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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.
19:00, 23 December 2010
Two militiamen shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria
In the village of Shalushka, located in the suburb of Nalchik, an armed attack was committed on a militia post. This was reported by the Investigatory Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Investigatory Committee.
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.
News
A resident of the Volgograd region was injured during a drone attack.

The Cassation Court refused to change the sentence of Volgograd activist Nurushev.

The court sentenced the man accused of murdering a judge in Kamyshin to a long prison term.

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.