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15:00, 22 December 2012
"Heritage" to support Ovannisyan at presidential election
The "Zharangutyun" (Heritage) Party has expressed – at its today's congress – its support its leader Raffi Ovannisyan at the upcoming presidential election, who had announced his intention to run for the post by using the procedure of self-nomination.
14:00, 22 December 2012
Party "Country of Law" to support Serzh Sargsyan at presidential election in Armenia
The party named "Orinats Erkir" (Country of Law) will support the incumbent Serzh Sargsyan at the presidential election on February 18, Arthur Bagdasaryan the leader of the party and the current Secretary of the National Security Council, said today.
13:00, 22 December 2012
Gori budget has funds to restore monument to Stalin
The 2013 budget of the City Municipality of Gori, Georgia, has funds to restore the monument to Stalin.
12:00, 22 December 2012
Bilkhis Dudaeva: my questions to Putin were neutral
The questions asked on behalf of the newspaper "Kadyrov's Way" at a press conference of Vladimir Putin had been carefully thought over and were purely neutral; while the decision to close the newspaper was, most likely, caused by journalists' mockeries over the name of the paper, said Bilkhis Dudaeva, the editor-in-chief of the now closed edition.
23:00, 21 December 2012
Two Dagestani NPOs quit "United Caucasian Forum"
Two non-profit organizations (NPOs) from Dagestan, "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights" and "Fighter for Justice", have announced their withdrawal from the "United Caucasian Forum", explaining their decision by "poor coordination of the Forum," and disagreement with the organizers on some issues.
22:00, 21 December 2012
Third group of persons accused of riots in Guba sentenced in Azerbaijan
Today, the trial has been finalized of the third group of defendants, accused of riots in the city of Guba. Two out of seven defendants received real prison terms; the remaining five were sentenced conditionally.
21:00, 21 December 2012
Oppositional "Republic" Party refuses to run for presidency in Armenia
Aram Sargsyan, the leader of the oppositional "Republic" Party and a former member of the "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), said he would not run for the post of the country's president. Today, the congress of the party has decided to refuse to participate in the presidential election in Armenia.
20:00, 21 December 2012
HRW: ecologist Gazaryan leaves Russia and plans to seek asylum in Europe
Suren Gazaryan, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", said that he left Russia fearing a guilty verdict in the case about the incident at the "Putin's Palace".
19:00, 21 December 2012
Residents of Northern Caucasus are sceptical about "end of the world"
On the eve of December 21, some residents of the regions of Northern Caucasus feared the predicted "doomsday" and prepared for it; however, it was not of a mass character. Muslim clerics, while noting that Islam has a concept of the "judgment day", said that there is no evidence of this event.
18:00, 21 December 2012
Georgian culture figures to seek settlement of Georgian-Russian relations
The NGO named "Union of Societies of Georgian-Russia Relations: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" and Georgian figures of culture are setting up an initiative group for settlement of Georgian-Russian relations, in order to revive the tradition of joint projects in the sphere of education and sciences.
17:00, 21 December 2012
In Astrakhan, court marshals start evicting Porfiriev family out of their house
Today, court marshals, a representative of the administration of the Sovietskiy District and policemen appeared at No. 14 Amurskaya Street in Astrakhan, aiming to evict the Porfiriev family out of their house.
16:00, 21 December 2012
In Ingushetia, local resident's relatives state his illegal detention
Beslan Tsechoev, a villager of Sagopshi, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, was detained by the police without explanation, his relatives assert. They fear that the man will be exposed to illegal methods of physical pressure, noting that earlier similar cases had already happened.
15:00, 21 December 2012
Telavi hospital staff goes on strike in Georgia
On December 20, 130 employees of the medical centre in the city of Telavi went on a strike demanding to pay their wage arrears.
14:00, 21 December 2012
Georgian soldier disappears in Afghanistan
A soldier from the Georgian contingent has disappeared in Afghanistan; searches are fruitless.
13:00, 21 December 2012
Former Prime Minister Grant Bagratyan states his intention to run for presidency
Grant Bagratyan, a member of the oppositional parliamentary faction "Armenian National Congress" (ANC) and the former Prime Minister, has announced, on his Facebook page, his intention to take part in the presidential election. Bagratyan also said that he would suspend his cooperation with the ANC in order not to hamper the organization.
12:00, 21 December 2012
Adaptation Commission of former militants in KBR promises to help relatives of underground members
Ruslan Eshugaov, the chair of the Adaptation Commission of former militants in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), has promised, when meeting relatives of convicted militants, to help in their conditional early relief (CER).
23:00, 20 December 2012
Newspaper "Puts Kadyrova" (Kadyrov's Way) closed after journalist's question to Putin
The Chechen newspaper "Kadyrov's Way", which was closed today after the press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was initially presented by local officials at a celebration ceremony of the 60th birthday of the late Akhmad Kadyrov, the former head of the region, in August 2011.
22:00, 20 December 2012
Georgia: supporters of "United National Movement" oppose arrest of Director General of "Rustavi-2"
About a thousand supporters of the party "United National Movement" have held a protest in Tbilisi against the arrests of Nicka Gvaramiya, Director General of "Rustavi-2", as well as the former Energy Minister Alexander Khetaguri, Director General of the Energy Company "Telasi" Devi Kandelaki and former Deputy Minister of Economy Kakha Dameniya.
21:00, 20 December 2012
Abdullaev: three persons left STRC "Kabardino-Balkaria" after Gekkiev's murder
The murder of the TV presenter Kazbek Gekkiev did not entail any mass resignation of employees of the State TV and Radio Company (STRC) "Kabardino-Balkaria". To date, only three out of one hundred and eighty employees have submitted their voluntarily resignation applications, said Kamal Abdullaev, Deputy Director of the STRC, which is a branch of the All-Russian TV and Radio Company.
20:00, 20 December 2012
Chataev released on bail appears in court, but session failed
The session of the Tbilisi City Court, scheduled for December 19, on the case of Akhmed Chataev, a native of Chechnya and a Russian citizen, who was detained in a special operation in Lopota Gorge, did not take place due to the failure of the prosecutor to summon his witnesses.
News
J.D. Vance and Ilham Aliyev at the signing of the Charter. Screenshot from a photo by the press service of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, February 10, 2026, https://president.az/az/articles/view/71562 Vance's visit to Baku demonstrated the pragmatism of US interest in the South Caucasus

Azerbaijani social media users responded to calls for the extradition of convicted NKR leaders to Armenia.

The Vardanyan case investigation has been completed.

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.