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22:00, 25 December 2010
Picket against authorities' actions held in Sochi
Today, residents of the resort city of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, went out to hold another picket in protest against authorities' actions.
Law enforcement agents near "Moskva" Hotel in Manege Square, December 25, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 25 December 2010
Another rally of nationalists prevented in Moscow
Today in Moscow, law enforcement officers and interior soldiers have prevented another nationalists' attempt to hold an unsanctioned rally in Manege Square.
20:00, 25 December 2010
In Georgia, refugees ask Subari to set committee to protect their rights
The internally displaced persons living in Georgia sent a letter to Sozar Subari, the former Georgian Ombudsman and now the leader of the "Georgian Party", with a request to create a coordination office and a committee for protection of refugees' rights.
19:16, 25 December 2010
Ecologists sue Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection
The Administrative Court of Armenia has accepted to consideration the suit lodged by a public association named "Ensuring Ecological Safety and Promotion of Democracy" against the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia.
19:00, 25 December 2010
Exhibition of Salvador Dali's unknown works opened in Stavropol
The works by Salvador Dali from a private Italian collection are for the first time exhibited for the public at the Stavropol Territorial Museum of Fine Arts.
18:00, 25 December 2010
FSB blocks weapon delivery channel from South Ossetia to Stavropol Territory
Agents of the FSB department for the Stavropol Territory blocked the channel of delivery of weapons from South Ossetia to the Stavropol Territory.
17:33, 25 December 2010
First in Armenia Dolphinarium opened in Yerevan
On December 24, Yerevan held an opening ceremony of the first Armenian Dolphinarium. Ecologists protest against its operation, believing that it is dangerous.
17:00, 25 December 2010
In Kabardino-Balkaria, 29 families live in emergency house
In the settlement of Adiyukh, located in the suburb of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a five-story 60-apartment house, where 29 families still live, is in emergency condition.
Mestiya settlement, Svaneti (Georgia). Photo by http://car-rent.ge
16:00, 25 December 2010
Georgia opens new resort - Mestiya
On December 24, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili opened a new resort in the village of Mestiya located in Svaneti. A new nearby airport for small aircrafts will service the new resort.
15:00, 25 December 2010
Agreement on extension of stay of Russian military base in Armenia sent to Constitutional Court
Currently, the agreement on extension of deployment of the Russian military base in Armenia, which was signed on August 20 during the visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to Yerevan, is pending at the Constitutional Court of Armenia.
23:10, 24 December 2010
Resident of South Ossetia detained in Georgia is back at large
Yesterday, on December 23, Radislav Kachmazov, a resident of South Ossetia, who was detained a day earlier in Georgia, was released.
Entrance to "Rostok" kindergarten, Vladikavkaz. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 24 December 2010
In North Ossetia, half of children under six do not attend kindergarten
In total 5500 children of North Ossetia have no chances to attend preschool establishments. Only 56.7 percent of children aged 1.5-6 years are covered by preschool education.
22:30, 24 December 2010
Suspect of attacking 16-year-old Bagrat Asatryan detained in Krasnodar
A football fan was detained in Krasnodar, who had nearly killed Bagrat Asatryan, 16. This was announced at the meeting of the head of Krasnodar Vladimir Evlanov with leaders and activists of national and cultural associations of the city, which took place on December 21.
22:20, 24 December 2010
Plenipotentiary's office to check legality of ban on hijabs at Pyatigorsk University
The office of the Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) will check the legality of the decision to ban hijabs at Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University.
22:10, 24 December 2010
Vilnius court rules to hear Kusaite's case behind closed doors
On Thursday, December 23, the District Court of Vilnius ruled that the case of Egle Kusaite would be considered in the closed regime. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Vitautas Mezhrikaitis, a human rights defender from the Lithuanian Public Association "Save All Chechen Children".
22:00, 24 December 2010
Two persons injured by explosion in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria
An inspector of the Chief Department of the Russian Investigatory Committee for the Southern and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (SFD and NCFD) and his brother were injured in an explosion of a self-made bomb, which was triggered by unidentified persons in Nalchik.
21:00, 24 December 2010
Krasnodar Territory: Sergey Tsapok is charged of extortion
One more criminal case has been opened against Sergey Tsapok, the main figurant in the case of the massacre of 12 persons in the village of Kuschevskaya: this time he is suspected of extortion.
20:00, 24 December 2010
Rostov Deputies criticize militia's actions during nationalist actions
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Rostov Region failed to be properly coordinated during the action in memory of the perished student Maxim Sychov and did not interfere into the incident in Zimovniki, where a young Chechen was beaten. This was stated by the participants in the sitting of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov Region, held on December 23.
19:00, 24 December 2010
Doctor detained in Chechnya on suspicion of bribe-taking
A woman-therapist of the second district hospital of the village of Gvardeiskoe, Nadterechny District of Chechnya, was detained red-handed at taking a bribe. According to the local department of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) the doctor extorted money from an elderly woman for issuing a direction to medical commission for establishing disability, a source from law enforcement bodies of Chechnya has reported.
18:00, 24 December 2010
FC forbids heads of Russian subjects to be called presidents
The Russian Federation Council (FC) has approved the ban for heads of Russian subjects to name them presidents. According to the bill, heads of regions may choose the names of their posts with account of historical and cultural traditions. In the republics of the Caucasus, presidents now exist in Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.
News
Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region.

The Supreme Court upheld activists' lawsuit against the felling of spruce trees in Rostov-on-Don.

Three Rostov-on-Don residents received lengthy prison sentences in connection with the attempted arson of a military registration and enlistment office.

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.