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19:00, 3 August 2009
Natives of Chechnya and Ingushetia are beaten in a colony in Stavropol Territory
Inmates of one of correction colonies located in the Stavropol Territory were beaten by OMON (Anti-Riot Militia) fighters. The majority of the victims were natives of Chechnya and Ingushetia. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Aslambek Apaev, Director of the International Peacemaking Centre "Peace. Ecology. Culture".
Dagestan. Kaspiysk. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/lenin_monuments
18:00, 3 August 2009
Dagestan: criminal case on slave labour opened
A criminal case has been initiated in Dagestan against Radjab Radjabov, manager of the LLC "Evrostroykomplekt", on materials of the prosecutor's check and on attributes of using slave labour at a brick-works.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
18:00, 1 August 2009
Sokiryanskaya: Chechen authorities try defeating militants by cutting them off their social support
After cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, Chechnya sees a splash of violence causing tough reaction of the authorities. To defeat the rebels, Ramzan Kadyrov tries to cut them off from their social base - support from that part of the population who are still helping the members of IAFs (illegal armed formations). This was stated by Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, an employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
17:00, 1 August 2009
Russia threatens Georgia with use of force
Today, the Russian Ministry of Defence has stated that Russia will use force to defend residents of South Ossetia and Russian soldiers from Georgia's provocations.
16:11, 1 August 2009
Opposition rally dispersed in Astrakhan
Today, the Astrakhan militia has dispersed a rally of oppositionists, who gathered near the monument to victims of political repressions with posters: "Article 31 of the Constitution: right to speak and meet openly!", "You are personally wanted. Get out to streets, citizens!"
14:00, 1 August 2009
Azerbaijan has a programme for returning forced migrants to Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani officials have drafted a programme aimed to bring forced resettlers back to their homes in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, after the latter is liberated.
12:00, 1 August 2009
Today, "Zakaev's armistice" should start in Chechnya
The armistice - stop of warfare against employees of power agencies, except for self-defence cases, announced by the government of non-recognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) should come into force today in Chechnya. This initiative was put forward by Ahmed Zakaev, former emissary of Chechen separatists and now presenting himself as "the prime-minister of the government of Ichkeria in exile".
11:00, 1 August 2009
South Ossetia accuses Georgia of shelling a MoD post
An observation post of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia was shelled today in the morning from the territory of Georgia. Two grenades were shot at the post from a grenade launcher.
09:00, 1 August 2009
Two women suffer in explosion in southwest of Chechnya
In the afternoon on July 31, in the city of Urus-Martan, near the building of the district interior department, an explosion took place, wounding two local women. This became known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from a source in the republic's power agencies.
08:00, 1 August 2009
SFD milk producers protest against low purchase price
Producers of milk from the regions of the South Federal District (SFD) are protesting against low purchase prices of their products, which for today, according to their version, are by ten percent below the production cost.
06:00, 1 August 2009
Authorities hide mass fight between Chechens and Russians in Astrakhan Region
In the Astrakhan Region, in the territory of a closed territorial formation Znamensk, a mass fight burst out between Chechens and Russians with participation of 150 persons. The scuffle was accompanied by shooting and victims. The incident took place back on July 19; however, the information was concealed by local authorities and law enforcement bodies.
Georgia, Tbilisi, "Rustaveli" cinema. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/georgienblogspotcom
05:00, 1 August 2009
Georgia to watch foreign films only in the Georgian language
On July 31, the parliament of Georgia passed amendments to the law "On Broadcasting", according to which all foreign-made films should be dubbed into Georgian or provided with captions in this language prior to demonstration in the country; TV serials can be put on air only after translation into the state language.
23:40, 31 July 2009
Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia demands tougher punishment to conditionally sentenced bookkeeper
The Prosecutor's Office of Ingushetia demands to cancel the conditional sentence passed to Salman Archkhoev, an employee of the Department for Housing and Utilities (DHU), accused of embezzling a huge sum of money, earlier by the Sunzha District Court.
23:10, 31 July 2009
Attempter on Isa Yamadaev is arrested
On July 30, the Odintsovo District Court of Moscow arrested the suspected attempter on Isa Yamadaev, brother of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion. Inspectors are afraid that the unfortunate killer can be liquidated by his crime accomplices.
22:40, 31 July 2009
Armenia: searched oppositionist surrenders to the police
In Armenia, on July 30, another oppositionist left the underground and surrendered to law enforcement bodies. Gamlet Ovannisyan, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), who was in search since last March, is going to prove that statements of the authorities on amnesty are deceptive.
22:00, 31 July 2009
Georgiy Tugushi elected new Georgian Ombudsman
Today, at the extraordinary session of the Parliament of Georgia, the deputies have elected Georgiy Tugushi, 32, to be Georgia's new 'national defender' (Ombudsman); he is also a member of the Committee of the European Union against Violence and has worked for five years in the Ombudsman's office. 88 MPs voted for him, and 8 - against.
Sochi. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/anarcissus
21:00, 31 July 2009
Kulikov: Sochi guests and residents should know that potable water is full of guck
Professor Nikolai Kulikov, Doctor of Engineering in speciality "Water Supply and Sewage", author of more than 200 patents on inventions in water usage and a member of the Social-Ecological Board under Sochi Mayor, has stated that water in Sochi is full of dirt, although the local water supply and sewage service is advertising its European level.
21:00, 31 July 2009
Roundtable held in Rostov-on-Don on one-year anniversary of events in South Ossetia
The experts and journalists, who took part in the roundtable on the start of warfare in South Ossetia one year ago, spoke not only about the situation in the Caucasus a year after, but also about the modern geopolitical situation.
20:00, 31 July 2009
Chechen MIA treats execution of Russian colleagues as "tragic accident"
The incident on July 30, when Chechen militiamen opened occasional fire on the car with their Russian colleagues, having killed two of them, is treated in Chechnya as a "tragic accident", referring to external similarity of one of the casualties with a Wahhabite ideologist.
19:00, 31 July 2009
In Azerbaijan, convicted editor Mamedov complains of absence of treatment at prison hospital
Despite the transfer of Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), to the hospital of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, he is still deprived of duly qualified medical aid. This is the topic of the statement of the Committee in Defence of Novruzali Mamedov's Rights that has arrived to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent; last summer Mamedov was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for treason.
News
Detention center. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.Ru. Natives of the Caucasus declared a hunger strike in a Taganrog pretrial detention center.

A fundraising drive for residents of Dagestan has been announced in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

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.