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19:00, 20 July 2012
Three citizens of Georgia pardoned in South Ossetia
President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has signed a pardon of three Georgian citizens who had been kept in Tskhinvali prison. Shota Makharashvili, Georgy Mairamidze and Otar Djovakhi were set free.
18:00, 20 July 2012
Bodies of dead Alpinists from Ukraine found in Georgia
The rescuers of emergency situations service of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia retrieved dead bodies of Ukrainian Alpinists who perished on July, 17, while descending from Ushba mountain.
15:00, 20 July 2012
Astrakhan court repeatedly finds 10 traffic police inspectors guilty of bribery
The Astrakhan Regional Court has repeatedly convicted ten officers of the Traffic Police (known as GIBDD) of the Regional Interior, who figured in the case of systematic bribe-taking and sentenced them to imprisonment for 3.5-8 years, the Regional Prosecutor's Office has reported today.
Farewell to Waliullah Yakupov in the yard of Apanaev Mosque, Kazan, July 20, 2012. Photo by Sergey Yelagin, "Business-Online", e-edition of Tatarstan: www.business-gazeta.ru
10:00, 20 July 2012
Mosques of Southern Russia start Ramadan with prayers for assassinated Deputy Mufti of Tatarstan
On July 19, with the sunset, the sacred month of Ramadan started. The first day of fasting began today, on July 20. It will last approximately until August 19. In many mosques in Southern Russia after the prayer "Taraweeh" (a desirable night namaz, executed during Ramadan), Muslims commended a prayer for the murdered Deputy Mufti of Tatarstan Waliullah Yakupov.
Presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh, July 19, 2012; voting at polling station No. 8 in Stepanakert. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:00, 20 July 2012
CEC of Nagorno-Karabakh: 66,70% electors voted for Bako Saakyan at the presidential election
Central Election Committee (CEC) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports preliminary results of voting at the presidential election on July, 19, according to which as of 8:00, 66,70%, or 47 085 electors voted for the incumbent president Bako Saakyan.
Action demanding to help in repatriation of Syrian Armenians organized by the youth union "Ayazn"; Yerevan, July 19, 2012. Still from video footage by the "Hetq.am"
05:00, 20 July 2012
An action with a demand to organize repatriation of the Syrian Armenians passed off in front of the Government of Armenia
On July, 19, "Aiazn" youth union held an action in Yerevan demanding from the Government to organize the process of repatriation of the Syrian Armenians duly.
04:00, 20 July 2012
Committee of Inquiry: residents of Novorossiysk state that there was no warning of disaster
The authorities of Novorossiysk assure that the townsmen were warned of possible natural disaster in proper time. Meanwhile, the residents of injured districts of Novorossiysk declare the contrary: the bodies of state authority issued no warning to the population.
Action against construction of the Kudepsta TPP, Sochi, July 8, 2012. Photo provided by participants of the action
01:00, 20 July 2012
Sochi: negotiations between local residents and TPP builders end fruitless
On July 18, in Sochi, villagers of Kudepsta flatly refused - in the course of their meeting with the builders of the Kudepsta TPP (Thermal and Power Plant) - to compromise and allow building the facility.
23:00, 19 July 2012
Prosecutor's Office of Stavropol Territory claims authorities' inaction during high water
A check conducted in the city of Mineralnye Vody has shown that the city infrastructure is not ready to confront the spread of high water, says the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory.
21:00, 19 July 2012
Ingushetia: policeman injures child of nine by negligence
Today, a nine-year-old boy was hospitalized in Ingushetia after a policeman occasionally shot at him from a submachine gun, said the spokesman of the Investigatory Department for Ingushetia of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
15:00, 19 July 2012
A lawyer in Dagestan reports her client's illegal holding in custody
Lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova reports that her client, resident of Dagestan Abdurahman Djakaev suspected of illegal storage of arms, was unlawfully kept in custody. According to her, her client's custody term expired yesterday, July, 18, but he has not yet been released.
14:00, 19 July 2012
All the district courts of Astrakhan dismissed Shein's lawsuits of annulment of Mayor's election
Sovietsky and Trusovsky district courts of Astrakhan dismissed the lawsuits of annulment of the election of Head of the city of Mach, 4, submitted by ex-candidate for Mayor's office, member of "Fair Russia" party Oleg Shein, Shein himself reported today. So, the lawsuit of annulment of municipal election was dismissed by all the four district courts of Astrakhan.
14:00, 19 July 2012
The court in Tuapse sentenced a local resident accused of blowout of a car belonging to "Environmental Watch" to one year of custody
On July, 18, the court in Tuapse acknowledged local resident Maxim Butov accused of blowout of a car belonging to activists of "Environmental Watch on North Caucasus" guilty during a trial on Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vitishko's case.
12:00, 19 July 2012
Sabsabi: Public prosecutor's office of Dubai and Interpol stopped search of Adam Delimkhanov
Prosecutor General's of Dubai exonerated Deputy of State Duma of the Russian Federation Adam Delimkhanov who in 2009 on the initiative of Dubai party was declared a wanted person by Interpol from all the charges. This was reported by Senator Ziyad Sabsabi.
08:00, 19 July 2012
Advocate: investigators protract with forensic examination of Aushev detained in special operation in Nazran
The advocate Luiza Isaeva has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her petition filed more than a week ago and requesting to hold a medical examination of Akhmedhan Aushev, a resident of Nazran, detained during a special operation in Ingushetia and exposed, according to the defence, to torture by power agents, has not been considered yet.
06:00, 19 July 2012
Search for missing 11-year-old girl is on in Adygea
Angelina Belova, an 11-year-old girl has disappeared in the settlement of Tabachny, Maikop District of Adygea. The investigation does not rule out that the girl could be murdered.
04:00, 19 July 2012
Policeman accused of fatal road crash in Volgograd has partly pled guilty
Alexander Burdenko, an employee of the investigatory division of the MIA, accused of committing a traffic accident in Volgograd, has put part of responsibility on the driver of the second car, which participated in the accident.
03:00, 19 July 2012
Krymsk residents have to go to court to prove the fact of their residence in disaster zone
By July 18, 700 local residents-flood victims managed to prove the fact of their residence in the flood area in Krymsk without registration. However, local courts also fix a wave of applications, which seem "doubtful" to them, local authorities report.
High-rise construction in progress in Sochi, July 18, 2012. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:00, 19 July 2012
False alert about 9-point earthquake disseminated in Sochi
On July 18, residents of Sochi received a false message about an impending earthquake with a power of 9 points, expected around the midday. The Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov has treated this information as a provocation.
01:00, 19 July 2012
Two climbers from Ukraine perish in Georgian mountains
Two Ukrainian mountain climbers Dmitry Voloshin and Alexander Tarenin broke down and died during their descent from Mount Ushba in Georgia, Alexander Dikusarov, the spokesman of the Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has reported.
News
The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published.

Azerbaijani social media users responded to calls for the extradition of convicted NKR leaders to Armenia.

The Vardanyan case investigation has been completed.

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.