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Rostov firemen. Photo: Alexander Podoprigora, http://161.ru/text/gorod/373515840962560.html
05:16, 17 December 2017
Chapel and Sunday School burned down in Rostov-on-Don after threats to parishioners
On December 16, in the outskirt of Anatoly Sobino Park, in the Zheleznodorozhny District of Rostov-on-Don, a small chapel, in the place of which they had planned to build a church, was burnt down. Besides, the temporary building of the Sunday School was blitzed.
22:11, 16 December 2017
Chechen Prosecutor's Office finds believers' insults in six websites
The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has revealed six Internet resources with materials treated as insults to believers' feelings. Lawsuits have been lodged to the court of Grozny demanding to restrict access to these websites.
A special operation in Dagestan. Photo by the press service of Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee. http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/na-okraine-hasavyurta-v-ramkah-kto-prohodit.html
18:34, 16 December 2017
CTO regime introduced in Gubden for the second time in 2017
The village of Gubden, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, for the second time since the start of the year, has become the venue of a counterterrorist operation (CTO). The Karabudakhkent District as such gets into law enforcers' reports about the introduction of the CTO regime at least for the third time in 2017.
Akhmat Kadyrov Street in the city of Shali. Screenshot of the Yandex Maps
17:02, 16 December 2017
Authorities evict Shali residents from Kadyrov Street
Demolition of houses in Shali is needed to expand the territory around the high-rise complex, the authorities have explained. People have to live with their relatives in anticipation of the promised new housing, locals complain.
War in Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
12:15, 16 December 2017
Two children evacuated from Syria to Chechnya
A ten-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, who had been brought by their father to Syria, were delivered to Grozny last night and handed over to their relatives.
10:25, 16 December 2017
CTO regime lifted in KBR's Urvan District
The counter-terrorist operation (CTO), held in the Urvan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where a shootout with policemen took place on December 15, is over, the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has stated.
A protest action of the "Volny Aul" residents. Nalchik, October 31, 2017. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
07:32, 16 December 2017
MoJ demands to liquidate "Volny Aul"
The Branch for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appealed to the republic's Supreme Court (SC) with a demand to recognize the public organization "Volny Aul" (Free Village) as extremist and to liquidate it. The leaders of the organization held unsanctioned actions on the land issue, the MoJ asserts.
03:39, 16 December 2017
Two law enforcers wounded in CTO near Nalchik
Two special troop's fighters received contusions during the armed clash in the Urvan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), where a militant was killed, a law enforcement source has stated.
The mosque in Omarov Street in Makhachkala. Photo from the official website of the mosque https://www.facebook.com/masjid.Tangim/photos/a.308561295979016.1073741827.304761999692279/764104840424657/?type=3&theater
23:47, 15 December 2017
Law enforcers raid vicinity of Salafi mosque in Makhachkala
Policemen examined the parishioners of the mosque in Omarov Street in Makhachkala, who gathered for their Friday prayers, eyewitnesses report. They detained two or three persons, who later were released, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
21:49, 15 December 2017
Missing Chechen schoolboy declared terrorist
Relatives believe that law enforcers were involved in disappearance of a Chechen teenager, whose brother went to Syria. Social groups associated with the police report that the teenager is involved in preparing terror acts.
20:45, 15 December 2017
Man killed in shootout with law enforcers near Nalchik
Policemen have killed a man who opened fire on them, a law enforcement source of Kabardino-Balkaria has reported.
Mosul. Photo: European Commission DG ECHO https://www.flickr.com
13:31, 15 December 2017
Acquaintance tells singer Bataeva's plan to return to Russia
Aza Bataeva, a singer from Chechnya, who has presumably perished in Iraq, wanted to return to her homeland, her acquaintance has told.
Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:42, 15 December 2017
Court leaves former Makhachkala Mayor in colony (+video)
The judge refused to grant the motion of the defence of the former Makhachkala Mayor to release him from colony for health reasons.
An Armenian soldier in combat position. Photo: © Sputnik/ David Galstyan
09:55, 15 December 2017
Azerbaijan reports 128 bombardments at contact line
On December 14-15, Armenian servicemen used large-calibre machine guns during shelling, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
A special operation. Photo by the Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee http://nac.gov.ru
08:27, 15 December 2017
Antiterrorist exercises held in Dagestani mountains
More than 200 artillerymen took part in combat firing on conditional terrorists in the mountainous part of Dagestan.
Ksenia Sobchak. Photo: Grigory Bakunin (RFE/RL)
05:14, 15 December 2017
Ksenia Sobchak's supporters deny chances of opening her offices in Dagestan and Ingushetia
The opening of election officers in Dagestan and Ingushetia has not taken place and is not planned, the Moscow's office of Ksenia Sobchak has reported. No information about any plans to open offices in these republics has been received, said Anastasia Shevchenko, the head of the Sobchak's office in Rostov-on-Don.
The defendants Murad Aliev (on the left) and Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:45, 15 December 2017
Amirov's health condition and fate of possessions remain in question
Prison doctors have concluded that Said Amirov can stay in colony, his advocate Vladimir Postanyuk reports. On the eve of the fateful judgment for Amirov, the "Caucasian Knot" has audited his former empire.
A fragment of the Comedy Club show about an escort girl from Ingushetia. Photo: screenshot of the video on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHsp1PEOAuU
21:55, 14 December 2017
TNT stars apologize again to residents of Ingushetia
Top performers of the TNT TV Channel have recorded a video, in which they apologize to Ingush people for the fourth time for their sketch in the Comedy Woman programme.
Big annual press conference of Vladimir Putin. December 17, 2017. Photo by the press service of the Russian President http://kremlin.ru
20:45, 14 December 2017
Putin praises Kadyrov for returning women and children from Syria
The head of Chechnya should continue working towards returning Russian women and children from Syria, said Vladimir Putin. The authorities of Chechnya plan to return 150 Russian citizens more from Syria and Iraq.
Said Amirov. Photo by Oleg Pchyolov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:32, 14 December 2017
Former Makhachkala Mayor Amirov refused release from colony
The Sol-Iletsk District Court has dismissed the motion on releasing Said Amirov from the colony for health reasons.
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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.