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Nakhichevan. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
20:00, 21 December 2009
MIA of Nakhichevan accuses beaten civil society activists
Two civil society activists - Ilgar Nasibov and Vafadar Eivazov - were summoned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR, Azerbaijan) in the context of attack on them on December 15.
Meeting in memory of Natalya Estemirova. Moscow, Human right center "Memorial" hall, July 23, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 21 December 2009
In Moscow, Natalia Estemirova posthumously awarded for courage
The Moscow House of Journalists hosted a ceremony of awarding the first premium of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) in the area of human rights defence for 2009. Natalia Estemirova, a human rights defender and employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was posthumously awarded "for the courage demonstrated in defence of human rights."
18:00, 21 December 2009
Sochi: divers pump out fuel and oil from sunken ship "Aras-1"
Despite the continuing storm, divers continue pumping fuel from the sunken part of the dry-cargo ship "Aras-1", shipwrecked inshore Sochi.
22:00, 19 December 2009
Kalinovskaya states pressure after her speech at Sochi rally
After the residents of the Imereti Lowland, whose houses happened to get into the zone of Olympic construction, took an active part in a rally in Sochi, Natalia Kalinovskaya, chair of the local self-government partnership named "Psou", felt pressure from the authorities.
21:00, 19 December 2009
Georgia: two persons lost at blowing up "Glory Memorial"
During dismantling the "Glory Memorial" in Kutaisi, Nino Dzhincharadze, a girl of 8, and her mother were killed by explosion.
19:00, 19 December 2009
Mussa Khidriev: there are proofs that persons accused of blowing up "Neva-Express" train in 2007 are innocent
Mussa Khidriev, brother of defendant Maksharip Khidriev, accused of organizing the explosion of the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he has weighty proofs of his brother's innocence.
Tskhinvali, the University. November, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:10, 19 December 2009
South Ossetia gives three convicted citizens of Georgia out to Georgian party
President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has signed a decree on pardoning three convicted citizens of Georgia. 15 minutes after the document was signed, in the frontier zone, three convicted Georgian minors - Levan Khmiadashvili, Victor Buchukuri and Georgiy Archvadze - were handed over to the Georgian party.
Ahmed Ismailov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 19 December 2009
Dagestan resident complains of persecution for his relationship with murdered nephew
Ahmed Ismailov, a resident of Petrakovskiy settlement, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, states that militiamen are persecuting him because he is a relative of Magomed Ismailov, 18, who was found murdered on November 26.
16:00, 19 December 2009
"Ayastan" Foundation and authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh restore Shusha
The programme of urban redevelopment and construction of the city water supply system is launched in Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh. The project and cost-estimate works are underway, and in 2-2.5 months a construction tender will be held. This was announced on December 16 by Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the All-Armenian Foundation "Ayastan".
13:00, 19 December 2009
Pilgrim detained in Sochi is suspected of murdering Bostanov
Salamat Gandaev, a pilgrim from Karachai-Circassia, who was detained by law enforcement bodies in the city of Sochi, is suspected of murdering Ismail-Hadji Bostanov, Rector of the Islamic Institute.
Russian Ombudsman medal awarding ceremony. Moscow, Mussa Aushev with his brother's award. Moscow, "Russian Zarubezhie" library and foundation, December 8, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
11:00, 19 December 2009
Mussa Aushev: car with Dzhanievs blew up not from gas bottle
According to Mussa Aushev, brother of the Ingush human rights activist Maksharip Aushev, assassinated in October, the version that the car with the Dzhaniev family - Maksharip's relatives, which blew up on December 16, suffered from a gas bottle explosion, is inconsistent. He refers to eyewitnesses who assert that the gas bottle blew up after the first explosion.
10:00, 19 December 2009
A hundred new complaints submitted to European Court from Chechnya this year
In 2009, about one hundred new complaints were lodged from Chechnya to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). They have to do mainly with detentions and disappearances of applicants' relatives. This was explained by Anatoly Kovler, Judge of the European Court from the Russian Federation.
09:00, 19 December 2009
Pilgrims from Kabardino-Balkaria are happy with organization of hadj
The pilgrims, who made their hadj to the sacred places in Saudi Arabia, have returned to Kabardino-Balkaria. Amerbi Gegraev, head of the group, which went to Mecca by bus, said that the hadj was held at a high level, practically without any problems.
Armenia, Yerevan. Edgar Mougnetsian for "Caucasian Knot"
08:00, 19 December 2009
Armenia has 90,000 poor people more
Along with the economic recession, Armenia sees a significant growth of poverty. The count of poor population in the country has increased by 90,000 persons, or by 3 percent as compared with last year. This was reported to journalists by Aristomene Varudakis, representative of the World Bank in Armenia.
04:00, 19 December 2009
Mukhu Aliev: 150 militants liquidated this year in Dagestan
As reported by President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev on December 17 in Makhachkala at the sitting dated to the Day of Security Services, marked on December 20, from the start of 2009 in Dagestan 150 militants were liquidated, including 5 foreign mercenaries. 108 members of the armed underground and their helpers were detained.
Utrish. Photo by www.save-utrish.ru
23:50, 18 December 2009
Ecologists of "Live Utrish" fight for preservation of "Abraus" nature reserve in Krasnodar Territory
The interregional public ecological organization "Live Utrish" sees no sense in the All-Russian protest action, planned on December 26-27, in defence of the "Bolshoi Utrish" nature reserve, announced by the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus. This was stated by Marina Korovina, coordinator of the "Live Utrish". According to her version, now the organization is worried with the state of affairs in another nature reserve - "Abraus".
23:40, 18 December 2009
Baranov: threats and discrediting of "Young Europe" continue in Rostov
The pressure on the regional branch of the all-Russian organization "Young Europe" in Rostov-on-Don gets stronger; now they try to add the "national issue" to persecution; and threats arrive on behalf of the Caucasian Diaspora. This was stated by the head of branch Konstantin Baranov.
Ingushetia. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:30, 18 December 2009
Investigation: car explosion in Ingushetia was aimed against Maksharip Aushev's widow
The aim of blowing up the car committed yesterday in Ingushetia was supposedly Fatima Dzhanieva, widow of the assassinated earlier Maksharip Aushev. This version was announced by the investigation.
23:20, 18 December 2009
In Poland, natives of Chechnya, who captured the train, threaten to commit suicide
The Polish police have addressed the court of the city of Zgorzelec for a sanction to arrest several natives of the Caucasus, who have captured the train Wroclaw-Dresden. Should a criminal case be initiated, three refugees will get under threat of up to three years of imprisonment.
23:00, 18 December 2009
Investigation believes that terror act in Nazran was revenge to power agents
Under the preliminary version of the investigation, Batyr Dzhaniev, 23, who blew up his car on December 17 at the road police sentry post in Nazran, took revenge on power agents for the death of his mother.
News
The return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh. Photo: https://azertag.az/ru/?lang=netherlands%3Fdevice%3DDesktop&page=232?device=Desktop Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh.

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.

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.