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20:44, 24 December 2013
Woman-healer killed in KBR
Today, in the village of Psykhurey, Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a woman folk healer was killed, said the spokesman of the Republic's Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
15:57, 24 December 2013
Residents of Magaramkent District of Dagestan stop construction of Samur water intake
Today, about three thousand residents of the Magaramkent District of Dagestan have broken the police cordon and stopped the construction of a water intake near the village of Azadogly, which, according to villagers, threatens the ecology of the unique Samur forest, said Magomedanifa Beibutov, a Deputy of the District Assembly.
14:09, 24 December 2013
Prosecutor's Office: in 2013, 38 women from Dagestan forged documents to receive maternity capital
In 2013, the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan sent to the court 38 criminal cases of frauds with the maternity capital, says the website of the Office. According to prosecutors, the women forged documents about the birth of their children in order to receive state certificates giving the right to receive maternity capital.
13:34, 24 December 2013
Advocate states new pressure on victims in Gamzatovs' murder case in Dagestan
The lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who is defending the interests of the suffered party in the murder case of Gamzatovs in Kizlyar, states another attempt to influence the witnesses and the Gamzatov family. This time, she said, pressure is exerted by the gas company, which has stopped supplying gas to their house and the shopping centre "Planet Lux".
Village of Tanusi, Khunzakh District of Dagestan. Photo by Rashid Magomedov, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
13:12, 24 December 2013
Dagestan: senior schoolchildren save drowning child
In the village of Tanusi, Khunzakh District of Dagestan, Shamil and Magomedsaigid Khatipov, pupils of the eighth and ninth grades, respectively, saved a six-year-old boy from drowning in an icy lake, the Republic's Department of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of the Russian Federation has reported.
Georgievsk, Stavropol Territory. Official site of Georgievsk town http://georgievsk.ru
13:06, 24 December 2013
Stavropol woman asserts that her detained husband was rejected medical care
Mansur Adjigisiev, a resident of the village of Kangly, Mineralovodsky District of the Stavropol Territory, detained on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms and treated under arrest at the city hospital of Georgievsk, needs a qualified care of gastroenterologists; however, law enforcers deny his transfer to a specialized clinic. This was stated by his wife Sofia Adjigisieva, who has turned to human rights defenders.
Vitaly Mutko. Photo by Vladimir Anosov/Yugopolis.
12:12, 24 December 2013
Vitaly Mutko: Olympic infrastructure is ready and will be handed over to IOC on January 7
Russia has fulfilled all its commitments to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the organization of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. This was stated on December 23 by Vitaly Mutko, the head of the Russian Ministry of Sports.
08:55, 24 December 2013
Taganrog residents protest against construction of Mormon religious building
Residents of Taganrog held a rally to protest against the existence in the city centre of the temple complex of the religious association of the Church of Jesus of Latter-Day Saints in Russia, parishioners of which are called Mormons. The protest action was held on December 21; and according to various sources, it was attended by 30-80 persons.
07:08, 24 December 2013
Tskhinvali: court to decide on legality of actions of families who voluntarily moved into a new house
On December 25, the City Court of Tskhinvali will hold a session to define the legality of the unauthorized occupation of people in need of better housing of apartments in new houses.
03:34, 24 December 2013
Dagestani court awards compensation of 250,000 roubles to local for unlawful prosecution
On December 23, the Soviet Court of Makhachkala granted the lawsuit filed by Khabib Budaikhanov, a resident of the city of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, whose verdict was cancelled five years after announcement, and ruled to compensate his moral harm in the amount of 250,000 roubles.
Photo: www.publicverdict.org
03:04, 24 December 2013
Mobilization of protest in Dagestan
During 2013, the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan took a number of repressive actions, which heightened the tensions and increased the level of discontent from the part of strictly practicing Muslims. These actions included mass detentions of Muslims for document check, taking their DNA assays, check and closing Muslim cafes, kindergartens, schools, and restricting access to mosques. The "Caucasian Knot" acquaints its readers with the chronicle of events.
Stanislav Markelov, 2008. Photo by Vladimir Voronov.
00:37, 24 December 2013
Cherkasov: Markelov will be remembered due to outcome of cases against Budanov and "Cadet"
On December 22, about forty persons, including public figures, human rights defenders and intellectuals, came to the library named after Dostoevsky in Moscow to meet the authors of the book "Nobody But Me" dedicated to the deceased advocate Stanislav Markelov.
Olympic rings at railway station in Sochi. December 2013. Photo by Tatiana Ukolova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:45, 23 December 2013
Focus: Merkel not to visit Sochi Olympics
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to go to the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, the German magazine Focus reported on Sunday, citing its sources in government circles. The German delegation will be headed by Thomas de Maiziere, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, says the magazine.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo by Mitya Aleshkovskiy, http://commons.wikimedia.org
18:43, 23 December 2013
Khodorkovsky: separation of Northern Caucasus from Russia is inadmissible
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of "Yukos", recently released from colony, has stated that Russia's territorial integrity is a priority and it is necessary to prevent separation of the North-Caucasian regions from the rest of the country. While in prison, he was recognized by human rights activists to be a political prisoner.
Participants of the rally ‘We are to decide!’ protesting against ratification of gas agreements with Russia. Yerevan, December 20, 2013. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:41, 23 December 2013
Armenia's opposition signs protocol on invalidity of Armenian-Russian agreements
Today, at a session of the National Assembly, the parliamentary majority has voted for the ratification of the gas agreements with Russia. The oppositional MPs did not vote and left the hall in protest.
15:03, 23 December 2013
HRW: Russian authorities use far-fetched reasons to search homes of Circassian activists
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that Russian authorities should immediately stop their pressure on the activists of the movement for Circassians' rights, who criticize the preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
‘Shahid's belt’. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
14:45, 23 December 2013
Dagestani woman sentenced to two years in prison for keeping "shahid's belt"
The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan has reported today that Sultanat Krymova, a local resident, was sentenced by the Kaspiisk City Court to two years of colony-settlement for possessing the so-called "suicide bomber's (shahid's) belt".
12:20, 23 December 2013
Nigerian citizen wounded in Volgograd
Last night, a Nigerian citizen, who studies at one of the higher educational institutions of Volgograd, got a knife wound. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies of the region.
12:04, 23 December 2013
Law enforcers announces Imam's murder in Dagestan resolved
Staff members of the Dagestani secret services have resolved the murder of Gadji Aliev, Imam of the village mosque in Dagestan, committed a year ago. This was reported by an official from the law enforcement bodies of the republic.
09:55, 23 December 2013
Soldier escapes from Vladikavkaz military unit because of abuse, his relatives assert
On December 20, a 23-year-old resident of Chelyabinsk, who was called for military service in this November, escaped from the military unit of Vladikavkaz, claiming moral humiliation and abuse occurring there. This was reported on December 22 by Valeria Prikhodkina, Principal of the Chelyabinsk "Schools of Conscript", who referred to the soldier's sister.
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A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has denied a disabled teenager compensation for medical error.

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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.