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22:00, 27 December 2011
Court sentences Andrei Bykov to 20 years of imprisonment for participation in massacre in Kuschevskaya
The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Andrei Bykov, one of the persons, accused of participation in massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, to 20 years of imprisonment.
21:10, 27 December 2011
Azerbaijani businessman from Sheki, who tried to kill himself, complains of pressure
The entrepreneur Alovsat Mutallimov from the city of Sheki in northern Azerbaijan, who tried to set himself on fire on December 15 in protest against violation of his rights, continues to experience pressure. This was reported by Irada Javadova, the chair of the NGO "Public Association for Human Rights Education".
The family of Revenko and their neighbour Nadezhda Chubenko after demolition of their houses. Sochi, Makarenko street. August, 2011. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot".
21:00, 27 December 2011
Sochi: after house demolition, large family moves to garage in cemetery
The large family of Revenko from Sochi is forced to live in a garage in the cemetery after demolition of their house, which was done to break the ground for building a road junction.
20:10, 27 December 2011
The court in Georgia partially granted the lawsuit of those injured during dispersal of a meeting of journalists
City court of Tbilisi partially granted the lawsuit of the persons injured during dispersal of an oppositional meeting of journalists and obliged the Ministry of Interior Affairs to undo harm to them.
20:00, 27 December 2011
The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ingushetia: policemen accidentally killed a driver who refused to stop
Tonight members of power ministries attempted to stop a car of a sixty-year-old resident of Ingushetia Ruslan Ozdoev near one of the supplementary posts set at the entrance of the town of Karabulak. Representatives of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the republic state that the man disobeyed their demand and was unintentionally killed during persecution and firing at the tyres by one of the bullets which supposedly ricocheted from a bumper.
19:00, 27 December 2011
A citizen of Georgia who was pulled into a turbine of "Su-25" perished in Azerbaijan
On December, 26, technician from Georgia Yury Kulachkov perished in one of the military units of Azerbaijan. According to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, he was pulled into a working turbine of an attack aircraft "Su-25".
18:00, 27 December 2011
A warrant officer shot down a soldier in Azerbaijan
Soldier of Inner Troops of Azerbaijan Kyanan Namazov was shot down by warrant officer of the military unit Hikmet Azizov. According to preliminary data, the shot was accidental.
17:00, 27 December 2011
An activist of "Public Chamber" movement arrested in Nakhichevan
On December, 26, Zeinal Bagirzade, Head of regional branch of civil movement for democracy "Public Chamber", was arrested for a term of three months for accusation of forgery of documents in Nakhichevan autonomous republic (NAR). This was the judgment of Nakhichevan city court.
Botlikh village. Photo by Dmitry Chernov, chedeal.livejournal.com.
22:50, 26 December 2011
Dagestani Prosecutor's Office finds violations in MoD's activities in Botlikh
Magomed Abdullaev, the deputy of the Botlikh village assembly, received a letter from the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office, stating that in the course of the works in the Botlikh District, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) made a number of mistakes.
22:40, 26 December 2011
Novorossiysk hosts picket against election violations
In Novorossiysk, the Krasnodar Territory, participants of a picket against violations at the elections to the Russian State Duma decided to publish on the Internet all facts of manipulations at voting and non-compliance with the Law "On elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation".
Georgian newspapers. Photo by RFE/PL
22:40, 26 December 2011
"Internews": in Georgia, printed media pay less attention to religious minorities than to ethnic and sexual ones
The organization "Internews-Georgia" has published a report on the study of the tolerance level and use of "hate speech" in the Georgian printed media with regard to ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. According to its summary, Georgian newspapers pay less attention to religious minorities in comparison with attention paid to ethnic and sexual ones.
22:30, 26 December 2011
In Timashevsk, Prosecutor's Office files lawsuits to recover wage debts to hunger-strikers
The Prosecutor's Office of the Timashevsk District of the Krasnodar Territory sent lawsuits to the court to recover arrears to employees of the LLC (Limited Liability Company) "Yug-S" on a hunger strike since December 16.
22:20, 26 December 2011
Another protest action held near French Embassy in Baku
Today, about 50 activists of the National Independence Party of Azerbaijan held in front of the French Embassy in Baku a protest action against the draft law, criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide.
22:10, 26 December 2011
Grozny gives 73 apartments to orphans
The Chechen authorities have allocated 73 apartments to children without parental care. During next five years, they plan to provide housing to more than 400 other orphans.
22:00, 26 December 2011
Apti and Aishat Magomadovs' defence intends to appeal against verdict of guilty
Lawyers of Apti Magmadov and Aishat Magmadova intend to appeal against the verdict against their clients. They will also insist on full court's acquittal of their client and his sister, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Jabbar Savalan, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. Photo: http://jabbarsavalan.wordpress.com
21:20, 26 December 2011
Three political prisoners released in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, the list of those pardoned has included three persons, earlier recognized by human rights defenders as political prisoners: Jabbar Savalan, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA); Nizami Shakhmuradov, a former OPON (riot police) commander; and Mekhman Mamedov, the driver and ex-Prosecutor of Baku.
21:10, 26 December 2011
Ski Resort "Roza Khutor" opened in Sochi
In Sochi, on December 24, the famous ski resort "Roza Khutor" started its work. The holiday held on the occasion was attended by more than a thousand people.
21:00, 26 December 2011
Rostov Region hosts picket in defence of journalist Alexander Tolmachev
On December 26, in the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, a picket was held against criminal prosecution and arrest of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "I'm Authorized to State" Alexander Tolmachev, one of the leaders of local communists Vladislav Zhuravlyov and an activist of the entrepreneurs' movement Konstantin Astakhov.
19:00, 26 December 2011
A shop fired upon in Izerbash
Last night two unidentified masked and camouflaged persons fired upon a shop in Izerbash from self-firers. The shop flared up as a result. There are no victims or injured persons, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Dagestan reports.
19:00, 26 December 2011
Committee for clemency in Georgia suggested to amnesty 73 convicts
Committee for clemency with the President of Georgia granted the requests of 73 convicts. After the session of the Committee in the President's Palace in Tbilisi People's Defender Giorgi Tugushi said that 144 requests all in all were considered, five of them were from underage convicts.
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Access to a Dagestani village is closed after a rockfall.

A fighter from Khasavyurt was killed in a military operation.

Three soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

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.