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Tbilisi, Georgia, July 21, 2019. Photo: REUTERS
19:08, 8 September 2021
Law on amnesty for protesters in Tbilisi passed despite opposition opinion
Members of the ruling “Georgian Dream” Party secured the adoption of the law on amnesty for participants of the June 2019 protests and the policemen who were dispersing them. The opposition spoke against the amnesty for the law enforcers.
David Kezerashvili. Photo: Jerry Morrison, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кезерашвили,_Давид_Шотаевич
15:45, 8 September 2021
Defence claims political background of verdict to former MoD head
The court has sentenced in absentia David Kezerashvili, a former head of the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to five years in prison in order to put pressure on his "Formula" TV Channel on the eve of elections, his advocates assert.
Bodies of two Armenian servicemen discovered as a result of search works. Photo: press service of the Ministry for Emergencies of Nagorno-Karabakh
15:31, 8 September 2021
Remains of two soldiers found in Nagorno-Karabakh
On September 7, as a result of searching works conducted near Varanda (the Azerbaijani name is Fizuli, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"), the remains of two Armenian soldiers have been found, the Emergency Service (ES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.
Ultramarathon runner Ilya Davydov. Photo: http://raduga-omsk.ru/news/256767/
15:17, 8 September 2021
Charity run draws attention to problem of hiking in Dagestan
Despite the worsening weather in Dagestani mountains, Ivan Davydov, a untramarathon runner, continues his charity run aiming to draw attention to the problem of providing palliative care to children and to promote the development of walking tourism (hiking) in Northern Caucasus.
Ruslan Kutaev, Oyub Titiev. Screenshot of video posted by Kavkaz.realii: http://www.kakvkazr.com/a/28929120.html; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPsp9NKGUuA&t=4s. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
11:21, 8 September 2021
Caucasian scholars explain authorities' angry reaction to complaints from residents of Chechnya
The harsh reaction to the message of a woman from Alkhazurovo about problems with water supply was caused by the tacit intention of Chechen authorities to speak only positively about the situation in the republic, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
Protest rally in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
11:08, 8 September 2021
Witness treats clashes in Magas as authorities' provocation
At the trial of Ingush activists, Musa Keligov, a public figure, spoke as a witness and called the clashes that occurred at the rally in Magas a result of the provocative actions stage by the republic's authorities, Djabrail Kuriev, one of the advocates, has informed.
A counterterrorist operation conducted in the village of Troitskoye, Sunzha District of Ingushetia. August 23, 2020. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiU1Nxnauuw
03:17, 8 September 2021
Those killed in special operation in Ingushetia buried a year later
The bodies of Lolokhoev brothers and Aslangirey Gadaborshev, who were killed in a special operation in Ingushetia, have been handed over to their relatives for burial a year later, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has reported. One of the conditions for the release of the bodies was non-disclosure of information and the termination of communicating with human rights defenders, the HRC asserts.
Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh https://t.me/RUS_peacekeeper/847
03:13, 8 September 2021
Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange POWs
With the support of peacemakers, two soldiers who had been captured near the Black Lake in the Syunik Region have been returned to Armenia from Azerbaijan. One prisoner of war (POW) detained in Nagorno-Karabakh was delivered from Yerevan to Baku.
03:06, 8 September 2021
After attack on him and his family in Istanbul, resident of Chechnya declares blood feud
Akhmed Arsnukaev has stated that in Istanbul, he, his wife and child were attacked by a group of armed people, among which was a relative of the Naurbaev family who is wanted on terrorist charges. He has announced a blood feud against Naurbaevs.
Naira Airumyan. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 7 September 2021
Authorities ignore picket of a Stepanakert woman
The picket, at which Naira Airumyan, a resident of Stepanakert, called on the authorities to solve the problem with the shortage of water in the city, did not attract the attention of either the authorities or city residents.
The FSB officers during the detention. Photo by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Ingushetia https://ingushetia.sledcom.ru
23:56, 7 September 2021
Mothers of teenagers detained in Ingushetia call case on preparation of terror acts unexpected
Three out of the four residents of Ingushetia arrested on suspicion of plotting terror acts are minors, and the fourth suspect recently turned 18, the defence reports. Mothers of the detainees claim that their children did not give rise to suspicions of sympathy for terrorists.
