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18:00, 16 December 2010
An action in memory of lost journalists passed off in Grozny
On December, 15, a memorial action timed to the Day of Memory of the journalists who perished carrying out their professional duty passed off in front of Press House in Journalists' public garden in the capital of Chechnya. The action with the participation of representatives of republican mass media, intelligentsia, the clergy, youth and students' organizations was arranged by the Ministry of External Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of Chechnya.
23:50, 15 December 2010
Polish company to neutralize the largest landfill of toxic chemicals in Yerevan
The mission to liquidate toxic pesticides in the Nubarashen burial, located in Yerevan outskirt, will be granted to the "Ecotech" Polish company. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Armania.
23:40, 15 December 2010
HRHF urges Armenian authorities to release Pashinyan
Yesterday, on December 14, the authoritative international organization Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) addressed Armenian leaders with a call to release the political prisoners Nikol Pashinyan.
23:30, 15 December 2010
Bomb blown up en route of militia car in Makhachkala
On December 14, an unidentified explosive device stuffed with striking elements was triggered en route of a militia car in Makhachkala. The explosion caused no casualties or victims, said a source from the UVD (Interior Department) of the capital of Dagestan.
23:10, 15 December 2010
Magomedsalam Magomedov: recent count of terror act casualties in Dagestan has reached 1100
Today, on December 15, Dagestan has opened its Congress of Dagestani Nations. It will last for one day and plans to adopt an appeal and a resolution. The event is held in the new Palace of Sports named after Ali Aliev, located between the cities of Kaspiisk and Makhachkala.
23:00, 15 December 2010
University Rector, where perished studied had studied, applies for resignation
Leonid Zelentsov, Rector of Rostov State Building University (RSBU), where the perished Maxim Sychov was a student, has submitted a resignation application. This was announced today by Vasily Golubev, Governor of the Rostov Region.
22:30, 15 December 2010
About 60 persons detained in central St Petersburg
The militia detained a group of young people near the metro station "Sennaya Ploschad" in St Petersburg, where disorders were expected in the evening on December 15. Some of them had traumatic pistols and edged weapons on them.
22:20, 15 December 2010
Over 700 detained in Moscow; the crowd breaks up
More than 700 persons have been detained in Moscow during the unrest. Many of them had traumatic and edged weapons, truncheons and electric shockers on them, which were confiscated. Several victims are reported. The protesters, who gathered near the Kiev Railway Station, disperse.
22:00, 15 December 2010
Against ecologists' protests, Sochi commissions first object of 2014 Olympics
An alpine trail at the ski resort "Roza Khutor", which will host in February 2011 the European Cup in alpine skiing, has been commissioned in Sochi. Ecologists, in their turn, have blocked today the building works at one of the Olympic objects, stating that rare flora species are liquidated during the construction.
21:00, 15 December 2010
Rostov-on-Don: organizers of rally in memory of perished student apologize to Muslims
The organizers of the rally in memory of the deceased student Maxim Sychov in Rostov-on-Don apologized to Muslims for some of the slogans, which were heard scanned in the course of the march. They were chanted wither by provocateurs or representatives of the marginalized youth, said Arthur Zykov, acting head of the public movement "Tikhiy Don".
20:00, 15 December 2010
Interethnic enmity is one of the versions of the mass brawl in Astrakhan
Yesterday, on December 14, accusations were presented to a participant of the mass brawl that burst our in the city centre. According to some detainees, national intolerance was the cause of the incident.
19:00, 15 December 2010
Balkar elders left Manezh square in Moscow
Balkar elders who had been carrying out an open-ended action of protest in Manezh square left it on December, 13, in connection with mass disturbances in Moscow.
18:00, 15 December 2010
Journalists in Dagestan paid tribute to the memory of their murdered colleagues
Yesterday, December, 14, Memorial Day of lost journalists was held by the Journalists' Union of Dagestan in Makhachkala. Remembrance day of the journalists who perished carrying out their professional duty will be held in the Journalists' House in Nikitsky boulevard in Moscow. Its beginning is expected at 13:00.
Ali Kamalov, Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Dagestan, in Moscow, December 8, 2010. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 14 December 2010
Ali Kamalov: law enforcement bodies of Dagestan deliberately refrain from investigating journalists' murders
Murders of Dagestani journalists are not investigated, because often militiamen are associated with customers of murders, said Ali Kamalov, chairman of the Union of Journalists of Dagestan, at the recent international conference in Moscow "Securing Safe Future of Journalism in Eastern Europe".
23:40, 14 December 2010
Today, Moscow to award Sakharov Prize in journalism
Today, the Central House of Journalists in Nikitskiy Boulevard in Moscow will host the awarding ceremony of Andrei Sakharov Prize "For Journalism as a Deed". The nominees are about a hundred journalists from various regions of Russia, including the Caucasus.
Programme of the "Stalker" International Human Rights Festival. Photo by www.stalkerfest.org
23:30, 14 December 2010
Woman from Beslan is Laureate of Moscow Film Festival
On December 10, the Day of Adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Moscow opened its International Film Festival on Human Rights "Stalker", in which the film by Vadim Tsalikov "Beslan. Hope" took part. The heroine of this film was awarded with a prize of the festival.
23:20, 14 December 2010
Tbilisi to resettle another building occupied by refugees
Another building in Tbilisi, compactly populated by refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia will be resettled. This was decided by the Ministry on Refugees' Matters and Accommodation of Georgia. Refugees are ready to radical protests, while the Ministry argued that the building is in private ownership.
23:10, 14 December 2010
Human rights defenders ask PACE Chairman to trace Russia's fulfilment of resolution on Northern Caucasus
International and Russian human rights organizations assert that over the past six months the human rights situation in Northern Caucasus has not improved, and ask the Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to trace fulfilment by Russia of the resolution on Northern Caucasus.
"No to corruption in our city!" - work by Katya Scheglova, the youngest participant of the contest. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 14 December 2010
"Bribes are sweet" - winner of anti-corruption ads contest in Rostov Region
Today, on December 14, Rostov-on-Don has opened an exhibition-contest of social advertisements "Clean Hands". Winners of the contest were announced at the opening.
22:40, 14 December 2010
Mass brawl in Dagestan results in victims and detainees
On Monday, December 13, a conflict between residents of two districts of Dagestan because of pastures turned into a mass brawl with use of firearms and involvement, according to the militia, of over 200 persons. Two participants of the incident were taken to hospital; 20 more were detained.
News
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Lawyers and human rights activists considered the six-year sentence for Larisa Bochieva excessive.

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.