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10:00, 21 July 2011
The men suspected of sexual rape of an underage girl in Kabardino-Balkaria deny using violence to her
The suspects of a rape of an underage girl in the settlement of Nartan, Kabardino-Balkaria, state that they had sexual relationship with her by her approbation, Chegem District Department of Interior Affairs reported. The girl’s mother says that the reason for this torture was her being a newcomer and does not deny that her daughter is a “screwed-up kid”.
Ibragim Yaganov, a leader of the public movement "Khase". Photo by Aheku.org
23:00, 20 July 2011
Public Council of NCFD condemns beating of Ibragim Yaganov
Members of the Public Council of North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) expressed their indignation about beating of Ibragim Yaganov, a member of the Council and a leader of the public movement "Khase", in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, and appealed to the leader of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to take the investigation into the incident under his personal control.
22:00, 20 July 2011
Murders committed on March 1, 2008, in Armenia must be solved, PACE co-rapporteur asserts
At a meeting with the leaders of the Special Investigatory Service of Armenia Axel Fischer, a co-rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee, stressed the importance of creating an atmosphere of confidence around the investigation of events of March 1, 2008.
21:00, 20 July 2011
Sergey Klimuk convicted of exploding Cherkizovo marketplace files complaint to Constitutional Court
Sergey Klimuk, a former FSB agent, serving a sentence for organizing an explosion at Cherkizovo marketplace in 2008, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, requests to declare unconstitutional the provision of law prohibiting an appeal against a guilty verdict of the jury court.
20:00, 20 July 2011
In Dagestan, two local residents detained on suspicion of murdering school principal
In Dagestan power agents detained brothers Ibragim and Salman Seferbekov on suspicion of murdering on July 9 the principal of the school in Sovietskoe village. In the houses of the suspected explosives and ammunition were found, which, according to the brothers' relatives, had been "planted".
19:00, 20 July 2011
Two out of three Gafurov brothers, accused of riots in Zelenokumsk, convicted
The Soviet District Court of the Stavropol Territory passed a sentence upon three brothers named Gafurov, who were figuring in the case on engagement in a conflict with Cossacks in the city of Zelenokumsk in November 2010. Two brothers were sentenced to imprisonment terms, and the third one was acquitted.
17:00, 20 July 2011
In 2011, 30 militants liquidated in Chechnya, MIA reports
During the first six months of this year in Chechnya 30 members of the armed underground were killed, 79 militants and their accomplices were detained, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.
16:00, 20 July 2011
In Armenia, independent "GALA" TV Company stands for broadcasting right
The independent TV Company "GALA", which broadcasts from the city of Gyumri, the second largest city in Armenia, will not fulfil the decision of the Court of Cassation to dismantle the equipment from the TV tower, until the company gets a possibility to operate from another TV tower, said Vaan Khachatryan, the owner of the TV Company.
12:00, 20 July 2011
A trial on the case of the oppositional activists detained at a meeting on April, 2, started in Baku
On July, 19, hearings on the case of six activists of the opposition accused of violation of public order during an unauthorized meeting of Civil Movement for Democracy “Public Chamber” (CMDPC) on April, 2, in the center of Azerbaijani capital started in Sabaiil court of Baku.
Former street traders protest near the Mayor’s office in Erevan. July 20, 2011. Photo by www.7or.am
11:00, 20 July 2011
Former street traders in Armenia intend to go on a hunger strike in protest against the actions of the authorities
On July, 20, former street traders held a new action of protest in the capital of Armenia, near the Mayor’s office. They state that after prohibition of street trading it has become difficult to support their families because of outrageous prices on the city market tolls. The traders are going to hold a series of hunger strikes near governmental buildings of Yerevan.
09:00, 20 July 2011
Medics in Chechnya register an increase of recourses of the citizens to physicians caused by heat
During the last several days a growth of the number of recourses of the citizens to medical institutions was registered in Chechnya. Physicians explain it by the heat that established in the republic. Republican Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that a heat of 40 degrees is expected in the nearest three days in the territory of Chechnya which may result is extraordinary accidents.
23:00, 19 July 2011
Azerbaijan: repeated judicial inquiry of PFPA activist's case
Today, the Sumgait Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Lyatifa Mamedova, has continued considering the complaint of Jabbar Savalan, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).
21:00, 19 July 2011
Three residents of Kabardino-Balkaria are accused of raping a 14-year-old girl
In Kabardino-Balkaria, investigators have presented charges to three villagers of Nartan, Chegem District, suspected of raping an underage girl.
20:00, 19 July 2011
IPD holds protest in Baku against corruption in Azerbaijan
An original protest action against corruption in Azerbaijan was held today by local civil society activists in Baku in front of the office of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD). They sent balloons into the sky with quotations from the speeches of President Ilham Aliev on combating corruption.
Seidula Kazanalipov and his father at the sitting of the Commission for adaptation. Makhachkala, July 19, 2011. Photo by Zakir Magomedov for "Caucasian Knot".
19:15, 19 July 2011
In Dagestan, militants' adaptation commission asks not to detain surrendered resident of Botlikh District
Today, under chairmanship of Rizvan Kurbanov, Deputy Prime Minister, a sitting of the commission for adaptation of members of the armed underground of Dagestan took place, where it was decided to ask investigators not to put Seidula Kazanalipov, a surrendered resident of the Botlikh District, behind bars.
19:00, 19 July 2011
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay 45,000 euros to mother of the child killed in Chechnya
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has satisfied the lawsuit filed by Kameta Khashueva, the mother of Mamed Bagalaev, who was accidentally killed during a special operation of Russian power agents and ordered Russia to pay 45,000 euros to her.
18:00, 19 July 2011
Committee to Protect Freedom of Speech is concerned about increased pressure on journalists in Armenia
The second quarter of 2011, as compared with the first one, saw an increase in the number of cases of pressure on journalists in Armenia. This was reported today at a press conference by Ashot Melikyan, Chairman of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Speech. According to his story, while during the first three months there were no incidents of violence against journalists, there were already two such cases in the second quarter of 2011.
17:00, 19 July 2011
Head of Ingushetia testifies at trial of suspected underground member
On July 18, Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov was interrogated as a witness at the trial of the 21-year-old alleged member of the armed underground, who last year surrendered in response to Evkurov's persuasion.
16:00, 19 July 2011
Chechen Ministry of Public Health equates energy drinks to beer
Chechnya introduces a ban on sale of energy drinks to minors. Recently, such drinks became very popular among Chechen young people; however, doctors believe that excessive use of these drinks can seriously deteriorate one's health.
15:00, 19 July 2011
Chechnya: owners of burned down houses gave non-disclosure subscription, victims' relative asserts
Relatives of the young men who went a couple of weeks ago to join militants, whose houses, according to residents of the Shali District, were burned down, signed a non-disclosure commitment about what happened. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by a close relative of one of the suffered families.
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.