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The Russian Criminal Code. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE3mcK8qOsM
11:30, 8 August 2022
Two residents of Chechnya convicted of intending to leave for Syria
The Gudermes City Court of Chechnya has sentenced two local residents to two years and eight months in colony each for their intention to leave for Syria and participate in an illegal armed formation (IAF) there.
The memorial service for the victims of the August 2008 war held at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Tskhinvali, August 7, 2022. Photo by the press service of the President of South Ossetia https://presidentruo.org/alan-gagloev-prinyal-uchastie-v-pominalnom-bogosluzhenii-po-zhertvam-avgustovskoj-vojny-2008-goda/
11:26, 8 August 2022
Residents of South Ossetia commemorate casualties of Five-Day War
On August 7, South-Ossetia temples held memorial services on the eve of the 14th anniversary of the onset of the "Five-Day War". It was also decided to hold mourning events and lay flowers to the memorials in the Znaur and Leningor Districts.
11:22, 8 August 2022
UK protesters oppose extradition of Chechen woman
The European Union (EU) must prevent the transfer to Russia of Amina Gerikhanova, a native of Chechnya, who had lived in Ukraine and was detained by Romanian authorities while crossing the border. This was stated at the action by members of the Chechen Diaspora in the United Kingdom (UK).
Flag of Georgia. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vouyHO7ldiE
12:08, 7 August 2022
Offer to introduce visas for Russians in Georgia is consequence of Kremlin's policy
It is necessary to establish control over the citizens of Russia and Belarus who have arrived in Georgia, since their presence carries risks for the country, analysts and oppositional politicians have pointed out.
The shelling of the Armenian positions by the Azerbaijani army during the operation on August 3, 2022, called "Retribution" by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. Image made from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEAkF6xtQ1o
11:47, 7 August 2022
Analysts treat Nagorno-Karabakh's status as reason for conflict escalation
By its military actions, Azerbaijan is trying to speed up the implementation of the tripartite declaration on ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh in order to prevent discussion of its status, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Kadyrov and Putin. Screenshot of a post made in Kadyrov’s Telegram Channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/2659
11:34, 7 August 2022
Kadyrov tells about Putin's praise for success in Chechnya's progress
Vladimir Putin has noted Chechnya's high achievements in socioeconomic sphere, the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has informed. However, as reported by the "Chechenstat" (Republic's Statistics Committee), the unemployment rate in Chechnya in June 2022 was 11%.
18:06, 6 August 2022
Azerbaijani Shiites outraged by attack on embassy in London
Last night, about 2000 Shiite Muslims held a protest in Baku at which they demanded from British authorities to improve the security of the Azerbaijani Embassy in London after it was attacked by members of a Shiite extremist organization.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov
17:46, 6 August 2022
At Putin-Erdogan meeting, Kadyrov agrees to go to Turkey
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he was included into the delegation that accompanied the Russian president at talks with the Turkish president in Sochi on August 5. The Turkish party offered Kadyrov to make a working trip to Turkey, to which he agreed.
17:31, 6 August 2022
Azerbaijan claims capture of strategic height in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani militaries have occupied the Buzukh height located in Karabakh conflict zone, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.
Talgi resident complains about systematic blackouts. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4ZS6BjaPA/
17:08, 6 August 2022
Makhachkala townspeople complain about electricity and water supply outages
For several days already, the Makhachkala neighbourhood of Talgi faces problems with the supply of electricity, which also caused a failure of the pumps that supply water, local residents have complained.
Residents of Zegduleti hold a protest rally. Image made from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH0-waq8ilA
13:02, 6 August 2022
Residents of Zegduleti demanded to return their pastures
In the village of Zegduleti, Gori Municipality in Eastern Georgia, residents held a protest action, demanding from authorities to return their pasture lands that were sold out in 2008. They declared that would not allow the land owner to carry out agricultural works.
Water tap. Photo:Pxhere.com
12:41, 6 August 2022
KBR residents in despair from their water supply problems
The cities of Chegem and Baksan and the villages of Nartan and Argudan are facing constant water shortages; but their utility bills come without recalculation, social network users from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have complained. Regular complaints to authorities gave no fruits, they lamented.
