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18:17, 14 August 2018
Resident of Ingushetia convicted despite his complaint about torture
Today, the court has sentenced Abdulmalik Albagachiev, a resident of Ingushetia, to nine years in colony, having found him to be a participant in the conflict in Syria. His relatives intend to appeal against the verdict.
In the press centre of the "Erebuni Plaza" Hotel. Photo: Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20180814/13848590/uchastniki-akcii-protesta-vorvalis-v-zdanie-gde-prohodit-press-konferenciya-kocharyana.html
14:39, 14 August 2018
Activists demand to return Kocharyan to custody
In Yerevan, protesters have come to the building, where the former president of Armenia's press conference is scheduled, and demanded to cancel the decision to release Robert Kocharyan from custody.
Presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan at V Caspian summit. Photo: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/trips/58300/photos
14:31, 14 August 2018
Convention on Legal Status of Caspian Sea fails to remove marine contradictions for Baku
The signing of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea in general meets Azerbaijani interests. However, the document has failed to remove all the sea contradictions, the Azerbaijani experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
14:21, 14 August 2018
Advocate specifies reason for Dudurkaeva's arrest
The arrest in Istanbul of Seda Dudurkaeva, a daughter of the former head of the Chechen Branch of the Federal Migration Service (FMS), was caused by a suspicion of using a false passport, and not by links with Syrian militants, her advocate has explained.
At the site of the crash of Boeing 737-800 aircraft, Rostov-on-Don, March 19, 2018. Photo: Press Service of the Governor of Rostov Oblast https://ru.wikipedia.org
10:59, 14 August 2018
Relatives of victims of Rostov air crash win lawsuit against FlyDubai
The court of the Dubai Emirate has ordered the "FlyDubai" Airline to pay about 217,000 US dollars as compensation to children of the victims of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don.
Special forces of Azerbaijan. Photo: mətbuat xidməti,https://ru.sputnik.az/incidents/20180721/416319020/sgb-azerbaijan-prestupnik-gjandzha-likvidacija.html
10:48, 14 August 2018
Participant in Ganja riots shot dead in Azerbaijan
Law enforcement bodies have reported the murder of a suspect in organizing riots in Ganja. The casualty, as Azerbaijan law enforcers assert, professed radical religious views. He became the fifth person, killed by law enforcers after the riots in Ganja.
"Verkhny Lars" checkpoint. Photo: Akhmed Aldebirov for the Caucasian Knot
08:35, 14 August 2018
Tourists demand to fire customs officers because of queues in Verkhni Lars
The many-hours-long queues on the Russian-Georgian border have been created artificially; and the Russian customs officials guilty of that should be dismissed, said the author of the electronic petition, which was signed by more than 2400 people.
08:28, 14 August 2018
Resident of Dagestan convicted for belonging to militants
Russian court has found a resident of Dagestan to be a member of the "Makhachkala" armed grouping and sentenced him to 11 years in colony.
Ilgar Mamedov at home. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:19, 14 August 2018
Ilgar Mamedov returns home
Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, who was conditionally released from prison, is back at home and intends to continue his oppositional political activities.
Wounded women from South Ossetia in Tskhinvali hospital, August 10, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
21:39, 13 August 2018
Jubilee of end of Five-Day War recalls civilians' tragedy
The Five-Day War, which ended on August 12, 2008, brought untold sufferings to many residents of South Ossetia and Georgia, the journalists, who witnessed the events of ten years ago, have recollected.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo: http://www.2rd.am/hy/photo/page/5
21:08, 13 August 2018
Kocharyan released from custody
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has cancelled the decision to place Robert Kocharyan behind bars, referring to his inviolability as the former president of Armenia. However, the accusations of dispersing the oppositionist rally have not been dropped from him, said his advocate.
Law enforcer, Ingushetia. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
17:26, 13 August 2018
Week from August 6 to August 12 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of August 6-12, 2018, there were no recorded events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. There were no reports of victims or casualties. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Soldiers of the Azerbaijan Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=23840
17:15, 13 August 2018
Azerbaijan reports shelling of its two villages in the conflict zone
Within the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani militaries in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 79 times, including from machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
Ilgar Mamedov, leader of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party. Photo: RFE/RL
17:07, 13 August 2018
Azerbaijani court releases Ilgar Mamedov
Today, the appellate instance has replaced the remaining prison term of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Republican Alternative (ReAl) Party, for the conditional punishment. However, the court has not acquitted the oppositionist, his advocate has noted.
"Verkhny Lars" checkpoint. Photo: http://15.mchs.gov.ru/upload/site40/iblock/c27/c276bdf30f911799cd3057e9f3ef7f58.jpg
16:17, 13 August 2018
Tourists report 13-hour lines on border between Russia and Georgia
At the "Verkhny Lars" checkpoint, travelers have to stay in a line for more than 10 hours, the Department for North Ossetia of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports today. In social networks, tourists note that officials underestimate the problem on the border between Russia and Georgia.
Kaspiysk. Photo: Shamil Magomedov, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каспийск
16:07, 13 August 2018
Vladimir Putin announces construction of a deepwater port in Kaspiysk
At the fifth Caspian summit in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Putin has announced that the port to be built in the city of Kaspiysk until 2025 will be able to receive ships with a workload of 15,000-25,000 tons.
Column of Georgian soldiers near Tskhinvali, August 8, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenedze
15:55, 13 August 2018
Georgian war veterans describe protracted shelling before Five-Day War
Ten years after the August 2008 events, Georgian war veterans told the "Caucasian Knot" how the acute phase of the conflict, which went down in history as the "five-day war," began and developed. War veterans said that large-scale military operations began not on August 8, but on August 6, when the villages of Nuli and Avnevi were destroyed by mortar fire, and on August 2, wounded law enforcers began to enter the military hospital.
Farmers on protest rally in the Krasnosulin District and a policeman, August 12, 2018. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot
11:23, 13 August 2018
Rally of farmers held under law enforcers' control
In the Krasnosulin District, Rostov Region, 15 activists went out to protest, demanding from the authorities to pay attention to farmers' land problems.
11:13, 13 August 2018
Dagestan official complains to ECtHR about his detention
Rayudin Yusufov, a former Dagestani official, accused of fraud, has reported to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that he was detained without observing the necessary formalities.
Participants of the V Caspian Summit, August 12, 2018. Photo: http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58296/photos/54966
10:59, 13 August 2018
Convention on Legal Status of Caspian Sea signed
On August 12, in Kazakhstan, the leaders of the so-called "Caspian Five" countries signed the Convention on Legal Status of the Caspian Sea. Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan have called the deal historic.
News
Gelendzhik Airport. Photo: airport press service https://gelaero.ru/about/ Air traffic with cities in southern Russia has been fully restored.

The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

Russian soldiers. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/57396 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,100.

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.