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18:00, 23 December 2010
Warsaw court not to consider Zakaev's extradition in his absence
The Warsaw District Court has ruled not to consider the lawsuit about extradition to Russia of Ahmed Zakaev, former head of the government of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, who was put by Russia on the international wanted list, because he is not in Poland at the moment.
22:50, 22 December 2010
Son of the head of SAM of Southern Russia disappeared in Rostov-on-Don
In Rostov-on-Don, local militia is searching the son of Jafar Bikmaev, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Southern Russia. For the last time he saw his son - Nail Bikmaev, an Imam of one of city's mosques, - on December 19; then, the father addressed the militia.
22:30, 22 December 2010
Dubai court changes life sentence of convicts for murdering Sulim Yamadaev for 27 months
Today, the Dubai Court of Appeal has replaced the life imprisonment to figurants in the murder case of Sulim Yamadaev, Hero of Russia and a former commander of the "Vostok" (East) special battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) - the Iranian Makhdi Lorniya and citizens of Tajikistan Maksudzhon Ismatov - for 27 months of imprisonment.
22:20, 22 December 2010
Krasnodar: businessman Kolesnikov released on bail after a year in jail
Today, the Court of the Krasnodar Territory has considered the cassation complaint filed by the defenders of businessman Sergey Kolesnikov, who is kept in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) against another rejection of the petition asking to change his custody for a more lenient freedom restriction measure.
22:10, 22 December 2010
Oppositionist's relatives beaten in Nakhichevan are morally harassed, rights defenders say
In the village of Pusyan, Sharur District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan, the relatives of the former candidate for the 2nd Sharur Constituency Sakhavat Aliev, who were beaten on December 10 by local policemen, are still without adequate medical help. This is stated both by the victims and human rights activists, while the authorities deny the fact of beating.
22:00, 22 December 2010
Russia denies involvement of its militaries in death of schoolchildren in Chechnya
Russia does not admit involvement of state officials in the death of two pupils from a shell in Chechnya in 2000. The Strasbourg Court (ECtHR) is accusing the Russian Federation of inefficient investigation of this case.
21:00, 22 December 2010
Cherkesov's mother calls information about her son voiced out by Putin unreliable
She asserts that the unreliable data about her son Aslan Cherkesov, suspected of murdering Yegor Sviridov, was presented by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on December 21, when he met representatives of football fans.
20:00, 22 December 2010
Balkar elders to discuss the problem of inter-village territories with NCFD leadership
Representatives of the Balkar elders, who held their hunger strike in Moscow, will be able to take part, in early 2011, in a public forum and discuss issues of inter-village territories with the Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and President of Kabardino-Balkaria.
19:00, 22 December 2010
Svetlana Estemirova's cassation complaint rejected
At its session held on December 22, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic upheld the ruling of the first instance court regarding the cassation appeal filed by Svetlana Estemirova, sister of the assassinated human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.
18:00, 22 December 2010
Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria asserts that militiamen tortured him to knock out confessions
Azamat M. Abazov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, claims that a criminal case was fabricated against him; and after his detention on November 24 militiamen beat him and tortured with electric current demanding confession evidences.
23:50, 21 December 2010
Ahmetgaliev: Krasnodar law enforcers got interested in "Memorial" brochure because it criticizes them
The law enforcement agencies of the Krasnodar Territory got interested of the brochure "Situation with Former USSR Citizens in Krasnodar Territory", published by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Youth Group for Tolerance named "ETnIKA", because the publication contains criticism of local authorities. This was stated by Ramil Ahmetgaliev, legal analyst of the Interregional Human Rights Association "AGORA" and advocate of Anastasia Denisova, head of the "ETnIKA".
Ilya Lazarenko, co-chair of the National Democratic Alliance, reads out a resolution with a demand to expel North-Caucasian republics from the Russian Federation. Moscow, December 18, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:30, 21 December 2010
Organizers of rally in Ostankino demand to separate Caucasus from Russia
Russia can no longer live with the republics of Northern Caucasus in one state - this was stated by Ilya Lazarenko, a co-chair of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and one of the organizers of the picket near the Ostankino TV Centre, sanctioned by Moscow authorities.
23:00, 21 December 2010
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 13-19
Riots with nationalist context continue in the cities of Russia; Geneva discussions on the Caucasus achieve stalemate; Armenian Government sees serious reshuffling, - look these and other events in the review of the week of December 13-19, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
23:00, 21 December 2010
In Kalmykia, "Rosfinnadzor" revealed financial violations to more than 2 billion roubles
During the first 11 months of 2010, the Republic of Kalmykia saw about two hundred audits of financial and economic activities of public institutions and federal state unitary enterprises. They revealed financial violations in the sum of 2.135 billion roubles.
22:50, 21 December 2010
Kalmyk authorities are concerned of road accidents with buses controlled by Dagestani drivers
On December 20, Oleg Kichikov, the Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia, sent a letter to the Parliament of Dagestan, asking Deputies to deal with the issue of high accident rate with transit buses, driven by drivers from Dagestan, which happen in the territory of Kalmykia.
22:40, 21 December 2010
Stavropol Territory: paedophilia case of Mikhailovsk City Duma Deputy sent to court
The criminal case initiated against a Duma Deputy of the Municipality Formation Mikhailovsk, accused of 21 sexual crimes against underage girls, was sent to the court.
22:00, 21 December 2010
Analogue of Glory Memorial destroyed in Kutaisi opened in Moscow
Today, on the Poklonnaya Mount in Moscow, an opening ceremony was held of the monument "In Fighting Fascism We Were Together", which is an analogue of the Glory Memorial, exploded in Kutaisi.
21:00, 21 December 2010
Seamen of Georgian ship detained in Libya claim lack of foodstuffs
The crew of the ship "Vasilios N", sailing under the flag of Georgia, asks for help because of detention of the seamen for several months in Misurata Port in Libya. According to sailors, they have nothing to eat and are on the brink of committing suicide.
20:00, 21 December 2010
"Elitprom" broke ecological legislation in Astrakhan Region, Prosecutor's Office assert
In the Astrakhan Region, the prosecutor's check of compliance with the environmental legislation of the "Elitprom" Company, which owns petrochemical production facilities in the Nariman District of the Region, detected many serious violations, which may lead to suspension of the work of the Company.
19:00, 21 December 2010
ECtHR fines Russia by 137,500 euros on claims of Chechen residents
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has fined the Russian Government by 137,500 euros for disappearance of a resident of Chechnya and for ineffective investigation into the death of two children from Chechnya at missile attack.
News
Participants of the rally on Rustaveli supported the student protesters.

Still from former Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia's testimony at a court hearing in Tbilisi. Photo: TV Pirveli /https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/sazogadoeba/122905-ivanishvili-aris-dasamkhobi-bacho-akhalaias-sitkva-sasamartlo-skhdomaze? A new criminal case has been opened against Bacho Akhalaia.

Iranian activist Mohammad Reza Kamraninejad at a solidarity rally with Iran in Tyuilisi. Photo: Publika / https://www.facebook.com/publika.ge/posts/-%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B-%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83% 90-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1% 83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AA%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E 1%83%91%E1%83%98-%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-%E1%83% 90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A0%E1%8 3%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%AA-%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E 1%83%90%E1%83%93-%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91/1672698877462989/ An Iranian activist was fined in Tbilisi for disobeying police.

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.