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Verkhniy Lars Border Crossing, North Ossetia. Photo: press service of Border Guard Service Department for North Ossetia.
12:36, 22 December 2017
Suspected terrorist detained on border with Georgia
On December 21, at the checkpoint "Verkhny Lars" in North Ossetia, border guards detained a foreigner suspected of involvement in terrorist activities.
12:20, 22 December 2017
Source reports eviction of Isa Yamadaev's family
The eviction of Isa Yamadaev's family members was accompanied by beatings, a source from the "Rosbalt" reports.
Ramzan Kadyrov attends Direct Line with Vladimir Putin. Photo: Kremlin.ru
10:18, 22 December 2017
US sanctions strengthen Ramzan Kadyrov's loyalty to Kremlin
The inclusion of the Chechen leader in the Magnitsky List will not inflict any damage if Ramzan Kadyrov is not going to visit the United States. Meanwhile, Russian politicians use their inclusion in the sanctions list as an indicator of their loyalty to the Kremlin. This opinion was voiced by the experts questioned by the "Caucasian Knot".
Room where migrants in Sochi are being kept. Photo by Alexander Alexeyenko for the Caucasian Knot.
06:30, 22 December 2017
Migrants detained in Sochi complain of extremely bad custody conditions
In Sochi, courts pronounced decisions to deport from the country 14 people, citizens of Uzbekistan and Ukraine. However, instead of sending them to a special detention centre, the migrants were left in the unsuitable premises of the court marshal service, with no shower and no toilet. The detainees also do not get food, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Participants of the Conference of Kabardian language teachers, Nalchik, December 21, 2017. Photo by Louise Orazaeva for the Caucasian Knot.
04:07, 22 December 2017
In Nalchik, philologists demand more hours for Kabardian language in schools
On December 21, the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU) hosted a scientific and practical seminar of teachers of the Kabardian language and literature. The event was attended by specialists, philologists, teachers, students of the KBSU's Philological Department, and NGO activists. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who attended the event.
00:34, 22 December 2017
Caucasians expelled from university after student's public apology
The Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service has expelled five students, who forced another student to apologize for his words about Caucasian girls, a university source has stated.
Rally in memory of Joseph Stalin in Gori, December 21, 2017. Photo: © Radio Tavisupleba/ Goga Aptsiauri. https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/stalinis-dabadebis-dge-gorshi/28931395.html
22:10, 21 December 2017
Georgian communists install Stalin's bust in Gori
Participants in the rally in Gori have marked the 138th birthday of Joseph Stalin by the opening of his plaster bust in the central square of the city.
21:10, 21 December 2017
Law enforcers report on passport checks in Gudermes
Today, in the city of Gudermes, policemen were searching for persons from the wanted list, the spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Chechnya has stated.
Vyacheslav Prudnikov in the hospital after being operated on. Photo: Alexandra Prudnikova, wife of Vyacheslav Prudnikov.
20:19, 21 December 2017
"Caucasian Knot" correspondent wounded in armed attack
Vyacheslav Prudnikov, a journalist of the "Caucasian Knot", received gunshot wounds at an armed attack in the Rostov Region. He was operated on, and associates the attack with his professional work for the "Caucasian Knot".
Law enforcer. Photo: press service of MIA 05.mvd.ru
18:15, 21 December 2017
"Rosbalt": Kadyrov's fighters assault houses of Yamadaev family
400 fighters of a unit controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov assault the Yamadaev family's house in Gudermes, the "Rosbalt" reports.
Dog handlers at the Baku railway station, December 21, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot.
16:34, 21 December 2017
Explosion threat at Baku railway station appears to be false
The Baku railway station, closed today for verification after a report on a bomb, has resumed its usual work.
Khas-Magomed Kadyrov (left) at the meeting of Chechen MIA. Photo: press service of Chechen State TV Company 'Grozny', https://grozny.tv/news.php?id=22781
14:25, 21 December 2017
Authorities explain appointment of Kadyrov as chief of Grozny police
Junior Lieutenant Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, appointed in November the chief of the Grozny Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), "put an end to the drug business in Chechnya" when he headed the Drugs Control Department. This has been stated today by Zhambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for National Policy.
13:48, 21 December 2017
US journalists denied access to Kuban parliament
Today, delegates of the Legislative Assembly for the Krasnodar Territory have unanimously voted to ban journalists of US editions recognized as foreign agents from attending sessions of the Krasnodar Legislative Assembly.
Solo picket in defence of Igor Stenin. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
12:47, 21 December 2017
Court re-dismisses Igor Stenin's appeal
Today, after the General Prosecutor's Office request, the Court of the Astrakhan Region has once again considered the complaints filed by advocates of activist Igor Stenin. The verdict to the activist has been upheld. The court hearing has taken place against the background of a picket in defence of Igor Stenin.
11:35, 21 December 2017
ICRF refutes information about IED at place of special operation in Stavropol
On December 20, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported the information about an explosive device found in an apartment of a suspected killed in the Stavropol special operation is false.
Meeting Dagestani girl from Iraq in the airport. Still picture of video report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=145&v=eBAAg00Y7PM
08:35, 21 December 2017
Three-year-old Dagestani girl returned from Middle East
On December 20, the child found in Iraq, whose parents had perished, was brought to Grozny and handed over to her relatives.
Message about arrest of Victor Chirikov. Screenshot of Alexei Avanesyan’s FB page.
06:50, 21 December 2017
Victor Chirikov goes on hunger strike at IVS
Victor Chirikov, a Krasnodar activist, was detained at his home in the village of Poltavskaya on December 19. A court in Krasnodar found him guilty of non-obeying policemen and arrested him for five days. At the temporary detention facility (known as IVS), he went on a hunger strike.
Ruslan Kutaev, December 20, 2017. Screeshot of video posted by 'Dozhd' TV Channel.
03:46, 21 December 2017
Ruslan Kutaev: I will return to Russian politics
Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, who has liberated from colony in Chechnya, said he was not afraid of persecutions and intended to get back into Russian political life after the expiry of the term of his administrative supervision.
At the place of special operation in Stavropol. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-stavropole-v-hode-kontrterroristicheskoy.html#
00:17, 21 December 2017
Journalists see links of CTOs in Stavropol and Zelenchukskaya
The murder of the man who triggered an explosion in Stavropol, reports on explosion threats in the city and the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Karachay-Cherkessia are linked, said Vasily Balditsyn, the Chairman of the Union of Journalists of the Stavropol Territory.
Alexei Tyurin holds solo picket at the FSB building in Astrakhan, December 20, 2017. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the Caucasian Knot.
22:36, 20 December 2017
Astrakhan activists hold pickets on FSB Day
In front of the FSB building in Astrakhan, activists have held two solo pickets demanding to stop politically motivated persecutions and respect the Constitution's article on the freedom of assembly.
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A resident of Kuban convicted for calls to violence has decided to challenge the sentence.

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.