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16:15, 13 December 2012
The persons detained for suspicion of murder of sheikh Said Afandi had no wanted notices, a source reported
Law enforcement bodies did not earlier search for residents of Dagestan Shikhmirza Labazanov, Magomedali Amirhanov and Magomed Gadjiev reported by their relatives as kidnapped and detained for suspicion of Murder of Sufi sheikh Said Afandi Atsaev (Chirkeisky) but they had operative records as potential accomplices of the gunmen, a source in power ministries of the republic reported.
15:50, 13 December 2012
A resident of Ingushetia accuses the authorities of not keeping their promise to help her gravely ill child
A resident of Ingushetia accuses of inaction the authorities of the republic who according to her, promised to grant money on treatment of her daughter who suffers from an orphan disease and needs urgent therapy abroad.
15:00, 13 December 2012
Council of Elders of the Balkar people is preparing claims of compensation for moral damage caused by Stalin’s repression
Council of Elders of the Balkar people started collecting documents of ethnic Balkars who underwent repression during the period of Stalin’s rule in order to submit a claim of compensation for moral damage to court. As of the moment, 400 persons submitted their documents.
21:00, 12 December 2012
Criminal liability for compulsion to membership in a party enacted in Azerbaijan
On December, 11, National Assembly of Azerbaijan adopted amendments to the legislation of the country establishing measures of criminal and administrative liability in connection with violations in the activities of political parties.
20:15, 12 December 2012
A district police officer’s father in Derbent reports beating his son up by Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs
Chief of the Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation in Derbent Abdulahad Magomedov beat up district police officer Isabek Ramazanov, the officer’s father Tagir Ramazanov reported.
19:52, 12 December 2012
The Court in Strasbourg acknowledged Russia guilty of torturing Timur Tangiev
On December, 11, European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg acknowledged that resident of Grozny Timur Tangiev underwent treatment equated with torture in custody. Russia must pay him 45 thousand euros compensation for moral damage.
18:29, 12 December 2012
Experts put the Russian Federation in the 9th place out of 158 countries from the point of view of terrorist threat. The number of victims in the Caucasus is going down
Experts of the International Institute of Economy and Peace put Russia in the 9th place out of 158 in the rating “Global index of terrorist threats”. In 2010 Russia occupied the 7th position. The situation in Northern Caucasus was called the main cause of instability in the country. However, upon the calculation by the “Caucasian Knot”, total number of victims of the conflict in the South of Russia has been going down during the last three years.
18:00, 12 December 2012
At Budanov's murder trial, secret witnesses recognize the suspect
Today, the Moscow City Court has held a session on the Yuri Budanov's murder case, were two secret witnesses gave their testimonies; they identified the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov as the person shooting at Budanov.
17:42, 12 December 2012
"Prosperous Armenia" refuses to take part in presidential election
Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, will not run for presidency at the forthcoming presidential election in Armenia. The decision was made at today's sitting of the Political Council, the press service of the party reports.
17:15, 12 December 2012
Defendant in Nalchik attack case to be put under home arrest
In Kabardino-Balkaria, the freedom restriction measure of Sarabi Seyunov, a defendant in the case on the attack on Nalchik, will be changed for home arrest, Eva Chanieva, his advocate, said today.
16:57, 12 December 2012
Relatives of North-Ossetian prisoners serving their terms in Kalmykia ask to return them home
The relatives of the inmates of the Colony "IK-1 Salyn" in Kalmykia have turned to the leader of North Ossetia asking to help in transferring them home for further serving their sentences. According to the relatives, at the colony, natives of North Ossetia are regularly "becoming victims of personnel's illegitimate actions and abuses."
16:11, 12 December 2012
At Geneva Debates, South Ossetia raises issue of liberating its citizens from jails in Georgia
In the course of the 22nd round of Geneva Debates of security in Transcaucasia, held on December 11-12, the South-Ossetian delegation raised the issue of liberation of its citizens from the jails of Georgia.
15:00, 12 December 2012
Nagorno-Karabakh: seven houses in Vardadzor resettled because of new mine
As reported by the bosses of the mining company "Base Metals", for the villagers of Vardadzor, whose houses get into the sanitary zone of a new mine, a new block of houses will be built. As to residents themselves, they still believe that in any case the mine will be ecologically harmful for the area.
21:00, 11 December 2012
A campaign “Art for the sake of democracy” started in Azerbaijan
Activists of non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan announced the start of a human rights campaign “Art for the sake of democracy”.
20:30, 11 December 2012
Photos and distinguishing marks of the man suspected of Gekkiev’s murder posted on the web-site of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Kabardino-Balkaria
Law enforcement officers in Kabardino-Balkaria have been seeking for Zeitun Boziev, supposed murderer of TV journalist Kazbek Gekkiev, for suspicion of participation in a paramilitary group. His distinguishing marks and a photo were placed at the web-site of the Ministry. After the death of leaders of local armed underground Boziev was one of the main candidates to replace them”, “Commersant” reports referring to its own sources.
20:00, 11 December 2012
All the persons detained during an action of protest in Baku released
All the participants of an unauthorized action of the Azerbaijani opposition in Fontanov square of Baku detained and delivered to police departments were released. None of them was brought before the court, Giulaga Aslanly, Secretary of Civil movement for democracy “Public Chamber” (CMDPC), Deputy Chairman of “Musavat” party, reported.
19:17, 11 December 2012
The sufferers on the case of Politkovskaya’s murder ask the court to abrogate Pavliuchenkov’s plea bargain
The sufferers on the case of murder of ”Novaya Gazeta” observer Anna Politkovskaya are going to enter a motion of abrogation of defendant Dmitry Pavliuchenkov’s plea bargain in Moscow city court, lawyer Anna Stavitskaya reports.
18:58, 11 December 2012
Pakhomov: the tenants of a house burnt down in Sochi will receive one-time allowances of 5 to 50 thousand rubles
About two hundred people took part in a meeting with Mayor of the city Anatoly Pakhomov held in the courtyard of house No 40, Chebrikov street, that burnt down. During the meeting Mayor of the city promised to repair the damaged flats and façade of the house and pay the sufferers 5 to 50 thousand rubles compensation.
18:00, 11 December 2012
Astrakhan administration evicts Society of Invalids
The administration of the city of Astrakhan has notified the Astrakhan Regional Branch of the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Society of Invalids" about termination of leasing contracts on five rooms. In response, the Society has accused bureaucrats of ignoring the laws of the Russian Federation.
17:34, 11 December 2012
Court dealing with attack on Nalchik appoints additional advocates to two defendants
The court that is considering the case about the attack on Nalchik in 2005 has appointed additional advocates to defendants Murat Kashirgov and Zaur Sokmyshev, because the advocate Rita Gilyaeva, who had earlier defended them, fell ill and was hospitalized.
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.