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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.
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.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Maria Smelaya. Still frame from a video from the YouTube channel "Ostorozhno Media" from April 10, 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjbgxxzYoY Maria Smelaya's case highlights mothers' vulnerability in custody disputes.

Maria Smelaya was forced to give up custody of her child to the father.

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.