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19:21, 13 December 2008
South Ossetia accuses Georgia of breaching Medvedev-Sarkozy plan
The South-Ossetian Ministry of Defence reports that Georgia has deployed its special troops near the border with South Ossetia, which is a direct violation of the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreement reached after the Russian-Georgian August military conflict.
17:17, 13 December 2008
March in defence of human rights held in Azerbaijani capital
On December 12, the "Dalga" (Wave) Youth Movement held an action in Baku within the Week of Human Rights on the issue of restrictions imposed on the freedom of assembly in Azerbaijan.
16:09, 13 December 2008
Rostov Region strengthens people's credit of militia
The project "We know our rights. And you?", realized in the Rostov Region by the Union "Women of Don Region", has promoted stronger trust of the population to law enforcement bodies, as Valentina Cherevatenko, leader of the Union, believes.
15:02, 13 December 2008
Ingush public call authorities to return the Prigorodny District
Representatives of public organizations of Ingushetia have addressed the leaders of the Republic with an appeal to return the Prigorodny District, belonging nowadays to North Ossetia, back within administrative borders of Ingushetia.
13:55, 13 December 2008
Residents of Rostov Region collect books for South-Ossetian children
In Rostov-on-Don, the regional children's library is gathering books for the children's library in South Ossetia.
12:45, 13 December 2008
In Adygea, officials are ordered to be more careful when driving service cars
The government of Adygea has passed a statement instructing state servants not to use their service cars for personal needs and not to drive them personally.
10:24, 13 December 2008
NAChO: distribution system of presidential grants needs reforming
The National Association of Charitable Organizations (NAChO) of Russia has studied the peculiarities of allocation of presidential grants and concluded that budgetary funds in the country are often granted to organizations and projects whose aims are foggy, and relation to declared activities y is non-evident.
19:51, 12 December 2008
Movement "Dalga" holds action near Iranian embassy in Baku
On Thursday, December 11, the Youth Organization "Dalga" (Wave), acting within the Week of Human Rights, held a protest action before the embassy of Iran to Baku.
19:49, 12 December 2008
Russian Supreme Court refuses to revise Boris Stomakhin's verdict
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has refused to revise the verdict to the publicist of the website "Kavkaz-Centre" Boris Stomakhin convicted to five years of colony for kindling interethnic enmity and extremism. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by his mother Regina Stomakhina.
19:44, 12 December 2008
Institute of Media Rights states problems with freedom of press in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Institute of Media Rights (IMR) has promulgated a report on situation with mass media of the country in November. The document, now at the disposal of the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, runs that in the reporting period five facts of pressure on journalists were registered.
13:51, 12 December 2008
Pliev: Judge in Magomed Evloev's case is under prosecutors' pressure
The judge refused to re-qualify the case dealing with the murder of Magomed Evloev, owner of the website "Ingushetia.Ru", into another article of the Criminal Code because of the pressure exerted by the prosecutor's office. This opinion was stated by human rights activist and advocate Musa Pliev, now appointed as adviser of President of Ingushetia to coordinate the work of power agencies.
13:48, 12 December 2008
Linguistic experts say they never called the Dagestan newspaper "Time of Actions" as extremist
Representatives of the Association of Linguistic Experts named "Argument", who were engaged in analyzing articles from the newspaper "Time of Actions", have stated that never treated the paper as extremist. Since judicial bodies only are entitled to qualify and, moreover, recognize this or that text or mass media as extremist.
13:46, 12 December 2008
In Moscow, militiamen dislike slogans of picket against Kremlin's policy in Northern Caucasus
Last night, on December 11, militiamen and a representative of the administration of the Tver District of Moscow moved claims to the slogans of the participants of the weekly picket against violations of human rights in Northern Caucasus. The picket was held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in the centre of the capital, near a big New Year tree decorated with garlands.
13:44, 12 December 2008
In Azerbaijan, ex-minister of public health Ali Insanov placed into prison hospital
The authorities of Azerbaijan have fulfilled the prescription of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) to transfer former Minister of Public Health Ali Insanov, who is now serving his imprisonment, to the medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service. Insanov's advocate Togrul Babaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his client was transferred today from Colony No. 13 to the hospital of the Penitentiary System.
13:42, 12 December 2008
Court rejects petition to transfer trial on Nalchik attack to some other region
Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has rejected the petition lodged last week by the accusation asking to transfer the trial on the events on October 13, 2005, to some other region.
13:40, 12 December 2008
Krasnodar schools make lists of Caucasian nationals
In Krasnodar, district departments on education have ordered from city schools to compile lists of pupils-natives from the Caucasus with indication of their home addresses.
13:37, 12 December 2008
Ingushetia: hotline on power agents receives 5-6 calls per hour
On December 10-11, the telephone hotline opened in Ingushetia for people to complain against power agents' actions received 5-6 calls every hour, as human rights activist and lawyer Musa Pliev, appointed as adviser to President of Ingushetia for coordinating power agencies, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Mr Pliev has appointed personal meetings on December 12 to three complaining citizens.
14:12, 11 December 2008
European Court to consider destroyed Armenian khachkars in Nakhichevan
The European Court for Human Rights has accepted to consideration the claim against Azerbaijan demanding to find the state guilty of destroying Armenian khachkars in Staraya Dzhuga (Nakhichevan). The claim against the government of Azerbaijan was filed by the organization named "The Board West-Armenian Armenians".
14:04, 11 December 2008
Krasnodar Territory: construction of Sukko-Utrish Highway suspended
On December 10, the UVD (Interior Department) of the city of Anapa and the Azov-Black Sea Nature Protection Prosecutor's Office suspended the construction of the Sukko-Utrish Highway in the "Bolshoi Utrish" Reserve.
13:56, 11 December 2008
Those accused of kidnappings to be trialled in Chechnya
The Supreme Court of Chechnya has received a criminal case against five residents of the Republic accused of kidnappings with the aim to extort ransom. They were presented charges on a number of articles of the Criminal Code.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

An Astrakhan resident was arrested for promoting non-traditional values.

A UAV in the sky. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Residents' homes in Rostov Oblast damaged by drone attack

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.