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Khadija Ismailova. Photo: http://rus.azattyq.org/
15:52, 11 December 2014
In Azerbaijan, BCA leaves journalist Khadija Ismaiylova in custody
Today, the Baku Court of Appeal (BAC) has dismissed the complaint filed by journalist Khadija Ismayilova about the pre-trial restriction measure against her in the form of arrest. The BCA left the journalist in custody.
Trolleybus advertising "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala" radio station. Photo: http://05pr.ru/novosty/reklama_na_radio_eho_moskvi_eto_k_nam
14:32, 11 December 2014
Dagestan suspends operation of radio station "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala"
The radio station "Echo of Moscow in Makhachkala" suspends its broadcasts in the territory of Dagestan at the request of the "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media).
Law enforcement officers in Nalchik streets. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
14:09, 11 December 2014
Nalchik CTO increases number of victims to armed incidents in Kabardino-Balkaria since beginning of 2014 up to 46 persons
The today's counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik has become the 23rd armed clash in Kabardino-Balkaria and the 2nd case of the introduction of CTO regime in the Kabardino-Balkarian capital since the beginning of 2014.
Special operation in Nalchik. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/12/12/boevaya-chast-spetsoperatsii-v-nalchike-zavershena-neitralizovano-chetvero-ban.html
14:05, 11 December 2014
NAC: militants killed in Nalchik were plotting terror act in territory of Border Guard Service Department
Militants, who have been killed today in Nalchik, were plotting a terror act in the territory of Kabardino-Balkarian Department of the Border Guard Service. This was reported by the operational headquarters of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Police footage. Nalchik, December 10, 2014. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/12/11/v-makhachkale-neitralizovan-glavar-makhachkalinskoi-bandgruppy-po-klichke-usma.html
12:20, 11 December 2014
In Dagestan, killed men identified as members of Makhachkala armed grouping
In the evening of December 10, two men were killed when law enforcers were searching their car. The killed men were identified as members of the "Makhachkala" armed grouping. Law enforcers managed to find them after Ruslan Darsamov named Usman, the leader of the armed grouping, was killed.
Weapons. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/content/4688.html
10:55, 11 December 2014
Four persons killed in CTO in Nalchik
Today, as a result of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) carried out in the territory of Nalchik, four suspected militants have been killed in a blocked five-storey building.
Chechen resident in praying, January 1995. Photo by Michael Evstafiev, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Evstafiev-chechnya-prayer3.jpg/640px-Evstafiev-chechnya-prayer3.jpg
08:22, 11 December 2014
First Chechen War could have been prevented, Chechen experts and residents assert
Witnesses and participants of the First Chechen War, which began exactly 20 years ago, on December 11, 1994, believe that the tragedy could have been avoided. The Moscow officials and the authorities of the self-proclaimed Ichkeria could have started dialogue, claims Akhmed Yarlykapov.
Rally in support of human rights in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
05:18, 11 December 2014
In Yerevan, opposition holds rally in support of human rights
In Yerevan, three non-ruling parties organized a rally on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. Participants of the rally have named social policy, high taxes, and the level of poverty as main problems in Armenia, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
01:24, 11 December 2014
Ninth convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Donbas arrives in Rostov Region
On December 10, the ninth convoy carrying humanitarian aid from the Moscow Region to residents of the eastern regions of Ukraine arrived in the Rostov Region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed the Ukrainian side had been formally notified that the convoy would leave Russia on December 12.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Igor Kalyapin (right). Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’, Government.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org/
22:55, 10 December 2014
Head of Chechnya demands to check Kalyapin for funding the attack on Grozny
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated the need to check a man named Kalyapin for involvement in organizing the attack on Grozny on December 4, 2014.
House burned down by law enforcers in the village of Yandi, Achkhoi-Martan District, December 7 2014. Photo provided by the HRC "Memorial" press-service.
19:43, 10 December 2014
Rights defenders condemn practice of burning down houses of militants' relatives after attack on Grozny
The international human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has demanded from the Russian authorities to punish those responsible for burning down houses belonging to the relatives of militants killed during the attack on Grozny. Russian authorities should immediately investigate the facts of burning down houses in Chechnya, the AI has stated today.
Rasul Jafarov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
17:21, 10 December 2014
Azerbaijani court refuses to transfer rights defender Jafarov to home arrest
On December 10, the Nasimi District Court of Baku considered the petition asking to transfer the rights defender Rasul Jafarov from custody to home arrest. The court rejected the petition; and his defence intends to appeal against the decision.
Levon Airapetyan. Screenshot from the video posted by Marat Muradyan on Youtube, www.youtube.com
16:06, 10 December 2014
In Moscow, Levon Airapetyan's home arrest extended until April 19
Today, the Basmanny District Court in Moscow has extended, until April 19, 2015, the home arrest of Levon Airapetyan, a businessmen and a member of the Armenian Diaspora in Russia, who is under investigation in the case of Bashneft company.
Law enforcement officer. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
15:30, 10 December 2014
Militant killed in Makhachkala was wanted on suspicion of committing double terror act
The suspected militant Ruslan Darsamov, killed on December 9, was involved in organizing a double terror act near the Dagestani service of court marshals and in Dakhadaev Street in Makhachkala, as well as in the murders of a judge of the republic's Supreme Court and the owner of a fuelling station, investigators assert.
House burned down by law enforcers in the village of Yandi, Achkhoi-Martan District, December 7 2014. Photo provided by the HRC "Memorial" press-service.
14:30, 10 December 2014
Chechen residents report burning down of house of field commander Aslan Byutukaev
Today in the morning, in the village of Kotar-Yurt, located in the foothill Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, a house belonging to the family of Aslan Byutukaev, who is considered to be the head of the battalion of suicide bombers named "Riyad-us Saliheen", was burned down, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
House of Press after the militants’ attack on Grozny, December 4, 2014. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
12:44, 10 December 2014
In attack on Grozny militants killed son of deputy head of Chechen FMS
Umar Kadyrov, a relative of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who was killed in the militants' attack on Grozny on December 4, was a son of the deputy head of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia for the republic, FMS source said today.
Evidence items. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/files/6800.jpg
11:30, 10 December 2014
NAC: leader of Makhachkala armed grouping killed in Dagestan
Late at night on December 9, in Makhachkala, policemen shot dead a suspected militant, who was identified as Ruslan Darsamov, the leader of the Makhachkala armed grouping, who was involved in killings of law enforcers and civilians, said the press centre of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) of the Russian Federation.
Evacuation of the car damaged during the militants’ attack on Grozny. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/files/8414.jpg
09:15, 10 December 2014
Law enforcers conduct checks in Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny
Chechen law enforcers have conducted passport checks in the Staropromyslovskiy District of Grozny. The republic has stepped up security measures after the militants' attack on Grozny on December 4 and on the eve of the New Year holidays, the spokesman of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Chechnya explained.
Mardiros Demerchyan. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
05:47, 10 December 2014
Prosecution failed to prove Demerchyan's guilt, his advocates said at trial in Sochi
At the trial of Mardiros Demerchyan, a builder of Olympic facilities in Sochi, who is accused of a false denunciation of policemen, his defence stated a violation of a number of legal acts of the Russian Federation in the course of the investigation and offered the court to acquit the builder.
05:15, 10 December 2014
Local resident Jamal Makhmudov disappears in Stavropol
A resident of Stavropol Jamal Makhmudov, born in 1984, went missing on December 8, after policemen searched his house, his wife Madina told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
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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.