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Members of art group "Counterstrike" Artak Gevorkyan and Herbert Gevorkyan, Yerevan, August 11, 2015. Photo: http://rus.azatutyun.am/a/27183636.html
02:18, 24 November 2016
Court fines Herbert Gevorkyan for disobeying police
In Yerevan, the court has found Herbert Gevorkyan, a member of the art group "Counterstrike", guilty of disobedience to the lawful demand of the police and sentenced him to a fine of about 111 US dollars. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the activist.
01:40, 24 November 2016
Relatives of Chechen residents missing since 2002 demand to resume inquiry
Residents of the village of Mesker-Yurt believe that the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by itself will not return their sons, brothers, and husbands, who disappeared in 2002 during a special operation carried out by soldiers. The villagers told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the government should continue the investigation.
20:49, 23 November 2016
Witness in Nemtsov's case reports threats
Zarina Isoeva, a concierge, who is a witness in the murder case of the politician Boris Nemtsov, has stated that in May-June this year, she received threats with a demand not to testify at the trial.
19:48, 23 November 2016
NCFD and SFD regions take top seven places in sobriety rating
According to the results of the nationwide research project "Sober Russia" and the Expert-Analytical Centre of the Public Chamber, published today, the leader is Chechnya with 12.8 points; then come Ingushetia (14.51) and Dagestan (15.11).
Banner at miners’ rally in Gukovo. Photo by Valery Lyugaev for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
16:55, 23 November 2016
MoE offers to pay Gukovo miners' debts from federal reserve fund
Today, Sergey Mochalnikov, an official from the Russia's Ministry of Energy (MoE), has suggested the authorities of the Rostov Region to turn to the country's leadership for help in paying wage debts to "Kingcoul" miners.
14:14, 23 November 2016
Prosecutor's Office states rights violation of colony inmates in Stavropol Territory
The inmates of the colony, located in the village of Kochubeevskoe, Stavropol Territory (known as IK-2), fail to receive the due medical care, are kept in poor conditions and get miserable wages for their work, the prosecutor's office has stated, demanding from the Territorial Department of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to force the colony bosses to eliminate all the revealed violations.
Advocate Alaudi Musaev at the court hearing on Geriev’s case. Photo by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent.
11:30, 23 November 2016
Defence tries twice to challenge Geriev's judges
The today's session of the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, which considered the complaint against the sentence to Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, began with the defence's motion, which demanded to disqualify the whole court composition. The motion was rejected.
Fikret Faramazoglu. Photo: http://www.contact.az/docs/2016/Social/112100175395en.htm?73#.WDVNlbKLSUk
10:32, 23 November 2016
Court refuses to release Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Faramazoglu under house arrest
On November 22, at the preparatory court hearing in the case against journalist Fikret Faramazoglu, the court dismissed the defence motions to close the criminal case and change the pre-trial restriction measure.
CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-kbr-unichtozhen-bandit-prichastnyy-k-rasstrelu.html
08:20, 23 November 2016
Father of Ingush resident accused of terrorism states case falsification
Elbert Kharsiev, a figurant in the case of a group of young people, who had plotted terror acts in Ingushetia and Moscow, had a grenade planted on him during a search, said his father.
Russian forces base in Ochimchira, Abkhazia. Photo: © Sputnik. Velery Melnikov, http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/world/20161116/1019880229/coglashenie-sabxaziej-ob-obedinennoj-gruppirovke-vojsk-utverdil-sf.html
06:27, 23 November 2016
US State Department treats as illegitimate military agreement between Russia and Abkhazia
The US does not recognize the legitimacy of the agreement on the joint grouping of forces, concluded between Russia and Abkhazia. This was stated by John Kirby, US State Department Spokesman.
Elena Masyuk. Photo: http://president-sovet.ru/members/58/multimedia/
06:25, 23 November 2016
Current members of POC support human rights defenders' lawsuit against Russian Public Chamber
At her blog on the website of the Human Rights Council under the Russian President (HRC), Elena Masyuk, a member of the HRC, has reported that the Tver Court of Moscow has registered a claim filed by human rights defenders to cancel the results of the elections to Public Oversight Commissions (POCs).
