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A search party with remains of a military serviceman. Photo from the page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=253137966832379&set=a.204085831737593
11:22, 13 December 2021
Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Martuni District, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of an Armenian military serviceman. Thus, the total number of bodies and remains found in the conflict zone after the hostilities in November 2020 has reached 1704, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Emergency Service has informed.
Salekh Rustamov. Photo courtesy of Salekh Rustamov's representative
11:19, 13 December 2021
US State Department and PACE co-rapporteurs urge to release Rustamov
Azerbaijani authorities must release Salekh Rustamov, who is on his hunger strike in jail and who is close to death, the US State Department has stated. It is necessary to reconsider the case of Rustamov and those of other political prisoners, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Azerbaijan have stated.
Police detain activists at a rally in support of Salekh Rustamov, Baku, December 11, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=347679063596939&extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing
11:37, 12 December 2021
Police disrupt action demanding to release Salekh Rustamov
Eleven people were detained in Baku during an action in support of Salekh Rustamov, the police used excessive force.
Bride abduction, illustration photo. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8O8h57ZSg.
11:21, 12 December 2021
Three residents of Dagestan accused of bride abduction
Three men have been arrested on charges of abducting a woman from Karabudakhkent, who refused to marry one of them. The case has been sent to the court, the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has informed.
Construction of tunnels on the Horadiz-Jebrail-Zangilan-Agbend highway in Azerbaijan, which, according to the Azerbaijani side, is to become part of the Zangezur corridor. Screenshot: https://video.azertag.az/ru/site/video/129222
11:03, 12 December 2021
Economists analyze benefits from Zangezur Corridor
The transport corridor connecting Baku with Nakhichevan is beneficial not only for Azerbaijan, it will also improve Armenia's communication with Iran and Russia, the economists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
A knife used for female circumcision. Frame from the film "This Happens Here", posted on YouTube ROMB Channel
23:28, 11 December 2021
Film about female circumcision actualizes problem of silencing this practice in Caucasus
On December 13, the Documentary Film Centre in Moscow will screen the film "This Happens Here" about the practice of female genital mutilation in Northern Caucasus. The authors of the film are journalists Svetlana Anokhina and Vladimir Sevrinovsky. This will be the first screening of the film in a movie theatre, Oksana Serbinova, the creative producer of the film, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Servicemen of the Armenian Army. Screenshot of video posted by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215jDI_CYcw
22:57, 11 December 2021
Analysts in Baku and Yerevan link escalation with upcoming meeting in Brussels
By means of military conflicts on the border, Azerbaijan is trying to increase pressure on Yerevan, the Armenian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. The escalation on the eve of the meeting at the Eastern Partnership summit is beneficial to Armenia, as it can change the agenda of the meeting, the Azerbaijani political observer believes.
Alexander Sokurov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
15:34, 11 December 2021
Kadyrov intervenes into Putin's polemic with Sokurov
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has criticized the film director, Alexander Sokurov, for his proposal to President Vladimir Putin to allow some regions of Northern Caucasus to separate from Russia, and urged to check his proposal for extremism.
Ronald Airapetyan. Photo courtesy of Ronald Airapetyan
13:28, 11 December 2021
Activist Airapetyan leaves Russia after kidnapping
Ronald Airapetyan, an activist, has explained his flight from the Krasnodar Territory to the Netherlands by the earlier committed kidnapping and the threats he had received because of his oppositional activities.
Park named after Djokhar Dudaev in the city of Korfez (Turkey). Photo courtesy of the representative of the Chechen Diaspora in Turkey
13:12, 11 December 2021
Park in honour of Djokhar Dudaev opened in Turkey
On December 10, the administration of the municipality of the city of Korfez in the Turkish Province of Kocaeli solemnly opened a park named after the first president of Ichkeria, Djokhar Dudaev. The official ceremony was attended by about three hundred members of the North-Caucasian Diaspora and Caucasian public organizations; delegates of the Chechen Diasporas in Europe were among the visitors, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported.
Alikhan Adjamatov. Photo by Zabira Abdurakhmanova for the Caucasian Knot
12:50, 11 December 2021
Adjamatov sentenced to long imprisonment for financing terrorism
The court has sentenced Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of assisting in terrorist activities, to 17 years in prison. This is too severe, given that Adjamatov's guilt has not been proved, his advocates assert.
08:39, 11 December 2021
Kadyrov decorates his second daughter with "For Merits" medal
Khadizhat Kadyrova, the 21-year-old Ramzan Kadyrov's daughter, the head of the Department of Preschool Education of Grozny, was awarded the medal "For Merits to the Chechen Republic".
Batyr Boromangnaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klv_Mlv_LJE
08:25, 11 December 2021
Court fines Boromangnaev for insulting Putin
The Elista City Court has fined Batyr Boromangnaev, the chairman of the Kalmyk branch of the "Yabloko" Party, by 30,000 roubles for his post in social networks about "Putin's Russia". The court found that the oppositionist's statements are offending the honour and dignity of the Russian president. Boromangnaev intends to appeal against this decision.
00:12, 11 December 2021
Salekh Rustamov refuses to end hunger strike
On the 35th day of his hunger strike, Salekh Rustamov stopped believing in the results of the protest action, but still intends to continue it, his advocate reports.
Dmitry Muratov at the Nobel Prize ceremony. Screenshot: https://www.ridus.ru/news/368413
23:26, 10 December 2021
Muratov calls for creation of an international tribunal against torture
During the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”, has noted that cases on torture of convicts and persons under investigation in Russia should be considered by an international tribunal.
Armenian serviceman. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am
23:11, 10 December 2021
Armenian soldier killed near border with Azerbaijan
One Armenian military was killed and another was wounded as a result of a shootout at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.
Armenian serviceman. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, http://www.mil.am
19:35, 10 December 2021
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of border attacks
The Armenian side accumulated additional forces near the state border and shelled the positions of Azerbaijani troops in the Kelbadjar District, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported. Its Armenian counterpart claims to have repulsed an attack of Azerbaijani soldiers.
Serviceman of the Armenian Army. Screenshot of video posted by press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215jDI_CYcw
19:23, 10 December 2021
Investigators request court to arrest Armenian POWs after their return from captivity
Five militaries, handed over to Armenia after the armed clashes at the border with Azerbaijan, were accused of violating the rules of combat duty. Human rights defender Arthur Sakunts says it is unacceptable to open criminal proceedings against Armenian soldiers captured by Azerbaijan.
Entrance to the office building of the 'Memorial'. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
19:07, 10 December 2021
President Putin’s statement highlights bias of claims against “Memorial”*
A statement of Vladimir Putin on the need to consider the case of the “Memorial”* without bias came amid the accusations against human rights defenders of protecting banned organizations and the inclusion of Nazi criminals in the list of victims of political repression. The inclusion of a person on the list of political prisoners does not mean sharing his or her views, and the erroneous classification of Nazi criminals as victims of repression occurred due to the closed nature of the archives of the special services, human rights defenders argue.
13:17, 10 December 2021
Georgian Deputy MIA head suspected of aiding Saakashvili
Giorgi Lortkipanidze, a former Deputy Interior Minister, had developed for Mikhail Saakashvili a plan for crossing the Georgian border and provided him with his car, in which the politician arrived at the Black Sea port, the Georgia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has suggested.
News
Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

A relative of Movsar Kottoev was convicted of aiding militants.

A Buinaksk resident was sentenced to a long prison term for assisting militants.

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.