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17:00, 22 August 2011
Dagestani court sends case of policemen, guilty of beating teenager, to reconsideration
Today, the Supreme Court of Dagestan has decided to review the case of the employees of the Shamil ROVD (District Interior Division) accused of beatings a 14-year-old boy in June 2009. The case will be returned to the first instance court, said Bakanai Magomedova, the victims' advocate.
16:00, 22 August 2011
Anji" managers suspected of putting pressure on referees during break of match with "Dynamo
The Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) has officially requested a video record of the incident, which occurred with the crew of referees during the break of the August 22 match "Anji"-"Dynamo", when representatives of the club from the capital of Dagestan spoke with referees in an aggressive manner.
15:00, 22 August 2011
In Georgia, about 100 prisoners recommended for pardon
The Pardon Commission under the President of Georgia made recommendations for early release of about 100 prisoners.
14:00, 22 August 2011
Labourites urge Spanish authorities not to extradite Giorgobiani to Georgia
The Labour Party of Georgia calls on Spanish authorities not to extradite Bidzina Giorgobiani, the former head of the Forestry Department, to Georgia.
Local resident examines flood consequences in Lagodekhi, Kakheti Region, Georgia, August 2011. Photo: ick.ge
13:00, 22 August 2011
Georgia: heavy rains significantly damage Lagodekhi District
As a result of flooding in the Kakheti Region of Georgia, hundreds of houses were flooded; roads and bridges were washed away; in some areas a threat of collapse forced to evacuate the population.
Building of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Berlin, Germany. Photo: www.berlinerbotschaften.de
12:00, 22 August 2011
Azerbaijan refuses to issue visa to PACE Rapporteur on Political Prisoners
The Azerbaijani authorities have confirmed their refusal to grant an entrance visa to Bundestag Deputy Kristof Strasser, who wanted to visit Baku as the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) Rapporteur on Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan, said Elman Abdullaev, the first secretary of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan.
19:00, 20 August 2011
First special Asian expedition conquers Elbrus
In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the first Asian special expedition has successfully climbed Mount Elbrus in honour of the Independence Day of Indonesia, reports Alisa Tarim, the head of the press service of the administration of the Elbrus District of the KBR.
18:00, 20 August 2011
Team of Yerevan in the lead at Pan-Armenian Games
As a result of the competitions held on August 14-18 at the Pan-Armenian Games-2011 the united team of Yerevan is a confidential leader with its 32 won medals, including 12 gold ones.
17:00, 20 August 2011
Abkhazian presidential candidate Shamba suffers road accident
Sergey Shamba, a presidential candidate in Abkhazia, got today into a road accident. The incident happened in the village of Bzypta, Gagra District, when the candidate's cortege was on its way to a meeting with voters.
16:00, 20 August 2011
Tkachenko family house located on Olympic route demolished in Sochi
Today, workers demolished No. 25 in Vesyolaya Street in the Adler District of Sochi, which happened to be on the Olympic route and, in the opinion of the owners – the Tkachenko family – was illegally alienated from them without due compensation.
15:00, 20 August 2011
Chechen MIA refutes earlier kidnapping of Osupov who was assassinated in Grozny
The Chechen law enforcement bodies assert that the information that Albert Osupov, 26, a resident of the village of Elistanzhi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, who was killed at night on August 18 in Grozny together with three other alleged members of the armed underground, had been earlier kidnapped by unidentified persons has nothing to do with reality.
14:00, 20 August 2011
Moscow theatres are ready to cooperate with Georgian stage director Sturua
A number of popular Moscow theatres have expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Georgian stage director Robert Sturua, said Alexander Pudin, advisor of Deputy Moscow Mayor Liudmila Shvetsova.
13:00, 20 August 2011
Electricity will be supplied to Georgian section at Swiss Embassy in Russia on August 22 for 2 months
Electricity supply to the Moscow business centre, which houses the consular division of the section of Georgia's interests at the Embassy of Switzerland in the Russian Federation will be resumed on Monday, August 22, for the period of two months under the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia.
12:00, 20 August 2011
"Gruzpatent" has adjudged brands "Khvanchkara" and "Kindzmarauli" from American company
The Georgian party has reached agreement with the American company "Dozortsev and Sons" about the return of the brands of Georgian wine "Khvanchkara" and "Kindzmarauli".
22:00, 19 August 2011
The underage girl in Dagestan who reported gang rape rejected the psychologists’ aid
The fourteen-years-old resident of Khasavyurt who formerly reported that she had undergone gang rape altered her evidence and rejected the psychologists’ aid. The “Caucasian Knot” correspondent received this information from representatives of one of the local human rights organizations who referred to the girl’s mother and wished to remain anonymous.
21:00, 19 August 2011
Georgia starts evicting refugees out of Zugdidi
The refugees inhabiting Block No. 1 of the kindergarten, located in the city of Zugdidi in Gamsakhurdia Street, are leaving the building. Twelve families are resettled into the new residential area in the city of Poti.
20:00, 19 August 2011
The gunman killed in the capital of Chechnya had formerly been kidnapped by unknown persons
Leader of one of the human rights centers working in Chechnya declared that Albert Osupov killed on August, 18, in Lenin district of Grozny together with three other supposed participants of armed underground by members of the top brass had formerly been kidnapped by unidentified personnel of power ministries.
19:00, 19 August 2011
Tehran answered the note of protest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
Tehran answered the note of protest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan concerning a statement of Head of General Staff of Armed forces of Iran, brigadier general Seiid Hasan Firuzabadi who predicted a “bad fortune” to Azerbaijan in connection with its contacts with Israel. The exact contents of the answer has not yet been made public however officials of the Iranian party in their comments condemn strongly-worded statements of Azerbaijan.
18:00, 19 August 2011
Medvedev in Sochi called for returning gunmen to peaceful life
During a meeting between President of Russia and Head of Dagestan which took place in Sochi last week Dmitry Medvedev emphasized the necessity to “return people from paramilitary groups to peaceful life and reestablish their normal mentality”.
17:00, 19 August 2011
Appeal Court of Armenia releases three oppositionists
On August 19, the session of the Appeal Court of Armenia decided to release from custody opposition activists Sargis Gevorkyan, Vaagn Gevorkyanov and Artak Karapetyan, who had been arrested by the court of first instance of the communities Centre-Nork Marash.
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.

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

Some prisoners in the Taganrog pretrial detention center have ended their hunger strike.

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.