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11:59, 15 August 2021
Trial of Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev creates threat of closing "Chernovik"
Colleagues of the journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, have no hope of a fair verdict and fear the closure of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly after the trial, the "Novaya Gazeta" has found out. Residents of Dagestan are afraid to go out to actions in defence of Gadjiev, but his support in social networks is growing, his wife has stated.
Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h91YWIXtui4
11:09, 15 August 2021
Analysts rule out any transfer of Armenian militaries to Nagorno-Karabakh
A transfer of troops from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh is prohibited by the ban on entry of Armenian military columns into the unrecognized republic, but at the same time, the armistice agreement does not ban the Nagorno-Karabakh's right to ensure the safety of its local residents, Armenian analysts have stated.
11:07, 15 August 2021
Azerbaijan blames Armenia for border shelling
Last night, Armenian militaries shelled the Azerbaijani positions in the Tovuz District from the Armenian border territory, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
An ambulance. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
23:13, 14 August 2021
Georgian authorities admit problems in ambulance work
In Georgia, the load on the ambulance service has grown significantly amid the deteriorating epidemiological situation; therefore, calls are served with a delay, the country's Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has explained. Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, has stated that it is planned to make the vaccination against coronavirus mandatory.
An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence
14:04, 14 August 2021
Armenia claims shelling in direction of Gegarkunik
Azerbaijani units have shelled the positions of the Armenian Armed Forces stationed in the Gegarkunik border section, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
The criminal Law of the Russian Federation. Photo: Valentina Mischenko / Yugopolis
13:51, 14 August 2021
Defendants in case of "Sharia patrols" in KBR plead guilty
Eleven residents of the village of Anzorei in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), whom investigators treated as members of the extremist community, have pleaded guilty in the case of the so-called "Sharia patrols".
12:16, 14 August 2021
Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in two districts
The Armenian Armed Forces opened fire on the positions of Azerbaijani militaries stationed in the Kelbadjar and Gadabay Districts of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/elzamin.salayev/videos/158496345182695/
23:55, 13 August 2021
Azerbaijani activist Alizamin Salaev transferred to medical unit in penal colony
Alizamin Salaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), convicted on the charge of defamation, has succeeded in seeking his transfer to a medical unit in the penal colony. The defence filed a complaint about the court’s refusal in conditional early relief for the oppositionist.
A video appeal in support of ethnic Talysh Idrak Mirzalizade. Screenshot ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9K361ESYQY
23:52, 13 August 2021
Colleagues stand up for arrested comic Idrak Mirzalizade
Dozens of artists recorded a video appeal in support of ethnic Talysh Idrak Mirzalizade, who was arrested for ten days for his joke about xenophobia in Moscow. Comics announced a concert in support of arrested Idrak Mirzalizade.
The Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:07, 13 August 2021
Resident of Dagestan sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment for participation in IS
In Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court found Murad Abdullagadjiev, a resident of Dagestan, guilty of swearing allegiance to the leader of a terrorist organization and participating in its activities. The defendant pleaded guilty, the press service for the Southern District Military Court reported.
Sergey Marakov in a courtroom. Screenshot of the post on Andrey Sabinin's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3971759139515270&set=a.511013482256537
21:03, 13 August 2021
Arrest of advocate Marakov in Chechnya cancelled for formal violations, lawyers suggest
The Supreme Court of Chechnya cancelled the decision to extend the arrest of advocate Sergey Marakov not because it considered the strict pre-trial restriction measure unreasonable, but because of formal violations, lawyers suggest. A wife and a 93-year-old mother of the defendant claimed they had not seen him since his detention.
Wiretapping. Photo: pixabay.com
20:52, 13 August 2021
Georgian activists complain to prosecutor's office about wiretapping
Activists of three Georgian NGOs have turned to the prosecutor's office with a complaint about the secret wiretapping of their telephone conversations by the Georgian State Security Service (SSS).
Azerbaijani military post near the Yeraskh village. Photo: Hayk Manukyan / Human Rights Defender of Armenia
18:47, 13 August 2021
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling
Armenian militaries have shelled, from the territory of Armenia and from positions located in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani positions stationed in the Lachin, Fizuli and Khodjaly Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
12:55, 13 August 2021
Authorities urge Askeran townspeople to help Stepanakert in overcoming water supply crisis
The Mayoralty of Askeran has asked city residents to collect large empty bottles in order to use them for bringing drinking water to the districts of Stepanakert, which have water supply outages.
Timur Tumgoev. Photo courtesy of his sister Marina Tumgoeva
12:53, 13 August 2021
Case of North-Ossetian Tumgoev sent to court
At the court session on the case of Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, accused of attacking an employee of a colony in the Saratov Region, prosecution witnesses are testifying.
The Gelati Monastery Complex. Photo: Ihor Burliai https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гелатский_монастырь#/media/Файл:Gelati_Monastery_1.jpg
12:48, 13 August 2021
UNESCO links damage to Gelati Monastery with restorers' errors
The ancient frescoes in the Gelati Monastery have been damaged by rainwater due to improper restoration of the roof, the UNESCO has claimed. The Georgia's Ministry of Culture has acknowledged the problem and promised to solve it.
Yelena Barzukaeva at the Derbent City Court hearing a lawsuit a law enforcer had filed against her. April 29, 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:40, 13 August 2021
Investigators promise to follow up application on torture of Derbent residents
For the tenth time, investigators have refused to initiate a criminal case against the law enforcers who had tortured three residents of Derbent, but the head of the Dagestani branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has assured that he would supervise the check, relatives of the Derbent residents have informed.
Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" "LGBT in Chechnya: how people get abducted under Ramzan Kadyrov" ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8_M5f7G14
11:45, 13 August 2021
Rights defenders tell details of queer girl's abduction by Chechen law enforcers
The "Russian LGBT Network"* is concerned about the fate of the girl who was abducted a year ago by Chechen law enforcers, and is going to appeal against the decision of the Chechen Supreme Court (SC), which has found the investigator's refusal to investigate the abduction as legitimate. The refusal to investigate the abduction case is unlawful, the advocate has noted.
A road signpost in the village of Dattykh. Photo by Zurab Pliev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:53, 12 August 2021
Weapon hiding discovered in Ingush village
A plastic canister with grenades, fuses, and cartridges was found in the village of Dattykh near the border with Chechnya. The canister presumably was hidden in the ground about six years ago, the Department for Ingushetia of the National Guard of Russia reports today.
Marina Agaltsova, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”. Photo by the press service of the HRC “Memorial” memohr.org
23:46, 12 August 2021
Rights defenders explain refusal of a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria to report torture
After a refusal to file a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), a person convicted in a case on an attack on Nalchik does not even want to talk to human rights defenders by phone, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC)“Memorial”* reports. Another complainant died in a penal colony, while the third complainant was transferred to a penal colony with tougher regime of detention.
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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.