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Supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" group. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:21, 8 August 2016
Action of Armenian opposition ends without incidents
During their march, supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" group were accompanied by several police cars.
Timur Kuashev. Screenshot of an interview, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qww_YURzKak
23:18, 8 August 2016
Kuashev's family refuses to treat his death as solved
The investigators, who held the inquiry into the death of Timur Kuashev, failed to establish who had called him before the murder, said the father of the journalist. The prosecutor's office returned the materials of the case to investigators; and the family intends to appeal against the investigator's decision.
20:53, 8 August 2016
Two IEDs neutralized in Dagestani village
The power of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs), neutralized by power agents in the village of Aimaki, was about 10 kilos of TNT (trotyl) equivalent, said regional law enforcement sources.
Khamzat Chumakov. Photo: chechenews.com
19:40, 8 August 2016
Leaving Russia forbidden to Khamzat Chumakov
Special services have not allowed the Ingush Imam Khamzat Chumakov to go for treatment to Georgia under the pretext that he and his wife are on the so-called "prophylactic list". Magomed Mutsolgov, a rights defender, has called on Russian President to stop the practice of unreasonable putting people on such lists.
Yerevan police. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:44, 8 August 2016
Yerevan police boss dismissed
Ashot Karapetyan has been dismissed from the post of the head of the Yerevan police after a service investigation in connection with dispersal of protests.
The Regional Election Commission. Photo: http://ikvo.ru/news/7/13330/
16:41, 8 August 2016
Volgograd CEC rejects signatures in support of two candidates
The Volgograd Regional Central Election Commission (CEC) has completed checking documents of two self-nominated candidates for the Russian State Duma – Evgeny Ischenko and Yuri Kochetov. The CEC has rejected 22% of signatures in support of Ischenko, and 100% of signatures in support of Kochetov.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26815985.html
16:10, 8 August 2016
Ismayilova to appeal against Baku court's judgement to commute her punishment
Journalist Khadija Ismayilova disagrees with the decision of the Baku court to reduce the term of her conditional punishment. She intends to seek to stop her criminal prosecution under the article of illegal entrepreneurship.
The capturers of the building of the PPS police regiment in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:20, 8 August 2016
Nine persons wounded during the capture of PPS building in Yerevan are still in hospitals
Nine victims of the capture of the building of the patrol-and-post (PPS) police regiment in Yerevan continue taking their treatment in hospitals. The condition of one of them – the policeman Gagik Mkrtchyan – is assessed as extremely grave, said the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Armenia.
13:45, 8 August 2016
On August 1-7, four persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from August 1 to August 8, 2016, in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, four persons were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
The settlement of Sayasan, Chechnya. Photo: https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/34995139
12:31, 8 August 2016
Restoration of roads damaged by landslide launched in Nozhai-Yurt District
In the dwelling settlement of Sayasan, Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya, the have started restoring transport routes and bridges, damaged by landslides, said the republic's Ministry of Motor Roads (MMR).
Festival of colours. Photo: http://xn----7sbbfosrbf7aufif1a9k.xn--p1ai/ (фестиваль красок.рф)
17:48, 7 August 2016
Festival of colours cancelled in Makhachkala
The Holi Festival of Colours has been cancelled at the "Cinema Hall" movie theatre after protests of residents of Dagestan.
Residents of military settlement at the meeting with the acting head of the district Vyacheslav Bitarov. Vladikavkaz, August 3, 2016. Photo: http://rso-a.ru/novosti-glavy/5145-vyacheslav-bitarov-vstretilsya-s-zhitelyami-voennykh-gorodkov
15:31, 7 August 2016
Residents of military settlement in Vladikavkaz demand from authorities to solve land problem
The unsettled land relations in the territory of the military settlement "Vesna" (Spring) located in Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia) hinders the development of the micro-district, local residents assert. Officials are seeking a transfer of federal lands into municipal ownership.
A picketer in Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:40, 7 August 2016
Sochi picketers demand to dismiss bosses of court marshals' service
At the picket in Sochi, townspeople told that cases of non-fulfilment of court judgements have become widespread; while the violations established by courts in the work of court marshals are not eliminated.
22:42, 6 August 2016
NCDF calls on Azerbaijani citizens to hold mass actions against amendments to Constitution
On August 5, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) made a statement, in which it gave an assessment of the upcoming referendum on constitutional amendments to be held on September 26.
Young people take part in festival of colours in Makhachkala, 2015. Screenshot of video record of MDK Dagestan group in VKontakte social network, Vk.com/video-60302983_171564570
19:43, 6 August 2016
Social networks voice threats against participants of festival of colours in Makhachkala
Users of the Internet disseminated calls for young people from Makhachkala not to come on August 7 to a festival of colours Holi, which originated from the Hindu tradition.
Vardges Gaspari (left), July 28, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:41, 6 August 2016
Police release Vardges Gaspari
Activist Vardges Gaspari, who has been brought today to a police station in Yerevan, has refused to answer questions of law enforcers and is released.
Participants of ‘Mashuk-2016’ Forum. Photo from the official page of ‘Mashuk’ in VKontakte social network, Vk.com/forum_mashuk
16:52, 6 August 2016
First shift of "Mashuk-2016" focuses on small businesses and preservation of traditions
On August 5, Pyatigorsk opened the seventh youth educational forum "Mashuk". The event is organized by the federal authorities and is aimed at attracting young people to address the socio-economic and socio-political problems.
Emblem of mountain tea festival in Sogratl. Photo: Kavkaztea.ru
15:53, 6 August 2016
Dagestan opens mountain tea festival
Today, the first mountain tea festival has been organized in the Dagestani village of Sogratl. The programme of the festival included contests, sports competitions, excursions, and free tasting of national dishes.
Vardges Gaspari. Photo from activist’s Facebook page: Facebook.com/vartgez.gaspari
11:20, 6 August 2016
Vardges Gaspari brought to police station
Today, Vardges Gaspari, a Yerevan activist, has claimed being brought to the police station. According to him, the policemen refused to explain the reasons for their actions.
05:14, 6 August 2016
In Makhachkala, law enforcers release detained believers
In Makhachkala, law enforcers have released all the believers of the Salafi mosque in Hungarian Fighters Street, detained on August 5. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by one of the detainees. Officials from the Soviet ROVD (District Interior Division) have confirmed the information.
News
A combatant from Kotovo was killed in combat.

The court refused to transfer the case of the former Volgograd deputy's illegal income recovery to Moscow.

Roman Tolcheev. Photo from the Uryupinsk administration's Telegram channel https://t.me/urupino/26047 A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in a military operation.

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.