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08:18, 8 July 2017
Farmer Oleg Petrov released on bail of 500,000 roubles
The Caucasian District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has mitigated the pre-trial restriction measure with regard to Oleg Petrov, a Kuban farmer, an activist of the movement "Polite Farmers" and replaced his house arrest with release on bail.
Road to the village of Shyky. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot.
05:14, 8 July 2017
Activist: desire of Shyky natives to restore clannish village finds no authorities' support
Local authorities hamper obtaining title documents on patrimonial houses and land plots by natives from the high-mountainous village of Shyky, Cherek District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), Aishat Sultanova, an activist, has stated.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: © Sputnik / Stringer, http://sputnik-ossetia.ru/analytics/20170603/4257812.html
23:04, 7 July 2017
South Ossetia initiates international search for Saakashvili
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of South Ossetia has handed over to its Russian counterpart a list of persons to be put on the international wanted list on suspicion of committing war crimes in August 2008. The list includes Mikhail Saakashvili, a former President of Georgia, and 75 Georgian militaries, Anatoly Bibilov, the President of South Ossetia, has stated.
Poster reading: "Stop, no gender in schools!". Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot.
20:45, 7 July 2017
Tbilisi protesters demand to protect schoolchildren from influence of LGBT community
About 40 persons took part in the protest action in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, demanding not to introduce lessons of sexual education into school curricular, and not to change textbooks with account of the interests of the LGBT community.
Search at the office of Alexei Navalny, Astrakhan. Screenshot of the video posted at https://vk.com/teamnavalny_astra
18:36, 7 July 2017
Astrakhan residents hold four pickets after search of Navalny's office
Today, residents of Astrakhan have held a series of solo pickets in various parts of the city in connection with a search at the office of Alexei Navalny.
Traces of shelling, Nagorny Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot.
18:32, 7 July 2017
Nagorno-Karabakh reports three persons wounded by shelling
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported fire attacks on Armenian positions, explaining the bombardments by the need to prevent diversions and treating them as a response measure to the shelling of the village of Alkhanly, where two civilians were killed. Nagorno-Karabakh has reported three wounded members of its Defence Army.
Сollege named after Demirel, Tbilisi. Photo: https://sova.news/2017/05/25/19608/
17:13, 7 July 2017
Georgian authorities deny Turkish teacher's refugee status
Today, the Ministry for Refugees, Accommodation and Forced Migrants from the Occupied Territories of Georgia has notified the Turkish citizen Mustafa Çabuk about refusal to grant him a refugee status. Soso Baratashvili, an advocate of the Turkish citizen, told the story to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
National park 'Pshav-Khevsureti'. Photo: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20170707/236553474/V-Gruzii-propali-devjat-turistov.html
16:12, 7 July 2017
Five US tourists disappear in Georgian mountains
Georgian rescuers are looking for a group of tourists from the USA in the high-altitude region of Khevsureti.
14:30, 7 July 2017
"Alternative" announces release of two Astrakhan residents from labour slavery
The Chechen Prosecutor's Office has organized a check on the message of the Alternative movement about the illegal deprivation of liberty of two residents of Astrakhan.
Maria Kuchina. Photo: http://kbrria.ru/sport/mariya-kuchina-vnov-prygnula-vyshe-vseh-v-mire-19334
11:07, 7 July 2017
Maria Kuchina updates best world result of season
Maria Lasitskene (Kuchina) won a stage of the "Diamond League" in Switzerland. The track and field athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria conquered the height of 2.06 meters and thus showed the best result of the season in the world.
Entrance to Malgobek. Photo: Teboyev, http://www.panoramio.com/photo/78690070
10:15, 7 July 2017
Rights defenders see signs of delay in investigation into grenade explosion in Malgobek
The police have not yet made a decision to institute a criminal case on the fact of an explosion of a grenade in the yard of the house belonging to parents of Magomed Bekbuzarov.
08:36, 7 July 2017
Police refuse to investigate journalists' statements about attack in Makhachkala
The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has refused to institute a criminal proceeding on the complaints made by the journalists of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft) about attacks and obstruction of their professional activities.
Tatiana Avacheva, member of the initiative group of miners. Photo by Vyacheslav Prudnikov for the Caucasian Knot.
08:04, 7 July 2017
In Gukovo, 60 people take part in miners' hunger strike
In the Rostov Region, the number of miners on protest hunger strike increases every day, and it has already reached 60 people. This has been reported by members of the initiative group. The regional authorities have once again announced that the compensation demanded by workers of the "Kingcoal" group of companies which got bankrupt will be paid only after the sale of the companies' property.
04:12, 7 July 2017
Relatives report on kidnapping of Vladimir Region resident in Dagestan
Sharip Zaipullaev, a resident of the town of Kovrov, born in 1980, disappeared in Dagestan, where he came to visit his relatives. From eyewitnesses, his family members have learned that Sharip Zaipullaev was taken away by people in masks who arrived in cars without state registration numbers.
Arthur Volkov-Minullin. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the Caucasian Knot.
03:39, 7 July 2017
In Sochi, spouses request Prosecutor's Office to verify legality of policemen's actions on June 12
Spouses Darya Cherkasskaya and Arthur Volkov-Minullin have appealed to Arthur Shmoilov, Prosecutor for Adler, with a request to conduct a check with regard to law enforcers who detained them during the action of Navalny's supporters on June 12. The spouses claimed that they had been detained unreasonably.
Destroyed road in Ekazhevo. Photo: Ingushavtodor
01:59, 7 July 2017
Ekazhevo village administration starts paying compensations to flood victims
The authorities have started paying compensation to families of the Ekazhevo village, affected by the flood resulting from heavy rain. This was reported by Khadjimurad Sapraliev, the head of the Ekazhevo village administration.
LGBT activists in Europe. Photo: unison.org.uk
23:49, 6 July 2017
"Novaya Gazeta" insists on detailed verification of information about gays in Chechnya
20:47, 6 July 2017
Filming of reality show "Return" kicks off in Dagestan
Today was the first day of filming the first Dagestani reality show. During 20 days, 12 women, participating in the project, will run their households in the way their great-grandmothers did in the 19th century. The project is intended to show young people the uniqueness and originality of Dagestan, say the authors of the "Return" reality show.
Presentation of the book "Kadyrov's Factor. Confrontation" by Djambulat Umarov, Moscow. Screenshot of the video posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ok4CBl5I5E
19:35, 6 July 2017
Book on 'Kadyrov's factor' presented in Moscow
The presentation of the book "Kadyrov's Factor. Confrontation" by Djambulat Umarov, the Chechen minister for national policy, external relations, press and information, was held on July 5 inMoscow in the cinema-concert hall of the "President-Hotel".
17:44, 6 July 2017
In "Sasna Tsrer" case, defendants refuse to participate in court hearing
Today, during court hearing on the second case against members of the "Sasna Tsrer" unit, the judge has removed from the courtroom defendants Aram Manukyan, Oganes Arutyunyan, and Tatul Tamrazyan, who refused to participate in the trial in protest against the use of sanctions against other 15 defendants.
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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.