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14:00, 18 December 2012
Court dismissed motion of Temerkhanov's defence to disqualify the judge in Budanov's murder case
The Moscow City Court, which today has continued the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov, has dismissed the petition of the defence of the accused Yusuf Temerkhanov asking to challenge Judge Andrei Korotkov.
13:00, 18 December 2012
KBR resident reports kidnapping of his brother
Today, in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), unidentified masked men kidnapped Rezuan Afashagov, a villager Atazhukino, Baksan District, reported his brother Ali Afashagov, who turned to law enforcement bodies and human rights defenders asking to help to find Rezuan.
12:00, 18 December 2012
Bekhbudov: in 2012 five persons died of torture in Azerbaijan
At least five persons died in Azerbaijan last year as a result of torture, Elchin Bekhbudov, the head of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture, said today.
19:51, 17 December 2012
Department of Federal Antimonopoly Service in Dagestan acknowledged Navalny’s complaint partially grounded
Dagestani Department of Federal Antimonopoly Service (DFAS) acknowledged blogger Alexey Navalny’s complaint concerning an auction on purchase of a car for the republic’s Permanent Mission in Moscow announced by the Ministry of National Policy of the region in Moscow partially grounded. The Ministry was ordered to eliminate violations in the auction documentation.
19:00, 17 December 2012
Law enforcement officers in Grozny are searching for a missing girl who was wearing a hijab
Young resident of Grozny Aina Habibulaeva disappeared on December, 11, under vague circumstances. On the day of her disappearance the girl was wearing a hijab.
18:30, 17 December 2012
The court acknowledged prolongation of arrest to a defendant on the case of Politkovskaya’s murder lawful
Today the Board of Appeals of Moscow city court acknowledged lawful prolongation of custody term to Rustam Mahmudov, defendant on the case of murder of “Novaya Gazeta” political observer Anna Politkovskaya.
18:00, 17 December 2012
State program of development of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug will cost over 2,5 trillion rubles
Upon a resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation a project of State program of development of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug for the period till 2025 at the cost of 2,55 trillion rubles was adopted. Only 10 per cent of this sum will be financed by state budget. Investments into the Caucasus are necessary, the only problem is control over them, the experts consider.
17:34, 17 December 2012
Attorneys of the defendant on the case of Budanov’s murder ask to try him on the polygraph detector
Defendant Yusup Temerkhanov’s defense on the case of colonel Budanov’s murder in Moscow city court entered a motion to submit him to examination on the polygraph detector, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.
17:00, 17 December 2012
An SMS action in support of Syrian Circassians started in Adygea
On December, 15, mass media of Adygea reported the start of a charitable SMS action in support of Syrian Circassians who came to Adygeya from the war-torn Syria. Anyone could send a message with the text "adiga" to the short number 3116 specifying the sum of money one wished to donate in support of compatriots, republican Foundation of aid to repatriates reported.
16:39, 17 December 2012
Residents of Alexandrovka, Rostov-on-Don, report mass deforestation in the grove
Residents of the micro-district of Alexandrovka, Rostov-on-Don, report active cutting down a great number of trees in Alexandrovka grove which is according to them, one of the few recreation zones in the micro-district. They fear that new apartment houses will be built there instead of a park. Local authorities state that deforestation is legal and construction of a park has started in the grove.
16:00, 17 December 2012
NGOs of Russia and the “Eastern Partnership” are going to monitor electoral democratic character
Twelve non-governmental organizations from Russia, the countries of European Union and member states of “Eastern Partnership” EU program instituted an alliance: European Platform for democratic election (EPDE) whose goal is to secure electoral democratic character.
15:30, 17 December 2012
Ecologists of Volgograd ask to intensify state control of the quality of children’s goods
Within the framework of international project “Toxic metals in children’s goods” ecologists of Volgograd studied children’s toys and costume jewellery on sale in trading networks of the city. High content of toxic metals was discovered in every third sample of toys.
15:00, 17 December 2012
Ruslan Kutaev: two men kidnapped in Chechnya
Two men, Mikail Dautov and Imam Arkhimirzoev, were kidnapped by unknown people in the settlement of Valerik, Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya, after the evening prayer on December, 16, Ruslan Kutaev, President of Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus and Head of international Committee for problems of Northern Caucasus, reported. Law enforcement officers are sure that there is no question of kidnapping.
13:38, 17 December 2012
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 10-16
Collapse of building in construction in Taganrog killing five and injuring over ten persons; first meeting of special representatives for settling Georgian-Russian relations; verdict to one of the figurants in the Anna Politkovskaya's murder case; announcement of suspects of murdering Gekkiev, a journalist of the GTRK "Kabardino-Balkaria"; earthquake in several regions of South of Russia; dispersal of another action of opposition in Azerbaijan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of December 10-16, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
19:34, 14 December 2012
Figurant in the case of attack on Nalchik says he did not shall OMON base
At the trial of the attack on Nalchik, the defendant Amur Khakulov gave his testimony; according to the investigation, he was a member of the grouping, which attacked the OMON (riot police) base in Kabardino-Balkaria. According to Khakulov, he did not know about the attack and did not make a single shot.
18:58, 14 December 2012
Sochi: "Olympstroy" seeking to ban visiting beaches of Imereti Lowland
Today, the Adler District Court of Sochi will hear the lawsuit lodged by the State Corporation (SC) "Olympstroy" against Natalia Kalinovskaya, the chair of the territorial public self-government "Psou", and her deputy Svetlana Berestenyova on removal of obstacles to the use by the SC "Olympstroy" of the land of the coastline.
18:23, 14 December 2012
Rights activists share CPJ's findings about persecution of journalists in Azerbaijan
Human rights activists of Azerbaijan share the concerns of the international "Committee to Protect Journalists" (CPJ) based in New York about the fate of the media people arrested in the country. They agree with the assessment of the CPJ and also urge the Azerbaijani authorities to release the arrested journalists and human rights defenders.
18:00, 14 December 2012
Public stops construction of cement plant in North Ossetia
As reported on December 12 to the press conference by Valentin Bazrov, the deputy chairman of the government of North Ossetia, the construction of the cement plant in Alagir was suspended because of dissatisfaction of local residents.
17:45, 14 December 2012
In Azerbaijan, two suspects of riots in Guba sentenced to 4 and 5 years in prison; seven more – conditionally
Today, the Guba District Court in Azerbaijan has announced the verdict to nine persons accused of disorders (riots) in the city of Guba. Two of them received real sentences, and seven more were sentenced conditionally. Yesterday, on December 13, on the same events eight more persons were sentenced, including six of them – conditionally.
17:17, 14 December 2012
Doctor Marat Gunashev, detained in Makhachkala, was secretly taken to North Ossetia, his advocate says
The advocate of the anaesthetist Marat Gunashev, detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Akhmed Magomedov, the Chief of the UVD (Interior Department) of Makhachkala, said that his client had been was illegally taken out of Dagestan and his life is in danger.
News
A Sevastopol resident was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for promoting terrorism.

A Yeysk native was sentenced for messages in Ukrainian.

A Makeyevka resident was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for inciting violence.

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.