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22:00, 3 December 2010
Public movement for universal equality before the law is created in Krasnodar Territory
The interregional public movement under the motto "All the persons are equal before the law and court" is formed in the Krasnodar Territory; this was reported by its organizers.
21:00, 3 December 2010
Attempt on servicemen committed in Kabardino-Balkaria
Today, on December 3, an explosion was triggered in Kabardino-Balkaria: a self-made explosive device disguised as a log blew up in the Federal Highway Prokhladny-Azau in the Elbrus District, when a truck with militaries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) was passing by.
20:00, 3 December 2010
In Krasnodar Territory, inspectors found no extremism in HRC "Memorial" brochure
The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory has found no attributes of extremism in the brochure "Situation with Former USSR Citizens in Krasnodar Territory", published by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the Youth Group for Tolerance "ETnIKA", the "Caucasian Knot" was told at the press service of the ICPO.
19:00, 3 December 2010
Magomedov: there are no obstacles for those who wish to live in Dagestan according to Islamic customs
One should not oppose the secular life style to the religious one, Magomedsalam Magomedov, President of Dagestan, declared during an informal meeting with the journalists on December, 2.
18:00, 3 December 2010
European Court of Human Rights fined Russia for a loss of 24 residents of Chechnya during bombings in 2000
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has fined Russia to an unprecedented sum of 1,72 million euros for a loss of 24 residents of Chechnya during bombings in Achkhoy-Martan district in February, 2000. The plaintiffs were 29 residents of Chechnya who had failed to obtain the desired results in the Russian juridical instances.
23:50, 2 December 2010
Sergey Tsapok starts evidencing against his gang
Sergey Tsapok, accused of committing the massacre in the village of Kuschevskaya, started telling investigators about the crimes of his gang. While actively cooperating with the investigation, Tsapok stressed that he personally was not involved in the killings that he is talking about.
23:40, 2 December 2010
HIV-infections on the rise in Dagestan
Dagestan, which is among sad leaders in Southern Russia by the number of HIV-infected patients, has increased the score still more, the local "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency on Consumer Supervision) branch reports.
23:30, 2 December 2010
Armenia hosts Film Festival "Woman"
The programme of the Seventh International Film Festival "Woman", held in Yerevan on December 1-5, includes 55 films from 18 countries.
23:30, 2 December 2010
Armenian academia stands up for Nikol Pashinyan
Members of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia and other Armenian scholars have signed a statement calling the authorities to consider a possibility to release Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak".
23:20, 2 December 2010
Capital of North Ossetia holds social action against AIDS
On December 1, in Vladikavkaz, the action "Safeguard Your Future", dated to the World AIDS Fighting Day was held.
23:10, 2 December 2010
Stavropol Territory sentences local resident for raider's capture of enterprise
The Izobilnoe District Court of the Stavropol Territory has sentenced Oleg Dunis, accused of a fraudulent embezzlement of another person's company, which caused a more than 19-million-rouble-worth damage to the victim, to three years of freedom deprivation, the Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory has reported today.
23:00, 2 December 2010
Attempt on federal judge committed in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria
Tonight in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, unidentified persons shot a judge of the Cherek District Court.
22:50, 2 December 2010
Adygea: prosecutor's office warns activist of "Circassian Congress" on inadmissibility of extremist statements
On November 29, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Adygea passed a warning to Zaur Dzeukozhev, an activist of the Adyg public movement "Circassian Congress", about inadmissibility of extremist activities. The Office found Dzeukozhev's alleged extremist expressions while monitoring local media and Internet resources.
22:50, 2 December 2010
Case on dissemination of extremist leaflets initiated in Kalmykia
The local prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case under the article of "inciting hatred or hostility, and dignity humiliation" against a resident of Dagestan, who, according to the investigation, had promulgated extremist leaflets in the settlement named Artesian.
22:40, 2 December 2010
Armenian authorities assert that Pashinyan's wilful violation of custody regulations caused his transfer to another prison
Nikol Pashinyan, a convicted opposition activist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Aikakan Zhamanak", was moved from prison "Kosh" to prison "Artik" because of his numerous malicious violations of prison regulations. This was stated by Arsen Babayan, press secretary of the Criminal Executive Department of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia.
22:30, 2 December 2010
Threats against Imam assassinated in Dagestan were unknown, locals say
Basir Salakhgereyev, 35, Imam at one of Khasavyurt city mosques, who was killed on November 1, was non-conflict person and had not received any threats. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Idris Zagalov, a resident of Khasavyurt.
22:20, 2 December 2010
Georgia: parliamentary commission found that Zviad Gamsakhurdia did not commit suicide
Within the next two weeks, the parliamentary inquiry commission, which has investigated the circumstances of the death of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first president of Georgia, will publish the final report on its work.
After terror act at the Central Marketplace of Vladikavkaz, September 9, 2010. Photo from the website http://skfonews.ru by Felix Kireev
22:10, 2 December 2010
Advocate of suspects of organizing Vladikavkaz terror act complains of having no access to her clients
Inspectors would not allow private advocate Aza Yandieva to her clients - Islam Khashagulgov and Yusup Dzangiev, suspected of terrorist activities and currently kept in Vladikavkaz at the temporary isolation facility (known as "IVS") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. The advocate is sure that her clients are under pressure.
20:00, 2 December 2010
Director of a children's home denies that her inmates were punished by hospitalization to a psychiatric hospital
Director of the state educational institution "Children's Home of Volgograd" where facts of compulsory psychiatric treatment of inmates were discovered has been suspended from office, Press Service of Volgograd regional administration reports. Alevtina Krapivina herself denies all the accusations saying that the inmates have slandered her.
19:00, 2 December 2010
A brochure of "Memorial" Human Rights Center in Krasnodar region is under examination on extremism
Department of State Security Service in Krasnodar region is carrying out an examination of the book "Status of Citizens of the Former USSR in the Territory of Krasnodar Region" issued by "Memorial" Human Rights Center and a youth group for tolerance "ETnICA" on signs of fomentation of hatred and animosity (clause 282 of the Criminal code of Russia).
News
Participants of the protest march in Tbilisi. Photo: Interpressnews https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/165277-predstaviteli-khudozhestvennoi-sfery-restavratory-i-iskusstvovedy-provodiat-shestvie-ot-ploshchadi-mardzhanishvili-k-parlamentu Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 9-15, 2024

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Ziyavudin (on the left) and Magomed Magomedov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva Week in the Caucasus: review of main events on November 28-December 4, 2022

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.