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Picket of Zverevo residents for revision of tariffs and bringing city Mayor to responsibility. Rostov Region, city of Zverevo, August 16, 2011. Photo: courtesy of organizers of the action
14:00, 19 August 2011
Zverevo residents dissatisfied with tariffs decide to hold protest in Rostov-on Don
Residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, have decided to hold a rally in Rostov-on-Don, where they want to demand from regional officials to review public utility tariffs. However, the city administration claims that the increase in utility bills has nothing to do with tariff growth.
Battalion tactical exercises of the Fourth Military Base of the Russian Ministry of Defence deployed in South Ossetia. Photo by the IA "Res"/L. Parastaev
13:00, 19 August 2011
Court rules to collect 80,000 roubles from military unit in Tskhinvali in favour of soldier injured during service
Today, the Mamadysh District Court of Tatarstan passed a ruling in absentia on the suit and obliged the Military Unit No. 66431, stationed in the capital of South Ossetia, to pay out 80,000 roubles to Danis Zakirov as compensation of moral harm in connection with injuries that he received during his service.
12:00, 19 August 2011
Volgograd Region: fire victims from Kamensky farm ask authorities for help
Local authorities have received five applications asking to provide material help from the residents of the farm named Kamensky, Ilovlin District, Volgograd Region, who suffered from wildfire on August 11.
21:00, 18 August 2011
Dagestan: adaptation commission to urge court to release convicts for shop arsons
In Dagestan, the commission for assisting in adaptation to peaceful life of the persons who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities was approached by three residents of Dagestan who had been convicted for burning down the outlets, where alcohol was sold.
Demolition of the building of the Institute for Peace and Democracy at No. 38 Shamsi Badalbeili Street in Baku, August 11, 2011. Photo by the IA "Turan"
20:00, 18 August 2011
Demolition of IPD building in Baku causes international resonance
The demolition in Baku of the one-storey building at No. 38 Shamsi Badalbeyli Street, which housed the offices of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by the well-known human rights defender Leila Yunus, aroused great international resonance.
Children from the village of Chldran, Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh, November 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 18 August 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh starts the programme "Computer to Every Child"
Each pupil of forms 1-4 of the cities of Stepanakert and Shushi will be provided with a computer that has been specially designed and developed for educational purposes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computers are provided to schoolchildren free of charge.
18:00, 18 August 2011
Rights defenders report new cases of persecution of militants' relatives by power agents in Chechnya
The married couple Abdulazizi and Zargan Osupov, residents of the village of Elistanzhi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, fear that their house may be burnt down by power agents as punishment for their son's joining militants. They shared their fears with the staff of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.
17:00, 18 August 2011
In Abkhazia, Sergey Shamba's election office denies charges of "black PR"
Sergey Shamba's election office has a statement, where the presidential candidate rejects allegations of using the so-called "black PR". This reaction followed, after another presidential candidate Alexander Ankvab accused Shamba's staff of organizing the scandalous interview with former head of the Georgian Defence Ministry.
16:00, 18 August 2011
Abdullaev: IPA has no intention to establish Sharia state
On August 17, at the trial of activists of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), the defendants went on evidencing and categorically rejected any accusations of an attempt to forcibly overthrow the power.
15:00, 18 August 2011
12 supposed gunmen killed in Chechnya
According to law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, members of power ministries of the republic killed 12 participants of armed underground as a result of three special operations. The operations were carried out in the evening of August, 17, and at night of August, 18, in two districts of Chechnya and Grozny.
14:00, 18 August 2011
Kalinovskaya: the bailiffs and riot squad evicted and beat up the tenants of a house located at the route of Olympic highway
“The bailiffs and riot squad have entered the house No 25 in Veselaya street belonging to Vladimir Tkachenko and are beating up the tenants in front of their underage children’s very eyes”, Natalia Kalinovskaya, Chairperson of Territorial Public Self-government, reported.
13:00, 18 August 2011
A Deputy of the Parliament from People’s party Alik Pliev beaten up in South Osetia
On August, 17, Alik Pliev, Deputy of the Parliament of South Osetia from People’s party, was beaten up in Tskhinval, Inara Gabaraeva, Head of the Committee of victims of fire in North Osetia, reports.
12:00, 18 August 2011
A supposed gunman killed in Kabardino-Balkaria had been acquitted by the jury
A participant of armed underground killed on August, 16, in Kabardino-Balkaria had formerly been criminally liable for participation in a paramilitary group and robbery but was acquitted by the jury. This was an information from the investigative bodies of the republic.
20:00, 17 August 2011
Six gunmen killed in a special operation in Dagestan
An active stage of the special operation which started on August, 15, in Khasavyurt and Kizilyurt districts of Dagestan and recommenced this morning has come to an end, a source in the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.
19:00, 17 August 2011
Union of Veterans in Abkhazia demands investigation on the accusations of collaboration with Georgia against Anquab
Union of Veterans of the Patriotic war of the Abkhazian people in 1992-1993 “Amtsakhara” condemned the show of an interview with ex-Minister of Defense of Georgia in Sukhum who reported his collaboration with Vice-president of the republic Alexander Anquab.
18:00, 17 August 2011
Electricity switched off again in Georgian section of the Embassy of Switzerland in the Russian Federation
Electricity in the Section of the Interests of Georgia with the Embassy of Switzerland in the Russian Federation was switched off once again because the debts for rent and utility payments were not liquidated. This was reported by Oleg Anikiev, Director General of close corporation “RusInvestProject”, owner of “Business-center Ostozhenka” limited company, where the section is located.
17:00, 17 August 2011
Georgian Minister of Culture: stage director Sturua was dismissed because of his xenophobic statements
The well-known Georgian stage director Robert Sturua was dismissed from his post of the artistic director at the Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theatre because of his xenophobic statements, Nikoloz Rurua, Minister of Culture and Protection of Monuments of Georgia, told reporters today.
16:00, 17 August 2011
Kidnapping of Zhovbatyrov in investigated in Ingushetia
At the present time, the circumstances of kidnapping of Vakha Zhovbatyrov, a resident of Ingushetia, are being clarified, said Akhmed Kotiev, Secretary of the Ingush Security Council.
15:00, 17 August 2011
Bodyguards of Armenian MP and President's brother wounded in skirmish
In Armenia, the state of health of the bodyguards wounded in the shootout in the restaurant "Arsnakar" is treated by medics as moderate gravity. Their lives are out of danger, say the doctors of the surgery ward of the medical centre "Armenia".
14:00, 17 August 2011
Kabardino-Balkaria: suspects of attacking Baksan HPP refuse to plead guilty
At the trial held by the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of explosion at the Baksan Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), the prosecutor has read out the indictment.
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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.