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23:00, 11 August 2011
In Baku, building of Institute for Peace and Democracy demolished
Today, in the centre of Baku a one-storey building, which houses the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by Leila Yunus, well-known human rights activist, was demolished.
21:00, 11 August 2011
In Chechnya, WW II veterans to receive 10,000 roubles per month
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War (WW II), living in the Chechen Republic, will receive financial assistance from the national budget.
20:00, 11 August 2011
No mass demolition of kiosks to be conducted in Armenian capital, Yerevan Mayor asserts
The inventory conducted by the Mayoralty revealed: which kiosks work legally, and which – illegally. Demolition of idle and illegally operating kiosks will be implemented in the nearest future. This was announced at the today's government meeting by Karen Karapetyan, Mayor of Yerevan.
19:00, 11 August 2011
In Rostov Region, case on woman-pensioner's death caused by fallen icicle was brought to court
In the city of Novocherkassk of Rostov Region, a 58-year-old chairperson of the housing cooperative society will face the court. The head of the cooperative society is suspected that due to her fault a woman-pensioner was killed by a fallen icicle.
18:00, 11 August 2011
Accused of riots in Manezhnaya Square in Moscow to remain under custody
Today, the Tver Moscow Court announced decision to keep figurants on the case of riots at Manezhnaya Square in last December under custody till January 26, 2012. Dmitry Agranovsky, the lawyer of the defendant Igor Berezyuk, reported about his intention to challenge the court's decision.
16:00, 11 August 2011
Refugees staying at Hotel "Abkhazia" in Tbilisi intend to challenge decision of their eviction in court
Refugees from South Ossetia, living in the Tbilisi Hotel "Abkhazia", continue to hold protests against their eviction, scheduled for August 15 by the Ministry for Internally Displacement Persons, Resettlement and Refugees in Georgia.
15:00, 11 August 2011
Azerbaijani rights defender Vidadi Iskenderov faces threat of 3-5.5 years of imprisonment
Vidadi Iskenderov, the head of the NGO "Promotion for the Defence of Democracy", faces a threat of 3-5.5 years of imprisonment. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Khalid Bagirov, the lawyer of the human rights activist.
12:00, 11 August 2011
A family from Chechnya detained in Belarus during an attempt of illegal crossing the border
On August, 9, Byelorussian frontiers detained five natives of Chechnya, citizens of the Russian Federation, two little children among them.
11:00, 11 August 2011
World championship in wrestling on the belts will be held in Astrakhan
The World championship in one of the oldest kinds of martial arts, wrestling on the belts, will be held in Astrakhan from August, 11, till August, 14.
10:00, 11 August 2011
An action of protest against eviction of refugees passed off in Tbilisi
Replaced persons protested against their expected eviction from “Abkhazia” hotel in Tbilisi at an action in front of the Ministry of the Affairs of refugees.
09:00, 11 August 2011
Human rights activists demand investigation of their colleagues’ murders
The human rights activists who organized a memory action in Grozny timed to the second anniversary of the murder of Zarema Sadullaeva and her husband Alik Jabraiilov declared that they would appeal to the management of Investigative Department of Chechnya demanding investigation of the murders of members of the organization “Save the Generation” and human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.
23:00, 10 August 2011
In Yerevan, demolition of kiosks started
This morning people with equipment for demolition of street kiosks and booths came to Papazyan Street in the Yerevan community of Arabkir. Their actions were accompanied by violent protests of the owners, who find the decision of the city authorities unlawful.
22:00, 10 August 2011
Defendant in "Urvan Jamaat" case challenges his advocate
Alim Bitokhov, a defendant in the case on the so-called "Urvan Jamaat", challenged his lawyer Eduard Samoilov because of his disagreement with the latter's defence tactics. The panel of judges of the North Caucasian District Military Court dismissed the defendant's motion, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the courtroom.
21:00, 10 August 2011
In Ingushetia, airport director suspected of abuse of power
In Ingushetia, investigators suspect Magomed Khashagulgov, Managing Director of the OJSC "Airport Magas" of abuse of power, and Magomed Tsurov, his predecessor in the post, – of illegal entrepreneurship. This is stated in the message of the Prosecutor's General Office of Russia.
20:00, 10 August 2011
Georgian opposition demands to pay ransom for kidnapped sailors from President's Fund
The party "Georgia's Way" demands to pay a ransom for Georgian sailors captured by Somalia pirates from the President's Fund. This was announced by Mamuka Baliashvili, the head of the youth wing of the party.
19:00, 10 August 2011
"Supreme Council of Ossetians" asks Eduard Kokoity to stay in president's position
Representatives of the international public movement "Supreme Council of Ossetians" have met Eduard Kokoity, President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and expressed their disagreement with his decision not to run for the third presidential term.
16:00, 10 August 2011
Karachay-Cherkessia faces especially acute problem of providing housing to orphans, Larisa Abazalieva asserts
More than 20 persons have already addressed the Office of the Children's Ombudsperson in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KCR) after Larisa Abazalieva was appointed to the position. According to her story, the most serious problems in Karachay-Cherkessia are provision of housing for children-orphans and lack of institutions for rehabilitation of disabled children.
12:00, 10 August 2011
Seven activists of youth branch of ANC detained in Armenia
In the evening of August, 9, seven young activists of youth branch of Armenian National Congress (ANC) were detained in the center of Yerevan.
11:00, 10 August 2011
About two hundred people came to court to support the participants of the oppositional meeting of April, 2
On August, 9, hearing on the merits of a case against four activists arrested in connection with the meeting of April, 2, in the center of the capital of Azerbaijan, started in Nasimi district court of Baku under the chairmanship of judge Shakhin Abdullaev. The session passed off under tight security for the reason of arrival of about two hundred people from a group of the defendants’ public support.
10:00, 10 August 2011
The tenants of the houses exploded by military men in Chechnya will receive compensations
The tenants of a five-storey house in Khankalskaya street, No 90, in the town of Grozny exploded by Russian military men in November, 2002, will receive indemnity payment for their lost dwellings. The respective instruction has been signed by Chairman of the Government of Chechnya Odes Baisultanov.
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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.