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An agricultural fair in Makhachkala. Photo: Administration of Makhachkala
13:07, 21 December 2021
Dagestani minister's words about low food prices spark criticism in social network
Dagestan has the lowest food prices in Russia, Battal Battalov, the acting head of the region's Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs, has stated. In response, Instagram users have noted that people's earnings in the republic are one of the lowest in the country and unstable, while utility tariffs are high.
Azerbaijani soldiers detained after crossing the border. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://t.me/Acevsmisle/1627
11:28, 21 December 2021
Armenia hands two POWs over to Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani soldiers, detained after crossing the border, have been handed over to Baku through Russia's mediation, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. The above soldiers were taken prisoners of war (POWs) after they lost their way due to bad weather, the Azerbaijani MoD has informed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Photo: Frank Baulo https://ru.wikipedia.org/
11:01, 21 December 2021
Russia responds to Germany's expulsion of diplomats after verdict in Khangoshvili's case
Two German diplomats were declared persona non grata in Russia in response to similar German actions against Russian diplomats after the verdict in the case of the murder of Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has treated the sentence to a Russian citizen found guilty of assassinating Khangoshvili as a political order.
Flags of Turkey and Armenia. Photo: https://anna-news.info/turtsiya-i-armeniya-hotyat-snova-sblizitsya/
08:32, 21 December 2021
Yerevan analysts doubt prospects for Armenian-Turkish dialogue
Armenia and Turkey have appointed special representatives for normalizing the two countries' mutual relations; their meeting is planned for the near future.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
08:20, 21 December 2021
Makhachkala: Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in his support
At their four solo pickets held in Makhachkala, Dagestani journalists demanded to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, stop arrests without proofs and persecuting journalists; they also called for the release of political prisoners.
Courtroom at the Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
22:22, 20 December 2021
Six residents of Dagestan convicted in case on terrorism
Today, in Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court has found six residents of Dagestan guilty of organizing a terrorist community and plotting attempts on law enforcers and sentenced them to 6.5-8 years of imprisonment.
Captured Azerbaijani soldiers. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVSoBw8LWU
22:08, 20 December 2021
Video of capture of two Azerbaijani militaries posted on YouTube
Today, a video depicting capture of two Azerbaijani soldiers has been posted on YouTube. The soldiers were taken prisoner in the area of the Ishkhanasar village, reports Daniel Ionnisyan, a coordinator of the Union of Informed Citizens. The Ministries of Defence of Armenia and Azerbaijan did not comment on the information.
Farmer Mikhail Shevchenko holds a solo picket, Stavropol, December 20, 2021. Photo by the Caucasian Knot correspondent
18:42, 20 December 2021
Stavropol law enforcers disrupt a farmer’s picket on Chekist’s Day
Today, law enforcers have disrupted a solo picket by farmer Mikhail Shevchenko in front of the FSB building in Stavropol. The picketer protested against ineffective investigation into threats and raider land seizure.
18:39, 20 December 2021
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 13-19, 2021
Verdict of guilty against the leaders of the protest in Ingushetia; end of the Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov’s hunger strike; arrival of migrant Rubati Mitsaeva in Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 13-19, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Portrait of a deceased officer at a funeral. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:06, 20 December 2021
Helicopter crash in Azerbaijan reportedly caused by pilot error
In Azerbaijan, a crash of a helicopter of the State Border Guard Service, in which 14 people were killed, was caused by an error of the pilots during landing, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reports today.
FSB agents conduct a counterterrorism operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/terrorizmu-net/fsb/fsb-rossii-predotvrashchena-popytka-soversheniya.html
17:22, 20 December 2021
Week of December 13-19 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from December 13 to December 19, 2021, the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus brought no information about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Karim Fuad and Anastasia Marchenko. Photo courtesy of Anastasia Marchenko
17:05, 20 December 2021
Native of Egypt accuses Kuban law enforcers of illegal criminal prosecution
Karim Fuad and his wife, Anastasia Marchenko, has complained to the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) about actions of law enforcers, who had falsified two criminal cases against Fuad, planted drugs and damaged property during a search of their house located in the Zelenchuk farmstead of the Gulkevichi District in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the major river). In the complainants' opinion, the criminal prosecution has a xenophobic background.
Giorgi Kalandadze. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5qOc0PV7M
11:39, 20 December 2021
Former head of Georgia's General Staff detained in Germany
In Berlin, at the request of Georgian authorities, Giorgi Kalandadze, a former head of the General Staff of the Georgian Armed Forces, has been detained.
11:25, 20 December 2021
Georgian citizen released in South Ossetia
The South-Ossetian authorities have released Gela Gochoshvili, who was detained in August for trespassing the border, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed.
Prisoners of war returned to Armenia. Photo: https://twitter.com/ToivoKlaar/status/1472471675207917568
11:11, 20 December 2021
Armenia confirms return of ten POWs from Azerbaijan
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has announced the names of ten military servicemen who were returned to their homeland; on November 16, they were taken prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan.
Participants of a rally in support of Mikhail Saakashvili. October 2021. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
10:56, 20 December 2021
Saakashvili's supporters urge policemen to stop politically motivated detentions
Supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili have held a protest action in front of the building of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). They called for the release of the oppositional politician and demanded from the police to stop political persecution of the opposition.
Salekh Rustamov. Screenshot of the video posted at the "Meydan TV" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezdubIiUd0
15:41, 19 December 2021
Activist Salekh Rustamov is on the mend
After he stopped his long hunger strike, the health condition of the Azerbaijani activist, Salekh Rustamov, began improving, said Adil Geibulla, a doctor.
Salman Geroev's appeal to the Russian president in support of Ingush activists. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W08tZLfY9Mw
15:37, 19 December 2021
YouTube users treat appeal to Putin in support of Ingush activists as senseless
Salman Geroev, a Kazakhstani public figure of Ingush origin, has called on the Russian president "not to be an enemy of the Ingush people" and to intervene in the situation with the verdicts rendered to seven Ingush activists. The verdicts were passed with authorities' awareness, while an appeal to Putin is doomed to failure in advance, commentators on the YouTube have noted.
15:32, 19 December 2021
New inquiry into torture of figurants in "Terter Case" encourages rights defenders
Azeri law enforcement bodies have announced a restart of criminal proceedings on complaints of torture of the Azerbaijani militaries suspected of treason.
11:51, 19 December 2021
On complaint of Gyulyalyev's relatives, GPO finds no corpus delicti in doctors' actions
The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has refused to initiate a criminal case against doctors on the complaint lodged by relatives of Ogtai Gyulyalyev, a human rights defender, about doctors' failure to provide him with proper medical care. The GPO sees no corpus delicti in doctors' actions, Mekhman Aliev, the director of the "Turan" News Agency, has informed.
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The state of Tuapse after the "black rains" has alarmed social media users.

The military reported downing UAVs over five regions of the Southern Federal District.

Tuapse residents criticized the lack of organization in beach cleanups.

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.