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Special forces vehicles on Nalchik street. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/08/04/v-kabardino-balkarii-neitralizovana-gruppa-iz-shesti-boevikov.html
12:40, 3 August 2015
Law enforcers suspect militants killed in Nalchik of attack on MIA colonel
The militants killed today in a special operation in Nalchik were members of the "central sector" and involved in a number of crimes, including the assault on July 31 on Police Colonel Takhir Guziev, law enforcers report. A woman is among the casualties.
Special vehicles on Nalchik street during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/07/02/v-khode-kto-v-nalchike-neitralizovany-dvoe-banditov.html
10:40, 3 August 2015
Six people killed in Nalchik
A group of six militants has been liquidated in a counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik, said a law enforcement source from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
09:47, 3 August 2015
Arif Yunus faints at trial in Baku
In the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, at a session, where the case of rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband is considered, the health condition of the latter – Arif Yunus – has sharply worsened; they had to call an ambulance.
Law enforcer during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/06/27/v-ingushetii-neitralizovany-dvoe-uchastnikov-mezhdunarodnoi-terroristicheskoi-.html
03:58, 3 August 2015
From July 27 to August 2, at least nine persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from July 27 to August 2, 2015, the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus claimed at least nine human lives. These are the results of calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Timur Kuashev, May 2014. Photo by Magomed Tuayev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:59, 3 August 2015
About 25 persons attend action in memory of Kuashev in Nalchik
An event "Year of Inaction" was held in Nalchik in memory of the slain journalist Timur Kuashev bringing together journalists and public figures from the republics of Northern Caucasus and Moscow.
Fragment of the banner calling to take part in the rally. Photo: http://bloknot-urupinsk.ru/news/zhiteli-uryupinska-vyydut-na-miting-protiv-nikelev-612829
00:50, 3 August 2015
Organizers of rally against nickel extraction near Khopyor accuse authorities of inaction
The participants of the rally, organized in Uryupinsk, state violations of their constitutional rights and inaction of the authorities in the context of the planned mining of nickel in the area of the Khopyor River.
Makhachkala square. Photo: http://telefoninfo.net/mahachkala.html
21:51, 2 August 2015
Experts attribute arrests and searches in Dagestan to election
The arrest of the head of the Kizlyar District, the detention of the head of the Buynaksk District and searches of houses of Sagid Murtazaliev and Khizri Shikhsaidov have signs of political pressure and connected with the forthcoming election of the Mayor of Makhachkala, said the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Special forces vehicles. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/07/16/v-baksanskom-raione-kbr-neitralizovano-troe-banditov.html
15:37, 2 August 2015
NAC states liquidation of eight IS militants in Ingushetia
Eight militants were killed today in the course of a special operation conducted near the village of Dattykh, Sunzha District of Ingushetia. The militants were killed "during an armed clashes with the use of artillery," said a police source.
11:05, 2 August 2015
AI calls to free Sentsov and Kolchenko
Russian authorities shall eliminate injustice and immediately release the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov and ecologist Alexander Kolchenko, said the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI).
05:45, 2 August 2015
Head of oppositional MeydanTV accuses Azerbaijani authorities of putting pressure on his relatives
In Azerbaijan, relatives of Emin Milli, the executive director of the online channel MeydanTV, who is abroad, have sent a collective appeal to the country's president, in which they condemn Milli for his critical attitude to the authorities' policies; the director himself believes that his relatives did it under pressure.
03:47, 2 August 2015
Villagers of Baranovka in Sochi complain about shortage of drinking water
In the village of Baranovka, located in the resort city of Sochi, a gathering of citizens was held, who demanded from the LLC "Sochivodokanal" to immediately solve the problem of public drinking water outages.
Detail of Hermes Cavaliers du Caucase scarf. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
02:48, 2 August 2015
French company makes scarves with Circassian patterns
The French company 'Hermes', engaged in production of fashion clothes, has made a line of scarves "Caucasian Horsemen". To start the line, employees of the company visited Nalchik and studied objects of national culture of Kabardians.
The police cars in the streets of Yerevan during the protest action against the increase of electricity tariff. July 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:08, 2 August 2015
Yerevan activists call police to refuse using force against them
The movement "Arise, Armenia!" has condemned the actions of policemen, who prevent protesters against the increase in electricity tariff from occupying the mosaic stone carpet in the middle of the Republic Square in Yerevan. Activists have called the police to promote the peaceful picket.
21:45, 1 August 2015
Activists in Armenia put forward new demands to authorities
The civil movement "Arise, Armenia!" has released a statement, which calls for resignation of the Commission on Regulation of Public Services and nationalization of Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Electric Grids of Armenia".
20:37, 1 August 2015
Young man from Dagestan detained on Turkish-Syrian border
Turkey's militaries have detained a law student from Dagestan in the Turkish province of Hatay, when he was going to cross the Syrian border with his three companions.
19:25, 1 August 2015
Two Yazidis go on hunger strike in central Yerevan
Sashik Sultanyan, the head of the public organization "Centre for Interethnic and Intercultural Cooperation", and Rustam Bakoyan, the head of the humanitarian organization "Shams", are holding a three-day hunger strike in front of the Yerevan Office of the United Nations.
Photos of the policemen. Inscription below: "Urgent sale". Yerevan, July 16, 2015. Photo by Rimma Sargsyan, an activist of the initiative group "No to robbery!"
14:10, 1 August 2015
Activists in Yerevan blame policemen of disseminating abusive photos
Policemen pasted in central Yerevan photos of leaders of the movement "Arise, Armenia!" with inscription "Grant Eaters", activists have complained.
The Beslan Airport. Vladikavkaz. Photo by the user tazik http://wikimapia.org/
11:54, 1 August 2015
Izmailov family moves reconciliation condition with instigators of brawl at Beslan Airport
Relatives of Izmailov brothers, who were beaten up at the Beslan Airport, are ready to conclude a truce with the families of the initiators of the brawl, provided all the participants of the incident, including airport security guards, are fairly punished.
10:56, 1 August 2015
"Yabloko" activists urge to deliver Kuashev's murder case to federal level
Activists of the "Youth Yabloko", who held solo pickets on July 31 in Moscow, believe that the inquiry into the murder of the journalist and rights defender Timur Kuashev has no prospects in Kabardino-Balkaria; it should be transferred to the federal level.
Ilgar Mamedov. Photo: the Federal Lezghin National Cultural Autonomy http://flnka.ru/
09:35, 1 August 2015
Situation with human rights in Azerbaijan is the worst for the last 20 years
Local civil society activists have assessed the human rights situation in Azerbaijan as the worst in the last 20 years. Activists of the "Committee for Civil Society Protection" (CCSP) have decided to appeal to the country's authorities to take measures to restore the rights of political prisoners, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
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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.