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Interview with Madina Umaeva's mother. Screenshot from video by @heda_saratova
22:12, 18 August 2020
Chechen investigators recommended finding causes of Madina Umaeva's death
The Chief Investigating Department for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) recommended to review the refusal to institute a case on the death of Madina Umaeva, a resident of Gudermes, but did not question the unbiased approach of Chechen investigators.
21:59, 18 August 2020
Two suspects killed by law enforcers near Galashki village, sources report
Today, while searching for militants in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, law enforcers have killed two persons who offered armed resistance to them, sources report.
Activists on protest against mine explosions block road to Yerevan, August 18, 2020. Screeshot: https://web.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2403184299985220&set=pcb.2403184549985195
19:13, 18 August 2020
Activists on protest against mine explosions block road to Yerevan
After explosions at the "Sotk", the largest gold mine in Armenia, dust clouds pollute the water in the surrounding villages, local residents complain. Today, the locals have blocked the Yerevan-Vardenis road. The protestors demand to close the mine.
Wedding party cortege in Chechnya. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU8rWT-FgPQ
19:04, 18 August 2020
Social network users see no logic in fines for long wedding party processions in Chechnya
On August 17, in Chechnya, the local traffic police (known as GIBDD) announced that wedding party processions should consist of a maximum of four cars in the republic and that violators of the new requirement would face administrative fines. Instagram users and local residents have questioned the relevancy of the new requirement.
Prison fence of the Gubustan prison in Azerbaijan. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcpPxihJrMg&feature=emb_logo
18:42, 18 August 2020
Opposition calls on US and EU to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan's authorities
In Azerbaijan, according to the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF), torture is used against prisoners. The NCDF called on the US and the European Union (EU) to impose sanctions against the Azerbaijan's authorities for inhuman treatment of the arrestees.
Young men, declared offenders and returned from Moscow to Chechnya, take part in a friendly football match. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/health/121281/
15:26, 18 August 2020
Natives of Chechnya returned from Moscow recruited to take part in football match
The young people, declared offenders and returned from Moscow to Chechnya, took part in a friendly football match organized by the Chechen Ministry of Sports. The footballers received gifts and cash bonuses, officials have informed.
Law enforcer. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
15:11, 18 August 2020
Attack on law enforcers in Galashki is this year's sixth incident in Ingushetia
The shelling of law enforcers in the village of Galashki, Sunzha District, was preceded by five similar incidents in Ingushetia since the start of the year.
Igor Naniev. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia, http://mvdruo.ru/sites/default/files/styles/article_full/public/imagesources/2020-05/dsc_0112-2_0.jpg?h=943238f6&itok=3uzlHbWQ
11:21, 18 August 2020
Head of South-Ossetian MIA comes under fire in his service car
In Tskhinvali, a service car of Igor Naniev, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia, was shelled; no one was injured. Law enforcers are looking for the attackers.
Policemen. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
11:05, 18 August 2020
Vainakh Diaspora in Europe urges Egyptian authorities to release arrested Ingushes
Four students from Ingushetia have been imprisoned in Cairo for two years without sentences or well-justified accusation, members of the Vainakh Diaspora in Europe have stated.
Residents of the camp in Kullar. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=11hN-YEmPIg&feature=emb_logo
10:51, 18 August 2020
Azerbaijanis' inflow in Kullar camp increases
The number of Azerbaijanis waiting to be sent home in the border camp in Dagestan has exceeded 1100. The number of those crossing the Russian-Azerbaijani border every week should be doubled, said one of the camp residents.
08:31, 18 August 2020
Azerbaijani oppositionist goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Ismail Gasanov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is on a hunger strike since August 16 at a Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) in protest against his criminal prosecution and violation of his right to communicate by phone with his family.
Law enforcer. Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:19, 18 August 2020
Group of law enforcers shelled in Ingushetia
Law enforcers found a hideout in the forest near the village of Galashki and were shelled, sources in Ingush law enforcement sources have reported.
Screenshot of a preventive conversation at the Kurchaloi Interior Division: https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3GYVLFuT9/
22:52, 17 August 2020
Human rights defenders criticize Kurchaloi law enforcers for preventive conversations
A specific feature of police preventive conversations in Chechnya is the desire to humiliate offenders. This opinion was voiced by human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina after law enforcers had reprimanded residents of the Kurchaloi District. Lawyer Yevgeny Chernousov note that the law enforcement bodies may make public videos of such conversations only with the offenders' consent.
Mekhti Ibragimov. Screenshot: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/turan-ibrahim-tubzondan-gelen-melumata-gore-qardasimin-veziyyeti-pisdir/
22:36, 17 August 2020
Activists treat prosecution of Mekhti Ibragimov as revenge on his father
The defence of Mekhti Ibragimov, who has been on a hunger strike in custody for the eighth day already, has filed a motion to transfer the detainee under house arrest. Activists treat the prosecution of Mekhti Ibragimov as revenge for the opposition activities of his father Mamed Ibragim.
In the court room during court hearing. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
22:24, 17 August 2020
Martin Kochesoko refuses to plead guilty in court
Today, in Kabardino-Balkaria, the court has started the consideration of the case against Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko. In contradiction to his confession signed after the detention, the activist has pleaded not guilty.
Soldier of the Armenia Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://mil.am/hy/news/8213
18:17, 17 August 2020
Azerbaijan reports about shelling attacks on two border villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the villages on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 31 times over 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.
Pickets and a gathering in support of Belarusian citizens in Astrakhan, August 15, 2020. Photo by Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
18:00, 17 August 2020
Astrakhan residents support protests of Khabarovsk and Belarus
Residents of Astrakhan held solo pickets and a gathering in support of Belarusian citizens on protest against the presidential election outcome, as well as residents of Khabarovsk who stood up for arrested Governor Sergey Furgal.
Gerald Darmanen, head of the French MIA, meeting Saint-Dizier law enforcers. Screenshot from Instagram post by gerald_darmanin
14:03, 17 August 2020
French minister reacts to mass arrest of natives of Chechnya
In the French city of Saint-Dizier, law enforcers detained 16 natives from Chechnya; three of them were accused of organizing a criminal community and preparing armed revenge for their fellow countryman. The head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has proposed to tighten the rules for considering asylum requests received from natives of Chechnya.
Detention. Photo: NAC press service.
13:45, 17 August 2020
Names of teenagers detained in Dagestan revealed
The five young men, who, according to law enforcers, had been planning attacks on policemen, were detained in Khasavyurt. Their names are Alan F., Ismail U., Isak A., Gasanpasha M. and Mukhammad S. According to one of the detainees, the grouping's goal was "to establish Sharia laws in this land."
Military vehicles. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-dagestane-neytralizovany-devyat.html
13:32, 17 August 2020
On August 10-16, nobody fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from August 10 to 16, 2020, no casualties or victims were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
News
Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Renaming streets in Makhachkala has complicated flood victims' efforts to receive compensation.

A state of emergency has been declared due to the threat of a landslide in the Laksky District.

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.