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Passport of a Russian Federation citizen. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:16, 17 December 2014
Special agents fix data of picketers in Moscow in defence of Chechen rights defenders
A series of solo pickets in support of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders and the Committee against Torture (CaT) in Chechnya was held on December 16 in Moscow without detentions; however, agents of the FSO (Russia's Federal Security Service) and FSB fixed the personal data of the activists who took part in the action.
Arthur Sakunts at the protest action in support of the prisoners after the clashes with the police on November 5. Yerevan, November 5, 2013. Photo by Armine Martorosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:54, 16 December 2014
In Armenia, rights defenders state prisons are overcrowded
Armenian rights defenders name overcrowded prisons, poor quality of medical care in them and problems with conditional early relief (CER) among main problems of the country's penitentiary system.
22:58, 16 December 2014
Broadcasting of radio "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" resumed in Dagestan
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 11, at the demand of the Russian "Roskomnadzor", the radio "Echo Moskvy-Makhachkala" was suspended. As stated by the spokesman of the "Roskomnadzor", the broadcasting was suspended, because the transmitter was broadcasting not from the place, which is specified in the permit for using radio frequencies.
22:20, 16 December 2014
Experts doubt about reduced tension in Dagestan after murder of Murad Zalitinov
In the opinion of Mairbek Agaev and Milrad Fatullaev, the heads of the weekly "Chernovik" and the newspaper "Nastoyascheye Vremya", respectively, the murder Murad Zalitinov will not have a noticeable effect on the situation in the Dagestan armed underground and will not reduce the level of tension in the republic.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=8&PubID=56441
21:24, 16 December 2014
Chechen leader rejects social payments to militants' relatives
Social packages will be no longer paid out to militants' relatives, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, again pointing out that his republic will enforce the collective responsibility of families for actions of militants.
The picture of the consequences of bombing Kobani. Syria. Photo: M. Akhavan / Persian Dutch Network https://ru.wikipedia.org/
18:44, 16 December 2014
Jundallah Shishani killed in Syria was a native of Georgia
The field commander of Syrian militants Jundallah Shishani, whose death in the city of Cobani became known on December 8, originated from the same village in the Georgia's Pankisi Gorge as the commander of the northern sector of the "Islamic State" (IS) Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Omar Shishani.
At the place of the special operation in the settlement of Vremenny. The Untsukul District of Dagestan, September 2014. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:29, 16 December 2014
Dagestani special commission finds 52 houses in Vremenny unfit for residence
In the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny, the special commission set up for assessing the damage made a repeated visit and found 52 houses unfit for living and subject to demolition. Residents of the settlement state large-scale destructions, looting and non-payment of compensations.
The building where the office of the Joint Mobile Group of the Committee against Torture (CaT) is located, after the fire. Grozny, December 154, 2014. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:19, 16 December 2014
Lawyers of JMG in Chechnya ask power agents to check incidents around their office
The lawyers of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders, working in Chechnya, have appealed to law enforcement bodies asking them to conduct a check the fact of visit to their office of three men and the subsequent fire in the premises, as well as the fact of persecuting them by men in masks on December 13.
The gates to Gudermes. Photo by Oleg Shein, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81.jpg/1280px-%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81.jpg
14:24, 16 December 2014
In Gudermes, locals report destruction of two houses of militants' families
Residents of the city of Gudermes have reported the destruction, within the past two days, of two private houses inhabited by relatives of the militants killed during the attack on Grozny on December 4. According to journalist Elena Milashina, families with young children are now homeless.
Entrance to Khasavyurt. Photo: Umar Dagirov https://ru.wikipedia.org
14:07, 16 December 2014
In Khasavyurt, buildings of city and district administrations are blocked by power agents
According to preliminary information, law enforcers are conducting confiscation of documents relating to allocation of land plots in Khasavyurt and in the Khasavyurt District, the RIA "Dagestan" reports.
