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Advocate Ara Zakaryan and his client Tigran Petrosyan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:40, 22 November 2014
In Armenia, advocates of participants of "Millions Mask March" appeal against conviction
The defence of Shant Arutyunyan, the leader of "Tsegakron" Party, and of other figurants in the "Millions Mask March" case has appealed against the conviction, demanding to cancel the verdict of the first instance court and acquit the activists.
Rauf Mirkadyrov. Photo: RFE/RL
18:11, 22 November 2014
Azerbaijan: Mirkadyrov's custody extended by 5 months
The detention of the Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, accused of treason, was extended already after the official expiration of his arrest, which is a violation of the law, his advocates assert.
The building of the Khamovniki Court in Moscow. Photo: http://files.sudrf.ru/644/user/hamovn2.jpg
17:37, 22 November 2014
Guards and brother of Chechen representative in Ukraine arrested in Moscow
Two bodyguards and a brother of Ramzan Tsitsulaev, the representative of the leader of the Chechen Republic in Ukraine, have been arrested by the Khamovniki Court in Moscow for two months on suspicion of using violence to state officials.
17:00, 22 November 2014
In Azerbaijan, Leyla Yunus' advocates state sharp deterioration in her health due to malnutrition
In Azerbaijan, the health of Leyla Yunus, who is kept in Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1, has sharply deteriorated. Because of chronic malnutrition, she has an aggravation of her diabetes, said her advocates.
The funeral procession of Kakha Bendukidze. Photo: Alexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA http://newsgeorgia.ru/images/21715/24/217152401.jpg
15:29, 22 November 2014
Tbilisi: farewell ceremony with Bendukidze ends with minute of silence
The farewell ceremony with Kakha Bendukidze, the former Georgian Minister of Economy, is over in Tbilisi; and the funeral procession has departed to the Kukia Cemetery. At the end of the ceremony a letter of Georgian ex-President Mikhail Saakashvili was read out, saying that "the country is again on the brink of ruining."
Interaction-2012 military exercises in Armenia. Photo: http://www.mil.am/images/xfX7JvicQWsJU8dztkFM9uv2NH.JPG
12:31, 22 November 2014
Azerbaijani MoD refutes statements about special operation conducted in helicopter crash site
The statements that the armed forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are engaged in a special operation in the area, where the Mi-24 military helicopter was downed, are untrue, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan.
Yuliya Saltykova and Irina Kharchenko (to the left), residents of the Akatsij Street. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:47, 21 November 2014
Residents of Akatsij Street in Sochi complain that they are evicted
Lyudmila Savelieva, a resident of Sochi, who was evicted, with his family, from No. 5/1 in Akatsij Street without providing any other housing, reports that court marshals demand from her to abandon the barn, which was adapting for residence in the place of the demolished house.
The production of perchloroethylene. Photo: http://www.vocco.ru/press-center/photoreport/list-50.html
21:58, 21 November 2014
Fast stop of "Khimprom" in Volgograd can lead to disaster, ecologists are warning
A hasty closure of the "Khimprom" Factory threatens with environmental problems to Volgograd, including a complete loss of control over the equipment and full pipelines for pumping chemically polluted wastewater. This was stated in the memorandum of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia.
Soldiers of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on the frontline. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:37, 21 November 2014
NKR's Defence Army denies any attitude to death of Azerbaijani soldier
The Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has nothing to do with the death of the Azerbaijani soldier on the frontline, said Senor Asratyan, the press secretary of the Defence Army.
Derbent. Dagestan. Photo http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
17:18, 21 November 2014
CTO regime lifted in Derbent
As reported by the spokesman of the operative headquarter for the region, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, which was introduced on Friday night in the territory of Derbent, Dagestan, has been cancelled.
Police cars in Nalchik. Photo: the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Kabardino-Balkaria https://07.mvd.ru/
17:01, 21 November 2014
In Nalchik, seven persons detained at liquidation of gambling club
In the course of an operation aimed to liquidate an underground gambling club in the city of Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) arrested seven men who, according to policemen, hampered their actions and behaved aggressively.
