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17:40, 5 August 2013
In Armenia, CoA leaves activist Tigran Arakelyan in custody
The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Armenia has dismissed the motion to change the measure of freedom restraint of Tigran Arakelyan, an activist of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC).
Zafar Guliev. Photo: http://www.radiozadlyg.org (RFE/RL).
16:24, 5 August 2013
Azerbaijan: opposition finds change of date of presidential election unjustified
Activists of the opposition treat the shift of the voting day to an earlier date as illegal and unjustified, and caused by a possible intention of the authorities to exclude Rustam Ibragimbekov from the race.
Shop "Kristall", Makhachkala, Shamil Avenue, August 5, 2013. Photo by Makhach Akhmedov for the “Caucasian Knot”.
13:40, 5 August 2013
MIA: second IED at shop "Kristall" in Makhachkala appears to be dummy
In Makhachkala, the second improvised explosive device (IED) installed near the shop "Kristall" (Crystal), was a dummy. This was reported by a source in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.
06:52, 5 August 2013
In Nevinnomyssk, detainee dies at detention facility
In the city of Nevinnomyssk of the Stavropol Territory, a detainee died in a ward of a detention facility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). He was serving his 15-day administrative arrest.
03:41, 5 August 2013
In Georgia, 116 prisoners granted CER
In Georgia, 116 prisoners were granted conditional early relief (CER). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance.
00:04, 5 August 2013
MIA: nine persons fell victims to explosion at grocery shop in Makhachkala
According to the specified information, seven persons got minor cut injuries in the explosion in a shop located in the centre of Makhachkala. The number of victims has reached nine persons, including two persons who got contused at the moment of the explosion.
16:50, 4 August 2013
Ilyas Ilyasov becomes twelfth religious leader killed in Northern Caucasus since 2012
According to the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot", the murder of Ilyas Ilyasov, Imam and theologian, committed in Makhachkala, became the twelfth case of violent death of Islamic religious leaders in Northern Caucasus during 2012 and 2013.
Construction of entertainment facility on the territory of “Bolshoy Utrish” natural reserve, Third Lagoon area. Krasnodar region, August 2, 2013. Photo: http://www.save-utrish.ru/
15:02, 4 August 2013
Ecologists demand to stop construction of entertainment facility in "Utrish" Reserve
Activists of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" demanded to stop the construction of an entertainment facility that was started on August 2 in the "Bolshoy Utrish" Reserve.
05:34, 4 August 2013
In Gelendzhik, human rights activists sentenced to 8-13 years of imprisonment
In the KrasnodarTerritory, the court found members of the Gelendzhik Human Rights Centre (GHRC) guilty in the case of fraud and sentenced them to 8-13 years of imprisonment.
00:25, 4 August 2013
Father of anaesthesiologist Marat Gunashev asks to speed up investigation into case against his son
Father of anaesthesiologist Marat Gunashev, suspected of the murder of the chief of the Makhachkala Police, has asked human rights defenders to provide assistance in investigating his son's case and bringing it to trial.
23:08, 3 August 2013
Imam of Makhachkala city mosque shot dead in Dagestan
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by a source from the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the ICRF that an Imam of a Makhachkala mosque was killed tonight in the course of shelling; his driver was wounded.
22:46, 3 August 2013
In Baku, police detains supporters of journalist Khadidja Ismailova
The Baku police have prevented a protest action of women-journalists demanding to stop blackmailing and interfering into the privacy of their colleague Khadidja Ismailova, an employee of the Azerbaijani service of Radio Liberty. All the participants of the action and the journalists who covered it were detained by the police.
19:44, 3 August 2013
Religious figure Javid Mamedov released in Azerbaijan
The theologian Javid Mamedov is back at large in Azerbaijan, said Emil Mamedov, the head of the NGO "In Support of Democracy". Mamedov was detained on October 19, 2012, and accused of organizing a believers' action in defence of the religious hijab.
Navaginskaya street dug over again in Sochi. August 3, 2013. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:04, 3 August 2013
Sochi residents complain about poor quality of repair of roads and pavements
Sochi residents express their outrage with the poor quality of repairs of roads, pavements and house-adjoining territories. In particular, in the Tsentralny District, the streets named after Gorky, Voikov, Pervimaiskaya, Sebastopol, Titov, Tuapse, Dagomys, Kubanskaya, Theatrical and Ordzhonikidze, and Kurortny Avenue remained unrepaired.
Ales Bialiatski at the Сourt, November, 2011. Photo: svabora.org (RFE/RL)
19:00, 3 August 2013
August 4 marks two years after arrest of Ales Bialiatski
On August 4, a number of European cities will hold actions in support of Ales Bialiatski, the head of the human rights centre "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), who was sentenced in Belarus.
North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz, July 6, 2013. Picket against the operation of "Electrozink". Photo by Emma Marzoyeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:10, 3 August 2013
In North Ossetia, picket against "Electrozink" was supported by 15 persons
Up to 15 people have come today to picket against the operation of the metallurgical factory of the Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Electrozink" in Vladikavkaz, said German Revazov, the organizer of the action and an activist of the movement "Stop 'Electrozink'!" and the environmental organization "Novoe Vremya".
International Arts Symposium "Alanika". North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz, August 22, 2012. Photo: http://mkrso-a.ru/
13:09, 3 August 2013
North Ossetia hosts international arts symposium "Alanika"
The Seventh International Arts Symposium "Alanika" was launched on August 1 in Vladikavkaz. During the event artistic workers Italy, Turkey, Germany, Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Great Britain, Georgia and Azerbaijan will implemented their projects in the field of contemporary arts.
04:11, 3 August 2013
Additional check of Demerchyan's beating undertaken in Sochi
On August 2, in Sochi, investigators resumed checking the information that the builder Mardiros Demerchyan had been beaten by policemen. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Artyom Semenets, an investigator from the Adler Division of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
03:36, 3 August 2013
In Moscow, the Bar "Musaev and Partners" will render legal aid to detainees in Matveevsky Marketplace
Musa Pliev, a lawyer from the Bar "Musaev and Partners", has told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that on August 1 an agreement was signed on provision of legal aid by the Bar to the persons detained during the anti-crime cleansing of the Matveevsky Marketplace.
23:23, 2 August 2013
Journalist Sardar Alibeili arrested for disorderly conduct in Azerbaijan
Today, by decision of the Khatai District Court of Baku, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "P.S. Nota" and the on-line edition "www.psnota.com" Sardar Alibeili was arrested for 2 months for hooliganism.
News
Funds have been allocated for the repair of flooded medical institutions in Dagestan and Chechnya.

Kadyrov reported on the delivery of charitable aid for the residents of the Gaza Strip.

Residents of Chechnya reported an increase in the cost of installing gas equipment against the backdrop of the fuel crisis.

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.