Strangers at the office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG). Grozny, December 13, 2014. Screenshot of a video by the user Sergey Babinets http://www.youtube.com/
12:59, 16 December 2014
Arson and wiring short circuit are versions of fire in rights defenders' office in Grozny
Construction workers are repairing the facade of the house in Grozny, which houses the burnt-out office of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) of rights defenders. Local observers do not rule out that the fire in the office could be committed by people dissatisfied with their work.
Timur Kuashev. Photo: RFE/RL
12:34, 16 December 2014
RWB: the only journalist murdered in Russia in 2014 was Timur Kuashev
The international human rights organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RWB) has published a report about the journalists, killed, kidnapped and jailed in 2014. Timur Kuashev, journalist and rights defender from Kabardino-Balkaria, is named as the only Russian reporter killed for professional reasons.
Igor Tsagoev. Photo: http://nalchik.bezformata.ru/listnews/kabardino-balkariya-rabotayut-mastera/22066285/
10:19, 16 December 2014
Journalist from Nalchik Tsagoev is laureate of Sakharov Award
This year, Igor Tsagoev, a journalist from Nalchik, has been awarded the Andrei Sakharov Prize "For Journalism as a Deed". The list of finalists comprised journalists from Volgograd and Makhachkala.
Welcome to the Kayakent District. Photo: Eldar Rasulov, http://odnoselchane.ru/images/photogallery/cache/wm_33_0.jpg
04:09, 16 December 2014
Body of Magomed Kamalov, killed in Kayakent District of Dagestan, was not given out to relatives
The family of Magomed Kamalov, a resident of Izberbash, who was killed on December 12 in the Kayakent District of Dagestan, has not yet received his body for burial, said one of Kamalov's relatives. The GOVD (City Interior Division) of Izberbash has clarified that the casualty was not on the wanted list.
The building where the office of the Joint Mobile Group of the Committee against Torture (CaT) is located, after the fire. Grozny, December 154, 2014. Photo by Akhmed Aldebirov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:24, 15 December 2014
Kalyapin accuses Chechen rights defenders of escalating situation around Committee against Torture
Prior to the fire in the office, some Chechen rights defenders had been deliberately spreading false information about the activities of the Committee against Torture (CaT) and inflating the situation, said Igor Kalyapin, the head of the CaT.
Kizilyurt, Dagestan. Photo: Avarets Khubarsky odnoselchane.ru
18:32, 15 December 2014
Missing resident of Dagestan identified by relatives among shootout casualties
Relatives of Pakhrudin Magomedov, a missing resident of the Dagestani village of Tyube, have found his body in the morgue of the city of Kizilyurt, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported.
Special operation in the village of Gurbuki, Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan. December 12, 2014. Screenshot of a video by a user Nestor Makhno, http://www.youtube.com/
17:58, 15 December 2014
FSB confirms death of "Imarat Kavkaz" leader in Dagestan
Murad Zalitinov, a former head of the Kadar unit of "Imarat Kavkaz", was killed on December 12 in a special operation in Dagestan, said the press service of the Russian FSB.
Rasul Djafarov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:24, 15 December 2014
Azerbaijan completes preliminary investigation on rights defender Djafarov
The preliminary investigation into the criminal case of Rasul Djafarov, the coordinator of the campaign "Arts for Democracy", is over in Azerbaijan. After the rights defender gets acquainted with the indictment, the case will go to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.
Magomed Aliev. Photo by Amina Alieva
16:20, 15 December 2014
Stavropol doctors place Magomed Aliev into guarded neurosurgery ward
Magomed Aliev, a student, suspected of promoting terrorism, has been transferred from the intensive care unit to the neurosurgery ward of the Stavropol City Hospital No. 4. His relatives have appealed to the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) stating the misconduct of local investigators.
Intigam Aliev. Photo: Jan Kaiser (RFE/RL)
15:41, 15 December 2014
Azerbaijan: Intigam Aliev sees more serious charge
In Azerbaijan, Intigam Aliev, the head of the NGO "Legal Education Society", was presented a new charge – under the article of a large-scale embezzlement, under which he is under a threat of up to 12 years in prison.
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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.