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21:23, 10 December 2018
The police have asked to move the tent of activist of the "Force in Unity" movement into the territory of Georgia, but the protesters have managed to maintain the status quo, David Katsarava, the head of the movement, has stated.
Oyub Titiev with his advocate Pyotr Zaikin in the court room. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:19, 10 December 2018
The court has upheld the demand of the prosecution and extended the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", until March 22, 2019.
The Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/
17:20, 10 December 2018
Over the past 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled from Armenia and the territories "near the occupied villages," the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Orkhan Bahyshly (in the centre). Photo by the press service of the Institute for Peace and Democracy http://ipdthinktank.org/Orhan_bahisli_ru.html
17:16, 10 December 2018
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) refused to satisfy the complaint against the verdict against the oppositionist Orkhan Bahyshly, sentenced to six years in prison on charges of drug possession. Orkhan insists on the political background of his case.
15:16, 10 December 2018
More than 50 Azerbaijani activists have appealed to the authorities of the country and the European Union (EU), calling to accelerate the work on a new agreement on strategic partnership. They have urged to include the issue of legal and political reforms as priorities into the agreement.
The village of Duchi, Novolaksky (Aukh) district of Dagestan. Photo by Kamil Chutuev, http://odnoselchane.ru/?page=photos_of_category&sect=896&com=photogallery
15:14, 10 December 2018
The transfer to Chechnya of territories of Dagestan will cause discontent among the republic's residents, experts have suggested. Residents of Dagestan have confirmed that they are ready to protests, if the issue arises of changing the republic's border.
Nikol Pashinyan (on the left). Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:06, 10 December 2018
Socio-economic problems will affect Nikol Pashinyan's rating; however, there will be no sharp drop in the trust in the government, the Armenian political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe. In their opinion, only concessions in the Karabakh issue can crash his rating.
An Election Commission employee in Yerevan and a voter. Photo by Grigory Shvedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:15, 10 December 2018
Out of 144 reports received by the police about violations at the Armenian parliamentary elections, 58 contain crime attributes. The country's Investigating Committee has announced that 38 received reports about violations contain features of criminal offenses.
Kumi Naidoo. Photo: screenshot https://twitter.com/kuminaidoo/status/1071848070122491905?s=12
12:14, 10 December 2018
On the eve of the court session, scheduled for December 10, on the case of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", Kumi Naidoo, the Secretary General of the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI), spoke in Oyub's support. He posted in the Twitter his photo in a T-shirt with Titiev's portrait.
A law enforcer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/siloviki-obezvredili-gruppu-uslovnyh-terroristov.html#&gid=1&pid=1
12:12, 10 December 2018
During the week of December 3-9, at least one person perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there is no information about any wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Weapons at the site of special operation, Dagestan, December 7, 2018. Photo: press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hasavyurtovskom-rayone-dagestana-v-hode-kto-0.html
11:18, 9 December 2018
In the evening on December 7, in the Khasavyurt District, Marat Alinchiev, who had been on the federal wanted list, was shot dead, according to reports posted on the websites and Telegram channels that support law enforcers. The man, who was found by law enforcers, refused to surrender and was shot dead after he opened fire, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee has stated.
South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
11:07, 9 December 2018
Dozens of people gathered on December 8 for a musical protest action, which took place in the Georgian border village of Atotsi. Activists opposed the installation of pillars with barbed wire by the South-Ossetian party.
Members of the Council of Teips of the Ingush People listening to the "Appeal to the leadership and people of the Chechen Republic". Screenshot from the video appeal dated December 7 2018. https://youtu.be/waLyRPxTXQM
11:00, 9 December 2018
On December 7, the Council of Teips (Clans) of the Ingush People suggested to the Chechen authorities to define the Ingush-Chechen administrative border with the help of the Sharia Court, emphasizing that the interrelations of the two nations depend on fixing the border.
Lyudmila Alekseeva. Photo: Ilya Pitalev (RFE/RL)
10:52, 9 December 2018
On December 8, Lyudmila Alekseeva, a Russian human rights defender, the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), passed away in her 92nd year of age. She often visited Northern Caucasus and criticized the situation with human rights in the region.
Oleg Umarov. Screenshot from Umarov's VKontakte page, https://vk.com/id269168801?z=photo269168801_456239143%2Fwall269168801_132
16:15, 8 December 2018
The court has ruled to detain Oleg Umarov, the head of the "Dobro Cherkesov" (Circassians' Wealth) Charity Foundation, who was detained on suspicion of possessing drugs, for two days, his advocate has informed.
Military drills of the Azerbaijani Army. Photo: website of Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan,. https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/v-ramkah-kshvi-vojska-nahchyvanskogo-garnizona-uspeshno-proveli-etap-s-boevoj-strelboj-video-24912.html
16:07, 8 December 2018
During the past 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 28 times, the country's Ministry of Defence has stated.
Robert Kocharyan. Photo: © Sputnik / Asatur Yesayantshttps://ru.armeniasputnik.am/politics/20180831/14155687/robert-kocharyan-nazval-ugolovnoe-delo-protiv-nego-yuridicheskim-musorom.html
15:51, 8 December 2018
Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, accused of overthrowing the constitutional order, believes that the decision to arrest him was made under pressure from Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister.
Destroyed houses in the suburbs of Tuapse after flooding in 2018. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
15:43, 8 December 2018
Residents of the villages of the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Territory, whose houses were damaged by flooding in late October, have complained that they were ordered to move out, until December 15, of the sanatorium, where they were temporarily accommodated.
Law enforcers. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru
10:51, 8 December 2018
The murder of an alleged militant in the vicinity of the village of Endirei was the fourth combat incident in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan in 2018.
Screenshot from CHECHNYA Telegram-Channel post, https://t.me/ChechnyaNews/3416
10:41, 8 December 2018
The culprit of the resonant road accident in Grozny is not the head of the Shali District, but his second cousin; a criminal case has been initiated, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) announced on December 7.
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.