Rafig Dashdamirli. Photo from his personal page at https://www.facebook.com/
16:03, 21 November 2014
Son of Rafig Dashdamirli, PFPA activist, arrested in Azerbaijan for alleged drug trafficking
Senan Dashdamirli, a son of Rafig Dashdamirli, the head of the organizational division of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested in Baku on charges of illegal drug dealing. The young man and his father have rejected the accusation, saying that it was politically motivated.
Flag of Abkhazia. Photo by Nina Zotina, http://www.yuga.ru/
15:04, 21 November 2014
Russia's Cabinet of Ministers approves alliance treaty with Abkhazia
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the Russian-Abkhaz treaty was in process since this August. On October 13, a draft document entitled "On Cooperation and Integration" drafted by the Russian party was delivered to the Abkhaz counterpart, which said that it should be corrected.
The village of Kyakhulay. Photo http://magnum-dag.ucoz.ru/
15:00, 21 November 2014
In Makhachkala, Tarki residents decide to settle conflict within their community
The conflict of the leaders of community councils of Tarki villages with supporters of Nabiyula Karachaev that burst out during a meeting in Makhachkala Mayoralty will be settled within the Tarki Jamaat, Gamzat Khangishiev, a public figure of Karaman, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Azerbaijani civil movement "Republican Alternative" with the escort, September 20, 2013. Photo http://www.radioazadlyg.ru/
14:12, 21 November 2014
Azerbaijan: Ilgar Mamedov transferred to colony medical unit
Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Azerbaijani civil movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl), who is serving his prison term in Colony No. 2, was placed into the medical unit of the colony. His colleagues and advocate are concerned about his state of health and the lack of official information about the reasons thereof.
Velibeg Veliev. Photo Фото: http://kavkazpro.ru/rozysk/rozysk-rd/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B3-%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87/
13:01, 21 November 2014
NAC: militant killed in Derbent was wanted for organizing bombings in Dagestan
As reported by the information centre of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), as a result of a special operation conducted in Derbent, Velibeg Veliev, the leader of Suleiman-Stalsky militant grouping, who had been on the wanted list on suspicion of exploding policemen's cars, was killed.
Traffic in the street of Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Cuacasian Knot"
07:36, 21 November 2014
Chechen authorities save power through mass power disconnections, residents assert
Residents of the city of Grozny and two districts of Chechnya – the Shali and Vedeno Districts – complain about systematic large-scale power outages. Energy officials explain them by emergencies, while residents associate them with the authorities' desire to save power resources.
A wheelchair invalid near the hard-to-reach stairway. Photo by Nikolai Bravilov, http://bezformata.ru/content/Images/000/023/943/image23943730.jpg
05:56, 21 November 2014
Nalchik has no conditions for disabled, activists of "Accessible Environment" assert
Nalchik is not equipped for wheelchair invalids, state members of the NGO "Republic Is Common Cause" after holding an action "Accessible Environment", during which they tried to drive along city streets in their wheelchairs.
Chernobyl veterans. KBR, Nalchik, 2013. Photo by Luiza Orazaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:33, 20 November 2014
KBR's SC rejects compensation claim of 55 Chernobyl accident liquidators
55 residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), received a refusal of the republic's Supreme Court (SC) to pay them compensations as assigned by the courts of the first instance.
Frontline of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:27, 20 November 2014
NKR states that Azerbaijan is constantly shelling the area of helicopter crash
As reported by the Ministry of Defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the venue of the recent crash of the Mi-24 helicopter is under constant fire of Azerbaijani militaries; therefore, the Karabakh party cannot get there and find out the fate of three members of the crew.
News
Human rights activists appealed to the Prosecutor General regarding the Balkarov case.

Hospital corridor. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has awarded compensation to the mother of a deceased patient.

Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

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.