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19:00, 20 December 2012
Court extends custody of defendants in Nalchik attack case by three months
At the trial of the case of the attack on Nalchik, the court has announced the decision to extend the term of the defendants' detention for another three months, until March 26, 2013.
18:00, 20 December 2012
"Beslan Mothers" commemorate children killed in Newtown
An action in memory of the children killed on December 14 in Newtown, State Connecticut of the USA, was held in the gym of Beslan School, whose pupils and teachers in September 2004 became terrorists' hostages and were killed. Mothers of the kids killed in North Ossetia decided to support their counterparts from another country, who have experienced the same grief.
17:09, 20 December 2012
Bridge to the mountain village of Dargo is built in south of Chechnya
A bridge across the Yassa (Aksay) River is being built in the mountainous Vedeno District of Chechnya, near the village of Dargo. The old bridge was destroyed in the course of the first military campaign in the country, said the Ministry of Motor Roads of Chechnya. The commissioning of the new bridge is scheduled for 2013.
17:00, 20 December 2012
Five Syrian refugees deported from Russia to Jordan
Five Circassians-refugees from Syria have been deported to Jordan from the Moscow Airport "Domodedovo".
16:00, 20 December 2012
Defendant's lawyer in Budanov murder case states pressure on his client's relatives
At the Moscow City Court (MCC), where today the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov was continued, the advocate of the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov has reported about an incident in Chechnya, which was treated by him as an act of intimidation intended to press the relatives of his client and the defendant himself.
15:00, 20 December 2012
NAC: Katsiev and Pugoev, leader and member of local militant grouping, killed in Nazran together with Kholadov
As reported by the information centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), the death toll of the special operation conducted on December 19 in Nazran included two militant leaders Ayub Kholadov and Movsar Katsiev, and a militant Khamzat Pugoev from Katsiev's grouping.
13:00, 20 December 2012
In Zugdidi, traders block street demanding to allow street trading
On December 19, in the Georgian city of Zugdidi, street vendors blocked the road in front of the Central Marketplace. Later, they tried to do the same in front of the House of Justice, but the police demanded the free the roadway.
12:00, 20 December 2012
Armenian journalists demand from Speaker to give political assessment of MP's incident with journalist
Thirty-five journalists of Armenian mass media wrote an open letter to the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ovik Abramyan with a demand to give a political assessment of the incident that occurred on December 19 at the National Assembly.
21:00, 19 December 2012
ECtHR obliged Russia to pay 550 thousand euros on the case of disappearance of eight residents of Chechnya
On December, 18, European Court of Human Rights considered the case “Aslakhanov and others vs. Russian Federation” and obliged Russia to pay 550 thousand euros to the families of eight residents of Chechnya who disappeared in the first half of the 2000-s. The court took side with the claimants who stated that their relatives were kidnapped by representatives of Russian power ministries.
20:00, 19 December 2012
South Ossetia released a detained citizen of Georgia
During a regular meeting in Ergneti within the framework of Mechanism for prevention of incidents and response to them (MPRI) on December, 19, South-Ossetian party released Georgian citizen Givi Chkikvadze.
19:00, 19 December 2012
26 convicts in one of the prisons of Tbilisi went on a hunger strike
26 convicts of prison No 9 of Tbilisi started a hunger strike in support of the people removed from the list of political prisoners, Press Service of the “Georgian party” reported.
18:00, 19 December 2012
The defendants’ attorneys appealed against the verdict on the case of blasting “Sapsan”
Today the attorneys of the defendants on the case of attempt of blasting “Sapsan” train appealed against the verdict of judge Andrey Rasnovsky of Moscow city court who acknowledged four defendants guilty and sentenced them to 14 to 17 years of custody in a strict regime colony.
17:30, 19 December 2012
Relatives of doctor Gunashev detained in Dagestan appealed to Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation for help
Relatives of Marat Gunashev, anaesthetist detained for suspicion of involvement in murder of Ahmed Magomedov, Chief of the Department of Interior Affairs of Makhachkala, appealed to Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika asking to look into the matter.
16:00, 19 December 2012
Lawyers and relatives of three residents of Ingushetia reported torture to them and inaction of Public Prosecutor’s office
Attorneys and relatives of Ahmedkhan Aushev, Zurab Didigov and Bashir Mislaurov in Ingushetia report investigation’s unlawful actions and inaction of Public Prosecutor’s office. The lawyers state impossibility to meet with their clients and the defendants’ relatives fear that they are tortured. Representatives of the investigation decline comment.
15:00, 19 December 2012
A resident of Dagestan reported refusal to give out the body of his son killed in Kaspiysk
Resident of the settlement of Novy Khushet Karimulla Abdulkhalikov reported refusal to allow him take the body of his son Kamil Abdulkhalikov killed on December, 16, in Kaspiysk from the morgue of Makhachkala.
14:00, 19 December 2012
Witnesses on the case of Budanov’s murder complain of threats
Today witnesses for the prosecution, law enforcement officers Koltsov and Dyatlov who carried out search in defendant Yusup Temerkhanov’s house in Chechnya, evidenced at the trial on the case of ex-colonel Yuri Budanov’s murder.
13:00, 19 December 2012
Participants of an action of protest in Georgia pelted Mikhail Saakashvili’s cortège with stones
Participants of an action of protest in Kutaisi with the demand of Mikhail Saakashvili’s resignation pelted the President’s cortège with stones and blocked the building where Head of the state was.
12:00, 19 December 2012
Three cases of babies’ death in the maternity hospital are under investigation in Pyatigorsk
Committee of Inquiry initiated three criminal cases of newborn babies’ death in the maternity hospital of Pyatigorsk.
11:00, 19 December 2012
Six ex-officials in Georgia detained on the case of transferring one million dollars to a fictitious enterprise
After a five-hour interrogation in the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Alexander Khetaguri, ex-Minister of Finance and Energetics, Nika Gvaramia, ex-Minister of Education and Justice, presently Director General of “Rustavi-2”, Kakha Damenia, ex-Deputy Minister of Economy, Devi Kandelaki, Director General of “Telasi” stock-company, and two more high-ranking officials were detained.
22:00, 18 December 2012
Araz Guliev is persecuted in Azerbaijan for his journalism, said his brother
A criminal case under five articles against Araz Guliev, the editor-in-chief of the online religious edition xeber44.com, which was transferred to the Lankoran Court of Grave Crimes, has to do with Guliev's journalism and his coverage of believers' protest against the ban on hijabs (headscarves) in schools of Azerbaijan, Azer Guliev, Araz's brother is confident.
News
A Dagestani resident received a suspended sentence for extremism.

The recovered weapon. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. During the week from February 2 to 8, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

A Dagestani resident has been accused of confidential collaboration with foreigners.

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.