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16:00, 27 July 2012
In Makhachkala, suicide bomber Saidat Yusupova blows herself up
In the course of a special operation undertaken in the evening on July 26 in the village of Alburikent near Makhachkala, one of the women – Saidat Yusupova – blew herself up, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.
15:12, 27 July 2012
Mirzaev slapped Agafonov in the face, the defendant’s girl-friend declared at the trial
The case of Champion in Mixed Martial Arts Rasul Mirzaev after whose blow a nineteen-years-old Muscovite Ivan Agafonov perished is under consideration in Zamoskvotetsky court of Moscow today. The defendant’s girl-friend Alla Kosogorova who was present at the scene of the conflict in “Garage” club was interrogated in court. Physicians of the hospital where Agafonov was taken also evidenced in court.
14:00, 27 July 2012
Gurov, ex-figurant of Kuschevskaya massacre case appeals against sentence
Evgeny Gurov, who was sentenced in the Krasnodar Territory to 12 years of imprisonment and who had been initially detained on the massacre case in Kuschevskaya, but then charged with other offences, has appealed against the verdict, said the spokeswoman for the office of the Kuschevskaya District Court.
10:00, 27 July 2012
Athletes from the Caucasus at the Olympics in London are mostly represented in power and combat kinds of sport
The thirtieth Olympic Games start in London today. The capital of Great Britain has become the Olympic host for already the third time. Athletes from the Caucasus will also participate in the competitions, generally in power and combat kinds of sport: Greco-Roman style, freestyle wrestling, women’s style, judo, tae kwon do, boxing and weight lifting.
09:13, 27 July 2012
Magomed Sulaev’s relatives in Dagestan are afraid of a new abduction
Relatives of Magomed Sulaev, earlier released resident of Khasavyurt district, reported that on July, 26, a suspicious car with tinted window glasses, without vehicle identification numbers was staying near his house the whole day. They fear that Magomed might be kidnapped again.
09:00, 27 July 2012
An ex-policeman in Armenia who committed an attempt of self-immolation went on a hunger strike
On July, 26, Mkhitar Alumyan, ex-officer of the Armenian police who earlier committed an attempt of self-immolation in front of the President’s residence, went on a hunger strike near the police office demanding compensation for overtime in law enforcement bodies.
A bowl broken by protesters in SIZO of Nalchik. Photo provided by an eyewitness
23:00, 26 July 2012
Inmates of Nalchik SIZO hold protest action
On July 22, inmate of the Nalchik SIZO (pre-trial prison) organized a mass protest action and rejected aluminium utensils, provide to them at the SIZO. According to the participants of the protest action, arrested persons, diagnosed with tuberculosis and prisoners, belonging to "lower caste", ate from their dishes.
Hayazn Union held a picket in front of the Government building, demanding to secure proper repatriation of Syrian-Armenians to the Homeland. July 19, 2012. Photo: Gayane Mkrtchyan/ArmeniaNow.com
22:00, 26 July 2012
Syrian Armenians offer to reduce the denize term in Armenia
Armenians of Syria hope for simplification of the procedure for entering their historical homeland and for reduction of the period for obtaining citizenship from the current six months to one or two months. This was stated by Tigran Gaboyan, a Syrian writer of Armenian descent, at today's press conference, held in Yerevan.
21:00, 26 July 2012
In Yerevan, defendant in case on exploded balloons put under recognizance not to leave
In Armenia, investigators filed charges in the case on balloons, exploded on May 4 at Republic Square in Yerevan, against Serob Bozoyan, a citizen of the country. The entrepreneur is accused of filling the balloons with explosive gas methane, and he is under recognizance not to leave. This was reported by the Police of Armenia.
20:00, 26 July 2012
Case on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport brought to Moscow Regional Court
The case of four persons, accused of the organization of the terror act at the Moscow "Domodedovo" Airport was brought to the court. This was reported today by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.
18:00, 26 July 2012
Disappeared Dagestani resident found in Kaspiisk IVS
