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23:10, 7 August 2009
Case of attempt on Sulim Yamadayev to be tried in Dubai late in August
The first court session on the case of attempt on Sulim Yamadayev, Hero of Russia, ex-commander of GRU special-purpose battalion "Vostok", committed on March 28 this year in the United Arab Emirates, is to be held in the criminal court of Dubai on August 31. Makhdi Lorniya, personal groom of Ramzan Kadyrov, citizen of Iran, and resident of Tadzhikistan Maksudzhon Ismatov will be tried.
Anna Politkovskaya. Source: www.flickr.com/photos/danieledavola
23:00, 7 August 2009
Court refuses to return Politkovskaya's murder case to prosecutor's office
Today, Moscow's military district court has dismissed the petition of relatives of Anna Politkovskaya to return the case of murder of the journalist to the prosecutor' s office.
22:10, 7 August 2009
Abkhazia MoFA: Georgia militarizes itself more intensively than before war with South Ossetia
The new process of Georgian militarization has acquired a more intensive rate than before its intrusion into South Ossetia in August 2008. This is said in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia disseminated today in connection with the anniversary of the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia.
Ingushetia, refugee camp. By Magomedov Said for "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 7 August 2009
Bailiffs evict nine families of refugees from dormitory in Ingushetia
On August 5, court bailiffs evicted nine families of refugees from a dormitory in Malgobek, Ingushetia, in which they had lived. No reasons for such forced eviction are known.
Chechnya. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
21:00, 7 August 2009
Editor of newspaper "Marsho" in Chechnya complains about pressure of power authorities
Representatives of power authorities in Chechnya have used threats to prohibit the editor of Urus-Martan district newspaper "Marsho" the printing of critical articles about the deceased patriarch Alexi II and South Ossetia president Eduard Kokoity. This has been relayed to the Human rights center "Memorial" by Said Khozhaliyev, the newspaper chief editor.
20:00, 7 August 2009
Roza Malsagova: militants accuse "Ingushetia.Org" of fighting Mujahidins
Roza Malsagova, chief editor of the site "Ingishetia. Org", who has been living in Paris from 2008, says that she resigns in connection with threats coming from militants to her address.
Su-25. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 7 August 2009
Nogovitsyn: last year Georgian Su-25 with Russian identification marks shot a column of refugees in South Ossetia
One of the most terrible provocations by the Georgian armed forces in the last-year conflict in South Ossetia was the fact when a Georgian fighter Su-25 with painted identification marks of Russian Air Force shot at the column of refugees driving from Tskhinval, and on the following day the same fighter shot at the column of Russian soldiers, stated colonel-general Anatoli Nogovitsin, deputy-chief of General Headquarters of the RF Armed Forces.
18:00, 7 August 2009
Youth activist released from pre-trial prison in Azerbaijan immediately recruited to the army
Agasif Shakiroglu, head of youth coalition "Khadaf", released from custody by the decision of the court of appeal, was called to the army in the evening of the same day.
23:50, 6 August 2009
Bastrykin: Georgia planned to poison water supply in Tskhinvali
As reported by Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO), Russian inspectors found a plan of operation aimed at poisoning the system of water supply in Tskhinvali in August 2008.
23:30, 6 August 2009
Moscow hosts roundtable dated to anniversary of war in South Ossetia
On August 4, the Moscow-based Press Centre of the RIA "Novosti" hosted a roundtable on the topic: "First anniversary of the start of barbarous aggression against peaceful people of South Ossetia".
23:00, 6 August 2009
In Ingushetia, Archakov suspected of hiding a militant set free under recognizance not to leave
Magomed Archakov, a resident of Ingushetia, detained by law enforcement bodies on July 2 on suspicion of hiding a militant, has been released from custody under recognizance not to leave.
22:10, 6 August 2009
Killer shot at Yamadaev from a silent pistol "Gyurza"
The killer, who attempted on Isa Yamadaev, a brother of Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion, on July 28 in Moscow, was armed with a silent pistol - firearm of special units of the GRU (Russian Military Intelligence) and FSB (Federal Security Bureau).
22:00, 6 August 2009
Volgograd residents poisoned by emissions of castor factory undergo medical examination
Residents of the settlement named Vishnevaya Balka, Krasnooktiabrskiy District of Volgograd, are taking their free-of-charge medical examination in the mobile medical centre. The aim of the study is to reveal the hazardous effect of emissions of the castor factory on human health.
Chechnya, Gudermes. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
21:00, 6 August 2009
People in Chechnya doubt that Estemirova's murderers will be ever found
Real customers and organizers of the murder of the employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" Natalia Estemirova will be never not just punished but even named, as some friends and colleagues of the perished human rights defender in Chechnya believe.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/texasbb
20:00, 6 August 2009
UN Committee scarifies the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan
On August 5, the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations promulgated a document about the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan, passed on the outcomes of the discussion at the 96th Session on July 13-31 in Geneva of the third periodic report on Azerbaijan.
Chtchnya. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
19:00, 6 August 2009
House of mother of suicide bomber Mukhadiev burnt down in Chechnya
Five days ago, in the city of Argun, the house that belonged to the family of suicide bomber Rustam Mukhadiev, who had blown up himself in central Grozny near the building of the theatre-concert hall, was burnt down. Local residents say that the action was carried out by employees of power agencies of Chechnya.
Azerbaijan, Baku. Photo of "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 6 August 2009
In Azerbaijan, tenants of "Kruschov-time" houses subject to demolition demand monetary compensation
The inhabitants of three five-storey apartment blocks located on the Geidar Aliev Avenue in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, were offered to leave their flats before September 1 and move to new flats in the Narimanov District of the capital.
Press conference of "Russian society under control" held in the Independent press center, Moscow, the 23th of July 2009. Ann Lyo Ueru is the 3d from the left. Photo by "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 5 August 2009
FIDH: antiterrorist legislation mastered in Chechnya now transferred to whole of Russia
After studying the changes of the Russian antiterrorist legislation made in recent years, the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) has concluded that the toughening measures mastered in the Caucasus were then transferred to the rest of Russia. This was stated by FIDH expert Ann Lyo Ueru, who is specializing on Russia, in particular, on antiterrorist methods within the conflict in Chechnya.
23:00, 5 August 2009
New Georgian Ombudsman plans to specially protect refugees and children
Georgiy Tugushi, 32, elected the new Ombudsman of Georgia at an extraordinary session of parliament on July 31, pans to preserve in his work many of the priorities fixed by his predecessor Sozar Subari. At the same time, in his opinion, every time has its challenges and moves its priorities, therefore, Mr Tugushi puts the refugees' problems into the forefront.
23:00, 5 August 2009
Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continues interrogating anonymous witnesses on Nalchik attack case
On August 4, at the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), at the trial on the events of October 13, 2005, an anonymous witness hidden under pseudonym "Seliverstov, Gerasim Lukich", an employee of the OMSN (special militia unit) of the KBR's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), gave his evidences.
News
Special operation in Ukraine. Screenshot from video https://function.mil.ru The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,250.

A Russian serviceman. Still from a Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/53671 The number of combatants from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,200.

Historians have assessed the memory of the Muhajirs in the Eastern Caucasus.

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.