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The rally of the "Sasna Tsrer" supporters. Iscription on a poster: "We are Sasna Tsrer! Freedom to the heroes! We demand resignation!" Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:26, 22 August 2016
CoA leaves "Sasna Tsrer" members under arrest
The Criminal Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has upheld the arrest of the members of the organization "Sasna Tsrer", who had captured a police building in Yerevan.
A police officer. Photo http://haqqin.az/news/48774
12:07, 22 August 2016
In Georgia, seven persons detained on charge of plotting terror act on gas pipeline
In Georgia, seven persons were detained on the charge of involvement in plotting a terror act on the gas pipeline, supplying gas from Russia to Armenia.
Alkhas Kvitsiniya. Photo: © Sputnik. Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20151021/1016042351.html
06:03, 22 August 2016
In Abkhazia, opposition accuses authorities of failure to comply with principal agreements
Raul Khadjimba has failed to fulfil all the point of the socio-political agreement, which was signed by candidates running for the presidency in 2014. This was stated by Alkhas Kvitsiniya, the leader of the "Amtsakhara" Party.
02:48, 22 August 2016
On August 15-21, 2016, at least one person fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 15-21, 2016, one person was killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Maxim Shevchenko. Photo http://minval.az/news/123569089
19:11, 21 August 2016
Political analysts analyse idea of Ingush authorities to encourage village with best turnout
The idea of the authorities of Ingushetia to award the dwelling settlement, which will show the highest voter turnout at the forthcoming elections, with a new social facility, is able to stimulate voters’ activeness – this is the opinion of three out of five experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" experts.
A half-demolished house in the mountainous village of Makhuntseti in Adjaria. Photo by Yuliya Kasheta for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:01, 21 August 2016
Residents of Georgia pointed to shortcomings in the law on mountaineers’ support
The allowances and benefits provided for by the law "On Development of Mountain Districts" are insignificant, residents of such districts of Georgia assert. They are confident that in the first place the authorities should grant them the land ownership.
Protest rally of employees of the Volgograd Factory of Drilling Equipment, August 18, 2016. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
17:49, 20 August 2016
Employees of Volgograd factory demand indexation of unpaid wages
On August 18, a rally was held by employees of the Volgograd Factory of Drilling Equipment (known as the VZBT), organized by local Communists. According to organizers, the rally was 400 people strong.
Nazir Guliev. Photo: http://vzglyad.az/Глава_азербайджанского_НПО_погиб_-67774-xeber.html
16:05, 20 August 2016
Azerbaijani rights defender Nazir Guliev dies in road accident
In the evening on August 19, Nazir Guliev, the head of the organization "World of Law" got into a road accident in the village of Alinazarli, together with his wife and a child.
15:12, 20 August 2016
Fourth PFPA activist detained in Azerbaijan within a week
On August 19, power agents detained Vasif Niftiev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), the Party leader has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.
14:38, 20 August 2016
Power agents state that SUV in Dagestan was blown up by a bomb
Law enforcers have explained that an explosion of an improvised explosion device (IED) in the car, found today in the Kayakent District of Dagestan, killed one person, not two, as reported earlier.
14:00, 20 August 2016
Assistant to PFPA leader detained in Baku
Power agents made a search of the apartment of Faig Amirov, the financial director of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg", who is also assistant to chairman of Ali Kerimli, the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). Amirov was detained by men in plain clothes.
Fuad Akhmedli. Photo from activist's Facebook account, facebook.com/bugundebelegetdi
13:20, 20 August 2016
PFPA claims falsification of case against Fuad Akhmedli
Fuad Akhmedli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is charged with disseminating personal information of mobile communication users. According to PFPA members, the law enforcement authorities are trying to discredit the Party by presenting Fuad Akhmedli as a supporter of Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.
11:57, 20 August 2016
A car with two burnt bodies found in Dagestan
Two victims, whose bodies have been found today near a burnt-out off-roader in the Kayakent District of Dagestan, have not been identified yet. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Picket of miners near the "Kingcoal" building in Gukovo, June 2016. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:34, 20 August 2016
Workers of "Kingcoal" leave meeting with authorities in protest
Most miners, who came on August 19 to the meeting with officials in Gukovo, left the event early, since they failed to obtain guarantees for payment of wage arrears.
High-rise buildings in buffer zone of Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
08:17, 20 August 2016
Vladimir Ostapuk reports to prosecutors about violations of environmental standards in Sochi
At the meeting on ecological issues at the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory, Vladimir Ostapuk, a Sochi ecologist, has drawn the prosecutors' attention to the problems with wastewater disposal, landfills and urban development of the resort of Sochi without environmental impact assessments.
Members of "Sasna Tsrer" group at the seized building of the police regimen, July 23, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
05:26, 20 August 2016
Six members of "Sasna Tsrer" left in custody
The Armenian Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal filed against the decision on the arrest of six members of the group "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun). The consideration of the complaints filed about the detention of three other persons involved in the seizure of the police regiment building in Yerevan has been postponed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Lyudmila Ortskhanova holds picket in front of President's administration, August 19, 2016. Photo by the 'Caucasian Knot' correspondent.
22:03, 19 August 2016
Leyla Chemurzieva’s mother pickets off Putin’s administration
Vladimir Putin is to pay attention to the case of Leyla Chemurzieva, a resident of Ingushetia, convicted on charges of having links with militants and who fell victim to "arbitrariness over the law," said her mother in her address to the president. After submitting her petition, she held a solo picket in support of her daughter.
Road-and-patrol police car. Photo: Yuri Grechko / Yugopolis
17:59, 19 August 2016
Murdalov and Israilov left Chechnya two days before attack on policemen
Usman Murdalov and Sulim Israilov, killed in attack on road-and-patrol (DPS) employees near Moscow, had assured their families that they went to Moscow in search of employment, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
David Sanasaryan. Photo: http://ru.aravot.am/2013/06/17/156812/
17:22, 19 August 2016
David Sanasaryan released on bail
David Sanasaryan, a member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan from the block "Hello, Yerevan!", accused of organizing mass riots, has been released from custody on bail of 1.5 million drams, said his advocate.
15:44, 19 August 2016
Bill on punishment for female circumcision brought into State Duma
A bill, submitted today to the State Duma of Russia, envisages 5-10 years in prison for female circumcision, committed on religious grounds.
News
Cherkessk activist Kase Kik was sentenced in absentia in a case about fakes regarding the army.

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia has been arrested in a case of financing terrorism.

More than 60 residents of Karachay-Cherkessia have been arrested in an extremism case.

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.