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Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Photo: Ivan Smelov https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Казанский_собор_(Санкт-Петербург)
11:24, 19 December 2017
Political analysts discuss CIA's role in prevention of attack on Kazan Cathedral
Public gratitude expressed by Vladimir Putin for the CIA's help in prevention of terror acts, which were allegedly plotted also by natives of Dagestan and Ingushetia, speaks about strengthening of cooperation between Russia and the United States. This opinion has been voiced by Mikhail Roschin. Alexander Perendjiev suggests there is hardly any close cooperation between the secret services.
CTO in the Gumbet District of Dagestan. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-troe.html
10:56, 19 December 2017
Law enforcers: leader of "Balakhani" militant grouping killed
Tonight, the law enforcement bodies have reported about a special operation in Dagestan, as a result of which two members of the armed underground were killed. The special operation takes place in the forest near the village of Igali in the Gumbet District.
Traffic in Yerevan. Photo: © Sputnik/ Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/columnists/20171106/9345953/avtoterror-v-erevane-glavnyj-vinovnik-probok-vechno-otmazyvaetsya.html
07:01, 19 December 2017
Initiative of Armenian Transport Ministry provokes car owners' protest
The initiative of the Armenian Ministry of Transport to ban the import of right-hand-drive cars has provoked a protest of car owners. A race with a demand to withdraw the initiative has been scheduled for December 22.
Akop Pogosyan, injured in the explosion of balloon gas in the Lazarevskoe District of Sochi. Photo is provided to the 'Caucasian Knot' by Svetlana Kravchenko.
00:33, 19 December 2017
After gas explosion, Sochi residents accuse authorities of negligence
Akop Pogosyan, who received a burn of 90% of his body surface during the explosion of balloon gas in the Lazarevskoe District of Sochi, came to consciousness. Experts did not check the gas equipment in his house for 15 years; and officials ignore residents' requests to gasify the dwelling settlement, Akop's relatives have stated.
Conflict in Syria. Photo by user Freedom House https://www.flickr.com/
23:56, 18 December 2017
Chechen authorities promise help in recovering children-returnees from Syria
The boy and the girl, who were brought last weekend from the Middle East to Grozny, will undergo rehabilitation at the Children's Rehabilitation Centre.
Public prosecution official. Photo: © Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:13, 18 December 2017
Russia asks Ukraine to extradite Magomed Dukuzov
The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Russia has sent a request to Ukraine for the extradition of Magomed Dukuzov, accused of killing Paul Khlebnikov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian Forbes.
Special operation in the Dagestan village of Gubden, December 16, 2017. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru
19:21, 18 December 2017
One of Gubden casualties was Deputy
A Deputy's ID certificate, found at the venue of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Dagestan village of Gubden, belonged to one of the casualties, Magomed-Khabib Kasimov, who earlier was a Deputy of the People's Assembly of the Karabudakhkent District, the administration has confirmed.
Special operation in the Cossack village of Zelenchukskaya, December 18, 2017. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
15:20, 18 December 2017
Law enforcers: people killed in Karachay-Cherkessia were IS*militants
Five persons who have been killed today by law enforcers in the Cossack village of Zelenchukskaya were plotting to commit terror acts in crowded places, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reported.
Students on hunger strike against the limitation of the army service postponement for students. Photo: © Sputnik/ Karen Yepremyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20171218/9852270/golodnyj-protest-armyanskie-studenty-vnov-vystupili-protiv-otsrochki-ot-armii.html
15:16, 18 December 2017
Armenian students go on hunger strike
Today, two members of the initiative group "For Development of Science" have started a protest against the limitation of the army service postponement for students.
Mikhail Saakashvili (centre). Photo: © Sputnik / Alexey Vitvitsky https://ru.sputnik-news.ee/politics/20171024/7669734/misha-begi-kiev-poluchil-pravo-deportaciju-saakashvili.html
14:51, 18 December 2017
Mikhail Saakashvili refuses to testify to Ukrainian prosecutors
Today, the former President of Georgia has come for questioning to the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine. He has announced he agrees to testify only to investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU).
Special forces' vehicles during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-dagestane-v-hode-kto-neytralizovany-troe.html
13:34, 18 December 2017
Five suspects killed in CTO in Karachay-Cherkessia
Five suspected militants were killed in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the Zelenchuksky District of Karachay-Cherkessia, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reports.
Picket dedicated to the Memorial Day for gays and lesbians who fell victim to political repressions. Photo: Elena Ivanova, https://www.yuga.ru/news/424026/
10:05, 18 December 2017
Krasnodar activists demand to investigate gays' killings in Chechnya
In Krasnodar, five solo pickets were held on the day of commemoration of the homophobia victims, on December 17. In their hands, picketers were holding posters with the demand to investigate crimes against gays in Chechnya.
Meeting members of militants' families in Grozny Airport. Still picture: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbcngYfHsgk/?taken-by=kadyrov_95
09:28, 18 December 2017
MPs support Dagestani women returned from Syria
Three Dagestani MPs have reminded investigators that prior to their voluntary return from the Middle East, Zagidat Abakarova and Muslimat Kurbanova, now kept in a temporary detention facility, signed letters with acknowledgment of their guilt.
09:00, 18 December 2017
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 11-17
Special operations in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria; court's decision regarding Said Amirov's request to release him from prison; murder of a well-known businessman in Abkhazia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 11-17, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Special operation. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/operativnym-shtabom-nacionalnogo.html
00:59, 18 December 2017
On December 11-17, 2017, six persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of December 11-17, 2017, at least six persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Of them, four were killed, and two others were injured. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
22:40, 17 December 2017
Kremlin: CIA helps to prevent terror acts in Saint Petersburg
Vladimir Putin has thanked US President Donald Trump for the CIA's information, which helped to prevent terror act in Saint Petersburg, the press service of the Russian President reported.
National Antiterrorist Committee escorting division. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/pod-rukovodstvom-operativnogo-shtaba-v-evreyskoy.html#
18:55, 17 December 2017
Natives of Dagestan and Ingushetia arrested for preparing terror act
Shamil Omargadjiev, a native of Dagestan, and Aliskhan Esmurziev, a native of Ingushetia, have been arrested along with other figurants in the case on preparing a terror act in Saint Petersburg.
Petition in support of Alexei Guriev. Screenshot of website: https://www.change.org/p/
15:45, 17 December 2017
Russians stand up for Stavropol officer Guriev
As of today, the petition demanding to defend the rights of Alexei Guriev, the former head of the Kochubeevo District GIBDD (traffic police) Division, has been signed by more than 146,000 people. Guriev was convicted for having punished for illegal driving a son of a top manager of a large oil company, the woman-author of the petition has stated.
Place of CTO in Gubden, Dagestan, December 17, 2017. Screenshot of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHvJWzxvDc
13:42, 17 December 2017
One of Gubden casualties identified as Aligadji Khamutaev
Aligadji Khamutaev, shot dead during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Dagestan, was involved in eight murders and attack on the convoy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the police have stated.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-ingushetii-obnaruzhen-arsenal-v-banditskom.html
10:27, 17 December 2017
Policemen report liquidation of three militants in Gubden
Today, around 8:00 a.m. Moscow time, law enforcers started a shootout with alleged militants, who were hiding in a private house of the Dagestani village of Gubden.
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.