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A fragment of the film "Matilda". Screenshot of the movie's official trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYNTRzXC0_g
10:41, 11 August 2017
Yunus-Bek Evkurov supports introduction of censorship for films like "Matilda"
The appearance of the sensational film "Matilda" directed by Alexei Uchitel makes the authorities think about the need for censorship. This opinion has been expressed by Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He has admitted that he has not watched the film and his negative opinion about it is based on his assistants' report.
Women in Chechnya. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for "Caucasian Knot"
10:15, 11 August 2017
Chechen mothers appeal for help in search for their disappeared sons
Ten women from Chechnya have prepared a collective appeal to rights defenders in Europe with a request to help in search for their sons. The appeal lists the names of young people who allegedly fell victim to extrajudicial execution.
In the park of Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for "Caucasian Knot"
02:15, 11 August 2017
Yerevan: opposition offers to cancel Soviet-era streets names
In autumn, members of the opposition "Elk" and "Apricot Country" factions will propose the Yerevan Council of Elders to rename streets and schools of the city to get rid of the names from the Soviet era. City Mayor Taron Margaryan is willing to discuss the proposals.
The Georgian border. Photo © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
00:02, 11 August 2017
Resident of Georgia released after detention on Abkhaz border
A man detained on the Georgian-Abkhaz border on August 9 has returned home. This was reported by the Georgian State Security Service (SSS).
The response of the Krasnodar police to the appeal of Leonid Volkov, the head of the Navalny's electoral office
21:30, 10 August 2017
Policemen punished for inaction at attack on Navalny’s Krasnodar office
Krasnodar policemen are brought to disciplinary responsibility after the attack on the oppositionist’s office, says the response of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
21:18, 10 August 2017
RT: Dagestani relatives identify four children from Baghdad shelter
The supposed relatives of children from Dagestan, who had been taken to Iraq, got in touch after watching a video from a shelter in Baghdad. The head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, has set up a commission to search for and return children, the “Russia Today” (RT) reports.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS / Denis Sinyakov
19:33, 10 August 2017
Kadyrov pours criticism on MoC for decision to screen "Matilda"
The Russian Ministry of Culture (MoC) has financed a "spiritless" film that "will not find its spectator" either in Chechnya, or in other regions, Ramzan Kadyrov said. Vladimir Aristarkhov, First Deputy Minister of Culture regrets that "respected people" have criticized “Matilda” in absentia.
Screenshot of the film "Matilda". Photo by the user iVideos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sRG1wsjwLA
17:46, 10 August 2017
The only Ingush releaser refuses to screen "Matilda"
The "Friendship" Movie Theatre in the city of Nazran will not order the film "Matilda", as it may offend believers’ feelings, the spokesman of the local film distributor has explained.
The village of Verkhniy Kurkuzhin. Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo courtesy of the local residents
17:04, 10 August 2017
KBR villagers complain about absence of drinking water
The worn-out water supply system in the village of Verkhniy Kurkuzhin causes permanent water cutoffs. Villagers complain that they have to bring water from remote springs and wells, while, according to the administration of the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the construction of a new water pipeline will be launched in September.
16:58, 10 August 2017
Karachay-Cherkessian resident sentenced in absentia for joining Syrian militants
The Adyge-Khabl District Court has sentenced Khairdin Shebzukhov in absentia to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.
In the village of Primorskoe, builders started repairing houses. Abkhazia, August 10, 2017. Photo © Sputnik. Badrak Avidzba
16:29, 10 August 2017
Abkhazia starts restoring houses destroyed by explosions
In the village of Primorskoe, builders started repairing houses, destroyed by explosions at an ammunition depot. Local residents requested the authorities to speed up a search for unexploded shells near their houses.
A mosque in the village of Aki-Yurt in Ingushetia. Photo: http://www.ingushetia.ru/news/018628/
13:42, 10 August 2017
Ingush elders report reconciliation of blood feudists
