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Said-Mukhammad Djumaev in a courtroom, January 2021. Photo: press service of the Presnya District Court of Moscow
14:11, 20 August 2021
Verdict to Djumaev sparks criticism in social networks
The court has passed a too harsh verdict to Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, by sentencing him to five years in prison for attacking law enforcers at a protest action, social media users believe.
Servicemen of the Armenian and Azerbaijan Armies. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhgusqFBYQ, press service of the Azerbaijani MoD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhgusqFBYQ
12:21, 20 August 2021
Political analysts assess chances to revive Armenian-Azerbaijani talks within OSCE Minsk Group
Baku does not exclude the resumption of negotiations with the participation of the officials of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), if ways of achieving peace based on mutual recognition of the two countries' territorial integrity are offered, Azerbaijani political analysts assert. The trilateral ceasefire agreement, which contradicts the principles of conflict settlement of the OSCE Minsk Group, prevents Armenia from activating the negotiation process, Armenian political analysts believe in their turn.
Nina Tseretilova. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CRbb0e_ojj1/
11:59, 20 August 2021
Nina Tseretilova accuses her ex-husband of beating
Nina Tseretilova, a resident of Dagestan, has stated that her ex-husband and his parents had beaten her up, when she came to them in Buynaksk to see the children. The woman turned to the police. In his turn, Magomed Tseretilov, her ex-husband, claimed that Nina had attacked his parents.
Abubakar Rizvanov, Abdulmumin Gadjiev and Kemal Tambiev (from left to right). Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
08:51, 20 August 2021
Gadjiev and Rizvanov criticize prosecution's proofs
At the Southern District Military Court, prosecutors have read out 118 pages of analysis of the general financial ties of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, accused of financing terrorism. However, their names are mentioned once or twice in the huge document, Mr Rizvanov has pointed out.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org
08:36, 20 August 2021
Rights defenders treat support of Tepsurkaev as way to intensify inquiry
The public support for Salman Tepsurkaev, a resident of Chechnya, is capable of forcing investigators to take real steps to clarify his fate, human rights defenders said after the appeal of the Amnesty International (AI) to people to send appeals to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev in a courtroom, January 2021. Photo: press service of the Presnya District Court of Moscow
23:34, 19 August 2021
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev sentenced to five years of imprisonment
A court found Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, guilty of attacking law enforcers and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment.
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (left). Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295
23:18, 19 August 2021
Isaev and Magamadov complain about torture
An advocate of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev managed to get a permission to visit them in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Chechnya. The young men claimed that they were repeatedly beaten and forced to keep silence about that fact. The defence filed a complaint to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Believer hits herself in the chest with the palm of their hand as a sign of sorrow on the day of Ashura, September 2019. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
19:22, 19 August 2021
Azerbaijani Muslims mark Ashura Day amid COVID-19 restrictions
Today, Ashura, a day of mourning for Shia Muslims, has been marked in Azerbaijan amid restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ammunition. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Interior for Dagestan, http://05.мвд.рф
19:02, 19 August 2021
Dagestani resident detained for manufacturing firearms
In a back room in a house of a 67-year-old resident of the village of Novy Chirkei in the Kizilyurt District, employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan discovered a workshop for converting civilian firearms into combat ones.
Wheelchair. Photo: pixabay.com
15:15, 19 August 2021
Rights defenders point to rights violations of persons with disabilities in Makhachkala
Entrances to state institutions in Makhachkala are not equipped with ramps; this violates the rights of persons with disabilities; and human rights defenders have to seek the installation of ramps in courts, but judges reject about a third part of complaints, activists of the human rights NGO "ZhKKh (Housing and Communal Services) Monitor " assert.
A gun and personal belongings of an Armenian soldier. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
15:01, 19 August 2021
Three soldiers found dead at combat post in Armenia
