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13:45, 20 August 2025
A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the combat zone
Vasily Landyshev was killed during military operations. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 1,306 servicemen from the Volgograd region killed there.
12:46, 20 August 2025
South Ossetian security forces accuse Georgian citizen of violating border
A Georgian resident was detained near the Artsev force. Official Tbilisi stated that the detention was illegal.
11:43, 20 August 2025
The operational headquarters reported no fuel oil emissions
The Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters did not find any new fuel oil emissions over the past week, and Rospotrebnadzor stated that the water from Gelendzhik to Abkhazia is clean. Meanwhile, the Anapa sanatorium recommended that guests wear shoe covers to the beaches.
Sergey Davidis. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org/
10:50, 20 August 2025
Sergei Davidis sentenced in absentia
A military court in Moscow sentenced Sergei Davidis, co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center*, to six years in prison in absentia, finding that a repost on his social media page was a justification for terrorism.
09:47, 20 August 2025
Six UAVs Shot Down at Night in Southern Russia
Five drones were shot down in the Rostov region and one in Kuban, the Defense Ministry reported. The authorities reported no damage or casualties. Volgograd airport resumed operations.
08:50, 20 August 2025
A fighter from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in a military operation
Vadim Grishkin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 284 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.
07:50, 20 August 2025
The Prosecutor General's Office has demanded that the property of former State Duma deputy Gadzhiev* be seized
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit in the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala to recognize former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev* and his relatives as an extremist organization, demanding that their real estate worth more than 2 billion rubles be transferred to the state.
06:47, 20 August 2025
Return of Ivan Gel's case to the prosecutor's office appealed
The victims appealed the return of the case of the head of the Ilovlinsky district, Ivan Gel, to the prosecutor's office; the department itself did not agree with the judge's decision.
05:48, 20 August 2025
Baku court refuses to consider Vardanyan's defense appeal
The defense of the former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan lodged a protest with the panel of judges, but it was not considered. Testimony in court was given by citizens of Azerbaijan who suffered during the military actions in the Karabakh conflict zone.
03:50, 20 August 2025
Restrictions on the operation of the Volgograd airport have been introduced
To ensure flight safety, the operation of the Volgograd airport has been limited.
03:03, 20 August 2025
268 Rostov residents applied for assistance after drone attack
Rostov-on-Don authorities accepted 268 applications for financial assistance from city residents following the drone attack on August 14.
01:55, 20 August 2025
Three Ukrainians convicted in Rostov-on-Don were taken to Chechnya
Ukrainian citizens convicted by a military court in Rostov-on-Don were transferred from the Rostov pretrial detention center to Grozny before the appeal. They had previously reported torture.
00:58, 20 August 2025
Baku native convicted in Russia under article on cooperation with foreigners
The court sentenced Azerbaijani native Mehriban Lukinskaya to five years in prison on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign state.
23:54, 19 August 2025
Residents of South Ossetia ask Gagloev to provide housing for the family of a former military man
More than 150 residents of South Ossetia have signed an appeal to the president of the republic, Alan Gagloev, asking him to provide housing to former military man Taimuraz Tuaev, who became disabled after a stroke.
22:55, 19 August 2025
Recognized human losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 7,250
The authorities of the regions of southern Russia have publicly acknowledged that more than 7,250 soldiers were killed in combat operations in Ukraine, including 3,644 from the Southern Federal District and 3,607 from the North Caucasus Federal District.
Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue. Photo: NEWS.On.ge
21:57, 19 August 2025
Protesters in Tbilisi demand release of political prisoners
Protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament on the 265th day of continuous protests and announced new actions in support of political prisoners.
20:58, 19 August 2025
Book on Lost Monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh Published in Yerevan
The first book-album “Artsakh: Endangered Heritage”, published on the initiative of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in three languages, contains information about 48 monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh.
19:54, 19 August 2025
The head of the Ministry of Nationalities of Ingushetia responded to the controversy surrounding the imam's words about waiters
The discussion around the statement of the Ingush imam about male waiters is "an attempt to destabilize the situation in the region," said the republic's minister for external relations and national policy. This statement was made after Telegram channels criticized the passive position of the Ingush authorities.
18:53, 19 August 2025
North Ossetian soldier killed in Ukraine
Viktor Andreyev from the Digorsky district was killed in the combat zone. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 476 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.
17:55, 19 August 2025
Rostov engineer sentenced to treason
An energy engineer at an industrial enterprise in Rostov-on-Don has been sentenced to a long prison term on charges of treason.
News
A memorial picket for Aishat Baimuradova in Yerevan, Armenia, November 4, 2025. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot." Social media users supported the call for Armenian authorities to release Baimuradova's body for burial.

The authorities explained the ban on the use of jeeps in the forests of Chechnya by concern for the environment.

A memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80078 Activists have restored the memorial sign on Politkovskaya's house for the ninth time.

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.