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22:00, 29 August 2012
Court dismisses Shein's appeal complaint on cancellation of Astrakhan Mayor election
Today, the Astrakhan Regional Court has held a hearing on the appeal complaint lodged by the former candidate for the Mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein against the decision of the Lenin District Court to reject his claim on cancellation of the election of the Mayor held on March 4. The appellate instance has upheld the decision of the first instance court.
21:00, 29 August 2012
Inquiry into Politkovskaya's death extended till December
Investigators have decided to extend the inquiry into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya till December 7 this year.
20:00, 29 August 2012
Khamzat Aldiev's mother denies his involvement in terror act in Malgobek District of Ingushetia
Khamzat Aldiev had nothing to do with the terror act committed in the Malgobek District, said his mother Lyuba Aldieva after identification of the suicide bomber at the Nazran morgue, where she had been invited, along with her elder son Tamerlan on the following day after the explosion in Sagopshi.
19:00, 29 August 2012
Baku court dismisses complaint of Mamedov, editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado", about inhuman treatment
Today, the Nasimi District Court of Baku, chaired by Judge Amin Mekhtiev, has considered the complaint lodged by the arrested editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) Gilal Mamedov about his inhuman treatment during arrest and detention.
18:00, 29 August 2012
Fourteen perished in special operation in Georgia
In the course of a special operation conducted near the Dagestani section of the Georgian-Russian border by the forces and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, three special agents of the MIA were killed, and five more were wounded. Furthermore, 11 suspected militants were liquidated.
16:00, 29 August 2012
Two persons, wounded in terror act in Ingushetia, transferred from resuscitation to general ward
Two officers of the battalion of the patrol-and-post service, wounded in a terror act in the village of Sagopshi in Ingushetia, who receive medical treatment in Moscow, have been transferred from resuscitation to general ward. This was reported by Medical Colonel Alexander Panevin, the deputy head of the hospital on medical care of the Chief Clinical Hospital of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Moscow.
15:00, 29 August 2012
ICRF: lives of persons, wounded in terror act in house of Sheikh Said Afandi in Dagestan, out of danger
Doctors discharged from the hospital one of the victims of the terror act, committed in the house of Sheikh Said Afandi. Lives of two others wounded persons are not in danger. This was reported by the representative of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Dagestan.
13:00, 29 August 2012
In Armenia, police report on shooting after pre-election rally in Gyumri
In the evening of August 27, in Armenia, in the outskirts of the city of Gyumri, after a pre-election rally of Samvel Balasanyan, a candidate for the position of Mayor of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, an incident with shooting occurred. This was reported by Karen Babakekhyan, Chief of the Shirak Regional Police Department.
12:00, 29 August 2012
Husband of Elena Spasskaya files one more complaint to Vladimir Putin's office in Sochi
Arthur Dashyan, the husband of Elena Spasskaya, Director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise (MUE) "Directorate of Shopping Mall Service", who was convicted for fraud, again filed to the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin an appeal with a complaint against the actions of investigators, prosecutors and judges of Sochi and the Krasnodar Territory.
10:00, 29 August 2012
Identity of a suicide bomber in Dagestan who exploded herself in the house of sheikh Said Afandi established
A suicide bomber who exploded herself in the house of sheikh Said Afandi in Dagestan was identified as resident of Makhachkala Aminat Saprykina, a source in law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.
08:00, 29 August 2012
No less than 24 people became victims of an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus from August, 20, till August, 26
During last week, August, 20, to August, 26, 2012, at least 24 people became victims of an armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the totals of calculation by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources. 15 out of them were killed and 9 got wounded.
23:00, 28 August 2012
Sheikh Said Afandi assassinated in Dagestan
The cemetery of the village of Chirkey, Buinaksk District of Dagestan, is the venue of the funeral of Sheikh Said Afandi Chirkawi, who was killed today in an explosion triggered in his house. According to preliminary estimates, the number of people who gathered to say farewell to him, is about 150,000.
22:00, 28 August 2012
First group of defendants in the case of Guba events on March 1 faces trial in Azerbaijan
Today, the Guba District Court of Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Zamin Takhirov, has held a preparatory session on the case of the first group of people, accused of rioting in the city of Guba on March 1, 2012.
21:00, 28 August 2012
Georgia pardons 168 prisoners
On August 28, the Day of the Assumption of the Virgin, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili pardoned 168 prisoners.
20:00, 28 August 2012
Police officer heavily wounded in armed clash in Ingushetia
In Ingushetia, during a special operation, a police officer, born in 1980, was wounded in his chest; he was hospitalized in grave condition, said a spokesman for the regional department of the FSB.
18:00, 28 August 2012
Resident of Ingushetia reports kidnapping of his son, a policeman
The whereabouts of Ruslanbek Agiev, a resident of Malgobek and an employee of the Ingush MIA, who disappeared on August 23, remains unknown, said his father Aslan Agiev.
17:00, 28 August 2012
Azerbaijan starts trying 22 persons accused of collaboration with Iranian secret service "Sepah"
Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Alovsat Abbasov, has started a preliminary hearing on the case of 22 citizens of Azerbaijan, accused of treason, espionage and other crimes.
16:00, 28 August 2012
Head of Ingushetia criticizes the idea of revising border with Chechnya
The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov has opposed the revision of the existing administrative Chechen-Ingush border.
Hospital employees in Novomikhailovsky clean dirt away from their infection ward, Krasnodar Territory, settlement Novomikhailovsky, August 26, 2012. Photo by Nikita Serebryannikov for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:00, 28 August 2012
Restored hospital in Novomikhailovsky gives birth to two kids
On August 28, the village hospital resumed its work in the village of Novomikhailovsky affected by the flood. It was closed for reconstruction on August 22. This morning, it already gave birth to two newborns, said the public health department of the Tuapse District.
10:00, 28 August 2012
Several local residents perished as a result of a skirmish in Ingushetia
Three local residents in Malgobek district of Ingushetia perished as a result of skirmishes, information about two more lost persons is currently being verified, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports. Battles are going on in Malgobek and the neighbouring settlement of Sagopshi.
News
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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.