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21:43, 23 December 2009
Official Tskhinvali protests against detention of South-Ossetian woman in Georgia
In Tbilisi, Khatuna Charaeva, a resident of the Leningor District of South Ossetia, was detained with 30,000 counterfeit US dollars on her. Boris Chochiev, Plenipotentiary of President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, said that "the Georgian authorities have started applying a new method of creating intolerable life conditions for the population of the area."
21:00, 23 December 2009
Azerbaijan: opposition states falsification of elections
In the evening on December 23, Azerbaijan finalized its municipal elections. They were attended by 1,462,070 voters, or 31.86 percent of the voters' list. As reported by Ramin Guseinov, head of the centre named "Elections", the outcomes are still unknown.
20:00, 23 December 2009
Another local disappears in Kabardino-Balkaria
The Kabardino-Balkarian human rights centre was approached by Lydia Zhangurazova, a resident of Verkhniaya Zhemtala village, Cherek District, Kabardino-Balkaria, who said that her son Islam Zhangurazov, 23, went for his evening pray to the mosque on Sunday, December 20, but never reached the mosque.
10:00, 23 December 2009
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 14-20
Official outcomes of presidential election in Abkhazia; recognition of this republic and South Ossetia by the Republic of Nauru; violations of the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan; skirmishes in the contact line with Karabakh; terror acts in the south of Russia and return of the HRC "Memorial" to Chechnya, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of December 14-20 in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Nikolai Britvin. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 22 December 2009
14 bureaucrats made responsible on corruption cases in Rostov Region from start of year
In 2009, in the Rostov Region, 14 state and municipal officials have been attracted to criminal liability. On December 17, Nikolai Britvin, head of the FSB Department for the Rostov Region, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to his story, this was the result of implementing a complex of measures aimed to reveal, prevent and stop corruption processes in the bodies of state power and local self-management.
23:30, 22 December 2009
Contract soldier who fled to Georgia states humiliation during service
Vitaly Khripun, a sergeant of a Russian frontier unit, deployed in South Ossetia, explained his escape by the humiliations, to which he was subjected at his place of service.
23:20, 22 December 2009
Adyg Diaspora of Turkey is concerned about situation in Kabardino-Balkaria
The members of the Adyg Diaspora of Turkey, representing the public organization "Kakavsevi" (Caucasian Home), have condemned the recent attacks on leaders of the Adyg social movements in Kabardino-Balkaria.
23:10, 22 December 2009
Nagorno-Karabakh to hold charitable action "Armenian Registry of Marrow Donors"
The action, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the charitable fund "Armenian Registry of Marrow Donors" will take place on January 8, 2010, in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated on December 16 by Armen Khachatryan, Minister of Public Health.
23:00, 22 December 2009
Russia would not deport suspects of murdering Sulim Yamadaev to UAE
The Russian party is ready to consider the materials of the Dubai police on the case about the murder attempt on the ex-commander of the "Vostok" battalion Sulim Yamadaev by means of own power agencies.
22:00, 22 December 2009
Azerbaijani court to consider bloggers' complaint on January 8
Today, the Baku Appeal Court, chaired by Gail Mamedov, held a preparatory session on the complaint of young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade, sentenced on November 11 to 2.5 and 2 years of imprisonments for hooliganism and inflicting bodily injuries.
21:00, 22 December 2009
Consideration of Kadyrov's claim to "Novaya Gazeta" postponed till February 2
The today's consideration of the claim on defence of honour and dignity of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov against "Novaya Gazeta" was cancelled.
20:00, 22 December 2009
Azerbaijan: health of journalist Guseinov again worsened
The health condition of inmate Mushvig Guseinov, convicted journalist of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way), who suffers from tuberculosis, has again aggravated.
19:00, 22 December 2009
Resident of Ingushetia convicted in Stavropol on forged claim, relatives say
Relatives of Idris Albogachiev, a resident of Ingushetia, convicted on December 12 for violating disciplinary regulations in a corrective establishments in the Stavropol Territory, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Idris fell victim to inspectors' and judicial arbitrariness.
Georgia, Kutaisi, Memorial of Glory. March 2008. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/8924404
18:00, 22 December 2009
Georgian opposition demands restoration of Memorial of Glory
On Monday, December 21, leaders and activists of oppositional parties and movements held a protest action in Kutaisi against demolition last Saturday, on December 19, of the Memorial of Glory. When the monument was blown up, Eka Dzhincharadze and her eight-year-old daughter Nino were killed by concrete splinters.
23:30, 21 December 2009
Khatazhukov: extrajudicial executions on the rise in Kabardino-Balkaria
The kidnapping of Georgiy Nakani, a resident of Neitrino village in Kabardino-Balkaria, and disappearance of three residents of the republic in November on their way to the city of Ufa, are the facts in the category of extrajudicial executions, widely practiced in Ingushetia and Dagestan. This is the opinion of Valery Khatazhukov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre.
23:00, 21 December 2009
Mariam Dzhanieva: Batyr Dzhaniev, announced as terrorist, left Nazran on the eve of terror act
As a result of the wounds obtained at explosion of the car in Nazran on December 16, the third relative - Amirkhan Dzhaniev - has died. Maksharip Aushev's widow Fatima Dzhanieva, who was wounded by the explosion, is able to evidence. Their relative Batyr Dzhaniev, whom the investigation calls the terrorist-suicide bomber, who, allegedly, took revenged for his perished relatives, on the eve of the incident left for Archangelsk, where he studies.
22:20, 21 December 2009
Activists of "Left-Wing Front" burn Saakashvili portrait in front of Georgia's embassy
In Moscow, in the context of the explosion of the "Memorial of Glory" in Kutaisi, activists of the "Left-Wing Front" held a non-sanctioned protest action near the embassy of Georgia to Russia. None of the protesters was detained.
22:10, 21 December 2009
Suspected culprit of blowing up "Monument of Glory" arrested
In Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court has ruled to put Avtandil Darsavelidze, technical director of the "Sakpetkmretsvi" company, suspected in the case about the explosion of the "Monument of Glory" in Kutaisi, to two-month pre-trial custody.
Sukhumi, the former building of Abkhazian Counsil of Ministers. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 21 December 2009
Georgian experts and authorities differ in treating Abkhazian election
The government of Georgia and the community of experts differ in estimating the presidential election held in Abkhazia on December 12. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia made a statement, calling the presidential election in Abkhazia "a farce".
Students of the Technical University of Dagestan remonstrate against illegal development of public green space. Makhachkala, December 21, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 21 December 2009
In Dagestan capital, DSPU protests against building up the park
In Makhachkala, a rally was organized by teachers and students of the Dagestan State Polytechnic University (DSPU) against illegal construction launched in the park zone adjacent to the university. Unknown businessmen fell down old trees and during one night laid the basement of a supermarket in the territory of the largest city park.
News
The number of Russians evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has reached 300.

Participants in the march holding portraits of political prisoners. Screenshot from Publika photo from March 14, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1705536594179217&set=pb.100041686795244.-2207520000 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia). Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded the release of prisoners of conscience.

A Georgian human rights organization has announced a forced reduction in aid.

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.