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Pre-trial detention facility. Photo: Yelena Sineok YUGA.ru
23:52, 28 December 2018
Rights defenders: release of a prisoner in Ingushetia because of sickness justified
After his exemption from punishment, Magomed Bekov, sentenced in a criminal case of torture in the Ingush "E" Centre (Centre for Combating Extremism), lives at home and visits a hospital, his advocate reports. An exemption from punishment for sickness is not a rare case, although many sick prisoners cannot achieve such a solution, rights defenders report.
Members of the Korean "BTS" band. Photo 뉴스인스타 (NewsInStar) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS#/media/File:방탄소년단(BTS)_180110_제_32회_골든디스크.png
20:04, 28 December 2018
Journalists call cultural conflicts in Dagestan a nationwide trend
Fans of the Korean "BTS" band did not believe in the seriousness of the threats, because of which the film about the musicians had been cancelled in Dagestan. Such threats pose a real danger, and the repeated disruption of cultural events in the republic causes serious damage to society, believe journalists and the head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" local office.
Oleg Orlov with a poster. Photo by Oleg Krasnov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:01, 28 December 2018
Moscow hosts pickets against deportation of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov
In Moscow, rights defenders have held three solo pickets near the Embassy of Poland. The protestors have stated that the return of Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov to Russia threatens his life.
Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
15:06, 28 December 2018
Land swap agreement with Chechnya shakes rating of head of Ingushetia
The authority of Yunus-Bek Evkurov in the eyes of the Kremlin has shaken due to the establishment of the border with Chechnya against the background of protests in Ingushetia, political analysts assert.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo © Sputnik / Natalya Ayriyan https://sputnik-ossetia.ru/South_Ossetia/20181228/7826712/Yuzhnaya-Osetiya-zakryvaet-granitsu-s-Gruziey.html
14:40, 28 December 2018
South Ossetia decides to close the border with Georgia on the New Year
The border with Georgia will be closed from December 30 to January 2 due to the increased security measures during the New Year holidays, the South Ossetian KGB (Committee for State Security) has announced.
11:24, 28 December 2018
Rights defenders claim violation of prisoners' rights and torture in Azerbaijani jails
Most Azerbaijani jails were built in Soviet times and fail to meet modern standards. The rights of arrested and convicted persons are violated. Corruption, administration arbitrariness and torture are common in penitentiary institutions, the Centre for the Protection of Political Prisoners (CPPP) has stated.
Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: screenshot of the video https://ru.wikipedia.org/ Время спорта - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWyclHTd89o
11:20, 28 December 2018
Detention of Dagestani athlete Nurmagomedov reminds of law enforcers' bias to Caucasians
Additional checks of natives of Northern Caucasus at the border are a common practice for Russian law enforcers, who are guided by subjective perceptions of suspicious individuals. This was stated by human rights defenders and lawyers after the detention of Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Arkadya (Arkady) Akopyan. Photo from the website of the Jehovah's Witnesses (an organization recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) https://jw-russia.org/prisoners/akopian.html
08:33, 28 December 2018
In KBR, Jehovah's Witness sentenced to correctional labour
The court has found a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses (an organization recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) from the city of Prokhladny guilty of extremism and sentenced him to 120 hours of compulsory work.
An illustration to the survey conducted by the "Caucasian Knot"
08:30, 28 December 2018
Scientists compare conservatism of Vainakhs and Dagestanis
Traditional relations in Dagestan are undermined much more than in Ingushetia and Chechnya, the researchers have stated. They have studied the commitment to traditional values among Ingushes and Chechens.
Construction works in the route "North - South" in Armenia. Photo Sputnik / Aram Nersesyan https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/economy/20180718/13316030/ministr-armenii-poka-ne-na-chto-stroit-bolee-poloviny-trassy-sever-yug.html
08:25, 28 December 2018
Protesting workers block road in Armenia
On Thursday, December 27, the workers of the companies, engaged in building the North-South motor transport corridor, blocked the road to Yerevan in the Aragatsotn Region of Armenia for four hours.
