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The officers of the Ministry for Emergencies in the village of Inarki, Malgobek District of Ingushetia. Photo https://gazetaingush.ru/news/zhiteli-ingushskogo-sela-inarki-dve-nedeli-sidyat-bez-vody-iz-za-nepoladok-na-nasosnoy-stancii
18:24, 23 August 2022
Ingushetia: villagers suffer from absence of water
Since May this year, water has been supplied to the village of Inarki, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, with outages; and since July, due to the heat, there has been no water at all, a local resident has stated.
Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. Photo https://rus.az24saat.org
17:46, 23 August 2022
Activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev states receiving law enforcers' threats
Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, an activist, was released after almost four hours of detention. According to his story, law enforcers forced him to remove his critical posts from social networks about the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs and threatened him with arrest for new posts about the minister.
Azerbaijani fighters in Lachin. Screenshot of the video by Turan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E254y3PG-bU
14:43, 23 August 2022
Rights defenders argue about aim of bringing Azeri fire-fighters into villages near Lachin Corridor
As stated by Rasul Djafarov, a Baku-based human rights defender, the area of the Lachin Corridor was occupied not by militaries, but civil defence members, who perform protection functions.
14:33, 23 August 2022
Social network users urge to punish advocate after conflict with natives of Chechnya
Pavel Gerasimov, an advocate, should be punished for the traumas inflicted on the child, social media users have stated in their comments on his conflict with Chechen natives in Moscow. They have suggested that an advocate's apologies will follow shortly after the incident.
The community of Akhavno in the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:24, 23 August 2022
Armenian activists demand not to transfer villages in Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan
Today, a group of activists have held a rally in Yerevan demanding not to transfer three settlements in the Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan.
A poster at a picket held in Makhachkala in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:47, 22 August 2022
Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev hold pickets demanding his release
Today, in Makhachkala, activists have held pickets demanding the release of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev and other political prisoners.
A mine. Photo https://apa.az/ru/proisshestvie/v-lacinskom-raione-dvoe-voennosluzashhix-podorvalis-na-mine-490947
17:39, 22 August 2022
Two Azerbaijani soldiers blown up by mines in Lachin District
Military men were injured as a result of a mine explosion in the Lachin District.
Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. Photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhtiyar_Hajiyev
17:32, 22 August 2022
Activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev detained in Azerbaijan
The detention of activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev might be related to his critical posts on social media against the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan, the “Line of Defence” NGO suggested.
17:24, 22 August 2022
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 15-21, 2022
Persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; clearing of the rubbles after an explosion at a shopping centre in Yerevan; withdrawal of the Armenian population from the Lachin Corridor, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 15-21, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
16:38, 22 August 2022
Georgian NGOs demand to admit ISFED to work on electoral reforms
Four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have suspended their participation in all the working groups created on the initiative of the "Georgian Dream" Party.
Azerbaijani fighters in Lachin. Screenshot of the video by Turan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E254y3PG-bU
16:34, 22 August 2022
After Armenians set their houses on fire, Azeri fire-fighters arrived in Lachin
After at least two villagers in the Lachin Corridor have burned down their houses before evacuation, Azerbaijani fire-fighters, escorted by Russian peacemakers, arrived in the town of Lachin (Berdzor).
16:12, 22 August 2022
Chechen woman detained on suspicion of practicing witchcraft
Chechen Instagram* publics have posted a video in which a woman in a hijab rings the doorbell of an apartment, and then pours something under it. Commentators have suggested that she is engaged in witchcraft.
Sergey Nechaev recorded a video apologizing. Screenshot of the video https://vk.com/wall-188506971_39865
14:02, 22 August 2022
Participant in Chechen war publicly apologizes for Russian anthem with LGBT flag
Sergey Nechaev, a participant in the military campaign in Chechnya, recorded a video apologizing for performing the Russian anthem with an LGBT flag in a gay club.
The Rustavi Prison. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:58, 22 August 2022
Rustavi protesters demand authorities' reaction to prisoners' hunger strike
At the Rustavi Prison, inmates are on hunger strike in protest against denial of medical care and ban on relatives' visits. This was stated by their relatives at the protest action, demanding to improve the inmates' custody conditions.
13:50, 22 August 2022
Relatives report arrest of critic of Azerbaijani authorities
Magsud Aliev, who had criticized Azerbaijani authorities in social networks, was accused of disobeying a policeman and arrested.
Residents of Berdzor waiting for the evacuation. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:38, 21 August 2022
Over 90% of Berdzor and Akhavno residents evacuated
All the residents have left the Nerkin Sus community; several families still stay in Berdzor and Akhavno, the head of the Kashatag District has informed. Local residents complain that they were given little time to find new housing and move everything they had acquired over more than 20 years.
Ramzan Kadyrov at the meeting with Alibek Delimkhanov. Screenshot of the video published on Kadyrov's Telegram channel on August 20, 2022, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/2716
22:23, 21 August 2022
Kadyrov announces creation of new police regiment in Chechnya
In Chechnya, a police regiment of more than 2000 servicemen is being recruited in order to guard oil and gas facilities; 600 people have already expressed their desire to serve in the new unit, Ramzan Kadyrov has informed.
22:10, 21 August 2022
Mass nature of domestic violence in Caucasus is hidden by fear of publicity
Cases of domestic violence, such as the story of Patimat Idrisova, a native of Dagestan, are far from being unique for the Caucasus, but not everyone is ready to talk about it, let alone decide to run away from home.
Screenshot of a video appeal made by a resident of Ingushetia
11:12, 21 August 2022
Social network users support Ingush woman in her complaint about hospital
A resident of Ingushetia, whose father was at a local hospital, has complained about the absence of medicines and criticized the staff. Instagram* users have supported her.
11:04, 21 August 2022
Azerbaijan: policeman demands to arrest opposition activist
A policeman has sued Gyulnara Ragimova, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), demanding to arrest her for placing his photo on the Facebook*. Human rights defenders treat the lawsuit as unjustified.
News
A fighter from the Astrakhan region was killed in Ukraine.

Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Three regions of the Southern Federal District were hit by drone attacks.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

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.