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02:48, 6 August 2013
Baku hosts protest action demanding to release Ilgar Mamedov, REAL leader
The civil movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL) held a protest action demanding to release its leader Ilgar Mamedov.
00:48, 6 August 2013
Criminal proceedings against publisher of newspaper "Mestnaya" stopped
On August 5, in Sochi, Oleg Rubezhansky, the publisher of the newspaper "Mestnaya" (Local), was handed in the resolution to terminate criminal proceedings against him as a result of the act on amnesty.
00:06, 6 August 2013
In Sochi, Nikolai Yarst's advocates file complaint against court's decision to extend his home arrest
On August 5, advocates of Nikolai Yarst filed a complaint to the judicial board on criminal cases of the Krasnodar Regional Court against the decision to extend the home arrest of the journalist.
21:04, 5 August 2013
Fire in "Grozny-City" was caused by builder's wrongdoing, says Prosecutor's Office
The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has sent to the court the case opened after the fire that occurred in April in "Grozny-City". The charge is brought against Magomed-Amin Amirov, a 47-year-old mechanic of the "UK Genstroy".
20:12, 5 August 2013
Azerbaijani court rejected appeal of advocates of theologian Bagirzade
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the appeal of the defence of the theologian Talekh Bagirzade against the extension of his arrest.
Kislovodsk, Stavropol Territory. Photo: D.V.Mironov, http://ru.wikipedia.org/
18:03, 5 August 2013
Stavropol Territory: Muslims to challenge court decision on demolition of two mosques
A group of Muslim from Kislovodsk plans to appeal at higher instances against the decision of the Territorial Court to demolish two mosques in the villages of Belorechensky and Industriya, said Aslan Shamanov, the Imam of Kislovodsk.
17:40, 5 August 2013
In Armenia, CoA leaves activist Tigran Arakelyan in custody
The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has dismissed the motion to change the measure of freedom restraint of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC).
Zafar Guliev. Photo: http://www.radiozadlyg.org (RFE/RL).
16:24, 5 August 2013
Azerbaijan: opposition finds change of date of presidential election unjustified
Activists of the opposition treat the shift of the voting day to an earlier date as illegal and unjustified, and caused by a possible intention of the authorities to exclude Rustam Ibragimbekov from the race.
Shop "Kristall", Makhachkala, Shamil Avenue, August 5, 2013. Photo by Makhach Akhmedov for the “Caucasian Knot”.
13:40, 5 August 2013
MIA: second IED at shop "Kristall" in Makhachkala appears to be dummy
In Makhachkala, the second improvised explosive device (IED) installed near the shop "Kristall" (Crystal), was a dummy. This was reported by a source in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.
09:00, 5 August 2013
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 29 to August 4
Operation aimed to detain an alleged rapist in Moscow, which turned into "cleansing" of Moscow marketplaces and gathering places of natives from Northern Caucasus and Central Asia; another murder of theologian in Dagestan; appointment of voting date at presidential election in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of July 29-August 4, 2013, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
06:52, 5 August 2013
In Nevinnomyssk, detainee dies at detention facility
In the city of Nevinnomyssk of the Stavropol Territory, a detainee died in a ward of a detention facility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). He was serving his 15-day administrative arrest.
03:41, 5 August 2013
In Georgia, 116 prisoners granted CER
In Georgia, 116 prisoners were granted conditional early relief (CER). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance.
00:04, 5 August 2013
MIA: nine persons fell victims to explosion at grocery shop in Makhachkala
According to the specified information, seven persons got minor cut injuries in the explosion in a shop located in the centre of Makhachkala. The number of victims has reached nine persons, including two persons who got contused at the moment of the explosion.
16:50, 4 August 2013
Ilyas Ilyasov becomes twelfth religious leader killed in Northern Caucasus since 2012
According to the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", the murder of Ilyas Ilyasov, Imam and theologian, committed in Makhachkala, became the twelfth case of violent death of Islamic religious leaders in Northern Caucasus during 2012 and 2013.
Construction of entertainment facility on the territory of “Bolshoy Utrish” natural reserve, Third Lagoon area. Krasnodar region, August 2, 2013. Photo: http://www.save-utrish.ru/
15:02, 4 August 2013
Ecologists demand to stop construction of entertainment facility in "Utrish" Reserve
Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" demanded to stop the construction of an entertainment facility that was started on August 2 in the "Bolshoy Utrish" Reserve.
05:34, 4 August 2013
In Gelendzhik, human rights activists sentenced to 8-13 years of imprisonment
In the KrasnodarTerritory, the court found members of the Gelendzhik Human Rights Centre (GHRC) guilty in the case of fraud and sentenced them to 8-13 years of imprisonment.
00:25, 4 August 2013
Father of anaesthesiologist Marat Gunashev asks to speed up investigation into case against his son
Father of anaesthesiologist Marat Gunashev, suspected of the murder of the chief of the Makhachkala Police, has asked human rights defenders to provide assistance in investigating his son's case and bringing it to trial.
23:08, 3 August 2013
Imam of Makhachkala city mosque shot dead in Dagestan
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a source from the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the ICRF that an Imam of a Makhachkala mosque was killed tonight in the course of shelling; his driver was wounded.
22:46, 3 August 2013
In Baku, police detains supporters of journalist Khadidja Ismailova
The Baku police have prevented a protest action of women-journalists demanding to stop blackmailing and interfering into the privacy of their colleague Khadidja Ismailova, an employee of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty. All the participants of the action and the journalists who covered it were detained by the police.
19:44, 3 August 2013
Religious figure Javid Mamedov released in Azerbaijan
The theologian Javid Mamedov is back at large in Azerbaijan, said Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "In Support of Democracy". Mamedov was detained on October 19, 2012, and accused of organizing a believers' action in defence of the religious hijab.
News
A fire in a dilapidated Nalchik dormitory has raised concerns among residents.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Skiers at the Elbrus resort. Photo: resort press service https://resort-elbrus.ru/ Two ski slopes are closed at the Elbrus resort.

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.