Khasan Baroev. Photo: http://kavkazmp3.ru/photo/11-0-245-3?1405658257
04:41, 23 November 2016
Khasan Baroev refuses to give up his Olympic medal
Khasan Baroev, a Greco-Roman wrestler, has stated he has never used doping and he does not intend to give up his silver medal, obtained at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. At a press conference, he has announced the intention to file a collective lawsuit against WADA in the nearest future.
Karinna Moskalenko. Photo: http://pravo.ru/news/view/32103/
04:04, 23 November 2016
Karinna Moskalenko prepares claims on behalf of victims of Dubrovka terror act
In the case against Khasan Zakaev, a native of Chechnya, accused of involvement in the seizure of the Dubrovka Theatre in 2002, the victim party will file civil claims for compensation for damage. This was announced by Karinna Moskalenko, a representative of the victim party, at the court hearing held on November 22.
01:04, 23 November 2016
Law enforcers report names of persons suspected of plotting terror acts in Ingushetia and Moscow
Five persons detained during a special operation and suspected of plotting terror acts are charged. One of them, Magomed Amatkhanov, has admitted that he stayed in Syria and was a member of the "Islamic State" (IS), banned in Russia by court.
Photos of Chechen residents after CTO. Photo: "Legal Initiative for Russia", http://www.srji.org/news/2016/11/espch-prisudil-1-million-129-tysyach-evro-kompensatsii-rodstvennikam-propavshim-bez-vesti-v-rezultat/
16:23, 22 November 2016
ECtHR awards over 1.1 million euros to relatives of persons missing after CTO in Chechnya
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has handed down two decisions on the claims submitted by 16 relatives of the Chechen residents, one of whom was killed by power agents and others went missing. The total compensation amount made 1.129 million euros, says the today's statement posted on the website of the "Legal Initiative".
Zhalaudi Geriev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the 'Caucasian Knot'.
16:05, 22 November 2016
Chechen SC rejects disqualification of judge running Geriev's case
Today, Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was taken to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Chechen Republic, where his complaint against the verdict is considered. The court has rejected the defence's motions demanding to disqualify the presiding judge.
Varvara Karaulova. Photo: RFE/RL
15:36, 22 November 2016
Karaulova renounces her confessions
After the prosecutor had announced her confessions given during the preliminary investigation, Varvara Karaulova, a former student of the Moscow State University, said that the investigator misunderstood her; and that she gave confessions without her advocate present
Igor Vasiliev. Photo: kprf.ru
15:13, 22 November 2016
Vasiliev appeals against refusal to annul election outcomes in Sochi
Igor Vasiliev, the leader of the Sochi branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), has sent an appeal to the Russian Supreme Court against the decision of the Krasnodar Territorial Court, which refused to cancel the State Duma election outcome at the single-mandate constituency No. 50. Vasiliev asks to cancel the decision and satisfy his claim, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.
Portraits of victims of the terror act in Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in October 2002. Photo: Ivan Trefilov (RFE/RL)
15:00, 22 November 2016
Zakaev confesses of carriage firearms for "Nord-Ost" capturers
In 2002, Khasan Zakaev with militants intended to capture not the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, but the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the prosecutor said in court. Zakaev has confessed of transporting the firearms only, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the courtroom.
Strong wind with gusts reaching 34 meters per second damaged social facilities and private households in the city of Cherkessk. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/mchs09kchr/photos/pcb.1852330854999566/1852330061666312/?type=3&theater
11:00, 22 November 2016
Damage from hurricane in KChR estimated at hundred million roubles
On November 21, in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), a strong wind, gusts of which reached 34 meters per second, damaged social facilities and private households in the city of Cherkessk and in four republic's districts – the Nogai, Adyg-Khabl, Prikuban and Abaza Districts.
News
The number of killed fighters from the southern regions of Russia in Ukraine has exceeded 9600.

In July 2026, 2 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

Military personnel in the SMO zone. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. The authorities have recognized at least 9550 fighters from southern Russia as killed in the military operation.

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.