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Fuad Gakhramanly. Photo: RFE/RL
16:10, 9 December 2015
The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office insists on involvement of Fuad Gakhramanly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces, in inciting people to religious extremism in the village of Nardaran. The PFPA denies the accusation and believes Gakhramanly to be a "prisoner of conscience".
Truck drivers protest against ‘Platon’ system, December 2015. Photo: Melani Bachina (RFE/RL)
15:33, 9 December 2015
Today, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has treated the system of toll collection from trucks for use of federal highways, named "Platon", as unpopular but necessary measure. The truckers from Volgograd, who are on strike against "Platon" in the vicinity of Moscow, criticized Medvedev's statements and declared a continuation of their protest action.
Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus. Photo: RFE/RL
14:58, 9 December 2015
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has commuted the sentences for human rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus, a political analyst. The BCA has cancelled their sentences and replaced the actual terms of imprisonment with conditional imprisonment.
Natiq Kerimov. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
14:06, 9 December 2015
This morning, in Azerbaijan, Natiq Kerimov, one of the elders of Nardaran, has been arrested. None of human rights defenders have talked to Natiq Kerimov yet. According to the Prosecutor's Office, he is being kept at the Investigating Department.
06:34, 9 December 2015
At the contest for socially-oriented non-commercial organizations (NCOs) to receive state subsidies, 17 out of 37 NCOs registered in Chechnya and admitted to the contest became the winners. Staff members of independent NCOs have criticized the distribution of grants and treated the decisions as biased.
Ras al-Ayn, Syria. Photo: https://ru.wiki2.org/wiki/Курды_в_Сирии
05:16, 9 December 2015
Residents of the Chechen village of Ras al-Ayn in Syria under siege by the "Islamic State" (IS) ask their countrymen from Northern Caucasus not to go to Syria to participate in the armed conflict on the side of the radicals.
Magomed Mutsolgov. Photo: Human Rights Organization 'Mashr', http://www.mashr.org/?p=5164
02:31, 9 December 2015
The Ingush human rights organization "Mashr" has been included in the register of non-commercial organizations carrying out functions of "foreign agents", the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reports.
Fuad Gakhramanly. Photo by Aziz Karminov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
00:56, 9 December 2015
The court has pronounced against Fuad Gakhramanly, Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) the pre-trial restriction measure in the form of a three-month arrest. Fuad Gakhramanly rejects all accusations. His defence intends to appeal against the court's decision.
21:58, 8 December 2015
Fuad Gakhramanly, the Deputy Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been taken to the Investigating Department for Grave Crimes, said Ali Kerimli, the head of the PFPA.
European Court of Human Rights. Photo: Rh-67, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Европейский_суд_по_правам_человека
21:40, 8 December 2015
Residents of Chechnya Khasan Sagaev and Rasul Mukaev were kidnapped by Russian power agents and got missing, while the authorities' inquiry into their disappearances was held inefficiently, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled and awarded compensation to relatives of the missing persons in the amount of 64,000 and 84,000 euros, accordingly.
Paruyr Airikyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:35, 8 December 2015
Paruyr Airikyan, the leader of the "National Self-Determination" Party, has explained his break with the "New Armenia" and "No" Front by the fact that, in his opinion, the opposition is split and its certain forces cannot get consolidated.
Ani Gevorkyan. Photo: RFE/RL
16:46, 8 December 2015
In her complaint lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), journalist Ani Gevorkyan appealed against the decision of the court in Armenia to stop the criminal case on the use of violence against her by policemen.
Protest action of truck drivers, Moscow, December 2015. Photo: RFE/RL
15:34, 8 December 2015
This morning, a convoy of passenger cars with 15 trucks from the Volgograd Region has left the parking lot at the Kashira Highway in Moscow for the town of Khimki in suburb of Moscow, where other protesters against the introduction of the system "Platon" parked their vehicles. The purpose of this trip was to support "their unfortunate colleagues," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Vladimir, a carrier from Volgograd.
Law enforcer during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru
10:46, 8 December 2015
The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has stopped the criminal case initiated against the local resident, who was killed by power agents in 2011 and charged with assaulting policemen. The court refused to rehabilitate the men, as his relatives had requested.
Maya Duisengalieva. Photo: http://u-f.ru/News/u20/2015/12/07/730149
07:00, 8 December 2015
In Astrakhan, the criminal case has been instituted against 27-year-old Maya Duisengalieva, suspected of providing financial assistance to supporters of radical Islamism. The woman has been put on the international wanted list.
Rally against constitutional reform in Yerevan, December 3, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
05:42, 8 December 2015
On December 7, in Yerevan, supporters of the front "No!" gathered at Freedom Square. They demanded to recognize as null and void the results of the referendum on the constitutional reform. According to the organizers, the rally was attended by about 3000 people.
At the voting station on the day of referendum, December 6, 2015. Photo: RFE/RL
03:16, 8 December 2015
Journalist organizations of Armenia have demanded to find and punish persons guilty of the use of violence against members of the media during the referendum on constitutional reform. According to the preliminary data of the above organizations, at least 15 journalists suffered.
01:57, 8 December 2015
In Armenia, the referendum on constitutional reform was accompanied by pressure on observers and all types of violations. This was stated by members of observer organizations interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". They have questioned the official results of the referendum.
Posters of truck drivers protesting against the introduction of the ‘Platon’ system, Dagestan, November 24, 2015. Photo by Murad Muradov for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
21:58, 7 December 2015
One of the protesters has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that drivers of 50 heavy-duty vehicles continue their protest near Khasavyurt: "Most of them went to hold protest in Moscow. There are at least 200 trucks from Dagestan there; and we continue standing and waiting here."
Darya Polyudova. Screenshot from the video of the user ‘Open Russia’, http://www.youtube.com
20:52, 7 December 2015
The pleadings at the trial of the case of the Krasnodar activist Darya Polyudova were held today at the Oktiabrskiy District Court of Krasnodar. Prosecutors demanded to sentence her to 3.5 years in a settlement-colony, Andrei Sabinin, a Polyudova's advocate, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The defence, in its turn, has stated at the pleadings that Polyudova is tried for "expressing her thoughts", and she is not guilty of the alleged crimes.
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.