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09:52, 29 December 2019
Rights defenders demand to publicize video of road accident with Gyulyalyev
The video of the traffic accident, in which Ogtai Gyulyalyev was injured should be shown to the public, human rights defenders have stated in response to investigators' findings that the accident was not deliberate.
09:41, 29 December 2019
Advocate reports his client's health complaints after torture in Makhachkala
A Makhachkala court has extended for a month the arrest of Djabrail Ibnukhazharov, accused of helping militants and storing weapons. Ibnukhazharov complains of pains after torture, but medical examination has not yet been conducted, his advocate has stated.
Mekhman Guseinov after being beaten. Screenshot of the video by Meydan.TV on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MeydanTelevision/videos/1410082235827162/
23:59, 28 December 2019
Blogger Guseinov tells about beating by law enforcers after picket in Baku
On December 27, law enforcers stopped the picket held by the activist, Mekhman Guseinov, in support of the rapper, Parviz Guluzade; they took him out of the city and beat him up, Mr Guseinov has stated.
Vazha Gaprindashvili after being pardoned. Screenshot of the video by the the State Security Committee (KGB) of Georgia https://ssg.gov.ge/news/567/saxelmtsifo-usafrtxoebis-samsaxuris-gancxadeba
23:57, 28 December 2019
South-Ossetian president pardons Georgian doctor Gaprindashvili
Vazha Gaprindashvili, convicted in South Ossetia for violating the border, has been released and returned to Georgia. President Anatoly Bibilov explained his decision by saying that Gaprindashvili had collaborated with investigators and personally asked for pardoning.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo from his personal page on "VKontakte" https://vk.com/photo279938622_457286489?all=1
23:00, 28 December 2019
Kadyrov's words about alms to Dagestan underscore his ambitions
The words about Chechnya's readiness to hand the disputed land plots over to Dagestan were a Ramzan Kadyrov's attempt to reconcile, but to maintain the image of a strong leader, Caucasian scientists believe. Social network users have negatively perceived Kadyrov's "alms".
17:56, 28 December 2019
Aslanov's wife calls on the President of Azerbaijan to release him
The wife of the arrested journalist, Polad Aslanov, has pointed out to the Azerbaijani President to the political motive for her husband's case and asked to stop persecuting him.
17:50, 28 December 2019
South Ossetia announces closure of Georgian border for New Year holidays
The only checkpoint on the border with Georgia will stop operating from December 30 to January 3, the KGB (State Security Committee) of South Ossetia has announced.
Collage Ramzan Kadyrov (on the left, REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin) and Alexander Emelianenko (screenshot of the video MMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSUKKHnyA9k)
17:45, 28 December 2019
Fans treat announced Kadyrov vs Emelianenko fight as show-off
The consent of Alexander Emelianenko to fight against Ramzan Kadyrov has caused doubts among social network users that the fight will be fair. Fans have indicated that Emelianenko had dropped the honour of a professional athlete by accepting Kadyrov's challenge.
17:25, 28 December 2019
Law enforcers tighten control over visitors to "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala
Law enforcers have deployed an additional post at the "Tangim" Mosque. The practice of detentions after Friday namaz (prayer) has been stopped, but mosque visitors are still put on the so-called "prophylactic registration", believers assert.
Islam Djabrailov's passport. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
15:36, 28 December 2019
Chechen woman reports kidnapping of two brothers by law enforcers
Without any explanations, law enforcers have detained Islam and Umar Djabrailov in the village of Yandi, Achkhoi-Martan District, and took them to some unknown place, a woman-resident of Chechnya has stated.
Baku. Azerbaijan. Photo: REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
11:23, 28 December 2019
Rights defenders treat appointment of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan as violation of the Constitution
The parliamentary election campaign in Azerbaijan is held amid the restriction of political freedoms; while the decision to dissolve the parliament is contrary to the Constitution and international democratic practice. This was stated by the NGO "Institute of Democratic Initiatives" (IDI).
A detention facility. Photo: Gennady Anosov / Yugopolis
11:21, 28 December 2019
Natives of Chechnya convicted despite appeal to Kadyrov
A court in the Volgograd Region found natives of Chechnya guilty of extortion, despite the appeal of a brother of the alleged organizer of the criminal grouping to Ramzan Kadyrov urging to somehow defend them.
A detention facility. © Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:56, 27 December 2019
Law enforcer-figurant in torture case of Dagestani resident returned to SIZO
On December 26, the court ruled to return the operative criminal investigator, suspected of torturing Musa Aliev, from the house arrest into the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court plans to consider the arrest of the second suspect.
Parviz Guluzade, a rap singer. Screenshot of the video on the YouTube channel Paster https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrtLWtwYvWSPgcLmzPFTz6A
23:52, 27 December 2019
Opposition links arrest of Azerbaijani rapper with his work
Parviz Guluzade, a rap singer, known under the pseudonym Paster, has been arrested in Azerbaijan for 30 days on charges of petty hooliganism and disobedience to the police. The persecution of the rapper has to do with his creativity and political views, oppositional activists have suggested.
Mustafa Vyshegurov in the courtroom. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:34, 27 December 2019
Ingush activist sentenced to colony settlement
The court has sentenced Mustafa Vyshegurov, an activist, to a year and five months in settlement colony after finding him as a participant of clashes with law enforcers during a rally in Magas. Vyshegurov has pled guilty, but noted that the court disregarded his repentance.
Participants of the ceremony held after the construction of new houses in Kadi-Yurt on December 24, 2019. Screenshot of the video by the "Grozny" TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDss8DtPFk&feature=emb_logo
19:31, 27 December 2019
New settlers of Chechen village of Kadi-Yurt complain about quality of new houses
In the village of Kadi-Yurt, needy families have moved from barracks into the houses built in less than a month by the order of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Salakh Mezhiev. Screenshot of the video by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya
14:38, 27 December 2019
Chechen residents criticize Salakh Mezhiev's re-election as Mufti
The Muftiate of Chechnya has re-elected Salakh Mezhiev as its head. Local residents associated the re-election of Salakh Mezhiev with his support for the policy of the republic's leaders.
Kadriya Temirbulatova https://www.culture.ru
14:33, 27 December 2019
Memory of Dagestani poetess unites Nogai Diasporas in Turkey
Natives of Dagestan appreciate the fact that a street in the Turkish city of Yalova was named after poetess Kadriya Temirbulatova. Members of the Nogai Diaspora treat that fact as a landmark event. The initiative to name the street after the poetess recalled the ideas of pan-Turkism, but the ideology is not the cornerstone of the politics adopted in modern Turkey, political analysts note.
Orkhan Bakhyshly. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE4zPMaiGaM
11:59, 27 December 2019
Court refuses to mitigate punishment to Azerbaijani oppositionist
The court has refused to transfer Orkhan Bakhyshly, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to a settlement colony, as he had asked in his complaint.
Zamid Chalaev. Screenshot from video posted by IA "Grozny Inform" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBTnsbIJ4U
11:57, 27 December 2019
Statements of commander of Kadyrov regiment are contrary to Islamic and Russian laws
The statements of Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the patrol-and-post (PPS) police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, who blamed all the offenders as "traitors" and promised harsh punishments for them, fail to comply with either Islamic norms or Russian legislation. Zamid Chalaev's statements are an illustration of the legal nihilism prevailing in the republic, Caucasus experts and rights defenders believe.
News
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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.