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17:00, 26 December 2008
Board of jurymen for the process on attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria not formed yet
The fourth round of choosing jurymen held at the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria for the trial on the events on October 13, 2005, brought only one juryman. Meanwhile, the term of appointment of the earlier selected jurymen expires already on January 1.
22:00, 25 December 2008
Chechnya holds rally against release of Budanov
A mass protest action is now held in the capital of Chechnya in the context of early relief from the colony of former Colonel Yuri Budanov, guilty of murdering Chechen girl Elza Kungaeva, 17, in March 2000.
22:00, 25 December 2008
In Karachaevo-Circassia, journalist Akbasheva beaten at performance of her professional duty
The attack on December 22 in the capital Karachaevo-Circassia on journalist Zhanna Akbasheva was committed when she was performing her editorial task. She thinks that she was beaten for her publications criticizing the Republic's authorities.
21:00, 25 December 2008
Chanieva: investigation in Kabardino-Balkaria neglects rights of detained Malkarov
Kerim Malkarov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of a murder, has been kept at the Nalchik investigatory isolation facility for almost seven months already. On December 22, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria upheld the decision of the Nalchik City Court on extending his custody.
20:00, 25 December 2008
Residents of Imereti Valley in Sochi prevent declared housebreaking
Residents of the Imereti Valley - the territory of the would-be Olympic Village in Sochi - have managed to prevent the declared demolishment of their houses, delay the alienation of their land plots and insist on creations of exchange stock of land plots and construction of new houses as a precondition of resettling.
19:00, 25 December 2008
Markelov: appeal against Budanov's relief by the suffered party is not excluded
On December 24, the City Court of Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk Region) satisfied the petition of former Colonel Yuri Budanov for conditional early relief (CER). If there is no appeal against, Budanov will be released on January 11.
18:00, 25 December 2008
Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training concerned of amendments to Constitution of Azerbaijan
The Centre for Election Monitoring and Democracy Training (CEM&DT) has promulgated its expert's judgement on the draft Referendum Act "On Amendments and Additions in the Constitution of Azerbaijan", designed on initiative of the ruling Party "Eni Azerbaijan" (PEA).
22:00, 24 December 2008
US State Department: there was no genocide in South Ossetia
Georges Bush's administration disagrees with the conclusions of Russian government that this August the authorities of Georgia made a genocide attempt in South Ossetia.
20:00, 24 December 2008
Kabardino-Balkaria starts the fourth round of choosing jurymen for Nalchik attack case
On December 23, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria continued selecting jurymen for the trial of the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by advocate Magomed Abubakarov.
19:00, 24 December 2008
Volgograd opens monument "To Victims of Political Repressions"
Opening ceremony of the monument "To Victims of Political Repressions" took place in Volgograd, 12 years after its initiation. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was present at the ceremony.
19:00, 24 December 2008
Azerbaijani CC is positive on offered constitutional amendments
The Constitutional Court (CC) of Azerbaijan has given a positive opinion on the amendments of the Constitution offered by the national parliament; on December 24, the Court considered at its plenum a draft Referendum Act "On Amendments and Additions in the Constitution of Azerbaijan" brought by the parliament for legal expertise.
18:00, 24 December 2008
Militiaman attacked in Ingushetia, special operation is underway
The FSB Department for Ingushetia has introduced the counterterrorist operation regime in the vicinity of Alkun village in response to the information that militants were seen there. This was reported by the spokesman of the operative staff in Ingushetia.
23:00, 23 December 2008
Russian ICPO: 162 residents of South Ossetia perished in August
According to the Investigatory committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation, during the August events in South Ossetia 162 residents of this republic perished, and over 5000 were recognized as victims. The "Interfax" reports that Chairman of the ICPO Alexander Bastrykin has told about it today.
22:00, 23 December 2008
Georgian and Russian public discuss implications of Caucasian war
On December 18, the building of "Memorial" hosted a meeting of representatives of Georgian and Russian public held within a visit organized by the Public Chamber of Russia. The meeting discussed the ways to overcome the humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
22:00, 23 December 2008
International human rights organizations monitor Rasul Kudaev, inmate of SIZO in Kabardino-Balkaria
International human rights organizations are seeing after the fate of Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of the SIZO of Kabardino-Balkaria accused under the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, in Nalchik.
21:00, 23 December 2008
Veteran of Karabakh War imprisoned in Armenia wants to refuse from water
In case his demand to release all political prisoners before the New Year remains unfulfilled, Sarkis Atspanyan will refuse drinking water. Now, he is on his termless hunger strike in SIZO "Vardashen".
20:00, 23 December 2008
Human rights activists of Nagorno-Karabakh plan to go on working with former war prisoners
The NGO in Nagorno-Karabakh called "Centre of Civil Initiatives" (CCI) has made its annual report, which notes that the organization will henceforth deal with rehabilitation problems of the families of missing people, prisoners of war and former hostages.
07:02, 23 December 2008
Defence in "Case of Seven": Armenian authorities hold provocations
Today the advocates of the defendants in the "Case of Seven" have made a statement, in which they assert that the authorities of Armenia organized a number of provocations during today's court session. According to Ovik Arsenyan, advocate of Alexander Arzumanyan, the reinforced securities at the court building, redressed policemen who filled the courtroom by one third and verbal skirmishes in the courtroom allow asserting use of provocations.
Zurab Tsechoev tells that he was taken away from his home by people in camouflage. At gunpoint of sub-machine gun Tsechoev was driven along his house; the kidnappers examined him, took away his two mobile phones, told something about computers and forced into an armoured troop-carrier (ATC).
00:00, 23 December 2008
Video: story of human rights activist kidnapped by power agents in Ingushetia
The "Caucasian Knot" presents a video story by Zurab Tsechoev, employee of the Human rights organization "Mashr", kidnapped this July by FSB agents in Ingushetia, telling the details of the incident.
12:23, 22 December 2008
Ombudsperson on child's rights in Rostov Region asks to cancel "curfew" in Novocherkassk
Alla Vasilieva, Ombudsperson for the rights of the child in the Rostov Region, has addressed the Regional Prosecutor's Office asking to react to the illegal, in her opinion, decision of the Mayor of Novocherkassk, restricting the stay of children outdoor late in the evening without accompanying adults.
News
Four candidates for the presidency of South Ossetia have been registered by the CEC.

Participants of the action in Yerevan. Screenshot of the publication https://t.me/rusnews/90129 Activists in Yerevan held pickets in support of prisoners.

Refueling in Abkhazia. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iucv0U-zRIw Abkhaz drivers complained about high fuel prices.

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.