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Activist Vladimir Telpuk holds solo picket in Volgograd. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
15:25, 12 December 2020
Activist achieves cancellation of fine for violation at Volgograd picket
The Volgograd Regional Court has supported the activist, Vladimir Telpuk, who demanded to cancel the fine of 10,000 roubles imposed on him for violating the order of holding an action.
Parliament of Georgia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
14:10, 12 December 2020
Opposition boycotts Georgian Parliament on the first day of its work
Most of the Georgian opposition parties, which have overcome the electoral barrier at the parliamentary elections and refused to recognize the outcomes thereof, have applied to the Central Election Commissions (CEC) asking to annul their election lists.
Abandoned house in the village of Tasy Verst, December 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of David Simonyan
13:53, 12 December 2020
Berdzor authorities decide to postpone infrastructure restoration
There are electricity and water supplies in Berdzor; shops are open, while issues of further restoration of infrastructure should be resolved after the status of the city becomes clear, the Mayor said.
13:37, 12 December 2020
Putin admits need to finalize Nemtsov murder case
The customers of the murder of the politician, Boris Nemtsov, have been found, but the case should be "given another brush," Russian President, Vladimir Putin, believes.
08:32, 12 December 2020
Five Anzorov's acquaintances escape criminal prosecution in France
French law enforcers have released five persons detained under the murder case of teacher Samuel Paty, without charging them.
Khadizhat Kadyrova. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CIp7gJBFZgH/
08:19, 12 December 2020
Kadyrov's daughter heads department of preschool education in Grozny
Another Ramzan Kadyrov's daughter has received a high post. Khadizhat Kadyrova has been appointed to head the Grozny City Department of Preschool Education.
At the site where suicide bomber activated an explosive device, village of Uchkeken, Karachay-Cherkessia. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/
22:45, 11 December 2020
Investigators report about two explosions near FSB building in Uchkeken
Today, two explosive devices have been activated in the village of Uchkeken, and law enforcers were injured in the second explosion, investigators report.
22:31, 11 December 2020
In NCFD, Chechnya leads in number of coronavirus-infected patients
Chechnya with 2894 coronavirus-infected patients came out on top in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) in terms of the number of active patients. The Stavropol Territory still leads among the NCFD regions both in terms of the daily increase in infections and in the number of new deaths from COVID-19.
At the sight of explosion in Uchkeken. Screenshot: https://tlgrm.ru/channels/@ENews112
18:57, 11 December 2020
Uchkeken suicide bomber attack becomes first incident in NCFD within more than two years
An attack on law enforcers in Karachay-Cherkessia was preceded by a female suicide bomber attack on a checkpoint in Chechnya in November 2018.
Rashid Maisigov. Photo courtesy of the Caucasian Knot correspondent
18:38, 11 December 2020
HRC "Memorial" recognizes Rashid Maisigov as a political prisoner
Rashid Maisigov, sentenced for drug possession and accused of calling for separatism, is being prosecuted for political reasons, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has claimed today. The human rights defenders demand to release the Ingush journalist.
Village of Uchkeken, Karachay-Cherkessia. Photo: Kemal KOZBAEV https://ru.wikipedia.org/
18:11, 11 December 2020
NAC confirms information on six victims of suicide bomber attack in Uchkeken
Six persons were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the village of Uchkeken in Karachay-Cherkessia. The attacker was killed in the explosion.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
14:23, 11 December 2020
Kadyrov ridicules US and UK sanctions
Ramzan Kadyrov has treated the new sanctions imposed by the USA and United Kingdom in connection with human rights violations in Chechnya as absurd, and assured that these restrictions would not affect the situation in Chechnya.
Flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey at the entrance to Shushi, December 7, 2020. Photo by David Simonyan for the Caucasian Knot
14:07, 11 December 2020
After Karabakh War, Armenia has better chances for diplomatic relations with Turkey
The trilateral agreement on the end of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh has set up preconditions for the restoration of Armenian-Turkish diplomatic relations, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Map of Nagorno-Karabakh territory in a administrative building in Stepanakert destroyed during shelling. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
12:28, 11 December 2020
Stepanakert residents report everyday power outages
Power (electricity) outages in Stepanakert occur every day, the townspeople have complained. The power supply system in Nagorno-Karabakh works in the emergency mode, a source from a power company has explained.
Residents of Baku hold flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey during military parade on December 10, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
12:12, 11 December 2020
Orientalists dispute about Turkey's bonuses from supporting Azerbaijan in Karabakh
Favourable terms of oil and gas supplies are the Turkey's main economic bonuses for supporting Azerbaijan in the Karabakh conflict. However, Turkey's political benefits are no less weighty than economic ones, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Ayub Kataev, Apti Alaudinov, Magomed Daudov (from left to right). Collage by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: fotograf_095 https://ru.wikipedia.org/, https://www.grozny-inform.ru/ Стоп-кадр видео https://twitter.com/tvjihad/status/1193621812325814273
08:47, 11 December 2020
Daudov and Chechen law enforcers fall under British sanctions
British authorities have imposed sanctions on Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, two high-ranking officials of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the "Terek" special forces unit, whom London considers to be involved in the persecution of the LGBT community.
Berdzor. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFAlhtlSMo&feature=emb_logo
08:33, 11 December 2020
Authorities treat reopening schools in Berdzor and two villages as premature
It will make sense to resume the work of schools and a kindergarten for the children of Berdzor, Agavno and Sus only after local residents' return to these dwelling settlements, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Ministry of Education has stated.
Vakhit Usmayev. Photo: Zaurbaev https://ru.wikipedia.org/
08:22, 11 December 2020
US imposed sanctions on five persons from Kadyrov's retinue
The US authorities have included five individuals and six legal entities associated with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, into the Magnitsky list, namely, Vakhit Usmaev, the deputy chairman of the Chechen government, the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation and two sports clubs named "Akhmat".
Murtazali Gasanguseinov. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
22:19, 10 December 2020
Court dismisses Gasanguseinov's complaint against investigators
Murtazali Gasanguseinov did not achieve in court the cancellation of the fourth investigators' refusal to prosecute the law enforcer, who reported about the killing of two Dagestani shepherds.
Protest action demanding to punish the persons responsible for the death of detained Inal Djabiev. Screenshot: http://www.instagram.com/p/CInMIvQrmPz/
22:02, 10 December 2020
In Tskhinvali, law enforcers unblock streets near protest venue
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia has lifted the restrictions on the movement in the centre of Tskhinvali, where a protest action continues for the seventh day with the demand to punish the persons responsible for the death of detained Inal Djabiev.
News
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Lawyers explained the principles of administrative supervision using the Sautieva case as an example.

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.