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Conscripts. Courtesy of the press service of the Southern Military District
17:00, 22 August 2012
Sergey Semushin: pasting leaflets with recruits' personal data in Volgograd was violation of the law
According to Sergey Semushin, the lawyer of the Volgograd regional public organization "Mothers' Law", in Volgograd, leaflets entitled "Wanted", pasted on poles, with details of the recruits and their parents violate the Federal Law "On Personal Data". The Volgograd police refute any involvement in the appearance of those announcements.
16:00, 22 August 2012
In Stavropol, attackers on market sellers call themselves "polar bears", witnesses assert
In Stavropol, as a result of the shooting at the "Yuzhny" (Southern) marketplace, 5 persons were brought to the city hospital No. 4. This was reported by the hospital's front desk. One more wounded person was delivered to the regional hospital. Automatic weapons were used in the shooting. Eyewitnesses state that the attackers called themselves the "polar bears".
15:00, 22 August 2012
Verdict of Stavropol Regional Court on case against Victor Dvorakovskiy, accused of terrorism, enters into force
The Judicial Chamber for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict against 24-year-old Victor Dvorakovskiy and Vladimir Skirko, his 25-year-old accomplice, residents of the Stavropol Territory, accused of preparing a terror act and of extremism. This was reported today by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.
13:00, 22 August 2012
In Azerbaijan, opposition activist Shakhin Gasanli refused of CER
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), chaired by Judge Gasan Akhmedov, considered the appeal of Shakhin Gasanli, the head of the organizational division of the People's Front of Azerbaijan on conditional early relief (CER). Gasanli and his lawyer intend to challenge the refusal of CER at the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.
12:00, 22 August 2012
Novomikhailovsky village introduces regime of emergency after flooding
Rainfall, which caused flooding in the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, left residents of several villages without electricity. About 11,000 persons have no electricity. Three out of four victims of the flooding in the village of Novomikhailovsky have been already identified. The village of Defanovka is also in the area of the flooding.
11:00, 22 August 2012
In South Ossetia, local authorities eliminate aftermath of hail storm in region
In the Tskhinvali District of South Ossetia, rainfall with large hail affected local residents, involved in gardening, and tore roofs off houses in two dwelling settlements. This was reported by Valery Bibilov, Deputy Chief of the district administration.
23:00, 21 August 2012
At elections in Georgia party lists will have women's quotas
At the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia, the leading political parties will provide for quotas for women, which were approved legislatively on recommendation of the Venice Commission.
22:00, 21 August 2012
Inmate Khubiev stops his hunger strike in Nalchik SIZO
At the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where earlier Albert Khubiev, 24, sewed up his mouth and went on hunger strike, he stopped his protest action.
21:00, 21 August 2012
Suspect of plotting attempt on Putin seeks asylum in Ukraine
The Chechen native Adam Osmaev, the main suspect in the case of plotting an attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin, has filed an application for political asylum in Ukraine.
20:00, 21 August 2012
Head of rural settlement shot dead in Dagestan
Magomed Kazimagomedov, the head of the rural settlement Lyakhlya in Dagestan, was killed by gunfire, said the spokesman for the Investigatory Committee for Dagestan of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
19:00, 21 August 2012
Armenia: four candidates continue fighting for the post of Gyumri Mayor
In Armenia, according to the national Central Election Commission (CEC), one of the candidates for the Mayor of Gyumri – the non-partisan Rafael Asatryan – has announced his withdrawal. The four other candidates to be voted for on September 9 continue their race.
18:00, 21 August 2012
Volgograd rights defenders demand investigating disclosure of recruits' personal data
The Volgograd regional public organization "Mothers' Law" asks law enforcement agencies to clear out the circumstances of public disclosure by the Military Commissariat of personal data of recruits and their parents, and give a legal assessment of these facts.
16:00, 21 August 2012
Oil spillage registered in Batumi
An oil spillage from old depreciated pipes happened in the township of Bartskhana in Batumi. Special services are now busy in the place of spillage into the Bartskhana River.
15:00, 21 August 2012
Georgia: heavy rain floods streets in Rustavi
On August 20, in the Georgian city of Rustavi, region of Kvemo-Kartli, heavy rains, accompanied by gusty wind, led to flooding of streets and house basements. Fortunately, nobody was killed or wounded.
14:00, 21 August 2012
Ruslan Ismailov's custody extended by two months in Dagestan
On August 21, the custody term of Ruslan Ismailov, detained on suspicion of committing a terror act and kept in SIZO-1 of Makhachkala, was extended by two months. His advocate Gadjimurad Izmailov complains that he is unable to meet his client, as SIZO workers took away the defender's ID card.
13:00, 21 August 2012
Head of Ingushetia accuses Dokku Umarov of organizing terror act in Sagopshi
The terror act at the funeral of the policeman in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia was organized by Dokku Umarov, the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov said today.
12:00, 21 August 2012
Workers of "Spetsstroy" in Chechnya complain that they got no money by Uraza-Bairam
Employees of the company "Spetsstroy", who are at forced vacations for about a year, failed to receive any debts or vacation allowances. The money was paid only to drivers of KAMAZ trucks involved in cleaning the Chernorechensky pond in the Zavodskoy District of Grozny.
11:00, 21 August 2012
Advocate of figurant in "Domodedovo" terror act case declares his client's innocence and demands open trial
Advocates of two defendants in the case of the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, which was began on 20 August at the Moscow Regional Court, intend to appeal against the decision of the court to hold a closed trial. According to Vladimir Kocharyan, his client Ilez Yandiev is innocent of the incriminated crimes.
23:00, 20 August 2012
Local resident Sheikhmagomed Magomedkerimov disappears in Dagestan, his father reports
Sheikhmagomed Magomedkerimov, 21, a resident of Derbent, was detained by policemen of the GOVD (City Interior Division); his whereabouts is still unknown, said his father Zainudin Magomedkerimov.
22:00, 20 August 2012
Two victims of explosion in Ingushetia brought to Moscow for treatment are in extremely grave condition
An aircraft of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has brought victims of the terror act in Ingushetia from Beslan to Moscow. The condition of seven of them is stably grave, and of two – as extremely grave, the Chief Department of the MfE in Ingushetia has reported.
News
Movlaev's lawyers faced a ban on pickets in his support.

The temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been torn down for the eleventh time.

A memorial picket for Aishat Baimuradova in Yerevan, Armenia, November 4, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot" Human rights activists have claimed that Russian authorities are concealing Baimuradova's alleged killers.

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.