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19:00, 19 August 2011
Tehran answered the note of protest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
Tehran answered the note of protest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan concerning a statement of Head of General Staff of Armed forces of Iran, brigadier general Seiid Hasan Firuzabadi who predicted a “bad fortune” to Azerbaijan in connection with its contacts with Israel. The exact contents of the answer has not yet been made public however officials of the Iranian party in their comments condemn strongly-worded statements of Azerbaijan.
18:00, 19 August 2011
Medvedev in Sochi called for returning gunmen to peaceful life
During a meeting between President of Russia and Head of Dagestan which took place in Sochi last week Dmitry Medvedev emphasized the necessity to “return people from paramilitary groups to peaceful life and reestablish their normal mentality”.
17:00, 19 August 2011
Appeal Court of Armenia releases three oppositionists
On August 19, the session of the Appeal Court of Armenia decided to release from custody opposition activists Sargis Gevorkyan, Vaagn Gevorkyanov and Artak Karapetyan, who had been arrested by the court of first instance of the communities Centre-Nork Marash.
16:00, 19 August 2011
In South Ossetia, leader of "Rukhs Fidan" suspected of beating an MP
Law enforcers have detained Alan Kochiev, the leader of the South-Ossetian public-political movement "Rukhs Fidan" (Bright Future), who is suspected of beating Alik Pliev, a member of parliament (MP) of South Ossetia from the People's Party.
15:00, 19 August 2011
Georgian authorities to resettle villagers of Vedzatkhevi cut off from outside world
The administration of the Dusheti District (Georgia), where the village of Vedzatkhevi is located, which was cut off from the outside world by a landslide in autumn of 2010, are going to fully resettle the villagers.
Picket of Zverevo residents for revision of tariffs and bringing city Mayor to responsibility. Rostov Region, city of Zverevo, August 16, 2011. Photo: courtesy of organizers of the action
14:00, 19 August 2011
Zverevo residents dissatisfied with tariffs decide to hold protest in Rostov-on Don
Residents of the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, have decided to hold a rally in Rostov-on-Don, where they want to demand from regional officials to review public utility tariffs. However, the city administration claims that the increase in utility bills has nothing to do with tariff growth.
Battalion tactical exercises of the Fourth Military Base of the Russian Ministry of Defence deployed in South Ossetia. Photo by the IA "Res"/L. Parastaev
13:00, 19 August 2011
Court rules to collect 80,000 roubles from military unit in Tskhinvali in favour of soldier injured during service
Today, the Mamadysh District Court of Tatarstan passed a ruling in absentia on the suit and obliged the Military Unit No. 66431, stationed in the capital of South Ossetia, to pay out 80,000 roubles to Danis Zakirov as compensation of moral harm in connection with injuries that he received during his service.
12:00, 19 August 2011
Volgograd Region: fire victims from Kamensky farm ask authorities for help
Local authorities have received five applications asking to provide material help from the residents of the farm named Kamensky, Ilovlin District, Volgograd Region, who suffered from wildfire on August 11.
21:00, 18 August 2011
Dagestan: adaptation commission to urge court to release convicts for shop arsons
In Dagestan, the commission for assisting in adaptation to peaceful life of the persons who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities was approached by three residents of Dagestan who had been convicted for burning down the outlets, where alcohol was sold.
Demolition of the building of the Institute for Peace and Democracy at No. 38 Shamsi Badalbeili Street in Baku, August 11, 2011. Photo by the IA "Turan"
20:00, 18 August 2011
Demolition of IPD building in Baku causes international resonance
The demolition in Baku of the one-storey building at No. 38 Shamsi Badalbeyli Street, which housed the offices of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), headed by the well-known human rights defender Leila Yunus, aroused great international resonance.
Children from the village of Chldran, Martakert District of Nagorno-Karabakh, November 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 18 August 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh starts the programme "Computer to Every Child"
Each pupil of forms 1-4 of the cities of Stepanakert and Shushi will be provided with a computer that has been specially designed and developed for educational purposes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computers are provided to schoolchildren free of charge.
18:00, 18 August 2011
Rights defenders report new cases of persecution of militants' relatives by power agents in Chechnya
The married couple Abdulazizi and Zargan Osupov, residents of the village of Elistanzhi, Vedeno District of Chechnya, fear that their house may be burnt down by power agents as punishment for their son's joining militants. They shared their fears with the staff of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in Grozny.
17:00, 18 August 2011
In Abkhazia, Sergey Shamba's election office denies charges of "black PR"
Sergey Shamba's election office has a statement, where the presidential candidate rejects allegations of using the so-called "black PR". This reaction followed, after another presidential candidate Alexander Ankvab accused Shamba's staff of organizing the scandalous interview with former head of the Georgian Defence Ministry.
16:00, 18 August 2011
Abdullaev: IPA has no intention to establish Sharia state
On August 17, at the trial of activists of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (IPA), the defendants went on evidencing and categorically rejected any accusations of an attempt to forcibly overthrow the power.
15:00, 18 August 2011
12 supposed gunmen killed in Chechnya
According to law enforcement bodies of Chechnya, members of power ministries of the republic killed 12 participants of armed underground as a result of three special operations. The operations were carried out in the evening of August, 17, and at night of August, 18, in two districts of Chechnya and Grozny.
14:00, 18 August 2011
Kalinovskaya: the bailiffs and riot squad evicted and beat up the tenants of a house located at the route of Olympic highway
“The bailiffs and riot squad have entered the house No 25 in Veselaya street belonging to Vladimir Tkachenko and are beating up the tenants in front of their underage children’s very eyes”, Natalia Kalinovskaya, Chairperson of Territorial Public Self-government, reported.
13:00, 18 August 2011
A Deputy of the Parliament from People’s party Alik Pliev beaten up in South Osetia
On August, 17, Alik Pliev, Deputy of the Parliament of South Osetia from People’s party, was beaten up in Tskhinval, Inara Gabaraeva, Head of the Committee of victims of fire in North Osetia, reports.
12:00, 18 August 2011
A supposed gunman killed in Kabardino-Balkaria had been acquitted by the jury
A participant of armed underground killed on August, 16, in Kabardino-Balkaria had formerly been criminally liable for participation in a paramilitary group and robbery but was acquitted by the jury. This was an information from the investigative bodies of the republic.
20:00, 17 August 2011
Six gunmen killed in a special operation in Dagestan
An active stage of the special operation which started on August, 15, in Khasavyurt and Kizilyurt districts of Dagestan and recommenced this morning has come to an end, a source in the republican Ministry of Interior Affairs reported.
19:00, 17 August 2011
Union of Veterans in Abkhazia demands investigation on the accusations of collaboration with Georgia against Anquab
Union of Veterans of the Patriotic war of the Abkhazian people in 1992-1993 “Amtsakhara” condemned the show of an interview with ex-Minister of Defense of Georgia in Sukhum who reported his collaboration with Vice-president of the republic Alexander Anquab.
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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.