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20:00, 24 December 2012
Armenia: "Freedom" Party to nominate former Prime Minister Grant Bagratyan for presidency
The today's congress of the "Freedom" Party, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), has decided to nominate Grant Bagratyan, a former Prime Minister of Armenia and a current MP and Chairman of the Party, as a candidate at the upcoming presidential election.
19:00, 24 December 2012
Resident of Dagestan claims disappearance of her husband and his friend
Aimisey Aidemirova, a resident of Kizilyurt, has reported a disappearance of her 37-year-old husband Ruslan Ismailov. She does not rule out that he could be kidnapped.
18:18, 24 December 2012
Russia's MFA demand from Sweden to ban the website "Kavkaz-Centre"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian demands from Sweden to ban the operation of the Sweden-based website "Kavkaz-Centre" and states that the extremist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" operates in this country.
18:00, 24 December 2012
In Dagestan, supporters and opponents of New Year again argue on need for celebrations
On the eve of the New Year, a debate has onset in Dagestan about celebrations of the start of the year. Some people say that they plan to celebrate, and see nothing wrong with this holiday. Others believe that the New Year is a pagan holiday and should be celebrated by Muslims.
17:00, 24 December 2012
At the trial on Budanov's murder defence begins proving his innocence
In the Moscow City Court, at the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov, the defence has presented the results of the examination that had failed to reveal any biological traces of the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov on the exhibits, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
16:00, 24 December 2012
Over 50 Russian citizens are kept in Georgian prisons
According to experts, today some 56-58 Russians are serving their terms in Georgian prisons. At least six of them are political prisoners, asserts Besik Pipiya, the head of the Tbilisi representative office of the RIA "Novosti".
15:00, 24 December 2012
Ivanishvili: I will not run for presidency in Georgia
The Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili is not going to run for the post of the president. He said this during a today's press conference.
14:00, 24 December 2012
Lawyer Uvaisov: delay in giving out bodies in Dagestan is illegal
In Dagestan, it is possible to take out dead bodies from the morgue for burial without certificates issued by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of Dagestan. The lawyer Ziyavdin Uvaisov treats this practice as illegal.
13:00, 24 December 2012
Defence of suspect of killing Politkovskaya appeals against verdict
Today, the defence of the figurant in the murder case of the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya has appealed against the sentence of the Moscow City Court (MCC) against Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who received 11 years of colony, said Karen Nersisyan, the lawyer of the convict.
12:14, 24 December 2012
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 17-23
Launch of reconstructed Baksan HPP in Kabardino-Balkaria; departure from Russia of an activist-ecologist from the Krasnodar Territory with the aim to seek political asylum in another country; scandal around the change of the name of a district newspaper in Chechnya and decision of the ECtHR on disappearance of eight residents of the republic; signing an agreement on simplified entry visas for citizens of Armenia to EU countries; protest action in the context of the murder of a resident of Nevinnomyssk, resignation of Mayor of Zheleznovodsk and two ministers of the Stavropol Territory, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 17-23, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 22 December 2012
Over 3000 prisoners will go at large under the law "On Amnesty" in Georgia
The Parliament of Georgia has adopted the law "On Amnesty". After lengthy discussions and debates, it was voted for by 80 MPs. Under the law more than 3000 inmates will leave jails, including those earlier recognized as political prisoners by the supreme legislative body of the country.
22:00, 22 December 2012
Kuashev: de facto ban on hijabs in schools of Stavropol Territory is unconstitutional
Muslim lawyers from Russian regions are going to appeal to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation with a request to check the resolution of the government of the Stavropol Territory about the requirements for school clothes and appearance of pupils at educational institutions for the compliance of the resolution to the Russian Constitution.
21:17, 22 December 2012
Volgograd: picketers demand work for prisoners
Today, Volgograd has hosted a picket in defence of prisoners' labour rights. The protesters demanded to provide full employment opportunities to current and former prisoners.
20:00, 22 December 2012
Georgia: workers of oil terminal in Kulevi Port go on strike
Today, workers of the oil terminal in Kulevi Port have gone on a strike demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
19:00, 22 December 2012
Court in Georgia releases Director General of "Rustavi-2" on bail
Today, the Tbilisi City Court has appointed a bail of 30,000 laris as a precondition for Nika Gvaramiya, Director General of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, to go at large. A similar decision was made in relation to other figurants in the case of bribery and forgery of documents.
18:17, 22 December 2012
Volgograd hosts action against policemen's anonymity
Boris Stikhin, an activist of the regional branch of the International Union of Anarchists, and Maria Turovets, an activist of the public campaign in defence of Volgograd embankment, held an action aimed at checking policemen's documents, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
18:00, 22 December 2012
Authorities of Adler District of Sochi promise to solve tenants' problems after January 10
A rally of residents of the emergency house No. 3 in Petropavlovskaya Street in Sochi was held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the building of the Adler district administration in the format of a meeting with officials. The meeting brought together about 20 people, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
16:00, 22 December 2012
Former MoD boss Okruashvili stops his hunger strike
Irakli Okruashvili, the ex-Defence Minister, who is serving his term in the Tbilisi prison, has stopped, as well as his fellow prisoners, the hunger strike. This news was spread by the "Georgian Party".
15:00, 22 December 2012
"Heritage" to support Ovannisyan at presidential election
The "Zharangutyun" (Heritage) Party has expressed – at its today's congress – its support its leader Raffi Ovannisyan at the upcoming presidential election, who had announced his intention to run for the post by using the procedure of self-nomination.
14:00, 22 December 2012
Party "Country of Law" to support Serzh Sargsyan at presidential election in Armenia
The party named "Orinats Erkir" (Country of Law) will support the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan at the presidential election on February 18, Arthur Bagdasaryan the leader of the party and the current Secretary of the National Security Council, said today.
News
The Makhachkala bypass is closed due to road damage.

15 villages in Dagestan remain without transport links after severe weather

A flood-damaged house on Zarechnaya Street in Mamedkala. Still from a video by the Derbent District Administration from April 18, 2026, https://t.me/derbentskiyrayon_official/22087 A site for the construction of houses to replace those flooded in Mamedkala has been approved.

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.