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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.
21:00, 20 August 2012
Stavropol commemorates Holocaust victims
In Stavropol, in the Russian Forest, near the monument to tortured and executed Soviet citizens, a rally was held in memory of Holocaust victims. The event took place on August 19 at the initiative of the Jewish community of the Stavropol Territory.
20:00, 20 August 2012
Pyatigorsk: family of suspect of killing a 9-year-old girl put under guard
In fear of lynch law execution by local residents, Vladimir Ambartsumov, a resident of Pyatigorsk, who is suspected of raping and murdering a 9-year-old Anna Prokopenko, and his family are guarded by law enforcers.
19:00, 20 August 2012
Stavropol Territory: preliminary hearing on Merekha's case scheduled for August 22
On August 22, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory will hold a preliminary hearing on the criminal case opened against former district militiamen, accused of using violence to Vyacheslav Merekha, a local resident.
18:00, 20 August 2012
Ivanishvili calls President of Georgia to TV debates
Bidzina Ivanishvili, the leader of the oppositional coalition "Georgian Dream", has invited the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to televised debates and expressed his readiness to hold debates with members of the ruling party, should the President be unable to appear. Also, according to Ivanishvili, he is ready to hold debates with other parties, if they recognize their links with the "United National Movement".
17:00, 20 August 2012
Kudepsta residents hold protest against TPP construction at Sochi Mayoralty
Today, 11 villagers of Kudepsta – opponents to building the Kudepsta Thermal Power Plant (TPP), rallied opposite the Sochi Mayoralty. They told Sochi residents about the actions of the authorities aimed, according to their version, against citizens' constitutional rights.
16:00, 20 August 2012
Massacre case in Kuschevskaya to be considered by jury
The Krasnodar Territorial Court has satisfied the petition of the alleged gang members accused of killing 12 people in the house of a farmer in the village of Kuschevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, and of other violent crimes, on having their case tried by a jury, lawyer of the victims, Ekaterina Romanova, a victims' advocate, told reporters.
15:00, 20 August 2012
Trial in Moscow on terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport to be held in camera
The starting session at the Moscow Regional Court on the merits of the criminal case against the alleged organizers of the terror act at "Domodedovo" Airport is scheduled for August 27.
14:00, 20 August 2012
Downpours with hail cause destruction in Kakheti and Tbilisi suburbs
The today's night heavy rain with that struck Georgia caused serious harm to some regions of Kakheti and resort suburbs of Tbilisi, said the emergency service of the Georgian capital.
13:00, 20 August 2012
MIA: Khasavyurt mosque worshipers and former Imam of Endirey village shelled from same firearm
According to the Expert-Forensic Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan, the cartridge cases gathered at the place of attack on the mosque worshipers in Khasavyurt coincide with those found after the shooting at the former Imam of the village of Endirey, Khasavyurt District, the MIA reports.
12:00, 20 August 2012
Ingushetia holds funerals of policemen killed by suicide bomber
The funerals of the policemen killed on 19 August in Malgobek by a suicide bomber are conducted under tight supervision of law enforcers; no incidents were observed, said the spokesman of the Ingush MIA. According to latest data, August 22 was announced the day of mourning in the republic.
23:00, 18 August 2012
Six persons wounded in attack on mosque in Khasavyurt
Today in Khasavyurt, unidentified persons have committed an armed attack on a Shiite mosque community, resulting in six people injured, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of Dagestan reports.
22:00, 18 August 2012
KBR hols republic's stage of "Caucasian Games"
Today, Nalchik has hosted the stage of the "Caucasian Games" for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). The competitions were attended by 13 teams from each of the municipal districts of the republic and the city of Nalchik.
21:00, 18 August 2012
Rally in Bezengi demands transferring village land to municipal ownership
The participants of the rally in the village of Bezengi, where the basic demand was to oblige the authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria to fulfil Federal Law No. 131, according to which, in their opinion, they have the right to deal with the development of the tourist cluster, adopted a resolution. They ask the President of the Russian Federation to enforce the constitutional order in the republic and refuse to cooperate with the "Resorts of Northern Caucasus", until the land of the village is transferred to the municipality.
20:00, 18 August 2012
Deputies of Stavropol Territorial Duma initiate law on parliamentary investigation
A group of local MPs from all four factions of the Duma of the Stavropol Territory – "United Russia", "Fair Russia", Liberal-Democratic Party (LDPR) and Communist Party (CPRF) – offer to adopt at the autumn session a territorial bill on deputy's investigation.
19:00, 18 August 2012
Massive suffocation of pig-fishes registered in Taganrog Bay
A fact of mass death of pig-fishes has been revealed in the territory of the coastline in the Gulf of Taganrog. Plenty of fishes of all ages were found on the shore.
18:00, 18 August 2012
In October, Shushi plans international festival of contemporary arts
On October 1-14, 2012, the city of Shushi will host the first Festival of Contemporary Arts "Earth and Technologies", which will be attended by 20 art historians from Armenia and Diaspora and accompanied by an exhibition of works of artists of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Residents of Makhachkala choosing meat at city marketplace. Photo by Makhach Akhmedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:00, 18 August 2012
Residents of Chechnya and Dagestan report price growth on the eve of Eid ul-Fitr
A substantial increase in food prices before the end of the fasting month of Ramadan annoys residents of Chechnya and Dagestan. The authorities say that they are unable to influence the situation; and the local clergy try – with little success, however, – to change the situation by appealing to the norms of Islam.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.