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06:09, 8 August 2014
Mother of Dagestani native Ilmudin Gasanov asks FSB Director to help finding her son
On August 7, Niyarkhan Gasanova, the mother of Ilmudin Gasanov, a resident of the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, who was kidnapped on June 20, appealed to Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Russian FSB. The woman asked for help in finding her son.
05:56, 8 August 2014
Armenia hosts solidarity action with Iraqi Yazidis
On August 7, in Yerevan, local Yazidis held an action in front of the building of the Armenian Government with a demand to influence the situation faced by the members of this ethnic group in Iraq. Aziz Tamoyan, the leader of the Union of Yazidis of Armenia, demanded that President Serzh Sargsyan drew the attention of international organizations to the situation of Yazidis in Iraq.
04:19, 8 August 2014
FSB reports on 48 Ukrainian soldiers sent home
On August 7, other 48 soldiers, who had entered the territory of Russia, were sent to Ukraine, said Vasily Malaev, the Spokesperson of the Border Guard Service of the Russian FSB for the Rostov Region.
Ukrainian refugees camp. Gukovo, Rostov Region, August 5, 2014. Photo by Oleg Pchelov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:49, 8 August 2014
In Rostov Region, IED found near refugee camp with Ukrainians
On August 7, near one of the camps for citizens who had arrived from Ukraine, set up near the border checkpoint "Gukovo" in the Rostov Region, an object resembling an improvised explosive device (IED) was detected, the "Interfax" reports with reference to a source from law enforcement bodies.
23:58, 7 August 2014
March in support of Levon Airapetyan in Yerevan was 300 people strong
Today, the capital of Armenia has hosted a march in support of the arrested Armenian businessman Levon Airapetyan. More than 300 persons demanded change his freedom restriction measure and to release him from custody, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Valery Khatazhukov. Photo by Luisa Orazaeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
21:34, 7 August 2014
Rights defender Khatazhukov asks Acting Head of KBR to promote legalization of Syrian Circassians' status
Valery Khatazhukov, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has asked today Yuri Kokov, the Acting Head of the KBR, to help in legalizing the status of the Syrian Circassians, who stay in the territory of the Russian Federation.
20:09, 7 August 2014
In Dagestan, advocate Sapiyat Magomedova complains against investigators to Prosecutor's Office and ICRF
Advocate Sapiyat Magomedova has claimed the arbitrariness of investigators with regard to Rashid Magomedov detained in Dagestan, and she filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Technical exercises of reconnaissancemen of special-purpose brigade, South Military District (Rostov Region). Photo: website of Defense Ministry of Russia, http://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=2948@cmsPhotoGallery
17:29, 7 August 2014
NSDC: Rostov Region still holds Ukrainian militaries
As stated by Andrei Lysenko, the spokesman of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, 46 militaries – 18 officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 28 border guard officers – are still kept by force in the territory of Rostov Region of the Russian Federation. According to his story, Russian investigators try "to knock out confessions from Ukrainian officers of the fact that they had deliberately shelled the territory of Russia."
15:52, 7 August 2014
In Azerbaijan, Ruslan Nasirli's advocate complains of non-admission to his client
The advocate of Ruslan Nasirli, member of the Youth Committee of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), who was arrested in the administrative order, reports that he is not allowed to meet his client. The advocate finds it illegal and intends to appeal against Nasirli's arrest.
Andi militiamen, August 1999, Dagestan, Botlikh District. Photo: ‘Andi and Andiytsy.ru’ Project, adni05.ru
13:11, 7 August 2014
Today is fifteen years after attack of Basaev and Khattab militants on Dagestan
Today is exactly 15 years after the launch of an armed aggression against Dagestan undertaken on August 7, 1999, when militants – Wahhabis – invaded Dagestan from Chechnya. Today, Dagestan is commemorating the victims of those tragic events. The MPs of the Russian State Duma have promised in the near future to address the issue of the status of Dagestani militias, who participated in the warfare in Dagestan in 1999.
