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23:00, 18 August 2009
Explosion in Dagestan wounds four persons
In Dagestan, today at 10:05 a.m., near the city marketplace in Kizilyurt, a bomb was triggered. As a result of the explosion four persons, two of them being militiamen, were wounded.
22:10, 18 August 2009
Chechnya's MIA: Kalinichenko family was executed as revenge for identifying a militant
The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic now know the name of a suspected killer of five persons in Pervomaiskoe village, Grozny District, committed at night of August 17. Probably, he was an acquaintance of one of the members of Kalinichenko family. This was stated by a source of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the MIA. According to his story, a briefing on the suspected gunman has already been disseminated among all the law enforcement units.
22:00, 18 August 2009
After terror act in Ingushetia, fates of several persons remain unknown
In Ingushetia, ruins after the explosion on August 17 in Nazran are still cleared away. Vakha Chapanov, head of the Ingush Information Agency "Maximum", said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the fate of several persons remains unknown.
21:00, 18 August 2009
Amirov: maintaining safety in capital of Dagestan faces problems
Today, at the sitting of the antiterrorist commission of Makhachkala, chaired by City Mayor Said Amirov, officials gave their estimates of the current operative situation in the context of recent frequent attacks on militia posts and encroachments on law enforcers. According to the Mayor, the situation is hard.
20:00, 18 August 2009
International human rights activists to send their observers to bloggers' trial in Azerbaijan
A number of well-known international human rights organizations have decided to send their representatives to Azerbaijan to the forthcoming litigation against young bloggers and activists Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli.
The valley of the Mzymta river. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 18 August 2009
Sochi ecologists plan to stop deforestation at construction of Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway
The Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus is going to stop felling at the construction of the combined highway Adler-Krasnaya Polyana (Red Meadow). Andrei Rudomakha, coordinator of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus said that now ecologists plan to lodge applications to law enforcement bodies. Then the "greens" want to stop the tree felling, which is underway there, according to ecology activists, with their own bodies.
Beslan, 2008. Photo by www.bbratstvo.com
18:00, 18 August 2009
Beslan mothers sent a letter to Russian President asking to consider the law on status of terror act victims
On August 17, the letter of Beslan mothers, which the members of the all-Russian NGO "Voice of Beslan" could not hand over to Dmitri Medvedev in North Ossetia, was sent to President's administration in Moscow. In the document, relatives of the victims of the terror act in Beslan ask the country leader to receive them and discuss the course of investigation of the terror act and the law on the status of the victims of terror acts.
23:40, 17 August 2009
Politkovskaya's defence appeals against refusal of the court to return the case to the prosecutor's office
The advocates of Anna Politkovskaya's family have appealed at the Supreme Court of Russia against the decision of the court to return the murder case of the observer of the "Novaya Gazeta" back to the public prosecutor. This was announced today by advocate Anna Stavitskaya, who represents the interests of the journalist's children.
Photos of victims of hostage-taking at school No 1 in Beslan (North Ossetia), committed by gunmen on the 1st of September 2004. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:00, 17 August 2009
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The bbcrussian.com special brings together bloggers from across North Caucasus
Five years on from the Beslan hostage drama, the security situation in the North Caucasus is deteriorating. The website of BBC Russian - bbcrussian.com - has teamed up with the web publication, "Caucasian Knot" (kavkaz-uzel.ru) to launch a major editorial initiative, engaging online audiences in a discussion about key issues faced by people in the North Caucasus.
23:00, 17 August 2009
Russian-speaking family assassinated in Chechnya
Ruslan Alkhanov, Minister of Internal Affairs of the republic has reported that a Russian-speaking family was killed in Pervomaiskaya village of Chechnya, but did not say, when the crime had been committed.
23:00, 17 August 2009
Evkurov: attackers on president of Ingushetia are no longer alive
The militants who participated in the attack on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov have been revealed; and at present they are not alive. This was reported today in an interview to journalists by Mr Evkurov himself.
22:10, 17 August 2009
Abdurakhmanov: Zakaev can return to Chechnya
Ahmed Zakaev, former emissary of Chechen separatists, now living in Great Britain, in future can return to Russia, as the forthcoming congress of the Chechen people will suggest Russian law enforcers to give up his prosecution; this was stated by Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov, speaker of the parliament of Chechnya.
22:00, 17 August 2009
Car with militiamen blown up in the capital of Dagestan
Today in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a powerful bomb was triggered on the way of a militia's UAZ van. According to preliminary information, one militiaman was killed and three others were hospitalized with wounds; one is in a grave condition.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/blodgett
21:00, 17 August 2009
Editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado" dies in Azerbaijani prison hospital
Today, in Azerbaijan, Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) died in the prison hospital.
21:00, 17 August 2009
Count of victims of Nazran explosion reaches 138
According to latest data, the explosion in Nazran (Ingushetia) killed 20 persons and wounded 138 more; searches continue. This was reported by the Department of Information of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia.
Shop "Sunna" after the fire. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 17 August 2009
In Dagestan, unknown persons burn down shop with Islamic literature
Today at night, in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, unknown persons burnt down a shop named "Sunna" that was selling Islamic literature, clothes and associated goods. The owner of the shop Makhmud Kurbanov asserts that supporters of the Spiritual Department of Moslems (SDM) of Dagestan could be involved in the incident.
Portraits of Zarema Sadulaeva and Alik Jabrailov, attached to the street lamp on Pushkinskaya square in Moscow. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 17 August 2009
In Chechnya, colleagues and relatives of assassinated human rights activists are sure that this crime will never be solved
The course of investigation into the kidnapping and murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, leader of the youth NGO "Let's Save the Generation", and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov, infuses no optimism in their colleagues and relatives. One week after the incident, inspectors still cannot announce any possible organizers of this crime.
Chechnya, Grozny. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
20:00, 16 August 2009
Human rights activists complain of being persecuted in Chechnya
Employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Human Rights Watch have addressed Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin with a complaint of being shadowed in Grozny.
23:00, 15 August 2009
Editor-in-chief of "Chernovik": sauna in Dagestan was attacked by Shariat adherents
Nadira Isaeva, editor-in-chief of the Dagestan-based edition named "Chernovik" (Blueprint), has stated that the militants' attacks on August 13 on a sauna and a militia post in Buinaksk are interconnected and fit into the general picture of what happens in Dagestan. Its reasons should be looked for in the corruption that reigns in the republic, which forces people to start acting within their own alternative legal environment.
19:00, 15 August 2009
US military instructors arrive to Georgia
The first group of military instructors from the USA has arrived to Georgia to start training, as of September 1, a Georgian infantry battalion for participation in peacemaking operations in Afghanistan.
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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.