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The checkpoint "Verkhni Lars". Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:51, 19 August 2015
Two residents of Nalchik detained at attempt to leave for Syria
Residents of Nalchik, who tried to leave for Syria, were detained at the Russian-Georgian border and returned to their parents, said a law enforcement source.
The participants of the "Nairit" workers sitting strike. Yerevan, May 14, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:06, 19 August 2015
"Nairit" employees demand authorities' explanations on order of paying court costs
A protest action was held today in Yerevan by workers of the "Nairit" Chemical Factory, who demanded from the authorities to explain how they would receive compensations of their legal costs and assess whether it was legitimate to demand from workers to refuse to receive the accrued fines and penalties.
15:33, 19 August 2015
Verdict to Chechen resident Asrudi Musaev challenged at ECtHR
The court in Chechnya has violated the right of Asrudi Musaev, a resident of Chechnya, convicted for complicity in the fraud with maternal capital, to a fair trial, his defence asserts. A complaint about the verdict has been sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Said Amirov in the courtroom. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:23, 19 August 2015
Court in Rostov-on-Don refuses to resume inquiry into Amirov's case
The North-Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has rejected the petition of one of the defendants to re-interrogate witnesses.
14:43, 19 August 2015
Makhachkala court treats material with oath to IS leader as extremist
The material, in which the hero swears allegiance to the leader of the "Islamic State" (IS), recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia, was detected in four pages on the Internet, said the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan.
13:10, 19 August 2015
Petition against extrajudicial executions in Northern Caucasus signed by 887 persons
A petition that urges Russian authorities and State Duma MPs and Senators of the Federation Council from the KBR "to stop illegal killings and persecutions" of Caucasian residents during counterterrorist operations (CTOs) has collected 887 signatures. The authors of the petition call "to return Northern Caucasus into the legal field."
Oleg Sentsov. Photo: Anton Naumlyuk (RFE/RL)
12:59, 19 August 2015
Prosecutor demands 23 years in prison for Sentsov
The guilt of the film director Oleg Sentsov and the ecologist Alexander Kolchenko from Ukraine in the case on arsons in the Crimea has been completely proved, said the prosecutor during the debates at the North-Caucasian District Military Court. He asked to sentence Sentsov to 23, and Kolchenko to 12 years in a high security colony.
View of Tskhinvali from the window of a demolished flat on a 7th floor, December 2013. Photo by Mariya Kotaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:40, 19 August 2015
South-Ossetian authorities report shortage of funds for refugees' settlement
This year, not a single family of temporary migrants or refugees has received a new housing in Tskhinvali. Now, there is no vacant housing for them; while the Committee on Migration Policy of South Ossetia has no funds to build a settlement for refugees.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/08/04/v-ingushetii-neitralizovana-gruppa-iz-vosmi-boevikov-igil.html
11:39, 19 August 2015
129,000 trapped in CTO zone in Dagestan
The CTO regime, introduced in the Suleiman Stalsky, Tabasaran and Khiv Districts of Dagestan, covers 2000 square kilometres, inhabited by 129,000 people. This year, these three districts have already caught the attention of power agents in the context of the shootout near the village of Akka and detection of bomb-making laboratories in the village of Orta-Stal.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:32, 19 August 2015
Court rejects all motions of Ismayilova's defence
Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist of Radio Liberty in Azerbaijan has attempted to disqualify the entire court that is considering her case; however, her motion was left unconsidered. Ismayilova treats the charges against her as absurd. In the course of the session, the court has rejected all the petitions, put forward by her and her defence.
Banner with the logo of the movement "Arise, Armenia!" in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:25, 19 August 2015
Over 5000 sign demand for resignation of Armenian CRPS
In the period from August 11 to August 18, activists of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" gathered over 1500 signatures to the demand for resignation of the members of the Commission for Regulating Public Services (CRPS). Two weeks since the start of the campaign, the total number of signatories made more than 5000.
20:56, 18 August 2015
Baksan Court rules to arrest Zhabrail Shugushev
Zhabrail Shugushev, a villager of Dugulubgei (Dygulybgey), whose whereabouts his relatives tried to establish since August 15, was arrested by the court until 14 September.
20:40, 18 August 2015
CTO regime lifted in Untsukul District of Dagestan
Today, the legal regime of counterterrorist operation (CTO), introduced in the Untsukul District of Dagestan, was cancelled.
18:53, 18 August 2015
Investigators link murder of district policeman in Makhachkala with his work
Officials of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) hope to pick up the trail of the criminals while inspecting the car abandoned by alleged killers of the district policeman Shamil Abdurakhmanov.
Rally in Baku ‘We’ll be saved!’, May 30, 2015. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:21, 18 August 2015
Azerbaijan has no conditions for holding free elections
Today, the Landmark Business Centre in Baku hosted a roundtable on the topic "Analysis of Electoral Legislation: International Norms, Problems and Prospects". The event was organized by the non-governmental Institute of Democratic Initiatives (IDI), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
David Sanasaryan, member of Coordination Group, July 7, 2015. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:03, 18 August 2015
Activists disagree with choice of company to audit Armenian grids
The board of the civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" calls to restart mass protests in Yerevan, since the company chosen by the authorities to conduct an audit of electric grids is openly cooperating with the government.
12:15, 18 August 2015
Ecologists oppose construction of road in Sochi National Park
The "Rosa Khutor" Company is engaged in construction of the road to the Engelmanovy forest meadows through the protected areas and thus destroys the relic forest and wildlife habitat. This was reported by activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus".
At the place of shootout. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/08/18/v-dagestane-neitralizovan-glavar-bandgruppy-kto-prodolzhaetsya.html
11:06, 18 August 2015
NAC confirms liquidation of leader of mountainous militant sector in Gimry
One of the men shot and killed on August 16 in the Untsukul District of Dagestan during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) has been pre-identified as Magomed Abdulaev, the leader of the mountainous sector of the organization "Imarat Kavkaz". This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Wounded taken to the Ministry of Emergency plane. Photo: http://www.05.mchs.gov.ru/pressroom/news/item/3018899/
11:05, 18 August 2015
Children wounded in explosion in Dorgeli brought to Moscow hospital
An aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has delivered to Moscow two children, who suffered from the explosion of a gas cylinder in the village of Dorgeli of the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan. They will receive medical treatment in the Speransky Children's Clinical Hospital No. 9.
Separatorny village, Makhachkala. Photo: Magomed Shapiyev, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=58&com=photogallery
10:39, 18 August 2015
Dagestani residents fear that militants can resume terror acts against civilians
After the elimination of Magomed Suleimanov, the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization, the militants can resume the practice of terror acts against civilians in Northern Caucasus. This fear has been expressed by residents of Dagestan interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
News
Protest in Yerevan. May 4, 2026. Still from News.am video https://news.am/ru/video/1032318 Protesters in Yerevan demanded the European Union's attention to the problems of Karabakh residents.

Bilyajari Station. Baku, May 3, 2026. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/infrastruktura/v-armeniyu-tranzitom-cerez-territoriyu-azerbaidzana-otpravleno-8-vagonov-s-udobreniyami-obnovleno-649408 A train carrying fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Rovshan Jabbarov. Photo: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/ Azerbaijani activist Jabbarov was subjected to violence after protests in a prison colony.

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.