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A resident of the Kurchaloi District was reprimanded at a police station for careless driving in 2018. Screenshot of the post on INSTAGRAM eldit_net https://www.instagram.com/p/CEV3eyyqYwX/
17:18, 26 August 2020
Chechen law enforcers publicly reprimand driver for violation committed two years ago
According to a video posted on Instagram, a resident of the Kurchaloi District was reprimanded at a police station for careless driving in 2018. Social network users were surprised that the law enforcement bodies were interested in highlighting the violation committed two years ago.
A view of the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia. Photo by Adam Sagov https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Али-Юрт
17:15, 26 August 2020
CTO in Ali-Yurt becomes sixth in Ingushetia since early 2020
Today, one of the suspected militants has been killed in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) held in the village of Ali-Yurt in the Nazran District. The CTO in Ali-Yurt was preceded by four other special operations in the Sunzha District and one in Nazran conducted in 2020.
16:47, 26 August 2020
Action in support of Belarusians turns into persecution of Rostov activists
Administrative protocols have been drawn up against 14 Rostov activists for violating the procedure for holding a picket and laying flowers in support of citizens of Belarus.
Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:41, 26 August 2020
Dagestani resident accused of links with extremist grouping
The inquiry into the case of a 38-year-old resident of the Khasavyurt District, accused of membership in a unit of the "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra", a religious extremist organization banned in Russia, is over, investigators have informed.
Laying flowers to Akhmat Kadyrov's obelisk. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CEOitPhpjmn/
10:28, 26 August 2020
Experts on Caucasus regard laying flowers to Akhmat Kadyrov's obelisk alien to Islamic traditions
Some rituals of honouring the dead, for example, laying flowers on graves, date back to Soviet times, but are alien to the Islamic and Chechen traditions, Caucasian scholars have noted in their comments on the celebrations of the 69th birthday of Akhmat Kadyrov, the ex-head of Chechnya.
10:23, 26 August 2020
Armenian analysts dispute on exchange of officer captured in Azerbaijan
The exchange of Gurgen Alaverdyan, the captured Armenian officer, for the Azerbaijanis convicted for committing murder in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is unequal and will be a mistake, the analysts, Ayk Khachikyan and Vlad Vartanyan, believe. The likelihood of the exchange is high given the change of the NKR leadership, Naira Airumyan, a political observer, has noted.
10:20, 26 August 2020
Azerbaijan: Armenian officer faces criminal charges
Gurgen Alaverdyan, the Armenian officer detained by Azeri militaries, was charged with espionage and waging an aggressive war.
10:16, 26 August 2020
Residents of Chechnya note modest help to those in need from Kadyrov's Foundation
The Kadyrov Foundation has organized a large-scale charity campaign of distributing food packages among those in need on the anniversary of the birthday of Akhmat Kadyrov, the former head of Chechnya. Residents of the republic have treated the amount of help as insignificant and complained that it failed to reach all the poor.
Residents of the camp near Kullar. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=11hN-YEmPIg&feature=emb_logo
10:11, 26 August 2020
After sending another group, about 800 people stay in Kullar camp
On Tuesday, August 25, 400 Azerbaijani citizens were taken from the camp near Kullar to the Azerbaijani border. About 800 other citizens are still awaiting their return to homeland. The number of people arriving in Dagestan for sending to Azerbaijan will only grow, Afig Allakhverdiev, a deputy chairman of the National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region, has suggested.
10:08, 26 August 2020
Analysts associate "Moral Guards" in Europe with Chechen authorities' policy
The Chechen Diaspora has many members who support Ramzan Kadyrov and share his attitude to women, Alexei Malashenko, a political analyst, and Svetlana Gannushkina, a rights defender, believe. The appearance of the "Moral Guards" is due to the conservative lifestyle of Chechens, said Ruslan Kutaev, an activist.