The bodies of three soldiers with gunshot wounds have been found in a combat position located in Southeast of Armenia, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CFFm8A6Cwtn/
14:50, 19 August 2021
Rights defenders demand to voice out data on Tepsurkaev's fate
A year has passed since the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev, a critic of Chechen authorities, but investigators are still unaware of his whereabouts, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated, calling on to release the details of the inquiry into his kidnapping.
Wastewater is being discharged from the aluminium factory into a ditch from where it goes straight into the Sunzha River. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CSkZjMFgeR2
10:55, 19 August 2021
Ingush Ministry of Nature confirms wastewater discharge from aluminium factory
The aluminium factory located near the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia is discharging its wastewater through a sewer without any purification, inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (known as "Minprirody") of Ingushetia have confirmed after checking.
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev (left). Screenshot: http://www.facebook.com/TheInsiderRussia/photos/1851919648306295
10:41, 19 August 2021
SIZO employees tell advocate about Magamadov's and Isaev's illness
Again, the advocate of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev was not allowed to visit them at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), as the stuff thereof said that the brothers were sick with coronavirus, the advocate said. The "Russian LGBT Network"* will ask again the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take urgent measures to protect Magamadov's and Isaev's rights, said the press secretary, Tim Bestsvet.
Adam Shakhidov. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlaBJuVzAes
08:39, 19 August 2021
Kadyrov's advisor explains his words about "handsome" Taliban fighters by wisdom
Hanafi Maturidis, to which the Taliban refers, are "handsome guys," said Adam Shakhidov, an adviser on religious affairs to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. He has noted that this is a wise statement that not everyone can understand.
Azerbaijani serviceman at combat positions in Nagorno-Karabakh, January 2021. Photo REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov
08:26, 19 August 2021
Armenia calls on Azerbaijan to negotiate within OSCE Minsk Group format
Yerevan is ready to resume negotiations with the participation of OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) officials, and treats these talks as a guarantee of restoring security in Nagorno-Karabakh, Nikol Pashinyan stated on August 18 and confirmed the Armenia's desire to start demarcating the border with Azerbaijan.
Irganai hydroelectric power plant. Photo: Saiga20K, http://ru.wikipedia.org
21:25, 18 August 2021
Dagestani residents file a lawsuit to ECtHR about Irganai HPP
In their complaint filed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), residents of Dagestan claim that Russian federal officials acted ineffectively and failed to resolve the issue on compensation for the lands flooded because of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant (HPP).
A barrack for IDPs in Ingushetia. Photo: press service of the HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org
21:04, 18 August 2021
Human rights defenders prevent eviction of people from barracks in Nazran
A court has agreed with the arguments of the lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* that the city administration has no right to file such claims and refused to evict 25 families of forced migrants from barracks in Nazran.
At the site of terror attack in Grozny, December 2020. Screenshot: Telegram Channel BAZA
20:52, 18 August 2021
Ingush residents criticize Kadyrov for refusing to give out bodies of Timurziev brothers
The leader of Chechnya acted cruelly and contrary to Muslim morality by not giving out the bodies of the Timurziev brothers killed in Grozny to their relatives. This opinion was expressed by Instagram users, who positioned themselves as residents of Ingushetia.
A Taliban fighter on the roof of an armored vehicle loads a cannon near an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/TV via
18:38, 18 August 2021
Taliban’s* victory does not threaten to drastically destabilize Northern Caucasus
The arrival of the Taliban* to power in Afghanistan did not provoke an unambiguous reaction among Muslims of Northern Caucasus and does not threaten the region with an increase in extremism, experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” suggest.
News
A court hearing for the suspect in the attack on doctors. Photo courtesy of the United Press Service of the Courts of Dagestan https://t.me/Femida_Dagestana/450 A Dagestani resident has been arrested in connection with an attack on doctors.

The road to nine villages in Dagestan is blocked after a landslide.

A school in a flood zone in Dagestan. April 2026. Photo: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Dagestan https://t.me/minobrnauki_rd/35099 Five schools in Dagestan have been declared unfit for classes following the flood.

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.