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19:20, 17 July 2008
Azerbaijani political scientists think Russian-Georgian war improbable
A number of Azerbaijani and Russian political analysts assert that the tension in Russian-Georgian relations will hardly ever grow into an open armed conflict.
19:15, 17 July 2008
Picket demanding Magomedtagirov's resignation on in Dagestan
Today, several women got together in the Lenin Square in Makhachkala with posters demanding resignation of Adilgirey Magomedtagirov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan.
19:10, 17 July 2008
Georgian Labourites find decision of European Court on 2004 elections to be their personal victory
The Labour Party of Georgia has perceived the decision of the Strasbourg Court that at the 2004 parliamentary elections the Labourites' rights were derogated from to be a personal victory of its members.
19:07, 17 July 2008
Chechnya: power agents kidnap relatives of well-known lawyer
At night on July 16, in the Shatoy District of Chechnya, workers of power agencies kidnapped and took away in unknown direction two local residents - close relatives of the well-known Chechen lawyer Ilyas Timishev, who is representing the interests of suffered residents of the Republic both in local courts and in the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.
14:14, 16 July 2008
Human rights activists bag subscriptions against Russian-Georgian war
Human rights activists have announced the start of collecting signatures against the war of Russia on Georgia. The statement emphasizes that the Russian Federation, being the stronger party, should exhibit greater restraint.
14:09, 16 July 2008
Zaur Betilgireev, kidnapped by power agents in Chechnya, remains in custody
The information about release of Betilgireev, Zaur Khizirovich, a resident of Serzhen-Jurt village, Shali District of Chechnya, who was brought delivered to the Shali ROVD, was not confirmed. The local resident is still behind bars.
14:05, 16 July 2008
Azerbaijani MIA keeps denying violence against journalist Emin Guseinov
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan sent an answer to the request of Djamil Gasanli, Deputy of the National Assembly, on the fact of violence applied to Emin Guseinov, head of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, on June 14 in the 22nd Police Station of the Nasiminskiy District of the capital of the country.
14:02, 16 July 2008
Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria complains of being forced into false testimonies
Arsen Guchapshev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has complained to the Department of Own Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the KBR against pressure on him by certain Chechenov, an operative inspector of the Chegem ROVD, who is a member of the investigatory group in charge of disclosing the murder of entrepreneur Murat Mukov.
13:56, 16 July 2008
Rally prepared in Ingushetia with demand to dismiss Zyazikov and return Aushev
The Ingushetian opposition is now preparing a nationwide rally, where they plan to put forward the demand of resignation of Murat Zyazikov and return of Ruslan Aushev back to the post of the president of the Republic.
13:51, 16 July 2008
Institute of Media Rights: Azerbaijan has no freedom of press
During the first six months of 2008, 22 violence episodes, including physical and psychological pressure, threats and attacks were committed against journalists in Azerbaijan. The figure is contained in the report named "Legal Status of Media in Azerbaijan", prepared by the Institute of Media Rights and presented today in the press conference.
13:48, 16 July 2008
Azerbaijan: Appeal Court upholds verdict to Farkhad Aliev
On July 16, the Baku Appeal Court presided by Mirpasha Guseinov finished considering the appeal complaint lodged by ex-Minister for Economic Development of Azerbaijan Farkhad Aliev, his brother, former head of the "Azpetrol" private company Rafik Aliev, and five more persons.
14:51, 15 July 2008
Authorities of South Ossetia believe that RF-Belarus Union will be safer for them
In the near future, South Ossetia will consider accession of the Republic to the Union State of Russia and Belarus. In the opinion of the authorities, South Ossetia needs to seek ways to ensure its safety.
14:47, 15 July 2008
Journalists' community of Azerbaijan disappointed with results of Halil's trial
On Tuesday, the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku sentenced Sergey Strekalin to 18 months for attacking Agil Halil on March 13 this year. The international journalists' organization "Reporters Without Borders" made a statement, expressing a regret that the trial in Azerbaijan on the case of attack on Agil Halil resulted in punishing the person who had nothing to do with the incident.
14:44, 15 July 2008
In Armenia, Ombudsman finds it necessary to early release journalist Babadzhanyan
Today, Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, made a statement, in which he has expressed expediency of early release of Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak-Yerevan" newspaper.
14:41, 15 July 2008
Demirchyan: Armenian public should decide on Kocharyan's tribunal
Speaking to journalists about subscription bagging, initiated by the Centre of Nationwide Movement in support of bringing Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, to the International Tribunal in The Hague, Stepan Demirchyan, leader of Popular Party of Armenia, has explained that this is a public initiative, and political parties should not consider their accession to it.
14:34, 15 July 2008
Iskandaryan: positive dynamics observed in work of press in Armenia
Recently, oppositional figures have been more frequent on TV in Armenia; they can speak freely, without censorship, and, in general, the trend is positive, asserts Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Institute of the Caucasus.
13:31, 15 July 2008
Access to Chechen separatists' websites to be restricted in Novosibirsk Region
The prosecutor's office of the Novosibirsk Region has sent a presentation to local Internet providers asking them to restrict access of their clients to a number of websites, which are, in the opinion of law enforcers, extremist in nature. Among these websites, there are some resources of Chechen separatists.
13:18, 15 July 2008
Doctors Without Borders indignant with the need to share ransom paid for Aryan Erkel who was kidnapped in Dagestan
The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (also called Medecins Sans Frontieres - MSF) is shocked by the decision of the Federal Court of Switzerland to share the funds of the ransom paid for release Aryan Erkel, a citizen of the Netherlands and head of the MSF mission who had been kidnapped in Northern Caucasus.
13:40, 14 July 2008
Investigation underway in Chechnya into circumstance of explosion at parliament building
The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic continue to study the circumstances of the incident in Grozny, when as a result of an explosion at the building of the parliament two persons suffered.
13:35, 14 July 2008
In Azerbaijan, public prosecutor demands two years of imprisonment for attacker on Halil
At the process in the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku on the case of Sergey Strekalin, accused of attacking journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper Agil Halil, on July 14 Public Prosecutor Eldar Gamzaev asked the court to sentence the defendant to two years of imprisonment with serving the punishment in a general custody colony.
News
Historians and activists have called on Armenian authorities to resist the destruction of cultural heritage in Karabakh.

Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before the elections.

The resettlement of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh has sparked debate on social media.

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.