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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. Photo http://www.pravoslavie.ru/orthodoxchurches/58346.htm
07:45, 10 August 2018
Archpriest Mamaladze asks Georgia's President for pardon
Giorgi Mamaladze, sentenced to nine years in prison for an attempt to poison the Patriarch's Secretary, has asked the Georgian President to pardon him; however, he refuses to plead guilty.
Mamuka Bakhtadze. Photo © FB / Mamuka Bakhtadze https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20180706/241115661/Stalo-izvestno-kogda-u-Gruzii-budet-novoe-pravitelstvo.html
21:57, 9 August 2018
Georgian Premier specifies conditions for restoring relations with Russia
The withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia may signal the normalization of relations with Russia, Mamuka Bakhtadze, the Prime Minister of Georgia, has stated. The Russia's presence in these territories affects "extremely negatively" on people's lives after the "Five-Day War", the UK representative to the United Nations has stated.
A knife. Photo: Travisty / Flickr.com
21:56, 9 August 2018
Chechen resident suspected of killing a child and attacking his fellow villagers
A resident of the Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya killed a child and wounded two men by attacking them with a knife.
Oyub Titiev in the court room. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:59, 9 August 2018
Court forbids Oyub Titiev to sit next to his advocates
The Shali City Court has dismissed the defence's petition asking for the time of the session to release Oyub Titiev from the metal cage.
17:58, 9 August 2018
Azerbaijani courts decide to block four oppositional websites
The Azerbaijani Centre for Electronic Security (CES) has found violations of the law in the activities of four oppositional websites, in particular, libel and insults. Media experts treat these actions as illegitimate.
A report to the senior officer in the Azerbaijani Army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?&pagen=1
13:36, 9 August 2018
Azerbaijan reports shelling of four villages in conflict zone
Within the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Army's positions in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 83 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Georgian soldiers in Gori after Russia's bombing of a residential block. August 9, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
13:33, 9 August 2018
Georgian experts indicate shortcomings of Five-Day War report
The report of the international commission headed by Heidi Tagliavini on the Georgian-Russian war in August 2008 fails to present some important facts, due to the limited time for collecting evidence, and leaves many questions unanswered, Georgian experts believe.
Genrikh Abramyan. Photo https://www.panorama.am/ru/news/2012/03/27/abrahamyan-familly/786858
10:02, 9 August 2018
Brother of the former Armenian Prime Minister detained
Investigators conducted searches at the mechanic-repair plant located in the village of Mkhchyan in the Ararat Region and found a lot of weapons. They have detained Ambik Gevorkyan, who is registered as the owner of the plant, and Genrikh Abramyan, the brother of former Prime Minister of Armenia Ovik Abramyan.
Zelimkhan Bakaev. Photo: RFE/RL
09:57, 9 August 2018
Investigators prove helpless in searching for Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev
August 8 is a year since the disappearance of the famous Chechen singer Zelimkhan Bakaev. The 25-year-old Bakaev disappeared in Grozny; and a year after his disappearance, a source from investigating bodies has confessed that there was "no progress" in the case.
A helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator". Photo: wikipedia.org, author: Vitaly V. Kuzmin - http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/514
09:53, 9 August 2018
Russian helicopter pilots hold missile anti-intelligence training in Abkhazia
Combat helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" of the Russia's Southern Military District (CMD) have conducted training at the "Naggvalou" training ground in Abkhazia.
Oyub Titiev. Photo: press service of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
08:23, 9 August 2018
Defence states unreliability of investigator's testimonies in Titiev's case
The investigator, who has initiated a criminal case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and who was questioned today at the court session, denies the obvious things, said the defender's advocate.
08:20, 9 August 2018
Dagestan: Afghan War veterans demand to provide them with housing
25 veterans of the war in Afghanistan have gathered in central Makhachkala, stating that they had been waiting for housing from the state for 20 years. They threatened to go on an endless hunger strike.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo: © Sputnik Sergei Guneyev https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/caucasus/20180727/1024578747/v-armenii-arestovali-eks-prezidenta-kocharyana.html
22:18, 8 August 2018
Armenia's GPO denies MPs' request to release former President Robert Kocharyan
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) was not convinced by the guarantee of 61 MPs from Yerevan and Stepanakert, who asked to release Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, from arrest.
The commemoration of Yusup Temirkhanov. Ramzan Kadyrov is second on the right. Chechnya, August 4, 2018. Photo by the press service of the head and administration of the Republic of Chechnya chechnya.gov.ru
22:15, 8 August 2018
Chechen authorities hold their own mourning events for Temirkhanov
On August 7, the commemoration of Yusup Temirkhanov, organized by the authorities of Chechnya, was attended by much fewer people than his funeral, local residents have stated.
The farewell ceremony for Orkhan Djemal. Moscow, August 7, 2018. Photo by Rustam Djalilov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 8 August 2018
At farewell ceremony for Orkhan Djemal, people describe his work in hot spots
At the farewell ceremony for Orkhan Djemal, who was killed in the Central African Republic (CAR), his friends said that when working in hot spots, the journalist was not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions to armed people and was ready to die. The friends called Orkhan Djemal a man of action, always ready to help.
Russian soldiers took control over the Enguri River on August 19, 2008. Photo: REUTERS / Umit Bektas (Georgia)
17:59, 8 August 2018
Residents of Abkhazia describe devastation in villages 10 years after five-day war
After the five-day war of August 2008 and recognition of the Abkhazia's independence, there is no significant development there, but even in the Kodori Gorge, local residents feel safer despite the devastation. Some residents of Abkhazia say they want the republic to become part of Russia, while others want to preserve their independence.
Oyub Titiev in the court room. Photo courtesy of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
17:59, 8 August 2018
In Oyub Titiev's case, some witnesses fail to come to trial
Four witnesses came to a hearing in the case against Oyub Titiev, the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny, while the remaining witnesses did not appear for unknown reasons, the court reported.
Mekhman Guseinov. Baku, August 6, 2018. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:53, 8 August 2018
Political prisoner Guseinov to continue his fight against corruption in Azerbaijan (+video)
On August 7, Firangiz Guseinova, a mother of sentenced Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov and his brother Emin Guseinov, who migrated to Europe for political reasons, was buried in Baku. The sentenced blogger was given a leave from a penal colony to attend the funeral ceremony. The brothers announced their intention to continue to fight corruption.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: © Sputnik/ Stringer https://sputnik-georgia.ru/world_politics/20171201/238384952/knutom-i-pryanikom-saakashvili-v-ukraine-soobshhil-dve-novosti.html
12:27, 8 August 2018
Mikhail Saakashvili concerned over issue of winner in 2008 war
On the anniversary of the "five-day war," Mikhail Saakashvili claimed that threats from the US stopped the Russian offensive action against Georgia. As a result of the war, Russia did not succeed in changing the government of Georgia and, according to Mikhail Saakashvili, did not win anything, "except for the capture of several dozen villages."
On the front line of the army of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: http://mil.am/ru/news/5317
12:20, 8 August 2018
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of using large-calibre machine guns
Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire regime 87 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
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.