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23:58, 30 August 2011
Four persons killed by suicide bomber in Grozny
In Grozny, at night on August 30 a supposed suicide bomber blew him up at a detention attempt. As a result, the blast killed four people and wounded other five, said a source from the republic's law enforcement bodies.
22:00, 30 August 2011
Nineteen houses of Jehovah's Witnesses searched in Taganrog
In the Rostov Region, after August 25, operative groups of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) searched the houses of 19 Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by Gregory Martynov from the press service of the Administrative Centre of this religious organization.
20:00, 30 August 2011
Beslan to open composition "Good Angel of Peace" in memory of terror act victims
On September 2, the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, will open an architectural and sculptural composition "Good Angel of Peace" in memory of the victims of the terror act committed in September 2004 at School No. 1.
19:00, 30 August 2011
Capital of Kalmykia starts charity action "Stretch out your helping hand"
In Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, the Foundation named "Miloserdiye" (Mercy), located in the temple-chapel of St Sergius of Radonezh, is gathering clothes, stationery items and toys for children from poor and needy families. Gifts for September 1 will be also brought to the Elista orphanage for mentally retarded children and social shelter.
18:00, 30 August 2011
Russia to elect its State Duma on December 4
According to the decree of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, signed on August 29, the elections of Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation will be held on December 4, 2011. This year, the parties' threshold barrier was brought down to 5 percent; while the term in office went up to 5 years. In parallel with the federal elections, the South of Russia – Ingushetia, Stavropol Territory and Astrakhan Region – will elect their regional parliaments.
17:00, 30 August 2011
Father of missing Ingush resident complains of lethargic inquiry
In Ingushetia, the father of the kidnapped Akraman Ugurchiev has turned to the republic's Prosecutor's Office, Ombudsperson and Security Council. So far, the officials and security agents, involved in search of Akraman Ugurchiev and Umalat Bersanov, can say nothing to their relatives, Salman Ugurchiev, Akraman's father, said.
16:00, 30 August 2011
In Astrakhan, verdict to natives of Dagestan convicted for raping disabled girl comes into force
The verdict passed by the Soviet District Court, according to which 8 natives of Dagestan were found guilty of raping a 26-year-old girl, a hearing and speech invalid, has come into affect, as reported by the Investigatory Department for the Astrakhan Region of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian federation).
Relatives of Turadzh Zeinalov, Nakhichevan, August 29, 2011. Photo by IA "Turan"
15:00, 30 August 2011
MNS of NAR: arrested Zeinalov died of cancer, not of torture
The Ministry of National Security (MNS) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) has admitted the death on August 28 of Turadzh Zeinalov, 31, who had been arrested by Ministry's agents. However, the MNS of the NAR denies the violent death of Zeinalov.
14:23, 30 August 2011
Armavir authorities start United Database of City Problems
The administration of the city of Armavir, Krasnodar Territory, has created the United Database of City Problems, which is based on the programme of "social family passports".
13:00, 30 August 2011
A resident of Krasnodar region suspected of an attempt of murder on ethnic hatred grounds
Committee of Inquiry accuses an eighteen-years-old resident of Krasnodar of an attempt of killing a sixteen-years-old ethnic Armenian on ethnic hatred grounds.
12:00, 30 August 2011
Ex-prosecutor in Volgograd who ran into a child sentenced to 2,5 years of custody
Today Central district court of Volgograd sentenced Elena Ivanova, ex-employee of Public prosecutor’s office, who was acknowledged guilty of a child’s death in a road accident to 2,5 years of custody with a stay of execution.
Automobile of the representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Chechen Republic. Photo: www.chechnyafree.ru
11:00, 30 August 2011
ICRC is searching for 2,3 thousand missing persons in Northern Caucasus
The International Committee of the Red Cross has presently received 2324 search requests from persons whose relatives in Northern Caucasus are considered missing. This figure was announced by North-Caucasian Mission of ICRC on the eve of International Day of Missing People which is commemorated today, August, 30.
10:00, 30 August 2011
Over one thousand bikers took part in a bike-festival in Novorossiysk
XVI International Bike-festival called “Epilogue” organized by “Night Wolfs” motorcycle club passed off at the sea front of Novorossiysk on August, 29. Head of the Russian Government Vladimir Putin arrived at the festival in the lead of a motorcade at the wheel of a three-wheeled “Harley Davidson”.
09:30, 30 August 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 22-28
Abkhazia elects Alexander Ankvab to be its new president; however, the international community is not in a hurry to recognize the legality of the election; Azerbaijani court convicts six more oppositionist for taking part in April rally; dam failure in Grozny becomes a tragedy for 2500 citizens; in Krasnodar Territory another "raid" of ecological activists to "Tkachov's summer house" ends in arrests again, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of August 22-28, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 29 August 2011
Relatives of Ingush missing persons fear for their lives
Power agents have to do with kidnapping in Ingushetia of Umalat Bersanov and Akroman Ugurchiev, residents of Sleptsovsk, their relatives assert. They fear for the fate and health of the missing men. Law enforcers say that a check is underway on the fact of the disappearance of Bersanov and Ugurchiev.
22:00, 29 August 2011
In Kalmykia, teenager dies after fleeing from police
On August 25, Artyom Malinovskiy, 16, was brought by policemen to the narcology dispensary, tried to run away from there and perished.
21:00, 29 August 2011
Georgian oppositionists complain of pressure on fixed-route taxi drivers
The oppositional "Georgian Party" calls on the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Chief Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to react to statements of drivers of Tbilisi minivans, who claim that they are forced to raise the tariffs.
20:00, 29 August 2011
This year, POC of Kabardino-Balkaria received over 100 complaints
In 2011, the Public Observation Commission (POC) for monitoring jails and detention facilities of Kabardino-Balkaria received over a hundred complaints, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Magazali Endreev, the Chair of the POC.
19:00, 29 August 2011
Kalmykia: court marshals hold campaign "Your child needs you"
In the period from August 25 to September 1, the Federal Service of Court Marshals (FSCM) for the Republic of Kalmykia (RK) is holding the campaign "Your child needs you", under which the court marshals of the Elista branch are sending reminder letters to most malicious alimony defaulters.
Workers and special machinery of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) "Spetsstroy" at work, Grozny, Chechnya, 2007. Photo: spetsstroy.ru
18:00, 29 August 2011
In Chechnya, "Grozvodokanal" workers complain about salary debts
Employees of the Grozny-based organization "Grozvodokanal" (water supply and sewage) cannot receive their several months' salary. Workers of another entity – the Unitary Enterprise "Spetsstroy" – have again complained of their employers.
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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.