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22:20, 12 December 2011
In Moscow, Egle Kusaite's evidence read out at trial on Magmadovs' case
In the course of today's court session on the case of Chechen natives Apti and Aishat Magmadov, the Moscow Regional Court listened to testimony of Egle Kusaite. Earlier, the defence has filed a motion about announcement of that testimony.
22:10, 12 December 2011
Detained Soslan Kokoev transferred to Vladikavkaz SIZO
Soslan Kokoev, the detained founder of the website Uasamonga.ru, the supporter of Djambolat Tedeev, the non-registered candidate for the presidential election in South Ossetia, was transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz. Information about the state of his health is still unavailable.
22:00, 12 December 2011
In Belorechenskaya colony, more than 20 juvenile inmates cut their arms
On December 10, twenty-two juvenile prisoners of the Belorechenskaya juvenile correctional colony of the Krasnodar Territory cut their hands with razor blades. This was reported today by the official representative of the UFSIN (Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service) of the Krasnodar Territory.
20:00, 12 December 2011
Djioeva's supporters stopped their action of protest in the center of Tskhinvali
Supporters of ex-presidential candidate of South Ossetia Alla Djioeva in Tskhinvali removed the benches and casks they used to make a fire during their two-week actions of protest from the square.
19:00, 12 December 2011
"Left Front": four people detained at a meeting on December, 10, in Rostov arrested for terms of two to ten days
Four persons detained at a meeting against forging the election of State Duma in Rostov-on-Don were sentenced by the magistrate's court to two, five and ten days of administrative arrest, 7 or 8 more were fined, coordinator of "Left Front" in Rostov region Vladislav Ryasantsev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
18:00, 12 December 2011
Policemen in Orenburg suspected of involvement in the death of a detained native of Armenia
Four policemen in Orenburg were detained for suspicion of involvement in the death of native of Armenia Armen Sargsyan in the Directorate of Orenburg Department of the Ministry of interior Affairs.
22:13, 10 December 2011
Eduard Kokoity starts forming Constitutional Court of South Ossetia
The incumbent President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity, who declared tonight his forthcoming resignation, has appointed two judges of the Constitutional Court, thus starting to form it.
Eduard Kokoity announces his resignation as President of South Ossetia at his meeting with the public in Tskhinvali, December 10, 2011
22:00, 10 December 2011
South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity hands over presidential powers to Vadim Brovtsev
Today, at the public meeting in Tskhinvali, Eduard Kokoity announced his resignation as President of South Ossetia and handed over presidential powers to Vadim Brovtsev, Prime Minister, who was appointed the acting head of the republic.
21:00, 10 December 2011
In Moscow, protest against election results passed peacefully
Today, a protest rally against the results of the elections to the Russian State Duma was held in Moscow.
20:14, 10 December 2011
Protesters against falsification of election results detained in Dagestan
In Dagestan, participants of the protest rally against the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation conducted on December 4 report on detention of protesters, including members of the "Yabloko" Party.
Policemen pushing rights defender Sergey Basmanov into a car a few minutes before the start of the protest action "Sochi for Honest Elections!", Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, December 10, 2011. Photo by Semyon Simonov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 10 December 2011
Human rights defender Sergey Basmanov detained at protest rally in Sochi
Today, opposite the railway station in Sochi, a rally of people discontented with the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation was held. During the protest action, the human rights defender Sergey Basmanov, Director of the organization "Defence of Citizens' Rights and Interests", was detained.
Action of dissenters with the outcomes of the Russian State Duma elections, Volgograd, December 10, 2011. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:19, 10 December 2011
Volgograd hosts rally against election fraud
In Volgograd, the action of citizens, who consider the outcomes of the elections to the State Duma held on December 4 to be falsified, passed without incidents. Policemen and Cossack patrols were on duty around the perimeter of the square at a large distance. No state officials came out to meet the protesters.
18:00, 10 December 2011
Yerevan hosts picket in defence of Yashin and Navalny
Today, in Yerevan, in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation, a protest action was held. The protesters urged the Russian authorities to release opposition members detained during the protest actions after the elections to the State Duma.
15:00, 10 December 2011
In Dagestan, Idris Yusupov detained for participation in rally against arbitrariness of power agents
In Makhachkala, law enforcement agents have just detained Idris Yusupov, a local resident, participation in a rally against kidnapping and arbitrariness of power agents, which was held in the capital of Dagestan on November 25. Idris Yusupov himself denied his participation in the rally.
13:09, 10 December 2011
"Mothers' Alert" from Chechnya fails to come to rally in Moscow
The Chechen regional public organization "Mothers' Alert", which has earlier declared its participation in the rally "For Fair Elections" on December 10 in Moscow, was unable to participate in the protest action due to lack of money to purchase tickets to Moscow, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Zainab Mezhidova, the head of the organization.
Supporters of Alla Djioeva in Theater Square of Tskhinvali, December 9, 2011. Photo by Maria Kotaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:00, 10 December 2011
Alla Djioeva to be nominated for presidential election in South Ossetia in March
Alla Djioeva, ex-candidate for the presidency in South Ossetia, intends to nominate herself for the election on March 25; she is ready to cooperate with Vadim Brovtsev, and she intends to seek the release of political prisoners. This was reported by Alla Djioeva to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Young people at a rally against kidnappings, Dagestan, Makhachkala, November 25, 2011. Photo from the archive of Ruslan Gereev
22:50, 9 December 2011
Dagestan: 12 percent of pupils and students support militants, public opinion poll shows
The radical methods used by militants are supported by 12 percent of pupils and students of Dagestan, regarding them as the key to solving the existing local problems. These are the results of the social opinion poll conducted in November by the monitoring group for the youth environment of the Republic of Dagestan. Experts believe that many people in Dagestan view the "Forest Jamaats" as the only alternative to the ruling corrupt power and treat the specialized religious education as a barrier to radicalization.
22:50, 9 December 2011
Attempt on Sofa Esmurzieva, Deputy Minister of Public Health, undertaken in Ingushetia
An armed attack was committed in Nazran, Ingushetia, on Sofa Esmurzieva, Deputy Minister of Public Health; with a gunshot wound in her leg she was taken to hospital in Vladikavkaz.
22:50, 9 December 2011
Rights defender Tamara Karastelyova will be buried today in Novorossiysk
Tamara Karastelyova, Director of the Novorossiysk Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and human rights defender died on December 3 in Georgia, where she lived for the last two years and took her treatment of acute leukaemia.
22:50, 9 December 2011
Dagestan hosts festival of children with disabilities
On December 7, Makhachkala held the sixth cultural and sports festival of children with disabilities under the motto "From victories in sports to victories in life".
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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

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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.