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Igor Stenin. Photo by Yelena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:57, 9 December 2016
Stenin's defence appeals against toughening his custody regime
The transfer of Igor Stenin, the leader of the movement "Russians of Astrakhan", who is serving his sentence in the Tambov Region, from the colony-settlement to the general-regime colony has no grounds and should be abolished, his defence has stated in the complaint against the court judgement.
The Hmeymin Airbase. Syria. Photo http://syria.mil.ru/
18:14, 9 December 2016
Power agents report sending 500 militaries from Chechnya to Syria
500 servicemen of the joint detachment of military have left Chechnya for Syria, a source from the republic's power agencies told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
A protest action against the construction of the road in "Bolshoi Utrish". January 2009. Photo from the website of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus"
17:14, 9 December 2016
Fedotov treats putting "EcoWatch" on list of "foreign agents" as attempt to blanket ecology problems
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with the proposal of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to reconsider the inclusion of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) into the list of the so-called "foreign agents" and promised to speed up the work of the commission that deals with the complaints of Kuban farmers about raiding.
Ramazan Djalaldinov with an elderly woman in the village of Kenkhi. Screenshot of the video appeal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_oDJXutJJc
14:55, 9 December 2016
Djalaldinov prepared complaint to Bastrykin about threats received from Chechen power agents
Ramazan Djalaldinov, a resident of the Chechen village of Kenkhi, who criticized the authorities, asks Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), in his appeal to check several officials of the of Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Chechnya.
Mother of Zhalaudi Geriev (to the right) at the court session. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
13:55, 9 December 2016
Trial of Geriev interrupted after withdrawal of panel of judges
The today's session of the court in Chechnya, which considers the complaint against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, started with a petition to disqualify the presiding judge, whom the advocate Alaudi Musaev accused of lying.
Elena Milashina, a journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta". Photo RFE/RL http://pasmi.ru/archive/50109
12:50, 9 December 2016
Rights defenders report violent counteraction to discussion of corruption in Chechnya
Moscow has hosted a closed press conference on the problem of persecution of Chechen residents, who make public facts of corruption in the republic. Rights defenders presented the story of Ramazan Djalaldinov from the village of Kenkhi as an example, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
A police officer. Photo: Maxim Tishin / Yugopolis
11:10, 9 December 2016
Aunt of defendant in caliphate case confirms torture at police
The North-Caucasian Military Court has questioned three defence witnesses in the case of an attempt to create caliphate in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). An aunt of Akhmed Balkarov said that at the police station she heard cries of her nephew after his arrest.
A polling station in Dagestan. Photo http://tvoygorodpskov.ru/2016/09/271987-v-dagestane-otkrilis-1915-izbiratelnih-uchastkov.html
09:55, 9 December 2016
Head of Dagestani CEC states possible dismissals of PEC chairs
Dagestan continues checking applications on violations committed during the September elections, said Magomed Dibirov, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Dagestan, not excluding further dismissals of chairs of Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) for their violations of electoral procedures.
Irina Starodubrovskaya. Photo from her family archive
06:10, 9 December 2016
Islamic reformation in Northern Caucasus triggers scientists' debates
The ongoing processes in Northern Caucasus are similar to those that took place during the Reformation, Irina Starodubrovskaya, the head of the scientific direction "Political Economy and Regional Development" of the Gaidar Institute, has stated at a conference in Moscow.
A uniform of an employee of the Migration Service. Photo http://cod57.ru/novosti/orlovskie-sotrudniki-migracionnoj-sluzhby-vyyavili-razyskivaemogo-prestupnika-6109.html
04:19, 9 December 2016
Kuban resident is separated from his wife and children for about two years because of migration service
In early 2015, Sudaba Abdullaeva, an Azerbaijani citizen, with her two young daughters, who have Russian citizenship, went home, after which she could not get back to the Krasnodar Territory to join her husband, because of the ban to enter Russia.
Magomed Khazbiev. Photo: screenshot of a video record of the interview of Magomed Khazbiev, Magas Life News Agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ITP9c-8yk
03:49, 9 December 2016
Oppositionists state need of complete replacement of Ingush CCE staff
The Centre to Counter Extremism (CCE) of Ingushetia has become a punitive body, Magomed Khazbiev, a member of the public movement "Mekhk-Kkhel", believes. It is necessary to completely change the CCE staff, said Akhmed Bashir Aushev, one of the former laders of the movement, whose son suffered from the actions of Ingush power agents.
Elena Denisenko. Photo: Konstantin Salomatin / "Mediazona"
18:39, 8 December 2016
Elena Denisenko states torture of her client Ramazanov
Abdusalam Ramazanov, accused of an attempt to join Syrian militants, refuses to plead guilty and states he had been tortured by power agents, said his advocate Elena Denisenko. The trial of Ramazanov was rescheduled for December 20, because he was not brought to the court for the first session.
16:30, 8 December 2016
Azerbaijani activist Bairam Mamedov sentenced to 10 years in prison
Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has found Bairam Mamedov, an activist of the movement "Nida", guilty of drug trafficking on a large scale and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment.
Khadija Ismayilova. Photo from a video by the user Polskie Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccI32ZIkiq4
16:29, 8 December 2016
SC upholds ban on Ismayilova to leave Azerbaijan
The cassation instance has dismissed the complaint lodged by journalist Khadija Ismayilova against the court's ruling, which forbade her to leave Azerbaijan.
The Russian Hmeymin Airbase. Photo http://syria.mil.ru/
15:29, 8 December 2016
Chechen special agents sent to Syria to guard airbase
A joint military detachment of the battalions "East" and "West", stationed in Chechnya, will perform functions of military police in Syria and guard the Russian Hmeymin Airbase, said a source from the military base in Khankala.
Public prosecutor Mikhail Reznichenko. Photo: screenshot of a video http://wildred.tv/news/mir/277201/
11:44, 8 December 2016
Public prosecutor demands to sentence Varvara Karaulova to five years of imprisonment in penal colony
Today, during the pleadings of the parties at a court hearing in the case against Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), public prosecutor has asked the court to sentence the defendant to five years of imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 roubles.
Zhalaudi Geriev in the courtroom. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
11:24, 8 December 2016
Geriev's defence accuses judges of conspiring with investigators
In Chechnya, during the court session, which considered the complaint against the verdict to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, his defence tried three times to challenge the panel of judges, arguing that they are interested in convicting the defendant. The court rejected all the challenges and postponed the session until December 9.
The equipment of the "Megastroi" company. Photo: Federal Agency for Special Construction http://www.spetsstroy.ru/
09:38, 8 December 2016
In Grozny, employees report on partial payment of wage arrears
In Chechnya, wages for a month have been paid to employees of the "Megastroi" company, while the wage arrears for two months are still not paid. This was reported by employees of the company. The Prosecutor's Office began checking compliance with labour rights after the publication of the "Caucasian Knot".
A cap-badge. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:30, 8 December 2016
Soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone
Today, Albert Postolokyan, a soldier of the Defence Army, has got a fatal wound under unclear circumstances. This was reported by the Defence Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh.
03:46, 8 December 2016
In Volgograd, parents accuse officials of violating rights of visually impaired children
The regional public organization (RPO) "Ray of Light" of parents of visually impaired children has filed to the court a claim against the Regional Committee of Education and Science. According to parents, inaction of the Committee's officials resulted in the fact that special schools face shortage of speech therapists and professionals to work with visually impaired children.
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Zinovkina achieved the resumption of medication issuance in the Georgian prison.

Analysts assessed the results of Gagloev's presidency.

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.