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Nameplate on the building of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia. Photo: www.irontimes.com
13:00, 17 August 2011
Head of Abkhazian CEC denies any possibility of fraud with voter lists
On August 16, all polling stations of Abkhazia exposed voter lists; practically everything is ready on the ground for the presidential election, said Batal Tabagua, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Torch ignition ceremony of the Fifth Pan-Armenian Games in Gandzasar, Nagorno-Karabakh, August 2, 2011. Photo: www.president.nkr.am
12:00, 17 August 2011
First winners of Pan-Armenian Games are athletes from Nagorno-Karabakh and Uruguay
The names of first winners of the 5th Pan-Armenian Games, which were kicked off in Yerevan on August 13 under the motto "Artsakh-Armenia-Diaspora", have become known.
20:00, 16 August 2011
Armenian Ombudsman accuses Yerevan Mayoralty of illegal smashing street kiosks
Karen Andreasyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, has stated that the actions of the Yerevan Mayoralty and police aimed to dismantle kiosks are illegitimate and violate human rights.
19:00, 16 August 2011
Georgia: stage director Sturua known for his oppositional views dismissed
Robert Sturua, stage director at the Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theatre, has been dismissed from his position. He believes that this was done because of his oppositional views on the authorities.
Presidential candidate Alexander Ankvab during his meeting with Abkhazian villagers, August 2011. Photo from the website of A. Z. Ankvab (http://ankvab.ru/)
18:00, 16 August 2011
Ex-minister of Defence of Georgia asserts that Ankvab cooperated with Georgian party during war in Abkhazia
Tengiz Kitovani, ex-head of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Georgia, said in his interview to the newspaper "Moskovskaya Pravda" that Alexander Ankvab, Vice-President of Abkhazia, allegedly cooperated with Georgian authorities during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict in 1992-1993. Mr Ankvab has categorically refuted Kitovani's accusations calling them "bedtime stories".
Refugees-protesters outside the building of the Georgian Parliament, Tbilisi, August 12, 2011. Photo: RFE/RL
17:00, 16 August 2011
Georgia: evicted refugees to go to court for compensations
Some refugee families, evicted from the hotel "Abkhazia" in Tbilisi, are filing lawsuits with demand of monetary compensations. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Marina Meshvildishvili, the leader of the coalition of NGOs "Tskhinvali of the Future", who had also lived in the "Abkhazia".
16:00, 16 August 2011
The authorities and opposition in Armenia do not comment on the results of discussing detention of ANC activists
Today the fifth meeting between the ruling coalition and Armenian National Congress was held. The leaders of the delegations refused to answer the journalists’ questions explaining that the discussion of the incident of August, 9, between the police and ANC activists would be continued at the next meeting, August, 19.
15:00, 16 August 2011
A teacher of a madrasah and his pupils kidnapped in Chechnya
Armed and masked people wearing camouflage uniforms in Chechnya kidnapped and carried away in an unknown direction a teacher of a men’s madrasah of Gudermes and three of his pupils, “Memorial” Human Rights Center reports.
14:00, 16 August 2011
An underage girl in Dagestan who had reported gang rape altered her evidence
A fourteen-years-old resident of Khasavyurt who formerly reported that she had undergone gang rape suddenly altered her evidence. Now she states that all the events took place by her consent, a source in the Investigative Department of Committee of Inquiry (ID CI) of the Russian Federation in Dagestan reports.
13:00, 16 August 2011
Residents of Dagestani settlement of Shushanovka concluded an armistice
An armistice was concluded among residents of the settlement of Shushanovka where several people got injured on August, 12, as a result of a mass scuffle, resident of the settlement Ravzanat Uvaisova reports.
12:00, 16 August 2011
Public prosecutor of Kentron community in Armenia committed suicide
Today Public prosecutor of Kentron administrative district of Yerevan Aram Grigoryan who had formerly been Military prosecutor of Armenia committed suicide. Prosecutor General’s confirmed this information.
21:00, 15 August 2011
Arrested natives of Northern Caucasus are accused of preparing blasting of “Sapsan” train
Four supposed terrorists whose detention was reported on July, 18, were planning to organize an explosion of a passenger “Sapsan” train following from Moscow to Sr. Petersburg which enjoys great popularity with the politicians and businessmen.
20:00, 15 August 2011
Journalist Lander in Sochi recommences publishing “Mestnaya” newspaper
In August publishing of the newspaper “Mestnaya” (“Local”) with a video application will be recommenced in the health resort of Sochi. It was held up about a year and a half ago after an attempt at its Editor-in-Chief Arkady Lander.
19:00, 15 August 2011
Law Chamber of Armenia creates a rapid response team to unlawful actions of the police
Upon the decision of Law Chamber of Armenia, a rapid response team will be formed in the nearest future. It will deal with unlawful actions of law enforcement bodies against the lawyers and protect their rights.
18:00, 15 August 2011
A meeting of protest against “Olympic resettlement” passed off in Sochi
On August, 14, about one hundred people in Sochi gathered for a new meeting of protest against violation of “Olympic law”, i.e. Federal Law No 310. The meeting was held opposite the railway station.
17:00, 15 August 2011
Refugees in Georgia demand jobs
The refugees who were resettled to the new district named Maltakva in the city of Poti demand to provide jobs for them; otherwise they plan to start protest actions.
16:00, 15 August 2011
Militaries shelled at Chechen-Ingush border
As reported by the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, seven servicemen were wounded, when a column of Internal Troops were shelled on the Chechen-Ingush border.
15:00, 15 August 2011
Armenian oppositionists demand to release ANC activists within one day
Today, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) gave 24 hours for the authorities to release the activists detained on August 9 and accused of hooliganism.
14:00, 15 August 2011
House destroyed at CTO in Nalchik not rebuilt, residents assert
Residents of the house in Zakharov Street in Nalchik, which was ruined in August 2010 in a counterterrorist operation (CTO), state that two apartments have not been rebuilt yet.
New hotel "Avan-Shushi-Plaza" in the city of Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, August 15, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
13:00, 15 August 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh opens a new hotel
Today, the city of Shushi, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), hosted a solemn opening ceremony of the new hotel "Avan-Shushi-Plaza", which was accommodated in the only high-rise building of the city.
News
Market. Video screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigjcEeHwpw Dagestani entrepreneurs consider calls not to raise prices futile.

Human rights activists call for the release of mothers who are political prisoners

A Buinaksk resident received a suspended sentence for displaying extremist symbols.

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.