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Gas station in Makhachkala. Photo "Caucasian Knot"
07:53, 29 August 2026
The acting head of Dagestan, Fyodor Shchukin, instructed to create an operational headquarters, strengthen control over fuel supplies and prices, and expedite the resumption of operations at gas stations closed for violations. Residents of Dagestan, commenting on these measures on social media, doubted their effectiveness and complained about high prices and a lack of functioning gas stations.
Grozny. Photo: "Grozny Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru/
06:55, 29 August 2026
The Electoral Commission of Chechnya announced a recruitment of volunteers to work at polling stations during the voting. Previously, residents of the republic repeatedly complained about the coercion of budget employees to participate in election-related events.
05:57, 29 August 2026
Rescuers conducted an operation to evacuate the body of a paraglider from the Sverdlovsk region, who died during a flight in a mountain gorge in the territory of the Cherek district.
04:59, 29 August 2026
Mikhail Semenov, arrested under the pretext of failing to report to the settlement colony, has repeatedly complained unsuccessfully about the conditions of his detention first in the pre-trial detention center in Cherkessk and then in the pre-trial detention center in the Moscow region, his wife reported.
03:59, 29 August 2026
Information about the influx of Russians at the checkpoint "Verkhny Lars" has sparked mixed comments from Facebook* users. Some consider it a typical tourist rush, while others believe that Russians are moving en masse to Georgia. In the event of mobilization, those liable for military service may face a travel ban.
03:26, 29 August 2026
A coordinated attack is being carried out against the accounts of eight independent Azerbaijani media outlets on Facebook* and Instagram* with the aim of exerting pressure, as well as mass complaints about copyright violations are being submitted. Journalists have urged Meta* to verify the sources of the complaints and restore the blocked pages.
02:27, 29 August 2026
In Chechnya, the construction of a hafiz school for 280 female students has begun. Currently, there are already 11 such schools and 457 madrasas operating in the republic. These schools are not an alternative to regular educational institutions; they are optional classes for all ages.
01:28, 29 August 2026
In the cell where journalist Ulviya Ali is located, they placed a woman accused of murdering her husband, who allegedly did not undergo medical and psychological examinations. The journalist and her relatives believe that this is an attempt to pressure her.
The gas station "Bars" agreed to lower prices. Screenshot from the "Yandex Maps" service, https://yandex.ru/maps/org/bars/15573898142/?ll=44.643593%2C43.060809&z=13
00:29, 29 August 2026
In North Ossetia, at least eight gas stations have joined an agreement with the authorities to lower fuel prices. Residents of the republic, commenting on the report from the Ministry of Housing and Utilities, Fuel and Energy of North Ossetia on social media, found the fuel prices not low enough.
Parents of schoolchildren at the building of school No. 66 on Ponomarenko Street in Krasnodar. Photo: Krasnodar - Teletype / Telegram channel
23:54, 28 August 2026
Residents of Krasnodar recorded a video message to the head of the city, Evgeny Naumov, in which they demanded to switch children to remote learning until the local school opens. According to the parents, they categorically refuse to send their children to another school for safety reasons.
The TV company "Ir" conducted the debates. Snapshot from "Sapa Tskhinval" dated 28.08.26, https://t.me/sapa_tskhinval/4411
23:43, 28 August 2026
Presidential candidates of South Ossetia were supposed to discuss social policy today, but the quality of the broadcast is such that voters cannot understand what is being said.
Participants of the continuous actions on the 639th day on Rustaveli in Tbilisi. Photo: MO SE / Facebook
23:10, 28 August 2026
Despite the heavy rain, supporters of Georgia's Eurointegration took to the streets in Tbilisi for the 639th consecutive day. The total number of pardoned participants of the protests in 2024-2025 has reached nine.
At the gas station. Screenshot of the photo https://novostipmr.com/ru/content/povyshenie-mirovykh-cen-na-neft-privelo-k-rostu-cen-na-toplivo-v-pmr
22:18, 28 August 2026
Queues at gas stations in Abkhazia have decreased, but the fuel shortage and high prices remain, drivers reported. The gasoline sent from Russia will last no more than two weeks under the restrictions on sales, analysts believe.
21:18, 28 August 2026
68 housing certificates were received by the first citizens of the Khasavyurt and Derbent districts, whose housing was lost or requires major repairs due to the consequences of the emergency situation. 85 thousand citizens have been assigned payments totaling more than 3.26 billion rubles, which is just over 31% of the total number of applicants.
Temporary crossing over the Anapka, Screenshot from 19.08.26 by user Elena Helen, https://t.me/prof_grazdanin/3812?comment=11855
20:20, 28 August 2026
The crossing over the Anapka River was built to fill the beaches with imported sand after an oil spill, and upon completion of the work, the resort authorities planned to remove it. However, despite the completion of the sand delivery, the structure still remains, noted Telegram users.
The Baratasvili park in Tbilisi, where the murder of a citizen of Russia took place. Photo: Newsgeorgia / https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/v-centre-tbilisi-ubit-grazhdanin-rossii/
19:28, 28 August 2026
The body of a 40-year-old citizen of Russia was discovered by passersby this morning at dawn in the park near the Baratasvili monument in the center of Tbilisi. The murder was preceded by a conflict in a supermarket, and the location where the body was found is not equipped with surveillance cameras.
18:33, 28 August 2026
The fine for the Chechen man who prayed on the road under repair is justified, some Instagram users believe. Other commentators felt that the courts and law enforcement selectively approach the issue, criminalizing the prayer specifically. There are cases of illegal persecution of Muslims for performing prayer in public places, which are defined as missionary activity; such fines can and should be challenged all the way to the Supreme Court, the lawyer is convinced.
17:50, 28 August 2026
Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University has flown from Grozny airport to the military operation zone, reported the authorities of Chechnya.
Abkhaz blogger Daur Buava. Photo: Megatv / https://megatv.ge
17:00, 28 August 2026
The body of the Abkhaz blogger Daur Buava, who was accused of treason in Abkhazia, was found in a residential apartment in Tbilisi. An investigation is underway under the article "driving to suicide."
16:00, 28 August 2026
Vladimir Razorenov was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 979 fighters from the Rostov region as killed.
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.