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21:00, 17 August 2009
Count of victims of Nazran explosion reaches 138
According to latest data, the explosion in Nazran (Ingushetia) killed 20 persons and wounded 138 more; searches continue. This was reported by the Department of Information of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia.
Shop "Sunna" after the fire. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 17 August 2009
In Dagestan, unknown persons burn down shop with Islamic literature
Today at night, in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, unknown persons burnt down a shop named "Sunna" that was selling Islamic literature, clothes and associated goods. The owner of the shop Makhmud Kurbanov asserts that supporters of the Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Dagestan could be involved in the incident.
Portraits of Zarema Sadulaeva and Alik Jabrailov, attached to the street lamp on Pushkinskaya square in Moscow. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 17 August 2009
In Chechnya, colleagues and relatives of assassinated human rights activists are sure that this crime will never be solved
The course of investigation into the kidnapping and murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, leader of the youth NGO "Let's Save the Generation", and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, infuses no optimism in their colleagues and relatives. One week after the incident, inspectors still cannot announce any possible organizers of this crime.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
20:00, 16 August 2009
Human rights activists complain of being persecuted in Chechnya
Employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Human Rights Watch have addressed Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin with a complaint of being shadowed in Grozny.
23:00, 15 August 2009
Editor-in-chief of "Chernovik": sauna in Dagestan was attacked by Shariat adherents
Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan-based edition named "Chernovik" (Blueprint), has stated that the militants' attacks on August 13 on a sauna and a militia post in Buinaksk are interconnected and fit into the general picture of what happens in Dagestan. Its reasons should be looked for in the corruption that reigns in the republic, which forces people to start acting within their own alternative legal environment.
19:00, 15 August 2009
US military instructors arrive to Georgia
The first group of military instructors from the USA has arrived to Georgia to start training, as of September 1, a Georgian infantry battalion for participation in peacemaking operations in Afghanistan.
16:00, 15 August 2009
Second swine flue case revealed in North Ossetia
In North Ossetia, the second case of A/H1N1 virus has been registered (the so-called "swine flu"). This was reported by the republic's Ministry of Public Health.
14:00, 15 August 2009
Resident of Abkhazia asks for political asylum in Georgia
Tamaz Lakerbaya, an ethnic Abkhazian, has applied for political asylum in Georgia. He crossed the Georgian-Abkhazian border over the Inguri Bridge and met the head of the government of Abkhazia in exile Giorgiy Baramiya.
12:05, 15 August 2009
MIA: group of snipers is shelling militia posts in Dagestan
In the last two day in Makhachkala, unknown persons shot dead four militiamen, and several more were wounded. Militiamen suppose that a group of snipers is hunting them.
10:00, 15 August 2009
"Caucasian Knot" suffers regular DDoS-attacks
The website of the "Caucasian Knot" is regularly attacked by malicious users.
09:00, 15 August 2009
Ancient city of Tigranakert excavated in Nagorno-Karabakh
The excavation of the city of Tigranakert, founded in the 1st century BC in Artsakh (Karabakh) by Armenia Tsar Tigran the Great, resumed in mid-July, will last till the end of August.
07:00, 15 August 2009
People in Dagestan are indignant with statements of editor-in-chief of "Chernovik" that population supports militants
The residents of Dagestan, with whom the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent managed to talk, have expressed their discontent with the statements of Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik", that the population approves the actions of the militants who shot dead 11 persons in Buinaksk.
05:00, 15 August 2009
Precious fish species saved from extinction in Volgograd Region
One hundred thousand hutchlings of vyrezub – a fish from the Red Book of Russia were let out into the Medveditsa River, Volgograd Region. Scientists not only managed to save the precious species from disappearance, but also to learn to farm vyrezub in ponds. Until now, it was believed that vyrezub cannot be reared by fish-farms.
03:00, 15 August 2009
Georgia and Abkhazia mark the date of regional conflict
On August 14, Abkhazia marked the 17th anniversary of the start of the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, know in this republic as the Patriotic War of Abkhazian nation. Georgia also marks every anniversary of the start of this conflict.
23:50, 14 August 2009
In Chechnya, witnesses fear to evidence on human rights activists' murders
Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the ICPO, has stated that witnesses are afraid to evidence on murder cases of human rights activists in Chechnya.
23:30, 14 August 2009
Resident of Chechnya reports that his fellow villager was tortured for having a telephone conversation with a militant
In the Grozny District of Chechnya, power agents have severely beaten and tortured two residents of Pervomaiskoe village, located in this district, a father and his son. The reason was that the son received a call to his mobile phone his former friend who had joined militants a year ago.
23:00, 14 August 2009
Dagestan's MIA names militants who attacked Buinaksk
In Dagestan, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed that law enforcers know the names of several militants from the grouping that committed, in the evening on August 13, an attack a militia post and a sauna killing 11 persons. According to militiamen, the bandits, from 10 to 15 persons, were commanded by Nabi Migitdinov.
22:40, 14 August 2009
In Armenia, shooter at Mikael Danielyan acquitted
The end of the preliminary investigation of the case on the attack on Mikael Danielyan, a well-known human rights activist and chairman of the Helsinki Association, committed by Tigran Urikhanyan, former leader of the pro-governmental Progressive Party of Armenia (PPA), was unexpected - both parties were regarded innocent. Mr Danielyan himself told journalists about it.
22:10, 14 August 2009
Alekseeva: vertical of power is to be blamed for Dzhabrailov's and Sadulayeva's murders in Chechnya
In the opinion of Liudmila Alekseeva, chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the murders in Chechnya of Zarema Sadulayeva and Alik Dzhabrailov - leaders of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation" - is a result of the vertical of power, built at different levels.
22:00, 14 August 2009
Russian President: murders in Northern Caucasus aim to destabilize the situation
At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the outcomes of today's talks, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev has stated that the recently committed murders of human rights activists and politicians have the aim to destabilize the situation in the Caucasus.
News
A state of emergency has been declared in Vladikavkaz following an explosion at a pyrotechnics warehouse.

The Artsuyev case has demonstrated the risks of returning to Russia from "unfriendly countries."

A native of Chechnya disappeared after being detained at Verkhniy Lars.

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.