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15:00, 12 July 2011
HRW to report on human rights situation in Gali District of Abkhazia
On July 15 the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) will present the report outlining the human rights problems and specific recommendations to the authorities of Abkhazia and the international community to improve the situation in Gali District.
14:00, 12 July 2011
Policemen threw grenades at civilians' houses in Dagestan, witnesses assert
Armed policemen, who went this morning around households in the village Mutsalaul of Khasavyurt District, threw grenades to the house where brothers Ali and Umar named Zainalabidov lived. As a result, the building received considerable damage, the "Caucasian Knot" was told by Rasul Magomedkhanov, a resident of the village.
12:00, 12 July 2011
North-Caucasian track and field athletes won over ten medals at the championship of Russia in Cheboksary
627 athletes from 61 Russian regions took part in the championship of Russia which passed off in Cheboksary from July, 1 till July, 3, the Ministry of Sports of Chuvash Republic reported. Participants from Northern Caucasus got over ten medals during the events.
11:00, 12 July 2011
Western Georgia bore damages from pelting rains
The settlement of Jikhaskari, Zugdidi district of Western Georgia, bore strong damages as a result of a heavy rain and flood in the river of Tarchia, highways and bridges were also troubled.
10:00, 12 July 2011
520 convicts amnestied in Armenia
As of July, 9, 767 persons were granted an amnesty in Armenia, Press service of Criminal executive department of the Ministry of Justice reported.
23:00, 11 July 2011
Over 15 men are suspected of raping 14-year-old girl in Kabardino-Balkaria
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by Police Colonel Yuri Begidov, head of the Chegem ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), that 15 persons are checked for involvement in raping a 14-year-old girl from the village of Nartan in Kabardino-Balkaria: suspects' DNA an other analyses are made.
22:00, 11 July 2011
Retransmission centre burnt down in Dagestan
On July 11, in the Tsumadin District of Dagestan, unidentified criminals attacked the Radio and Television Broadcasting Centre (RTBC); they destroyed and burned it down.
20:00, 11 July 2011
South-Ossetian social-democrats to nominate their presidential candidate
Reporters were informed by Dmitry Tasoev, Chairman of the earlier legally liquidated Social-Democratic Party of South Ossetia, that his party will participate in elections at all levels.
19:00, 11 July 2011
Protest actions against detention of journalists held in Tbilisi
In Tbilisi, at the initiative of the Board of the Charter of Journalistic Ethics, journalists held protest actions associated with the "photographers' case" at the buildings of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the US Embassy. The members of the Board demanded from the country's authorities to remove the "secrecy status" from the case and urged the international community to monitor the inquiry.
18:00, 11 July 2011
Moscow to host presentation of French film about Estemirova's murder
On Friday, July 15, at 6:00 p.m., the new premises of the International Society "Memorial" in Moscow, located at the intersection of Karetny Ryad Street and Sadovoe Ring, a party will be held in memory of human rights defender Natalia Estemirova. The event will see the film "Who killed Natasha?"
17:12, 11 July 2011
The parents of the children who sank in Yeisk appealed against the sentence of Yeisk court
The parents of the children who sank in Yeisk last year disagree both with the judgment agaist the teachers acknowledged guilty of their chilren’s loss and the actions of the court concerning the aggreived persons themselves.
17:00, 11 July 2011
In Geneva, consultations held with Georgia on Russia's accession to WTO with participation of customs experts
On July 8 and 9 Geneva hosted another round of consultations between Russia and Georgia on the former's accession to the WTO. According to Nino Kalandadze, Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia, customs experts took part in the meeting.
16:00, 11 July 2011
Organizers of the mountain multi-race in Adygea plan to make it annual
The organizers of the mountain multi-race "Caucasus Adventure Race 2011", which was held on July 8-10 in the territory of the Lagonaki Highland and the Fisht-Oshten Massive of the Republic of Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory, intend to start holding it every year. In the future, they plan to add the marine component to the race.
15:00, 11 July 2011
In Dagestan, lawyers fear that mosque parishioners may be accused of schoolmaster's murder
Dagestani advocates do not rule out that after the murder of the school principal Sidikullah Akhmedov, committed in the village of Sovietskoe, repressions may be launched against the parishioners of the local mosque, who had been already beaten once.
14:00, 11 July 2011
Dagestan to open a new medrese by September 1
By September 1, the village of Novo-Sasitli will open a new Islamic school- medrese for 150 pupils. The construction is funded by Muslims' donations.
13:00, 11 July 2011
Ekazhevo villager disappears in Ingushetia
The fact that Adam Kartoev, born in 1986, a resident of the village of Ekazhevo, Nazran District of Ingushetia, departed on July 7 in his VAZ-2107 car to Nazran and never returned was reported to the on duty unit of the Nazran ROVD by his mother Ferdovs Kartoeva.
12:00, 11 July 2011
European schoolchildren's boxing championship in Chechnya attracts 155 athletes from 16 countries
The championship in boxing among schoolchildren was opened on July 10 in the Chechen capital. The tournament will be held from July 10 to July 16.
11:00, 11 July 2011
Four people injured as a result of gas explosion in Vladikavkaz are still staying in resuscitation departments
As of 14:00, July, 11, twelve persons injured as a result of an explosion of a gas bottle in Vladikavkaz are still staying in clinics of St. Petersburg, Irbek Doev, Head of Press service of the Permanent Mission of North Osetia, reported.
Forced migrants who lost their homes in warfare in Chechnya at the TAC (temporary accommodation centre). Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
09:00, 11 July 2011
Inmates of places of temporary accommodation (PTS) for displaced persons in Chechnya under a threat of mass eviction
Over 200 people living in PTSs for displaced persons which the authorities of Chechnya several years ago renamed into dormitories for people in need of improvement housing conditions may be compulsorily evicted one of these days.
Refugees evicted from the former military hospital in Tbilisi, August 13, 2010. Photo by Nodar Tskhvirashvili, RFE/RL
23:00, 9 July 2011
Refugees are still evicted in Tbilisi
The internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abkhazia, who had been accommodated in two temporary accommodation centres (TACs), kindergarten No. 204 in micro-district No. 2 in the district of Varketili, and the religious boarding school in Lotkin district in Tbilisi, received their eviction notification.
News
A native of Volgograd has been sentenced to a long term for treason.

Fuel prices and queues at gas stations persist in southern Russia.

Apologies for the video about the attack have become an informal measure of punishment for the residents of Volgograd.

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.