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19:00, 15 August 2011
Law Chamber of Armenia creates a rapid response team to unlawful actions of the police
Upon the decision of Law Chamber of Armenia, a rapid response team will be formed in the nearest future. It will deal with unlawful actions of law enforcement bodies against the lawyers and protect their rights.
18:00, 15 August 2011
A meeting of protest against “Olympic resettlement” passed off in Sochi
On August, 14, about one hundred people in Sochi gathered for a new meeting of protest against violation of “Olympic law”, i.e. Federal Law No 310. The meeting was held opposite the railway station.
17:00, 15 August 2011
Refugees in Georgia demand jobs
The refugees who were resettled to the new district named Maltakva in the city of Poti demand to provide jobs for them; otherwise they plan to start protest actions.
16:00, 15 August 2011
Militaries shelled at Chechen-Ingush border
As reported by the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia, seven servicemen were wounded, when a column of Internal Troops were shelled on the Chechen-Ingush border.
15:00, 15 August 2011
Armenian oppositionists demand to release ANC activists within one day
Today, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) gave 24 hours for the authorities to release the activists detained on August 9 and accused of hooliganism.
14:00, 15 August 2011
House destroyed at CTO in Nalchik not rebuilt, residents assert
Residents of the house in Zakharov Street in Nalchik, which was ruined in August 2010 in a counterterrorist operation (CTO), state that two apartments have not been rebuilt yet.
New hotel "Avan-Shushi-Plaza" in the city of Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, August 15, 2011. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
13:00, 15 August 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh opens a new hotel
Today, the city of Shushi, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), hosted a solemn opening ceremony of the new hotel "Avan-Shushi-Plaza", which was accommodated in the only high-rise building of the city.
Residents of the Untsukul District at the meeting with Bekmurza Bekmurzaev, Minister for National Policy, Religious Matters and External Relations of the Republic of Dagestan, August 13, 2011. Photo: www.islamdag.ru
12:00, 15 August 2011
Russian Public Chamber offers help in settling conflict of two Dagestani villages
The Working Group of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for development of public dialogue and civil society institutes in the Caucasus has expressed its readiness to mediate the conflict between the villages of Gimry and Untsukul in the Republic of Dagestan.
20:00, 13 August 2011
Since late 2010, village of Vedzatkhevi in Georgia has no road access to outside world due to landslides
The village of Vedzatkhevi of Dusheti District (Georgia), inhabited by 29 families, is isolated from the outside world for nine months already due to the landslides which damaged the only road. The local residents can reach the regional centre only on foot.
19:00, 13 August 2011
Armenian citizen captured in Azerbaijan send complaint to ECtHR
Arthur Badalyan, an Armenian citizen, who was captured in Azerbaijan, filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The complaint concerns the very fact of his capture, inhuman treatment and torture.
18:00, 13 August 2011
In Ingushetia, custody conditions in IVS and SIZO get better, commission of human rights activists and Public Chamber assert
In general, keeping conditions in IVS (temporary isolation facilities) and SIZO (pre-trial prisons) of Ingushetia are satisfactory; however, there are some problems in air-conditioning and lighting of the wards, where prisoners are kept. This was found out by the commission of human rights activists and members of the Public Chamber.
17:00, 13 August 2011
In Armenia, four out of seven detained oppositional activists arrested, three – released
The court session, finished in Yerevan on August 12 in the late evening, ruled to release on recognizance not to leave three oppositional activists arrested on August 9. The court announced the pre-trial restriction in regard to the other four activists – they would remain under custody.
16:00, 13 August 2011
Abkhazian presidential candidates determine their positions on urgent issues
On August 12, at the joint press conference in the city of Sukhumi, the Abkhazian presidential candidates determined their positions on the issue for republic's management system.
15:00, 13 August 2011
In Dagestan, resident of Karata village accuses policemen of beating
Khaibula Khaibulaev, a resident of the village of Karata of the Akhvakh District, appealed to Alexei Savrulin, Chief of the Investigatory Department of Dagestan, and Andrei Nazarov, Prosecutor of Dagestan, demanding to bring to criminal liability Labazan Derbishev, the head of the criminal investigation department of the OVD (Interior Division) of the Botlikh District, who beat him.
14:00, 13 August 2011
Volgograd Regional Court upholds journalists' right to work in City Duma without accreditation
On August 12 the Volgograd Regional Court dismissed the cassation, which was filed by Anatoly Antontsev, Chairman of the City Duma of Mikhailovka, concerning the decision on the lawsuit against him, lodged by the journalists of the local newspaper "Novoe Vremya" (New Time).
13:00, 13 August 2011
Rostov-on-Don: opposition holds "Day of Wrath"
On August 12 in Rostov-on-Don, representatives of the opposition held one more protest within the action "Day of Wrath".
12:00, 13 August 2011
In Tbilisi, some refugees voluntarily leave Hotel "Abkhazia"
Today, many of the refugees, who are now being evicted from Hotel "Abkhazia" in the Georgian capital, started to voluntarily leave the hotel. At the same time, other refugees, living in the hotel, organized another protest rally in Tbilisi.
23:10, 12 August 2011
Khasavyurt: two persons killed in skirmish near the mosque
Today in the afternoon, in the city of Khasavyurt, two unidentified persons have opened automatic fire at the people who were coming out of the local mosque and wounded two persons who later died.
22:00, 12 August 2011
Advocates of ANC activists complain that policemen break their rights
The Advocates' Chamber of Armenia will try to initiate criminal prosecution of the power agents who have allegedly violated their rights at the police station. This was announced by Ruben Saakyan, Chairman of the Chamber.
20:00, 12 August 2011
"London taxis" appear in Baku streets
One of the novelties of this summer in the capital of Azerbaijan was the appearance of cabs, the so-called "London taxis", which was differently treated by townspeople – both drivers and passengers.
News
Protesters in Tbilisi. Photo: Publika Protesters in Tbilisi supported the demands of parents of children with Duchenne syndrome.

The body of a Georgian soldier has been delivered to Tbilisi. Screenshot from Publika's photo from April 26, 2026. The participation of Georgian fighters in fighting in Ukraine has raised questions about their motivations.

Azerbaijan and Armenia discussed border delimitation rules

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.