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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.
08:00, 28 August 2012
Ingush children from the refugees’ families had a rest in Georgia
A group of children who had a rest in Kobuleti on invitation of a Georgian non-governmental organization (NGO) the “Caucasus Foundation” returned from Georgia. All in all Georgia received 30 refugees’ children, Alihan Akhilgov, Head of foundation “Aid to deported peoples”, reported.
23:00, 27 August 2012
Armenia: advocates in Avetyan's death case state violations during inquiry
The advocates for the successor of the military doctor Vage Avetyan, who died after a fight in the "Harsnaqar" Restaurant in Yerevan, state their work is hampered and the case initiated on the fact of Avetyan's death by the Central Investigatory Department of the Armenian Police is considered with violations.
22:00, 27 August 2012
Rustam Evloev arrested for two months in Ingushetia
Today, the court has ruled to arrest Rustam Evloev, an inspector of the road-and-post-service (known as DPS) for the Nazran District of Ingushetia, who had been kidnapped, according to his relatives, by unidentified armed people in Chechnya, for two months.
21:00, 27 August 2012
In Astrakhan, oppositionist handcuffs himself to police building in support of "Pussy Riot"
Ilya Gachegov from St Petersburg, a participant of the motor rally "White Stream" has handcuffed himself to the building of the MIA Department for the Astrakhan Region in support of the convicted performers of the punk prayer from the "Pussy Riot" group at Christ the Saviour Cathedral.
20:00, 27 August 2012
Condition of victim of bomb explosion in Ingushetia is grave
At 12:10 a.m. Moscow time, near the "Fabrichny Marketplace" in the centre of Nazran, an improvised explosive device (IED) was triggered. The blast injured three people; one of them is in critical condition, said the Ingush Central Republic's Clinical Hospital.
19:00, 27 August 2012
Koblev: ECtHR to consider complaint of Zhamborov's advocates in priority order
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld the appeal of the advocates of Vladimir Zhamborov, an official from Kabardino-Balkaria, who asked to consider their complaint about the need for action to stop violations committed against him, and release him from custody, in the priority order, said Ruslan Koblev, one of Zhamborov's advocates.
18:00, 27 August 2012
Political party “Way of Georgia” abandoned participation in the parliamentary election
Political party “Way of Georgia” abandons participation in the election of the Georgian Parliament in favour of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s oppositional coalition “The Georgian Dream”. This was the party’s statement dated August, 27.
17:33, 27 August 2012
Public prosecutor’s office of Dagestan promised aid in search of kidnapped Abdurashidov
Shamil Abdurashidov’s relatives who came out to a meeting in Makhachkala were received by Public prosecutor’s office of Dagestan. Public prosecutor on duty assured that he would do his best to establish the kidnapped man’s location, Shamil’s aunt Madina Abdurashidova reported.
17:00, 27 August 2012
Murat Abazov kidnapped in Kabardino-Balkaria is released, his relatives report
Murat Abazov kidnapped together with his cousin Arthur Abazov in the settlement of Dygulybgey, Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, is released, his father Edward Abazov reported. Arthur is still kept in Baksan district Department of Interior Affairs where he is being interrogated about participation in an assault at law enforcement personnel.
17:00, 27 August 2012
50 sick children are still in medical unit of "Orlyonok" camp near Tuapse
55 affected children have been discharged from the hospital unit of the all-Russian children's centre "Orlyonok"; but 50 more children-tourists continue their treatment, said Valery Klindukhov, the head of the "Rospotrebnadzor" of the Krasnodar Territory.
16:00, 27 August 2012
Police of Krasnodar Territory suspects ecologist Gazaryan of threat to murder
As announced by the spokesman of the Chief Department of the Russian MIA for the Krasnodar Territory, a criminal case has been opened against Suren Gazaryan, an activist of the NGO "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", who is suspected of a threat to murder. On September 4, Gazaryan must appear at the police for questioning.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

A Chechen resident was criticized for posting ads on social media. Still from the video "Emergency in Grozny" https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpK4pfjKcT/ A Chechen resident was publicly reprimanded for selling window tinting.

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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.