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15:00, 14 December 2012
MCC found Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty in Politkovskaya's murder case
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, today the Moscow City Court (MCC) has found Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty in the murder case of the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. The court has also obliged him to pay three million roubles to the children of the late journalist as compensation of moral harm.
21:00, 13 December 2012
Ruslan Djappuev: my pregnant daughter was in blocked house in Tyrnyauz
Ruslan Djappuev, a resident of the village of Bylym, insists that his pregnant daughter Indira Djappueva and her father-in-law were inside the private house in the city of Tyrnyauz, where a special operation was conducted.
20:00, 13 December 2012
Khloponin: 2 billion roubles to be allotted to restore Derbent
As reported by Alexander Khloponin, the plenipotentiary envoy of Russian President in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), after a meeting at the Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, "in the near future" two billion roubles will be allocated for elimination of consequences of the flood in Derbent. The flood-affected people say that now, two months after the disaster, the city is still "in a deplorable state."
19:29, 13 December 2012
Azerbaijan announces verdict to a group of figurants in the Guba riots case
Today, the Guba District Court has announced the verdict at the trial of a group of eight defendants accused of organizing disorders in the city of Guba. Two defendants were sentenced to real imprisonment, six more were given conditional terms.
18:45, 13 December 2012
Woman from Makhachkala states disappearance of her husband
A disappearance of the 42-year-old resident of Makhachkala Gadji Akhmedov, a father of five babies, said his wife Patimat Akhmedova. She does not rule out that her husband could have been kidnapped.
18:00, 13 December 2012
Over 50 residents of Adygea came to Maikop to picket in support of Syrian Circassians
The picketers arrived from different regions of Adygea, including students and several Syrian Circassians. According to Sergey Koblev, a member of the "Adyge Khase", since the mass action had not been agreed with the authorities, they held solo pickets.
17:19, 13 December 2012
During the trial on the case of Budanov’s murder Public Prosecutor’s office interrogated an investigator
Trial on the case of colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder on June, 10, 2011, was continued in Moscow city court today. An investigator who participated in search of the defendant’s flat was among the witnesses interrogated in court.
16:58, 13 December 2012
Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia declared impossibility of Givi Targamadze’s extradition to Russia
Givi Targamadze’s extradition to Russia is impossible, inquiry concerning him can be carried out only inside the country, Chief Public Prosecutor’s office of Georgia declared. However, according to a representative of the office, Georgia has not yet received the respective request from the Russian party on the issue.
16:15, 13 December 2012
The persons detained for suspicion of murder of sheikh Said Afandi had no wanted notices, a source reported
Law enforcement bodies did not earlier search for residents of Dagestan Shikhmirza Labazanov, Magomedali Amirhanov and Magomed Gadjiev reported by their relatives as kidnapped and detained for suspicion of Murder of Sufi sheikh Said Afandi Atsaev (Chirkeisky) but they had operative records as potential accomplices of the gunmen, a source in power ministries of the republic reported.
15:50, 13 December 2012
A resident of Ingushetia accuses the authorities of not keeping their promise to help her gravely ill child
A resident of Ingushetia accuses of inaction the authorities of the republic who according to her, promised to grant money on treatment of her daughter who suffers from an orphan disease and needs urgent therapy abroad.
15:00, 13 December 2012
Council of Elders of the Balkar people is preparing claims of compensation for moral damage caused by Stalin’s repression
Council of Elders of the Balkar people started collecting documents of ethnic Balkars who underwent repression during the period of Stalin’s rule in order to submit a claim of compensation for moral damage to court. As of the moment, 400 persons submitted their documents.
21:00, 12 December 2012
Criminal liability for compulsion to membership in a party enacted in Azerbaijan
On December, 11, National Assembly of Azerbaijan adopted amendments to the legislation of the country establishing measures of criminal and administrative liability in connection with violations in the activities of political parties.
20:15, 12 December 2012
A district police officer’s father in Derbent reports beating his son up by Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs
Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation in Derbent Abdulahad Magomedov beat up district police officer Isabek Ramazanov, the officer’s father Tagir Ramazanov reported.
19:52, 12 December 2012
The Court in Strasbourg acknowledged Russia guilty of torturing Timur Tangiev
On December, 11, European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg acknowledged that resident of Grozny Timur Tangiev underwent treatment equated with torture in custody. Russia must pay him 45 thousand euros compensation for moral damage.
18:29, 12 December 2012
Experts put the Russian Federation in the 9th place out of 158 countries from the point of view of terrorist threat. The number of victims in the Caucasus is going down
Experts of the International Institute of Economy and Peace put Russia in the 9th place out of 158 in the rating “Global index of terrorist threats”. In 2010 Russia occupied the 7th position. The situation in Northern Caucasus was called the main cause of instability in the country. However, upon the calculation by the “Caucasian Knot”, total number of victims of the conflict in the South of Russia has been going down during the last three years.
18:00, 12 December 2012
At Budanov's murder trial, secret witnesses recognize the suspect
Today, the Moscow City Court has held a session on the Yuri Budanov's murder case, were two secret witnesses gave their testimonies; they identified the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov as the person shooting at Budanov.
17:42, 12 December 2012
"Prosperous Armenia" refuses to take part in presidential election
Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, will not run for presidency at the forthcoming presidential election in Armenia. The decision was made at today's sitting of the Political Council, the press service of the party reports.
17:15, 12 December 2012
Defendant in Nalchik attack case to be put under home arrest
In Kabardino-Balkaria, the freedom restriction measure of Sarabi Seyunov, a defendant in the case on the attack on Nalchik, will be changed for home arrest, Eva Chanieva, his advocate, said today.
16:57, 12 December 2012
Relatives of North-Ossetian prisoners serving their terms in Kalmykia ask to return them home
The relatives of the inmates of the Colony "IK-1 Salyn" in Kalmykia have turned to the leader of North Ossetia asking to help in transferring them home for further serving their sentences. According to the relatives, at the colony, natives of North Ossetia are regularly "becoming victims of personnel's illegitimate actions and abuses."
16:11, 12 December 2012
At Geneva Debates, South Ossetia raises issue of liberating its citizens from jails in Georgia
In the course of the 22nd round of Geneva Debates of security in Transcaucasia, held on December 11-12, the South-Ossetian delegation raised the issue of liberation of its citizens from the jails of Georgia.
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.