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19:00, 22 July 2011
Dagestan: dialogue of two Islam trends instead of rally against power agents' violations
In Dagestan, after the Friday prayer, near the central mosque of the city of Khasavyurt, a dialogue of advocates of the Sufi and Salafi trends of Islam took place. In the course of the joint debate the believers stated that imams should be elected, not appointed. They decided to convene the Board of Imams before the start of the Ramadan month.
18:00, 22 July 2011
Armenian and Turkish entrepreneurs ready to found Association of Tourist Companies
Today, after a meeting of Armenian and Turkish entrepreneurs, which was held in Yerevan within the programme "Promoting Advancement of Armenian-Turkish Relations", a memorandum of understanding in the sphere of tourism was signed. The memorandum aims to create the Association of Armenian and Turkish Tourist Companies.
17:00, 22 July 2011
Mudflow in Kabardino-Balkaria leaves four villages without gas supply
On July 21, in the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria, a mudflow went down on the highway in the area of Chegem Waterfalls and damaged a gas pipeline, leaving four villages and a frontier unit without gas supply. In the village of Nizhni Chegem several houses were flooded.
Rashid Gadjily, Director of the Institute of Media Rights (to the right) and his colleague Khalid Agaliev presenting the report on the situation with the freedom of media in the office of IMR. Baku, July 22, 2011. Photo by "Turan".
16:00, 22 July 2011
In Azerbaijan, on Day of National Press independent journalists state problems with the freedom of press
On July 22, Azerbaijan marks the Day of National Press. 136 years ago, on July 22, 1875, the first issue of the first newspaper in the Azerbaijani language "Ekinchi" (Ploughman) was published by the outstanding Azerbaijani educator Gasan Bek Zardabi. The Day of National Press is marked since Azerbaijan gained its independence in 1991.
14:00, 22 July 2011
MIA: Victor Dvorakovskiy was recruiting militants in Northern Caucasus
Operative agents believe that among other things Victor Dvorakovskiy, who is suspected of involvement in terrorism, was also recruiting new militants. This was stated by Nikolai Olekhnovich, acting head of the first operative-search unit of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue in Grozny, September 2010. Photo from http://macos.livejournal.com
13:00, 22 July 2011
Grozny completes restoring Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue
The construction and restoration works in one of the main streets of the Chechen capital – Akhmat Kadyrov Avenue – are nearing completion. The opening of the completely renovated avenue is scheduled for August 23, the birthday of the former head of Chechnya. The reconstruction involves a large number of builders and workers from Turkey and Azerbaijan, which causes resentment among local residents, who remind about high unemployment rate in the republic.
12:00, 22 July 2011
Realtors from Azerbaijan in Astrakhan acknowledged guilty of six murders
“Black realtors” from Azerbaijan in Astrakhan were sentenced to long terms of custody for murders and robbery.
The Head of the Committee for adaptation of gunmen of Dagestan Rizvan Kurbanov (to the right) talking to the citizens of Kazakhstan in the Investigative isolation ward No 1 of Makhachkala. July, 21, 2011. Photo by "Caucasian Knot".
11:00, 22 July 2011
Secretary of Security Council and Ombudsman of Ingushetia studied the experience of Committee for adaptation of gunmen in Dagestan
On July, 21, Secretary of Security Council of Ingushetia Ahmed Kotiev, Ombudsman of the republic Jambulat Ozdoev together with Head of the Committee for adaptation of gunmen and First Vice-premier of Dagestan Rizvan Kurbanov visited the investigative isolation ward where the citizens of Kazakhstan who formerly appealed to the Committee for aid are kept.
10:00, 22 July 2011
Two alpinists from Poland got lost in Elbrus
Two Polish alpinists got lost on July, 21, on the Northern slope of Elbrus, Head of Press service of North-Caucasian regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Kantemir Davydov reported.
23:00, 21 July 2011
Abkhazia to take part in the 17th round of Geneva talks
Abkhazia will take part in the 17th round of Geneva talks on security and stability in the Caucasus, scheduled on October 4, and set out its position on the issue concerning the refugees return. This was stated by Maxim Gvindjiya, Foreign Minister of Abkhazia, following the results of the meeting of Geneva talks Co-chairpersons with representatives of Abkhazia.
