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Banner with portraits of 'Donbass' veterans. Screenshot from Semyon Semenchenko's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2220806957954066&set=a.747741671927276&type=3&theater
01:24, 5 December 2018
"Donbass" veterans arrested in Georgia go on hunger strike
The six citizens of Ukraine and a citizen of Georgia, detained in Tbilisi during a special operation, have gone on a hunger strike in protest against the charges of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons, their advocate has announced.
OSCE observers. Photo: CC BY 2.0 / OSCE Special Monitoring Mission / OSCE SMM monitoring
21:51, 4 December 2018
OSCE Mission fixes no violations in the Karabakh conflict zone
The OSCE observers, who went today to the troops contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone, found no violations there, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan have reported.
Law enforcers. Photo: © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/georgia/20171122/238275752/Specoperacija-v-Tbilisi-terrorizm-obzhivaetsja.html
21:47, 4 December 2018
Seven persons arrested in special operation in Tbilisi
A Tbilisi court has ruled to arrest six citizens of Ukraine and one citizen of Georgia, detained during a special operation in Tbilisi and suspected of illegally acquiring and storing weapons.
Law enforcer. Photo: Yulia Simatova / Yugopolis
18:03, 4 December 2018
IS* releases new video with teenagers attacking Chechen law enforcers
On December 3, the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, posted an expanded version of a video with threats pronounced by the teenagers who attacked law enforcers in Chechnya on August 20 this year.
Warplane. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia
17:45, 4 December 2018
Two pilots perish in military aircraft crash in Armenia
The wreckage of the Su-25, which took off today from Gyumri, was found in the mountains of the Shirak Region; the pilots died, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.
S-125 Soviet surface-to-air missile system at the parade in Yerevan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:59, 4 December 2018
Rearmament reminds about Armenia's ties with Russia
Armenian authorities have announced their readiness to consider a US proposal for the supply of weapons. The country's financial capacity does not allow any large-scale purchase of American-made weapons; it is more reasonable for Armenia to still buying armaments from Russia, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Wheel-chair. Photo: http://pixabay.com/ru/для-инвалидного-кресла-798420
14:46, 4 December 2018
Krasnodar rights defenders ask to release the disabled person from SIZO
The Krasnodar branch of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has complained to the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory about the custody conditions at the local SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the wheelchair-bound Alexander Kiba, his advocate said on December 3.
Main New Year Tree in Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:35, 4 December 2018
Residents of Armenia criticize purchase of expensive New Year Tree for Yerevan
The main New Year Tree for the capital of Armenia will cost 71 million drams, the Mayoralty has reported. This money should have been spent on solving social problems, residents of Armenia believe.
Law enforcer. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
10:18, 4 December 2018
Blood feud version of former law enforcer's murder in Yandare questioned
The experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are convinced that the circumstances of the murder of Ismail Barkhanoev, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, fail to meet the customs of the blood feud killing.
Presidential Palace in Tbilisi. Photo: Alexxx1979, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37502004
10:02, 4 December 2018
Georgian authorities refuse to hold early parliamentary elections
No extraordinary parliamentary elections, which the opposition insists on, will be held, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Executive Secretary of the "Georgian Dream" Party, has stated.
Magomed Mutsolgov. Screenshot from video by HRC 'Memorial': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGKMJl-me4
08:29, 4 December 2018
Activist states pressure on initiators of referendum on border issue
Officials are collecting personal data on family members of activists who have set up an initiative group to hold a referendum in Ingushetia on the border agreement with Chechnya, said Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, in his appeal to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Tatiana Moskalkova (left) and Maxim Lapunov. Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshot from video posted by user Press service of Radio Liberty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVj89JZhjPI , The Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation https://ru.wikipedia.org
08:23, 4 December 2018
Ombudsperson favours inquiry into Lapunov's complaint of torture in Chechnya
Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has stated today that the Prosecutor's Office should be involved in checking the complaint of Maxim Lapunov about the refusal to initiate a case on his arrest and beating up by law enforcers in Chechnya.
Mufti of Ingushetia Isa Khamkhoev. Screenshot from the video posted by user Muslims' Spiritual Centre of Ingushetia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKx_IQDA3A
22:24, 3 December 2018
Congress of Ingush Muslims joins political struggle for republic's borders
Against the background of a sharp conflict with Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the Ingush clergy has supported the political demands of the Ingush opposition to cancel the agreement on the border with Chechnya.
Law enforcer. Photo: National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru
22:11, 3 December 2018
On November 26-December 2, three persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from November 26 to December 2, 2018, at least three people perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; no information was received about the wounded people. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
A young woman praying. Photo: REUTERS/Brittany Greeson
22:01, 3 December 2018
Cases of female circumcision in Caucasus provoke reproaches upon Ministry of Health
There is no separate law in Russia against girls' circumcision; and such mutilations should be prohibited by the order of the Ministry of Public Health (MPH), experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
18:38, 3 December 2018
Investigators treat death of Armenian soldier as suicide
The death of the contract soldier, Gor Sarkisyan, in one of the military units of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being investigated as a case of bringing to suicide, the Investigative Committee of Armenia has stated.
Gavel. Photo from ixabay.com
18:21, 3 December 2018
Native of Adygea sentenced to 11 years in prison for aiding IS*
Today, the North-Caucasian District Military Court has found Pyotr Gnipel, a 19-year-old native of the Giaginskaya village, guilty of acquiring components for an explosive device, which he was supposed to hand over to supporters of the "Islamic State" (IS, earlier – ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.
Zaza Saralidze. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
18:11, 3 December 2018
Tbilisi court refuses to consider Saralidze's lawsuit against law enforcers
The Tbilisi City Court has stopped considering the claim lodged by Zaza Saralidze, who demanded to cancel the police's ban to set up tents in Rustaveli Avenue. Tents were set up, despite the ban; and the consideration of the lawsuit is senseless, the judge has explained.
Aram Arutyunyan, MP from the Republican Party of Armenia. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayants https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20181031/15418878/ugolovnoe-delo-deputata-parlamenta-armenii-pochemu-medlyat-s-arestom-smi.html
17:57, 3 December 2018
Armenia: Prosecutor's Office asks Parliament to sanction MP's arrest
Today, Arthur Davtyan, the Public Prosecutor General of Armenia, has submitted a petition to the Parliament asking to give consent to the initiation of a criminal case against Aram Arutyunyan, an MP from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), a source from the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
13:42, 3 December 2018
Azerbaijan reports shelling of border village
The armistice regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated for 30 times during the last 24 hours; the militaries' positions stationed in the village of Agdam of the Tovuz District came under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
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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.