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17:55, 1 August 2013
Russian SC completes judicial investigation into case on riots in Sagra
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation has completed the investigation into the case on riots in the village of Sagra, during which a native of Azerbaijan was killed. During the court session, all motions filed by participants of the trial were dismissed with motivation that the court of first instance had examined in details all the necessary materials.
Valya Vanishvili near barbed wire which separated her house from the rest ones. Village Didi Khurvaleti of Gori District, Georgia, July, 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:29, 1 August 2013
Fences on Georgian-South-Ossetian border hamper soil tillage and deprive housing, local residents assert
Members of the programme "Georgian-Russian Dialogue for Peace and Cooperation" have visited village on the border of Georgia with South Ossetia. Villagers said that the border line built by the authorities of South Ossetia and Russian border guards had split their houses, forcing them to quit them, and deprived them of their land plots.
17:25, 1 August 2013
In South Ossetia, five Russian tourists detained
A group of five Russian tourists was detained on the territory of South Ossetia. This was reported by Sergey Kolbin, Chief of the South Ossetian Border Guard Service. According to his information, at present, four out of the five detained tourists have been already fined and deported to Russia.
The defendants of the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya Lom-Ali Gaytukaev, Rustam Makhmudov and Sergey Khadjikurbanov before the session. Moscow, June 4, 2013. Screenshot of the footage by the press-cutting service of the Moscow City Court, http://www.mos-gorsud.ru/sud/
16:14, 1 August 2013
DNA samples from place of Anna Politkovskaya's murder do not belong to defendants, forensic experts conclude
According to the experts' conclusion, the DNA samples, found on the pistol and on the place of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, do not match the DNA samples of the defendants. Today, the conclusions of the conducted examination were announced today at the trial at the Moscow City Court by Prosecutor Boris Loktionov.
Police makes an inspection of the marketplace in the south-west of Moscow after the incident in the Matveevsky Marketplace. July 30, 2013. Photo: press group of Department of Internal Affairs of Southwestern Administrative District, http://petrovka38.ru/
11:11, 1 August 2013
Advocate of Khalimat Rasulova, detained in Moscow, hopes to mitigate the charges presented to her
Musa Pliev, a lawyer from the Moscow Bar, the defender of Khalimat Rasulova, a native of Dagestan, who was detained on suspicion of attempting a policeman's life, states that the allegation against his client was incorrectly qualified.
Patimat and Sabina Abakarova. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
09:12, 1 August 2013
Dagestani investigators fail to establish association of Patimat and Sabina Abakarova with militants
In the opinion of Gasan Aigunov, the chairman of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) in the Republic of Dagestan, the case Patimat and Sabina Abakarova, in whose house in Makhachkala, as claimed power agents, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found, will soon fall apart.
06:34, 1 August 2013
Rostik Khugaev: families occupying new building in Tskhinvali to be evicted
In Tskhinvali, the ten-apartment building, occupied in this March by people in need of improvement of their living conditions, is the object under construction, and tenants have unlawfully occupied the apartments and will be evicted. This was announced at a meeting by Rostik Khugaev, Prime Minister of South Ossetia.
Akif Beybutov shows the photo of his client at press conference. Makhachkala, July 31, 2013. Photo by Natalya Kraynova for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:43, 1 August 2013
In Dagestan, violations of citizens' rights for defence become systematic
Community of advocates of Dagestan claims that citizens' rights for defence are systematically violated in the republic. The investigating and law enforcement bodies prevent advocates' visit to persons under investigation, the investigating practice more often includes torture, and, in fact, the procedural equality of parties, declared in the law, is not respected.
23:41, 31 July 2013
In Georgia, Court refuses to release Mikhail Kadiev and Rizvan Omarov on bail
Today, the Tbilisi City Court refused to release on bail Mikhail Kadiev and Rizvan Omarov, who were charged of the illegal acquisition and possession of weapons and explosive substances. This was reported by Gela Nikoleishvili, the advocate of the defendants.
22:09, 31 July 2013
Georgia's MIA to destroy part of secret surveillance archive before August 15
Within the coming two weeks, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia will destroy a part of the archive of materials recording citizens' privacy, accumulated as a result of illegal secret surveillance and tapping telephone conversations.
The detained in connection with the incident at the "Matveevsky" Marketplace, July, 2013. Photo http://petrovka38.ru/
19:28, 31 July 2013
Police release most salesmen detained at "Matveevsky" Marketplace
Almost all salesmen, who were detained during the special operation carried out at the "Matveevsky" Marketplace in Moscow, were released from the police station. This was reported by Andrei Remennik, Director of the "Matveevsky" Marketplace.
18:17, 31 July 2013
Armenia: court considering the fight near "Harsnaqar" Restaurant refuses to question additional witnesses
Today, the court has rejected the petition to invite ten additional witnesses and three experts, submitted by the suffered party in the case of a fight in the car park of the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant.
17:32, 31 July 2013
Azerbaijani court leaves two "Nida" activists in custody
Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku has rejected the motions lodged by the defence of the "Nida" activists Rashad Gasanov and Uzeyir Mamedli asking to take them out of custody and put under home arrest.
The action demanding to "close the Virginity Institute". Tbilisi, July 30, 2013. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
16:20, 31 July 2013
In Georgia, feminists hold a rally demanding to close "Virginity Institute"
The action "Let's close the Virginity Institute!" was held in Tbilisi in the evening on July 30, where women-protesters expressed their indignation at the actions of employees of the National Bureau of Forensic Examination, who, according to the protesters, issue "virginity certificates" to women. The Bureau denies the practice.
The Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Photo: The Institute of Religion and Policy, http://i-r-p.ru/
15:00, 31 July 2013
In Baku, at trial of Hilal Mamedov, three defence motions dismissed
Today, at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, at the trial on the case against Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), three motions that were filed by the defendant and his advocates last week were dismissed.
White mosque in Astrakhan. Photo: Ludushka, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
11:17, 31 July 2013
Rinat Mukhametov: information about 60 potential female suicide bombers in Astrakhan Region exaggerated
In the Astrakhan Region, there is a problem with radical Islam; however, the statements of representatives of the local FSB Department about 60 female residents of the Astrakhan Region, who are wives or already widows of militants and who are treated in this connection as potential terrorists, are exaggerations. This was stated by Rinat Mukhametov, a political analyst.
Law and order staff. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
07:07, 31 July 2013
Evkurov: information of "Mashr" is negatively affecting the youth
The authorities are putting pressure on the human rights organization "Mashr", because it releases information about murders and kidnappings in Ingushetia, said the head of the organization Magomed Mutsolgov. The administrative staff of the head of the republic was instructed to address the Prosecutor's Office and power bodies and ask to initiate a revision of Mutsolgov's statements.
06:26, 31 July 2013
Azerbaijani opposition prepares appeal to Russian President
In Georgia, at the meeting held on July 30 in the city of Tbilisi, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan decided to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to speed up the procedures for the termination of the Russian citizenship of screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov, the presidential candidate from the NCDF.
23:48, 30 July 2013
30 natives of Northern Caucasus detained by police in Yasenevo marketplace
During operational and preventive actions to decriminalize the Moscow marketplace in Yasenevo District, 30 natives of Northern Caucasus were detained. This was reported by representative of the GUVD (Chief Interior Department) for the capital of the Russian Federation.
22:34, 30 July 2013
Residents of Rostov dormitory "Parus": attackers used tear gas against us
Today, the Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don has questioned three victims at the trial on the case against Yuri Balabanov, the owner of the dormitory "Parus". Residents of the dormitory stated that during an attempt to capture the building, attackers beaten them and used tear gas.
News
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.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.