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18:00, 4 December 2012
Balakhani villagers: if wind changes, the fire will quickly be here
The village of Balakhani, Untsukul District of Dagestan, is still blocked by power agents, while the adjacent forest is on fire, local residents assert. However, as stated by a source from the Untsukul ROVD (District Interior Division), there is no fire threat to the villages located in the district.
17:59, 4 December 2012
Lawyer: witnesses on Budanov’s case have told the court nothing significant yet
Evidence of witnesses for state prosecution received at a trial on Yuri Budanov’s case today play no fundamental role for the defense party, Valentin Varkentin, attorney of defendant Yusup Temerkhanov, declared.
17:17, 4 December 2012
The authorities of Chechnya ask the Kremlin to include construction of three new railway stations into the program of development of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug
Chechen authorities are going to build three new modern railway stations that would meet increasing demands of the republic in the towns of Grozny, Gudermes and Argun. A suggestion of including this project into the State program of development of North-Caucasian Federal Okrug till 2025 was submitted to Federal Center.
16:11, 4 December 2012
The “Georgian Dream” prepared an amendment to the law of entry of regulations of limitation of the President’s authority into effect
Ruling coalition the “Georgian Dream” in Georgia prepared an amendment stipulating entry into effect of already adopted constitutional regulations of extension of powers of Prime Minister for account of limiting the President’s authority. This amendment is expected to come into effect at the moment of inauguration of next Head of the state.
15:51, 4 December 2012
Khugaev reported mass dismissal of contractors from office in the building sites of South Ossetia
The number of prime contractors working in the sphere of recovery of destroyed infrastructure in South Ossetia will be considerably reduced. It is planned to set up contracts only with the contractors who “deserve confidence” of the Government. This was reported by Prime Minister of South Ossetia Rostik Khugaev at a briefing in Tskhinvali on December, 2.
22:00, 2 December 2012
Solo picket in support of Syrian Circassians held in Nalchik
On December 2, Albert Dyshekov, 27, a local resident, held a solo picket in Nalchik in Abkhazia Square with a demand to provide help to Circassians in Syria, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
21:41, 2 December 2012
Ex-Premier of Georgia Merabishvili interrogated on use of fake passport
Vano Merabishvili, Secretary General of the "United National Movement and the former Prime Minister of Georgia was interrogated in the context of information about his use of a fake passport when crossing the border of Georgia as a member of the presidential delegation. The MIA of Georgia wants to question him again.
21:16, 2 December 2012
Higher school pupils of Stepanakert study conflicts and settlement ways
In Nagorno-Karabakh, the NGO named "Education and Training Centre" is conducting – within the project "Mobilization of Youth Through Training" – lessons for elder pupils on the topic "Conflict Settlement". In the opinion of Svetlana Djangiryan, the head of the organization, such training sessions give a chance to young people to acquire skills of settling both everyday conflict situations and interethnic conflicts.
20:31, 2 December 2012
Nizhni Novgorod Regional Court to decide whether the monograph "International Tribunal for Chechnya" is extremist
On December 6, the Dzerzhinsk City Court of the Nizhni Novgorod Region will consider the presentation of the City Prosecutor on recognition of the monograph named "International Tribunal for Chechnya" as an extremist material. Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, a local rights defender and the editor of the edition, has been summoned to the session as an interested person.
20:15, 2 December 2012
Strasbourg court accepted a claim from the Porfirievs family who are at law with the Administration of Astrakhan for their house
On November, 27, the Porfirievs family who are being evicted from their house in Astrakhan with their baby upon a decision of the court received an answer from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about acceptance of two first claims for processing which concern gross violation of their rights in connection with the actions of Astrakhan municipal Administration by confiscation of their house and the land where it is located.
19:58, 2 December 2012
Residents of Grozny are discontented with the activities of the Committee for inventory of buildings and pulling down illegal structures
