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    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.
    21:00, 18 December 2012
    Tbilisi hosts protest action of librarians
    Librarians of Tbilisi demand from the city Mayoralty to preserve the Georgia's library network.
    20:00, 18 December 2012
    Rostov Regional Court invalidates indictment against Jehova's Witnesses in Taganrog
    Today, the Rostov Regional Court will continue hearing of the case of 17 members of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, accused and suspected of extremism. The Court must decide whether the indictment of two believers of this group was legal. The charge of extremism earlier presented to 14 believers has been already declared illegal by the court.
    19:00, 18 December 2012
    Circassian organizations are concerned about statement of Russian President on granting citizenship to compatriots
    The Coordination Council of Circassian Public Organizations of Russia has sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to start implementing the measures under the plan for evacuation of Russians from Syria. At the same time, activists of the Circassian organizations have expressed their disagreement with the demand to be a "carrier of the Russian language and culture" for the persons who will need to accelerate the adoption of Russian citizenship.
    18:00, 18 December 2012
    Opponents of "Electrozink" Factory in Vladikavkaz intend to unite with activists of other cities where UMMC works
    The initiative group of residents of Vladikavkaz named "Stop 'Electrozink'!" formed on the website "Odnoklassniki" plans to continue their protests. The activists' efforts will be directed towards uniting the environmental movement in all the cities where the Urals Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) operates.
    17:00, 18 December 2012
    Former Georgian Defence Minister Okruashvili goes on hunger strike in prison
    The former Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili, who is accused of forming an illegal armed formation (IAF), went on hunger strike in prison, said his lawyer Zviad Kordzadze.
    15:00, 18 December 2012
    MIA: network of counterfeiters revealed in Russia, who funded extremists in Northern Caucasus
    As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia, a large network of manufacturing counterfeit money, part of which was intended to fund extremist organizations in Northern Caucasus, was disclosed.
    14:00, 18 December 2012
    Court dismissed motion of Temerkhanov's defence to disqualify the judge in Budanov's murder case
    The Moscow City Court, which today has continued the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov, has dismissed the petition of the defence of the accused Yusuf Temerkhanov asking to challenge Judge Andrei Korotkov.
    13:00, 18 December 2012
    KBR resident reports kidnapping of his brother
    Today, in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), unidentified masked men kidnapped Rezuan Afashagov, a villager Atazhukino, Baksan District, reported his brother Ali Afashagov, who turned to law enforcement bodies and human rights defenders asking to help to find Rezuan.
    12:00, 18 December 2012
    Bekhbudov: in 2012 five persons died of torture in Azerbaijan
    At least five persons died in Azerbaijan last year as a result of torture, Elchin Bekhbudov, the head of the Azerbaijani Committee against Torture, said today.
    19:51, 17 December 2012
    Department of Federal Antimonopoly Service in Dagestan acknowledged Navalny’s complaint partially grounded
    Dagestani Department of Federal Antimonopoly Service (DFAS) acknowledged blogger Alexey Navalny’s complaint concerning an auction on purchase of a car for the republic’s Permanent Mission in Moscow announced by the Ministry of National Policy of the region in Moscow partially grounded. The Ministry was ordered to eliminate violations in the auction documentation.
    19:00, 17 December 2012
    Law enforcement officers in Grozny are searching for a missing girl who was wearing a hijab
    Young resident of Grozny Aina Habibulaeva disappeared on December, 11, under vague circumstances. On the day of her disappearance the girl was wearing a hijab.
    18:30, 17 December 2012
    The court acknowledged prolongation of arrest to a defendant on the case of Politkovskaya’s murder lawful
    Today the Board of Appeals of Moscow city court acknowledged lawful prolongation of custody term to Rustam Mahmudov, defendant on the case of murder of “Novaya Gazeta” political observer Anna Politkovskaya.
    18:00, 17 December 2012
    State program of development of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug will cost over 2,5 trillion rubles
    Upon a resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation a project of State program of development of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug for the period till 2025 at the cost of 2,55 trillion rubles was adopted. Only 10 per cent of this sum will be financed by state budget. Investments into the Caucasus are necessary, the only problem is control over them, the experts consider.
    17:34, 17 December 2012
    Attorneys of the defendant on the case of Budanov’s murder ask to try him on the polygraph detector
    Defendant Yusup Temerkhanov’s defense on the case of colonel Budanov’s murder in Moscow city court entered a motion to submit him to examination on the polygraph detector, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.
    17:00, 17 December 2012
    An SMS action in support of Syrian Circassians started in Adygea
    On December, 15, mass media of Adygea reported the start of a charitable SMS action in support of Syrian Circassians who came to Adygeya from the war-torn Syria. Anyone could send a message with the text "adiga" to the short number 3116 specifying the sum of money one wished to donate in support of compatriots, republican Foundation of aid to repatriates reported.
    16:39, 17 December 2012
    Residents of Alexandrovka, Rostov-on-Don, report mass deforestation in the grove
    Residents of the micro-district of Alexandrovka, Rostov-on-Don, report active cutting down a great number of trees in Alexandrovka grove which is according to them, one of the few recreation zones in the micro-district. They fear that new apartment houses will be built there instead of a park. Local authorities state that deforestation is legal and construction of a park has started in the grove.
    News
    Speculation about the condition of Kadyrov's son after the accident was the result of the silence of the Chechen authorities.

    Activists in Europe have called for Movlaev and Murtazov not to be extradited to Russia.

    The tenth temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house was destroyed.

    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.