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"Russian March" in Volgograd, July 15, 2012. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:00, 16 July 2012
About 30 nationalists took part in the "Russian March", held in Volgograd on July 15.
23:45, 14 July 2012
Today, at about 8:00 p.m. Moscow time, people who happened to be near the bus station at the exit out of Makhachkala heard a submachine gun round of fire.
23:00, 14 July 2012
For the whole time of existence in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the commission for adaptation of militants to civilian life, not a single militant's application, said Valery Khatazhukov, the head of the regional human rights centre, at a press conference in Nalchik on July 13.
21:00, 14 July 2012
Today in Kutaisi journalists of local mass media have held a protest action opposite the city administrative building; they protested against the imposition of restrictions on visiting the Mayoralty.
19:00, 14 July 2012
As reported by Murtazali Tagirov, the head of the human rights organization "Fighter for Justice", Magomed Ibragimov, a resident of the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who was kidnapped on July 13 by unidentified men in masks, has returned home.
18:00, 14 July 2012
The authorities of Georgia and South Ossetia have failed to reach a consensus on the issue of the presence of the post of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), which was moved on June 29 from the outskirt of the village of Zardiantkari into its centre, said Khokh Gagloity, the deputy envoy of the president of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement.
17:00, 14 July 2012
In Armenia, at today's court session, the public prosecutor Akop Martirosyan demanded to sentence Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) to six years of imprisonment.
16:12, 14 July 2012
Two out of the seven militants liquidated who were killed in special operation in Dagestan have been identified as the leaders of local bandit groupings Islam and Arsen Magomedov, said the Information Centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
16:00, 14 July 2012
The police today have detained in Nalchik the head of the Pension Fund of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) Khasanbi Sheozhev, suspected of fraudulent embezzlement of almost 70 million roubles.
15:00, 14 July 2012
The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) is investigating the circumstances of disappearance in Dagestan of two young children of Vitali Razdobudsko and Maria Khorosheva. According to investigators, the kids were kidnapped by the members of the armed underground.
Circassian elders at the mourning procession on the Memorial Day of Caucasian War Victims; Adygea, Maikop, May 21, 2012. Photo by Oleg Chaly for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:00, 14 July 2012
Adygea was visited by Munir Sobrok, a Jordanian MP, local public activists report. According to their story, the aim of the visit was to study the situation in the republic in the context of the readiness of the King of Jordan Abdullah II to help Syrian Circassians who wish to move from Syria and Jordan to Adygea.
13:00, 14 July 2012
On July 13, the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) hosted an action "Give Me Life!" aimed at strengthening the family and preservation of family values and traditions. The action tried to draw attention to the issue of abortion.
11:00, 14 July 2012
Representatives of three oppositional political parties and civil society activists of Southern Caucasus are taking part in July 13-15 Tbilisi-based conference "Promoting freedom, peace and prosperity in the Caucasus".
09:00, 14 July 2012
The experts have found that the balloons, which exploded on May 4 in Yerevan during an election campaign rally, were filled with explosive methane, said Arsen Avakyan, the head of the division for especially important cases of the Main Investigation Department of the Police of Armenia.
23:00, 13 July 2012
The Barnaul Garrison Military Court sentenced regular soldier Ruslan Dobriev, a native of Ingushetia, to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a common security penal colony. He was found guilty of violation of the regulations with using of humiliation of dignity and inciting hatred with violence. This was reported by the Chief Military Investigatory Department.
23:00, 13 July 2012
At 3:00 p.m., in Dagestan, the website of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" has been hacked and blocked. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Svetlana Isaeva, NGO's Chair.
23:00, 13 July 2012
Representatives of a teenager, beaten at the police station of the village of Khebda of the Shamil District of Dagestan, are satisfied with the court's verdict of guilty to the police officer. Till present, representatives of the convicted police officer have not commented on his sentence.
22:00, 13 July 2012
The regional "Committee of Civil Initiatives", which is being established in the Stavropol Territory, prepares a number of projects, including "Centre for Civil Mutual Assistance", "School of Local Self-Administration", "Fair Trial", "Open Budget", and "Transparent Police". This was stated by members of the initiative group at the today's press conference.
22:00, 13 July 2012
Relatives of Magomed Ibragimov, who was kidnapped today in the Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who had gathered near the building of the District Prosecutor's Office, were not able to file a complaint. Meanwhile, the Chief of the ROVD (District Interior Division) has reported that he is aware of the whereabouts of Magomed Ibragimov.
22:00, 13 July 2012
In the capital of Georgia, journalists of the "Maestro" TV Company held a protest action, demanding to cancel the decision of the Tbilisi City Court for arrest of satellite antennas, which the Company delivered for installation at the houses of villagers.
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.