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08:31, 18 August 2020
Azerbaijani oppositionist goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Ismail Gasanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is on a hunger strike since August 16 at a Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) in protest against his criminal prosecution and violation of his right to communicate by phone with his family.
Law enforcer. Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:19, 18 August 2020
Group of law enforcers shelled in Ingushetia
Law enforcers found a hideout in the forest near the village of Galashki and were shelled, sources in Ingush law enforcement sources have reported.
Screenshot of a preventive conversation at the Kurchaloi Interior Division: https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3GYVLFuT9/
22:52, 17 August 2020
Human rights defenders criticize Kurchaloi law enforcers for preventive conversations
A specific feature of police preventive conversations in Chechnya is the desire to humiliate offenders. This opinion was voiced by human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina after law enforcers had reprimanded residents of the Kurchaloi District. Lawyer Yevgeny Chernousov note that the law enforcement bodies may make public videos of such conversations only with the offenders' consent.
Mekhti Ibragimov. Screenshot: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/turan-ibrahim-tubzondan-gelen-melumata-gore-qardasimin-veziyyeti-pisdir/
22:36, 17 August 2020
Activists treat prosecution of Mekhti Ibragimov as revenge on his father
The defence of Mekhti Ibragimov, who has been on a hunger strike in custody for the eighth day already, has filed a motion to transfer the detainee under house arrest. Activists treat the prosecution of Mekhti Ibragimov as revenge for the opposition activities of his father Mamed Ibragim.
In the court room during court hearing. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
22:24, 17 August 2020
Martin Kochesoko refuses to plead guilty in court
Today, in Kabardino-Balkaria, the court has started the consideration of the case against Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko. In contradiction to his confession signed after the detention, the activist has pleaded not guilty.
Soldier of the Armenia Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://mil.am/hy/news/8213
18:17, 17 August 2020
Azerbaijan reports about shelling attacks on two border villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 31 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Pickets and a gathering in support of Belarusian citizens in Astrakhan, August 15, 2020. Photo by Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
18:00, 17 August 2020
Astrakhan residents support protests of Khabarovsk and Belarus
Residents of Astrakhan held solo pickets and a gathering in support of Belarusian citizens on protest against the presidential election outcome, as well as residents of Khabarovsk who stood up for arrested Governor Sergey Furgal.
Gerald Darmanen, head of the French MIA, meeting Saint-Dizier law enforcers. Screenshot from Instagram post by gerald_darmanin
14:03, 17 August 2020
French minister reacts to mass arrest of natives of Chechnya
In the French city of Saint-Dizier, law enforcers detained 16 natives from Chechnya; three of them were accused of organizing a criminal community and preparing armed revenge for their fellow countryman. The head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has proposed to tighten the rules for considering asylum requests received from natives of Chechnya.
Detention. Photo: NAC press service.
13:45, 17 August 2020
Names of teenagers detained in Dagestan revealed
The five young men, who, according to law enforcers, had been planning attacks on policemen, were detained in Khasavyurt. Their names are Alan F., Ismail U., Isak A., Gasanpasha M. and Mukhammad S. According to one of the detainees, the grouping's goal was "to establish Sharia laws in this land."
Military vehicles. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-dagestane-neytralizovany-devyat.html
13:32, 17 August 2020
On August 10-16, nobody fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from August 10 to 16, 2020, no casualties or victims were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
People in a pharmacy in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev.
11:42, 17 August 2020
MPH's report on efficiency of mask regime ridiculed in Chechnya
The tightening of the mask-wearing regime has led to a 40 percent decrease in the number of people infected with coronavirus in Chechnya, the republic's Ministry of Public Health (MPH) reported on August 15. Instagram users and local residents have ridiculed this statement, pointing out that the mask regime in Chechnya is only formally observed.
11:28, 17 August 2020
FSB reports on detention of five militants in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, five teenagers were detained who had planned attacks on policemen, law enforcers have reported.
Karen Shainyan talking to a girl persecuted in Chechnya for her sexual orientation. Frame from Karen Shainyan's documentary "Chechen War against LGBT": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYTKvzrUug
11:02, 17 August 2020
Stories of film heroes "Chechen War against LGBT" impress spectators
The commentators to Karen Shainyan's documentary "Chechen War against LGBT" have treated the persecution methods of gays and lesbians in Chechnya as the wildest Middle Ages. The problems of film heroes need maximum publicity, spectators have pointed out.
A road blocked by law enforcers near the Mount Tarki-Tau. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CD50BOaImjg/
10:26, 16 August 2020
Special operation near Makhachkala worries local residents
Law enforcers have blocked a residential area near the Mount Tarki-Tau and began a special operation in the forest. Instagram users are concerned that civilians may perish there, as happened with the Gasanguseinov shepherd brothers.
A tent camp in Kullar. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://youtu.be/FvC3Fw73mK4
10:23, 16 August 2020
Kullar riot defendants reject their confessions
Azerbaijani citizens, Elmar Musaev and Taral Giyasov, have stated that they have been deceived when they signed confessions in the case of protests in the tent camp in Kullar. Seven out of ten accused have been left in custody.
10:18, 16 August 2020
Eyewitnesses tell about sudden onset of war in Abkhazia 28 years ago
In August 1992, the Georgian society was busy with internal confrontation and did not immediately realize the ethnic background of the conflict in Abkhazia, said Paata Zakareishvili, an ex-minister for reconciliation. The feeling of war was in the air, but its start was still a surprise, the eyewitness has recalled.
10:11, 16 August 2020
Torture victims complain about law enforcers to North-Ossetian Ombudsperson
Seven people, beaten up by law enforcers in Mozdok, have met Tamerlan Tsgoev, the Ombudsperson in North Ossetia. Law enforcers and local authorities fail to react to complaints of torture, the victim's advocate has stated.
The village of Surkhakhi. Photo: Adam Sagov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46025706
01:27, 16 August 2020
Revenge treated as possible motive for killing former law enforcer in Ingushetia
After the conflict in Ekazhevo, claims had been put forward against the former law enforcer shot dead in the Nazran District of Ingushetia. He had provided his car to employees of Centre "E"; and the detained conflict participants were taken away in the car, which caused claims from members of their vird (a sort of praying community), fellow villagers of the casualty believe.
23:31, 15 August 2020
Teenagers' apologies to Dagestani MMA fighter Nurmagomedov spark discussions
Despite the resonance, the apologies of teenagers to Khabib Nurmagomedov will have no consequences for them, says Mikhail Roschin. However, the procedure itself is humiliating, said Alexei Malashenko.
Screenshot of a video of a "prophylactic" conversation in the building of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3GYVLFuT9/
23:18, 15 August 2020
Chechen policemen publicly rebuke young people in Kurchaloi
Law enforcers have gathered offenders in the building of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) and recorded a "prophylactic" conversation with them on video. Such videos serve as reports to the authorities, local residents have noted.
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.

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.

Participants of the Special Military Operations Team. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,950.

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.