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    Alexei Tolstoi Square, Pugachov, Saratov Region. Photo: http://www.pg4.ru/main.php?g2_itemId=239975
    03:10, 20 December 2014
    Defence of Chechen native convicted in Pugachov intends to appeal against the verdict
    The advocate of the 17-year-old native of Chechnya, who was convicted on charges of committing a resonant murder of Ruslan Marzhanov, a resident of the city of Pugachov, Saratov Region, announced his intention to appeal against the verdict.
    The judge at the trial in a case of participants of "Million Mask March", July 2014. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
    01:17, 20 December 2014
    Armenian court takes to consideration appeals in the case of participants of "Million Mask March"
    The Armenian Court of Appeal (CoA) took up the appeals lodged against the sentences passed to Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of the "Tseghakron" Party, and other persons involved in the "Million Mask March" and formed a panel of judges. The defence insists on acquittal of all activists.
    Abu Mukhammad and Abu Mukhammad of Agachaul. Screenshot of a video published at YouTube on December 19
    00:27, 20 December 2014
    Head of Dagestani militants swears to "Islamic State"
    Abu Mukhammad, Amir of Dagestan, said that he takes an oath to the "Islamic State" (IS). This is the second time in Dagestan within the last month, when the leaders of militants' formations take an oath to the IS; and both of these cases indicate a split in the "Imarat Kavkaz", recognized as a terrorist organization.
    Flowers on a street lamp in Kachintsev street, where the trolley-bus was blown up on December 30, 2013. Volgograd, January 1, 2014. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
    21:42, 19 December 2014
    Dadaev's advocate asks CoA to acquit his client
    Selim Magomedov, the advocate of the convicted Alautdin Dadaev, has stated that the sentence passed by the court in the case of the terror acts committed in Volgograd disregarded the arguments of the defence, while the verdict as such was based on investigators' speculations.
    19:45, 19 December 2014
    In November 2014, 22 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
    At least 22 people were victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in November 2014, of which 15 people were killed, and 7 others wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
    At the place of a demolished house owned by family of the militants. Gudermes, December 2014. Photo: http://www.memo.ru/d/219259.html
    18:57, 19 December 2014
    Three houses of militants' relatives already demolished in Gudermes, locals report
    In the city of Gudermes power agents have demolished three private houses owned by families of the members of the armed underground. Earlier it was reported about demolition of two houses.
    A protest action against rise in prices. Yerevan, December 18, 2014. Photo http://www.tert.am/ru/
    16:26, 19 December 2014
    Residents of Yerevan rally against price growth
    A protest action against depreciation of the national currency and rise in prices was held in Yerevan on Friday in front of the government, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
    Buynaksk. Dagestan. Photo by Eldar Rasulov http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
    15:25, 19 December 2014
    Buynaksk Salafi mosque-goers taken to police
    On Friday, after the Juma namaz in Buynaksk, policemen detained several parishioners of the Salafi mosque, said a local resident. Several mosque-goers were brought to the police. In his turn, a source from the Buynaksk GOVD (City Interior Division), assured that all the believers will be released after checking their IDs.
    Natalia Zubarevich. Photo: RFE/RL
    14:50, 19 December 2014
    Professor Zubarevich does not find deficit of North-Caucasian budgets critical
    This time again, deficit budgets have been brought for discussion to the Parliament of the Republics of Northern Caucasus. Officials claim that measures to reduce budget deficits are taken.
    Entrance to the building of ICRF. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
    13:52, 19 December 2014
    ICRF starts checking Kadyrov's statement in relation to "certain Kalyapin"
    The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) began checking the statement of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about a possible involvement of "a certain Kalyapin" in financing militants.
    Reconstruction of the House of Press. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
    11:05, 19 December 2014
    Authorities of Grozny promise to open House of Press by December 25
    The House of Press in the Chechen capital, damaged in the course of the militants' attack on Grozny, will be fully restored by December 25. The repairs of School No. 20 and pavilions of the "Berkat" Shopping Centre are near completion, said the Grozny Mayoralty.
    Three militants are killed in the Baksan District of the KBR, including the militants leader. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2014/12/19/v-baksanskom-raione-kabardino-balkarii-neitralizovany-troe-boevikov-v-tom-chis.html