22:00, 21 July 2011
Adzharia residents affected by disaster
In Georgia, the landslide came down and hailstorm damaged mountainous villages in the Autonomous Republic of Adzharia.
21:00, 21 July 2011
In Bulgaria, Court of Appeal refuses to deliver Akhmed Chataev accused of terrorism to Russia
The Bulgarian Court of Appeal granted the petition of Akhmed Chataev, a native of Chechnya, who challenged the legality of his extradition to Moscow.
20:00, 21 July 2011
During the week of July 11-17, 15 persons were lost in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of July 11-17, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away at least 15 human lives; at least 24 more persons were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on own materials of the edition and information from other open sources.
19:00, 21 July 2011
In Georgia, arrested photographer Kurtsikidze agreed to cooperate with prosecutors
Zurab Kurtsikidze, one of the Georgian photographers, accused of espionage, agreed to a procedural deal. This was reported today by Shalva Shavgulidze, one of Kurtsikidze's lawyers.
18:00, 21 July 2011
In Georgia, lawyers intend to appeal Tsotne Gamsakhurdia's sentence at ECtHR
Lawyers and human rights activists will not accept the sentence imposed by the Tbilisi Court of Appeal on Tsotne Gamsakhurdia and after taking an appeal on the case from the Supreme Court of Georgia they will lodge a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This was reported today by Katie Bekauri, Tsotne Gamsakhurdia's lawyer.
The Republican Children's Hospital in Elista. Photo by Narna, the user of "Kalmykia.ru" forum.
17:00, 21 July 2011
In Kalmykia, initiative group asks US President to take jurisdiction over children's hospital in Elista
The initiative group "Hospital – for children!" urged residents of Kalmykia to start collecting signatures under the collective letter to US President Barack Obama to take jurisdiction over the only Republican Children's Hospital in the region.
16:19, 21 July 2011
Bastrykin commissioned the investigation with verification of all the versions of Natalia Estemirova’s murder
Chairman of Committee of Inquiry (CI) of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin ordered to verify all possible versions of the murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, including the ones offered by “Memorial” Human Rights Center, official representative of CI Vladimir Markin reported today.
Gonio village in Adzharia (territory of Georgia). September, 2010. Photo by Irakli.org.
16:00, 21 July 2011
In Georgia, residents of Gonio resort prepare lawsuits to Supreme Court hoping to regain lands confiscated by authorities
At present, only 8 people of 271 families of the inhabitants of Gonio village of Khelvachauri District of Autonomous Republic of Adzharia of Georgia, whose lands, given to them in private ownership by the authorities' decision several years ago, have been seized, are at litigation with the authorities.
15:00, 21 July 2011
Participants of Nagorno-Karabakh conference proposed to institute criminal proceedings against members of non-traditional confessions
Participants of the conference "Motherland and Faith" in Stepanakert city (Nagorno-Karabakh) have accused a number of non-traditional Christian religious movements in violation of human rights and implementation of "undermining the political system with financing from abroad". In turn, believers offered to compose a list of features defining the concept of the "sect".
11:00, 21 July 2011
Russia is planning to allot a new tranche to almost seven billion rubles to South Osetia
The Russian Federation is planning to allot 6,81 billion rubles on realization of an Investment program of assistance to South Osetia in 2011. This was reported by Minister of Regional Development Victor Basargin at a session of Intergovernmental Committee of the Russian Federation and South Osetia on July, 19.
News
Residents of South Ossetia named the main problems of the republic ahead of the presidential elections.

Protesters have taken to the streets in Tbilisi and Batumi for the 634th consecutive day.

Nikolai Levshits (recognized as a foreign agent). Screenshot of a photo from his Facebook page (the activities of the company Meta, which owns the social network, are banned in Russia) Nikolai Levshits* has been sentenced in absentia by a court in Moscow.

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.