An inter-departmental commission formed in Grozny is carrying out inspection of housing resources and making a data bank of the houses, their owners and tenants. Simultaneously, illegally built structures are being pulled down in the private sector. Residents of Grozny told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent that the goal of this campaign was to find a pretext for new extortions of money from the population.
19:10, 2 December 2012
Program “Resettlement of compatriots” held up in Armenia
Migration Service of Russia in Armenia stopped receiving applications from the citizens who wished to move to Russia for permanent residence within the framework of the program “Resettlement of compatriots”. The decision to stop receiving applications will remain in force till January, 10, 2013.
19:00, 2 December 2012
Human rights activists from “Memorial” Human Rights Center presented their books at Non/fiction book market in Moscow
Human rights activists from HRC “Memorial” presented their books to the readers at XIV International Non/fiction book market in Moscow. The visitors were able to receive for free “Magomedov’s “New Policy”?” by Oleg Orlov, Head of the program “Hot points”, and Ekaterina Sokirianskaya, Director of the project of International crisis group for Southern Caucasus, as well as a book about people missing since the Second Chechen war “Fate Unknown” by Chairman of the Council of the organization Alexander Cherkasov.
23:00, 1 December 2012
Georgia and Armenia are second and third at "Junior Eurovision-2012"
The "Funkids" and the "Compass Band", the bands, representing Georgia and Armenia, respectively, at the song contest "Junior Eurovision-2012" in the Netherlands, won the second and third places, following Ukraine.
22:46, 1 December 2012
Organizers of a meeting against corruption in Dagestan report refusal of the Ministry of Justice to receive their notification of the action
Officials of the Ministry of Justice of Dagestan refused to receive a notification of holding an anti-corruption meeting, the organizers of the action informed the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
22:18, 1 December 2012
Five Armenian pilots perish in crash of cargo aircraft in Congo
Five out of seven members of the crew of the IL-76 cargo aircraft that on November 30, crashed in Congo, were citizens of Armenia.
22:18, 1 December 2012
Defence of resident of Makhachkala killed at search complain against policemen to Prosecutor's Office
The advocates of Shamil Gasanov, a resident of Makhachkala, who was killed when his flat was searched, have lodged a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan against illegitimate actions of law enforcement bodies. Let us remind you that Shamil Gasanov, 35, a surgeon of the Second City Hospital of Makhachkala, was detained by law enforcers on November 28.
22:02, 1 December 2012
Yury Artiukh: preservation of national peace is Moscow’s major problem
Participants of the conference “On activities of mass media in the sphere of interethnic relations and struggle against xenophobia” held in Moscow considered preservation of national peace the main problem of the Russian capital and called for the journalists to oppose escalation of national extremism, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.
22:00, 1 December 2012
Volunteers spend money raised via Internet to buy essential goods for Derbent residents
160,000 roubles were transferred to the account on the Internet, opened for residents of Derbent, affected by the flooding of October 10. From the total amount of the funds, transferred to the volunteer Yandex purse "Help Derbent", the activists spent 60,000 roubles for the purchase of essential goods.
21:39, 1 December 2012
Magdi-Magomed Kamalov: inquiry into murder of "Chernovik" founder is blocked by power structures of Dagestan
As long as the murder case of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the Dagestani public and political weekly "Chernovik, is accompanied by the operative service of the MIA of Dagestan, all the requests of the public will be blocked at the level of the republic's power structures. This was stated by the casualty's brother Magdi-Magomed Kamalov at the press conference held at the "Interfax" Press Centre on November 30. The founder of the "Chernovik" Khadjimurad Kamalov was killed on December 15, 2011, in Makhachkala, when the gunmen made 14 shots at him. Investigators associate the murder with Kamalov's professional activities. His colleagues assert that the inquiry is boycotted.
News
A UAV in flight. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. 84 drones were destroyed in five regions of southern Russia.

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.

Restrictions on travel on the Transkam highway have been tightened.

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.