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23:10, 25 August 2009
In Azerbaijan, "Reporters without Borders" help family of convicted journalist
The "Reporters without Borders" (RwB), an international organization defending the freedom of press, has rendered financial help to the family of convicted journalist Mushvig Guseinov, an employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way).
23:00, 25 August 2009
Chechen separatists sentence Ahmed Zakaev to death
Separatists of Chechnya have sentenced one of their emissaries Ahmed Zakaev to death. In their opinion, he betrayed Islam, having recognized the legitimacy of Ramzan Kadyrov's government.
22:40, 25 August 2009
Azerbaijan: SC to reconsider journalist's complaint against Nakhichevan police boss
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) (located in Azerbaijan) has considered the appeal complaint lodged by Khakimeldost Mekhtiev, a correspondent of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), against the decision of the Nakhichevan Court to reject Mr Mekhtiev's claim against Sabukhi Novruzov, boss of the city police.
22:00, 25 August 2009
In Krasnodar, cars with special license number plates are revealed as TRs infringers
Spot-checks are organized in this city by local UVD (Interior Department) together with the city-based road-guard regiment aimed to reveal infringers of Traffic Regulations (TRs) driving cars without number plates and with the so-called "special number series". However, local residents find these actions inefficient.
21:10, 25 August 2009
MIA of Chechnya has established the person of suicide bomber
The terrorist-suicide bomber, who has blown up militiamen today in the morning in the Shali District of Chechnya, was a member of the grouping of field commander Muslim Gakaev. His name was Magomed Shakhidov, a resident of Argun, as asserted by local law enforcers.
Volgograd Region. Photo by www.molgvardia.ru
21:00, 25 August 2009
Blacky candidate from Volgograd Region hopes to "cure" racism in local residents
In Russia, where the count of racially-motivated crimes is on a rapid rise, same as the army of skinheads, the decision of black-skinned Joachim Krima to run for a duma deputy of the Sredneakhtuba District of the Volgograd Region has caused a stormy interest. Along with solution of domestic problems of his fellow villagers, the candidate is ready, if elected to the local government, to overcome the racism, so deeply rooted in the consciousness of local residents.
21:00, 25 August 2009
Katsitadze: Georgian authorities suggest to move Guantanamo prisoners to local prisons
Kakha Katsitadze, a Georgian political scientist, does not believe that the States are seriously considering any transfer of Guantanamo inmates to Georgian prisons; he thinks that this is an initiative of local authorities.
20:00, 25 August 2009
"Memorial": in Dagestan, missing resident was found among liquidated militants
The resident of Dagestan, who disappeared right from his workplace on August 17, was found on August 19 among the "trophies" of a special operation. Over 20 bullets were extracted from his body, which had numerous traces of violence. As reported by the HRC "Memorial", the body would not be given out to relatives, until it is proved that the man was not involved in terrorism.
Dagestan, Makhachkala. Photo by www.mkala.ru
19:00, 25 August 2009
Relatives of kidnapped persons hold rally in Makhachkala
Today, in the square in front of the house of government of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, relatives of kidnapped persons have held their rally. According to different sources, from 50 to 200 persons took part in it demanding to stop kidnappings and murders of young people in the republic.
Political meeting timed to the 40th day after Natalya Estemirova's murder, the 24th of August, Moscow. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 25 August 2009
Moscow: participants of Estemirova's commemoration demand Kadyrov's resignation
In the evening on August 24, activists who rallied in the Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow to commemorate Natalia Estemirova on the 40th day after her murder demanded resignation of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.
23:20, 24 August 2009
In Georgia, court adjudges Eka Beseliya's relatives
The Kobuleti City Court has set free on bail Rati Milorava, son of Eka Beseliya, secretary general of the oppositional party "Movement for United Georgia", while her brother Sergo Beseliya will have to spend two months in pre-trial custody.
23:10, 24 August 2009
A powerful bomb blows up in Kabardino-Balkaria
On August 23, in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), when a local district militiaman was moving in his car, a powerful explosive was triggered. The militiaman did not suffer; and as reported by a source in the republic's power bodies, the culprits have been established.
23:00, 24 August 2009
Teenager wounded by explosion in Chechnya
On August 23, in the submontane Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, a local minor was wounded by explosion of unidentified ordnance.
22:00, 24 August 2009
Chechnya: a serviceman killed and four other wounded in a clash
On August 23, in the course of a combat clash that burst out in the Shali District of Chechnya, a soldier of the Internal Troops of Russian MIA was lost, and four militaries were wounded.
22:00, 24 August 2009
Moscow: Azerbaijani suspected of kidnapping his fellow countryman detained
It was reported by Moscow law enforcement bodies that they detained a citizen of Azerbaijan, suspected of kidnapping, together with his four accomplices, of a compatriot with further extortion of some 800,000 US dollars from him.
21:00, 24 August 2009
In Armenia, NGOs call authorities to defend Mariam Sukhudyan
Young members of a number of Armenian NGOs have addressed the president, prime minister and speaker of the parliament with an appeal to immediately publicly defend Mariam Sukhudyan, who is accused of disseminating false information about sexual harassments of pupils by a boarding school teacher.
20:00, 24 August 2009
Militants commit terror acts in Chechnya aiming to win a pause, power agents assert
The Chechen MIA believes that militants are committing terror acts with the use of suicide bombers with the aim to distract power agencies from broad-scale special operations in the mountains. President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that in no case the intensity of operations conducted against armed underground groupings will go down.
Astrakhan. Photo by http://astrakhan-450.ru
19:00, 24 August 2009
Woman from Astrakhan fined for criticizing Governor Zhilkin
In Astrakhan, a magistrate judge of the Kirov District has recognized local resident Nadiya Fokina guilty of hooliganism and sentenced her to a fine of 500 roubles; on August 17, she criticized Alexander Zhilkin, Governor of the Astrakhan Region, in the presence of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, when the former demonstrated a repaired embankment to the latter.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
18:00, 24 August 2009
In Chechnya, human rights activists fear repressions against terrorists' relatives
Experts of some Chechen NGOs stick to the opinion that relatives and family members of the two suicide bombers, who blew themselves in the afternoon on August 21 in Grozny killing four employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya and a young woman, are under threat of punitive and repressive measures.
22:00, 22 August 2009
President of Ingushetia: I'd have forgiven my attempters
President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov said, at his first press conference after his return to the republic that would have been ready to pardon the terrorist who had attempted on him, should the latter have remained alive.
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.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

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.