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18:00, 25 December 2012
Conservative Party leaves ANC
Today, the Conservative Party of Armenia, a member of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), has declared its withdrawal from the ANC. The decision was made after the former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the leader of the ANC, refused to take part in the presidential election on February 18, 2013.
17:00, 25 December 2012
Volgograd Region: former headmistress accused of bribe-taking for help in passing USE
As reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Volgograd Region, the indictment has been approved against Svetlana Konovalova, the former headmistress of School No. 2 in the Octiabrskiy District, who was suspected of taking bribes for helping in passing the unified state examination (USE).
16:00, 25 December 2012
North-Ossetian Catholics celebrate Christmas
Last night, Catholics in North Ossetia welcomed the Christmas. The Pastoral Mass in Vladikavkaz was attended by about 40 people.
15:00, 25 December 2012
Residents of Dagestani village of Sogratl intend to build a new mosque instead of the burnt one
At night on December 24, a fire burst out in the village mosque in Sogratl, Gunib District of Dagestan. As a result, the building of the mosque was completely destroyed; the locals are going to build a new one.
14:00, 25 December 2012
Armenia starts nominating its presidential candidates
On December 25, Armenia launched the process of nominating presidential candidates; it will last until January 4, said the press service of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
13:00, 25 December 2012
Chechnya bans felling coniferous trees
The authorities imposed a complete ban on felling spruce and pine trees in Chechnya; the forests of these trees are guarded round the clock, said the republic's Department of Forestry. However, people can easily by live spruces in the streets of major cities and towns; they are brought to Chechnya from neighbouring regions.
12:00, 25 December 2012
"Promzhilbaza" residents rely on Russian Ministry of Regional Development in solving their housing problems
The migrants from Chechnya living in the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" in the city of Karabulak, as well as in the private sector in districts of Ingushetia, have come to Moscow to meet officials of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation and the Federal Migration Service. They hope that the meetings will speed up the solution of their housing problems.
23:00, 24 December 2012
Djappueva's parents seek to have their daughter's remains
Ruslan Djappuev and Zainab Djappueva found on the site of the house in the city of Tyrnyauz, which was burnt down in the course of a special operation, ceramic tooth crowns, which, according to their daughter's dentist, belonged to their 24-year-old daughter Indira Djappueva.
22:00, 24 December 2012
Inquiry into the case of editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado" completed in Azerbaijan
A criminal investigation against Hilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talyshes) is over in Azerbaijan. In the next few days the case files will be transferred to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.
21:00, 24 December 2012
During the week of December 17 to 23, 10 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
On December 17-23, 2013, at least 10 persons suffered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, three people were killed and seven wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
20:00, 24 December 2012
Armenia: "Freedom" Party to nominate former Prime Minister Grant Bagratyan for presidency
The today's congress of the "Freedom" Party, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), has decided to nominate Grant Bagratyan, a former Prime Minister of Armenia and a current MP and Chairman of the Party, as a candidate at the upcoming presidential election.
19:00, 24 December 2012
Resident of Dagestan claims disappearance of her husband and his friend
Aimisey Aidemirova, a resident of Kizilyurt, has reported a disappearance of her 37-year-old husband Ruslan Ismailov. She does not rule out that he could be kidnapped.
18:18, 24 December 2012
Russia's MFA demand from Sweden to ban the website "Kavkaz-Centre"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian demands from Sweden to ban the operation of the Sweden-based website "Kavkaz-Centre" and states that the extremist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" operates in this country.
18:00, 24 December 2012
In Dagestan, supporters and opponents of New Year again argue on need for celebrations
On the eve of the New Year, a debate has onset in Dagestan about celebrations of the start of the year. Some people say that they plan to celebrate, and see nothing wrong with this holiday. Others believe that the New Year is a pagan holiday and should be celebrated by Muslims.
17:00, 24 December 2012
At the trial on Budanov's murder defence begins proving his innocence
In the Moscow City Court, at the trial on the murder of Colonel Yuri Budanov, the defence has presented the results of the examination that had failed to reveal any biological traces of the defendant Yusup Temerkhanov on the exhibits, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
16:00, 24 December 2012
Over 50 Russian citizens are kept in Georgian prisons
According to experts, today some 56-58 Russians are serving their terms in Georgian prisons. At least six of them are political prisoners, asserts Besik Pipiya, the head of the Tbilisi representative office of the RIA "Novosti".
15:00, 24 December 2012
Ivanishvili: I will not run for presidency in Georgia
The Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili is not going to run for the post of the president. He said this during a today's press conference.
14:00, 24 December 2012
Lawyer Uvaisov: delay in giving out bodies in Dagestan is illegal
In Dagestan, it is possible to take out dead bodies from the morgue for burial without certificates issued by the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) of Dagestan. The lawyer Ziyavdin Uvaisov treats this practice as illegal.
13:00, 24 December 2012
Defence of suspect of killing Politkovskaya appeals against verdict
Today, the defence of the figurant in the murder case of the journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya has appealed against the sentence of the Moscow City Court (MCC) against Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who received 11 years of colony, said Karen Nersisyan, the lawyer of the convict.
23:00, 22 December 2012
Over 3000 prisoners will go at large under the law "On Amnesty" in Georgia
The Parliament of Georgia has adopted the law "On Amnesty". After lengthy discussions and debates, it was voted for by 80 MPs. Under the law more than 3000 inmates will leave jails, including those earlier recognized as political prisoners by the supreme legislative body of the country.
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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.