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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.
21:00, 14 August 2009
Danielyan: human rights activist is illegally kept in Armenian prison
Arshaluis Akopyan, a member of the Helsinki Association, is still illegally kept in prison, as human rights activist Mikael Danielyan said to journalists and reminded that Akopyan's custody was extended till September 5.
20:00, 14 August 2009
Karassin: 162 locals and 48 militaries perished last August in South Ossetia
In the course of last year's August events, in total 162 residents of South Ossetia were lost and 255 more wounded, and 48 Russian militaries perished, including 10 peacemakers, and 162 servicemen were wounded. These figures were presented by Gregory Karassin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
Moscow, Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park, July 23, 2009. Rally in memory of assassinated human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 14 August 2009
Cherkasov: Kadyrov's words about Estemirova are self-explaining
Alexander Cherkasov, a member of the Board of the of the HRC "Memorial", believes that the recent statements of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov that Natalia Estemirova, assassinated in Chechnya, "had never had honour, dignity and conscience", are, first of all, self-evidencing.
Elena Sannikova. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 14 August 2009
Picket against political murders in Northern Caucasus held in Moscow
On August 13, in the Pushkin Square in Moscow, 35 persons held a picket in memory of Zarema Sadulayeva, leader of the NGO "Let's Save the Generation", and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, who were found assassinated on August 11 in Chechnya, and journalist Malik Ahmedilov, who was shot dead in Dagestan.
23:50, 13 August 2009
Amerkhanov is the third high-ranking official of Ingushetia killed in summer of 2009
Ruslan Amerkhanov, Minister of Construction of Ingushetia, shot dead on August 12 in his study in the city of Magas, is already the third high-ranking official of Ingushetia killed during this summer.
23:30, 13 August 2009
Husband of Chechen human rights defender could be killed for participation in Basaev's grouping
The murder of Alik Dzhabrailov, husband of Zarema Sadulayeva, committed in Chechnya, may, probably, stem from the days, when he was a member of the grouping subordinated to Shamil Basaev.
23:00, 13 August 2009
Inspection finds no violations of prisoners' rights in Stavropol colony
Today, the office of the Ombudsperson for the Stavropol Territory has reported that the check conducted in Corrective Colony No. 11, located in the Shpakovskiy District, Stavropol Territory, failed to reveal any violations of prisoners' rights.
22:40, 13 August 2009
Western diplomats are concerned of the fate of arrested Azerbaijani bloggers and head of Talysh Cultural Centre
The fate of the arrested young bloggers and heavily sick prisoner Novruzali Mamedov is still in the focus of attention of the international community. In these last days, these issues were discussed during the meetings of members of western diplomatic missions with the Azerbaijani Ombudsperson Elmira Suleimanova.
22:10, 13 August 2009
Verkhovskiy: "Chernovik" case in Dagestan leads to closing the paper
The criminal case and trial of journalists of the Dagestan-based newspaper "Chernovik" will most probably result in closing the edition and conviction of its employees; and this is the problem of the current Russian anti-extremist legislation. This is the opinion of Alexander Verkhovskiy, director of the Information-Analytical Centre "Sova" and expert in wrongful application of the anti-extremist legislation.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:00, 13 August 2009
President of Chechnya claims 10 million roubles from the head of "Memorial"
The Tver Court of Moscow has initiated a civil proceeding under the claim of President Ramzan Kadyrov against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", on defence of honour, dignity and business reputation.
21:00, 13 August 2009
Witness in the case of Nalchik attack refused from her evidences given three years ago
Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, which considers the case about attack on Nalchik on October 13, 2005, listened to two anonymous witnesses and Albina Karmova, a resident of Svetlovodskoe village, Zolskiy District.
News
Ingushetia's Deputy Minister of Property has been arrested in connection with a major theft case.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Operations at three airports in the North Caucasus have been suspended.

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.