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Georgia-South Ossetia border. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
22:21, 20 December 2019
Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili sentenced in South Ossetia
Today, the Leningor District Court has found Tbilisi doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili guilty of violating the border and sentenced him to a year and nine months of imprisonment. The Georgian authorities announced they would seek the release of Vazha Gaprindashvili with the mediation of international institutions.
Marianna Choloyan. Screenshot from video posted at: https://newstbilisi.info/154048-v-svyazi-s-delom-pogibshego-podrostka-zaderzhana-sledovatel-marina-choloyan-novosti-gruziya-2.html
18:52, 20 December 2019
Georgian investigators: law enforcer threats teenager before his suicide
A questioning of a teenager at a police station lasted more than six hours and took place at night, while an investigator threatened the minor with creating problems for his relatives, the State Inspector General reports the details of a case on the schoolboy's suicide. The investigator is arrested.
Students re-singing 'Propaganda' composition by rapper Miyagi. Screenshot from video posted at YouTube Channel 'TV Caucasus': https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=D7KTIe8-p08&feature=emb_logo
18:12, 20 December 2019
Lawyers treat expulsion of Grozny college students as excessive measure
In Grozny, the ban on shooting videos in a building of the College of Culture and Arts does not comply with the requirements of the law, and expulsion of students for re-singing a rap hit at the educational institution can be challenged in court, lawyers suggest.
Alexander Sokurov at the meeting of the Human Rights Council, December 11, 2019. Screenshot from video broadcasting by RIA Novosti
13:05, 20 December 2019
Sokurov's status reduces his chances of falling victim to pressure after dispute with Kadyrov
The fame of film director Alexander Sokurov, who questioned the right of Ramzan Kadyrov to the title of Hero of Russia, minimizes the likelihood of pressure on him from the Chechen authorities, note experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Participants of the conference dedicated to the problems of preservation of languages of the peoples of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic, December 19, 2019. Photo by Asya Kapaeva.
12:50, 20 December 2019
Participants of Karachayevsk conference demand compulsory study of native languages
Schools are not supplied with mother tongue textbooks, classrooms do not meet modern requirements, and many teachers are poorly prepared, emphasize participants of the conference. They have adopted an appeal to the parliament of the republic with a request to take the legislative initiative and invite the Russian State Duma to repeal the amendments to the Law "On Education in the Russian Federation".
Samvel Babayan. Screenshot from video posted at Radio Azatutyun Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/gSOtRkJDJcg
11:44, 20 December 2019
Samvel Babayan blames court for unwillingness to consider his citizenship claim
A court in Stepanakert has postponed the consideration of the lawsuit lodged by Samvel Babayan, a former commander of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), who demands to restore his citizenship. The court session was postponed for the eighth time, since the court doesn't want to consider his lawsuit, Mr Babayan is sure.
Zamid Chalaev. Screenshot from video posted by IA 'Grozny Inform' at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBTnsbIJ4U
11:20, 20 December 2019
Commander of Kadyrov regiment ranks all offenders as "traitors"
Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the Chechen patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, has explained to his subordinates that all the offenders should be treated as "traitors."
Photo taken atfrom the site of assassination attempt on the Deputy Vyacheslav Sobolev. Photo: press service of the Kyiv Police, https://www.facebook.com/UA.KyivPolice/posts/2585247114864377?__tn__=-R
08:33, 20 December 2019
"Hromadske": son of disgraced Chechen suspected of attempting Deputy in Kyiv
Ukrainian law enforcers put a son of a former Chechen presidential candidate on the wanted list in connection with the attempt on a Deputy of the Kyiv Regional Council. Abuev presented himself as "a participant in the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasus" and suggested a fighter of the "Azov" battalion to apologize to Kadyrov, the "Hromadske" TV Channel has found out.
Policemen in Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
08:21, 20 December 2019
Mairbek Amaev's father asks police to find his son
The Grozny police have accepted the application submitted by the father of Mairbek Amaev about the disappearance of his son; policemen warned him that it could take a month to check the application.
Eugeny Bunin. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the Caucasian Knot
21:27, 19 December 2019
Change of investigator in case on torture of Kuban resident encourages rights defenders
The Prosecutor's Office cancelled the decision to close a case on torture by law enforcers of Yevgeny Bunin, a resident of the Tuapse District, and entrusted the case to another investigator, reported the Committee Against Torture (CaT). The human rights defenders express the hope that the new investigation will be effective.
Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Alexander Sokurov. Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin, REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
21:15, 19 December 2019
Dispute on Hero of Russia title puts Sokurov on a par with Kadyrov's critics
Doubts voiced by film director Alexander Sokurov concerning whether Akhmat and Ramzan Kadyrov deserved the title of Hero of Russia provoked a harsh reaction from subordinates of the Chechen leader, and the film director entered the list of people who dared to criticize Ramzan Kadyrov directly.
Protesters in Magas, October 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
18:45, 19 December 2019
Ingush activist Vyshegurov goes on hunger strike in SIZO
Mustafa Vyshegurov, a participant of a March rally in Magas, has stopped accepting food since today in protest against the conditions of detention at the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison) and the demand to shave his beard. The court extended his arrest until March 11.
Ramzan Kadyrov during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 31, 2019. Photo: REUTERS / Alexei Nikolsky
18:31, 19 December 2019
Kadyrov gets gratitude letter from President Putin after a dispute with Sokurov
On December 18, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) handed over to Ramzan Kadyrov a gratitude letter from Vladimir Putin "for active participation in public and political life." The gratitude was announced back in April. The leader of Chechnya got the Russian President's encouragement amid a public discussion with film director Alexander Sokurov concerning whether Ramzan Kadyrov deserved the title of Hero of Russia.
Serzh Sargsyan. Photo: press service of the Administration of the President of Russia
14:52, 19 December 2019
Serzh Sargsyan's property arrested
During the investigation into a criminal case, instituted on the fact of the embezzlement of state funds on an especially large scale, an arrest was imposed on the property of Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of Armenia, and Barseg Beglaryan, the president of the "Flash" Company.
Bust of Stalin. Photo: press service of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, http://m.sibkray.ru/news/1/896937
14:37, 19 December 2019
In Volgograd, idea to erect a monument to Stalin provokes disputes on Facebook
In Volgograd, members of the Communist Party announced the erection on December 21 of a monument to Joseph Stalin. Many Facebook users criticized the idea, but some of them expressed their support to the idea.
11:19, 19 December 2019
Protesters in Georgia demand to investigate teenager's suicide
Several protest actions were held in Tbilisi after it became known about a teenager's suicide. The protesters assert that authorities should be held accountable for what has happened.
Blogger Elvin Isaev. Screenshot from Elvin Isaev's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHDgtp6IAg
11:08, 19 December 2019
Advocate complains about ban to visit blogger Isaev in Azerbaijan
The Saint Petersburg blogger Elvin Isaev, who was deported from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, is accused of anti-state calls for "mass riots". The advocate, hired by his relatives, has stated that the investigating body is protracting with his access to the client; therefore, the advocate doubts the objectivity of the inquiry.
10:56, 19 December 2019
Students expelled from Grozny college after performing a rap hit
Magomed Basnukaev and Khalimat Tepsurkaeva, students of the College of Culture and Arts, have been expelled from the college after re-singing "Propaganda", a composition by rapper Miyagi. The college bosses have explained the expulsion by a ban on video filming in the building.
Aina Getagazova signing at the concert in Grozny. Screenshot from Youtube video posted by Chechnya.095: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzOASGDmYYE
08:30, 19 December 2019
Ingush singer criticized for song in Kadyrov's honour
Aina Getagazova performed the song "Nokhchiy Pachchakh" ("Chechen Padishah") during her solo concert in Grozny. Ramzan Kadyrov was present in person at the concert. Prior to performing the song, Getagazova announced that she dedicated the song to Kadyrov.
Djokhar Dudaev (left) and Boris Yeltsin. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
08:18, 19 December 2019
Data on Yeltsin's direct contacts with Dudaev during Chechen War announced
During the war in Chechnya, direct communication was maintained of Boris Yeltsin and Djokhar Dudaev; and the Kremlin ensured the Ichkeria* president's freedom of travel, Ruslan Alkhanov, the head of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said in his interview with the RBC (RosBusinessConsulting).
News
Pashinyan's associates left the hearings on the problems of refugees from Karabakh

Exodus from Artsakh, Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for "Caucasian Knot" The discussion about the reasons for the exodus of the Armenian population of Karabakh unfolded on social media.

Arekhnaz Manukyan. Photo: https://ru.aravot.am/2022/03/01/378157/ The court has softened the preventive measure for Arekhnaz Manukyan.

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.