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00:00, 9 December 2011
Rules for users' behaviour on the "Caucasian Knot" interactive services
23:50, 8 December 2011
In Sochi, policeman sentenced for beating detainee
In Sochi, a police officer was sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment for beating a detainee.
23:40, 8 December 2011
Personnel of Azerbaijani newspaper "Khural" claim being threatened
Journalists of the Azerbaijani oppositional newspaper "Khural" reported on threats coming to their address from unidentified persons.
Intigam Aliev. Photo from azadlyq.org, RFE/RL
23:20, 8 December 2011
Azerbaijani human rights defender Intigam Aliev claims that he was beaten at Istanbul airport
Intigam Aliev, the well-known Azerbaijani human rights defender and lawyer, the head of the Society of Legal Education, claims that on December 7 he had been detained at the Istanbul airport and subjected to pressure and violence by Turkish policemen. According to Intigam Aliev, he was released and deported to Baku only after intermediation of international human rights organizations.
23:10, 8 December 2011
Website of Association "Golos" re-opened
The website of the Association "Golos" (Vote), which observed the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation and which was attacked by hackers on the day of the parliamentary elections, was fully re-opened.
23:00, 8 December 2011
American Academy of Tourism awards Adzharia
On December 7, the city of Cannes hosted the annual awards ceremony of the American Academy of Tourism and Services. Georgia was represented by Adzharia, which won in three nominations at once.
OMON (riot police) in Triumphal Square in Moscow, December 6, 2011. Photo by Elena Mikheeva from Grani.Ru
22:50, 8 December 2011
Chechen MIA denies information about sending police regiment to Moscow
The information that one of the units of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is quartered in Moscow is absolute disinformation and falseness. This was reported by the republic's law enforcement agencies.
22:20, 8 December 2011
Woman from Makhachkala claims disappearance of her brother
On December 7, in the capital of Dagestan, unidentified armed men kidnapped Rashid Shuaibov, a resident of Makhachkala, and his whereabouts is still unknown. This was reported by his sister Subigat Gasanova, a resident of Makhachkala.
22:00, 8 December 2011
Employee of South-Ossetian MoD wounded at oppositional rally in Tskhinvali
On December 8, Soslan Gabuev, a staff member of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of South Ossetia, got a knife wound during an opposition rally in the city of Tskhinvali. This was reported by Uruzmag Margiev, the deputy head of the city GOVD (Chief Interior Division).
21:00, 8 December 2011
More than 170 Nalchik residents hospitalized with poisoning
Starting from December 6, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, 170 persons, including 68 children, were hospitalized with a diagnosis of "acute gastroenterocolitis", "food toxic infection". The infection source is still unidentified: the samples of water showed its compliance with the standard.
19:00, 8 December 2011
70 persons detained by power agents in Triumphal Square, opposition asserts
In Moscow, Triumphal Square hosted an unsanctioned rally of people who wanted to express their discontent with the results of the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the Sixth Convocation. According to the preliminary information of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), about 30 persons were detained during the rally; the opposition reports that policemen detained 70 persons.
18:00, 8 December 2011
Dagestani native claims kidnapping of his brother
On December 4, unidentified persons kidnapped Magomed Mutalibov, born in 1985, a resident of the Suleiman-Stalskiy District of Dagestan. According to his brother Nazim Mutalibov, power agents are involved in the kidnapping.
Documents scattered on the table in the robbed office of the city CPRF Committee, Sochi, December 6, 2011. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko to "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 7 December 2011
In Sochi, copies of election protocols stolen from city CPRF office
At night on December 6, the doors of two rooms of the city office of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), located on the ground floor of the five-storey apartment building at 13 Gorky Lane, were broken. Copies of protocols of the Sochi polling stations at the December 4 State Duma elections were stolen from the office.
22:40, 7 December 2011
Bill on open-type prison drafted in Georgia
The Georgian MPs have been presented a new bill, under which the country will have an open-type correction facility. As stated by Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Minister for Correction, Probation and Legal Assistance of Georgia, it would be "a prison without bars."
Zaur Makhmudov (right) at the sitting of the City Adaptation Commission, Makhachkala, Dagestan, December 7, 2011. Photo by Timur Isaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:40, 7 December 2011
Dagestan: adaptation commission to petition for five IAF members
Today, the Makhachkala city commission for helping those, who have decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities, in adapting to peaceful life, has decided to support the appeal of five residents of Dagestan, who asked to allow them to serve their prison terms in the territory of the republic.
22:30, 7 December 2011
Project of "Preventive Reaction Group" to facts of pressure on journalists launched in Azerbaijan
The aim of the project "Preventive Reaction Group" (PRG) is to prevent threats to journalists and investigate cases of violence applied against them, and unjustified prosecution of journalists. Two groups have been formed so far, engaged in the inquiry into the murder of journalist Rafig Tagi and the arrest of the editor-in-chief of the "Khural" newspaper Avaz Zeinalov.
22:20, 7 December 2011
ECtHR satisfies one of complaints of Azerbaijani businessman Aliev
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced its decision on consideration of the complaint lodged by Rafig Aliev, a well-known Azerbaijani businessman and former head of the "Azpetrol" Oil Company, who is serving his prison term.
22:10, 7 December 2011
In Moscow police pulls forces to Triumphal Square
Policemen are putting metal fences around the Triumphal Square in central Moscow and evacuating cars away from nearby streets. However, in spite of that, the opposition called on its supporters to go out to a rally on December 10.
22:00, 7 December 2011
Woman from Nazran reports kidnapping of her son Aliskhan Khadazhev
In Ingushetia, Debukhan Khadazheva, a resident of the city of Nazran, said her son, Aliskhan Khadazhev, 37, was kidnapped and beaten by unidentified men in masks.
21:00, 7 December 2011
Rostov-on-Don: Ryazantsev, activist of "Left-Wing Front", sentenced to five days in jail
Vladislav Ryazantsev, one of the activists of the movement named "Left-Wing Front", who were detained in Rostov-on-Don at an unauthorized rally against election outcomes, was sentenced to five days in jail.
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Aliyev recalled the conditions of the peace agreement with Armenia

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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.