A sapper working. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
08:40, 6 August 2022
Azerbaijani military killed by mine explosion
Babek Aliev, a military serviceman of the Azerbaijani Army, was fatally wounded by a mine explosion in the Kelbadjar District, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
A man who filmed a video clip with a resident of Grozny walking along a Moscow beach with weapons. Screenshot: https://t.me/bazabazon/12678
08:27, 6 August 2022
Muscovite apologizes for filming Chechen with weapons on the beach
A video clip with obscene comments, in which a resident of Chechnya is walking along a Moscow beach with weapons, was followed by the author's apology to the hero of his clip. The Muscovite has admitted that he was "guilty" about the Chechen people and promised that this would not happen again.
Rally in Stepanakert, August 5, 2022. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
08:16, 6 August 2022
Residents of Stepanakert called on Kremlin to put pressure on Azerbaijani authorities
At a rally, more than 50 Stepanakert townspeople have urged Russian authorities to influence Azerbaijan in order to achieve de-escalation of the Karabakh conflict and ensure local residents' safety.
Residents of Berdzor block the road after a meeting with the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot: https://vk.com/video/@free_artsakh?z=video-17452458_456250619%2Fclub17452458%2Fpl_-17452458_-2
21:42, 5 August 2022
Residents of Karabakh villages outraged by demand to leave their homes
Residents of Berdzor blocked the road after a meeting with the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Nagorno-Karabakh, at which the official announced that the people are to leave their houses in the communities of Berdzor, Akhavno, and Sous by August 25. The protest action of the residents stopped after the authorities promised that the government of Nagorno-Karabakh would assist in the move.
Yuri Rogulev, Pavel Zolotarev. Photo: https://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/111161/, Khodarenok Mikhail, https://vpk-news.ru/photographs/gallery/378
20:54, 5 August 2022
HIMARS to be unlikely delivered to Georgia, experts say
US Congressman Adam Kinzinger voiced the proposal to transfer HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Georgia on the eve of the elections, counting on the voters’ support, and the supply of those weapons to Georgia is unlikely, Yuri Rogulyov and Pavel Zolotaryov, experts on the US, point out.
A wall of the Georgian “Dedaena” bar. Photo: https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/tbilisskij-bar-vvel-vizy-dlja-rossijan-i-teper-s-nim-vojujut-v-socsetjah/
20:04, 5 August 2022
Georgian bar under attack on social media after introduction of “visas” for Russians
Google removed negative reviews about the Georgian “Dedaena” bar, which introduced a kind of “visas” for Russian citizens: in order to visit the bar, they are expected to condemn the special military operation in Ukraine and recognize the territorial integrity of Georgia.
Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az/az/news/azerbaycan-ordusunun-movqeleri-atese-tutulub-41236.html
19:51, 5 August 2022
Azerbaijani MoD did not confirm information about withdrawal of troops from heights in Karabakh
There are no changes in the operational situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports today, without confirming the information that the Azerbaijani troops left the occupied heights. The reliability of reports about the withdrawal of troops is questionable, military expert Telman Abilov points out.
Crimean advocates Nazin Sheikhmambetov, Lilya Gemedji and Rustam Kyamilev (from left to right). Photo: crimean-solidarity.org https://www.facebook.com/crimeansolidarity/
19:36, 5 August 2022
Crimean lawyers associate deprivation of their status in Chechnya with political persecution
The Department for Chechnya of the Ministry of Justice has succeeded in pressure on the local bar association to withdraw the status of three of its former members working in Crimea. The disqualified lawyers associated the decision with political persecution and plan to appeal against it, human rights defenders report.
News
Activists have reported the destruction of a memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Karabakh.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

Protest in Yerevan. May 4, 2026. Still from News.am video https://news.am/ru/video/1032318 Protesters in Yerevan demanded the European Union's attention to the problems of Karabakh residents.

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.