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Sochi Winter Olympics countdown clock. Photo: Alexander V.Solomin, http://commons.wikimedia.org/
12:13, 11 December 2013
IOC: special protest zone to be set up in Sochi during the Olympics
The Russian organizers of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi have promised to set up special areas for holding protests during the Winter Olympic Games, said Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Participants of media festival in Dagestan. Makhachkala, December 10, 2013. Photo by Timur Isaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
11:20, 11 December 2013
Problems of national press discussed at media festival in Dagestan
The Dagestani media festival was opened on December 10 in Makhachkala under the motto "Read the press in your native language". The event was attended by about 500 people, who discussed the prospects of the national press.
10:10, 11 December 2013
Ex-official in Chechnya fined for fraud and abuse of office
A former head of the administration of one of the settlements of the Naur District of Chechnya was fined by 110,000 roubles on charges of fraud and abuse of office and deprived of the right to take managerial posts for two years.
01:10, 11 December 2013
ICRF: death toll of attack on the UFSIN employees in Kabardino-Balkaria has went up to two
The attack committed in the city of Chegem by unidentified criminals on the car with employees of the local department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as UFSIN) resulted in killing two persons. One more wounded person was taken to hospital, investigators report.
21:44, 10 December 2013
UFSIN employees attacked in Kabardino-Balkaria, one person lost
Today, in the city of Chegem, unidentified persons attacked employees of the local Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as UFSIN). The shelling from automatic firearms killed one of them; two others were taken to hospital, an investigator told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
20:04, 10 December 2013
Yerevan protesters demand change of power in Armenia
A march to mark the International Human Rights Day was held today in Yerevan. Its participants have stated widespread violations of human rights in Armenia and demanded to change the country's ruling regime.
19:05, 10 December 2013
Power agents plant proofs on resident of Dagestan while searching, his relatives assert
The mother of Shamil Ramazanov, who was detained on December 9 in Makhachkala, has filed an application to the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" asking for help in defending the rights of her son, which were violated by power agents during a search and detention, said Elena Denisenko, the local employee of the HRC.
Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
18:10, 10 December 2013
NAC: leader of "Shamil" grouping killed in Dagestan
According to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), Magomed Khalitov, the leader of the local terrorist grouping, has been killed as a result of the special operation in the Shamil District in Dagestan.
17:33, 10 December 2013
European Commission Vice-President announces boycott of Sochi Olympics
Viviane Reding, a Vice-President of the European Commission and the EU Commissioner for Justice, has refused to go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, because of the persecution of minorities by Russian authorities. She announced her decision to boycott the Games on her page on the Twitter.
Khafiz Gasanov. Photo: RFE/RL
15:05, 10 December 2013
ECtHR starts considering eight complaints from Azerbaijan about violations at 2010 parliamentary elections
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has accepted for consideration eight complaints lodged by Azerbaijani citizens and dealing with violations of their rights during the 2010 parliamentary elections, said Intigam Aliev, the head of the Legal Education Society of Azerbaijan.
Video statement of Kamil Gunashev, father of the detained doctor Marat Gunashev, asking Dagestani residents to express support to his son, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW1RStjLK1A
12:00, 10 December 2013
Dagestan: Marat Gunashev's father complains to Russian President about violations of his son's rights and states his innocence
The father of the doctor Marat Gunashev, detained in Dagestan on suspicion of involvement in the murder of the head of the Makhachkala UVD (Interior Department) has complained to President Vladimir Putin on the course of the criminal investigation instigated against his son.
Evgeny Vitishko. Photo from his personal account at vk.com
11:31, 10 December 2013
Vitishko: Sochi police detained journalists from Czech Republic for four hours
Employees of the Border Guard Service of the FSB in the Adler District of Sochi held for 4 hours Miroslav Karas, a Czech television journalist of the "ČT" and his operator, an ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has reported as an eyewitness. He added that the detainees were released only after the intervention of the press service of the city administration.
09:24, 10 December 2013
Dagestani Prosecutor's Office demands from the court to suspend Children's Club "Amanat"
During the inspection of the Makhachkala-based Children's Club "Amanat", where 23 children are trained, prosecutors revealed numerous violations, said the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, adding that a motion was directed to the court for suspension of the club.
Sochi. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
08:39, 10 December 2013
"Rosavtodor": entry into Sochi for non-resident vehicles will be restricted from January 7
From January 7 to March 21, 2014, during the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the entry and movement of most motor vehicles in the territory of Sochi will be restricted, the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) has reported. These measures are related to improving of the security regime.
03:41, 10 December 2013
Rally against harassment of journalists scheduled in Rostov-on-Don
As reported by a civil activist Maria Polyanichko, on December 21, a rally against the harassment of journalists and for the freedom of expression is planned in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
19:40, 9 December 2013
Russia's Sledge Federation denies collapse of roof of bobsleigh track in Sochi
The Sledge Federation of Russia has denied the information about a partial collapse of the roof of the sledge-bobsleigh track in Sochi under the weight of wet snow. A message about the incident appeared on December 9 in one of social networks.
Presnya District Court of Moscow. Photo: mosgorsud.su.
16:35, 9 December 2013
Accused of Biryulyovo murder left in custody for two months
Today, the Presnya Court of Moscow has extended till April 10, 2014, the detention of Orkhan Zeinalov, a native of Azerbaijan, accused of killing Egor Scherbakov, 25, in the Moscow district of Western Biryulyovo.
Defendants Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov at the court. Moscow, December 9, 2013. Photo by Yulia Buslavskaya for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:16, 9 December 2013
Figurants in Akhtakhanov murder case sentenced to 10 and 12 years in prison
Today, the court has sentenced Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov, who were found guilty of complicity in the murder of the Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, a Pro-Rector of the Modern Humanitarian Academy.
Rally in support of the lawyer Murad Musaev. Makhachkala, November 29, 2013. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
13:55, 9 December 2013
Makhachkala residents assert that law enforcers detain protesters in support of lawyer Musaev
In Makhachkala today, searches are conducted in the homes of those local residents who took part in the November 29 rally in support of the lawyer Murad Musaev, which was held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan; most of the protesters were detained.
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo: http://www.sledcom.ru/
12:50, 9 December 2013
ICRF: investigation into the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" is over
The investigating authorities have completed the investigation initiated against four members of the community "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists". According to investigators, the organization was involved in crimes motivated by ideological and ethnic hatred, in particular, in the murders of the resident of Dagestan Muslim Abdullaev and the lawyer Stanislav Markelov.
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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.