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Participants of the motor rally "We are for peace!", August 8, 2015. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
05:31, 10 August 2015
Participants of motor rally Moscow-Armenia-Nagorno-Karabakh make film on 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide
18 participants of the motor rally Moscow-Armenia-Nagorno-Karabakh, held within the action "We are for peace!", arrived in Stepanakert. On the road, they are filming materials for a documentary about Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sheep barn in the mountains. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
03:24, 10 August 2015
Resident of Dagestan Magomed Gaikuev is back home after detention by power agents
Magomed Gaikuev, a resident of the village of Andi, whose whereabouts was not known since August 2, has returned home this morning. According to his relative, Gaikuev told about his detention by power agents and torture with electric current.
Bullet holes in the car. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/06/10/v-dagestane-neitralizovan-odin-iz-glavarei-banditskogo-podpolya.html
02:41, 10 August 2015
On August 3-9 at least 13 people suffered from armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from August 3 to August 9, 2015, at least 13 people fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, including 11 killed and two wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Rasim Aliev. Photo: http://t24.com.tr/
00:34, 10 August 2015
Azerbaijani politicians and journalists blame authorities for Rasim Aliyev's death (+video)
The death of the journalist Rasim Aliyev was a result of impunity for crimes against independent media in Azerbaijan, said his colleagues and oppositional politicians.
22:25, 9 August 2015
"Stop occupation of Georgia!" demands Diaspora in Vienna
On August 8, members of the Georgian Diaspora from different regions of Austria held a rally "Stop occupation!" in front of the OSCE building in Vienna. The action lasted for two hours.
18:36, 9 August 2015
Georgian volunteer perishes in battle near Donetsk
Georgy Barateli, 24, a Georgian volunteer, was lost in Eastern Ukraine, in the area of the anti-terrorist operation.
17:59, 9 August 2015
Power agents detain two residents of Dagestani village of Kumli
Asker Teminov and Murzabek Mullaev were detained in the village of Kumli, Nogai District of Dagestan, in the evening on August 8, local residents have reported. The local ROVD (District Interior Division) has confirmed the detention.
Cars of 4th Jewish ethnographic expedition. Photo: http://nazaccent.ru/content/tag/мицва-мобили/
15:52, 9 August 2015
Assimilation is main problem of Jewish communities of Southern Russia
On July 27, Moscow gave a start of the Fourth Jewish Ethnographic Expedition to regions of Southern Russia. Five mobile synagogues took off along the route: Central Russia, Volga region, Southern Russia, the Urals and the Crimea.
Rasim Aliev in hospital, August 8, 2015. Screenshot from video, MOV 0003, https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=wigU5a7vRHM
08:41, 9 August 2015
Journalist Rasim Aliyev, beaten up in Baku, dies in hospital
Doctors could not save the Azerbaijani freelance journalist Rasim Aliyev, who was hospitalized after being beaten up. This morning, he died in the Clinical Centre of Baku.
19:16, 8 August 2015
Solo picketer detained in Volgograd
Boris Stikhin, an activist of the International Union of Anarchists, has been detained during an anti-war solo picket in Heroes Alley in Volgograd.
Serviceman under the flag of Georgia. Photo: http://www.geomigrant.com/2015/08/08/грузия-должна-объединиться-не-ценой-крови-а-ценой-любви-и-дружбы/
17:18, 8 August 2015
On conflict anniversary Georgian authorities promise to restore territorial integrity
Residents of Georgia, its President and the Prime Minister paid tribute to those killed during the conflict in August 2008, including the perished servicemen. The country needs to restore its territorial integrity through negotiations, said the Georgian leadership.
15:31, 8 August 2015
Inoyat Tabukhov killed in shooting in Nalchik
Today, during a shootout in 2nd Taman Division Street in Nalchik, power agents killed Inoyat Tabukhov, suspected of the murders of Rector Boris Zherukov, TV journalist Kazbek Gekkiev and investigator Alim Vorokov, committed in 2012.
13:45, 8 August 2015
Residents of South Ossetia pay tribute to victims of 2008 conflict
The mourning rally held in central Tskhinvali brought together some 700 people. As declared by President of South Ossetia, in 2016 the republic will start erecting a memorial complex.
Grozny District Court of Chechnya. Photo: http://www.1tv.ru/news/social/16735
12:09, 8 August 2015
Young man from Chechnya sentenced to 5 years for trying to go to war in Syria
On August 7, Arbi Dikaev was sentenced by the Grozny District Court of Chechnya, a source from the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The young man was accused of preparing to participate in an armed formation in the territory of Syria.
Drinking water in buckets. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:01, 8 August 2015
Kletskoe settlement is under threat of ecological disaster for water shortage
Until now, the authorities of the Volgograd Region have failed to allocate funds for pumping water into the lake of the rural settlement of Kletskoe, where 6000 residents are in a zone of ecological disaster. Appeals to the Governor are of no help, while the lake itself, wells and boreholes continue drying out.
Water in the palms. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:57, 8 August 2015
Gizel villagers in North Ossetia state water shortage
Outages of water supply in the village of Gizel, Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, are constant. A gravity water conduit passes near the village; however, its water bypasses the village and is directed to other swelling settlements.
08:56, 8 August 2015
"Kommersant": medical experts suppose two pistols in Nemtsov's murder case
By the outcomes of the comprehensive forensic examination, medical experts suggest that Boris Nemtsov was shot dead from two different pistols, the "Kommersant" writes today.
08:47, 8 August 2015
Court in Chechnya finds illegal ICRF's refusal to open case against Stavropol power agents
The decision of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to recognize the actions of power agents from the Stavropol Territory during their operation in Grozny, which ended in murder of suspect Djambulat Dadaev, as legitimate had been reversed by the District Court in Grozny.
06:38, 8 August 2015
Advocates of Rustam Gabibov cannot find him
The defence of Rustam Gabibov, a resident of Dagestan, accused of a murder, has complained about the non-admission to the client, who, according to advocates, had been taken from SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 of Nalchik away to some unknown place.
Khamzat Chumakov. Screenshot from the video of Khamzat Chumakov’s sermon (Khutba, July 31, 2015), http://ingislam.ru/video/homilies/homily_442.html
06:09, 8 August 2015
Pickets in support of Imam Chumakov held in Ingushetia and Dagestan
Supporters of Imam Khamzat Chumakov held solo pickets in Ingushetia and Dagestan to express their support to him and oppose publications, aimed at incitement of hatred against Muslims.
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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.