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23:10, 24 December 2010
Resident of South Ossetia detained in Georgia is back at large
Yesterday, on December 23, Radislav Kachmazov, a resident of South Ossetia, who was detained a day earlier in Georgia, was released.
Entrance to "Rostok" kindergarten, Vladikavkaz. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 24 December 2010
In North Ossetia, half of children under six do not attend kindergarten
In total 5500 children of North Ossetia have no chances to attend preschool establishments. Only 56.7 percent of children aged 1.5-6 years are covered by preschool education.
22:30, 24 December 2010
Suspect of attacking 16-year-old Bagrat Asatryan detained in Krasnodar
A football fan was detained in Krasnodar, who had nearly killed Bagrat Asatryan, 16. This was announced at the meeting of the head of Krasnodar Vladimir Evlanov with leaders and activists of national and cultural associations of the city, which took place on December 21.
22:20, 24 December 2010
Plenipotentiary's office to check legality of ban on hijabs at Pyatigorsk University
The office of the Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) will check the legality of the decision to ban hijabs at Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University.
22:10, 24 December 2010
Vilnius court rules to hear Kusaite's case behind closed doors
On Thursday, December 23, the District Court of Vilnius ruled that the case of Egle Kusaite would be considered in the closed regime. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Vitautas Mezhrikaitis, a human rights defender from the Lithuanian Public Association "Save All Chechen Children".
22:00, 24 December 2010
Two persons injured by explosion in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria
An inspector of the Chief Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee for the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) and his brother were injured in an explosion of a self-made bomb, which was triggered by unidentified persons in Nalchik.
21:00, 24 December 2010
Krasnodar Territory: Sergey Tsapok is charged of extortion
One more criminal case has been opened against Sergey Tsapok, the main figurant in the case of the massacre of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya: this time he is suspected of extortion.
20:00, 24 December 2010
Rostov Deputies criticize militia's actions during nationalist actions
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Rostov Region failed to be properly coordinated during the action in memory of the perished student Maxim Sychov and did not interfere into the incident in Zimovniki, where a young Chechen was beaten. This was stated by the participants in the sitting of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov Region, held on December 23.
19:00, 24 December 2010
Doctor detained in Chechnya on suspicion of bribe-taking
A woman-therapist of the second district hospital of the village of Gvardeiskoe, Nadterechny District of Chechnya, was detained red-handed at taking a bribe. According to the local department of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) the doctor extorted money from an elderly woman for issuing a direction to medical commission for establishing disability, a source from law enforcement bodies of Chechnya has reported.
18:00, 24 December 2010
FC forbids heads of Russian subjects to be called presidents
The Russian Federation Council (FC) has approved the ban for heads of Russian subjects to name them presidents. According to the bill, heads of regions may choose the names of their posts with account of historical and cultural traditions. In the republics of the Caucasus, presidents now exist in Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.
23:50, 23 December 2010
In Dagestan, driver wounded by militiamen during detention
In the city of Izberbash, Dagestan, militiamen opened fire at a Mercedes car, the driver of which did not obey militiamen's command to stop. As a result, one person was wounded and three others detained.
23:30, 23 December 2010
Explosion in Makhachkala contuses three militiamen
Three employees of the separate battalion of the road traffic patrol of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) of the Makhachkala UVD, who made a "Lava-149" crew, were placed in the Republic's Clinical Hospital after last night's explosion in Nikolaeva Street, said a source from the local MIA.
23:30, 23 December 2010
In Sochi, explosive device neutralized near movie theatre
A pre-inquiry check is undertaken in this city on the fact of detection of an explosive device near a movie theatre. This was announced by the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian ICPO.
23:10, 23 December 2010
In Pyatigorsk, university bosses ban students to wear hijabs
In the Stavropol Territory, the Academic Board of the Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University has prohibited students and teachers to enter the university buildings in hijabs, with piercing or bare stomachs.
23:00, 23 December 2010
Ingushetia: local resident, who left Russia after allegations of torture by power agents, announced into search
Lyubov Tankieva, a resident of the city of Malgobek (Ingushetia), has addressed human rights defenders on the fact that her son Tamerlan Tankiev was put on the federal wanted list for his involvement in the crimes committed in the territory of Ingushetia. His photo among those searched appeared on the official website of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia.
Makhachkala, Memorial Complex in the "Afghans' Park". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:20, 23 December 2010
In Dagestan, Afghan War veterans again demand from the authorities to solve their housing problems
On December 22, more than 70 veterans of the war in Afghanistan went out to hold another picket in the "Afghans' Park" in Makhachkala. In the course of the action, they announced an appeal to the authorities, in which the veterans presented the essence of their problems and complaints addressed to state officials.
22:10, 23 December 2010
Aslakhanov: stereotypes about Caucasians have nothing to do with real life
The participants of the press conference: "Who benefits from kindling interethnic enmity?" have called to break the existing negative stereotypes about different nations, including those originating from the Caucasus.
22:00, 23 December 2010
Since the start of year, 80 suspected militants liquidated in Chechnya, power agents report
During the first 11 months of 2010, 80 members of the armed underground were killed in the Chechen Republic; 80 more militants and 180 helpers were detained: the data was presented at a meeting of power agents in Khankala.
21:00, 23 December 2010
HRC "Memorial": natives from Northern Caucasus are punished for no reason in penal colonies
Recently, human rights defenders have been receiving a lot of calls from relatives of inmates, who are serving their terms. Most of them complain that natives of North-Caucasian republics are punished for no reason and almost all of them are kept either in the stringent custody conditions (SCC) or in cell-type rooms (CTR). This is stated in the message of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", received by the "Caucasian Knot".
20:00, 23 December 2010
Case against Chechen natives accused of recruiting citizen of Lithuania for terror act sent to court
The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation has sent to the court the criminal case initiated against the natives of Chechnya Apti and Aisha (Aishat) Magmadov, accused of recruiting the citizen of Lithuania Egle Kusaite for committing a terror act in Russia.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

Muftis of the North Caucasus republics have announced the start dates for Ramadan.

One of the temporary memorial plaques. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. During the week from January 19 to 25, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

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.