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Maxim Shevchenko, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, takes part in the discussion "Peace to the Caucasus", North Ossetia, March 19, 2010. Photo by Vladimir Mukagov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:00, 11 December 2010
Karachay-Cherkessia starts project "Peace to Caucasus"
Within the project of open discussion platforms "Peace to Caucasus", which begins its work in Karachay-Cherkessia, the working group headed by the project author Maxim Shevchenko arrived in the republic.
15:00, 11 December 2010
Kokoity nationalizes real estate of some residents of South Ossetia
Authorities of South Ossetia have annulled real estate transaction in the Leningor District, concluded under the jurisdiction of Georgia. Tbilisi is stating persecution of ethnic Georgians.
11:00, 11 December 2010
Two residents of Karachay-Cherkessia convicted for attacking militiamen
They were found guilty by the republic's Supreme Court of attacking law enforcers and participation in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and received long prison terms.
10:00, 11 December 2010
Georgia offers residents of South Ossetia to move freely across the border
The official Tbilisi has allowed residents of South Ossetian to freely cross the administrative border. The initiative was announced on December 10 at the meeting of the mechanism to prevent incidents, involving representatives of the Observers' Mission of the Council of Europe (OMCE), OSCE, Georgia, South Ossetia and Russia in the Georgian village of Ergneti.
09:00, 11 December 2010
Adygea holds republic's beauty contest
In the evening on December 10, the stage of the Maikop House of Culture was the venue of the contest "Beauty of Adygea-2010", organized by the "Svet Models", a model agency of Maikop, with support of the Republic's Committee on Youth Matters.
08:00, 11 December 2010
Abkhazia appoints local elections
On December 10, Abkhazian President Sergey Bagapsh signed a decree on appointing elections to local self-government bodies on Saturday, February 12, 2011.
Participants of the protest rally at the building of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan. Baku, December 10, 2010. Photo by Turkhan Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
07:00, 11 December 2010
Baku residents stage protest against ban of hijabs in schools
A rally and a march to the building of the Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan were held on December 10 by schoolchildren and their parents, who protested against a possible ban on wearing headscarves (hijabs) in schools. Hundreds of people came to the rally.
23:50, 10 December 2010
Militia officer was shot dead in Dagestan
As reported by the press service of the Dagestani MIA, tonight a STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) inspector was shot dead in the village of Sergokala, Sergokalin District of Dagestan.
23:40, 10 December 2010
In Dagestan, investigation into lawyer Magomedova's beating case extended
The term of preliminary investigation into the case initiated in relation to lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who was beaten in June by employees of the Khasavyurt militia department. At the same time, Ms Magomedova asserts that the criminal case opened against the militiamen who had beaten her, is not investigated.
23:20, 10 December 2010
Liturgical building of Jehovah's Witnesses set on fire in Labinsk
Bottles with Molotov cocktail were thrown into the building for liturgical sermons of Jehovah's Witnesses, located in the city of Labinsk, Krasnodar Territory. The building caught fire; the door and some window frames were knocked out by the blast. Fortunately, there were no human casualties.
Residents of Astrakhan Region - participants of the picket in Moscow in Pushkin Square on December 7, 2010. Poster on the right: "Governor idling - law asleep". Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:10, 10 December 2010
Lev Ponomaryov: problems with justice in Astrakhan Region need Medvedev's attention
The situation in the Investigatory Department of the ICPO in the Astrakhan Region needs attention of President Dmitri Medvedev, believes Lev Ponomaryov, executive director of the All-Russian Public Movement (ARPM) "For Human Rights", who was present at the press conference "Astrakhan Kingdom of Lawlessness ", held on December 7 in Moscow. Astrakhan authorities refrain from comments on the presented facts.
23:00, 10 December 2010
Inspector from Kuschevskaya rejects GPO's accusations
Ekaterina Rogoza, an investigator of the Kuschevskiy ROVD (District Interior Division), who had posted her video appeal to the Russian President on the Internet with accusations against high-ranking law enforcement officials, has rejected the information about concealment of her incomes and her unofficial contacts with the family of Sergey Tsapok.
22:50, 10 December 2010
Georgia: on Human Rights Day Tugushi criticized state institutions for invalids, elderly people and orphans
The Human Rights Day was marked on December 10 in many countries of the world. In this context, today, the Ombudsman in Georgia Giorgi Tugushi presented a report on the human rights situation of persons with disabilities. The members of the ad hoc group of the Ombudsman's office made monitoring at eight state institutions for disabled, elderly people and orphans.
22:30, 10 December 2010
In Sochi, nature defender asserts that she suffered in fight for trees on Cape Vidnoe
Gayane Antonova, a nature defender, states that she was hurt as a result of another attempt to protect the red-book trees from felling on Cape Vidnoe, Khosta District of Sochi. Builders argue that Antonova intentionally stood under an already undercut tree and failed to react to requests to leave the construction site; no violent actions were taken against her.
22:20, 10 December 2010
Ingush MIA denied that Barkinkhoeva detained in Moscow is a terrorist
As stated by an official release of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia of December 10, Bella Barkinkhoeva, a resident of Ingushetia, detained by Moscow militia, is not a terrorist.
22:10, 10 December 2010
Georgian seamen captured by Somalia pirates complain of aggravated situation
For several days already 15 Georgian seamen are held in captivity by Somalia pirates; they get no food, as reported by Sergo Devadze, father of captain's assistant. According to Sergo, the status of hostages worsened after talks of the lawyer of the Greek company-ship owner with the pirates.
Pavel Astakhov inspecting children's institutions of Elista, December 8, 2010. Photo by www.elista.org
20:00, 10 December 2010
Head doctor of a republican children's hospital discharged in Kalmykia upon demand of the Children's Ombudsman
Children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov at a conference in Elista on the results of inspection of child welfare institutions during his one-day visit to Kalmykia on December, 8, demanded to discharge Head doctor of the children's hospital.
19:00, 10 December 2010
Militia post fired upon in Dagestan, at the drive to Khasavyurt
In the evening of December, 9, in Dagestan unidentified people fired upon a Khasavyurt municipal entrance post "Don" with five militiamen there. According to one source, a militiaman was wounded, another one reports two wounded officers of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
18:00, 10 December 2010
Prosecutor General's suspects an investigator from Kuschevskaya of concealing income
Ekaterina Rogoza, investigator of the Department of Interior Affairs in Kuschevsky district, who has put out her video message to the President of Russia on the net concealed her income from leasing land, Marina Gridneva, official representative of Prosecutor General's, reported.
23:30, 9 December 2010
Militia unit shelled in Kaspiisk, one person wounded
As reported by a source from the MIA of Dagestan, a militiaman was wounded in an attack on a militia post in Kaspiisk.
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Azerbaijani military personnel traveled to Turkey to participate in exercises.

Afgan Sadygov with his new ID. Screenshot from Sevinj Sadygova's page, April 25, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1503949298000556&set=a.106173941111439 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia). Afgan Sadygov encountered obstacles in obtaining a passport

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.