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15:00, 19 December 2011
House of oppositionist Tural Abbasly demolished in Azerbaijan
In Baku, the house, where the flat of Tural Abbasly, the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party (now imprisoned), was located, has been demolished. Besides, his mother – Bashkhanym Abbasova, a member of the Civil Movement for Democracy "Public Chamber" (CMDPC) – was detained and taken to the 21st station of the Nasimi District Police Department.
14:00, 19 December 2011
Young families receive housing subsidies in the capital of Kalmykia
Today in Elista, nine families have received certificates on the right to social payments for purchase or construction of housing. The documents have been issued as part of the city programme "Affordable housing for young families", in effect from 2007 through 2012.
13:00, 19 December 2011
On December 12-18, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away 18 lives
At least 18 persons were killed and three more wounded during the week of December 12-18 in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Protesters at the action "Return our votes!" in the city of Novorossisk, Krasnodar Territory, December 18, 2011. Photo by Natalia Dorokhina for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 19 December 2011
An action “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk
An action of protest “Give our votes back!” passed off in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, on December, 18. The participants of the meeting came out in opposition against mass forgery at the election of State Duma of the Russian Federation. 45 people all in all gathered in the square. Many of them sealed their mouths with leaflets “My vote is stolen”.
Tourists from Krasnodar in a ropeway car near Mount Elbrus, Kabardino-Balkaria, December 18, 2011. Photo by Louisa Orazaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:00, 19 December 2011
Downhill skiing season started in Elbrus area after a long outage
The cable cars of Elbrus area (Kabardino-Balkaria) are completely ready to receive tourists. This was reported by Head of Administration of Elbrus district Aslan Malkarov.
10:00, 19 December 2011
300 people in Stavropol went out to a meeting “For honest election”
On Sunday, December, 18, a meeting against forgery and election fraud was held in Stavropol. According to official data, about 300 local residents took part in it.
09:00, 19 December 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 12-18
Approval by the State Council – Khase of Adygea – of Aslan Tkhakushinov as the republic's leader; Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia; resonant killing in Dagestan of journalist Khadjimurad Kamalov; fire at chemical plant in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Territory, which was extinguished only two days later, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of December 12-18, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 17 December 2011
Makhachkala hosts charity action in memory of Khadjimurad Kamalov
Today, a large charity action in memory of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" weekly, who was assassinated on December 15, was organized in Makhachkala: food help was rendered to needy and poor families.
22:00, 17 December 2011
Police lieutenant-colonel assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria
Today, in the village of Khasanya of Kabardino-Balkaria, Police Lieutenant-Colonel Vadim Sultanov, 36, an employee of Centre "E", was killed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
21:00, 17 December 2011
Protesters in Moscow demand to cancel State Duma election outcomes
The participants of the today's rally "For Fair Elections" have demanded to cancel the outcomes of the vote at the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation dismiss the head of the Russian CEC (central Election Commission) and release political prisoners.
20:00, 17 December 2011
Sochi hosts picket against fraudulent elections
Today, a sanctioned picket against falsification of the outcomes of the Russian State Duma elections was held in Sochi.
19:00, 17 December 2011
Rostov Region creates centre of distant learning for gifted children
With the aim to support gifted children living in remote areas, the Rostov Region is opening a centre for distant learning. Now, they form 10 study groups per 10 pupils each.
18:00, 17 December 2011
Nagorno-Karabakh: ensign detained for mutilating soldier
On December 14, an incident occurred in the military unit "Egnikner" in Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in the soldier Narek Avetisyan, 18, losing his right eye. On December 17, Ensign Armen Tovmasyan was detained as a suspect of mutilating the soldier.
17:00, 17 December 2011
In South Ossetia, detained supporter of Alla Djioeva released on recognizance not to leave
Uyryzmag Dzutsev, a supporter of the former presidential candidate Alla Djioeva, was detained by the employees of the South-Ossetian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) on suspicion of illegal possession of ammunition. Now, Mr Dzutsev is at large and at home under recognizance not to leave.
16:00, 17 December 2011
Cruise tourism to be promoted on Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea will develop cruise tourism, states the agreement on cooperation signed by the Governments of the Astrakhan Region and Ingushetia with the Russian Federal Tourism Agency ("Rosturism").
15:00, 17 December 2011
Venice Commission approves amendments to Electoral Code of Georgia
The analysis of the amendments to the Electoral Code of Georgia has shown that, taken overall, the document "prepossesses for democratic elections," runs the brief press release of the Venice Commission, circulated after the meeting on December 16.
14:00, 17 December 2011
Khloponin offers cancelling death penalty moratorium for terrorists
Death penalty could be reintroduced for terror acts, as it is done in Belarus, Alexander Khloponin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and President's Plenipotentiary for the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), said on December 16 at a meeting with journalists in the city of Essentuki, Stavropol Territory.
12:00, 17 December 2011
Moscow prosecutors re-qualify Dmitry Putenikhin's indictment
On December 16, Inspector Alexei Petrechenko re-qualified the charge to Dmitry Putenikhin, an activist of "The Other Russia" from Article 296 of the Russian Criminal Code (a threat to an official) to Article 319 (public insult of a state official).
22:50, 16 December 2011
Mozdok residents suspected of beating teenager because of his nationality
Investigators suspect two residents of the city of Mozdok in North Ossetia in beating of a 13-year-old Russian boy because of his nationality. According to the investigators, on that same day with an interval of 10 minutes, the teenager was twice attacked.
22:40, 16 December 2011
In Kabardino-Balkaria, local resident claims being tortured by power agents
Aslan Sablirov, a resident of Nalchik, claims that power agents kidnapped and tortured him demanding to confess to possession of ammunition and aiding members of illegal armed formations.
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.