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Ikram Ragimov. Screenshot from video posted by Reportyor info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Np1jNOlWg
08:27, 17 August 2019
Azerbaijan: hunger-striking journalist Ragimov states serious health deterioration
Journalist Ikram Ragimov, who is on a hunger strike at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), has reported, in a telephone conversation with his cousin, that he continues his protest action despite a serious deterioration of his health.
08:18, 17 August 2019
MIA reports abduction of minor bride in Ingushetia
A young man abducted a 13-year-old girl in the city of Nazran aiming to marry her, the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed. Law enforcers returned the girl to her parents.
Participants of protest action in Magas. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
21:48, 16 August 2019
Law enforcers associate "Legal Initiative" with protests in Magas
The rallies in Magas and recent protests in Moscow are backed up by same people, who organize mass riots, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated. The searches conducted in the Moscow and Ingush offices of the "Legal Initiative" were associated with this version, rights defenders assert.
Screenshot from video posted by Tumso Abdurakhmanov, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSm-g-l8HJo
21:36, 16 August 2019
Tumso invites head of Chechnya to dispute about Kadyrov Senior
The blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov has invited Ramzan Kadyrov to discuss the historical role of Akhmat Kadyrov, warning that he would ask "uncomfortable questions."
Ingush girl playing with her in the Leonid Roshal Clinic. Screenshot of Anna Kuznetsova's post at: https://www.instagram.com/p/B08n2Jil6Yf/
18:25, 16 August 2019
Lawyers voice conditions for return of Ingush girl to her parents
The authorities had the legal right to appoint a guardian for an Ingush girl who suffered from violence, and the return of the child to her parents now depends on the decision of the guardian, state family law specialists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
18:09, 16 August 2019
Azerbaijan claims sniper shelling attacks in conflict zone
Within the last 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 22 times, including from sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.
Servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:57, 16 August 2019
Gazaryan's desertion to Azerbaijan raises questions to Karabakh officers
There were no soldiers' complaints about discipline in the military unit, where Araik Gazaryan had served; however, the officers of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are indirectly responsible for the fact that their soldier occurred on the side of Azerbaijan, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
13:45, 16 August 2019
"Legal Initiative" reports new search of its office
The second search in three days of the office of the NGO "Legal Initiative", which was launched today by law enforcers in the city of Nazran, has to do with the defence of the interests of Ingush activists, rights defenders have suggested.
Banner of opponents of gold mining at the Amulsar mine. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
11:58, 16 August 2019
After cancellation of meeting with Pashinyan, gold mining opponents appoint protest action
The meeting of opponents of gold mining at the Amulsar mine with the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, was postponed because of the workload of the Armenian Premier, activists have reported. Residents of the city of Jermuk said they would hold a one-day strike demanding to ban the exploitation of the goldfield.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from video posted by BBC News – Russian service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp65fNM4Mj8
11:47, 16 August 2019
After dispute about Imam Shamil, Kadyrov intensifies efforts of his father's heroization
Ramzan Kadyrov has told Chechens from Jordan about the exceptional role of his father in ending the war and his conversation with Putin. The new efforts to glorify Kadyrov Senior have been caused by a dispute about the person of Imam Shamil, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
11:34, 16 August 2019
Representatives of Azerbaijani Ombudsperson visit Gazaryan
Employees of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan have visited the Armenian soldier, Araik Gazaryan, who was detained on the frontline on August 12. According to the Ombudsperson's press service, the soldier had no complaints about his custody conditions and treatment.
Rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
01:06, 16 August 2019
Ingush SC would not reconsider judgement on MPs' lawsuit to Parliament
Today, the Collegium of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has dismissed the complaint of a group of republic's MPs, who disputed the outcomes of the voting on the bill on the border with Chechnya.
Iya Kitsmarishvili. Screenshot from 1tv video: https://1tv.ge/ru/news/ija-kicmarishvili-obratilas-v-sud-za-vozrashheniem-30-akcij-rustavi-2/
00:55, 16 August 2019
Widow of co-founder of "Rustavi-2" demands to stop sale of TV Company
Iya Kitsmarishvili, the widow of one of the founders of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, has called on the court to promptly consider and satisfy her lawsuit and return the stake in company to her. Meanwhile, Paata Saliya, the advocate of Kibar Khalvashi, asserts that his client is the legal owner of the TV Company and has the right to sell its shares.
Ikram Ragimov. Photo: https://www.irfs.org/news-feed/journalist-ikram-rahimov-released-from-jail/
22:09, 15 August 2019
Azerbaijani authorities admit Ikram Ragimov's hunger strike
The Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service has confirmed that the journalist, Ikram Ragimov is on a hunger strike. At the same time, a source from the Service has noted that Ragimov has no problems with his health. However, his relatives state his exhaustion.
Aslan Khugaev. Screenshot from video posted by Rajdian https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=IcQ_xHJScJ8
21:35, 15 August 2019
Investigator in Tskaev's case tells about practice of torture in law enforcement bodies
Law enforcers are applying physical violence to detainees, if they fail to get confessions through psychological pressure, said Aslan Khugaev, who investigated the death of Vladimir Tskaev.
Serviceman with a white flag at the combat line. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan
18:59, 15 August 2019
Red Cross starts negotiations to meet Araik Gazaryan
Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) started negotiations with the Azerbaijani authorities concerning a meeting with Karabakh soldier Araik Gazaryan. Network users do not believe the version, according to which the soldier voluntary joined the side of Azerbaijan.
Participants of protest rally in front of the Armenian government building. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
18:48, 15 August 2019
In Yerevan, protesters criticize Amulsar's examination results
Today, in Armenia, participants of a protest rally held in front of the government building, have claimed that investigators had provided incorrect results of the environmental impact assessment of the Amulsar mine, and the examination itself was incomplete. The activists demanded a personal meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to present their own research results to him.
FSB agent. Photo: RIA Novosti archive, photo #421316 / Andrei Stenin / CC-BY-SA 3.0
15:00, 15 August 2019
"Legal Initiative": law enforcers pursue human rights defenders in Caucasus
On August 14, the Moscow office of the "Legal Initiative" was searched. Law enforcers explained it by their interest in another organization located in the same building. However, law enforcers photographed passports of employees of the "Legal Initiative" and asked them questions about the NGO's activities in Northern Caucasus, the human rights defenders reported.
Tavysh Region of Armenia bordering the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
14:44, 15 August 2019
Azerbaijan reports control over new territory on border with Armenia
Azerbaijani border guards took up new positions on the neutral section of the border with Armenia in the Gazakh District. The change of control over border sections on the contact line of troops is a "routine," the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia responds.
Online demonstration in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of action’s Instagram page, http://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/демонстрациязасвободуабдулмумуна
14:33, 15 August 2019
Gadjiev's colleagues file new 27 notifications on actions in his support
Friends and colleagues of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested correspondent of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), submitted 27 more notifications to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Dagestan about holding public actions in his support. The activists are ready to hold a rally even at an offshore abandoned workshop of the "Dagdiesel" plant, states Arsen Magomedov, an initiator of the action.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.