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The queue at a post office in the town of Askeran, Nagorno-Karabakh, December 14, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:49, 18 December 2020
Karabakh refugees face delays in receiving social benefits
Refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh receive financial support from the Armenian government, but to receive it they have to queue at the post office for two days, residents of Stepanakert have complained. The settlers are waiting for payments in connection with the loss of their housing.
Cairo. Photo by Jorge Láscar, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66239382
14:20, 18 December 2020
Interference of Russia's Embassy gives hope for extradition of Ingushes arrested in Egypt
The Russia's Embassy in Cairo has called on the Egyptian Prosecutor General to allow the extradition of four Ingush students kept in a local prison for two years on charges of extremism.
Theatre Square, Tskhinvali, where an endless protest action is being held. December 15, 2020. Photo by Anna Gioyeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:10, 18 December 2020
Djabiev's mother states authorities' indifference to Tskhinvali protesters' demands
After a scuffle with the police, the participants of the action in support of Inal Djabiev, who died after interrogation within the case of the attempted murder of the head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), managed to set up an awning to protect them from the rain.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot of Abdurakhmanov's post about completion of the trial https://t.me/abusaddamshishani/3326
13:35, 18 December 2020
Prosecutor asks ten years in prison for attempted killer of blogger Abdurakhmanov
The prosecution has asked to sentence two defendants in the case on the attempted murder of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in Sweden to ten and eight years in prison accordingly.
Damaged Armenian military vehicles near Jebrail. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:14, 18 December 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh requests data on fate of 73 militaries from Azerbaijan
The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have asked Azerbaijan to provide the information about the fate of 73 Armenian military servicemen who had disappeared in the Gadrut District, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Ombudsperson has stated.
Malika Djikaeva. Screenshot https://www.instagram.com/malika.djikaeva.of/
11:58, 18 December 2020
Social media users argue about guilt of Malika Djikaeva, scandalous North-Ossetian blogger
The audio record of the interrogation speaks in favour of investigators' version about use of drugs by the Instagram blogger, Malika Djikaeva, some social media users have noted. Their opponents insist that the drugs had been planted by Chechen law enforcers.
An Armenian checkpoint in the Fizuli District of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:34, 18 December 2020
Karabakh rescuers find bodies of 933 militaries
More than 40 Armenian military servicemen killed during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict have been found in the Fizuli and Djebrail Districts. Since the start of searches, they have found over 930 bodies of militaries, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.
23:54, 17 December 2020
Political analysts: Gadrut incident not to affect relations between Moscow and Baku
An attempt to expand the zone of the peacekeepers' responsibility to the Gadrut District did not lead to deterioration in relations between Moscow and Baku, political analyst Igor Korotchenko and Caucasian expert Vladimir Sotnikov believe.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/antiterroristicheskie-ucheniya/taktiko-specialnoe-uchenie-groza-2015-v.html
23:46, 17 December 2020
Shootout in Kurchaloi takes place far from residential buildings
A DPS (road-and-patrol service) checkpoint where a shootout has taken place today is located on the outskirts of Kurchaloi, far from residential buildings, a local resident says.
21:35, 17 December 2020
Police report details of shootout in Kurchaloi District
In the Kurchaloi District, policemen were attacked and shelled by two residents of the villages of Tsotsi-Yurt and Oktyabrskoye. The law enforcers were not wounded, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.
Abandoned houses in the village of Tasy Verst. Photo by David Simonyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:20, 17 December 2020
Russian MoD reports about restoration of power supply in Nagorno-Karabakh
Power supply has been restored in 24 cities, towns, and villages of Nagorno-Karabakh, where more than 12,000 people live, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports.
A burnt tank. December 14, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:46, 17 December 2020
Azerbaijan requests Armenia to return three prisoners of war
Three more Azerbaijani citizens are still being kept by the Armenian side as prisoners of war, the authorities of Azerbaijan report. The Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia announced the negotiations with Baku concerning the fate of 73 soldiers of the Defence Army who were missed in action in the Hadrut District.
Russian flag in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by David Simonyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:26, 17 December 2020
Baku and Yerevan analysts treat idea of "gray zones" in Karabakh as impracticable
The so-called "gray zones", free from all conflict parties in Nagorno-Karabakh, are contrary to the principles of Azerbaijan's sovereignty and can become bait for armed formations, Azerbaijani political analysts believe. The creation of neutral zones is beneficial to Armenia and Russia, but Baku will not agree to this, Yerevan experts are sure.
A police car. Photo: Mitya Aleshkovsky_Flickr.com
14:11, 17 December 2020
Shootout with law enforcers in Kurchaloi District is this year's fourth in Chechnya
The armed incident in the Kurchaloi District, in which two unknown persons were killed, was preceded by a December 16 counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the Achkhoi-Martan District.
A footage of the suicide bombing in the village of Uchkeken. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee nac.gov.ru
12:10, 17 December 2020
KChR residents treat law enforcers' video about explosion in Uchkeken as unconvincing
The video of the incident near the FSB building in the village of Uchkeken fails to confirm that the casualty had intended to harm the employees, a criminologist believes. The video could have been staged, since the conduct of a counterterrorist operation (CTO) is beneficial to law enforcers, lawyers have suggested.
The village of Khin Shen. December 6, 2020. Photo by David Simonyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:48, 17 December 2020
Villagers from Lachin Corridor tell details of the three days in blockade
The villages of Khin Shen and Mets Shen of Nagorno-Karabakh were unblocked following the results of negotiations of Russian peacemakers with Azerbaijan. Negotiations are underway to withdraw Azerbaijani militaries out of the village of Ekhtsaokh.
11:46, 17 December 2020
Yerevan reports on successful operation to free militaries in Gadrut District
Russian peacemakers have helped Armenian militaries to escape the cordoning near the villages of Khin Takher and Khtsaberd, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Kazbek Baidulaev. Screenshot of the post on the VKontakte https://vk.com/id307863992
11:29, 17 December 2020
Rights defenders link Baidulaev's radicalization with law enforcers' actions
Law enforcers' illegal violence and repressions push young people to the path of radicalization; and as a result they join the underground, Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has commented on the story of Kazbek Baidulaev, a native of a Chechen village.
A destroyed tank near the road. Nagorno-Karabakh, December 6, 2020. Photo by David Simonyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:03, 17 December 2020
Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh reports number of POWs captured in Gadrut District
About 60 military servicemen disappeared in the vicinity of the village of Khtsaberd in the Gadrut District, Artak Beglaryan, the Ombudsperson, has stated. In his turn, Araik Arutyunyan, the president of the unrecognized republic, has stressed that the actions of the Azerbaijani Army are directed not so much against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh as against the Russian peacemakers.
A protest action in the Shirak Region of Armenia, December 16, 2020. Screenshot of the video by NEWS AM https://youtu.be/L_Xo8vsj3xQ
10:44, 17 December 2020
Authorities of Shirak Region promise protesters to return POWs
The governor of the Shirak Region of Armenia has met local residents who had blocked roads demanding to release their relatives and fellow countrymen from Azerbaijani captivity. The protesters believe that the Armenian authorities are passive.
News
A Georgian citizen has been detained on charges of espionage.

A still from a protest march in Tbilisi in support of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Photo: MO SE / Facebook Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded treatment for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue supported the demands of parents of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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.