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Petr Parpulov. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
23:23, 19 July 2022
Today, a court has ruled that Sochi resident Pyotr Parpulov, sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a case on high treason, will be released. Pyotr Parpulov suffers from an oncological disease, and he needs hospitalization, his daughter reports.
Employees of the National Guard of Russia. Photo: official website of the Temryuk District, https://www.temryuk.ru/
19:04, 19 July 2022
There are no precedents in Russia when lawsuits for the reinstatement of fighters of the National Guard of Russia who refused to participate in the special military operation in Ukraine are granted, emphasize lawyers interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Residents of Makhachkala block the traffic in the Reduktorny neighbourhood, July 18, 2022. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
18:33, 19 July 2022
On July 18, law enforcers brought to a police department eleven protesters from the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala, who protested against frequent blackouts. A protocol for petty hooliganism was drawn up against each detainee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
Vadim Cheldiev in a courtroom, July 7, 2022. Image made from video posted by  E-Osetia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNdzRA_1tw
18:12, 19 July 2022
The Rostov Regional Court found Vadim Cheldiev, an opera singer from North Ossetia, guilty of inciting extremism and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment.
Valery Chechelashvili, Nika Chitadze. Photo:: Franz Johann Morgenbesser https://ru.wikipedia.org; DWA https://www.dw.com/ru
13:31, 19 July 2022
Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian oligarch, has managed to export his huge capitals from Russia, and in exchange for this he could take on the commitment to promote the pro-Russian agenda in Georgia. However, authorities of the European Union (EU) have toughened their position towards reducing Ivanishvili's influence on the decisions of Georgian authorities; and the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party can only use the "deoligarchization" in order to increase its ratings before the 2024 parliamentary elections, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
Petr Parpulov. Photo by Yulia Parpulova
13:14, 19 July 2022
The court has decided to release Pyotr Parpulov, a resident of Sochi, due to his grave disease, but the prosecutor has challenged this ruling.
Military uniform. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
10:43, 19 July 2022
In the first half of this year, as a result of violating the ceasefire regime, nine military servicemen of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh perished, while during the same period of 2021, there were only three casualties, human rights defenders have informed. On the contrary, the non-combat losses decreased by five people.
Salim Khalitov. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
10:26, 19 July 2022
A solo picket in support of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, was held in central Makhachkala by Salim Khalitov. According to Salim, law enforcers tried in every possible way to force him to come to the police station and even informed him about the allegedly available information that he wanted to jump under a car during the picket.
Residents of Makhachkala block the traffic in the Reduktorny neighbourhood, July 18, 2022. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
08:35, 19 July 2022
The reason for the mass power blackouts in Makhachkala was the increased electricity consumption because of heat and the use of air conditioning systems, the head of the "Dagenergo" Company, who came to the protesters in the Reduktorny neighbourhood of Makhachkala, and promised to restore the power supply this evening.
Mikhail Benyash. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:22, 19 July 2022
The court session on the administrative case on discrediting the Russian Army opened against Mikhail Benyash, a Krasnodar lawyer did not take place. The judge has self-withdrawn because he is running another case against the lawyer.
Alizamin Salaev. Photo: https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2022/1/free/Social/ru/516.htm
22:49, 18 July 2022
Oppositionist Alizamin Salaev had been refusing food for four days, after which he stopped the protest against his arrest, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported. Relatives of Alizamin Salaev have information that he did not stop the hunger strike, his son says.
Residents of Irganai and other villages appeal to the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxkgJOTkY-s
22:31, 18 July 2022
In their video message to Dagestani leader Sergey Melikov, residents of Irganai and other villages of the Untsukul District asked the republic’s leader to take control of the unresolved issue of compensation for flooded lands and gardens.
19:36, 18 July 2022
Persecution of pacifists in Southern Russia; termination of a high-profile case in South Ossetia against Inal Djabiev; negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan amid the parties’ mutual accusations of shelling attacks, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 11-17, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
A performance about Eid al-Adha in Makhachkala. Photo: https://islamdag.ru/news/2022-07-12/v-mahachkale-masshtabno-otmetili-prazdnik-kurban-bayram
19:03, 18 July 2022
More than 2000 people, including children from orphanages and boarding schools, attended a charity performance in Makhachkala dedicated to Eid al-Adha. The audience compared its scenario, in which positive heroes teamed up against villains of Russian and Dagestan fairy tales, with famous Marvel sequels.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov’s official VKontakte page: VK.COM/RAMZAN
18:41, 18 July 2022
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that air defence systems are in demand due to the need to introduce new strategic military solutions in Russia in the mountains of Chechnya, on the southern borders of Russia.
Mikhail Saakashvili in a courtroom. Screenshot: https://ren.tv/news/v-mire/909370-saakashvili-iz-zala-suda-prizval-storonnikov-prodolzhat-protesty
18:26, 18 July 2022
Forensic medical specialists from the United States will examine the general health state of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, carry out a psychiatric examination and make their legal opinion, advocate Shalva Khachapuridze reports.
A barrack of the “Sever-Akhmat” battalion. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/politic/140733/
14:31, 18 July 2022
The "North-Akhmat" regiment under the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is staffed with the "fighters experienced in military operations in Syria and Ukraine," the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.
A man who injured himself during protest rally of LGBT opponents at the Parliament of Georgia. Photo: https://cnews.ge/home/news_description/36761/
14:09, 18 July 2022
A participant in a rally of homophobic groups against the LGBT Week held in Tbilisi on July 2 has died in a Tbilisi hospital.
Veteran Khayal Abbasov. Photo from Meydan.tv website: https://www.mtv.re/az/article/doyusde-3-defe-yaralanan-qazi-hele-de-elillik-derecesi-ala-bilmir/
13:45, 18 July 2022
Khayal Abbasov, a veteran of the Second Karabakh War, received three wounds in battles, but failed to document his disability category. His relatives assert that he lives in difficult conditions, and none of the authorities are interested in his problems.
The village of Tegenekli in the Elbrus District. Photo: Muslimbek07 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Тегенекли#/media/Файл:Tegenekli.jpg
11:07, 18 July 2022
The searches conducted in the Elbrus District have to do with the sale of resort lands, social network users have suggested and called for checking the land deals concluded in other districts of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
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.