Screenshot of a video with the beating of people in Istanbul https://www.instagram.com/p/CTc6nq_Hqio/
23:54, 7 September 2021
Chechen natives claim kidnappings of relatives after beating of a law enforcer in Turkey
Relatives of Khasan Khalitov, a critic of the Chechen authorities, living in Turkey, and family members of Ilman Mamakaev, who lives in Europe, have been kidnapped in Chechnya and Moscow, Khasan Khalitov and Ilman Mamakaev report. They associate the kidnappings with the beating of a Kadyrov supporter in Istanbul.
The Tagavard village in the Martuni District. February 2021. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:28, 7 September 2021
Karabakh Ombudsman accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on a village
A house of a resident of the Tagavard village in the Martuni District has been damaged during a shelling attack by the Azerbaijani armed forces, and no people were injured, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.
Karabakh rescuers transport a serviceman's remains. Photo by the press service of the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=216157243863785&set=a.204085841737592
18:25, 7 September 2021
Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Gadrut District, Karabakh rescuers have found a serviceman's remains. The total number of found bodies and remains of Armenian militaries has reached 1656.
Ramzan Kadyrov at the construction site of a mosque in Akhmat-Yurt on September 3, 2021. Screenshot of the video by the "Vaynakh" TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMfQvygORaE&t=2s
18:14, 7 September 2021
Scientists discuss Kadyrov's statement about history of Chechnya's statehood
Most of North-Caucasian nations had no statehood until the Soviet power. The Shamil's Imamat cannot be considered a full-fledged state, while the activities of Sheikh Mansur were too ideological, historians have noted in their comments to the Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about Chechnya's statehood and people's heroes.
Nino Lomdjariya. Photo: Facebook / Ombudsman of Georgia https://www.facebook.com/OmbudsmanofGeorgia/photos/a.198555736848630/2531307263573454/?type=3&theater
16:34, 7 September 2021
Georgia's Ombudsperson demands to punish organizers of riots in Tbilisi
More than two months have passed since the mass attacks on journalists in Tbilisi, but the organizers of the riots have not yet been punished, Nino Lomdjariya, the Georgian Ombudsperson, has stated. The accusations against Zurab Makharadze, an activist of the "Alt-Info", and the Archpriest, Spiridon Tskipurishvili, are insufficiently justified, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
The border of Georgia with South Ossetia. Photo by the press service of the State Security Committee (known as KGB) in South Ossetia https://www.facebook.com/komitetgosbezopasnosti.southossetia/photos/a.465734606932231/465737340265291/?type=3&theater
16:28, 7 September 2021
US citizen extradited from South Ossetia for trespassing
In South Ossetia, in the Dzau District, agents of the State Security Committee (known as KGB) have detained and expelled to Georgia a US citizen who had violated the border.
Anna Manylova. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzSLkjqgkc
16:14, 7 September 2021
Khalimat Taramova's friend announces her departure from Russia
Anna Manylova has left Russia, explaining this by the threats she received after Khalimat Taramova's escape from her relatives in Chechnya.
Screenshot of the post on Instagram with complaints about the poor water supply in the village of Alkhazurovo https://www.instagram.com/p/CTZ1zSfDvxE/
16:08, 7 September 2021
Woman from Chechnya was publicly scolded for her complaints about absence of water
Local elders have condemned the woman from the village of Alkhazurovo, who complained about problems with water supply. The old-timers preferred to deny the existence of problems, rather than contribute to solution thereof, Instagram users have pointed out.
Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:36, 7 September 2021
Court refuses to satisfy the libel suit against Azerbaijani blogger Guseinov
The material, in which the son of Azerbaijani ex-minister of transport saw slander, was posted from a fake profile that had nothing to do with Mekhman Guseinov, the court has concluded. Guseinov called the court's decision to be a precedent.
News
Pashinyan at a concert in Gyumri. Screenshot from News.Am photo from April 20, 2026, https://news.am/rus/news/944772.html. Observers considered concerts featuring Pashinyan to be propaganda.

Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has completed accepting documents for participation in the elections.

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.