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Armenian serviceman. Photo: official website of the Ministry of Armenia, https://www.mil.am/
23:01, 9 December 2021
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of shelling attacks
Azerbaijani units shelled the combat positions of Armenia in the Gegarkunik direction, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. Its Azerbaijani counterpart reported about a shelling attack on the Azerbaijani positions in the Kelbadjar District.
Palais des Nations, Geneva. Photo: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
22:43, 9 December 2021
Participants of Geneva Discussions on Abkhazia exchange reproaches for breakdown of negotiations
On December 7-8, the 55th round of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the Transcaucasus was held in Geneva, which gathered representatives of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia, and the United States took part under the co-chairmanship of the UN, EU, and OSCE.
Sappers defuse mines. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
22:31, 9 December 2021
Two residents of Azerbaijan killed in a mine explosion
In the Shusha District, two young workers involved in restoration work were killed in a mine explosion, the Azerbaijani police reported.
Salekh Rustamov. Screenshot: http://turan.az/ext/news/2018/5/free/Social/en/72369.htm
18:04, 9 December 2021
Advocate reports irreversible deterioration of Salekh Rustamov’s health
Turkish doctors diagnosed Salekh Rustamov with the brain cell regression, but the prisoner refused to end his hunger strike, which he has been continuing for 34 days already, an advocate of the prisoner reported. The Azerbaijani authorities have ignored numerous requests to release Salekh Rustamov, human rights defender Rufat Safarov notes.
'Kirgu' trade centre in Makhachkala. Photo courtesy of the press service of the trade centre
17:47, 9 December 2021
Students involved in checking QR code in shopping centres in Makhachkala
Students of higher and secondary educational institutions are involved as volunteers in checking QR codes of visitors to large shopping centres in Makhachkala, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media of Dagestan announces.
Soldier of the Armenia Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://mil.am/hy/news/10185
14:19, 9 December 2021
Azerbaijani soldier perishes in border shootout
Asif Aliev, an Azerbaijani soldier was killed on the border of the Kelbadjar District with Armenia in a shootout with Armenian militaries, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. The Armenian MoD has accused Azeri militaries of the shootout on the border.
Noble Partner military exercises near Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
13:34, 9 December 2021
In its struggle for influence in Southern Caucasus, USA stakes on investments
The development of economic ties with countries of Southern Caucasus will allow the USA to restore is lost political influence in the region, the participants in the discussion organized by the "Foreign Policy" magazine in Tbilisi have stated.
Protest in support of Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
11:12, 9 December 2021
Georgian opposition resumes actions for Saakashvili's liberation
On December 8, about two thousand supporters of the oppositional "United National Movement" (UNM) Party held a protest action near the residence of Salome Zurabishvili, the President of Georgia, demanding to set Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili free. Failing to achieve a meeting with her, they threatened to switchover to tougher protest forms.
Serviemen of the Armenian Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://mil.am/hy/news/10107
10:57, 9 December 2021
Zangezur Corridor issue aggravates military threat to Armenia
By demanding from Armenia to open the Zangezur Corridor, Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, has secured the support of the international community; therefore, his threats to solve the problem by force are quite real, the Azeri analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. Baku is using the corridor issue as a lever of pressure on Armenia, and the country is vulnerable to it, political analysts in Yerevan have noted.
08:47, 9 December 2021
On the 33rd day of hunger strike, independent doctor was let to visit Salekh Rustamov
The health condition of Salekh Rustamov, an Azerbaijani activist, who has been on his protest hunger strike in prison for 33 days, continues deteriorating. He has severe headaches, his brother has stated. An independent doctor, Adil Geibulla, who visited Rustamov, reported that the hunger-striker was under "supportive treatment."
The injured patient of the hospital. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXOagoENP88/
08:29, 9 December 2021
Social network users urge relatives to find out trauma reasons of KBR patient
Doctors have discharged a resident of the Urvan District from hospital with traumas in his face, explaining that they were caused by the patient's fall, his relatives complained.
Armenian servicemen. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://www.mil.am/
23:07, 8 December 2021
Armenian MoD reports about a shelling attack on its water carrier near border
Azerbaijani militaries shelled a vehicle belonging to an Armenian military unit. No one was injured as a result of the shelling attack, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/axi.pankiski.5?__tn__=%2Cd-]-h-R&eid=ARDeGFhAGsBenE34L86ogjhI4TcgGQHTp_AcHkZt4vOvsJa9jR-9IiTVEdqRUhiUPM7vsYgjyMGacwyP
22:38, 8 December 2021
Chechen Diaspora concerned about possible extradition to Russia of man accused of Khangoshvili’s murder
A man accused of the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili deserves life imprisonment, but members of the Chechen Diaspora fear that even in case of such a sentence, the convict may be extradited to Russia.
Relatives of captured soldiers near the Armenian parliament. Yerevan, December 8, 2021. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnS6xD3UkMs&t=8s
22:09, 8 December 2021
Protesters detained near Armenian parliament
Relatives of the militaries missing in action during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh blocked a street in the centre of Yerevan. The police pushed them back. Ten people were detained during the protest action.
Alexander Kapyapin (left) and Yury Dud. Screenshot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2Vy9B8hic
20:15, 8 December 2021
YouTube users call on Dud to highlight practice of torture in Chechnya in more detail
Video blogger Yury Dud should visit residents of Chechnya and ask them about torture, YouTube users suggest. Chechnya has become a testing ground for the spread of torture throughout Russia, notes Lyudmila Kukhnina, a coordinator of the database compiled by the “Committee against Torture”.
A policeman. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:40, 8 December 2021
Police consider death of a detainee in Rostov Region a suicide
A detainee committed suicide at the police department in the Belokalitvinsky District. He was in solitary confinement, the police of the Rostov Region reports today.
Relatives of the prisoners of war at the Parliament of Armenia. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnS6xD3UkMs&t=8s
14:41, 8 December 2021
Relatives of POWs demand meeting with Speaker of Armenian Parliament
The President (Speaker) of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia must personally explain his words about deserters, relatives of the prisoners of war (POWs) and missing servicemen demanded on the second day of their protest action.
Screenshot of video records with Mikhail Saakashvili in a prison hospital, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1061505497963689&ref=sharing
14:12, 8 December 2021
In response to disciplinary sanctions, Saakashvili rejects medical treatment
As revenge for the fine imposed by the state inspector, the Georgia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has applied disciplinary sanctions, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili has stated and refused from medical care at the prison hospital.
Adam Elzhurkaev, head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, talks to the women detained for practising witchcraft. Screenshot of the report by the Grozny TV channel https://www.instagram.com/p/CXMJRCqjMh3/
13:50, 8 December 2021
Three Chechen women publicly reprimanded for witchcraft
Law enforcers have detained two women-residents of Grozny and one resident of the village of Geldagan for practising occultism. Adam Elzhurkaev, the head of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, had a conversation with the detainees, as follows from the report of the "Grozny" TV Channel, posted on the Instagram.
Igor Kalyapin and Yuri Dud (right). Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2Vy9B8hic
11:26, 8 December 2021
Yuri Dud's film tells about law enforcers' practice of torture in Kuban
Yuri Dud, a popular Russian video blogger, has posted a documentary, in which torture victims shared their stories; and human rights activists told about their practice of inquiring into torture cases in Russia.
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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.