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    22:00, 23 December 2011
    Ex-district head in Volgograd Region suspected of embezzling four million budgetary roubles
    The ex-head of the administration of the Kotovo District of the Volgograd Region and the General Director of the OJSC (Open Joint-Stock Company) "Volgogradneftegazstroy" are suspected of theft of 4 million roubles allocated from the budget for reconstruction of a road. Investigation is underway, the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MIA) in the Volgograd Region reports.
    21:50, 23 December 2011
    In Sochi, woman-organizer of protests against election violations is summoned to police "for a talk"
    Olga Noskovets, a resident of Sochi, one of the organizers of the sanctioned rally against violations at the elections to the State Duma held on December 4, which was scheduled for December 24, reported on the summon to the police.
    21:40, 23 December 2011
    Group of children from Chechnya goes to Moscow for New Year holidays
    48 children from the Chechen Republic, aged 8-14, went to celebrate the New Year in the Moscow Kremlin. This was reported by the Republic's Ministry of Education and Sciences.
    21:20, 23 December 2011
    In Sochi, human rights defender Sergey Basmanov arrested for 10 days
    Today, the Khosta District Court found Sergey Basmanov, the human rights defender from Sochi, guilty of disorderly conduct committed on the day of voting at the elections to the State Duma. Sergey Basmanov was sentenced to an administrative penalty in the form of 10-day arrest.
    21:10, 23 December 2011
    120 requests submitted to Committee for clemency in Georgia
    On December, 25, a session of Committee for clemency to the convicts will be held in Georgia. On this day it will be decided how many convicts will be recommended for clemency.
    21:00, 23 December 2011
    An action of protest passed off near the Embassy of France in Baku
    An action of protest against adoption of a bill criminalizing denial of genocide of the Armenians by France passed off On December, 22, near the French Embassy in Baku. The action was organized by International Center of Diaspora and Azerbaijani Community of War Veterans.
    20:00, 23 December 2011
    Journalist Tolmachev in Rostov region earlier exculpated on clause "Slander" arrested for accusation of extortion
    Alexander Tolmachev, Rostov journalist, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Upolnomochen Zayavit" ("Empowered to State") and journal "Pro Rostov" ("About Rostov") was taken into custody in connection with the case on which he was accused of extortion. This preventive punishment was sanctioned on December, 22, by the court of Novocherkassk. On December, 20, district court recalled the sentence to the journalist on accusation of slander.
    19:00, 23 December 2011
    The US congressmen called for President of Azerbaijan to release Aliev brothers, political prisoners
    Two co-chairmen of Legal Committee of the Congress of the USA Frank Wolf and James McGovern sent a message to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev calling to release political prisoners.
    18:00, 23 December 2011
    Residents of the settlement of Nardaran, Azerbaijan, report arrests of believers
    In the settlement of Nardaran, Baku, believers are regularly arrested: at night policemen come, without any grounds put them into cars and drive them away to police departments, local residents report.
    22:30, 22 December 2011
    Ulyanovsk: six football fans suspected of distributing anti-Caucasian leaflets
    Six residents of Ulyanovsk are suspected of inciting hatred based on ethnic grounds against players and fans of the "Anji" FC (Makhachkala). According to the prosecutor's office, fans of the "Volga" FC prepared and distributed leaflets with extremist content.
    22:10, 22 December 2011
    POC: juveniles are pressed in Belorechenskaya Colony
    As reported by the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Krasnodar Territory, the employees of the Belorechenskaya Colony subject convicted juveniles to psychological pressure.
    Ali Kamalov, Chairman of the Journalists' Union of the Republic of Dagestan, speaking to members of the commission investigating the assassination of Khadjimurad Kamalov. Makhachkala, December 21, 2011. Photo by Press-service of Dadestani parliament.
    22:10, 22 December 2011
    First sitting of public inquiry commission into Khadjimurad Kamalov's murder held in Dagestan
    Members of the commission investigating the assassination of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft), demanded to reveal, for what purposes the funds allocated for support of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) went, and urged the federal authorities to finance the programme "Safe City".
    22:00, 22 December 2011
    Nalchik attack trial extends defendants' custody by three months more
    At the trial on the case of the attack on Nalchik, the court extended the detention period for 54 defendants for another three months. For three defendants Kazbek Budtuev, Zalim Ulimbashev, and Sergey Kaziev the pre-trial restrictions in the form of recognizance not to leave were remained unchanged. Besides, at the court session, the court listened to the testimonies of witnesses in the case.
    21:50, 22 December 2011
    Volgograd Regional Court fines investigator by about one million roubles for bribe-taking
    The Volgograd Regional Court found the senior investigator of the district police division for bribery and ordered him to pay a large fine of 960,000 roubles, the Regional Court reports.
    21:40, 22 December 2011
    Rally within All-Russian protest action against State Duma election violations held in Makhachkala
    Yesterday, on December 21, in Rodop Boulevard in Makhachkala, about 500 persons attended a rally, during which they planned to protest against the results of the election to the Russian State Duma and the arrests of civil activists.
    21:30, 22 December 2011
    Brazilian city of Campinas officially recognizes Genocide of Armenians
    Demetrio Vilagra, Mayor of the Brazilian city of Campinas, has signed a resolution adopted by the city parliament on recognition zing the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. The city Mayoralty has officially informed the Armenian Embassy in Brazil about it.
    21:30, 22 December 2011
    In Vladikavkaz, court returns case of journalist Maria Plieva to retrial
    The case against the journalist Maria Plieva should be directed to a new trial at the magistrate court. This decision was made today at the session of the Lenin District Court of Vladikavkaz.
    21:20, 22 December 2011
    UFSIN employees in Volgograd Region held responsible for keeping VIP cells in colonies
    In the Volgograd Region, 15 officers of the regional Department of the Russian Federal Correction Service (known as "UFSIN") have been brought to "strict disciplinary responsibility" after VIP cells intended for crime bosses were found in Colony No. 12.
    21:10, 22 December 2011
    Issa Khashagulgov's wife complains of ban to see her husband
    Pyatimat Khashagulgova, the wife of Issa Khashagulgov, who is suspected of involvement in the terror act committed in Vladikavkaz and is currently kept in SIZO (pre-trial prison), said that she was not allowed to meet her husband.
    21:00, 22 December 2011
    Convicts in Rostov region became prize-winners of an international cinema festival
    Two documentaries devoted to the life of convicts in Rostov region became prize-winners of the First St. Petersburg international festival "Nadezhda" ("Hope"). The authors are convicts serving penalty in the colonies of the region.
    News
    Akhmed Balkarov's mother learned of his removal from the penal colony.

    A serviceman in Nalchik was convicted of two counts of evading military service.

    Human rights activists appealed to the Prosecutor General regarding the Balkarov case.

    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.