Monitor compliance on the part of the 5th fighting connections of a military unit N in combat positions of Armenia. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence
23:52, 25 August 2020
Azerbaijan claims 45 shelling attacks in conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops were shelled in two border areas, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Sunzha. Ingushetia. Photo: Yevgeny Shivtsov https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:51, 25 August 2020
12 people fell victim to teip conflict in Ingushetia
In Sunzha, nine participants of a conflict with a shooting were wounded, while three others were injured during a fight, sources reported.
Kobuleti. Photo: Andrey Bobrovsky, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53534635
18:32, 25 August 2020
About 50 residents of Georgian Kobuleti face threats of eviction
A businessman privatized a house in Kobuleti, which was home to 12 families in a difficult situation. Tenants held a protest action with the demand not to evict them from the building or provide them with housing.
Law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO). Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-troe.html#&gid=1&pid=2
18:26, 25 August 2020
Law enforcers find hideout with weapons near Sergokala in Dagestan
A submachine gun, a pistol, a grenade and cartridges were found in a forest hideout in the Sergokala District of Dagestan, the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) has informed.
Tamar Bachaliashvili. Photo: https://sova.news/2020/07/22/na-moment-obnaruzheniya-tamar-bachaliashvili-veroyatno-byla-mertva-uzhe-neskolko-dnej/
18:17, 25 August 2020
Journalistic study raises uneasy questions about Georgian programmer Bachaliashvili's death
Journalists from the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Company are investigating the death of the Georgian programmer, Tamar Bachaliashvili. The young woman was engaged in drawing funds out of bank accounts of some company, and was killed as an unwanted witness; and traces of the country's authorities are seen in the case, Nika Gvaramiya, Director General of the TV Company, has stated. Mikhail Ramishvili, an advocate, pointed to inconsistencies in the programmer's death case.
Residents of the Georgian village of Toriya gathered at the protest action near the police station on August 24, 2020. Photo by NGO Ниноцминдское общинное радио http://nor.ge/?p=152656
10:59, 25 August 2020
Protesters in Georgia demand release of detainees after mass brawl
At the protest action, residents of the Georgian village of Toriya, which is predominantly populated by Armenians, demanded to release their three fellow villagers detained after the conflict with Azerbaijanis over a place for grazing.
Khusen Gadamauri. Photo: https://rozysk06.livejournal.com
10:57, 25 August 2020
Sources name Gadamauri, extradited to Russia, among militants killed in Ingushetia
One of the two men killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Ingushetia on August 6 turned out to be Khusen Gadamauri, a native of Chechnya, who was extradited from Germany in 2017 under Russia's guarantees, sources have reported. Human rights defenders assert that asylum requests in Europe, especially submitted by North-Caucasians, are considered superficially.
Law enforcers in Magas. Ingushetia. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
10:52, 25 August 2020
Arrest of Ingush activist Isropil Nalgiev extended
The court extended the arrest of Isropil Nalgiev, accused of attacking a law enforcer during a rally in Magas on March 26, 2019, by two months. The activist denies the prosecution's version of political motives of his attack.
Monitor compliance on the part of the 5th fighting connections of a military unit N in combat positions of Armenia. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence
10:42, 25 August 2020
Azeri analysts treat exchange of captured Armenian officer as possible
Gurgen Alaverdyan, the captured Armenian officer, faces criminal prosecution, but Azerbaijan can exchange him and two other convicted Armenian military servicemen for the Azerbaijani citizens kept in jails in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Armenia. This is the opinion of Avaz Gasanov, the head of the Society for Humanitarian Studies, and Telman Abilov, the head of the NGO "Military Officers".
Сeremony of laying flowers at Akhmat Kadyrov's monument. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CEOitPhpjmn/
23:12, 24 August 2020
Laying flowers at Kadyrov's monument provokes interest of Chechen residents in officials' attitude to Islam
While commenting on the event dedicated to the anniversary of the Akhmat Kadyrov's birthday, residents of Chechnya and social network users have claimed that in the republic, officials violate the Islam prohibition of erecting statues. Some Islamic scholars consider the above mentioned prohibition not applicable if the monument does not imply any religious content, Caucasus experts explain.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.