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The detention by the law enforcers. Photo by the press service of the Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru/
15:02, 29 December 2017
Seven kidnapped Grozny residents released
Seven residents of the capital of Chechnya, kidnapped in November, were released after almost a month of stay in an illegal prison, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
13:43, 29 December 2017
Kindergarten employee in Dagestan suspected of beating a child
The prosecutor's office has initiated a criminal case against a Dagestani kindergarten educator, who struck a child in the face.
The constituent assembly of the Congress of the Nogai People of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). December 28, 2017. Photo by Asya Kapaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:08, 29 December 2017
KChR's Nogais unite to defend their rights
On December 28, the constituent assembly of the Congress of the Nogai People was held in the village of Erken-Khalk, Nogai District of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR). The Congress should defend the rights of the Nogais living in the region.
The "EcoWatch" activists argue with the police. Andrei Rudomakha is on the right. Photo by Semyon Simonov, ewnc.org
02:48, 29 December 2017
"EcoWatch" leader Andrei Rudomakha hospitalized after attack
In Krasnodar, Andrei Rudomakha, a coordinator of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch), was attacked. As a result, he was hospitalized.
Flowers near the memorial sign in Volgograd. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:03, 29 December 2017
Relatives of victims report about life after terror act in Volgograd
The terror act at the railway station and the explosion in a trolleybus committed four years ago became a terrible tragedy for the city, Volgograd residents told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Employees of the railway station, who avoided injuries, did not receive compensation for severe psychological harm inflicted to them.
A currency exchange office. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:23, 28 December 2017
Georgian economists forecast rise in prices for goods after increase in tariffs
In Georgia, tariffs for supply of electricity and tap water will rise on January 1, 2018. The State Commission has explained the growth of tariffs by the need for repair and development of pipelines and power grids. After the increase in tariffs, prices for goods will also rise, economists noted.
21:42, 28 December 2017
Ingushetia enhances security measures after terror act in Saint Petersburg
Yunus-Bek Evkurov has instructed the law enforcement bodies to enhance security measures in Ingushetia during the winter holidays in connection with an explosion in a Saint Petersburg supermarket.
A special operation in Tbilisi. Photo © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20171122/238260782/Specoperacija-v-Tbilisi-zaderzhan-predpolagaemyj-terrorist.html
19:48, 28 December 2017
Four Pankisi detainees arrested
Today, in Tbilisi, the court has pronounced the decision to take into custody four men detained during a special operation in the Pankisi Gorge and accused of aiding and abetting terrorists.
Internally displaced persons from Abkhazia. Photo © Sputnik / Alexander Imedashvili https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20170622/236384867/Vynuzhdennym-pereselencam-v-Gruzii-prodolzhajut-vydavat-zhile.html
17:46, 28 December 2017
Georgian authorities report granting apartments to 445 IDP families
In Gori, 445 families of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abkhazia and South Ossetia were granted apartments in eight new buildings, the Georgian authorities reported.
"Rosa Pik" ("Rosa Khutor") resort, the "Horizon" piste, a southern slope. Krasnaya Polyana. Photo by Vladimir Kozlov for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:00, 28 December 2017
Snowboarders rescued in Sochi mountains
On December 27, rescuers used a helicopter to evacuate two snowboarders from Moscow who stuck among rocks in the area in Sochi, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reports.
Grozny residents. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:07, 28 December 2017
Chechen state servants report being forced to subscribe to Ramzan Kadyrov's new account
In Chechnya, employees of budgetary organizations were instructed to create accounts in Mylistory to follow the leader of the republic. Meanwhile, they did not get any requests to close their pages in Western social networks.
The FSB officer. Photo: YUGA.ru
12:07, 28 December 2017
President Putin: explosion in Saint Petersburg was a terror act
In the case of an explosion in a Saint Petersburg supermarket, investigators classified the incident as an attempted murder. However, today, the Russian President has called the incident a terror act. Vladimir Putin has also reminded the recent detention of natives of Dagestan and Ingushetia in the case of a preparation of terror acts in Saint Petersburg.
04:23, 28 December 2017
IC: suspect accused of killing Russian soldier in Armenia confesses to his sympathy for IS
The investigation into the murder of soldier Dmitry Yalpaev in Gyumri has been completed. Defendant Arman Djandjugazyan has called himself to be a supporter of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS, banned in Russia).
A picketer demanding to investigate the murders of gays in Chechnya. Photo by Yelena Ivanova https://www.yuga.ru/news/424026/
03:43, 28 December 2017
11 gays tell about torture and their escape from Chechnya
Residents of Chechnya, who left the republic due to a project of the "Russian LGBT Network", reported about torture after detentions and about the role of top-ranking officials in organizing gay raids.
Pedestrian zone in the Kadyrov Avenue in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:30, 27 December 2017
Facebook reveals reason for blocking Kadyrov's accounts
The Facebook administration has confirmed that accounts of the head of Chechnya in the Facebook and the Instagram service, belonging to it, have been deactivated in connection with the US sanctions.
The General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia. Photo: © Iravaban/Sputnik https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/incidents/20160907/4830426/Mironov-prokyratyra-objalovanie.html
16:26, 27 December 2017
Person charged with smuggling "Igla" MANPADS extradited to Armenia
On December 25, Georgian law enforcers handed over Robert Agvanyan, wanted in Armenia for importing an "Igla" (Needle) man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS), to Armenia, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Armenia has stated.
The special operation in Tbilisi. Photo © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/incidents/20171122/238263297/Strelba-vozobnovilas-s-novoj-siloj-v-Tbilisi-vnov-slyshny-vzryvy.html
15:51, 27 December 2017
Participants in Pankisi Gorge CTO suspected of exceeding powers
The Georgian Prosecutor's Office is investigating the circumstances of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), during which a 19-year-old villager in the Pankisi Gorge was seriously wounded. In its appeal to the government, the village council of elders treated law enforcers' actions as unacceptable.
Residential buildings in the Kadyrov Avenue. Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:53, 27 December 2017
In Grozny, law enforcers inspect apartments, local residents report
In the capital of Chechnya, law enforcers have checked IDs of local residents and drivers, Grozny residents reported.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/kadyrov_95/
13:28, 27 December 2017
"Kommersant" reports Ramzan Kadyrov's role in liberation of doctors in Libya
Two doctors from Belarus, who in Libya were forced to continue working under their contracts, were released after the intervention of the Chechen leader, the "Kommersant" reports.
Georgia. A prison for women in Rustavi. Photo: Mzia Saganelidze (RFE/RL)
13:01, 27 December 2017
187 prisoners pardoned in Georgia
The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has timed the pardoning to the New Year. 123 prisoners will quit their colonies today.
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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.