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Businessman from the city of Volzhsky holds a picket outside the building of the Russian FSB, Moscow, August 27, 2018. Photo by Sergei Bochkarev for the Caucasian Knot.
08:29, 28 August 2018
Picketer from Volzhsky complains to FSB about law enforcers' corruption
Today, a businessman from the city of Volzhsky has held a picket outside the building of the Russian FSB, stating that he has faced an attempt to deprive him of his hotel complex, and complaining about corruption in power structures of the Volgograd Region.
Military drills at Adanak training ground, Dagestan. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, http://syria.mil.ru
08:19, 28 August 2018
1500 militaries raised on alert in Dagestan
Motorized rifle soldiers and marines, raised by training alert, have moved to the coastal training ground Adanak in Dagestan, the Southern Military District (SMD) has reported.
Amulsar mine. Photo: © Sputnik / Aram Nersesyanhttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/economy/20180706/13074205/amulsar-slishkom-pozdno-ostanavlivat-no-vse-rano-nado-obsudit-pashinyan.html
22:23, 27 August 2018
Five people injured in clash near Amulsar mine
The people accompanying the head of the "Lidian Armenia" Company sprayed gas, from which a policeman and four activists suffered, who blocked the road to the Amulsar deposit. The Inspectorate for Ecology and Mineral Resources of Armenia has urged the "Lidian Armenia" to suspend the works at the mine until the re-inspection is over.
Grozny residents. Photo by Nikolai Petrov for the Caucasian Knot.
22:15, 27 August 2018
Levada Centre fixes growth of intolerance to natives of the Caucasus
The "Levada Centre" explains the growth of xenophobic attitudes towards natives of the Caucasus by the deterioration of the socio-economic situation. At the same time, the sociological survey published today indicates a marked improvement in the attitude of Russian residents to natives from Chechnya.
Malkhaz Kobauri. Photo: David Sakvarelidze, https://1tv.ge
22:07, 27 August 2018
Georgian court leaves person accused of killing American family in custody
Today, the court rejected the petition of the defence of Malkhaz Kobauri to release him from arrest for killing the Smith family in mountains of Georgia.
Law enforcers in Grozny streets. Photo: Radio Marsho (RFE/RL)
18:40, 27 August 2018
Residents of Chechnya tell about new wave of teens' detentions
After the recent series of attacks on policemen, law enforcers took teenagers straight from the streets and conducted many-hours-long interrogations of them, residents of the Shali District of Chechnya have reported. According to their estimates, from 150 to 200 people were detained.
Weapons. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-v-respublike-buryatiya.html
18:28, 27 August 2018
On August 20-26, ten persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
Five people perished and five others were wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from August 20 to August 26, 2018. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Oyub Titiev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
18:15, 27 August 2018
Witness argues with Titiev's defence on acquaintance with law enforcers
Today, at the trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of Grozny representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", Yusup Shakhgeriev, a policeman, stated that he knew nobody from the direct-action team. An advocate of Oyub Titiev has objected that he personally saw the witness handshaking with the group.
Artillery weapon of Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo: SPUTNIK/ Asatur Yesayants, http://www.sputnikarmenia.ru/photo/20160404/2764703.html
16:20, 27 August 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 82 cases of shelling per day
Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire regime on the contact line 82 times, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports today.
8th International open-air film festival "A Point in the Infinite Universe". Photo by Dmitry Stateinov for the Caucasian Knot.
16:10, 27 August 2018
International film festival held in open air in mountains of Abkhazia
Today, the 8th annual international open-air film festival "A Point in the Infinite Universe" has finished in Abkhazia. 36 films were shown during the festival.
16:01, 27 August 2018
Chechen residents criticize attempts to justify Ramzan Kadyrov's threats to rights defenders
The Chechen TV has announced the full Kremlin support for the Ramzan Kadyrov's statements against rights defenders. The authorities actively try to justify the scandalous statements voiced by the Chechen leader, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by local activists.
Sailors of USS Carney destroyer. Photo: press service of the US Navy, official Facebook page of USS Carney destroyer: https://www.facebook.com/USNavalForcesEuropeAfrica/photos/pcb.10157856881328916/10157856880908916/?type=3&theater
11:55, 27 August 2018
Georgian and US marines train boarding fight skills in Black Sea
Fighters from the Coast Guard of Georgia and personnel of the USS Carney destroyer of the US Sixth Fleet have conducted manoeuvres and trained boarding fight exercises.
Granting food donations to people in need during Eid Al-Adha. Photo is provided to the Caucasian Knot by the Solidarity Foundation.
11:39, 27 August 2018
On Eid al-Adha days, Caucasian Muslims give meat to the needy
Over 3.5 tons of sacrificial meats were donated by volunteers from the "Solidarity" Foundation to the people in need in Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and also in Tatarstan, Bashkiria, in the camps of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip. About 10,000 people got donations in the days of Eid al-Adha, reported Khava Tataeva, a coordinator of the special programmes of the "Solidarity" Foundation.
Bikers in the Republic Square in Yerevan, August 26, 2018. Photo: Facebook page of 'Armenian Environmental Front', https://www.facebook.com/armecofront/photos/pcb.2388885914484792/2388885421151508/?type=3&theater
11:32, 27 August 2018
Bikers hold a rally against exploitation of Amulsar gold field
On August 26, in Armenia, about 20 bikers organized a motocross race from Yerevan to Amulsar. They wanted to support activists who blocked the roads to the Amulsar gold field.
Angela Merkel at the official ceremony in Baku. Photo: REUTERS / Andreas Rinke
11:23, 27 August 2018
Angela Merkel demonstrates her awareness of human rights problems in Azerbaijan
On August 25, during her visit to Baku, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met civil society activists. Participants of the meeting expressed different assessments for the Angela Merkel's visit from the point of view of the possible contribution to the protection of human rights. According to them, the German Chancellor demonstrated good knowledge of the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan. However, some of the activists have noted it is hardly worth waiting for a lot from the meeting.
23:59, 25 August 2018
Chechen public employees obliged to come to subbotniks under threat of dismissals
In the Grozny District of Chechnya, employees of rural administrations and public institutions are regularly obliged to take participate in subbotniks (Saturday voluntary works), reported participants of the events themselves.
21:09, 25 August 2018
Captain states pirates' attack on tanker with sailors from Georgia
A Greek tanker with 17 Georgian citizens, which disappeared for two weeks from radar along the coast of Africa, has been found and returned to the port, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.
The Artsakh (Karabakh) Youth Forum in Nagorno-Karabakh. August 24, 2018. Photo by David Gukasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:06, 25 August 2018
Over 80 people take part in Youth Forum in Nagorno-Karabakh
The topic of the Sixth Youth Forum, which is attended by some 80 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, is social entrepreneurship.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo from the fighter's account on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BmJ1H8-n3kU/?taken-by=khabib_nurmagomedovа
16:59, 25 August 2018
Fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor MacGregor exchange insults
A fighter from Dagestan Khabib Nurmagomedov and an Irishman Conor MacGregor, whose upcoming fight at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the USA caused a stir among fans, accused each other of cowardice. Adulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and the coach of the Dagestani athlete, called his son a favourite of the fight.
On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
16:58, 25 August 2018
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 200 bombardments during the week
During the week of August 19-25, units of the Azerbaijani Army made more than 2500 shots at positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), its Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
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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.