    09:09, 19 December 2014
    Power agents name second militant killed in special operation in KBR
    In the course of the operation conducted on December 18 in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), in the village of Dygulybgey, which makes a part of the city of Baksan, apart from Andzor Guchapshev, the leader of the local underground, his accomplice Martin Abazov was also killed.
    Nino Daneliya, a participant of the action, holds a poster with the photo of the journalist Khadija Ismayilova. Tbilisi, December 10, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the "Caucasian Knot
    08:38, 19 December 2014
    Representatives of Azerbaijani Ombudsperson gave legal advice to Khadija Ismayilova
    On December 18, the office staff of Elmira Suleimanova, the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan, visited the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where the journalist Khadija Ismayilova is kept, and gave her legal advice.
    Ilgar Mamedov. Photo: RFE/RL http://www.radioazadlyg.org
    07:49, 19 December 2014
    Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe demands from Azerbaijani authorities to release Ilgar Mamedov
    Azerbaijani authorities shall immediately release of Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), said the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
    At the trial on case of Kurman-Ali Baichorov: advocate Alaudi Musaev (to the left), the head of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus Ismail Berdiev. Photo by Sultan Togonidze
    07:28, 19 December 2014
    Defence of Imam of Kislovodsk states violation of constitutional rights of Kurman-Ali Baichorov at the trial
    New evidence has appeared about the involvement of MIA and FSB agents in criminal prosecution of Imam of Kislovodsk Kurman-Ali Baichorov; and in this context, the court's refusal to grant the petition to return the case to the stage of judicial investigation is illegitimate, said the Imam's advocates.
    Memorial desk at the entrance to the Volgograd railway station. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
    21:00, 18 December 2014
    Defence of figurants in case of Volgograd terror acts appeals against verdict
    The advocates of the natives of Dagestan, convicted for helping the organizers of the terror acts committed on the 2013 New Year 2013 in Volgograd, have appealed against the verdict of the district court. The consideration of appeal complaints will take place not earlier than mid-January, said the court.
    A law enforcer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
    20:15, 18 December 2014
    KBR resident convicted for financing militants
    A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has sentenced A. Djappuev, a resident of the city of Tyrnyauz to 3.5 years of imprisonment on charges of aiding and financing militants.
    Eyewitnesses post in Twitter drawings from the courtroom in Boston. Photo by Boris Suranov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    19:48, 18 December 2014
    Johar Tsarnaev arrives at court session in Boston
    Johar Tsarnaev, accused of committing a terror act in Boston in April 2013, has arrived at the final stage of the preliminary hearing of his case. This is the first Tsarnaev's appearance in public since July 2013.
    Participants of the opposition's protest action at the Government building of the Republic of Abkhazia. Photo: Nina Zotina and Natalya Evsikova http://www.yuga.ru/
    19:25, 18 December 2014
    European Parliament urges Russia to recall alliance treaty with Abkhazia
    The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on Russia to recall the "alliance and strategic partnership treaty" signed with the authorities of Abkhazia.
    The Imam of Kislovodsk Kurman-Ali Baichorov in the courtroom. The Stavropol Territory, December 18, 2014. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
    18:53, 18 December 2014
    Court dealing with the case of Imam of Kislovodsk bans videoing the trial
    On Thursday, December 18, the Predgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory rejected the petition asking to allow the video and photo filming of the trial of the Imam of Kislovodsk Kurman-Ali Baichorov.
    News
    Support for children with Duchenne syndrome was on the agenda of the protests on Rustaveli Avenue.

    Security forces detained in Georgia for beating protesters in 2024

    From left to right: Irakli Nadiradze, Paata Manzhgaladze, Paata Burchuladze, Murtaz Zodelava, Lasha Beridze at the rally 04.10.25. Screenshot of photo "Interpressnews" https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/174819-po-delu-4-oktiabria-paata-burchuladze-murtaz-zodelava-iraklii-nadiradze-lasha-beridze-i-paata-ma ndzhgaladze-prigovoreny-k-7-tornike-mchedlishvili-nika-gventsadze-iraklii-chkhvirkiia-k-5-a-iraklii-shaishmelashvili-k-2-godam-lisheniia-svobody. The defense called the verdict in the case of the storming of the presidential palace in Georgia illegal.

    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.