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Collage of a flag and a map of Abkhazia. August 25, 2014, "Caucasian Knot"
05:00, 25 August 2014
Raul Khajimba wins in first round of presidential election in Abkhazia, CEC reports
In Abkhazia, presidential candidate Raul Khadjimba has won in the first round of the presidential election. This has been reported on Monday morning by Batal Tabagua, the head of the Abkhaz Central Election Commission (CEC) with reference to the preliminary information after processing 100% of the ballots.
03:40, 25 August 2014
Policeman rapes Dagestani woman, leader of DRPO "Pravozaschita" reports
An employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has sexually abused a woman from Makhachkala, stated Gulnara Rustamova, the leader of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy). A complaint about the incident was filed to the Investigating Committee for Dagestan.
Abkhazian presidential candidate Leonid Dzapshba in the electoral office. Photo: http://dzapshba.com/
19:00, 24 August 2014
Electoral offices of two Abkhazian presidential candidates record serious violations during voting
Activists of the electoral offices of the presidential candidates Leonid Dzapshba and Raul Khadjimba report on serious violations recorded during the voting at the presidential election in Abkhazia.
Flags of the European Union carried by the participants of the action and a concert "We choose Europe". Tbilisi, April 13, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:08, 24 August 2014
EU and Georgia announce non-recognition of presidential election in Abkhazia
According to the statement made by Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union (EU), the EU does not recognize the constitutional and legal framework of the presidential election in Abkhazia.
Food products in "Ashan" store. Rostov-on-Don, August 23, 2014. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:17, 24 August 2014
Rostov-on-Don residents report on growth of food prices
In Rostov-on-Don, the stores have raised prices for some groups of food products, in particular, for meat and dairy products, state residents of the region. According to the Rosstat (Russian Federal State Statistics Service), the growth in prices is not as significant as reported by the local residents.
04:07, 24 August 2014
North-Ossetian experts do not associate Rasul Gamzatov's murder with inter-confessional problems
The murder of Rasul Gamzatov is not related to inter-confessional problems, believes Timur Dzeranov, an expert of the North-Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian and Social Research. According to Elbrus Sattsaev, a colleague of Timur Dzeranov, the causes of the tragedy are to be found within the Muslim Ummah (religious community).
Ilgar Nasibov, 2007. Photo http://mediaforum.az/
01:45, 24 August 2014
Malakhat Nasibova refutes MIA's version of attack on her husband
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) has made a statement on the incident with Ilgar Nasibov, a local rights defender, who was severely beaten up. According to the MIA, it was a domestic incident.
00:56, 24 August 2014
Shamkhal villager disappears in Dagestan
Magomedarip Magomedov was allegedly kidnapped after Friday prayer on the road to Makhachkala, where he went to by his Lada Priora car, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Aibike, the wife of Magomedarip Magomedov.
23:41, 23 August 2014
Yerevan: activists of "Million Mask March" demand to re-qualify the charge
The court of the first instance of the general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron-Nork-Marash, which is considering the case of Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and other participants of the action held on November 5, 2013, has questioned five prosecution witnesses – policemen.
23:29, 23 August 2014
NAR's MIA: Nasibov was beaten up in domestic conflict
The beating of rights defender Ilgar Nasibov was beaten as a result of a domestic conflict, said the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan. The suspect, according to the MIA, have been detained.
18:38, 23 August 2014
Grozny enhances security measures on eve of celebration of Akhmat Kadyrov's birthday
On Saturday, Chechnya celebrates the 63rd anniversary of the birth of Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov, the former Chechen leader. The city of Grozny enhances security measures in connection with the celebrations.
13:28, 23 August 2014
Nakhichevan: police detain suspect of beating rights defender Nasibov, his wife reports
In Nakhichevan, policemen have detained a local resident on suspicion of beating human rights defender Ilgar Nasibov, stated Malakhat Nasibova, the wife of the beaten activist, with reference to a source in the local police.
Fragment of an agreement of Abkhazian presidential candidates. Photo: http://apsnypress.info/news/12880.html
12:45, 23 August 2014
Abkhazian presidential candidates sign agreement on reforms
As reported by Elza Chanba, spokeswoman for the republic's parliament, the Abkhazian presidential candidates have signed an agreement on reforms in the political and socioeconomic spheres and on measures to reach the national unity.
To the right: Sevak Mnatsakanyan, Avetis Avetisyan and advocate Inessa Petrosyan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:23, 23 August 2014
In Armenia, defendants in case of "Million Mask March" claim their relatives are persecuted
In Yerevan, the trial court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts of Kentron-Nork-Marash has started listening to the prosecutors in the case against Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tsegakron" Party, and other participants of the action of November 5, 2013.
Movses Akopyan, the Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: http://www.hayinfo.ru/ru/news/society/89149.html
03:45, 23 August 2014
Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh: Karabakh conflict zone needs no peacekeepers
To resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, no peacekeeping forces are needed, stated Movses Akopyan, the Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, at the meeting with journalists held in Stepanakert on August 19.
02:51, 23 August 2014
In North Ossetia, unidentified persons throw grenade to yard of policeman's house
In North Ossetia, a grenade was thrown to the yard of the house belonging to the deputy chief of the village police station, stated a source from the law enforcement bodies.
Detention of mosque-goers in Derbent, law enforcers in masks are seen at the distance shot. Photo: screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHROnkYUH-0
02:00, 23 August 2014
In Derbent, police detain dozens of mosque-goers, eyewitnesses report (+video)
On August 22, after the end of Friday prayer at one of the mosques in Derbent, law enforcers detained 40-60 mosque-goers, eyewitnesses of the incident report. Two buses took the detainees to the Derbent GOVD (City Interior Division).
The TV debates held in Abkhazia and attended by all presidential candidates. Photo: screenshot of a video footage of the live broadcast of the debates http://www.apsua.tv/abh/vybory/3470/
01:49, 23 August 2014
Local journalists claim failure of first TV debates in Abkhazia
During the first TV debates held in Abkhazia and attended by all presidential candidates, participants have failed to raise questions of interest for voters, believes Inal Khashig, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Chegemskaya Pravda".
Women in hijabs in the central market of Grozny, July 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 22 August 2014
Law enforcers kept and beat up Chechen woman for three days, rights defenders assert
Malina (Amina) Sadakhanova, a resident of Grozny, who study Arabic and teaches religion in one of the Chechen medreses, had been forcibly kept by law enforcers during three days, sources in Chechnya report. According to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", the young woman has been severely beaten.
Sukhumi. Photo: P. Kinareevski, https://ru.wikipedia.org/
20:12, 22 August 2014
Car of "Nuzhnaya Gazeta" editor shelled in Abkhazia
On Friday, in Sukhumi, a car belonging to Izida Chaniya, an editor of the newspaper "Nuzhnaya Gazeta" (Needed Newspaper), has been shelled by unidentified persons, reported Raul Lolua, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
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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.