to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the young woman has been severely beaten.
Sukhumi. Photo: P. Kinareevski, https://ru.wikipedia.org/
20:12, 22 August 2014
Car of "Nuzhnaya Gazeta" editor shelled in Abkhazia
On Friday, in Sukhumi, a car belonging to Izida Chaniya, an editor of the newspaper "Nuzhnaya Gazeta" (Needed Newspaper), has been shelled by unidentified persons, reported Raul Lolua, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
19:54, 22 August 2014
OSCE calls on Azerbaijan to find attackers on rights defender Nasibov
Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has expressed her concern over the attacks on Ilgar Nasibov, a journalist and a human rights defender, in Nakhichevan. She called on the Azerbaijani authorities to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation into the incident.
The Adyge-Khabl District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic. Photo http://www.yuga.ru/
18:31, 22 August 2014
KChR: state of emergency in Novokuvinsk lifted
On Friday, the state of emergency has been lifted in the aul (village) of Novokuvinsk of the Adyge-Khabl District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), and gas supply has been restored, stated Mukhadin Darmilov, the head of the Department for Civil Defence and Emergencies of the district administration.
Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
18:03, 22 August 2014
NAC:two Khasavyurt casualties pre-identified
The Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported on preliminary identification of two suspected militants killed during the special operation in Khasavyurt.
17:39, 22 August 2014
BCA dismisses all defence's motions at trial of CEMDT head
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) chaired by Judge Aflatun Gasymov has held the preliminary court hearing on the complaint lodged by Anar Mamedli, the head of the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEMDT), and activists Bashir Suleimanly and Elnur Mamedov.
11:44, 22 August 2014
In Grozny, law enforcers check passports
On August 21, in parts of the Grozny city territory, Chechen law enforcers checked passport regime, stated local residents. The law enforcement bodies called the checks as "preventive actions" on the eve of large-scale celebrations.
Administration of judicial Department of Chechnya. Photo http://usd.chn.sudrf.ru/
05:54, 22 August 2014
SC of Chechnya completes questioning defence witnesses in Timur Tangiev's case
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has completed the questioning of defence witnesses in the case against Timur Tangiev. At the last moment, many witnesses refused to go to court to testify.
Aslan Bzhaniya, Abkhaz presidential candidate, at the meeting with the voters in Ochamchir Region, August 2014. Photo http://ab-kandidat.info/news/07082014-1142/aslan-bzhaniya-v-nashey-strane-dolzhny-byt-tolko-pobediteli
03:15, 22 August 2014
Khadjimba's and Bzhaniya's election campaigns pass without obstacles, their offices report
Raul Khadjimba and Aslan Bzhaniya, Abkhaz presidential candidates, use all possible information platforms for their election campaign. According to their election offices, the presidential candidates meet no obstacles during campaigning.
Fragment of the Krasnodar Regional court decision from May 13, 2014. Photo: personal page of Vitishko at Facebook, https://ru-ru.facebook.com/evgeny.vitishko
01:36, 22 August 2014
Krasnodar Court schedules trial of ecologist Evgeny Vitishko for September 24
The Krasnodar Regional Court has scheduled for September 24 the consideration of the cassation appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office against the sentence of Evgeny Vitishko, a staff member of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch).
News
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.

Rovshan Jabbarov. Photo: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ Azerbaijani activist Jabbarov was subjected to violence after protests in a prison colony.

Polad Aslanov. Photo: https://novator.az/2022/01/25/polad-aslanov-təkid-edir/ Polad Aslanov's wife demanded that his placement in solitary confinement be cancelled.

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.