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Grozny hosted a picket against discrimination of natives of Northern Caucasus in other regions of Russia, August 21, 2013. Photo by Kheda Saratova.
19:25, 21 August 2013
Picket against discrimination of natives of Northern Caucasus held in Chechnya
On August 21, Grozny hosted a picket against discrimination of natives of Northern Caucasus in other regions of Russia, Kheda Saratova, one of the organizers of the action and a member of the Presidium of the "United Caucasian Forum" reported.
Ruslan Martagov. Photo: http://www.svoboda.org (RFE/RL)
17:59, 21 August 2013
Current election of head of Ingushetia is uncontested, experts say
The Kremlin approves the course of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov; therefore, the upcoming election will be no surprise, Akhmed Yarlykapov, a scientific collaborator of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Soltan Semyonov. Photo: http://karachaevsk.info
17:42, 21 August 2013
Court releases Karachaevsk Mayor from custody
Soltan Semyonov, the head of the Karachaevsk city authority, accused of misuse of funds, has been released from custody today by the decision of the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia.
14:33, 21 August 2013
Dagestani resident claims her son being pressed by law enforcers
Aiman Salikhova, a resident of the village of Mutsalaul of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, has claimed that law enforcement bodies put pressure upon her younger son Nurula Nurulaev, whose elder brothers are suspected of involvement in illegal armed formations.
Pyatigorsk Administration. Photo: Alen Katin, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
14:24, 21 August 2013
Pyatigorsk Mayoralty refuses Muslims to hold collective prayer in square
The administration of the city of Pyatigorsk has refused to uphold the application filed by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of the Stavropol Territory to hold namaz (prayer) in the central square of the city.
Participants of ‘52/52’ trip together with Kubachi villagers. August 18, 2013. Photo by Plamen Pleyev
12:34, 21 August 2013
In Dagestan, project "52/52", called to tell Dagestanis about their homeland, started with trip to Kubachi village
On August 18, a group of twenty Dagestani journalists and bloggers made the first trip within the framework of the project "52/52", designed to tell Dagestanis about their republic.
10:58, 21 August 2013
At trial in case of Krymsk flood, officials sentenced to 3.5 years of conditional imprisonment and to 3.5-6 years of real imprisonment
Today, the Abinsk District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has completed pronouncing the verdict in the case against four officials from the Krymsk and the Krymsk District on the flooding occurred in last July.
10:34, 21 August 2013
In USA, Prosecutor's Office promises to check actions of FBI agents at shooting dead Ibragim Todashev, his father reports
In USA, the Prosecutor's Office investigates the incident, in the course of which FBI agents killed Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya, for possible abuse of power.
04:38, 21 August 2013
Armen Ashotyan: no student to be expelled from Armenian higher education institution because of lack of money
At the meeting of Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Sciences, and participants of the protest action against the increase of tuition fees in higher education institutions issues on changes in higher education system and social problems were discussed.
Activists and relatives of deceased soldiers lighting the candles in the park near the Armenian govt building in the memory of soldier Lux Stepanyan killed in the city of Noyemberyan. Yerevan, May 18, 2013. Photo: PanARMENIAN Photo/Hrant Khachatryan
00:55, 21 August 2013
Five Armenian NGOs included into group to investigate causes of non-combat losses in army
Working group at the Military Prosecutor's Office of Armenia to study effectiveness of investigation into criminal cases instituted on facts of deaths in the army began accepting complaints of relatives of dead soldiers.
23:49, 20 August 2013
Sochi residents protest against closure of ramps from highway to their houses
Residents of the Sochi townships Kudepsta and Chkalovskiy have held a gathering, where they protested against the way of organizing traffic on Federal Highway M-27 and closure of the access ramps, leading to their houses.
Rally against liquidation of the aluminium factory. Volgograd, August 20, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
22:25, 20 August 2013
Rally in Volgograd demands to preserve the aluminium factory
On August 20, Volgograd hosted a rally against liquidation of the aluminium factory. The protesters demanded from the authorities of all levels to stop the collapse of local industry, save the Volgograd aluminium factory and prevent its conservation. The authorities in the region expressed their support for the protesters.
Bammatkhan Sheikhov in the Dagestan Supreme Court room, December 22, 2008. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:43, 20 August 2013
NAC: nine militants killed in special operation in Buynaksk
As reported today by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk, power agents killed nine militants. According to updated information, four officers of the Dagestani OMON (riot police) were wounded.
Journalist with video camera. Photo: http://www.ekhokavkaza.com/ (RFE/RL)
15:58, 20 August 2013
Ivanishvili family's TV Company stops broadcasting in Georgia
The TV Company "Channel 9" owned by Ekaterina Khvedelidze, the wife of the Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili, stopped broadcasting after the staff learned about the decision of the family to sell the Company.
15:31, 20 August 2013
Novocherkassk: bosses of ambulance station promise to consider drivers' claims
The First Aid Hospital (FAH) of the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, where last week 51 ambulance drivers applied for resignation, continues operating normally, said a source from the FAH: at the meeting of the staff it was agreed that the bosses of the facility would consider drivers' claims.
13:21, 20 August 2013
Rostov-on-Don: court summons Ramzan Kadyrov as witness in case on journalist's claim against Chechen Ombudsman
The Lenin District Court of the Rostov Region has invited Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, as a witness in the case on the claim of journalist Evgeny Mikhailov on protection of honour and dignity against Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman of the Chechen Republic.
Special operation in Dagestan, 2013. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
09:42, 20 August 2013
Five suspected militants killed in Buynaksk
In Buynaksk, as a result of the special operation, five persons were killed, and a law enforcer was wounded. This was reported by sources in the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.
Ramazan Abdulatipov at the meeting with journalists. Makhachkala, August 15, 2013. Photo: http://www.riadagestan.ru/
08:41, 20 August 2013
At election of Dagestani leader, Ramazan Abdulatipov will have no real rivals, experts assert
At the upcoming election of the leader of Dagestan to be held on September 8, the opponents of Ramazan Abdulatipov, Acting President of Dagestan, have no chance for victory. This was stated by local experts, who called the upcoming election "a competition without competitors."
05:51, 20 August 2013
Sochi starts considering investigator's inaction in case of beating builder
On August 19, the Adler District Court considered the complaint filed by Veronika Solovyova, the wife of beaten builder Pavel Solovyov, against the inaction of the investigator in respect to the victim.
03:45, 20 August 2013
Court considering attack on Nalchik dismisses defence's motion to resume investigation
At the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the course of the oral arguments of the parties in the case of the attack on Nalchik, the defence has filed a motion to resume the investigation. The SC rejected the motions, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
News
Pashinyan at a concert in Gyumri. Screenshot from News.Am photo from April 20, 2026, https://news.am/rus/news/944772.html. Observers considered concerts featuring Pashinyan to be propaganda.

Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has completed accepting documents for participation in the elections.

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.