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10:41, 8 December 2018
Chechen MIA names culprit of resonant accident in Grozny
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.
10:26, 8 December 2018
Authorities promise to give housing to victims of Spitak earthquake
542 families-victims of the 1988 earthquake will receive housing by 2020, the Armenian government has promised.
Special forces agents in Cairo. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
08:33, 8 December 2018
Relatives tell about hard custody conditions of Ingushes detained in Egypt
The Ingush students, detained in August in Cairo, are kept in concrete cells without mattresses and normal food, their relatives told the "Caucasian Knot".
Weapons at the site of special operation. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru/fotomaterialy@page=4.html#&gid=1&pid=8
08:26, 8 December 2018
NAC reports killing militant in Dagestan
Law enforcers have killed an armed militant during a special operation conducted in the vicinity of the village of Endirei, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) announced on December 7.
Mourning events in School No.1 in Beslan, September 3, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
08:20, 8 December 2018
"Beslan Mothers" point to contradictions in words of Putin and plenipotentiary
Members of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee want to meet Alexander Matovnikov, the President Putin's plenipotentiary envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), who has for the first time acknowledged the preparation for the assault of the school captured by terrorists in Beslan in 2004, Aneta Gadieva, a deputy chair of the "Beslan Mothers", has stated.
Narek Sargsyan. Photo: RFE/RL
22:15, 7 December 2018
Serzh Sargsyan's nephew detained in the Czech Republic
In Prague, Czech law enforcers have detained Narek Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, who was wanted within the case of possessing drugs and weapons.
22:07, 7 December 2018
Relatives of Circassian activist claim his illegal detention
Oleg Umarov, the head of the "Dobro Cherkesov" (Circassians' Wealth) Charitable Foundation, was detained by law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria. His relatives have stated that Oleg is sick with diabetes, and complained about his health problems after detention.
21:58, 7 December 2018
Wife of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist treats ECtHR's decision as belated
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights fails to impose obligations on Azerbaijani authorities to release Seimur Khazi; it only provides for compensation in the amount of 14,500 euros, the journalist's advocate has stated. The ECtHR has passed its decision, when Khazi has less than 9 months till the end of his prison term, said his wife.
Detention of Abulfaz Sadygbeili, Baku, November 3, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
17:43, 7 December 2018
Sadygbeili's defence treat investigation against him as biased
A court in Baku refused to transfer Abulfaz Sadygbeili, the head of the youth organization of the "Musavat" Party, to house arrest. His defence believes that the investigation is biased; and the court ignores the norms of the law.
Muslim woman. Photo: REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
17:31, 7 December 2018
Chechen and Ingush authorities outraged by data on "honour killings"
The report of the "Legal Initiative", dealing with the so-called "honour killings" in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya, is groundless, the adviser to the head of Ingushetia has stated. There are no so-called "honour killings" in Chechnya, since there are no immoral women, the press secretary of the head of the republic has declared.
Rally participants holding portraits of Azerbaijani political prisoners. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:46, 7 December 2018
Azerbaijani rights defenders update list of political prisoners
The list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan presented by human rights defenders by the International Human Rights Day, marked on December 10, includes 150 persons.
Minister of Defence of Armenia joins opening of tank unit in the near-front zone. Photo: https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=25099
13:36, 7 December 2018
Azerbaijan claims 25 shelling attacks during 24 hours
Today, the Azerbaijani side of the Karabakh conflict has claimed shelling of its positions from the territories that Azerbaijani considers as its occupied ones. However, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the country did not report any violations of the truce on its border with Armenia.
13:18, 7 December 2018
Mulla hospitalized in Georgia after beating
Doctors treat the health condition of Eldaniz Sadygov, a Mulla and an ethnic Azerbaijani, who was beaten up on December 5 in the village of Dashtapa, Marneuli District, as stable. The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is investigating the incident under the article on the use of violence.
Natalia Zubarevich. Photo: RFE/RL
11:40, 7 December 2018
Kadyrov's attacks on "Vnesheconombank" remind feudal law
The statement of the head of the region about his intention not to repay the credit to the bank is unprecedented and resembles a feudal state, in which not the obligations, but the status, decided everything, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
11:32, 7 December 2018
Georgian President's son-in-law detained during special operation in Tbilisi
Policemen placed Mindiya Gogochuri, a son-in-law of the President of Georgia, suspected of possessing weapons and hiding a crime, into a detention centre.
11:23, 7 December 2018
Head of Dagestan announces talks with Kadyrov on border issues
During the 6th Mass Media Forum of Northern Caucasus in Grozny, Vladimir Vasiliev, the head of Dgestan, announced his plans to discuss the Dagestani borders with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Ingush activists take part in protest rally against agreement on Chechen-Ingush border. Photo: Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
11:12, 7 December 2018
After CC's decision, Ingush CEC rejects initiative for border referendum
After the announcement of the verdict of the Russian Constitutional Court (CC), which declared the referendum on the border issue with Chechnya senseless, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Ingushetia has denied the initiators of the referendum.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
08:30, 7 December 2018
"Memorial" challenges Russian government's position on Gasanguseinovs' murder
The Russian government has declared the inadmissibility of the complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of the murder of Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has stated.
Salome Zurabishvili. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
08:23, 7 December 2018
Idea to hold Zurabishvili's inauguration in Telavi causes disputes
The inauguration of Salome Zurabishvili will be held on December 16 in the city of Telavi, in King Irakli-II's Palace. The idea to hold the ceremony in the region, in which Zurabishvili did not get the majority of votes, was not universally supported.
Policemen, Baku. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
21:56, 6 December 2018
Baku activists associate Asadov's arrest with presidential election in Georgia
Mirtagi Asadov, the head of the Supreme Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Georgia, has linked his arrest in Azerbaijan with his public activeness in Georgia. The protest vote of ethnic Azerbaijanis at the presidential election in Georgia could be the direct reason for Asadov 's arrest, activists believe.
News
Gelendzhik Airport. Photo: airport press service https://gelaero.ru/about/ Air traffic with cities in southern Russia has been fully restored.

The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

Russian soldiers. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/57396 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,100.

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.