Nutsi Aliev, a 32-year-old resident of Kaspiisk, who was considered disappeared since July 24, was found at the IVS (temporary detention facility) of Kaspiisk; however, no one is allowed to visit him. This was reported today by Maryana, the wife of Nutsi Aliev.
Construction works in Konstitutsii Street are carried out without any anti-noise screens; Sochi, July 25, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:00, 26 July 2012
In Sochi, no noise-protection screens installed around Olympic construction, residents assert
The noise-protection screens around the Olympic construction in Sochi, which Vladimir Vasilenko, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "PRiSS" promised to install till July 26, have not been established yet. According to resident of the city, till present, no noise-protection screens are installed, despite the fact that the construction works are going on.
13:00, 26 July 2012
In Armenia, editor-in-chief of newspaper "Fourth Power" not afraid of blogger's lawsuit
Shoger Matevosyan, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian newspaper "Fourth Power" has stated that she is not afraid of the lawsuit, filed by blogger Tigran Kocharyan to court against her newspaper. Date of the court at the suit is still unknown.
11:00, 26 July 2012
In Mineralnye Vody, members of public movement go on hunger strike, demanding Mayor's dismissal
On July 25, members of the human rights movement "Veche of Mineralnye Vody" informed the regional media about the start of the indefinite hunger strike, demanding the dismissal of the Mayor. According to the protesters, the hunger strike was reasoned by the consequences of the flooding in the city of Mineralnye Vody, which damaged more than 100 house ownerships of local residents.
09:00, 26 July 2012
The court in Sochi dismissed an appeal from Brovkina, organizer of a series of pickets
On July, 25, Central district court of Sochi validated the judgment of the magistrate's court of calling Irina Brovkina to administrative account for holding a meeting. In this way, the activist’s appeal against the verdict of the magistrate's court was dismissed.
08:00, 26 July 2012
Trial on the case of Editor-in-Chief of “Khural” newspaper recommenced in Baku
On July, 25, after more than a three-week break trial on the case of Editor-in-Chief of “Khural” newspaper Avaz Zeinalov under the chairmanship of judge Ramella Allahverdieva recommenced in the court for grave crimes of Baku.
07:00, 26 July 2012
Resident of Kaspiysk reports her husband’s disappearance
In the evening of July, 24, resident of Kaspiysk Nutsi Aliev aged 32 disappeared in Dagestan, his wife Mariana Alieva reported.
06:00, 26 July 2012
Ivanishvili paid a fine of 45,6 million dollars imposed by the court of Georgia in full
Leader of oppositional coalition “The Georgian Dream” billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili paid a fine of 74,3 million lari (about 45,6 million dollars) and sum of execution to 5,2 million lari (about 3,2 million dollars) imposed by the court in full, Besik Liluashvili, representative of PR service of National Sentence-implementation agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, reported.
23:17, 25 July 2012
The court granted a motion of viewing the video of the sufferer’s evidence on the case of torture in the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia
The court granted a motion of viewing a video record of sufferer Zelmhan Chitigov’s evidence at a trial on the case of ex-employees of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia accused of using torture against the detainees.
22:46, 25 July 2012
Arakcheev’s attorney appealed against the law on state forensic expert activities in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
The defense of Sergey Arakcheev, ex-officer of Inner Troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs who fought in Chechnya, sentenced to 15 years of custody for accusation of murder of three peaceful residents of Chechnya in January of 2003 appealed against the law “On state forensic expert activities” in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
News
A new temporary plaque has been installed on Anna Politkovskaya's home.

The eleventh installation of the plaque. Photo: SOTAvision* / Telegram A banner about vandals of memorial plaques has been reinstalled on Anna Politkovskaya's house.

Girls install a plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Still from RusNews video: https://t.me/rusnews/80078 A sign pointing to neo-Nazi vandals has disappeared from Politkovskaya's home.

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.