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Police detain a young man dancing lezginka in Gelendzhik. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccUY6Y0GBao
16:45, 15 August 2017
In Gelendzhik, police release one of lezginka dancers
After a meeting of the delegation of Circassian activists with officials from the Gelendzhik authorities, law enforcers released one of two arrested lezginka dancers.
Georgian Railways train. Photo: © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili
16:21, 15 August 2017
Employees of "Georgian Railways" go on hunger strike
Today, three employees of the "Georgian Railways" have declared a hunger strike. According to them, the management of the "Georgian Railway" proposed them to move to workplaces 150 kilometres from their houses, and when they refused, they faced warnings of dismissal.
14:11, 15 August 2017
"Sberbank" top manager arrested in Rostov-on-Don
Gennady Musienko, the deputy chairman for the "Sberbank" branch in Rostov-on-Don, was taken into custody in a case on fraud. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies. Officials from the "Sberbank" confirmed the detention of Gennady Musienko, but refused to report the details.
Yerevan and Ararat Mountain. Photo: Serouj Ourishian https://ru.wikipedia.org/
13:54, 15 August 2017
Armenia experiences trend of inevitable population decline
During 1.5 years, 18,700 residents left Armenia, reported the National Statistic Service. The downward trend in the country's population will continue. This opinion was voiced by experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
Car of the Investigating Committee. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot.
13:30, 15 August 2017
Astrakhan investigators confirm arrest of 9 suspected accomplices in killing law enforcers
In the case on the killing of road-and-patrol service (known as DPS) inspectors and on the attack on fighters of the National Guard of Russia in Astrakhan, the number of detainees includes a wife of one of the killed defendants. This was reported by investigators.
Donguz-Orunbashi mountain pass. Photo: Andrey Aleev https://www.flickr.com/photos/135402957@N06/
12:02, 15 August 2017
Two Georgian citizens sentenced for crossing Russian border illegally
In Kabardino-Balkaria, the court has sentenced Georgian citizens to more than two years of imprisonment. They were accused of illegally crossing the state border of the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian tourists evacuated by helicopter of the Georgian MIA's Department for Emergencies. Photo: screenshot of video: https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20170814/236975949/Spasateli-pomogli-ukrainskim-turistam-v-Svaneti.html
06:53, 15 August 2017
Tourists evacuated from mountain pass in Georgia
Three Ukrainian tourists have failed to independently continue their way through the mountain pass in Svaneti, and rescuers brought them by helicopter to a safe place. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Georgia.
Car of Russia's Investigating Committee. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot.
02:42, 15 August 2017
Killers choose deserted place to shell and kill Ingush police officer
An Ingush policeman was killed on a section of a road in North Ossetia, which is rarely crowded. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by a source from the police. According to the source, several versions for motives of the killing are under investigation.
Beach. Photo: http://vlg-media.ru/society/v-rosi-pojavitsja-kurortnyi-sbor-57094.html
00:42, 15 August 2017
In Kuban, feminists with a child brought to police twice a day
In the Krasnodar Territory, a feminist camp has been disrupted, since its organizers were first threatened with reprisals, and then the police detained them twice a day with a minor child. This was reported by the women themselves.
00:04, 15 August 2017
Azerbaijani opposition claims political nature of Ruslan Gara's arrest
The court's decision to arrest Ruslan Gara (Garaev), an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is unreasonable and politically motivated, and therefore it will be challenged. This was reported by the activist's advocate.
The Abkhaz–Georgian conflict in 1992. Photo: © Sputnik. Tsagareli
22:24, 14 August 2017
Residents of Abkhazia treat victory over Georgia as main achievement in 25 years
The main achievements of Abkhazia over the 25 years of its history were the victory in the war against Georgia under President Vladislav Ardzinba and Russia's recognition of the republic's independence under President Sergey Bagapsh. This was stated by the residents of Abkhazia, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
20:35, 14 August 2017
"Chernovik": residents of Dagestani village protest against house demolition
Today, about 500 residents of the village of Novaya Shangoda-Shitlib in the Kumtorkalin District of Dagestan have come out to a rally against the disconnection of 18 houses from the gas supply and demolition thereof.
18:03, 14 August 2017
RT TV Channel: Astrakhan woman identifies boy from Baghdad shelter
On a video from a Baghdad shelter, an old woman from Astrakhan has recognized her grandson, who was born after the departure of her daughter with husband to Syria, the RT TV Channel reports.
The detention of a young man dancing lezginka in Gelendzhik. Photo: screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccUY6Y0GBao
17:20, 14 August 2017
Two lezginka dancers arrested in Gelendzhik (+video)
In Gelendzhik, the court arrested for five days two lezginka dancers for petty hooliganism and failure to obey to policemen.
A screenshot of the film "Matilda". Photo http://kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/ros/100347/annot/
16:53, 14 August 2017
Dagestani and Ingush authorities ignore Moscow's position on film "Matilda"
The leaders of Dagestan and Ingushetia, who requested to exclude their republics from a rental certificate for screening of the film "Matilda", followed the example of Ramzan Kadyrov, without being aware of the federal authorities' position on the fate of the film. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" by Russian political analysts.
The Khunzakh District of Dagestan. Photo: the "Selsky Truzhenik" newspaper http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
16:40, 14 August 2017
CTO legal regime lifted in Khunzakh District of Dagestan
Law enforcers have lifted the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime in the village of Orota, where Khadjimurad Gadjiev, the suspected leader of the Khunzakh militant grouping, was killed.
At the contact line. Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo http://minval.az/news/123705905
15:52, 14 August 2017
Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone
Thus morning, Arman Movsisyan, a serviceman, was mortally wounded in a combat position, the Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.
A house in the village of Orota of Dagestan. Photo http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=1318&com=photogallery
13:08, 14 August 2017
Law enforcers find weapon arsenal in Orota village
Law enforcers have discovered explosives, weapons, and ammunition in a house where Khadjimurad Gadjiev, the leader of the Khunzakh militant grouping, was killed. This is reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Lake Sevan, Armenia. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for "Caucasian Knot"
12:07, 14 August 2017
Russian soldier dies in Armenia
On August 13, a contract soldier, who served at the Russian military base in Gyumri, drowned in Lake Sevan.
Sukhumi railway station. Photo https://www.fondsk.ru/news/2017/08/14/abhazia-letuchij-zapah-dalekoj-vojny-44489.html
10:39, 14 August 2017
25th anniversary of war outbreak in Abkhazia
On August 14, 1992, the State Council of Georgia abolished the resolution on the independence of Abkhazia and pronounced the decision to introduce troops into the republic. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili called the war in Abkhazia a "big mistake."
News
An Azerbaijani journalist has been charged in absentia with incitement against the state

Karabakh historians have reported vandalism in 17th-century monasteries

Lawyer Namizad Safarov has been detained in Azerbaijan

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.