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15:13, 13 December 2013
Board of Chechen Parliament demands to deprive Zhirinovsky of his parliamentary mandate
The Board of the Chechen Parliament has held an extraordinary sitting and decided to send a special appeal to the Chairman of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin demanding to dismiss Vladimir Zhirinovsky of his parliamentary activities, the press service of the Chechen Parliament has reported.
15:10, 13 December 2013
Baku Court refuses to move journalist Gashimli, who complained of torture, away from MNS SIZO
The Sabail District Court of Baku has considered a complaint of the journalist and human rights defender Parviz Gashimli about the conditions of his custody at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) and his request to move him into the SIZO of the country's Penitentiary Service. The court has denied Gashimli's motion.
14:04, 13 December 2013
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin: prayer rooms of five world religions are ready for the Olympics
On the eve of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, prayer premises of five world religions – Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity – have been prepared, said Vsevolod Chaplin, the head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church.
14:01, 13 December 2013
Dagestani resident is fined for involvement in "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"
A magistrate of the Nizhny Novgorod District of Moscow sentenced a resident of Dagestan to a fine of 60,000 roubles for involvement in the banned terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami". This was reported by the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.
The counterterrorist operation in Dagestan. December 2013. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
13:15, 13 December 2013
ICRF: Dagestani policeman was killed, when rescuing local hostages
Last night, in the Akhvakh District of Dagestan, armed men initiated a shootout with policemen. Criminals took hostage from local residents; however, the hostages managed to escape during the shootout. This was reported by the investigating agencies.
North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz, December 11, 2013. Travelling museum-and-exhibition project "Legends of the Caucasus". Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
07:54, 13 December 2013
Travelling exhibition "Legends of Caucasus" starts its journey from North Ossetia
On December 11, North Ossetia opened a travelling museum-and-exhibition project "Legends of the Caucasus". The project presents unique historical, archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from the National Museum of North Ossetia. Today, the exhibition project will leave North Ossetia and begin the journey to the neighbouring regions.
06:34, 13 December 2013
Svetlana Gannushkina: girl, who disappeared in Ingushetia, lives in Germany
Dali Dobrieva, a resident of Ingushetia, who disappeared on November 25, is in Germany. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the board of the international "Memorial", and Chair of the Committee "Civil Assistance".
Protect against results of presidential elections in Azerbaijan. Baku, October 12, 2013. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:46, 13 December 2013
Khafiz Gasanov: Azerbaijan has no effective legal remedies for complaints concerning election
Azerbaijan faces serious legal and practical problems concerning the investigation into complaints concerning elections. This was stated by Khafiz Gasanov, the leader of the NGO "Law and Development", at the presentation of the final report on the results of monitoring the protection of electoral rights and consideration of complaints about violations of the law during the presidential election.
00:02, 13 December 2013
In Dagestan, 16 protesters against construction of water intake station sentenced to administrative arrest
On December 12, the Magaramkent District Court in Dagestan has sentenced to arrest 16 detained participants of a protest action against the construction of water intake station on the Samur River.
21:22, 12 December 2013
Abakarov: detentions in Dagestan were caused by plans to hold rallies against Caucasophobia in Moscow
It is planned to use Moscow as the venue of the all-Russian rally against Caucasophobia; however, its date has not been defined yet, said Abakar Abakarov, a member of the Supreme Council of the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations. According to his story, the detentions conducted on December 9 in Makhachkala were directly connected with the plans to hold the rally in Moscow.
Satsita Israilova, director of the Central City Library. Photo by the Chechen Republic government Committee on Tourism, http://www.chechentourism.ru/
19:14, 12 December 2013
Grozny officials ask city library to move out
Officials of the Department of Culture of the city of Grozny have asked to vacate the building of the Central City Library (CCL) as soon as possible, the librarians assert.
16:56, 12 December 2013
Verdict for Akhtakhanov's murder is unduly harsh and will be appealed against, advocates promise
The verdict passed by the Savyolovo District Court of Moscow, as well as the punishment appointed thereby for the murder of the Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, will be appealed against, said the advocates of the defendants Mairbek Umaev and Zelimkhan Karimov.
Plenary Hall of the European Parliament in Brussels. Photo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/
13:58, 12 December 2013
European Parliament supports ban on entry into EU of "Magnitsky List" officials, including two from Chechnya
On December 11, European MPs approved a resolution calling to prohibit entry into the territory of the European Union (EU) for the Russian officials, put on the so-called "Magnitsky List", including two natives of Chechnya – Lecha Bogatyryov and Kazbek Dukuzov.
11:48, 12 December 2013
Dagestan: after inspection of "Amanat" militants spread threats to CCE employee and his family
Members of the armed underground of Dagestan have spread threats to an employee of the Centre to Combat Extremism (CCE), who participated in the inspection of the Children's Club "Amanat" in Makhachkala.
07:59, 12 December 2013
Three of detained protesters released in Dagestan
Three persons detained on December 11 in the village of Samur, Magaramkent District of Dagestan, during an unsanctioned protest against construction of water intake station on the river have been released; others are still at the district police station, local residents report.
Baku, The Fountain Square, December 8, 2013. The policeman trying to prevent a silent protest against rise in fuel prices. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
04:58, 12 December 2013
Rights defenders call on Azerbaijani authorities to comply with their international human rights obligations
The participants of the Human Rights Forum held in Baku have called on the authorities to follow the guidelines set forth by the UN Committee on Human Rights and follow their international obligations in the field of democracy. The event was attended by human rights activists, members of journalists' unions, heads of independent and opposition media, as well as representatives of the embassies of several countries and offices of international organizations.
03:59, 12 December 2013
Court in Dagestan sentences Gasanov, accused of involvement in armed underground, to 3 years and 8 months in colony
The City Court of Buynaksk has sentenced Gadjimurad Gasanov to 3 years and 8 months of imprisonment in a general security colony on charges of involvement in the armed underground and possession of firearms.
02:35, 12 December 2013
Sochi Mayoralty offers to allocate area for protests during Olympics
The Sochi Administration sent an application to the Administration of the Krasnodar Region for coordinating the citizens' protest zone. The proposed venue for protest actions is the park in Khosta, located in the street named after 50 years of the USSR, Evgeny Kuzhelev, an employee of the PR department of the Sochi City Administration, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
00:52, 12 December 2013
Tbilisi: 1500 persons support Ukraine's European integration
More than 1500 people gathered in Tbilisi on December 11 at a rally in support of Ukraine's European integration. Because of the march – the column was 200 meters long – the motor traffic in Rustaveli Avenue was stopped.
23:09, 11 December 2013
Prosecutor suspected of arms trafficking detained in Dagestan
Magomed Orudjev, the Public Prosecutor of the Sovietskiy District of Makhachkala, was detained today by law enforcers, said a source from the district prosecutor's office.
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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.