Syrian refugees. Photo: EUROPE-ISLAMICSTATE/SYRIA REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
01:14, 28 December 2018
Circassian activists ask President Putin to expand rights of immigrants from Syria
On December 25, the "International Circassian Organization" sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to include compatriots from Syria living in Russia in the category of people eligible for simplified obtaining of citizenship.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:11, 28 December 2018
Azerbaijani blogger Mekhman Guseinov goes on hunger strike in a penal colony
Blogger Mekhman Guseinov, suspected of beating a penal colony warder two months before the release, has been transferred to a punishment cell. He has refused to testify and went on a hunger strike, relatives and friends of the prisoner report. An advocate of Mekhman Guseinov complained that she was not allowed to visit the defendant.
Participants of the anime festival held in Makhachkala in 2016. Screenshot of the video "The AniDag anime festival 2016" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pEOVTG1fmc
19:03, 27 December 2018
Participants of Makhachkala anime festival complain to Prosecutor's Office about threats
Participants of the AniDag anime festival, which was not held in November because of threats, demanded from the Dagestani law enforcement bodies to investigate a criminal case on incitement of hostility. 
The New Year tree at the action "Give good together with Aishat!". Photo by the Grozny TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQP5dhp32jQ
18:57, 27 December 2018
Public employees of Grozny claim being forced to raise money for charity
Employees of budget-funded institutions have to participate in raising money for New Year's gifts for children in the framework of the action organized by a Ramzan Kadyrov's daughter, report residents of Grozny. 
A Muslim girl. Photo: REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
16:07, 27 December 2018
Russian authorities remind about the ban on girls' circumcision
The removal of clitoris is not on the list of allowed medical services; and such surgeries on girls contain signs of a criminal offense. This was declared by the "Roszdravnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare) after checking a Moscow clinic where female circumcision was performed.
Traces of shelling on a car in the Karabakh conflict zone. Photo: REUTERS/Staff
16:01, 27 December 2018
Woman wounded in Karabakh conflict zone
On December 26, an elderly Azerbaijani woman was wounded during shelling of a border village. Doctors helped her, the Agdam district authorities have stated.
Azad Gasanov at a protest action in Baku. Photo: http://www.contact.az/ext/news/2018/10/free/Social/ru/75767.htm
11:20, 27 December 2018
Advocate of the Azerbaijani opposition leader Gasanov states violation his client's rights in SIZO
A court in Baku has dismissed the defence's petition to transfer Azad Gasanov, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, to house arrest. The defence claims a violation of Gasanov's right to meet and talk by phone with his family members.
Malsag Uzhakhov, Chairman of the Council of Teips. Screenshot of the video by the user The Council of the Ingush Teips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKp3UuBZ1jk
11:19, 27 December 2018
Opponents point to Ingush Alims risk of losing credibility due to non-appearance at Kadiate
The refusal to come to the republic's Kadiate undermines the Alims' authority, Malsag Uzhakhov, the chairman of the Ingush Council of Teips, has stated. A refusal to resolve disputes as befits a Muslim, is moving such people are moving away from the society, Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, believes.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:26, 27 December 2018
Azerbaijani blogger suspected of new crime before going free
Mekhman Guseinov, convicted in Azerbaijan on charges of libel against policemen, was suspected of beating up a colony employee. They want to prevent the regime's critic from being released, rights defenders believe.
08:23, 27 December 2018
NKR calls on Azerbaijan not to violate truce during New Year holidays
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has accused the authorities of Azerbaijan of violating the truce, and urged to refrain from aggravating the conflict during the holidays.
News
The court refused to request testimony from a security officer in the Kardashov murder case.

In April 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Gelendzhik Airport. Photo: airport press service https://gelaero.ru/about/ Air traffic with cities in southern Russia has been fully restored.

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.