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Gultekin Hajibeyli. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/
18:27, 17 December 2025
The Istanbul Magistrate's Court for Criminal Cases upheld the decision to place Azerbaijani opposition figure Gultekin Hajibeyli in a deportation center. She considers the court's ruling and the overall decision to deport her unlawful.
18:19, 17 December 2025
Pavel Bataev and his deputy Artur Tsamaev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the territory of a correctional facility, received 22 and 24 years in prison.
Khusein Agayev (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://theins.ru/inv/287815
17:59, 17 December 2025
Chechens Timur Dugazayev and Khusein Agayev, having received German citizenship as refugees, maintained contact with Kadyrov's inner circle and represented his interests in Europe, and also made numerous trips to Chechnya. Dugazayev returned to the republic after the imposition of US sanctions, but Agayev remains in Germany.
A man in a hospital bed. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI-generated program Copilot.
15:36, 17 December 2025
Two injured residents of the Slavyansky district have been transferred to the Regional Clinical Hospital. Operations at 21 kindergartens and three schools have been suspended.
A man in a hospital bed. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI-generated program Copilot.
14:47, 17 December 2025
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and assembly Gina Romero has contacted Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev regarding the case of Azerbaijani human rights activist Anar Mammadli.
Alan Gatsoev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/osetia_alania15/p/DRkgzw8iAXv/ belongs to the company Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia.
13:53, 17 December 2025
Ethnic Ossetian Alan Gatsoev, who spent several months in the no-man's land between Georgia and Russia, received permission to enter South Ossetia. There, authorities provided him with housing and found him a job.
Magomed Kushtov (left) and Ilyas Kushtov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photo: Federal Tax Service of Russia, https://fortanga.org/
11:54, 17 December 2025
The Moscow District Court granted the Prosecutor General's Office's request to forfeit the homes and foreign cars of Magomed and Ilyas Kushtov, employees of the Ingush Federal Tax Service, suspected of abuse of power resulting in multimillion-dollar damages.
Azerbaijani displaced persons. December 17, 2025. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/sotsium/v-gorod-lacin-posyolki-gadrut-i-gyrmyzy-bazar-xodzavendskogo-raiona-a-takze-v-selo-xydyrly-agdamskogo-raiona-otpravleny-ocerednye-gruppy-pereselencev-630496
09:55, 17 December 2025
More than 230 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to Lachin, Hadrut, and two other settlements today.
Voltmeter readings. Still frame from a video sent by a Caucasian Knot reader to the feedback bot.
08:56, 17 December 2025
Regular power outages and low voltage in the electrical grid are creating problems for residents of the Dagestani village of Verkhneye Kazanishche, and appeals to the authorities have been unsuccessful.
Voltmeter readings. Still frame from a video sent by a Caucasian Knot reader to the feedback bot.
05:57, 17 December 2025
The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has reviewed the cassation appeals filed by the parties in the Inal Dzhabiev murder case. The decision will be announced on December 22. The parties insist that their appeals be upheld.
A victim and an ambulance. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
04:58, 17 December 2025
In the Slavyansky district of the Krasnodar region, two people were injured and at least five houses were damaged when a drone fell.
The accused in court. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
03:00, 17 December 2025
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian border guard Denis Storozhuk to 22 years in prison, finding him guilty of plotting a terrorist attack. His accomplice, Valentina Zayarnaya, was sentenced to 12 years.
Lawyer Ramzan Uzuyev. Screenshot from the "Word in Defense" project website, March 20, 2025, https://slovo-zashite.org/text/kak-v-kbr-falsifitsiruiut-dela-o-terrorizme-rasskazyvaet-advokat.
01:45, 17 December 2025
The Rostov-on-Don Military Court has extended the pretrial detention of Kazbek Emkuzhev and five other Nalchik residents accused of forming a terrorist organization by three months. Hearings in the case have been intermittent and constantly postponed.
23:50, 16 December 2025
Lawyers for those convicted in the murder of Khadzhimurad Kamalov, editor-in-chief of the Dagestani newspaper "Chernovik," are appealing the cassation ruling of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which upheld their sentence.
Residents of a Kuban village complained about the construction of a waste disposal plant. Video still by Alexander Safronov / Telegram
22:28, 16 December 2025
Residents of the village of Kholmskaya in the Abinsky District recorded a video message to Putin asking him to cancel the land allocation for the construction of a waste landfill.
Kadyrov. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
21:35, 16 December 2025
Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about his intention to participate in the 2026 Chechen presidential elections are primarily addressed to those elites who expect his resignation, and he has no need to negotiate with the Kremlin.
20:19, 16 December 2025
A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case of a 50-year-old Stavropol resident accused of publicly acquitting herself of a crime based on a comment she made on a messenger app.
Abbas Abbasov. Photo: https://haqqin.az/newsarchive/369163
19:25, 16 December 2025
Former First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Abbas Abbasov has been placed on the wanted list in connection with the criminal case against Ramiz Mehdiyev and other individuals accused of attempting to seize state power.
Courtroom. Illustration of the "Caucasian Knot" created by AI using the Copilot program.
18:39, 16 December 2025
A Nalchik court partially upheld the claims of three victims in a case involving hepatitis and HIV infection at a private sanatorium. A convicted nurse is ordered to pay them 9 million rubles in compensation.
17:51, 16 December 2025
A criminal case involving the embezzlement of funds from the Russian Pension Fund, in which Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov is one of the defendants, has been filed with the Cherkessk City Court.
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.