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00:57, 18 July 2025

Putin Allows Issuance of Russian Passports in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with Russian citizenship will be able to apply for Russian passports on the territory of the republics within the next three years.

23:58, 17 July 2025

Sources reported search for head of Azerbaijani diaspora in Ural

Security forces are searching for the head of the organization "Azerbaijan-Ural" Shahin Shykhlinski in connection with the case of violence against a security officer, in which his son, lawyer Mutvala Shykhlinski, has already been arrested.

22:58, 17 July 2025

The name of the soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria killed in Ukraine has been announced

Yuriy Nezhurin from the Maysky district was killed in combat. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 273 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been killed there.

21:54, 17 July 2025

Supporters of European integration blocked traffic at the Georgian parliament for the 232nd day in a row

Against the backdrop of anti-European statements by the Georgian Dream, protesters in Tbilisi held a protest outside the parliament with unchanged demands, blocking Rustaveli Avenue.

20:44, 17 July 2025

A fighter from Kalmykia was killed in a military operation

Mergen Mankhadykov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 150 fighters from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed.

19:44, 17 July 2025

Karabakh activists condemn attempts to seize building in Yerevan from NKR authorities

The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has demanded that the Nagorno-Karabakh government's ownership of a building in central Yerevan be declared invalid. Such actions by the Armenian authorities are unacceptable, representatives of the Council for the Protection of the Rights of the People of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian opposition said.

18:44, 17 July 2025

Volzhsky resident sentenced to community service for inciting hatred

The court found two comments by Volzhsky resident Alexander Mirodar Zhernovnikov to be extremist and sentenced him to a year and a month of probationary labor. The appeal was dismissed.

17:44, 17 July 2025

Magomed Omarov's case reaches court

The Sergokalinsky District Court will consider the case of the former head of the district, Magomed Omarov, which was opened after an attack by a group of militants created by Omarov's son on Makhachkala and Derbent.

16:44, 17 July 2025

The European Commission has named the requirements for Georgia to maintain a visa-free regime

The European Commission demanded that the Georgian authorities respect human rights and abolish repressive laws, naming these demands among the conditions for maintaining a visa-free regime. The Georgian authorities stated that they would prefer maintaining stability to a visa-free regime.

15:43, 17 July 2025

More than seven kilometers of protective embankments have been removed from the beaches in Anapa

7.4 kilometers of protective embankments have been removed in Anapa on beaches in areas where authorities have not recorded any fuel oil emissions.

14:44, 17 July 2025

Residents of dilapidated dormitories in Yerevan demand relocation

Residents of two dilapidated dormitories in Yerevan, who are unable to be resettled, demanded a meeting with the Prime Minister of Armenia today at a protest rally in front of the government.

13:44, 17 July 2025

Dzhumaev released from prison

A native of Chechnya, Said-Muhammad Djumaev, served his full sentence in a case involving an attack on a security officer and was released from a penal colony in the Tambov region.

12:44, 17 July 2025

Krasnodar resident fined for comment on arson of military registration and enlistment office

A military court found Krasnodar resident Viktor Morozov guilty of justifying terrorism for his comment under a post about the verdict of a St. Petersburg resident in the case of an attempted arson of military registration and enlistment offices. Morozov was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.

10:45, 17 July 2025

Mother voiced details of the fight for the truth about the fate of Said Murtazaliev

The mother of a schoolboy from Dagestan, who was forced to sign a contract to be sent to a war zone, received unofficial information about her son’s death.

09:48, 17 July 2025

Azerbaijani political scientist Gasimli denies accusations of extortion and threats

An indictment was announced at the trial of political scientist Azer Gasimli. The political scientist stated that he himself was in fact the victim.

07:52, 17 July 2025

Azerbaijani MMA fighter Javid Rzayev stripped of Russian citizenship

The deprivation of citizenship occurred after the Azerbaijani athlete made ethnically-based insults to his Russian opponent.

05:55, 17 July 2025

Russians arrested in Baku allowed to meet with relatives

Relatives of Russian citizens arrested in Baku were able to see them in prison, and the Russian consul called their conditions of detention good.

04:56, 17 July 2025

90 Ukrainians are waiting to cross the border at Verkhniy Lars

The number of Ukrainian citizens awaiting entry into Georgia after being expelled from Russia has grown to 90. Human rights activists have called for assistance.

03:53, 17 July 2025

Eight Azerbaijani nationals remain in custody in Yekaterinburg

A court in Yekaterinburg has extended the arrest of eight people from Azerbaijan in connection with murders committed in 2001-2011.

02:54, 17 July 2025

Adler residents demanded that the animal abuser be found after the brutal killing of a dog

The murder of the Alabai in the village of Nizhnyaya Shilovka was committed with particular sadism; such animal abusers can also pose a danger to people, local residents are sure. The police reported the initiation of a criminal case.

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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

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

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

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.