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23:10, 27 July 2010
In South Ossetia, released hostage tells about his kidnapping
Mikhail Kulumbegov, a resident of Gvirgvina village, Znaur District of South Ossetia, who was kidnapped today by unidentified persons and released two hours later, asserts that "his kidnappers wanted to exchange him for a citizen of Georgia, allegedly kept by the South-Ossetian party."
23:00, 27 July 2010
Russian Supreme Court cancels ban on BEBP
The Supreme Court of the Russia Federation has satisfied the cassation complaint lodged by the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP) with a request to cancel the decision of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria prescribing to ban the Board. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the BEBP that the Russian Supreme Court decided to stop the case.
23:00, 27 July 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 19-25
Explosion at Baksan HPP; severe beating of oppositionist in South Ossetia; loud statements of Balkar hunger-strikers, - look these and other events in the review of the week of July 19-25, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:00, 27 July 2010
Data about attack on militiamen in Astrakhan is contradictory
Different sources give different versions of the night incident in Astrakhan, where a militiaman was killed, and a girl-his colleague was wounded.
Azerbaijan, mud volcanoes in the vicinity of Kobustan. Artemiy Lebedev, organizer of the ethnographic expedition. July 22, 2010. Photo by Norvezhskiy Lesnoi (http://nl.livejournal.com)
21:00, 27 July 2010
Lebedev's expedition to the Caucasus: Azerbaijan - "in juncture of civilizations", Georgia - "not the States yet, but tries a lot"
The participants of the ethnographic expedition, which started from Moscow to the Caucasus on July 15 and organized by the well-known Russian designer and blogger Artemiy Lebedev, have already visited the south of Russia and are now getting acquainted with Southern Caucasus. After the North-Caucasian republics, the crews have visited Azerbaijan and Georgia.
20:00, 27 July 2010
A resident of Nartkala kidnapped in Kabardino-Balkaria
At night on July 21 Anzor Shadov, a resident of the city of Nartkala, Kabardino-Balkaria, was kidnapped. As reported by a reader of the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the witnesses of the incident, armed persons in masks forced him into a Gazel van and took away into some unknown location.
19:00, 27 July 2010
Ingushetia: two persons wounded in shelling
Today, in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, unidentified persons wounded an employee of the local OVD (Interior Division), who stood in the street, and a passer-by.
18:00, 27 July 2010
Khazbiev: prosecutors try to stop "Ingushetia.Org"
The Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia has addressed the Magas City Court asking to oblige the provider to stop the website "Ingushetia.Org", Magomed Khazbiev, the owner of the resource, reports.
Khatlon Region, Tadjikistan-Afghanistan border. Spring 1993. Photo by Victoria Ivleva
23:20, 26 July 2010
Tbilisi hosts exhibition of Russian photographer on victims of armed conflicts
The "Karvasla" exhibition centre in Tbilisi hosts an exhibition of photo works by the Russian journalist and photographer of Victoria Ivleva "Apotheosis of War". The exposition includes 42 photos made in 1992-2005 and dedicated to victims of armed conflicts in different corners of the planet.
23:10, 26 July 2010
Militia: fight in camp "Don" had domestic motives
The investigatory bodies of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory believe that the fight in the children's health-improving camp "Don" between local and Chechen teenagers had domestic grounds. Nine persons addressed for medical aid.
23:00, 26 July 2010
In Azerbaijan, court rejects early release of blogger Gadjizade
Today, the Garadag District Court of Azerbaijan, presided by Rufan Mursalov, considered a petition lodged by blogger Adnan Gadjizade about early release after serving a half of his term.
22:00, 26 July 2010
Russia's southern regions lag behind by life quality, study says
Ingushetia and Kalmykia are among five outsiders by the rating of life quality, compiled by the Institute of Regional Information for the first quarter of 2010. Unconditional leaders throughout the last five years are Moscow and St Petersburg, while the gap between the leaders and outsiders continues growing.
21:00, 26 July 2010
In Dagestan, militiamen torture child forcing him to confess of theft, rights defenders say
At night on July 21, 2010, in the OVD (Interior Division) building of Khebda village, Shamil District of Dagestan, three militiamen were torturing and beating a boy of 14, forcing him to confess of a theft, human rights activists assert.
21:00, 26 July 2010
North Ossetia: militiaman sentenced to 18 years in colony for murdering mayor of Vladikavkaz
Rafael Kallagov, ex-employee of the UBOP (Department for Fighting Organized Crime) of the MIA of North Ossetia, was sentenced by the Supreme Court of the republic to 18 years of imprisonment in a high security colony. He was accused of committing a number of resonant murders as a member of a criminal grouping, including the murder of Vitaly Karaev, former mayor of Vladikavkaz.
20:00, 26 July 2010
Apshaev: NGO "Alan" is against Balkars' hunger strike as form of protest
The Balkar public organization named "Alan" would not accept radical forms of protest - hunger strikes, pickets and rallies. This was stated by one of its leaders - Magomed Apshaev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in his comment on the hunger strike of a group of Balkars, who demand enforcement in the republic of the federal law on local self-government.
Chechnya, Argun Gorge and Argun River. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
19:00, 26 July 2010
Chechen rescuers find impossible to search Georgian children drowned in the mountain river
It is practically impossible to find people drowned in a mountain river - this was the comment of the spokesman of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Chechnya on the statement of the Georgian party that Chechnya had refused to help in searching children supposedly carried away by the river after a road accident in the territory of the Chechen Republic.
Bella Ksalova, correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 26 July 2010
In Karachai-Circassia, car kills "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
On July 25, at about 9 in the evening, near her house in Cherkessk, Bella Ksalova, 26, own correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", was knocked down by a car. The young woman died; now the details of the incident are investigated.
22:00, 24 July 2010
Resident of Dagestan asks President to release his brother
Umar Garisov, a resident Karanaiaul village, Kayakent District of Dagestan, has addressed the president of the republic Magomedsalam Magomedov with a request to help to release his brother Usman Garisov, who was sentenced in Azerbaijan to four years of prison for drug contraband and use.
20:00, 24 July 2010
Civil activist Timur Tskhovrebov beaten in Tskhinvali
Today, at about 1:00 p.m. in Tskhinvali, Timur Tskhovrebov, a civil activist and initiator of creation of the "Republican Party-Iron" in South Ossetia, was beaten. Supposedly, there were about 10 attackers.
19:00, 24 July 2010
Sukhumi airport failed to become international
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) made a decision not to award the international status to the airport in Sukhumi. The ICAO has reiterated the recognition of the united air space of Georgia.
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.