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Hideout with a large amount of weapons. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/07/31/v-dagestane-obnaruzhen-banditskii-tainik-s-bolshim-kolichestvom-boepripasov.html
03:58, 20 August 2014
Hideout with weapons found in Vladikavkaz during inquiry into case of Aslan Gagiev's gang
In the territory of North Ossetia, law enforcers found a hiding with weapons, ammunition, and explosives. The hiding was found during the investigation into the case of actions of the grouping led by Aslan Gagiev, stated Vladimir Markin, the Spokesman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
03:11, 20 August 2014
Nurmagomedov's relatives claim falsification of evidence against him
Relatives of Akhmed Nurmagomedov, a resident of the Akusha District of Dagestan, who has been detained on suspicion of possession of weapon, have stated that the weapon appearing in the case had been planted during the search.
23:28, 19 August 2014
NAC identifies Makhachkala CTO casualties as Asad Abdullaev and Magomed Yunusov
In Makhachkala, two men killed during the storm of an apartment conducted by law enforcers, have been identified as Asad Abdullaev and Magomed Yunusov, natives of Dagestan, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.
Yashar ALiev (to the right) - a new Azerbaijan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations - presents letters of credence to Pan Gi Mun, Secretary General of the United Nations, June 2014. Photo: UN Photo ? Paulo Filgueiras http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?id=591/591439&key=7&query=azerbaijan&lang=en&sf=
22:42, 19 August 2014
UN experts call on Azerbaijani government to stop prosecuting rights defenders
UN experts in the field of human rights protection demanded from the government of Azerbaijan to stop the prosecution of rights defenders. The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has demanded to return to the NGO its confiscated equipment and release the rights defenders.
Special operation. Photo nac.gov.ru
17:24, 19 August 2014
Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala put under CTO regime
On Tuesday, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala, an employee of the operational headquarters in Dagestan reports.
Alvi Karimov. Photo http://pasmi.ru/archive/46383
16:25, 19 August 2014
Alvi Karimov: Ramzan Kadyrov never lost his mobile phone
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov never lost his mobile phone during his visit to the ethnographic complex in the Shali District, announced his spokesman Alvi Karimov on Tuesday.
Karen Petrosyan, a resident of the border village of Chinari (in the centre). Photo http://rus.azatutyun.am/
15:12, 19 August 2014
Armenian Investigating Committee accuses Azerbaijani militaries of kidnapping Karen Petrosyan
The information obtained during the investigation into the criminal case instituted on the fact of the death of Karen Petrosyan, a resident of the border village of Chinari, captured by the Azerbaijani side, gives reason to consider the version of his kidnapping from the Armenian territory.
Еhe border checkpoints "Donetsk". Photo http://wikimapia.org/
14:44, 19 August 2014
OSCE observers fix no traffic of armoured vehicles across Russian-Ukrainian border
The OSCE observers have repeatedly recorded appearance of men in military clothes at checkpoints, who are travelling in both directions individually and in groups; however, they had never seen weapons in their hands, said Paul Picard, the head of the OSCE mission in the Rostov Region.
The Azerbaijani city of Nakhichevan. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/
14:29, 19 August 2014
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey agree to hold joint military exercises
The Azerbaijani city of Nakhichevan hosts a trilateral meeting of Defence Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Following the negotiations, the heads of the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) decided to hold the meetings on the regular basis every six months.
10:31, 19 August 2014
Dagestan: Gasanov's advocate complains about investigators' inaction
Rustam Yunusov, an advocate of Ilmudin Gasanov kidnapped in Dagestan has stated that investigators fail to act and that the case materials may be intentionally lost.
Konstantin Kadiev, chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of North Ossetia. Photo: http://www.n_osset-alania.vybory.izbirkom.ru/
09:06, 19 August 2014
12 parties registered by North-Ossetian CEC to run for Vladikavkaz City Duma
Candidates from 12 political parties have been included in the electoral lists for the elections of deputies to Vladikavkaz representative assembly (City Duma) of sixth convocation, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of North Ossetia reports.
03:36, 19 August 2014
Defence in Akhmedilov's murder challenges court's refusal to return case to Prosecutor's Office
The defence of Murad Shuaibov, a defendant in the case on the murder of journalist Abdulmalik Akhmedilov, has filed an appeal to the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Dagestan against the dismissal of the motion to return the criminal case to the Prosecutor's Office.
Chechen boy. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:02, 18 August 2014
In Chechnya, law enforcers question more HRC "Memorial": over 1000 interrogated after Kadyrov lost his mobile phone
At night on August 17, in the Shali District of Chechnya, policemen and district officials summoned and questioned more than one thousand people, including minors, in connection with disappearance of a mobile phone of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
Faradj Kerimli. Photo http://www.zerkalo.az/2014/aktivist-partii-musavat-faradzh-kerimli-ne-schitaet-sebya-vinovnyim/
18:04, 18 August 2014
AI recognizes Kerimli brothers arrested in Azerbaijan prisoners of conscience
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has announced prisoners of conscience Faradj Kerimli, a youth activist of the "Musavat" Party, and his brother Siradj Kerimli, arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of drug trafficking, and called for their immediate release.
14:44, 18 August 2014
Court leaves PFPA activist Ruslan Nasirli in custody
The Azerbaijani Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal filed by Ruslan Nasirli, a member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was sentenced to 30 days of administrative arrest.
13:25, 18 August 2014
In Dagestan, armed men in masks kill Ashilta resident
At the Monday night, a resident of the village of Ashilta was killed by unidentified armed men in masks, stated Magomednur Nazirbegov, the head of the village administration. According to him, another local man was injured in the attack.
13:14, 18 August 2014
"The Nobel Women's Initiative" calls on Azerbaijani authorities to release Yunus spouses
Leyla Yunus, Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), and her husband Arif Yunus, a conflictologist, who are accused in Azerbaijan of treason, should be released from custody, "The Nobel Women's Initiative" states.
Rasul Gamzatov. Photo: http://dumrf.ru/common/event/8477
09:43, 18 August 2014
On August 11-17, Rasul Gamzatov was the only victim of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 11-17, 2014, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least one human life; no information about wounded people was reported. The casualty is a civilian Rasul Gamzatov – Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
08:32, 18 August 2014
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 11-17
Murder of Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia; announcement of search of ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili; harassment of civil society activists in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 4-10, 2014, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Tamta Mikeladze at the presentation of the results of studies of homeless people's life. Tbilisi, August 14, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasuan for the "Caucasian Knot"
04:00, 18 August 2014
Georgia has no strategy for addressing problems of homeless people, rights defenders assert
The Georgian authorities still have no strategy to address the needs of people who lost their homes, said Tamta Mikeladze, a human rights defender, at the presentation of the results of studies of homeless people's life held by the NGO "Centre for Study and Monitoring of Human Rights" (CSMHR).
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.