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Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (left). Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295
23:18, 19 August 2021
Isaev and Magamadov complain about torture
An advocate of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev managed to get a permission to visit them in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Chechnya. The young men claimed that they were repeatedly beaten and forced to keep silence about that fact. The defence filed a complaint to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Believer hits herself in the chest with the palm of their hand as a sign of sorrow on the day of Ashura, September 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
19:22, 19 August 2021
Azerbaijani Muslims mark Ashura Day amid COVID-19 restrictions
Today, Ashura, a day of mourning for Shia Muslims, has been marked in Azerbaijan amid restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ammunition. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Interior for Dagestan, http://05.мвд.рф
19:02, 19 August 2021
Dagestani resident detained for manufacturing firearms
In a back room in a house of a 67-year-old resident of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District, employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan discovered a workshop for converting civilian firearms into combat ones.
Wheelchair. Photo: pixabay.com
15:15, 19 August 2021
Rights defenders point to rights violations of persons with disabilities in Makhachkala
Entrances to state institutions in Makhachkala are not equipped with ramps; this violates the rights of persons with disabilities; and human rights defenders have to seek the installation of ramps in courts, but judges reject about a third part of complaints, activists of the human rights NGO "ZhKKh (Housing and Communal Services) Monitor " assert.
A gun and personal belongings of an Armenian soldier. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:01, 19 August 2021
Three soldiers found dead at combat post in Armenia
The bodies of three soldiers with gunshot wounds have been found in a combat position located in Southeast of Armenia, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CFFm8A6Cwtn/
14:50, 19 August 2021
Rights defenders demand to voice out data on Tepsurkaev's fate
A year has passed since the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev, a critic of Chechen authorities, but investigators are still unaware of his whereabouts, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated, calling on to release the details of the inquiry into his kidnapping.
Wastewater is being discharged from the aluminium factory into a ditch from where it goes straight into the Sunzha River. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CSkZjMFgeR2
10:55, 19 August 2021
Ingush Ministry of Nature confirms wastewater discharge from aluminium factory
The aluminium factory located near the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia is discharging its wastewater through a sewer without any purification, inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (known as "Minprirody") of Ingushetia have confirmed after checking.
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (left). Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295
10:41, 19 August 2021
SIZO employees tell advocate about Magamadov's and Isaev's illness
Again, the advocate of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was not allowed to visit them at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), as the stuff thereof said that the brothers were sick with coronavirus, the advocate said. The "Russian LGBT Network"* will ask again the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take urgent measures to protect Magamadov's and Isaev's rights, said the press secretary, Tim Bestsvet.
Adam Shakhidov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlaBJuVzAes
08:39, 19 August 2021
Kadyrov's advisor explains his words about "handsome" Taliban fighters by wisdom
Hanafi Maturidis, to which the Taliban refers, are "handsome guys," said Adam Shakhidov, an adviser on religious affairs to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. He has noted that this is a wise statement that not everyone can understand.
Azerbaijani serviceman at combat positions in Nagorno-Karabakh, January 2021. Photo REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov
08:26, 19 August 2021
Armenia calls on Azerbaijan to negotiate within OSCE Minsk Group format
Yerevan is ready to resume negotiations with the participation of OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) officials, and treats these talks as a guarantee of restoring security in Nagorno-Karabakh, Nikol Pashinyan stated on August 18 and confirmed the Armenia's desire to start demarcating the border with Azerbaijan.
Irganai hydroelectric power plant. Photo: Saiga20K, http://ru.wikipedia.org
21:25, 18 August 2021
Dagestani residents file a lawsuit to ECtHR about Irganai HPP
In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), residents of Dagestan claim that Russian federal officials acted ineffectively and failed to resolve the issue on compensation for the lands flooded because of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant (HPP).
A barrack for IDPs in Ingushetia. Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org
21:04, 18 August 2021
Human rights defenders prevent eviction of people from barracks in Nazran
A court has agreed with the arguments of the lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* that the city administration has no right to file such claims and refused to evict 25 families of forced migrants from barracks in Nazran.
At the site of terror attack in Grozny, December 2020. Screenshot: Telegram Channel BAZA
20:52, 18 August 2021
Ingush residents criticize Kadyrov for refusing to give out bodies of Timurziev brothers
The leader of Chechnya acted cruelly and contrary to Muslim morality by not giving out the bodies of the Timurziev brothers killed in Grozny to their relatives. This opinion was expressed by Instagram users, who positioned themselves as residents of Ingushetia.
A Taliban fighter on the roof of an armored vehicle loads a cannon near an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/TV via
18:38, 18 August 2021
Taliban’s* victory does not threaten to drastically destabilize Northern Caucasus
The arrival of the Taliban* to power in Afghanistan did not provoke an unambiguous reaction among Muslims of Northern Caucasus and does not threaten the region with an increase in extremism, experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggest.
18:26, 18 August 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on fire fighters
The Azerbaijani side set fire to a field with grass and then opened fire on a team of Karabakh fire fighters, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reports today.
Sotk gold mine. Photo: GeoProMining Ltd official website
15:25, 18 August 2021
Sotk mine workers return to work after evacuation
The Sotk gold mine, whose workers had been evacuated due to shelling from Azerbaijan, has resumed their work. The situation on this section of the Armenian border is calm today, the "GeoProMining Gold" Company has informed.
Afghan police check cars at the entrance gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, August 15, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
15:11, 18 August 2021
Six Georgian citizens returned from Kabul
Six Georgian citizens, who had worked in Afghanistan and were unable to leave Kabul after the Taliban seized the city, have returned to Tbilisi. Georgian authorities are trying to organize the evacuation of the rest of Georgian citizens, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.
14:56, 18 August 2021
Azerbaijan claims shelling on Armenian border
Armenian militaries have shelled the Azerbaijani positions located near the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), as well as in the Gadabay and Kelbadjar Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Young men abducting a bride. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlqAg_9Dbwc
11:05, 18 August 2021
Caucasian scholars treat bride abduction custom as contrary to Sharia
The bride abduction is in no way consistent with the Sharia, according to which parental consent is mandatory for marriage, the Caucasian experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
A minivan in Chechnya. Photo: Ministry of Transport for Chechnya, http://www.instagram.com/p/CATEWUbBR3K/
10:47, 18 August 2021
Increased fares in fixed-route minibuses anger Grozny townspeople
In Chechnya, some fixed-route minivans have doubled their fares, local residents complain.
News
A Kuban resident was sentenced to a lengthy prison term for setting fire to a relay cabinet.

Cleaning up oil spills on the coast of Tuapse. Photo from the Kuban emergency response headquarters' Telegram channel https://t.me/opershtab23/15794 Incidents in Tuapse have raised doubts about the readiness of Kuban resorts for the tourist season.

A soldier from Kamyshin was killed in a military operation.

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.