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Salekh Rustamov. Screenshot https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2021/11/free/Social/ru/9955.htm/001
07:09, 14 December 2021
Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov goes on dry hunger strike
Salekh Rustamov refused water on the 38th day of his hunger strike in the prison hospital, his advocate reported. The defender expressed his concern for the life of Salekh Rustamov.
The Supreme Court of North Ossetia. Photo from the official website of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) https://kprf.ru/
07:03, 14 December 2021
Law enforcers convicted in Tskaev’s case request court to acquit them
Ten former policemen, convicted in a case on death of Vladimir Tskaev, a resident of North Ossetia, after interrogation at a police station, requested to acquit them.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-kbr-unichtozhen-bandit-prichastnyy-k-rasstrelu.html
20:57, 13 December 2021
Week of December 6-12 passed without victims of North-Caucasian armed conflict
During the week from December 6 to December 12, 2021, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there was no information about any casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili in the courtroom. Screenshot of the video by REN TV https://ren.tv/news/v-mire/909370-saakashvili-iz-zala-suda-prizval-storonnikov-prodolzhat-protesty"
20:53, 13 December 2021
Board of doctors recommends Saakashvili's rehabilitation in a foreign clinic
After a long hunger strike, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili needs rehabilitation at a neurological centre, but there are no hospitals of the required level in Georgia, the doctors have concluded, recommending that the politician be transferred to a foreign clinic. Saakashvili himself refused to leave Georgia.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo by Andrey Volodin https://www.rosbalt.ru/world/2021/10/07/1924907.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&nw=163362643400
11:31, 13 December 2021
Georgian citizen detained on South-Ossetian border
Georgian authorities demand to release the man detained near the village of Zemo Nikozi located on the border with South Ossetia, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has stated.
Salekh Rustamov. Screenshot of the page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=323453796283729&set=pcb.323453839617058
11:26, 13 December 2021
Doctor informs about Salekh Rustamov's risk of death
Salekh Rustamov, an Azerbaijani activist, who is on a hunger strike in jail, is injected with nutrients intravenously, but this will not replace adequate nutrition, especially amid his suffered stress, his age and diseases, Adil Geibulla, a doctor, has stated.
A search party with remains of a military serviceman. Photo from the page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=253137966832379&set=a.204085831737593
11:22, 13 December 2021
Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Martuni District, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of an Armenian military serviceman. Thus, the total number of bodies and remains found in the conflict zone after the hostilities in November 2020 has reached 1704, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Emergency Service has informed.
Salekh Rustamov. Photo courtesy of Salekh Rustamov's representative
11:19, 13 December 2021
US State Department and PACE co-rapporteurs urge to release Rustamov
Azerbaijani authorities must release Salekh Rustamov, who is on his hunger strike in jail and who is close to death, the US State Department has stated. It is necessary to reconsider the case of Rustamov and those of other political prisoners, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Azerbaijan have stated.
Police detain activists at a rally in support of Salekh Rustamov, Baku, December 11, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=347679063596939&extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing
11:37, 12 December 2021
Police disrupt action demanding to release Salekh Rustamov
Eleven people were detained in Baku during an action in support of Salekh Rustamov, the police used excessive force.
Bride abduction, illustration photo. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8O8h57ZSg.
11:21, 12 December 2021
Three residents of Dagestan accused of bride abduction
Three men have been arrested on charges of abducting a woman from Karabudakhkent, who refused to marry one of them. The case has been sent to the court, the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office has informed.
Construction of tunnels on the Horadiz-Jebrail-Zangilan-Agbend highway in Azerbaijan, which, according to the Azerbaijani side, is to become part of the Zangezur corridor. Screenshot: https://video.azertag.az/ru/site/video/129222
11:03, 12 December 2021
Economists analyze benefits from Zangezur Corridor
The transport corridor connecting Baku with Nakhichevan is beneficial not only for Azerbaijan, it will also improve Armenia's communication with Iran and Russia, the economists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
A knife used for female circumcision. Frame from the film "This Happens Here", posted on YouTube ROMB Channel
23:28, 11 December 2021
Film about female circumcision actualizes problem of silencing this practice in Caucasus
On December 13, the Documentary Film Centre in Moscow will screen the film "This Happens Here" about the practice of female genital mutilation in Northern Caucasus. The authors of the film are journalists Svetlana Anokhina and Vladimir Sevrinovsky. This will be the first screening of the film in a movie theatre, Oksana Serbinova, the creative producer of the film, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Servicemen of the Armenian Army. Screenshot of video posted by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215jDI_CYcw
22:57, 11 December 2021
Analysts in Baku and Yerevan link escalation with upcoming meeting in Brussels
By means of military conflicts on the border, Azerbaijan is trying to increase pressure on Yerevan, the Armenian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. The escalation on the eve of the meeting at the Eastern Partnership summit is beneficial to Armenia, as it can change the agenda of the meeting, the Azerbaijani political observer believes.
Alexander Sokurov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot
15:34, 11 December 2021
Kadyrov intervenes into Putin's polemic with Sokurov
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has criticized the film director, Alexander Sokurov, for his proposal to President Vladimir Putin to allow some regions of Northern Caucasus to separate from Russia, and urged to check his proposal for extremism.
Ronald Airapetyan. Photo courtesy of Ronald Airapetyan
13:28, 11 December 2021
Activist Airapetyan leaves Russia after kidnapping
Ronald Airapetyan, an activist, has explained his flight from the Krasnodar Territory to the Netherlands by the earlier committed kidnapping and the threats he had received because of his oppositional activities.
Park named after Djokhar Dudaev in the city of Korfez (Turkey). Photo courtesy of the representative of the Chechen Diaspora in Turkey
13:12, 11 December 2021
Park in honour of Djokhar Dudaev opened in Turkey
On December 10, the administration of the municipality of the city of Korfez in the Turkish Province of Kocaeli solemnly opened a park named after the first president of Ichkeria, Djokhar Dudaev. The official ceremony was attended by about three hundred members of the North-Caucasian Diaspora and Caucasian public organizations; delegates of the Chechen Diasporas in Europe were among the visitors, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported.
Alikhan Adjamatov. Photo by Zabira Abdurakhmanova for the Caucasian Knot
12:50, 11 December 2021
Adjamatov sentenced to long imprisonment for financing terrorism
The court has sentenced Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of assisting in terrorist activities, to 17 years in prison. This is too severe, given that Adjamatov's guilt has not been proved, his advocates assert.
08:39, 11 December 2021
Kadyrov decorates his second daughter with "For Merits" medal
Khadizhat Kadyrova, the 21-year-old Ramzan Kadyrov's daughter, the head of the Department of Preschool Education of Grozny, was awarded the medal "For Merits to the Chechen Republic".
Batyr Boromangnaev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klv_Mlv_LJE
08:25, 11 December 2021
Court fines Boromangnaev for insulting Putin
The Elista City Court has fined Batyr Boromangnaev, the chairman of the Kalmyk branch of the "Yabloko" Party, by 30,000 roubles for his post in social networks about "Putin's Russia". The court found that the oppositionist's statements are offending the honour and dignity of the Russian president. Boromangnaev intends to appeal against this decision.
00:12, 11 December 2021
Salekh Rustamov refuses to end hunger strike
On the 35th day of his hunger strike, Salekh Rustamov stopped believing in the results of the protest action, but still intends to continue it, his advocate reports.
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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.