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11:46, 22 December 2018
Chechen residents criticize Kadyrov's words after resonant traffic accident
Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on the fatal road accident in Grozny with the participation of his relative, making it clear that the latter will not be punished.
The 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180726/13468570/pashinyan-nalichie-102-j-rossijskoj-bazy-sootvetstvuet-interesam-armenii.html
08:18, 22 December 2018
Gyumri murder points to vulnerability of Armenia's sovereignty
The Russian military serviceman suspected of killing a woman in the city of Gyumri must be kept at the local SIZO (pre-trial prison); his stay at the military base contradicts the norms of the Armenia-Russia agreement, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.
Residents of Makhachkala block the road, December 21, 2018. Screenshot from video by user gazetachernovik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2uzx5Sp7_Y
08:13, 22 December 2018
Makhachkala residents block road because of electricity problems
Makhachkala residents are outraged by electricity supply outages and started an endless protest action today. They would not let cars through the dwelling settlement of Shamkhal.
Ramzan Kadyrov (in the forefront). Photo: Sputnik/Sergei Savostyanov/Pool via REUTERS
23:40, 21 December 2018
Kadyrov's regime gets Kremlin support amid OSCE criticism
Russia cannot agree with the conclusions of the OSCE report on human rights violations in Chechnya and finds it deliberately politicized, stated Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov and Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.
Protest action by 'Nairit' plant workers at the Armenian government building, December 19, 2018. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
23:30, 21 December 2018
"Nairit" workers meet Armenian official
The chief of the Armenian Deputy Prime Minister's office promised to consider the project to revive the "Nairit" plant, proposed by a foreign investor. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not come out to protesters.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: Abbas Atilay (REF/RL)
23:19, 21 December 2018
Court orders Khadija Ismayilova to pay over 26,000 US dollars to tax authorities
Today, the Baku Economic and Administrative Court has partially granted the claim filed by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes against journalist Khadija Ismayilova. The defendant treated the claim against her as an attempt to limit her cooperation with the Western media.
Policemen in the backyard of the Gurdjaani District Court, December 20, 2018. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
17:11, 21 December 2018
Two suspects of beating UNM member left under arrest
The Gurdjaani District Court has refused to release Gocha Maisuradze and Mamuka Usinashvili, suspected of attacking an oppositionist near the village of Velistsikhe, on bail.
Mikhail Gutseriev. Photo: press service of RussNeft company, https://ru.wikipedia.org
17:02, 21 December 2018
Gutseriev sharply responds to Zapashny's rebuke for supporting Canadian circus
On December 18, the Ingush businessman, Mikhail Gutseriev, announced his intention to file a lawsuit for protection of his business reputation after being accused by Moscow Circus director Edgard Zapashny of constructing an arena for the Canadian "Cirque du Soleil".
Tatevik Sukaisyan, an employee of the Ministry of Culture, in front of the Armenian Government building in Yerevan, December 21, 2018. Photo: Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants. https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20181221/16367163/zabastovka-i-akciya-protesta-v-yerevan-sotrudniki-ministerstv-nedovolny-planami-pashinyan.html
13:22, 21 December 2018
Yerevan protesters demand not to liquidate ministries
The decision to liquidate the Armenian Ministry of the Diaspora and reorganize the Ministry of Culture is erroneous and will result in staff reductions and move the problems of culture and interaction with the Diaspora to the background, employees of the Ministries have stated today at the protest action.
Air defense team of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=25134
13:14, 21 December 2018
Azerbaijan counts 25 shelling attacks during 24 hours
Positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled at in the Karabakh conflict zone, including in the border village of Geyali, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.
Policeman. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
10:53, 21 December 2018
Natives of Northern Caucasus tell details of detention in Moscow
On December 19, dozens North-Caucasian natives were detained by law enforcers forces in a Moscow hostel; they were all released after photographing and fingerprinting, the hostel tenants told the "Caucasian Knot". According to their story, law enforcers behaved rudely and applied physical force against some tenants.
Wolfgang Benedek. Photo: https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/05/04/sarajevo-eu-info-centre-hosts-seminar-eu-fundamental-human-rights-and-freedom-of-expression/
10:37, 21 December 2018
OSCE acknowledges torture and extrajudicial executions in Chechnya
The information about violent disappearances, torture, extrajudicial executions, pressure on human rights defenders and persecutions of gays in Chechnya has been treated as indisputable facts in the report. The publication thereof will not affect the situation in the republic, but it will make it easier for refugees from Chechnya to get protection abroad, activists of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" told the "Caucasian Knot".
10:31, 21 December 2018
Religious activist Telman Shiraliev re-convicted in Azerbaijan
A court in Baku has sentenced Telman Shiraliev, a religious activist, to five months and 18 days in prison. Rights defenders view the new case against Shiraliev as politically motivated, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov (left) talks to policeman during picket, Makhachkala, December 20, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
08:36, 21 December 2018
Gasanguseinov suspends protest after Putin's promise
After Vladimir Putin's statement that the murder case of Gasanguseinov brothers will be under special control, their father decided to suspend his protest actions.
Oyub Titiev in the court. Photo courtesy of HRC 'Memorial'
08:30, 21 December 2018
Oyub Titiev is among 100 outstanding people of the year
Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who has been under arrest in Chechnya since this January, has been included into the annual rating of "100 outstanding people" compiled by the "Russian Reporter".
Elena Yeskina (left) at the press conference, December 20, 2018. Screenshot from video posted by user
23:18, 20 December 2018
President Putin instructs ICRF to investigate Gasanguseinov brothers' case
During the today's press conference in Moscow, while answering a question from a Dagestani journalist, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to "give necessary attention" to the case on the killing of the Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan.
Special operation. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:13, 20 December 2018
Law enforcers report details of a special operation in Stavropol
Members of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, who were killed in Stavropol, were plotting terror acts, and one of them fought in Syria during three years, the law enforcement bodies reported.
Caucasian students in a prison truck in Moscow, December 17, 2018. Photo: press service of the "Kavkaz.Realii" (RFE/RL), http://www.kavkazr.com
18:32, 20 December 2018
Ingush students describe beating at a Moscow dormitory
During searches conducted at a dormitory of a Moscow university, law enforcers beat Ingush students with their feet and with rubber hammers, victims reported. 13 complaints about actions of the law enforcers were written, reported on December 19 an advocate of victims.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov holds protest action in Makhachkala, December 20, 2018. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
18:26, 20 December 2018
Murtazali Gasanguseinov holds a picket in Makhachkala
Today, in Makhachkala, Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed shepherds, has started a protest action with the demand to investigate the killing of his sons and to sanction a rally, report users of social networks.
Protest action in front of the Gurdjaani District Court. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
13:21, 20 December 2018
Georgian court refuses to let media to Kirkitadze's trial
The trial of David Kirkitadze, an activist of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, has started today against the background of the opposition's protest.
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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.