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Relatives of the victims hold a rally. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5mcWqoYMro
18:55, 1 August 2022
Protesters threaten revenge for massacre in Armenian village
The trial in a case on the murder of four persons in the village of Shamiram has been going on for more than four years, relatives of the victims have stated at a protest action. The protestors called on the authorities of Armenia to intervene in the case and expedite the investigation. The relatives of the victims warn that if a guilty person is not convicted, blood feud is not ruled out.
18:54, 1 August 2022
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 25-31, 2022
Persecution of pacifists in Southern Russia; casualties in a rescue helicopter crash in Georgia; public outcry after a debauch in Nizhnevartovsk by a native of Dagestan who called himself a Chechen, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 25-31, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
HIMARS Artillery Rocket System. Photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/M142_HIMARS#/media/Файл:1-14th_FAR_conducts_HIRAIN_exercise_as_part_of_DEFENDER-Europe_22_DVIDS7232028.jpg
18:27, 1 August 2022
US Congressman proposes transferring HIMARS to Georgia
When explaining his call to transfer HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Georgia, US Congressman Adam Kinzinger wrote that after the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia might enter into an armed conflict in Southern Caucasus.
Tbilisi. Photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Tbilisi_collage.png
13:41, 1 August 2022
Georgia: experts criticize authorities' report on economic growth
The Georgian Statistical Agency (GSA) has reported the growth of country's economy in June. However, Georgian economists assert that statistics are influenced by money transfers from abroad, while in Georgia, a number of industries are declining, and the number of unemployed is growing.
Filling station. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
13:06, 1 August 2022
Ingushetia is worst Russian region in terms of gasoline accessibility for residents
According to the first half of 2022, residents of Ingushetia can afford to buy only 570 litres of gasoline for their salary. This is the worst result in Russia. Residents of Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria can also purchase less than 600 litres.
Protest action in the village of Djrashen, July 31, 2022. Photo: https://img.shamshyan.com/bphotos/2022/07/31/7f298a11301805bcd31d8d5ad7adb6d0.jpg
11:40, 1 August 2022
Armenian villagers go out to protest against canal water pollution
Residents of the village of Djrashen, Ararat Region, have blocked the road in protest against water pollution in the canal flowing through the village. They treat the discharge of waste water from the pig farm as the source of pollution.
A pacifist march held by Russian citizens in Gyumri, July 31, 2022. Photo by Roman Kuzhev for the Caucasian Knot
11:24, 1 August 2022
Passers-by treat Russians' pacifist action in Gyumri as inappropriate
On July 31, more than 20 Russian citizens held a pacifist march in the Armenian city of Gyumri. Their action found no support among local residents, the organizers have reported.
11:06, 1 August 2022
Meliya refutes information about Saakashvili's quitting UNM
The advocate's statement about Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's departure from the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party that he founded is untrue and was voiced out as part of the defence's strategy, Nika Meliya, the party chairman, has suggested.
Wedding in Chechnya. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-OQMRN2Mo
10:47, 1 August 2022
Residents of Chechnya call to abandon practice of expensive gifts to groom's family
The practice of giving expensive presents by the bride to the groom's family is contrary to traditions; it should be cancelled, Instagram* users have pointed out in their comments to the video by the "Grozny" State TV Channel.
A discussion at a school in Nalchik. Photo by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria https://07.мвд.рф/news/item/22219627?year=2020&month=12&day=14
12:31, 31 July 2022
KBR residents oppose propaganda in schools
From the new school year, they introduce educational hours "Talk about the important" in schools. However, social network users from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have stressed that authorities should pay more attention to the quality of education, and not to engage in propaganda at schools.
Djansukh Adleiba. Screenshot of the video https://abaza.tv/news/index.php?ID=10569
12:29, 31 July 2022
Amid opposition's support, Abkhaz activists stop their hunger strike
Djansukh Adleiba, Vadim Markholiya and Daur Gunba stop their hunger strike and move on to other forms of protest. Their action has helped drawing public attention to the issue of handing over the Pitsunda state dacha to Russia, Adrug Ardzinba, the opposition spokesman, has stated.
New houses for forced migrants built in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh, July 30, 2022. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:26, 31 July 2022
After autumn was, over 1000 refugee families receive housing in Nagorno-Karabakh
Six large families of internally displaced persons (IDPs, or forced migrants) have moved into new houses built in the Askeran District of Nagorno-Karabakh; they were provided with furniture, cows and poultry. In total, over 1000 families received housing. They plan to cultivate the land and raise livestock.
Protesters in Yerevan, screenshot of the video by the News am channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpDFlh69ASc
12:22, 31 July 2022
Yerevan: protesters treat Pashinyan as crisis culprit
During the time that Nikol Pashinyan is in power in Armenia, the issue of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence has disappeared from the country's political agenda; the living standards have gone down; and corruption is flourishing, the members of the oppositional "Resistance" movement have stated.
Salekh Magamadov with his brother Ismail Isaev in the courtroom on February 22, 2022. Screenshot of the post https://t.me/novaya_pishet/35907
12:17, 31 July 2022
Colony staff again prohibit advocate to visit Chechen Salekh Magamadov
Alexander Nemov, an advocate, was again denied a visit to his client, Salekh Magamadov, a native of Chechnya, convicted of assisting a militant. The advocate was told that Magamadov was not in the colony.
12:13, 31 July 2022
Yerevan refutes Baku's statement about shelling
The information that Armenian militaries shelled the positions of their Azeri counterparts' positions stationed in the Kelbadjar District is untrue, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Vadim Krasikov, an agent of Russian special services. Screenshot of the video ttps://govzalla.com/post/158763/s-sanktsii-kremlia; screenshot of the video by the BBC News Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STddYJhfbvI
12:06, 31 July 2022
CNN: Russia asks USA to include convict for Khangoshvili's killing into exchange
Russian officials have offered to include Vadim Krasikov, convicted in Germany for assassinating Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen field commander, in negotiations with Americans on prisoners' exchange.
Kristine Takalandze is arrested, screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0wGy_7xnf0&feature=emb_imp_woyt
16:08, 30 July 2022
Rights defenders criticize Georgian authorities' reaction to Takalandze's arrest
Georgian authorities have shifted the responsibility for the fate Kristine Takalandze, who was arrested in Abkhazia for espionage, to special services, without trying to use any political mechanisms, human rights defenders have stated.
Djansukh Adleiba, an activist (in the centre), at a protest action. July 29, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/respublicaabh//4582
02:46, 30 July 2022
Abkhaz protesters demand government resignation
The leadership of Abkhazia has ignored the people's gathering announced in Sukhumi against the transfer of the Pitsunda state dacha to Russia. In this regard, the hunger strikers put forward a demand for the resignation of the government and announced the refusal to drink water.
02:42, 30 July 2022
Peacemakers report shelling village in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani militaries have shelled a border village located in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
The building of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes. Photo http://report.az/ru/proisshestviya/v-sude-byli-doprosheny-nauchnyj-sotrudnik-nana-i-plemyannik-isfandiyara-ahundova/
23:57, 29 July 2022
Azerbaijani activists treat sentence for murder of Avaz Khafizli as lenient
In Baku, a court sentenced a defendant accused of murdering Avaz Shikhmamedov (Khafizli), a reporter and public figure, to 9.5 years of imprisonment.
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The Vardanyan case investigation has been completed.

Protesters asked Vance to help free former Karabakh leaders

Lyceum shooting. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The shooting at the lyceum highlighted the problems in the education sector in Azerbaijan.

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.