Fontline combat post. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:45, 7 August 2014
Nagorno-Karabakh to send volunteers to contact line with Azerbaijan
Since August 3, units of volunteers recruited from veterans of the Karabakh war are on combat duty jointly with the Defence Army on the contact line with Azerbaijan, said Eduard Khachatryan, the head of the office of the "Union of Azamartiks (Warriors-Liberators) of Artsakh".
09:46, 7 August 2014
Plain-clothed policemen provoked scuffle at "Million Mask March" in Yerevan, witnesses testify
In Yerevan, during the court hearing of the case against participants of the protest action held at Freedom Square on November 5, 2013, one of the policemen, who was recognized to be a victim, has admitted that he wore civilian clothes while on duty during the protest action. Several witnesses questioned by the court testified that plain-clothed policemen provoked a scuffle.
04:57, 7 August 2014
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of wounding two children
A 13-year-old boy was wounded as a result of shelling the village of Myulkyulyu located in the Tovuz District. A 10-year-old boy was wounded in the village of Kokhne Gishlag of the Agstafa District, Azerbaijani sources reported on August 6.
Solidarity action with Iraqi Yazidis, Tbilisi, August 6, 2014. The poster says: ‘We’re all together with you!’ Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:59, 7 August 2014
In Tbilisi, 50 people attend solidarity action with Iraqi Yazidis
The capital of Georgia hosted an action of condemnation of mass persecution and oppression of Yazidis in the Sinjar District in northern Iraq. The event was organized by the NGO "House of Yazidis of Georgia" and was held on August 6 in front of the UN Office in Tbilisi, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
01:19, 7 August 2014
Sapiyat Magomedova: resident of Dagestan is illegally kept by police
In Dagestan, advocate Sapiyat Magomedova and her client Rashid Magomedov are being kept without any legal grounds at the Kizilyurt ROVD (District Interior Division). This was reported by the advocate herself. In their turn, ROVD agents assert that nobody is preventing Sapiyat Magomedova from leaving the ROVD.
General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan in Baku. Photo: General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, www.facebook.com/prokurorluq
00:02, 7 August 2014
In Azerbaijan, NGOs suspend their activities because of arrests of their accounts
In Azerbaijan, independent institutions of civil society are facing problems in carrying out their activities in connection with the arrests of their accounts and inspections conducted by law enforcement and tax authorities, activists of several NGOs told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
22:26, 6 August 2014
Riziuan Kamgotov exposed to undue harassment by power agents in KBR, his wife says
Fatima Kumykova, the wife of Riziuan Kamgotov, a resident of the village of Lechinkay, Chegem District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), prosecuted for storing narcotics and explosives, sent a letter to Yuri Kokov, the Acting Head of the KBR, stating that the criminal case against her husband was unjustified.
Alleged killers of the former head of the Kizilyurt GOVD Aitemir Salimgereev. Photo: website of Ministry of Interior for Dagestan, http://05.mvd.ru/news/item/2433660
19:54, 6 August 2014
Dagestani MIA declares four alleged killers of former Kizilyurt GOVD head wanted
In Dagestan, the police have put four alleged killers of Aitemir Salimgereev, the former head of the Kizilyurt GOVD (City Interior Division), on the wanted list.
18:54, 6 August 2014
Dagestani SC upholds verdict to Zarema Bagavutdinova
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has left the verdict to Zarema Bagavutdinova, an activist of the Dagestani Regional Public Organization (DRPO) "Pravozaschita" (Advocacy), unchanged.
17:52, 6 August 2014
Some 200 Ukrainian servicemen sent home from Rostov Region
As reported by Vasily Malaev, the head of the press service of the Rostov Regional Border Department of the Russian FSB, today, about 200 Ukrainian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine. In its turn, Ukraine has demanded from the Russian party to ensure the soldiers' immediate return to Ukraine.
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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.