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Policemen in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
08:21, 20 December 2019
Mairbek Amaev's father asks police to find his son
The Grozny police have accepted the application submitted by the father of Mairbek Amaev about the disappearance of his son; policemen warned him that it could take a month to check the application.
Eugeny Bunin. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
21:27, 19 December 2019
Change of investigator in case on torture of Kuban resident encourages rights defenders
The Prosecutor's Office cancelled the decision to close a case on torture by law enforcers of Yevgeny Bunin, a resident of the Tuapse District, and entrusted the case to another investigator, reported the Committee Against Torture (CaT). The human rights defenders express the hope that the new investigation will be effective.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Alexander Sokurov. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin, REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
21:15, 19 December 2019
Dispute on Hero of Russia title puts Sokurov on a par with Kadyrov's critics
Doubts voiced by film director Alexander Sokurov concerning whether Akhmat and Ramzan Kadyrov deserved the title of Hero of Russia provoked a harsh reaction from subordinates of the Chechen leader, and the film director entered the list of people who dared to criticize Ramzan Kadyrov directly.
Protesters in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
18:45, 19 December 2019
Ingush activist Vyshegurov goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Mustafa Vyshegurov, a participant of a March rally in Magas, has stopped accepting food since today in protest against the conditions of detention at the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison) and the demand to shave his beard. The court extended his arrest until March 11.
Ramzan Kadyrov during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 31, 2019. Photo: REUTERS / Alexei Nikolsky
18:31, 19 December 2019
Kadyrov gets gratitude letter from President Putin after a dispute with Sokurov
On December 18, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) handed over to Ramzan Kadyrov a gratitude letter from Vladimir Putin "for active participation in public and political life." The gratitude was announced back in April. The leader of Chechnya got the Russian President's encouragement amid a public discussion with film director Alexander Sokurov concerning whether Ramzan Kadyrov deserved the title of Hero of Russia.
Serzh Sargsyan. Photo: press service of the Administration of the President of Russia
14:52, 19 December 2019
Serzh Sargsyan's property arrested
During the investigation into a criminal case, instituted on the fact of the embezzlement of state funds on an especially large scale, an arrest was imposed on the property of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, and Barseg Beglaryan, the president of the "Flash" Company.
Bust of Stalin. Photo: press service of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, http://m.sibkray.ru/news/1/896937
14:37, 19 December 2019
In Volgograd, idea to erect a monument to Stalin provokes disputes on Facebook
In Volgograd, members of the Communist Party announced the erection on December 21 of a monument to Joseph Stalin. Many Facebook users criticized the idea, but some of them expressed their support to the idea.
11:19, 19 December 2019
Protesters in Georgia demand to investigate teenager's suicide
Several protest actions were held in Tbilisi after it became known about a teenager's suicide. The protesters assert that authorities should be held accountable for what has happened.
Blogger Elvin Isaev. Screenshot from Elvin Isaev's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHDgtp6IAg
11:08, 19 December 2019
Advocate complains about ban to visit blogger Isaev in Azerbaijan
The Saint Petersburg blogger Elvin Isaev, who was deported from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, is accused of anti-state calls for "mass riots". The advocate, hired by his relatives, has stated that the investigating body is protracting with his access to the client; therefore, the advocate doubts the objectivity of the inquiry.
10:56, 19 December 2019
Students expelled from Grozny college after performing a rap hit
Magomed Basnukaev and Khalimat Tepsurkaeva, students of the College of Culture and Arts, have been expelled from the college after re-singing "Propaganda", a composition by rapper Miyagi. The college bosses have explained the expulsion by a ban on video filming in the building.
Aina Getagazova signing at the concert in Grozny. Screenshot from Youtube video posted by Chechnya.095: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzOASGDmYYE
08:30, 19 December 2019
Ingush singer criticized for song in Kadyrov's honour
Aina Getagazova performed the song "Nokhchiy Pachchakh" ("Chechen Padishah") during her solo concert in Grozny. Ramzan Kadyrov was present in person at the concert. Prior to performing the song, Getagazova announced that she dedicated the song to Kadyrov.
Djokhar Dudaev (left) and Boris Yeltsin. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
08:18, 19 December 2019
Data on Yeltsin's direct contacts with Dudaev during Chechen War announced
During the war in Chechnya, direct communication was maintained of Boris Yeltsin and Djokhar Dudaev; and the Kremlin ensured the Ichkeria* president's freedom of travel, Ruslan Alkhanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said in his interview with the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting).
Sakhab Zakriev. Photo: press service of the Gudermes District, http://gudermes.net/index.php/administratsiya/rukovodstvo1/glava
21:47, 18 December 2019
Kadyrov's relative changes his post in MIA to chair of district head
On December 17, Sakhab Zakriev, the former chief of the Migration Department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya, who is a brother of a husband of a Ramzan Kadyrov's sister, was approved by delegates of the Gudermes District as the head of the local administration.
Policemen during the protest action in Tbilisi. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
21:32, 18 December 2019
In Georgia, court fines three persons detained on protest actions
On December 17, participants of protests in front of the Georgian parliament building were fined for petty hooliganism and rendering resistance to the police, while the fourth detainee was acquitted by the court. The activists expressed their indignation about large amounts of fines.
Site of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili 's murder. Screenshot of Der Spiegel's page, author: Paul Zinken/ DPA
18:29, 18 December 2019
Bild and Bellingcat: Germany deports GRU officer after Khangoshvili's murder
One of the diplomats declared by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) as persona non grata after the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin was an agent of the Russian secret services, foreign editions Bild and Bellingcat report.
Screenshot from Nukhanov 77 video, Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areb4p9cTNo, Tumso Abdurakhmanov's video posted at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgggK05bEJ1BAQ2NTUn4igA
18:10, 18 December 2019
"Novaya Gazeta" compares stories of Nukhanov and Tumso
Like Tumso Abdurakhmanov, blogger Islam Nukhanov was prosecuted in Chechnya after he had made an attempt to raise a socially significant problem, noted Elena Milashina, a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta".
Elvin Isaev. Screenshot from video posted at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=oG7BlQr2nNk&feature=emb_logo
15:59, 18 December 2019
Story of blogger Isaev's deportation from Russia and Ukraine cast doubt on Baku's version
The Russian authorities sought an accelerated deportation of Saint Petersburg blogger Elvin Isaev, and the unusual procedure of deportation from Ukraine to Baku may indicate the involvement of secret services. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" by members of the Kharkov human rights group and advocates from the "Migration and Law" human rights network, who were engaged in the Elvin Isaev's case.
South Ossetia border signpost. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
15:48, 18 December 2019
South-Ossetian law enforcers release 96-year-old resident of Georgia
Gora Garibashvili, detained on the border with South Ossetia, was released, the Georgian State Security Service reported on December 17.
Servicemen of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am/ru/news/6896
11:31, 18 December 2019
Armenian rights defenders suggest measures to prevent suicides in the army
In order to stop soldiers' suicides in Armenia, it is necessary to force officers to bear responsibility for hazing, increase the number of women in the army and create a monitoring group to monitor the situation, the human rights defender interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
Mairbek Amaev. Photo: ChP/Chechnya Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GwCGRFB7d/, Grozny, photo by Magomed Magomedov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
11:17, 18 December 2019
Rights defenders treat Amaev's disappearance as typical of Chechnya
The disappearance of Mairbek Amaev, a Grozny resident, cannot be unambiguously qualified as a kidnapping, but this incident is typical of Chechnya, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
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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.