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Students attack Narek Malyan, a video blogger, on March 4, 2019. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/restarttimes.am/videos/960188047522246/
16:32, 6 August 2019
In Yerevan, attackers on blogger face tougher charge
The Prosecutor's Office of Armenia has toughened the charge brought against participants of the student movement who tried to throw blogger Narek Malyan into a garbage can. The case of an attempted kidnapping has been brought to court, investigators report.
Islam Gugov at the court session. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:29, 6 August 2019
KBR resident-returnee from Syria files complaint to the ECtHR
Islam Gugov, a resident of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), sentenced to 16 years in prison after his voluntary return from Syria, has sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in which he claims the second sentence for one and the same crime, a frequent change of judges and the inability to question witnesses.
A street in Tbilisi. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:24, 6 August 2019
In July, flow of Russian tourists to Georgia dropped by 14%
In July 2019, after the ban on direct Russia-Georgia flights, the number of Russian tourists in Georgia decreased by 14% compared to the same period of 2018. Hotel business professionals in Batumi have noted that the total number of foreign tourists did not decrease due to a bigger inflow from other countries.
08:43, 6 August 2019
Governments of North-Caucasian republics are recognized as most closed in Russia
The official portal of the government of the Rostov Region was the most open for users, while the websites of the authorities of Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia took the last places in the rating of the "Infometr" Project Centre.
Sochi Airport. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot
08:35, 6 August 2019
Dismissed employees of Sochi Airport tell about discrimination of Caucasians
The Armenian Diaspora is drafting complaints to the Prosecutor's Office on behalf of the workers of the Sochi Airport, who claim that they had been fired because of their nationality.
Magomed Magomedov. Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
08:28, 6 August 2019
Magomedov brothers' defence treats their involvement in murder as fake
Alexei Frenkel, a convict for the murder of Andrei Kozlov, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Bank, plans to testify against Dagestani entrepreneurs, Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov, Frenkel's advocate has stated. The Magomedov brothers have nothing to do with Kozlov's murder, their advocate asserts.
22:25, 5 August 2019
Rostov LGBT female activist tells about second attack within a week
The man, who had attacked the Rostov LGBT activist, Anna Dvornichenko, during her picket, has disrupted her lecture by throwing a smoke bomb into the café.
Martin Kochesoko. Photo: Alexander Shalov, https://vk.com/shaloff http://shaloff.com
21:44, 5 August 2019
Martin Kochesoko left under house arrest
The Urvan District Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has extended the house arrest of the activist, Martin Kochesoko, by two months.
Azad Gasanov (left) with the head of the 'Musavat' party Arif Gadjily (centre) and head of the 'Musavat' administration Gulaga Aslanly. Screenshot of Facebook personal page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2732400283455211&set=a.721222927906300&type=3&theater
21:30, 5 August 2019
Azerbaijani oppositionist Azad Gasanov set free
Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, was found guilty of illegal drug dealing, but was released after the court mitigated his punishment. Gasanov himself has treated the verdict as unfair.
19:37, 5 August 2019
On July 29-August 4, 2019, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of July 29-August 4, 2019, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Meeting of Raul Khadjimba (left) and Vladislav Surkov, July 3, 2019. Photo: press service of the President of Abkhazia, http://presidentofabkhazia.org/region/photogallery/289/
19:24, 5 August 2019
Surkov's visit outlines Kremlin's interests in presidential election in Abkhazia
It is not so important for the Kremlin who wins the presidential election in Abkhazia, while the stability in the region is of more importance for Moscow. This opinion was voiced by Alexander Krylov, a researcher from the Russian Academy of Science (RAS), when he commented on the meeting between Vladislav Surkov and Raul Khadjimba. The visit of the President Putin's aide to Abkhazia testifies to the support of the current president of the republic, objects Arthur Ataev, the associate professor at the Moscow State Institute of Culture.
Magomedsaid Gazaliev with his mother. Photo: Miyasat Muslimova
13:20, 5 August 2019
Released heavily sick Dagestani native tells about life in colony
Magomedsaid Gazaliev, who was released from imprisonment because of his grave disease, flew with his female relative to Makhachkala. In the colony, he had to seek transfer to prison hospital when his condition worsened, said a former prisoner.
Mini-football tournament in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Phot by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
13:07, 5 August 2019
Gadjiev's friends hold sport tournament in his support
An amateur futsal tournament in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an arrested journalist of the "Chernovik", held in Makhachkala, attracted 14 teams.
Giorgi Gakhariya. Photo: Kallistrate – own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74306918
11:18, 5 August 2019
Adjara village rally demand resignation of head of Georgian MIA
During the visit of Mamuka Bakhtadze, the Georgian Premier, to village of Beshumi in Adjara, about a hundred persons held a rally demanding to dismiss Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). There was a skirmish of the participants of the rally and law enforcers.
Train of the "Georgian Railways". Photo: press service of the "Georgian Railways", www.railway.ge
11:05, 5 August 2019
Georgian railwaymen demand higher wages
The trade union of Georgian railwaymen has called for a 1.5-fold wage increase, otherwise threatening a mass strike. The "Georgian Railways" have treated the workers' demands as unjustified.
Service dogs. Photo: Elena Sineok/Yuga.ru
10:52, 5 August 2019
Nine homemade bombs found in Dagestani village
Law enforcers have liquidated the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) found in an abandoned warehouse in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, the Russia's FSB has reported.
Screenshot from video material 'Blood feud: Chechen remake' prepared by the "Caucasian Knot", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxH47RW8GQ8
10:41, 5 August 2019
Orientalists believe blood feud atypical for modern Azerbaijan
In the past, the practice of blood feud was widespread among Azerbaijanis, but for the modern country it is an atypical phenomenon, Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Fikret Radjabov. Photo: press service of the National Assembly of Dagestan
11:19, 4 August 2019
MP Fikret Radjabov arrested again in Makhachkala
The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has arrested Fikret Radjabov, an MP of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Dagestan, for two months on suspicion of a fraud.
Igor Kalyapin (left) after being detained in Moscow. Screenshot of Facebook page of the Committee against Torture: https://www.facebook.com/KomitetProtivPytok/photos/a.365292486904693/2025401470893778/?type=3&theater
11:10, 4 August 2019
Igor Kalyapin detained during protest action in Moscow
The head of the Committee against Torture (CaT), Igor Kalyapin, was detained in Moscow at an unauthorized rally against the non-admission of opposition candidates to the elections to the Moscow City Duma. This time, the total number of detainees was 600 people.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
10:58, 4 August 2019
NKR counts 90 shelling attacks in conflict zone during week
From July 28 to August 3, Azerbaijani military servicemen fired about 600 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
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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.