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20:00, 31 December 2010
Militiaman who tried to detain a suspect was heavily wounded in Ingushetia
On December 30, an operative agent from a special-purpose militia unit, deployed near Moscow, received serious traumas at detention of an offender in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia; this was reported by a source from local law enforcement bodies.
19:00, 31 December 2010
Mikhail Saakashvili pardons over 400 prisoners
By the New Year, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has pardoned 407 prisoners. This was stated at today's briefing by Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, local Minister for Correction, Probation and Legal Aid.
18:00, 31 December 2010
MfE believes "Narodnaya Gazeta" office in Sochi was set on fire
As reported by Vadim Ramazanov, deputy head for international activities of the city's department of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE), the supposed reason of today's morning fire in the premises of "Narodnaya Gazeta" (People's Newspaper) in Sochi was arson; according to latest data, there were no casualties or victims.
Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, in the Garadag District Court of Baku, April 28, 2010. Photo by Turkhan Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 30 December 2010
Pardon decree has not solved problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, rights defenders assert
The decree to pardon 92 persons, signed by President of Azerbaijan, has not solved the problem of political prisoners in the country, local human rights activists believe. At the same time, Saida Godzhamanly, head of the Bureau of Human Rights and Law Defence, has positively assessed the decree from the standpoint of humanism.
23:00, 30 December 2010
Seven persons lost in road accident in Azerbaijan
Today, around 10:00 a.m., a heavy traffic accident happened in the Baku-Shamakhi Highway in Azerbaijan. Seven persons were killed and one person was injured.
22:50, 30 December 2010
Tsivas: closed trial on Kusaite's case is caused by reluctance to disclose links of Lithuanian secret services with Russian FSB
In the opinion of journalist Thomas Tsivas, who has been monitoring the case of the Lithuanian girl Egle Kusaite, accused of preparing terror act in Russia, from the very beginning, the decision of the court to hold sessions behind closed doors has to do with the fact that the state security agency of Lithuania does not want to reveal its relationships with the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) and uncover Lithuanian special agents.
22:40, 30 December 2010
Musa Pliev: authorities won't ensure security of Ingushes-migrants
The programme of resettling residents of Northern Caucasus reached Penza. Within the resettlement programme of labour-excessive population the region will receive several hundreds of Dagestanis and Ingushes.
Crater in the place of explosion of the suicide bomber's car near the Central Marketplace of Vladikavkaz, September 9, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 30 December 2010
Inspectors break the rights of Daurbekov, suspected of Vladikavkaz terror act, advocate asserts
Khizar Daurbekov, a suspect of complicity in the explosion on September 9 in the marketplace of Vladikavkaz, where several dozens were lost, is still kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Vladikavkaz. His relatives and defender insist on his complete innocence and state gross violations of his rights in the course of investigatory actions.
22:10, 30 December 2010
In Krasnodar, activist of the Movement "All Persons Are Equal under Law and before Court" detained during her picket
Elena Slepko, an activist of the Inter-Regional Public Movement "All Persons Are Equal under Law and before Court", has come out today with her solo picket in front of the Administration of the Krasnodar Territory with New Year greetings to local Governor Alexander Tkachov and a demand to release entrepreneur Sergey Lyakh from the Krasnodar SIZO (pre-trial prison). Elena was detained by militiamen, who claimed that her picket was not a solo one.
21:00, 30 December 2010
Social advertising for the young on good manners of behaviour will be shown on TV in Stavropol region
A draft of major directions of realization of national policy up to 2015 devoted to the use of social advertising for impact upon the young generation has been accepted in Stavropol region. This was announced at a session of Youth Inter-ethnic Council with the participation of Valery Gaevsky, Governor of Stavropol district, on December, 29.
20:00, 30 December 2010
A man who had been in search for kidnapping detained in Chechnya
On December, 29, the personnel of law enforcement bodies in the foothill district of Achkhoy-Martan detained a local resident who had been in federal search. The detained is accused of being involved in kidnapping.
19:00, 30 December 2010
Militiamen in Chechnya found a young woman who had been considered missing
A twenty-three-year-old woman who had been considered as missing was detained by militiamen on December, 26, in Gudermes, the second of the largest cities of Chechnya. The detained woman was conveyed to her relatives.
18:00, 30 December 2010
President of Azerbaijan showed mercy to 92 people
On Wednesday, December, 29, Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, signed a direction of mercy to 92 people.
Islamic University, Khasavyurt. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 29 December 2010
In Dagestan, Islamic University student spreads leaflets calling not to celebrate New Year
On December 28, law enforcers of the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, detained Ahmednabi Ahmednabiev, a student of the Islamic University, who spread leaflets with a call not to celebrate the New Year. This was reported by the student himself. At the background of preparation for the holiday, the churchmen in Dagestan also note that Muslims should not celebrate the start of the new year, as it is a secular holiday.
Special unit of Russian troops getting ready to perform its mission, Afghanistan, 1988. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:20, 29 December 2010
In Dagestan, Afghan War veterans stop their protest action
Late at night on December 28 veterans of the Afghan War stopped their 9-day-long picket in Makhachkala.
23:10, 29 December 2010
Two residents of Georgia detained in South Ossetia
On December 28, in the Akhalgori District of South Ossetia, Russian border guards detained two citizens of Georgia, who happened to be without documents.
Participants of anti-nationalist rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, December 26, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 29 December 2010
Rally against nationalism in Moscow brought together from 1500 to 3000 persons, eyewitnesses say
The riots and clashes in Manege Square on December 11 were possible partly because for many years the authorities had paid no attention to the nationalism, flourishing in the country. This is the opinion of journalist and writer Viktor Shenderovich, one of the organizers of the rally "Moscow for All!" His criticism was supported by the writer Dmitri Bykov, who suggested that the state media would understate the number of the participants of the rally.
23:00, 29 December 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 20-26
At the background of anti-nationalist actions held in Russia, nationalism-motivated mass brawls continue; head of Russian ICPO did not come out to Kuban residents in Kuschevskaya, but instructed to deal with their appeals; "war for hijabs" continues in Azerbaijan, - look these and other events in the review of the week of December 20-26, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
22:50, 29 December 2010
Ethnographer Aslan Tsipinov assassinated in Kabardino-Balkaria
Tonight it became known about the murder in Nalchik of Aslan Tsipinov, an ethnographer and Doctor of Historical Sciences.
Reception Office of Russian President in Vladikavkaz. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 29 December 2010
About 300 residents of North Ossetia addressed reception office of Russian President
The most frequent issues, on which residents of North Ossetia addressed the Russian President's Reception Office, which was opened in Vladikavkaz a bit more than a month ago, were allocation of housing facilities, material assistance, observance of law and the condition of public order; they also reported their social problems.
News
A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

Ruben Vardanyan declined to appeal the Baku court's verdict.

Ruben Vardanyan. Photo: State Security Service of Azerbaijan Vardanyan's relatives criticized the Baku court's verdict.

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.