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Disinfection in one of Georgia's jails. Photo: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia, http://www.facebook.com/moc.gov.ge/posts/3359750700767604
11:08, 31 August 2021
COVID-19 spread in Georgian jails raises large-scale amnesty issue
Sofo Djaparidze, a member of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has called on the authorities to amnesty those convicted of petty crimes in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 in prisons.
Construction of a high-rise building in the village of Krasny Bazar. Photo: David Ghahramanyan / Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development of Astrakh
10:47, 31 August 2021
Authorities report on progress in post-war reconstruction works in Nagorno-Karabakh
In Stepanakert, almost 900 buildings damaged by shelling during the autumn war have been repaired; works are also underway in the Askeran, Martakert and Martuni Districts, the Ministry of Urban Development of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.
Natalia Estemirova. Photo: REUTERS/Dilan Martines
08:45, 31 August 2021
Estemirova's colleagues assess prospects for inquiry into her murder after ECtHR's verdict
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will demand from Russia to investigate the murder of the human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, committed in Chechnya, but Russian authorities will take no concrete steps for this, the rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Idrak Mirzalizade. Screenshot: Stand-up club #1/Youtube
08:27, 31 August 2021
Colleagues of comedian Mirzalizade condemn his ban to enter Russia
A State Duma MP has treated the ban imposed on Idrak Mirzalizade to visit Russia for a joke as excessive; and the comedian's colleagues treat the pressure on him as a new level of repressions in Russia.
Journalist Idris Yusupov holds solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, October 14, 2019. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
21:46, 30 August 2021
Journalists treat Gadjiev’s case a local episode of all-Russian trend
Today, in Makhachkala, journalist Idris Yusupov and Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), have held solo pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Cases of pressure on the media and criminal prosecution of journalists have become a “federal trend,” emphasizes Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the “Chernovik”.
Joseph Stalin. Photo: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a33351
21:31, 30 August 2021
Sergey Lavrov calls criticism of Stalin’s personality a threat to Russia
At a meeting with war veterans in Volgograd, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that attempts to portray Joseph Stalin as the main villain of his era are aimed at weakening Russia politically.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev in a courtroom. Photo: Tverskoi District Court in Moscow, http://mos-gorsud.ru/rs/tverskoj
21:13, 30 August 2021
Djumaev’s defence files an appeal amid softer sentences in “January case”
Today, the defence has challenged the verdict to Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment for a fight with law enforcers. The verdict became the toughest since the January protests in support of oppositionist Alexei Navalny in Moscow.
Malika Adieva, mother of Aslambek Adiev, one of the three young people kidnapped in Chechnya in 1999-2009. Photo by Olga Ageyeva for the Caucasian Knot
18:51, 30 August 2021
Details of kidnappings of Chechen residents made public on Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Relatives of three young people kidnapped in Chechnya during the second Chechen military campaign claim they are still not aware of their fate. According to various sources, from 4000 to 7700 people are listed as missing in the republic, reports the “Legal Initiative”* in its material, timed to coincide with the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance.
Idrak Mirzalizade. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrhLJNwU_s
18:33, 30 August 2021
MIA imposes life ban on comic Mirzalizade on entering Russia
Idrak Mirzalizade, an ethnic Talysh, who served ten days of administrative arrest for a joke about xenophobia, has been recognized as an undesirable person in Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation reports today.
Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
14:32, 30 August 2021
On August 23-29, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 23-29, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Fire in the vicinity of the villages of Sotk and Kut, Gegarkunik Region of Armenia, http://www.facebook.com/fpwc.arm/
14:08, 30 August 2021
Azerbaijan rejects allegations of burning pastures at Armenian border
The information of the Armenian Ombudsman claiming that Azerbaijani soldiers deliberately set fire to pastures near the villages of Sotk and Kut in the Gegarkunik District does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Frame from the "The Otar's Death" movie. Screenshot: Soso Bliadze, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO6AwhVypkA&t=16s
11:25, 30 August 2021
Film directed by a Georgian wins prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The "Fedeora Award" of the European film critics at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was awarded to the film "The Otar's Death" by the Georgian film director Soso Bliadze.
Activist Tamara Grodnikova holds solo picket against the law on foreign agents, Volgograd, August 29, 2021. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the Caucasian Knot
11:09, 30 August 2021
Volgograd activists demand to abolish law on foreign media agents
On August 29, in Heroes' Alley in central Volgograd, four activists held solo pickets criticizing the law on foreign agents. The inclusion of independent and opposition media into the list of foreign agents dooms readers to receive information only from pro-government media, the picketers assert, calling for the cancellation of the law on foreign media agents.
10:52, 30 August 2021
Shepherd wounded by mine explosion in Azerbaijan
Shukyur Tagiev, a resident of the Dashkesan District of Azerbaijan, was wounded by a mine explosion while grazing sheep and was hospitalized in grave condition.
11:58, 29 August 2021
Brother of journalist Polad Aslanov arrested in Azerbaijan
Niyameddin Aslanzade, a brother of the convicted Azerbaijani journalist, Polad Aslanov, has been arrested for reasons unknown to his relatives. Polad believes that his brother's arrest has become a way of putting pressure on him.
Law enforcers in Grozny. Screenshot of the video by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBL-u2jTFcQ
11:55, 29 August 2021
Chechnya keeps the lead in crime growth in Russia
During the first seven months of 2021, the count of crimes in Chechnya went up by 28.8%, which was the worst indicator in Russia. The top ten regions with the most unfavourable dynamics also include Ingushetia, Krasnodar Territory and Dagestan.
11:51, 29 August 2021
KChR woman suspected of links with militants
In 2015-2016, a female resident of the Zelenchuk District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) rendered medical aid to Syrian terrorists and shared the religious-extremist ideology, investigators assert.
Stepanakert. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:48, 29 August 2021
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities blame Azerbaijani networks for mobile telephony interruptions
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh complain of frequent Internet cuts and a weak cellular signal. The problem arose due to absence of agreement with Azerbaijan, the Karabakh Infrastructure Ministry has explained. Azerbaijan is deliberately affecting Nagorno-Karabakh's telecom, Gegam Stepanyan, an Ombudsperson, has stated.
Flowers and candles at Inal Djabiev's portrait. Screenshot of the post on Instagram "ЧП / Цхинвал" https://www.instagram.com/p/CKlMRR1rjtq/
11:44, 29 August 2021
South-Ossetian residents criticize authorities on anniversary of Djabiev's death
The perpetrators of Inal Djabiev's death have not yet been punished, the "Civil Platform" public movement has stated. The current authorities are unable to hold an efficient inquiry, residents of South Ossetia write on the Instagram.
Batumi. Photo: Greg McMullen https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:58, 28 August 2021
The authorities offer Adjara hoteliers to solve their problems with banks by their own
The hotel owners, who staged a protest at the building of the Kobuleti Mayoralty, have achieved meeting with officials and asked them to help with deferring payments on bank loans. The officials advised the borrowers to solve their problems with banks by themselves.
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The head of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced the resumption of flights from Baku to Grozny.

A resident of Kaspiysk was convicted in a case of financing militants.

Historians have assessed the memory of the Muhajirs in the Eastern Caucasus.

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.