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Georgia, Kutaisi, Memorial of Glory. March 2008. Photo by www.panoramio.com/photo/8924404
18:00, 22 December 2009
Georgian opposition demands restoration of Memorial of Glory
On Monday, December 21, leaders and activists of oppositional parties and movements held a protest action in Kutaisi against demolition last Saturday, on December 19, of the Memorial of Glory. When the monument was blown up, Eka Dzhincharadze and her eight-year-old daughter Nino were killed by concrete splinters.
23:30, 21 December 2009
Khatazhukov: extrajudicial executions on the rise in Kabardino-Balkaria
The kidnapping of Georgiy Nakani, a resident of Neitrino village in Kabardino-Balkaria, and disappearance of three residents of the republic in November on their way to the city of Ufa, are the facts in the category of extrajudicial executions, widely practiced in Ingushetia and Dagestan. This is the opinion of Valery Khatazhukov, head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Public Human Rights Centre.
23:00, 21 December 2009
Mariam Dzhanieva: Batyr Dzhaniev, announced as terrorist, left Nazran on the eve of terror act
As a result of the wounds obtained at explosion of the car in Nazran on December 16, the third relative - Amirkhan Dzhaniev - has died. Maksharip Aushev's widow Fatima Dzhanieva, who was wounded by the explosion, is able to evidence. Their relative Batyr Dzhaniev, whom the investigation calls the terrorist-suicide bomber, who, allegedly, took revenged for his perished relatives, on the eve of the incident left for Archangelsk, where he studies.
22:20, 21 December 2009
Activists of "Left-Wing Front" burn Saakashvili portrait in front of Georgia's embassy
In Moscow, in the context of the explosion of the "Memorial of Glory" in Kutaisi, activists of the "Left-Wing Front" held a non-sanctioned protest action near the embassy of Georgia to Russia. None of the protesters was detained.
22:10, 21 December 2009
Suspected culprit of blowing up "Monument of Glory" arrested
In Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court has ruled to put Avtandil Darsavelidze, technical director of the "Sakpetkmretsvi" company, suspected in the case about the explosion of the "Monument of Glory" in Kutaisi, to two-month pre-trial custody.
Sukhumi, the former building of Abkhazian Counsil of Ministers. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:00, 21 December 2009
Georgian experts and authorities differ in treating Abkhazian election
The government of Georgia and the community of experts differ in estimating the presidential election held in Abkhazia on December 12. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia made a statement, calling the presidential election in Abkhazia "a farce".
Students of the Technical University of Dagestan remonstrate against illegal development of public green space. Makhachkala, December 21, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 21 December 2009
In Dagestan capital, DSPU protests against building up the park
In Makhachkala, a rally was organized by teachers and students of the Dagestan State Polytechnic University (DSPU) against illegal construction launched in the park zone adjacent to the university. Unknown businessmen fell down old trees and during one night laid the basement of a supermarket in the territory of the largest city park.
Nakhichevan. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
20:00, 21 December 2009
MIA of Nakhichevan accuses beaten civil society activists
Two civil society activists - Ilgar Nasibov and Vafadar Eivazov - were summoned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR, Azerbaijan) in the context of attack on them on December 15.
Meeting in memory of Natalya Estemirova. Moscow, Human right center "Memorial" hall, July 23, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 21 December 2009
In Moscow, Natalia Estemirova posthumously awarded for courage
The Moscow House of Journalists hosted a ceremony of awarding the first premium of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) in the area of human rights defence for 2009. Natalia Estemirova, a human rights defender and employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", was posthumously awarded "for the courage demonstrated in defence of human rights."
18:00, 21 December 2009
Sochi: divers pump out fuel and oil from sunken ship "Aras-1"
Despite the continuing storm, divers continue pumping fuel from the sunken part of the dry-cargo ship "Aras-1", shipwrecked inshore Sochi.
22:00, 19 December 2009
Kalinovskaya states pressure after her speech at Sochi rally
After the residents of the Imereti Lowland, whose houses happened to get into the zone of Olympic construction, took an active part in a rally in Sochi, Natalia Kalinovskaya, chair of the local self-government partnership named "Psou", felt pressure from the authorities.
21:00, 19 December 2009
Georgia: two persons lost at blowing up "Glory Memorial"
During dismantling the "Glory Memorial" in Kutaisi, Nino Dzhincharadze, a girl of 8, and her mother were killed by explosion.
19:00, 19 December 2009
Mussa Khidriev: there are proofs that persons accused of blowing up "Neva-Express" train in 2007 are innocent
Mussa Khidriev, brother of defendant Maksharip Khidriev, accused of organizing the explosion of the "Neva-Express" train in 2007, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he has weighty proofs of his brother's innocence.
Tskhinvali, the University. November, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:10, 19 December 2009
South Ossetia gives three convicted citizens of Georgia out to Georgian party
President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has signed a decree on pardoning three convicted citizens of Georgia. 15 minutes after the document was signed, in the frontier zone, three convicted Georgian minors - Levan Khmiadashvili, Victor Buchukuri and Georgiy Archvadze - were handed over to the Georgian party.
Ahmed Ismailov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 19 December 2009
Dagestan resident complains of persecution for his relationship with murdered nephew
Ahmed Ismailov, a resident of Petrakovskiy settlement, Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, states that militiamen are persecuting him because he is a relative of Magomed Ismailov, 18, who was found murdered on November 26.
16:00, 19 December 2009
"Ayastan" Foundation and authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh restore Shusha
The programme of urban redevelopment and construction of the city water supply system is launched in Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh. The project and cost-estimate works are underway, and in 2-2.5 months a construction tender will be held. This was announced on December 16 by Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the All-Armenian Foundation "Ayastan".
13:00, 19 December 2009
Pilgrim detained in Sochi is suspected of murdering Bostanov
Salamat Gandaev, a pilgrim from Karachai-Circassia, who was detained by law enforcement bodies in the city of Sochi, is suspected of murdering Ismail-Hadji Bostanov, Rector of the Islamic Institute.
Russian Ombudsman medal awarding ceremony. Moscow, Mussa Aushev with his brother's award. Moscow, "Russian Zarubezhie" library and foundation, December 8, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
11:00, 19 December 2009
Mussa Aushev: car with Dzhanievs blew up not from gas bottle
According to Mussa Aushev, brother of the Ingush human rights activist Maksharip Aushev, assassinated in October, the version that the car with the Dzhaniev family - Maksharip's relatives, which blew up on December 16, suffered from a gas bottle explosion, is inconsistent. He refers to eyewitnesses who assert that the gas bottle blew up after the first explosion.
10:00, 19 December 2009
A hundred new complaints submitted to European Court from Chechnya this year
In 2009, about one hundred new complaints were lodged from Chechnya to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). They have to do mainly with detentions and disappearances of applicants' relatives. This was explained by Anatoly Kovler, Judge of the European Court from the Russian Federation.
09:00, 19 December 2009
Pilgrims from Kabardino-Balkaria are happy with organization of hadj
The pilgrims, who made their hadj to the sacred places in Saudi Arabia, have returned to Kabardino-Balkaria. Amerbi Gegraev, head of the group, which went to Mecca by bus, said that the hadj was held at a high level, practically without any problems.
News
A case of embezzlement during the construction of a gymnastics academy in Sochi has reached court.

Pollution on Primorsky Beach in Tuapse. Screenshot from the Telegram channel "My Tuapse" from May 7, 2026, https://t.me/my_tuapse/35084 Calls for Tuapse residents to become more actively involved in beach cleanups are being made on social media.

Krasnodar political prisoner Vladimir Yarotsky was found dead in a prison colony.

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.