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21:02, 5 December 2008
Witness claims the murder of Anna Politkovskaya cost two million dollars
2 million dollars has been paid for the murder of Аnna Politkovskaya, "Novaya Gazeta" columnist. This has been reported by Valeri Chernilov, lawyer of one of the defendants.
20:57, 5 December 2008
Chechen MoI avoids comments on information about Ilaevs' death
The Chechen Republic MoI press-service refused to comment on the death of the Ilaev brothers to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. They claim that there is nothing to add to the published official information.
20:44, 5 December 2008
Azeri authorities to consider the issue of western radio broadcasts on December 25
The NTRC (the National TV and Radio Council) of Azerbaijan is going to consider the issue of broadcasting by "Liberty", "the Voice of America" and the BBC on the country's national bands on December 25. This has been reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Nushiravan Magherramli, head of the NTRC, in response to the request to comment on the appeal of Miklosh Kharashti, OSCE special representative on media freedom, to continue the broadcasting of foreign radio stations.
20:39, 5 December 2008
"Memorial" employee claims witness resorted to violence during search
During the search in the office of the science and information center "Memorial" in St-Petersburg, one of the attesting witnesses delivered a blow on Elena Alexandrova, volunteer of the organization. This has been reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Tatiana Morgacheva, the center employee, who witnessed the incident.
20:34, 5 December 2008
Georgian ombudsman calls infringement of Ossetians' rights on ethnical grounds as "total absurdity"
Georgian ombudsman Sozar Subari calls infringement of Ossetians' rights on ethnical grounds in Georgia as "total absurdity". He claimed this in an interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent on December 5 while commenting on the South Ossetia statement on the possible increase in the flow of refugees to South Ossetia from Georgia.
20:29, 5 December 2008
Piquet against Kremlin policy in North Caucasus held in Moscow
A piquet "against violence, war actions and terrorism" in North Caucasus was held yesterday night, December 4, on Pushkin Square in the center of Moscow. It was organized near the huge New Year fir-tree installed in Novopushkin park and lasted for an hour and a half, from 17.30 to 19.00.
20:24, 5 December 2008
"Memorial": refusal of the European Court to request from Russia new investigation of crimes in Chechnya is unacceptable
Yesterday, December 4, in its ruling on the complaints from Chechen residents, the European Court on Human Rights again declined the applicants' request to oblige Russian authorities to conduct new investigation on disappearances and death of their relatives and to hold the guilty persons responsible.
20:20, 5 December 2008
Human rights activists connect search of "Memorial" with case of Litvinenko
Human rights activists think that the genuine cause of the search in the St-Petersburg office of "Memorial" is the show of the film "Rebellion. Case of Litvinenko" prohibited in Russia.
11:45, 4 December 2008
Secret witness speaks at Politkovskaya's murder process
At the Moscow Regional Military Court, where the trial on the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya continues, a hidden witness has stated today that one of the defendants - Sergey Hadjikurbanov - was going to gather data on the journalist. However, the defendants' advocates have stated that the witness knows nothing particular about the murder.
11:42, 4 December 2008
Mutsolgov: Public Board on Human Rights in Ingushetia should address real problems
The Public Board for Human Rights now set up in Ingushetia will make sense only in case all its members are involved in real work aimed at solving existing problems, believes Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the Ingush Human Rights Organization "MAShR".
11:40, 4 December 2008
In Azerbaijan, journalists Zakhidovs should be back in jail on December 8
On Tuesday, December 2, brothers-journalists Ganimat and Sakit (Mirza Sakit) Zakhidov were been temporarily released from custody to take part in commemoration of their father. Initially they were prescribed to get back into their cells on December 3, but then they were allowed to stay at large till December 8.
11:37, 4 December 2008
Ilaev brothers murdered in Chechnya could be victims of denunciation
The Ilaev brothers, who lived in Pervomaiskoe village, Grozny District of Chechnya, and who were allegedly killed in a skirmish, and were militants as the law enforcement bodies assert, could become victims of a denunciation. This is the idea of one of the brothers' acquaintances.
11:35, 4 December 2008
Strasbourg Court calls on Azeri authorities to render treatment to former minister
The European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has sent a letter to the Government of Azerbaijan in the context of consideration of the complaint filed by ex-Minister of Public Health Ali Insanov. The document refers to Article 39 of the Regulations of the Court and emphasizes the need to send Insanov to the hospital of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.
11:17, 4 December 2008
European Court finds Russia guilty of war crimes against Chechnya residents
The authorities of Russia are guilty of disappearance of Arthur Bersunkaev, a resident of Chechnya, in 2001 and of a heavy injury of Lipatu Umaeva in 2000. This decision was made public today by the European Court on Human Rights.
11:14, 4 December 2008
European Court finds Russia guilty of four disappearances in Chechnya
The European Court on Human Rights has found the authorities of Russia guilty of disappearances of four men, which happened in different districts of Chechnya in the period from May 2001 to November 2002; this was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Arsen Sakalov, Director of the Ingush NGO named "Legal Initiative", which rendered assistance to the applicants.
11:06, 4 December 2008
"Memorial" Office in St-Petersburg searched
Today in the morning, unknown persons in masks appeared at the office of the Scientific and Information Centre "Memorial", situated at 23 Rubinshtein Street. They presented a statement of the Prosecutor's Office of St-Petersburg on making a search. Three employees of the "Memorial" were blocked inside the office.
23:00, 3 December 2008
In Kalmykia, communal workers stop their hunger strike
Today in the afternoon, seven workers of the Iki-Burul public utilities enterprise in Kalmykia stopped their protest action in the form of a termless hunger strike.
22:55, 3 December 2008
Yerevan holds protests against destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Georgia
Today, the city of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, has hosted a students' mass protest action against destruction in Georgia of historical and cultural heritage of the Armenian nation, and, first of all, against encroachments on the Armenian Church Surb Norashen in Tbilisi; the action took place at the building housing the UN representative office.
22:48, 3 December 2008
Chairman of Dagestan Committee on Religious Matters stands for dialogue with militants
Today, the Committee on Religious Matters under the Government of Dagestan held a press conference. Chairman Ahmed Magomedov met journalists.
22:39, 3 December 2008
Jurymen find seven skinheads from "Ryno Group" guilty
The jury has found guilty seven members of the skinhead gang headed by Arthur Ryno and Pavel Skachevskiy. Other two figurants in the case were completely acquitted and released right in the court room.
News
A resident of Dagestan is accused of justifying terrorism.

The convicted murderer of Mutayev has been released.

A new federal tranche has been approved for Chechnya in connection with the spring flooding.

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.