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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.
People in a pharmacy in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Ramzan Musaev.
11:42, 17 August 2020
MPH's report on efficiency of mask regime ridiculed in Chechnya
The tightening of the mask-wearing regime has led to a 40 percent decrease in the number of people infected with coronavirus in Chechnya, the republic's Ministry of Public Health (MPH) reported on August 15. Instagram users and local residents have ridiculed this statement, pointing out that the mask regime in Chechnya is only formally observed.
11:28, 17 August 2020
FSB reports on detention of five militants in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, five teenagers were detained who had planned attacks on policemen, law enforcers have reported.
Karen Shainyan talking to a girl persecuted in Chechnya for her sexual orientation. Frame from Karen Shainyan's documentary "Chechen War against LGBT": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYTKvzrUug
11:02, 17 August 2020
Stories of film heroes "Chechen War against LGBT" impress spectators
The commentators to Karen Shainyan's documentary "Chechen War against LGBT" have treated the persecution methods of gays and lesbians in Chechnya as the wildest Middle Ages. The problems of film heroes need maximum publicity, spectators have pointed out.
A road blocked by law enforcers near the Mount Tarki-Tau. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CD50BOaImjg/
10:26, 16 August 2020
Special operation near Makhachkala worries local residents
Law enforcers have blocked a residential area near the Mount Tarki-Tau and began a special operation in the forest. Instagram users are concerned that civilians may perish there, as happened with the Gasanguseinov shepherd brothers.
A tent camp in Kullar. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://youtu.be/FvC3Fw73mK4
10:23, 16 August 2020
Kullar riot defendants reject their confessions
Azerbaijani citizens, Elmar Musaev and Taral Giyasov, have stated that they have been deceived when they signed confessions in the case of protests in the tent camp in Kullar. Seven out of ten accused have been left in custody.
10:18, 16 August 2020
Eyewitnesses tell about sudden onset of war in Abkhazia 28 years ago
In August 1992, the Georgian society was busy with internal confrontation and did not immediately realize the ethnic background of the conflict in Abkhazia, said Paata Zakareishvili, an ex-minister for reconciliation. The feeling of war was in the air, but its start was still a surprise, the eyewitness has recalled.
10:11, 16 August 2020
Torture victims complain about law enforcers to North-Ossetian Ombudsperson
Seven people, beaten up by law enforcers in Mozdok, have met Tamerlan Tsgoev, the Ombudsperson in North Ossetia. Law enforcers and local authorities fail to react to complaints of torture, the victim's advocate has stated.
The village of Surkhakhi. Photo: Adam Sagov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46025706
01:27, 16 August 2020
Revenge treated as possible motive for killing former law enforcer in Ingushetia
After the conflict in Ekazhevo, claims had been put forward against the former law enforcer shot dead in the Nazran District of Ingushetia. He had provided his car to employees of Centre "E"; and the detained conflict participants were taken away in the car, which caused claims from members of their vird (a sort of praying community), fellow villagers of the casualty believe.
23:31, 15 August 2020
Teenagers' apologies to Dagestani MMA fighter Nurmagomedov spark discussions
Despite the resonance, the apologies of teenagers to Khabib Nurmagomedov will have no consequences for them, says Mikhail Roschin. However, the procedure itself is humiliating, said Alexei Malashenko.
Screenshot of a video of a "prophylactic" conversation in the building of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3GYVLFuT9/
23:18, 15 August 2020
Chechen policemen publicly rebuke young people in Kurchaloi
Law enforcers have gathered offenders in the building of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division) and recorded a "prophylactic" conversation with them on video. Such videos serve as reports to the authorities, local residents have noted.
The Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:21, 15 August 2020
Law enforcers check documents of visitors of the "Tangim" Mosque
After the Friday (August 14) namaz (prayer), several dozen law enforcers stopped the cars of visitors of the Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque and examined their documents.
12:18, 15 August 2020
Teenager's comments in social networks provoked his detention in Chechnya
Law enforcers have detained a 16-year-old resident of the village of Mesker-Yurt in the Shali District. According to the boy's relatives, the reason was in his comments he posted in social networks.
Three residents of Dagestan disappeared in Chechnya. Screenshot of the post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8v8vjTHix7/
11:44, 15 August 2020
Three Dagestanis lost in Grozny declared wanted
Investigators have put three residents of the Dagestani city of Derbent on the wanted list after they disappeared in Grozny in winter. A criminal case was initiated under the article of "Murder of two or more persons."
The police detains an activist. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:28, 15 August 2020
Defence treats arrest of Azerbaijani activist Atakishiev unjustified
Tural Atakishiev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), came to the police on a summon, but was arrested under the pretext of disobeying law enforcers, his advocate has stated.
Detention of a protester. Minsk, August 10, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
08:59, 15 August 2020
Social network users outraged by apologies of head of Belarusian MIA for detentions
Yuri Karaev, a native of North Ossetia, now the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Belarus, has expressed his regret that "random people" had suffered during the dispersal of protests. Social network users were outraged by Karaev's words and the actions of his subordinates.
08:55, 15 August 2020
Three people wounded in shootout in Makhachkala
Three people have been hospitalized in Makhachkala following a firearm conflict, the police said.
08:51, 15 August 2020
Women-rights defenders persuade Dagestani Muftiate to condemn female circumcision
An official religious explanation on the prohibition of female circumcision in Islam will significantly reduce this practice in Dagestan. The decision of the republic's Muftiate to issue such a Fatwa was the result of a campaign to condemn mutilation surgeries, rights defenders assert.
Anvar Muradov (on the right) with his advocate Murad Velikhanov near the Magaramkent District Court which decided to transfer him under house arrest. August 14, 2020. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 14 August 2020
Defendant in Kullar protest case transferred under house arrest
In Dagestan, a court mitigated the pre-trial restriction measure to Azerbaijani citizen Anvar Muradov, who was arrested after clashes in a camp on the border. Anvar Muradov insists that he was not throwing stones at law enforcers.
Firearms seized from the participants of the "Moral Guardians" grouping. Photo from the Austrian police website, https://www.polizei.gv.at/wien/start.aspx?nwid=6A65665342454C6D6642343D&ctrl=3734335266674D385951343D&nwo=0
23:52, 14 August 2020
Members of Chechen group "Guardians of Morality" detained in Austria
In Austria, the police detained six natives of Chechnya after complaints from their compatriots about beatings for posting photos in swimsuits or dating non-Chechens.
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A repatriate from Russia appealed in court the denial of an Abkhaz passport.

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Analysts comment on the death of a girl in Abkhazia.

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.