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23:00, 16 July 2011
Woman from KBR states abduction of her nephew
Magomed Lokyaev, 23, a resident of the city of Tyrnyauz, was kidnapped in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). This was reported by his aunt Khava Tekaeva, who lives in the village of Verkhni Baksan, the Elbrus District of the KBR.
22:09, 16 July 2011
Two churchmen wounded in Dagestan
At night on July 16, unidentified person shelled a car with the imam of the village mosque and the deputy imam of the Untsukul District; both churchmen were hospitalized.
22:00, 16 July 2011
In Azerbaijan, oppositionists' custody extended for two more months
On Friday, July 15, the Sabail District Court of Baku ruled to extend for two months the arrest of Arif Gadjily, the head of the central office of the "Musavat" Party; Tural Abbasly, chairman of the "Musavat" youth organization; and Muhammed Medzhidli, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
21:00, 16 July 2011
Inclusion of pre-Caspian Dagestan into North-Caucasian tourist cluster remains in question
At the sitting in Makhachkala on July 15 on the issue of the project of a tourist cluster in Northern Caucasus, the federal authorities did not yet give their consent to include the Dagestani seashore into the project. The main reason was in the absence of the final conclusion on supposed financial expenses.
20:00, 16 July 2011
Already eight casualties of gas cylinder explosion in Vladikavkaz
Today at 6:40 a.m., Boris Khudalov, 61, a victim of the gas cylinder explosion in Vladikavkaz on 25 June, died at the Military Medical Academy in St Petersburg. This was reported by Irbek Doev, head of the press service of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania under the Russian President in Moscow.
19:00, 16 July 2011
Abkhazia: Shamil Adzinba runs with Sergey Shamba as vice-president
Together with Prime Minister Sergey Shamba, who is running for President of Abkhazia, Shamil Adzinba, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Youth Affairs and Sports of Abkhazia, will run for the post of vice-president. Today, Sergey Shamba, and Shamil Adzinba filed their consent to run for to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
16:00, 16 July 2011
Invalids start making components for AvtoVAZ at factory in Rostov Region
The Rostov Region has launched an enterprise to make clamps for domestically-made passenger cars. Three million roubles were spent to create the facility, where 36 visually impaired invalids are employed.
15:00, 16 July 2011
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia transferred to correction establishment in Rustavi
In Georgia, Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, the son of the first President of Georgia, who is serving his sentence on charges of attempting to commit a premeditated murder, was forced in the morning of July 14 from the prison in Gldani to the Rustavi prison No. 17.
14:00, 16 July 2011
Abkhazian authorities disagree with HRW's report on refugees
The report "Living with Uncertainty" about the refugee situation in the Gali District of Abkhazia, prepared by the international human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) does not reflect the real situation, Maxim Gvindzhiya, the Abkhazian Foreign Minister, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
23:00, 15 July 2011
Rally against kidnappings and killings of Muslims held in Dagestan
150 people came to the rally against kidnapping, torturing and killing of Muslims, which was held today near Toturbiykala village of Khasavyurt District of Dagestan.
22:00, 15 July 2011
Moscow hosts memorial party on Natalia Estemirova
On July 15 in Moscow in the second anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, about 100 people gathered in the premises of the international NGO "Memorial" on the evening of her memory.
22:00, 15 July 2011
Archaeologists find ruins of royal residence in Tbilisi
In the course of the diggings on the territory of the church of 40 Saint Martyrs of Sebaste in Abanotubani District of the city of Tbilisi Georgian archaeologists discovered the ruins of the residence of Vakhtang Gorgasali, First King of Georgia, and kitchen utensils, crypts and Roman baths-thermae.
21:00, 15 July 2011
Houses of militants' relatives again burned down in Chechnya, Sulim Yunusov asserts
According to journalist Sulim Yunusov, a native of Kurchaloi District, who had been granted political asylum in Germany, about three weeks ago in Chechnya the houses of parents whose sons joined illegal armed formations, have been burned.
20:13, 15 July 2011
Georgia: rally in support of detained photographers held at German Embassy
The next action of solidarity with three arrested press photographers was held in Tbilisi. Its organizers, representatives of the media holding "Aliya", submitted an appeal to the German Ambassador to Georgia to exert influence on the Georgian authorities. Representatives of the opposition also participated in the event.
20:00, 15 July 2011
70 refugee families evicted from buildings in Tbilisi
In Georgia about 70 refugee families from South Ossetia and Abkhazia received a written warning from the Ministry of Internally Displacement Persons, Resettlement and Refugees to leave the building they occupied till July 18. In case of disobedience they are threatened to be evicted forcibly.
18:00, 15 July 2011
Sochi residents ignore City Mayoralty's proposal to learn foreign languages free of charge
Special programmes on learning foreign language have been developed in the capital of the 2014 Olympics. According to the City Mayoralty's intention, not only the personnel involved in serving guests and participants of the Games, but also the citizens should learn English at the communication level. Sochi residents are offered language courses free of charge, but the local population is not eager for learning English.
17:00, 15 July 2011
Armenia creates a FEZ
In Armenia near the international airport "Zvartnots" a free economic zone has been established. On July 14 in Yerevan the agreement to that end was signed.
14:41, 15 July 2011
Dagestan: eight people injured in explosion at rally venue
Today at about 11:30 a.m. an explosion occurred at the turn to Mutsalaul village of Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the republic.
14:00, 15 July 2011
Estemirova's colleagues in Chechnya doubt her killers to be ever brought to justice
In the Journalists' Mini-Park in Grozny, local NGO activists held a rally in memory of Natalia Estemirova, the well-known Chechen human rights defender, who was murdered two years ago. Several dozens of persons came to take part in the rally.
12:00, 15 July 2011
Committee for adaptation of gunmen will solicit for Gazimagomedov’s serving his penalty in Dagestan
Zaipulla Gazimagomedov, former emir of Levashi group, fellow fighter of the leader of Dagestani gunmen Magomedali Vagabov killed in August, 2010, appealed to the Committee for adaptation of gunmen asking to allow him serve his penalty in the territory of Dagestan.
News
Residents of Makhachkala considered the construction of an ice arena inappropriate.

Islamic scholars explained the specifics of calculating zakat in Chechnya and Dagestan.

Crossing the border between Iran and Azerbaijan has been resumed.

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.