In the first half of 2017, village elders, acting jointly with the reconciliation commission of Ingushetia, managed to settle seven family conflicts based on the blood feud. This was announced by Mikail Aushev, the responsible secretary of the above commission that acts under the head of the republic.
The Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo by the user lachicaphoto https://www.flickr.com
12:19, 10 August 2017
Iraqi authorities refuse to give out children from Dagestan to Chechnya
The Iraqi authorities have agreed to transfer children of Dagestani residents who joined terrorists only to delegates of the republic. This was reported by a member of the Chechen Diaspora in Jordan.
A participant of the conflict in the Morzokh village in the Urvan District of Kabardino-Balkaria. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MfNONAlydU
06:12, 10 August 2017
In Kabardino-Balkaria, people's enterprise complains about raiders' seizure of harvest
In the Urvan District of Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified people seized a plum tree garden owned by Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "People's Enterprise 'Morzokh'". This was claimed by local residents.
05:01, 10 August 2017
US Department of State calls President Putin's visit to Abkhazia "unacceptable"
The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Abkhazia violates the principles of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia. This was declared by Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State.
The central highway "East-West". Photo © Sputnik/ Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20170809/236920563/Rabochie-avtobana-Vostok-Zapad-ustroili-zabastovku.html
03:02, 10 August 2017
Georgia: about 100 autobahn builders go on strike
Employees of the “Sinohydro” Company, engaged in building one of the sections of the high-speed transit highway "East-West" in Georgia, announced a strike with a demand to raise wages and improve working conditions. The company lawyer has promised that all the strikers’ demands, except for salary increase, will be satisfied.
Rasim Aliev at the hospital. Screenshot of the interview with the journalist, Youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=wigU5a7vRHM
01:44, 10 August 2017
In Baku, about 50 people pay tribute to memory of journalist Rasim Aliev
In Azerbaijan, activists from of the media, civil society and opposition have held an action to pay tribute to memory of journalist Rasim Aliev, who died two years ago after being beaten. Speakers who delivered their speeches during the action held the authorities of the country responsible for the journalist's death, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Afghan Mukhtarly. Photo https://haqqin.az/news/101441
22:01, 9 August 2017
Advocate states Mukhtarly’s health deterioration
The journalist Afghan Mukhtarly suffers from diabetes, and at the background thereof now complains of heart and stomach pains. Doctors observe his much faster heartbeat; however, he receives no proper medical care at the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), said his advocate Nemat Kerimli.
The Basmanny District Court of Moscow. Photo by the user Simondedovsk http://wikimapia.org
20:59, 9 August 2017
Nurmagomedov's relatives treat court’s refusal to stop prosecuting him as cynical
A court in Moscow has dismissed the complaint about criminal prosecution of Shamil Nurmagomedov, suspected of sponsoring the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS), banned in Russia. Nurmagomedov said that he sent money to his brother in Syria. His family called the court's decision unreasonable and cynical.
The Inguri River bridge. Photo khalampre https://ru.wikipedia.org
20:36, 9 August 2017
Georgian citizen detained on Abkhaz border
A resident of the pre-border Georgian village of Paluri was detained on the Inguri River, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) reports.
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Magomed Shamilov. Video screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/live/vcKHpfFF8X8 The court found no violation of the law in Shamilov's statements about the sale of Dagestan lands.

Родственники убитого и полиция возле школы. 16 декабря 2025 г. Скриншот видео https://www.instagram.com/reels/DSU0GUiCC_P/ принадлежит компании Meta деятельность которой запрещена в России The murder of a schoolboy in Odintsovo has sparked discussions about Russia's national policy in North Caucasus Federal District public groups

Makhachkala. Screenshot from Yandex.Maps https://yandex.ru/maps/org/mechet_imeni_ali_khadzhi_akushinskogo/231878760168/panorama/?ll=47.554475%2C42.958692&panorama%5Bdirection%5D=-137.400000%2C10.000000&panorama%5Bfull%5D=true&panorama%5Bpoint%5D=47.554787%2C42.958910&panorama%5Bspan%5D=0.000000%2C0.000000&z=15 Residents of Dagestan criticized a report on energy sector improvements

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.