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The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/reviews/20170413/235599889/Osnovnye-napravlenija-raboty-SGB-Gruzii-v-2016-godu.html
11:31, 7 August 2021
Georgian rights defenders demand to check information about wiretapping of activists
The "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel has reported that the State Security Service (SSS) was wiretapping politicians and activists, after which human rights defenders demanded from the Prosecutor's Office to conduct an investigation. The Georgian Parliament should take the work of special services under its control, the Georgian NGOs have demanded.
Igor Kalyapin,. Photo: http://president-sovet.ru/presscenter/news/read/2922/
11:30, 7 August 2021
Inquiry into CaT's activities alerts rights defenders
The persecution of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) and Igor Kalyapin, the head thereof, is a consequence of the work of this organization engaged in investigating human rights violations, including those committed in Northern Caucasus, human rights activists said.
Russian peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia https://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces.htm
11:27, 7 August 2021
Russian peacemakers are the only guarantor of status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Nagorno-Karabakh Army is unable to fulfil its functions, since it has lost a significant part of its military equipment, Tigran Grigoryan, a political analyst, has noted. It is beneficial for Armenia to attract UN or OSCE peacemakers to the region, but Russia is hindering this, Naira Airumyan, a political observer, believes.
Ogtai Gyulyalyev. Screenshot Toplum.tv https://toplum.tv/az/oqtay-gulaliyev-bas-prokurorluu-mehkemeye-vermek-niyyetindedir/#.Xbk7T2sueUk
11:25, 7 August 2021
Doctors treat condition of Ogtai Gyulyalyev, Azeri rights defender, as stably grave
Ogtai Gyulyalyev was transferred to the intensive care unit; he is very weak, his son has informed. Clinics are afraid of responsibility for his health condition; as public attention is riveted to him, said Mekhman Aliev, the director of the "Turan" News Agency.
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.facebook.com/elzamin.salayev/videos/158496345182695/
23:59, 6 August 2021
Azerbaijani opposition leader Alizamin Salaev denied CER
The court dismissed a motion for conditional early relief (CER) filed by Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and the defence of the oppositionist will challenge the above court’s decision. Alizamin Salaev said that he was on hunger strike for the third day because of the lack of medical assistance.
23:57, 6 August 2021
Chechen native sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of blogger criticizing Kadyrov
In Austria, a court sentenced Sarali Akhtaev to life imprisonment in a case on the murder of Mamikhan Umarov, a blogger, well-known for criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov.
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19:02, 6 August 2021
Affinity with Kadyrov’s friend helps Chechen law enforcer detained in Dagestan
On suspicion of illegal possession of firearms, a person may be detained for at least three days, but in the case of a Chechen law enforcer in Khasavyurt, his relationship with the Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya played its role, veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) suggested.
18:57, 6 August 2021
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of shelling attacks
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported about a shelling attack in the direction of the Yeraskh village, while the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan claimed a shelling attack on its positions in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR).
An employee of the Azerbaijani Demining Agency. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Demining Agency (known as ANAMA) https://www.facebook.com/official.anama.gov.az/
18:53, 6 August 2021
Azerbaijani sapper wounded by mine explosion
An employee of the Azerbaijani Demining Agency has suffered at an anti-personnel mine explosion in the Karabakh conflict zone.
An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence
15:46, 6 August 2021
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of border shelling
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported about a shelling attack in the direction of the Yeraskh village, while the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan claimed a shelling attack on its positions in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR).
Screenshot of the post on the page "News Ingushetii Official" on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newsingushetii/?ref=page_internal"
11:29, 6 August 2021
Ingush activist Magomed Khamkhoev is back at large
Magomed Khamkhoev, an activist, convicted of inciting an attack on law enforcers during mass protests in Magas, has been released from the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison).
An entrance to the Armenian Parliament. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:26, 6 August 2021
Armenian journalists demand to return Lilian Galstyan's accreditation in parliament
The deprivation of Lilian Galstyan, a photojournalist of the "Panorama.am", of her accreditation at the Armenian Parliament indicates authorities' attempts to restrict the freedom of speech, Armenian journalist and public organizations have stated.
01:48, 6 August 2021
Health condition of rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev worsens sharply
Ogtai Gyulyalyev, an Azerbaijani human rights defender, who has been in a coma since November 2019, has been placed into the intensive care unit of a Baku hospital. Doctors assess his condition as critical.
01:33, 6 August 2021
Fellow villagers report repeated disappearance of Ibragim Musaev
Ibragim Musaev, a resident of the village of Sernovodsky, who returned home two days ago after his disappearing in June, disappeared again on August 4. His fellow villagers saw a police car with North-Ossetian license number plates near Musaev's house, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.
Participants of a rally in Magas, March 26, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
23:13, 5 August 2021
Defence claims attempts to conceal materials proving Ingush activists not guilty
Advocates of the leaders of the Ingush protests have obtained the involvement in the case of the experts who did not find any extremist appeals in the statements voiced by the defendants. The defence claims that investigators concealed the results of the expert examinations.
Installation “Bribe-Prison” created by sculptor Alexander Chaplygin, Stavropol, August 4, 2021. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CSI-sYaqsLq/
22:56, 5 August 2021
Stavropol law enforcers refuse to accept a symbolic golden toilet bowl
After an arrest of the chief for the GIBDD (Road Police) Department for the Stavropol Territory, artist Alexander Chaplygin offered the police department an installation with a golden toilet bowl as a reminder of the punishment for bribery. Alexander Chaplygin was detained and complained that law enforcers threatened to institute against him a case for insulting a public officer.
Azerbaijani police department in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
19:39, 5 August 2021
Two residents of Azerbaijan detained for violating ban on visiting Karabakh
In the Kelbadjar District, the police detained two residents who tried to enter the areas not cleared of mines in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan reports.
Radisson Roza Khutor' hotel. Photo: Nina Zotina, Yuga.ru, http://www.yuga.ru/news/357209/
19:24, 5 August 2021
Sochi hoteliers claim outflow of tourists
In Sochi, after the requirement of the vaccination had been imposed for tourists, the hotel occupancy rate has decreased by almost 1.5 times, and about a third of the resort’s guests refuse to be vaccinated, hotel owners complain.
Alizamin Salaev. Screenshot: http://www.facebook/elzamin.salayev/videos/158496345182695
14:02, 5 August 2021
Alizamin Salaev goes on hunger strike in Azerbaijani colony
Alizamin Salaev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has announced a hunger strike in the colony, demanding to provide him with medical care. Salaev's health has worsened, his son has informed.
Checking point at Abkhazia-Russia border. Photo: user DILIN, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Государственная_граница_Республики_Абхазия
13:40, 5 August 2021
Seven countries urge Russia to refuse recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Seven Western countries have signed a joint statement calling on Russia to recall its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and to immediately withdraw its troops from there.
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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.