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20:00, 29 December 2011
Russia hosts actions in defence of political prisoners
A meeting of the Russian State Duma Deputy from the "Spravedlivaya Rossiya" (Fair Russia) Party Ilya Ponomaryov with supporters of Sergey Udaltsov, the arrested coordinator of the "Left-Wing Front", took place in Moscow, in Pushkin Square within the all-Russian action in defence of political prisoners. Pickets on the topic were held also in other cities, in particular, in Sochi and Krasnodar.
19:00, 29 December 2011
Court upholds fine of 30,000 roubles imposed on "Golos" for breaking the media law
The Meschansky District Court of Moscow has rejected the cassation appeal lodged by the Association in Defence of Voters' Rights "Golos" (Vote), said Ramil Akhmetgaliev, a lawyer and analyst of the "Agora" Human Rights Association, who represented the interests of the "Golos".
18:00, 29 December 2011
Healer and his wife assassinated in Dagestan
The bodies of the couple with gunshot wounds were found today in the village of Pervomaiskoye, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan. The murdered man was a folk healer, said the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
22:50, 28 December 2011
2012 budgets of NCFD regions approved with deficit
In December, several regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) have adopted draft budget laws. According to released information, none of the regions has adopted its budget with net surplus. The anticipated budget deficit will make from more than 5.2 billion roubles in the Stavropol Territory up to 66.3 million roubles in the Chechen Republic.
22:50, 28 December 2011
Committee "Civil Assistance" launches project in defence of imprisoned residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia
On Monday, December 26, the Committee "Civil Assistance" presented its new project "Protection of rights of residents of the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, serving their sentences in penitentiary institutions or kept under investigation in SIZOs (pre-trial prisons)".
Photo by Rusarmy.net
22:40, 28 December 2011
Young men from Chechnya not called up to Russian Army again
Like in previous years, the autumn call-up in the Chechen Republic completed with medical examination of potential recruits and registration of young men above 18 years old in military records. Recruits from Chechnya were not called up to the Russian Army again.
21:30, 28 December 2011
In Krasnodar, police suspects participant of oppositional rally of extremism
In Krasnodar, power agencies examine Mikhail Lukashev, an activist of the Other Russia, arrested on December 24 after his participation in the rally "For Fair Elections", for his involvement in extremist activities. According to oppositionists, the examination was caused by the poster with the slogan reading: "Let riot arise".
21:20, 28 December 2011
In South Ossetia, volunteers raise money for fellow countrymen convicted in Georgia
Within the campaign "Stretch a helping hand", volunteers from Tskhinvali have raised 33,864 roubles for convicted citizens of South Ossetia kept in Georgian prisons.
21:20, 28 December 2011
Tkachenko: Sochi administration allocates house instead of demolished one
Based on the decision of the court, the city administration of Sochi has given housing to the Tkachenko family instead of their earlier demolished house, which was located at the passage of the Olympic highway. This was reported by the head of the family Vladimir Tkachenko.
21:10, 28 December 2011
On December 19-25, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus took away six lives
At least six people were killed and one injured over the past week, on December 19-25, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from other public sources.
21:00, 28 December 2011
Air company "YUTAir" made its first flight from Moscow to Ingushetia
Yesterday, December, 27, a "Boeing" aircraft of "YUTAir" company with 116 passengers on board landed in "Magas" airport. It was the first regular flight en-route Moscow (Vnukovo) - Ingushetia - Moscow (Vnukovo).
20:00, 28 December 2011
Armenia will cancel daylight-saving time regime change in summer and winter and change its time zone
The time regime used in Armenia is out of keeping with its geographical position and time zone, Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan told the journalists on December, 27. He also promised that Armenia would cancel daylight-saving time regime change in summer and in winter.
19:00, 28 December 2011
IODHRA reports pressure on human rights activists in Azerbaijan
Obstacles in the activities of NGOs and the work of human rights activists who bear pressure were discovered in 2011 in Azerbaijan, annual report of International Observatory for Defense of Human Rights Activists runs.
18:00, 28 December 2011
The relatives of two young people in Ingushetia report their disappearance
Relatives of Abubakar Musaevcih Yevloev and Isa Ruslanovich Bulguchev, residents of Ingushetia, reports their disappearance in the afternoon of December, 26. In their opinion, the young men were kidnapped.
22:50, 27 December 2011
Dagestani SC considers rights defender's complaint against head of Republic's IC and General Prosecutor
On December 26, in Makhachkala, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan considered the complaint of the human rights defender Nasrudin Rasulov, the lawyer of the public organization "Fighter for Justice", against Savrulin, the head of the Investigatory Committee in the Republic of Dagestan, and Nazarov, the Republic's Public Prosecutor.
Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the Autonomous non-commercial organization "MASHR". Photo by www.mashr.org
22:40, 27 December 2011
Magomed Mutsolgov: decrease in number of murders in Ingushetia is partly due to authorities' efforts
According to the annual monitoring of human rights and freedoms in the territory of Ingushetia, conducted by the organization "MASHR", in 2011, the number of murders in the republic in comparison with previous year decreased twofold from 160 murders in 2010 down to 80 in 2011. According to human rights defenders, that fact is partly connected to efforts of the regional authorities.
22:30, 27 December 2011
Another supporter of Djioeva detained in Vladikavkaz
Today, Genry Kachmazov, the administrator of the website "Uasamonga" and another activist of the North-Ossetian election office of Alla Djioeva, the ex-candidate for the presidency of South Ossetia, was arrested in Vladikavkaz. This was reported by Elina Marzoeva, a staff member of the headquarters.
22:30, 27 December 2011
In Dagestan, detainee complaints of refusal of medical examination after torture
Gabibula Shakhbanov, a resident of Kaspiisk, detained in Dagestan, is not allowed to meet his second lawyer at the temporary detention facility (IVS), where he is being kept; transfers for him are not accepted, and the detainee, who claimed beatings by power agents, is not allowed to undergo a medical examination. This was reported by Murad Magomedov, the Gabibula Shakhbanov's lawyer.
Nadezhda Gogoleva, Principal of the school No. 74. Astrakhan, July 3, 2011. Photo by Vyacheslav Yashchenko for "Caucasian Knot".
22:20, 27 December 2011
ICRF: Nadezhda Gogoleva, Astrakhan school Principal, suspected of excess of power
Representatives of the Chamber of Control and Accounts suspect Nadezhda Gogoleva, Principal of the school No. 74, of excess of power. The inspection of the school revealed a number of violations in financial and economic issues. This was reported by the press service of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the Soviet District of the city of Astrakhan.
22:20, 27 December 2011
Head of NGO "Psou" reports attempt of her detention after rally in Sochi
At the railway station "Goryachy Klyuch" (Hot Spring), two men in police uniform tried to get Natalia Kalinovskaya, Chair of the Territorial Public Self-Administration "Psou", off the train. According to Natalia Kalinovskaya, it may be related to her speech on the rally held on December 24 against falsification of the elections to the State Duma.
News
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded that children be provided with medicine and food.

Couriers and taxi drivers held a protest march in three Georgian cities. Photo: TV Pirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/sazogadoeba/126716-kurierebi-da-taqsis-mdzgolebi-tbilisshi-saprotesto-msvlelobas-martaven Couriers and taxi drivers held a protest march in three Georgian cities.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue. Photo: Mindia Gabadze / Publika Protests outside the Georgian parliament have continued for 519 days.

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.