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Zhalaudi Geriev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:43, 28 December 2016
Chechnya's SC upholds verdict to Geriev
Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic has announced its decision on the case of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: the conviction passed by the Shali District Court of Chechnya was upheld.
09:05, 28 December 2016
On eve of decision announcement, Geriev's defence stated plans to appeal to ECtHR
In his last plea at the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya, Zhalaudi Geriev a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, presented evidence of his innocence. The last session before the debate was held in a raised voice; one of the panel judges raised his voice on Geriev and ran out of the courtroom, taking the case materials with him. In doing so, he failed to respond to the request of the presiding judge, said the advocate Alaudi Musaev.
Miners. Photo: http://profi-news.ru/society/20160812/305382/
02:26, 28 December 2016
Gukovo miners report receipt of 14 million roubles of salary debts
The promised payment of salary debts was made to 1000 miners from three companies of the "Kingcoal" Group, which unites 10 companies, the coordinators of miners' protests have reported. They noted that the authorities had offered to extend the repayment of debts until September 2017, to which protesters do not agree.
21:25, 27 December 2016
SHRC put on registry of foreign agents
The decision to include the Krasnodar-based public organization "Southern Human Rights Centre" (SHRC) on the registry of foreign agents has been made on the outcomes of the check, the Russia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported.
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:40, 27 December 2016
In his last plea, Geriev asks to acquit him
The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", and the defendant himself have called on the Chechen Supreme Court (SC) to cancel the verdict passed by the first-instance Shali District Court. The prosecutor asked to uphold this verdict.
19:05, 27 December 2016
HRC "Memorial" fined by court 300,000 roubles
Five materials posted by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" about political prisoners, in particular, about Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko, Nikolai Klykh and Sergey Litvinov, were not labelled as materials posted by the organization recognized as a foreign agent, the court has stated and fined the HRC by 300,000 roubles.
The participants of mourning rally laid mourning wreaths and flowers at the edge of the sea pier. Sochi, December 27, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:40, 27 December 2016
Sochi: over 3000 people commemorate victims of Tu-154 crash
Today, the participants of mourning rally in Sochi have honoured the victims of the Tu-154 aircraft crash with a minute of silence and laid mourning wreaths and flowers at the edge of the sea pier. Residents and visitors of the city continue bringing flowers to the chapel at the airport.
Ruslan Gereev. Photo http://flnka.ru/digest-analytics/2189-ruslan-gereev-ubiystvo-adzhieva-eto-provokaciya.html
17:47, 27 December 2016
Experts find IS' reports about attacks in the Caucasus unreliable
Caucasian militants attack power agents on their own initiative, but under the brand of the "Islamic State" (IS) (banned in Russia, – note of the "Caucasian Knot"); and the IS itself is interested to be associated with as many attacks as possible, said the experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They believe that many statements, in which the IS takes responsibility for armed incidents in the Caucasus, are unreliable.
People laying flowers at the embankment in Sochi. December 26, 2016. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:38, 27 December 2016
Aircraft crash in Sochi triggers disputes about sanctions for comments on victims
After the crash in Sochi of the Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a number of popular users of social networks have posted their critical comments on the victims, condemning Russia's actions in Syria. Among such authors are the journalist Bozhena Rynska and her colleague Arkady Babchenko, a veteran of two Chechen wars.
Fariz Namazly. Photo RFE/RL
15:26, 27 December 2016
ECtHR requests comments from Baku about non-transparency of state bodies
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has started communicating on ten complaints lodged from Azerbaijan in connection with violations of the right of people to have access to information about the work of state institutions. The ECtHR has provided the Azerbaijani authorities with three months to answer its questions.
Zhalaudi Geriev in the courtroom. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:44, 27 December 2016
Court trying Geriev again bans video recording at sessions
The today's motion of the defence asking to allow video recording of the court session in Grozny, which considers the complaint lodged by Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, against his verdict, has been again rejected by the court.
A taxi driver in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
10:50, 27 December 2016
Relatives of militants killed in Grozny fear further detentions
Some of the relatives of the militants killed during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, who were repeatedly detained on December 26, are back at large, but their family members do not exclude new detentions. A man, one of the detainees, has told about beating up a younger brother of one of the killed militants at the police station.
A piece of a memorial for those who perished in the crash of Tu-154. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:57, 26 December 2016
Sochi residents commemorate victims of Tu-154 crash
Today, the resort city has held a church memorial service about those who perished in the crash of Tu-154 with the participation of victims' relatives, and mourning ceremonies held in Sochi squares and at sea berths.
A yard in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:26, 26 December 2016
Repeated detentions of relatives of killed militants undertaken in Chechnya
Tonight, relatives of the young people, killed in the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Grozny, were urgently summoned to the police. Earlier, these relatives had been detained for a week and then released. For a few hours they are kept by the police, said their relatives.
18:10, 26 December 2016
Court examines investigators' refusal to open case on Geriev's kidnapping
The information about the kidnapping and application of violence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was not confirmed, says the statement of the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). Earlier, the court refused to send the data about Geriev's kidnapping for examination outside Chechnya, the defence has reminded.
Flowers in memory of the victims of the Tu-154’s crash. Sochi, December 26, 2016. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:03, 26 December 2016
Experts explain why they find low-quality fuel as basic version of Tu-154’s crash
The fuel pipeline of the Sochi Airport has not been replaced for a long time; therefore, the crashed aircraft could be filled with contaminated fuel that caused explosion of the liner’s tanks. This was stated by the aviation experts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
At the site of the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint of the road police (known as GIBDD) in the Derbent District. February 15, 2016. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
13:45, 26 December 2016
For the sixth time IS claims responsibility for attacks on power agents in Dagestan
The statement of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russian, claiming responsibility for attacks on policemen, committed in Makhachkala and Kizilyurt on December 25, was the sixth one in Dagestan since September 2015, when the IS first reported its involvement in attacks on power agents. Typically, the IS claims more casualties among power agents as a result of its attacks.
Elizaveta Glinka. Photo: Irina Chevtaeva (RFE/RL)
11:54, 26 December 2016
Kadyrov names Grozny hospital after Elizaveta Glinka
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the awarding the name of Elizaveta Glinka, also known as Doctor Liza, who perished in the crash of the Tu-154 in Sochi, to the Republic's Children Hospital in Grozny. Valery Khalilov, the Artistic Director of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, who also perished in the crash, is awarded by the medal "For Merits to the Chechen Republic" posthumously.
Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:35, 26 December 2016
Men from family of killed militant leave Grozny
Most of the detained relatives of the alleged militants, killed during the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted on December 17-18, after the attack on policemen in Grozny, returned home, local residents have confirmed. According to a woman-relative, the men from her family have left Grozny for remote villages, because of the blood feud declared to them.
Emergency and rescue services at the site of the crash of the Tu-154. December 25, 2016. Photo: the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
10:32, 26 December 2016
Eyewitness: before crash engines of Tu-154 stalled
The fall of the Tu-154 into the sea was preceded by a stop of the aircraft engines, said a woman-resident of Adler, who was on the coast at the time of the crash.
News
Seven people were killed and seven were wounded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in the first quarter of 2026.

In March 2026, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Participants of the Special Military Operations Team. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,950.

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.