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23:00, 25 August 2012
In Novomikhailovsky, five persons detained for looting
Last night, in the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, where people eliminate the aftermath of severe flooding, police officers detained five looters. This was reported by the press service of the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Krasnodar Territory.
22:00, 25 August 2012
Aik Martirosyan, young chess player from Armenia becomes European Champion
At the European Chess Championship among boys, held in the Czech Republic, Aik Martirosyan, Armenian chess player, won the premature victory in the age group under 12 years old.
21:00, 25 August 2012
Fifteen kids hospitalized from summer camp "Orlyonok" near Tuapse
15 children, vacationing in All-Russian Children's Centre "Orlyonok" (Eaglet) in the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, were hospitalized with symptoms of respiratory infection.
20:00, 25 August 2012
Gasan Murtuzaliev and Magomedarip Zhamalov assassinated in Dagestan
At night on August 25, law enforcement officers killed two suspected militants, who opened fire to power agents from a car in the village of Shamkhal in the outskirts of Makhachkala.
19:00, 25 August 2012
Art project "N City" launched in Nalchik
On August 24, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria launched the project to decorate the streets of the city by the artists. According to the organizers of the project, its aim is to attract the interest of city guests and residents to its historical centre, which is hardly visited in recent years.
18:00, 25 August 2012
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of shootings at contact line
At night on August 25, units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire to the positions of the Azerbaijani Army. This was announced by a representative of Azerbaijan. In his turn, a representative of Nagorno-Karabakh reported numerous shootings of the positions by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.
17:00, 25 August 2012
Minister Sefer Aliev answers questions of Dagestani bloggers about land privatization
In the social network "Facebook", the group "Dagestan on-line" held an online-conference with the Sefer Aliev, Minister of Land and Property Relations of Dagestani Government. The conference discussed the issue of the introduction of private ownership of land. The participants of the conference also discussed the consequences that may occur as a result of land conflicts and ignoring of national interests in the "land" issues.
16:00, 25 August 2012
Brazil donates 100,000 US dollars to help children of Armenia
The government of Brazil has donated 100,000 US dollars to the UNICEF representative office in Armenia to improve the nutrition of children.
15:00, 25 August 2012
Case against persons who surrendered under guarantees of adaptation commission returned to prosecutor's office in Dagestan
At the trial against seven residents of Dagestan, who passed the adaptation commission of militants, the Supreme Court of Dagestan returned the case to the prosecutor's office at the request of lawyers in connection with the fact that the defendants did not receive copies of the indictment.
Oil pipe of the Batumi Oil Terminal, Batumi, Adjaria. Photo by Directorate for Environment and Natural Resources of Adjara Autonomous Republic
14:00, 25 August 2012
Batumi residents not happy with neighbourhood with poor oil pipeline
In the dwelling settlement of Bartskhana in Batumi, the Mayoralty's technical service produces repair works on an abandoned oil pipeline and eliminates the consequences of the oil spill in the Black Sea. The residents of the dwelling settlement of Bartskhana are indignant being at neighbourhood with the faulty oil pipeline and complain about the inconveniences.
13:00, 25 August 2012
North-Ossetian communists condemn demolition of Lenin monument in Mozdok
On August 24, at a rally in the city of Mozdok, members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) demanded to condemn unsanctioned demolition of the Lenin monument, committed on August 23, as an act of vandalism.
12:00, 25 August 2012
State of persons, wounded by explosion in Ingushetia and hospitalized in Moscow, remains grave but stable
Two officers of the battalion of the patrol-and-post service, wounded in a terror act in Ingushetia, are at resuscitation ward, the other victims are at the trauma and surgical departments of the Chief Clinical Hospital of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Moscow. Their condition, given the gravity of their numerous wound, is serious but stable. This was stated by Medical Colonel Alexander Panevin, the deputy head of the hospital on medical care.
23:00, 24 August 2012
Lyudmila Alekseeva receives Natalia Estemirova Award
Today in Vladikavkaz, where the third interregional forum of rights defenders of Northern Caucasus is being held, Lyudmila Alekseeva, the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, was awarded the premium named after Natalia Estemirova – "Person of Honour and Conscience", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
22:00, 24 August 2012
Boy of 11 attacked by dogs in Adygea
Near the village of Prirechny, Maikop District of Adygea, two big Rottweiler dogs attacked an 11-year-old child and heavily bit him. The boy was hospitalized in grave condition with multiple bites and lacerations. Now his life is out of danger, said a doctor from the Republic's Children Hospital.
21:00, 24 August 2012
Shamil Abdurashidov kidnapped in Dagestan, said his brother
In Makhachkala, unidentified armed men in camouflage and masks have beaten and kidnapped Shamil Abdurashidov, 33, the director of the subsidiary enterprise "Dagselkhozkhimiya", his brother Khizri Abdurashidov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
20:00, 24 August 2012
Athlete from Adygea went to London to take part in Paralympic Games
Valery Ponomarenko, a resident of Adygea and a champion of the Beijing Paralympic Games 2008 in shooting, is a member of the Russian delegation to London to the 14th Paralympic Games.
19:00, 24 August 2012
"Green Party" abandons parliamentary elections in Georgia in favour of "Georgian Dream"
The oppositional "Green Party" will not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia, since it believes that the "Georgian Dream", the oppositional coalition of businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, has more chances to win. This was announced today by Georgy Gachechiladze, the party leader.
Russian medics conduct preventive medical examination in the Gali District of Abkhazia, August 2012. Courtesy of the Krasnodar Territorial Emergency Medicine Centre, www.rcmk.ru
18:00, 24 August 2012
Russian doctors in mobile teams examine residents of Abkhazia
During more than two weeks, Russian brigades, equipped with all-terrain vehicles, necessary supplies and medical equipment for conducting radiation and laboratory examinations, ultrasound and electrocardiogram, carried out clinical examination of the population of the Gali District of Abkhazia. At present, the mobile transport hospital is deployed in the town of Ochamchira and it already conducts there the examination of patients; and in September, it will go to the town of Tkuarchal.
17:00, 24 August 2012
In Grozny, women's group wins Russian Championship in parachuting
In Chechnya, All-Russian competitions in parachuting for the Akhmat Kadyrov Cup have been completed. The competitions were attended by athletes from various regions of Russia and paratroopers from Ukraine, Serbia, and Montenegro. In the team competitions, the best results were achieved by the women's group "Caucasus".
16:00, 24 August 2012
All four victims of flooding in Novomikhailovsky village identified
All four persons, perished in the flooding of the village of Novomikhailovsky of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory have been identified. This was reported today by the Southern Regional Centre of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
News
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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.