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Rally in Elista demanding to solve problem with shortage of drinking water, August 15, 2017. Photo by Aslan Nikolaev for the Caucasian Knot.
20:50, 16 August 2017
Residents of Kalmykia demand to solve problem with drinking water shortage
The problem with shortage of drinking water violates the rights of Kalmyk residents. This was claimed by participants of a rally in Elista. They called for the implementation of a project to build a water pipeline to supply water from the Volga River to Elista and the northern regions of Kalmykia.
18:17, 16 August 2017
Friends of Chechen singer Zelim Bakaev report his kidnapping
Relatives of Chechen singer Zelim Bakaev who lives in Moscow cannot reveal his whereabouts since August 8. Zelim Bakaev was kidnapped by law enforcers in the centre of Grozny, two singer's friends reported.
16:46, 16 August 2017
Aziz Jamalutdinov found guilty of killing policeman Magomed Nurbagandov
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan sentenced Aziz Jamalutdinov to 17 years of imprisonment on charges of killing police officer Magomed Nurbagandov.
Office of Turan News Agency, Baku, August 16, 2017. Photo: RFE/RL
16:03, 16 August 2017
Tax officials seize journalists' data from "Turan" office in Baku
Officials from the Azerbaijani Tax Ministry seized the financial documents, electronic media and personal data of journalists from the news agency "Turan". This was reported by its director.
Law enforcers. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
14:45, 16 August 2017
Zaurbeg Musaev confirms his return home
Zaurbeg Musaev, a resident of Dagestan, has refused to disclose the details of his kidnapping in Makhachkala.
Hunger strikers at the "Georgian Railways" office, Tbilisi, August 16, 2017. Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot.
14:07, 16 August 2017
In Tbilisi, railway men on hunger strike banned from installing a tent
For the second day, three employees of the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) "Georgian Railways" continue the hunger strike at the entrance to their employer's main office in Tbilisi.
12:16, 16 August 2017
Chechen woman succeeds in returning a child from her husband's family
A local woman appealed to the Prosecutor of the Urus-Martan District. According to the woman, her one-year-old daughter, who has been with her since the birth, is kept by family members of the child's father, who refuse to return the girl to the mother. On August 12, the child was returned to the mother due to the measures of the prosecutor's response.
Screenshot of Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/p/BX1KCLUFPkn/
08:01, 16 August 2017
Instagram page of kidnapped Dagestani resident reports his return home
In a video posted on Instagram page of Dagestani resident Zaurbeg Musaev kidnapped by armed people in Makhachkala, a man whose face is not visible says that he has returned home.
Rally in Gelendzhik, August 5, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
04:31, 16 August 2017
In Gelendzhik, participant of estate investors' rally charged with administrative offence
In Gelendzhik, during a rally held by deceived real estate investors, the police drew up a protocol against 18-year-old Kirill Yaroslavtsev on violation of the rules for holding a public action. Kirill Yaroslavtsev believes the police drew up the protocol against him for a poster with the demand to dismiss judges of the Krasnodar Regional Court.
Participant of Baku protest action holds portraits of political prisoners, April 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
03:11, 16 August 2017
Rights defenders: activities of independent NGOs in Azerbaijan paralyzed
The legislation of Azerbaijan to regulate the activities of civil society institutions does not meet the standards of the Council of Europe (CE) and the OSCE. Restrictions provided by the laws and criminal prosecution of activists have deteriorated the environment for the activities of civil society institutions. This was reported by the study "Legal Restrictions on Civil Society Institutions' Activities in Azerbaijan" carried out by the Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies.
Araik Papikyan. Photo: http://hetq.am/
00:24, 16 August 2017
Advocate Araik Papikyan complains about threats
The Armenian Helsinki Association has reported threats in address of its employee, advocate Araik Papikyan. He gets to his e-mail the threats of "personal nature" related to his professional activities. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent with reference to the statement released by the Armenian Helsinki Association.
Asker Sokht, deputy chairman of the "Adyge Khase". Photo: http://kavpolit.com/authors/asker_soht-1816/
20:13, 15 August 2017
Circassian activists demand to punish policemen after lezginka dancers' detention
Circassian activists believe that the policemen who detained lezginka dancers in Gelendzhik should be brought to justice.
Before the court session on Nagavkin case, August 15, 2017. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent.
18:51, 15 August 2017
Nagavkin is hunger-striking at SIZO for eighth day
According to Igor Nagavkin, a rights defender, he has been holding his unlimited hunger strike since August 8. Igor told his advocate Farit Murtazin about hunger strike before the beginning of the court session on the issue of extending Nagavkin’s custody, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Lezginka master class, May 27, 2012. Photo by Semyon Charny for the Caucasian Knot.
18:22, 15 August 2017
Petition to lift ban on lezginka collects 370 signatures during one day
The ban to dance lezginka contradicts the Constitution and violates the basic rights and freedoms of Russian citizens. This is stated in the petition, which collected 370 signatures per day.
Zaurbeg Musaev. Photo: https://chernovik.net/content/lenta-novostey/v-mahachkale-snova-pohitili-mestnogo-zhitelya
16:46, 15 August 2017
Relatives of Dagestani resident complain about his kidnapping
In Makhachkala, Zaurbeg Musaev, a resident of Dagestan, was kidnapped by armed men at a bus stop. This was reported by relatives of the kidnapped man.
Police detain a young man dancing lezginka in Gelendzhik. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccUY6Y0GBao
16:45, 15 August 2017
In Gelendzhik, police release one of lezginka dancers
After a meeting of the delegation of Circassian activists with officials from the Gelendzhik authorities, law enforcers released one of two arrested lezginka dancers.
Georgian Railways train. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili
16:21, 15 August 2017
Employees of "Georgian Railways" go on hunger strike
Today, three employees of the "Georgian Railways" have declared a hunger strike. According to them, the management of the "Georgian Railway" proposed them to move to workplaces 150 kilometres from their houses, and when they refused, they faced warnings of dismissal.
14:11, 15 August 2017
"Sberbank" top manager arrested in Rostov-on-Don
Gennady Musienko, the deputy chairman for the "Sberbank" branch in Rostov-on-Don, was taken into custody in a case on fraud. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies. Officials from the "Sberbank" confirmed the detention of Gennady Musienko, but refused to report the details.
Yerevan and Ararat Mountain. Photo: Serouj Ourishian https://ru.wikipedia.org/
13:54, 15 August 2017
Armenia experiences trend of inevitable population decline
During 1.5 years, 18,700 residents left Armenia, reported the National Statistic Service. The downward trend in the country's population will continue. This opinion was voiced by experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
Car of the Investigating Committee. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot.
13:30, 15 August 2017
Astrakhan investigators confirm arrest of 9 suspected accomplices in killing law enforcers
In the case on the killing of road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) inspectors and on the attack on fighters of the National Guard of Russia in Astrakhan, the number of detainees includes a wife of one of the killed defendants. This was reported by investigators.
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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.