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Ilyas Temaev in the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala. June 10, 2014. Photo by Aida Magomedova for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:42, 1 August 2014
Ilyas Temaev sentenced to eight months in prison in Dagestan
The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has found the doctor Ilyas Temaev guilty of keeping marijuana without intent to sell and sentenced him to eight months in prison. The court took into account Temaev's term, spent in custody, and released him in the courtroom.
00:53, 1 August 2014
Baku suspends indefinitely oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg"
The indefinite suspension of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) is caused by the refusal of the state publishing house "Azerbaijan" to print the newspaper because of its debts. This decision is politically motivated, says the editorial board of the newspaper.
Makhachkala, July 31, 2014. Defendant Sabina Abakarova (to the right) and her mother Marina Abakarova near the building of the Sovietskiy District Court. Photo by Aida Magomedova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:45, 31 July 2014
Dagestan: trial of Abakarova, accused of possessing "suicide bomber's belt", postponed till August 18
The Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala has postponed till August 18 the consideration of the case of Sabina Abakarova, a local resident, accused of illegal possession of firearms. The session was postponed because of the vacations of the policeman, who is in charge of storing the exhibits that the court had planned to investigate, said the advocate.
22:50, 31 July 2014
Defence of Leyla Yunus insists on her release from custody
In the opinion of law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan, Leyla Yunus, the Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), accused of treason, should be kept in custody, since she had tried to leave the country, evaded the investigation and may influence the witnesses.
Barrier at the entrance to the field temporary accommodation centre for refugees from Ukraine. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:44, 31 July 2014
Authorities of Rostov Region report accommodation of over 40,000 Ukrainian refugees
The Rostov Region has placed 42,669 people, who came from the Ukraine; a third of them are children, report the authorities. The Governor Vasily Golubev notes that the region has exhausted its capacities to accommodate Ukrainian refugees, but continues taking them.
Soldiers at the front line making reports about the situation. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:18, 31 July 2014
Azerbaijani soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported about the murder of its serviceman on the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line.
17:49, 31 July 2014
Firearms were planted on resident of Dagestan Musa Magomedov at search, his relatives assert
Musa Magomedov, a resident of the village of Nechaevka, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, was detained by power agents, his relatives have reported. They cannot establish his whereabouts and believe that firearms were planted on him during search.
Nadezhda Tsapok. Photo http://pda.fedpress.ru/news/society/news_crime/1392203993-novyi-prigovor-mat-tsapka-obzhalovat-ne-smogla
15:01, 31 July 2014
"Centre of Legal Technologies": 92 million roubles withdrawn illegally from Nadezhda Tsapok's account
Despite the arrest imposed on Nadezhda Tsapok's account at the "Rosselkhozbank", 92.064 million roubles were illegally withdrawn, said Andrei Karpenko, the director of the law firm "Centre of Legal Technologies".
Governor Vasily Golubev and Vladimir Ustinov, plenipotentiary of the Russian President in the South Federal District, in a temporary accommodation centre in Donetsk region (Russia), July 14, 2014. Photo http://donland.ru/Default.aspx?pageid=119963&galleryId=998
14:43, 31 July 2014
State Duma MPs, who visited Rostov Region, offer to increase financial aid to Ukrainian refugees
The MPs of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Pligin, Andrei Isaev and Alexander Sidyakin are preparing an appeal to the government to increase the financial aid to the Rostov Region, which is accommodating Ukrainian citizens.
04:39, 31 July 2014
Defence plans to challenge MCC's verdict on "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case
The advocates are preparing a complaint against the verdict passed by the Moscow City Court (MCC) in the case of the members of the of the Moscow branch of the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami", banned in Russia, who were sentenced to imprisonment for 7-11 years.
Ara Zakaryan, advocate of participants of the "Million Mask March", at the trial. Yerevan, July 23, 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:39, 31 July 2014
Victims' testimonies in "Million Mask March" case confirm defendants' innocence, says the defence
In Yerevan, at the trial of the participants of the "Million Mask March", the court questioned six policemen, who figure in the case as victims. All the six have asserted that prior to the march held on November 5, 2013, they were not familiar with the defendants.
02:40, 31 July 2014
Dagestani SC postpones session on Zarema Bagavutdinova's case
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan will continue, on August 4, its consideration of the appeal complaint against the verdict passed by the Buynaksk City Court against Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy).
01:37, 31 July 2014
Minor son of Azerbaijani oppositionist Gyulalyev is accused of hooliganism
In Azerbaijan, criminal charges of disorderly conduct were presented to the minor son of Oktay Gyulalyev, the press secretary of the oppositional National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF). The father treats the charges as far-fetched and associates them with his own political and human rights activities.
Leyla Yunus. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:50, 30 July 2014
Azerbaijani rights defender Leyla Yunus arrested for three months
On Wednesday, July 30, the Nasimi District Court in Baku ruled to arrest Leyla Yunus, a human rights activist and Director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), who is accused of treason, for three months.
19:08, 30 July 2014
Azerbaijan GPO bans rights activist Rasul Djafarov to go abroad and arrests his bank accounts
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has ruled to prohibit Rasul Djafarov, a well-known civil society activist and coordinator of the campaign "Art for Democracy", from leaving the country. His bank accounts were arrested.
The building of the Krasnoarmeisky District Court of the Volgograd Region. Photo: http://krasn.vol.sudrf.ru/
17:55, 30 July 2014
Volgograd Region: court finds that website "Kavkaz News" is extremist
The Krasnoarmeisky District Court of the Volgograd Region has concluded that the website "Kavkaz News" posts extremist materials.
Makhachkala, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan. The consideration on the merits of the terror act, which killed the religious leader Said Afandi al-Chirkawi. July 30, 2014. Photo by Aida Magomedova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:45, 30 July 2014
Trial on terror act in Sheikh Chirkey's house postponed till September 5
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has postponed until September 5 the consideration on the merits of the terror act, which killed the religious leader Said Afandi al-Chirkawi and six other persons. The break is needed for to one of the defendants to get acquainted with the indictment.
Nadezhda Tsapok. Photo http://fedpress.ru/news/society/news_crime/1384514365-peresmotr-dela-nadezhdy-tsapok-nichego-ne-izmenil-ei-vnov-dali-tri-goda
15:37, 30 July 2014
Consideration of Nadezhda Tsapok's case resumed in Krasnodar Territory
The Kuschevsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has resumed the hearing of the criminal case against Nadezhda Tsapok, accused of a fraud; she is the mother of Sergey Tsapok, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment and recently died in Krasnodar SIZO.
The building of the Moscow City Court. Photo: http://mgka18.ru/uslugi/grazhdanskie-dela/
14:51, 30 July 2014
MCC finds four members of "Hizb ut-Tahrir" guilty in case of putsch planning
The Moscow City Court has found the guilt of four Caucasian natives to be completely proven. The defendants are members of the organization "Hizb-ut-Tahrir al-Islami", which is banned in Russia, and they were accused of plotting an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order in the Russian Federation.
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi. Photo: site of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, http://saidafandi.ru/index.php/biography
13:21, 30 July 2014
Dagestan starts trial on terror act in house of Sheikh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has started the trial in the case of the terror act, which killed religious leader Said Afandi al-Chirkawi and six other persons. The prisoners' dock contains four residents of Dagestan.
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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.