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Georgian newspapers. Photo by RFE/PL
22:40, 26 December 2011
"Internews": in Georgia, printed media pay less attention to religious minorities than to ethnic and sexual ones
The organization "Internews-Georgia" has published a report on the study of the tolerance level and use of "hate speech" in the Georgian printed media with regard to ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. According to its summary, Georgian newspapers pay less attention to religious minorities in comparison with attention paid to ethnic and sexual ones.
22:30, 26 December 2011
In Timashevsk, Prosecutor's Office files lawsuits to recover wage debts to hunger-strikers
The Prosecutor's Office of the Timashevsk District of the Krasnodar Territory sent lawsuits to the court to recover arrears to employees of the LLC (Limited Liability Company) "Yug-S" on a hunger strike since December 16.
22:20, 26 December 2011
Another protest action held near French Embassy in Baku
Today, about 50 activists of the National Independence Party of Azerbaijan held in front of the French Embassy in Baku a protest action against the draft law, criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide.
22:10, 26 December 2011
Grozny gives 73 apartments to orphans
The Chechen authorities have allocated 73 apartments to children without parental care. During next five years, they plan to provide housing to more than 400 other orphans.
22:00, 26 December 2011
Apti and Aishat Magomadovs' defence intends to appeal against verdict of guilty
Lawyers of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova intend to appeal against the verdict against their clients. They will also insist on full court's acquittal of their client and his sister, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Jabbar Savalan, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. Photo: http://jabbarsavalan.wordpress.com
21:20, 26 December 2011
Three political prisoners released in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, the list of those pardoned has included three persons, earlier recognized by human rights defenders as political prisoners: Jabbar Savalan, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA); Nizami Shakhmuradov, a former OPON (riot police) commander; and Mekhman Mamedov, the driver and ex-Prosecutor of Baku.
21:10, 26 December 2011
Ski Resort "Roza Khutor" opened in Sochi
In Sochi, on December 24, the famous ski resort "Roza Khutor" started its work. The holiday held on the occasion was attended by more than a thousand people.
21:00, 26 December 2011
Rostov Region hosts picket in defence of journalist Alexander Tolmachev
On December 26, in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, a picket was held against criminal prosecution and arrest of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "I'm Authorized to State" Alexander Tolmachev, one of the leaders of local communists Vladislav Zhuravlyov and an activist of the entrepreneurs' movement Konstantin Astakhov.
19:00, 26 December 2011
A shop fired upon in Izerbash
Last night two unidentified masked and camouflaged persons fired upon a shop in Izerbash from self-firers. The shop flared up as a result. There are no victims or injured persons, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.
19:00, 26 December 2011
Committee for clemency in Georgia suggested to amnesty 73 convicts
Committee for clemency with the President of Georgia granted the requests of 73 convicts. After the session of the Committee in the President's Palace in Tbilisi People's Defender Giorgi Tugushi said that 144 requests all in all were considered, five of them were from underage convicts.
18:00, 26 December 2011
Apti and Aishat Magomedova sentenced to 6 and 2 years of custody in a general regime colony
Natives of Chechnya Apti and Aishat Magomedova accused of complicity in terrorism and creating paramilitary groups were acknowledged guilty.
04:00, 26 December 2011
Participants of the meeting in Sakharov prospect are going to gather again in February
The authorities of the country heard the voice of the demonstrators in December in Moscow who came out in opposition against the official results of State Duma election but their reaction was "weak and halved", participants of the protest actions in the Russian capital consider.
20:00, 24 December 2011
Armenia holds protest against State Duma election frauds
Today, in Yerevan, in front of the Russian Embassy to Armenia, a protest action was held against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma, initiated by an initiative group of students.
19:00, 24 December 2011
Protest rally in Sakharov Avenue adopts resolution
In Moscow, a rally against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma took place in Sakharov Avenue. Its participants adopted a final resolution.
The rally "For Fair Elections" in Rostov-on-Don. December 24, 2011. Photo by Olesya Dianova for "Caucasian Knot".
18:23, 24 December 2011
In Rostov-on-Don, protest against election results brings together over 500 persons
The rally "For Fair Elections", which was coordinated with the authorities of Rostov-on-Don, attracted more than 500 people, who expressed their disagreement with the outcomes of the elections to the Russian State Duma.
The rally "For Fair Elections" in Krasnodar. December 24, 2011. Photo by "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 24 December 2011
Krasnodar: rally against rigged elections was about 1000-strong
About a thousand persons came in Krasnodar to take part in the rally "For Fair Elections" and express their disagreement with the results of the Russian State Duma elections. The event was coordinated with local authorities.
17:00, 24 December 2011
Suspected militants' helpers detained in Chechnya
Law enforcers of Chechnya have detained two persons in Grozny, suspected of assisting the members of illegal armed formation (IAFs).
The rally against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma. Astrakhan, December 24, 2011. Photo by Elena Grebenyuk for the "Caucasian Knot".
14:00, 24 December 2011
At rally Astrakhan opposition announces plans to litigate against election outcomes
Activists of oppositional political parties of Astrakhan have reported to the recent rally against rigged elections to the Russian State Duma that they will file lawsuits in the context of numerous violations committed in the course of the election campaign.
12:00, 24 December 2011
RWB: situation with the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan remains poor
In 2011, the situation in Azerbaijan with the freedom of speech was the worst in the past six years. For the first time after 2005, a murder of a journalist was committed – the publicist Rafiq Tagi was assassinated. This is stated in the annual report of the "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB), an international organization in defence of the press.
11:00, 24 December 2011
In Azerbaijan, a businessman tries to burn himself down
In the Azerbaijani city of Sheki, a local businessman made an attempt of self-immolation, claiming violation of his rights.
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A Stavropol resident has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term in connection with an attack on Dagestan.

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.