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12:14, 10 August 2013
In Armenia, draft law to ban propaganda of homosexualism recalled
On August 8, Vladimir Gasparyan, Chief of Armenian Police, recalled the earlier proposed draft law to ban the propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations.
Participants of “silent” protest at the Appeal Court building holding portrait of Mamed Azizov. Baku, March 27, 2013. Photo by Parvana Bairamova for the “Caucasian Knot”.
11:04, 10 August 2013
AI: Azerbaijan launches presidential campaign, having 14 political prisoners
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has demanded to release 14 political and civil society activists, human rights defenders and journalists imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
04:56, 10 August 2013
In Chechnya, five local residents sentenced for armed attacks
The Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic found guilty five local residents of banditry and attacks on law enforcers and sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment.
23:01, 9 August 2013
In Georgia, CDM offers to constitutionally ban same-sex marriages
The Georgian oppositional Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) had offered to add the Constitution with the provision allowing marriages only of different sexes.
22:15, 9 August 2013
Yerevan hosts picket against increase of tuition fees in universities
On August 9, a protest action was held at the building of the Armenian government against the decision of the authorities to raise tuition fees in universities.
21:48, 9 August 2013
Volgograd: seventeen people picket against use of animals in circus
On August 9, at the building of the circus in Volgograd, a picket against the use of animals in circus, coordinated with the authorities, was held.
Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. Photo: http://tverskoy.msk.sudrf.ru/
17:04, 9 August 2013
Stanislav Khatskevich, former CEO of "Krasnaya Polyana", arrested
The Tverskoy Court of Moscow has arrested Stanislav Khatskevich, the former Director General of the Open Joint-Stock Company "Krasnaya Polyana", suspected of abuse of power at obtaining revenues from the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi.
15:57, 9 August 2013
Moscow court finds activities of Transparency International-Russia political
The Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow has dismissed a complaint against the warning of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office demanding from the non-profit organization (NPO) Transparency International-Russia, which carries out its work among other regions in the Caucasus, to get registered as a "foreign agent".
Savyolovo District Court of Moscow. Photo: www.mosgorsud.ru.
12:13, 9 August 2013
While alive, Ruslan Akhtakhanov received no threats, his daughter asserts at trial in case of her father's murder
On August 8, at court session in case of the murder of Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, the Savyolovo District Court of Moscow listened to four witnesses, including Zarema Akhtakhanova, the daughter of the murdered poet.
Anapa beach. Photo: Alexxx Malev, http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexxx-malev
08:03, 9 August 2013
In Krasnodar Territory, ICRF verifies information that child was raped in children's camp
The Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for the Krasnodar Territory verifies the information on the fact of a crime committed against a minor girl in one of the children's camps of Anapa.
06:36, 9 August 2013
On August 18, Sochi to hold rally against construction in park area
In Sochi, Lyudmila Shestak, a City Council deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has filed to the Mayoralty an application on holding in Primorsky Park a rally against capital construction of a well-room in the park area. The rally is scheduled for August 18.
Georgia, Gori, September 2008. Photo: Bohan Shen, http://www.flickr.com/photos/58738313@N00/2859839596/
03:42, 9 August 2013
Dmitry Sanakoev: Georgia invaded by 23,000 refugees because of August war
In Georgia, the problem of refugees remains unsolved for five years since August 2008. Their number reaches about 23,000 persons; however, the exact number of refugees still has not been calculated.
03:18, 9 August 2013
In Kabardino-Balkaria, residents of Verkhny Kurkuzhin village batten ambulance station doors to protest against dismissal of physician
Residents of the village of Verkhny Kurkuzhin of Kabardino-Balkaria battened doors of the local ambulance station to protest against the dismissal of Mukhamed Tatimov, acting head of the local ambulance station.
Karachaevsk, Karachaevo-Cherkesia. Photo: Karachaevsk City District, http://karachaevsk.info/
02:03, 9 August 2013
Detained Mayor of Karachaevsk pleads not guilty, his lawyer reports
Soltan Semenov, Mayor of Karachaevsk, who was detained on August 8 after charges of misuse of budgetary funds, has agreed to testify in the case. However, he pleaded not guilty.
Rally against the construction of a hotel in the “green zone”. Volgograd, August 8, 2013. Photo by Tatiana Filimonova for the “Caucasian Knot”.
20:42, 8 August 2013
300 signatures collected in Volgograd against construction of hotel in green zone
On August 8, picketers demanded from the authorities of Volgograd to stop building a hotel in Predmostnaya Square, felling the greenery and capturing parkland, and to hold public hearings initiated by residents, not officials.
17:35, 8 August 2013
Krasnodar court extended Mikhail Savva's custody
By the decision of the Oktiabrsky District Court of Krasnodar, the custody term of Mikhail Savva, the director of grant programmes of the Southern Regional Resource Centre, accused of a fraud, has been extended by two months.
Action "Living Light of Memory" in Tskhinvali. http://osinform.ru/
15:19, 8 August 2013
Residents of South Ossetia pay tribute to victims of August 2008 events
At night on August 8, the Theatre Square of Tskhinvali hosted the action "Living Light of Memory", which brought together several hundreds residents of South Ossetia.
14:38, 8 August 2013
ReAl activists complain that authorities hamper Ilgar Mamedov's participation in presidential election
Artificial obstacles are set up for the official nomination of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), now under arrest, as a presidential candidate at the upcoming election in Azerbaijan on October 9.
Mukhammad Khadzhi Rakhimov, Mufti of the Stavropol Territory. Photo: http://dum26.mashuk.ru/
12:25, 8 August 2013
Unidentified persons threaten to kill Mufti of Stavropol Territory
The Pyatigorsk police started to search for the unidentified persons, who threatened to kill the Mufti of the Stavropol Territory.
After explosion committed at the building of the patrol service of road police in the Kirov District of Volgograd. August 7, 2013. Photo by press service of MIA in Volgograd, 34.mvd.ru.
11:44, 8 August 2013
In Volgograd, opposition not rule out explosion connected with possible Vladimir Putin's visit to bike show
Investigators have not yet announced the versions of explosions committed in the Kirov and Voroshilov Districts of Volgograd. Local activists do not rule out that the explosions could be connected with possible visit of President Vladimir Putin to Volgograd to the bike show.
News
A teenager was arrested in Nalchik for possessing a grenade.

In April 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

"Immortal Regiment" in Makhachkala. Screenshot from a photo by the State Archives of the Dagestan ... Residents of southern Russia faced restrictions on mobile internet and communications on Victory Day.

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.