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The Parliament of Georgia. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/
11:31, 18 December 2025
The Georgian parliament abolished the South Ossetian administration in exile
Parliament approved a decision to abolish the administration of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Region effective January 1, 2026.
An FSB officer steps away from a backpack before it was destroyed. December 17, 2025. Screenshot from a Russian FSB video.
09:44, 18 December 2025
The FSB has detained a student in connection with a terrorist plot in Volgodonsk
A college student intended to bring a backpack containing a homemade explosive device equivalent to 10 kg of TNT to the Volgodonsk administration building and hand it over to an official.
Bakhruz Samedov. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1052981443502606&set=a.454678036666286&type=3 belongs to Meta, a company banned in Russia.
08:49, 18 December 2025
Scientists and human rights activists have called for the release of Bakhruz Samedov
The international academic network Scholars at Risk has appealed to the Azerbaijani government to release researcher Bahruz Samedov. The petition was also supported by the human rights organization Amnesty International and the Norwegian Foundation for International Aid to Students and Scholars.
Security forces escort a pensioner. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
03:48, 18 December 2025
Kuban pensioners were brought to Rostov-on-Don for consideration of their case
The case materials against Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group, have been submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Nabiev is hospitalized with a third heart attack.
01:01, 18 December 2025
A resident of Adygea is suspected of preparing a terrorist attack
A criminal case for participation in a terrorist organization and preparation for a terrorist attack has been opened against a 19-year-old resident of the village of Novaya Adygeya.
Fight Club in Krasnodar. Still from Kuban 24 video: https://t.me/kuban24/117059
00:52, 18 December 2025
Krasnodar residents consider the hushing up of teenage violence unacceptable
Numerous children were beaten in street fights in Krasnodar, after which three teenage girls were detained, but not all parents agreed to file police reports. Psychologists emphasized that violence and the desire to assert oneself through such behavior indicate psychological problems.
Makhachkala. Screenshot from Yandex.Maps https://yandex.ru/maps/org/mechet_imeni_ali_khadzhi_akushinskogo/231878760168/panorama/?ll=47.554475%2C42.958692&panorama%5Bdirection%5D=-137.400000%2C10.000000&panorama%5Bfull%5D=true&panorama%5Bpoint%5D=47.554787%2C42.958910&panorama%5Bspan%5D=0.000000%2C0.000000&z=15
00:08, 18 December 2025
Residents of Dagestan criticized a report on energy sector improvements
The Dagestan Ministry of Energy reported positive trends in the republic's electricity supply. Telegram channel users called the situation catastrophic, while Makhachkala residents reported ongoing power outages.
A police officer records a deputy's testimony. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
00:01, 18 December 2025
A video message to Putin resulted in a Krasnodar deputy being summoned to the police
Krasnodar City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov was summoned to the police on December 17 following a video message recorded by over a thousand residents demanding that the embankment not be built with a church.
Novorossiysk residents asked Putin to resolve water supply issues. Still from the video "Nasha Gazeta Novorossiysk" from December 17, 2025, https://t.me/ng_nov/38356.
22:34, 17 December 2025
Novorossiysk residents complained about water supply not being delivered according to schedule
Novorossiysk residents complained about water supply not being delivered according to schedule
Zarema Musayeva in court. Screenshot of a photo from the Team Against Torture (designated a foreign agent) from March 21, 2025, https://t.me/no_torture/3558
21:40, 17 December 2025
Kadyrov's words underscored the political nature of Musayeva's persecution
Kadyrov's statement that Zarema Musayeva was detained because of the Yangulbayev family's work on social media confirms the political nature of her persecution, but in the current reality, the Chechen leader's confession will not lead to a review of Musayeva's sentences, human rights activists noted.
Road construction and the Kremlin. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
19:54, 17 December 2025
Armenia rejects Moscow and Tehran's claims regarding the "Trump Route"
There are no ongoing discussions regarding Russia's participation in the TRIPP project. Official Yerevan also stated that it is taking into account the interests of neighboring countries, such as Iran, in implementing the "Trump Route."
Gultekin Hajibeyli. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/
18:27, 17 December 2025
A Turkish court has rejected Hajibeyli's appeal against his detention in a deportation center
The Istanbul Magistrate's Court for Criminal Cases upheld the decision to place Azerbaijani opposition figure Gultekin Hajibeyli in a deportation center. She considers the court's ruling and the overall decision to deport her unlawful.
18:19, 17 December 2025
The leaders of a Kalmyk prison colony received lengthy sentences in the case of a terrorist cell
Pavel Bataev and his deputy Artur Tsamaev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the territory of a correctional facility, received 22 and 24 years in prison.
Khusein Agayev (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://theins.ru/inv/287815
17:59, 17 December 2025
Kadyrov's representatives in Europe have been legalized in Germany as refugees
Chechens Timur Dugazayev and Khusein Agayev, having received German citizenship as refugees, maintained contact with Kadyrov's inner circle and represented his interests in Europe, and also made numerous trips to Chechnya. Dugazayev returned to the republic after the imposition of US sanctions, but Agayev remains in Germany.
A man in a hospital bed. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI-generated program Copilot.
15:36, 17 December 2025
Authorities reported on the condition of those injured after the drone strike in Kuban
Two injured residents of the Slavyansky district have been transferred to the Regional Clinical Hospital. Operations at 21 kindergartens and three schools have been suspended.
A man in a hospital bed. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI-generated program Copilot.
14:47, 17 December 2025
The UN Special Rapporteur called for the release of Azerbaijani human rights activist Mammadli
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and assembly Gina Romero has contacted Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev regarding the case of Azerbaijani human rights activist Anar Mammadli.
Alan Gatsoev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/osetia_alania15/p/DRkgzw8iAXv/ belongs to the company Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia.
13:53, 17 December 2025
Alan Gatsoev received housing and work in South Ossetia
Ethnic Ossetian Alan Gatsoev, who spent several months in the no-man's land between Georgia and Russia, received permission to enter South Ossetia. There, authorities provided him with housing and found him a job.
Magomed Kushtov (left) and Ilyas Kushtov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photo: Federal Tax Service of Russia, https://fortanga.org/
11:54, 17 December 2025
The court has authorized the seizure of the homes and cars of detained Ingush tax officials
The Moscow District Court granted the Prosecutor General's Office's request to forfeit the homes and foreign cars of Magomed and Ilyas Kushtov, employees of the Ingush Federal Tax Service, suspected of abuse of power resulting in multimillion-dollar damages.
Azerbaijani displaced persons. December 17, 2025. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/sotsium/v-gorod-lacin-posyolki-gadrut-i-gyrmyzy-bazar-xodzavendskogo-raiona-a-takze-v-selo-xydyrly-agdamskogo-raiona-otpravleny-ocerednye-gruppy-pereselencev-630496
09:55, 17 December 2025
57 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone
More than 230 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to Lachin, Hadrut, and two other settlements today.
Voltmeter readings. Still frame from a video sent by a Caucasian Knot reader to the feedback bot.
08:56, 17 December 2025
Residents of a Dagestani village complained of regular power outages
Regular power outages and low voltage in the electrical grid are creating problems for residents of the Dagestani village of Verkhneye Kazanishche, and appeals to the authorities have been unsuccessful.
News
Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 4-10, 2022

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 28-January 3, 2020

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.