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At the place of special operation in Stavropol. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-stavropole-v-hode-kontrterroristicheskoy.html#
00:17, 21 December 2017
Journalists see links of CTOs in Stavropol and Zelenchukskaya
The murder of the man who triggered an explosion in Stavropol, reports on explosion threats in the city and the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Karachay-Cherkessia are linked, said Vasily Balditsyn, the Chairman of the Union of Journalists of the Stavropol Territory.
Alexei Tyurin holds solo picket at the FSB building in Astrakhan, December 20, 2017. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
22:36, 20 December 2017
Astrakhan activists hold pickets on FSB Day
In front of the FSB building in Astrakhan, activists have held two solo pickets demanding to stop politically motivated persecutions and respect the Constitution's article on the freedom of assembly.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left). Photo: Juerg Vollmer https://ru.wikipedia.org
20:47, 20 December 2017
USA put Kadyrov on sanctions list
The US Department of the Treasury has put Ramzan Kadyrov on the "Magnitsky" sanctions list, calling him responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and other human rights violations in Chechnya.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo: Abbas Atilay (RFE/RL)
17:55, 20 December 2017
Journalist Khadija Ismayilova banished from premiere performance in Baku
Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova reported she had to leave the Baku theatre building after the threats to cancel the performance if she stayed among spectators.
17:26, 20 December 2017
Prosecutor's Office asks to close mosque in Chontaul
In Dagestan, the Prosecutor's Office has claimed that extremist books are being kept in a mosque building in the Chontaul village and filed a lawsuit to court with a request to close the mosque.
15:46, 20 December 2017
Law enforcers detain alcohol buyers, Grozny residents report
In the morning on December 17, in Grozny, law enforcers detained at a supermarket exit two men who had just bought several bottles of beer and vodka and took them away to the city. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Murad, who witnessed an incident.
13:26, 20 December 2017
Chechen law enforcers: missing schoolboy not involved in terrorist activities
A teenager is wanted as a disappeared person, and the information about his involvement in preparation of terror acts was published by mistake, the law enforcement bodies explained to the schoolboy's relatives.
Ruslan Kutaev. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot.
11:57, 20 December 2017
Political prisoner Ruslan Kutaev released from Chechen penal colony
Today, Ruslan Kutaev, the chair of the Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus, has been released from a penal colony in Chechnya. This has been reported by one of the convict's relatives.
11:04, 20 December 2017
IED found after CTO in Stavropol
An improvised explosive device (IED) has been found in an apartment rented by a suspect killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Stavropol.
Sasha Koulaeva (FIDH). Photo: Guillaume Buck, http://spring96.org/ru/news/71907
09:30, 20 December 2017
Rights defenders: France starts extraditing natives of Caucasus without trials
In 2017, France has dramatically changed its attitude towards people from Chechnya requesting political refuge. Sasha Koulaeva, the head of Eastern Europe-Central Asia Desk at the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), reported about 10 people from Chechnya who face extradition only for suspicion of being involved in radical groupings.
Harlem Désir (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov. Photo: http://www.mfa.gov.az/news/878/4116
06:13, 20 December 2017
OSCE Representative on Media Freedom calls on Baku to stop harassing journalists
Harlem Désir, the OSCE Representative on Media Freedom, has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider the verdict to Aziz Orudjev, the executive director of the "Kanal-13" TV Channel.
Grenades at the window. Photo from website pixabay.com
05:41, 20 December 2017
One person killed in CTO after explosion in a high-rise building in Stavropol
Tonight, the tenants of the apartment building in the south-western area of Stavropol were evacuated after an explosion that occurred in one of the apartments.
Screenshot of blablacar.ru home page.
00:39, 20 December 2017
Lawyer treats judgement to block the BlaBlaCar as erroneous
On December 19, the Krasnodar Territorial Court cancelled the judgement of the Timashevsk District Court, which found the information about joint travels posted on the website of the BlaBlaCar service to be prohibited.
21:29, 19 December 2017
Journalist Avaz Zeinalov detained in Azerbaijan
This evening, Baku policemen have detained Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper. On his Facebook page, the journalist was broadcasting the blocking of the Binagadi Highway, his wife, Malakhat Gisuri, also a journalist, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Esma shows her hand-made felt crafts. Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot.
21:06, 19 December 2017
Activists help Pankisi women start businesses
The project of the "Kakheti Regional Development Foundation" (KRDF) has helped women from the Pankisi Gorge to master crafts, organize businesses and learn to protect their rights.
South Ossetia's border with Georgia. Photo: © Sputnik / Natalia Airiyan
20:34, 19 December 2017
South Ossetia complains about shelling from Georgian side
Shooting from the territory of Georgia has been fixed at the border; such cases lead to conflict escalation, the spokesman of South Ossetia has stated at the meeting in Ergneti.
Darya Polyudova. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot.
18:31, 19 December 2017
Kuban activist Polyudova arrested for three days
Darya Polyudova was detained today at her home in the village of Poltavskaya on charges of petty hooliganism. Another activist, Victor Chirikov, was detained near his house in Krasnodar on a similar charge.
Dagestani settlement of Vremenny. Photo: http://gimry.ucoz.com/news/dagestan/2-0-4
17:13, 19 December 2017
Vremenny residents demand compensations for destroyed housing
130 residents of the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny have appealed to the Russian Government, asking to order to pay compensations for their houses destroyed during the special operation, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated today.
Iraq, Mosul. Photo by user The U.S. Army https://www.flickr.com/
15:20, 19 December 2017
Chechen authorities: more than 40 Russian citizens still stay in Iraq
In Iraq, a group of 41 Russian citizens has been discovered in a refugee camp. This has been told today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by an official from the Chechen leader and government administration.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-kchr-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-pyatero.html
12:23, 19 December 2017
Law enforcers identify man killed near Dagestani village as suicide bomber's brother
Ilyas Sharipov, killed at night during a special operation in the Gumbet District, was a brother of Maryam Sharipova, who blew herself up in the Moscow metro in 2010, reported a source from the law enforcement bodies.
News
A prosecution witness in the case of Imam Tamaskhanov admitted to lying.

One person was injured in a shootout in Ingushetia.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

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.