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20:00, 20 November 2012
Moscow Mayoralty refuses to sanction rally in support of Syrian Circassians
The Moscow Mayoralty did not sanction a rally in Pushkin Square within the worldwide action of solidarity with Syrian Circassians. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by the initiative group of Circassians.
19:00, 20 November 2012
Food delivered to ship with Georgian sailors drifting near Panama coast
Today, the Nigerian ship with twelve Georgian sailors, located 5 km from the coast of Panama, is provided with food products, which were taken on board.
18:46, 20 November 2012
Arrest of Editor-in-Chief of Аzadxeber.org in Baku prolonged for three months
Nasimi district court of Baku under the chairmanship of judge Shahin Abdullaev passed a judgment of prolonging the term of arrest to Nidzhat Aliev, Editor-in-Chief of online media Аzadxeber.org, mostly religious by contents, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent reports.
17:12, 20 November 2012
Social advertising in Russia lacks creativity, participants of a round-table conference in Rostov-on-Don declared
Participants of a round-table conference “Development of social advertising condemning antisocial trends, including ones of terrorist character, among the youth of Rostov region” held in Rostov-on-Don today think that it is more important for social advertising to call for good than for struggle against evil.
17:00, 20 November 2012
New foreign airline enters Armenian aviation market
Starting from December 11, the Italian airline "Alitalia" will operate flights on the route Rome-Yerevan-Rome. The company lays stress upon the development of the Armenian-Italian economic relations and relations in the sphere of tourism. This was reported today at the press conference by Giovanni Simonini, Company's General Manager for Armenia.
16:25, 20 November 2012
Director of the school in Neftekumsk district of Stavropol region who prohibited wearing hijabs to the schoolgirls resigned
Director of the school in the settlement of Kara-Tiube, Neftekumsk district of Stavropol region, who prohibited wearing hijabs to the schoolgirls resigned, a representative of the Ministry of Education of Stavropol region reported. The decision of resignation is in no way connected with the incident with hijabs, ex-Director Marina Savchenko explained.
16:00, 20 November 2012
Georgia: Pardon Commission recommends releasing about 700 prisoners
In Georgia, members of the Pardon Commission gave positive recommendations for half of examined 1400 cases. This was reported by Elena Tevdoradze, Chair of the Commission. The final number of persons to be pardoned will be defined by the President of the country.
15:00, 20 November 2012
Employees of "Kakheti Energy Distribution" go on strike
On Monday, November 19, in eastern Georgia, staff members of the service centre "Kakheti Energy Distribution" went on strike, demanding higher salaries and better working conditions.
22:00, 19 November 2012
On November 12-18, twenty persons fell victim to conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from November 12 to 18, 2012, at least 20 people suffered from the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; of them, 12 people perished and eight others were wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
21:00, 19 November 2012
In Volgograd, rally demands to rename city to Stalingrad
Today, Volgograd hosted a rally in memory of the Soviet counterattack in the Stalingrad Battle. Its participants demanded to return the name of Stalingrad to the city.
20:00, 19 November 2012
Armenia: Serob Bozoyan appealed against judgment on balloon explosion
Serob Bozoyan has appealed to the Court of Appeal of Armenia against the judgment of the court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts Kentron and Nork Marash that deprived him of freedom for one year for filling balloons with methane.
19:00, 19 November 2012
ECtHR requests additional materials on riots in Manezh Square
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has requested the protocols of the court session on the first case about mass riots in Manezh Square in December 2010.
Manana Kobakhidze. Photo from http://www.humanrights.ge
18:00, 19 November 2012
Women-politicians need support, conference in Georgia believes
In Georgia, women-politicians who want to take part in elections face two serious problems: the financial difficulties and the stereotype that it is very difficult for a woman to be a majoritarian deputy – this was the conclusion reached at the conference "Win together with women – strengthen political parties", organized by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI).
17:00, 19 November 2012
Telethon of Armenian Fund "Hayastan" raised 1.4 million euros in Europe
The Armenians living in Europe have donated 1.4 million euros to the Fund "Hayastan" during the recent telethon.
16:00, 19 November 2012
Defence of convicts after "Dagestani wedding" in Moscow challenges their arrest
Today, the defence of Zurab Ramazanov and Ruslan Mamedrzaev, the shooters at the "Dagestani wedding" in Moscow, has filed a complaint against the decision of the magistrate judge to arrest each of them for five days each, said Fuad Mirzoev, the advocate of both of them.
15:15, 19 November 2012
Krasnenkov is going to appeal to the Supreme Court concerning dismissal of his claim against “Memorial” Human Rights Center
Andrey Krasnenkov, attorney of Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kabyrov, is going to appeal the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation concerning the verdict of the panel of judges of Moscow city court who on November, 14, dismissed his appeal against the judgment of Tverskoy district court on his anti-defamation lawsuit against “Memorial” Human Rights Center.
14:16, 19 November 2012
Georgian miners on strike in Tkibuli
300 workers of the mine named after Dzidziguri in the town of Tkibuli, Western Georgia, went on a strike, United Trade Union of the country reported.
12:00, 19 November 2012
A school uniform will be introduced in Stavropol region after the incident with hijabs
A school uniform will be introduced in Stavropol region. This decision was taken by Governor of the region Valery Zerenkov. No unified variant of the uniform is planned, only general recommendations will be worked out the be specified by school administrations.
11:00, 19 November 2012
Georgian sailors ask the authorities to help them return home from Panama
Twelve Georgian sailors who are on board “Maria del Carmen” Nigerian ship in Panama appealed to the President and Government of Georgia asking to help them return home.
08:00, 19 November 2012
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 12-18
Protest action of opposition in Baku demanding to dissolve the parliament; detention of more than a dozen former senior MIA officials in Georgia; end of debates at Mirzaev's trial; rapist of a child in the hospital in Budennovsk, Stavropol Territory, sentenced; start of trial on massacre in Kuschevskaya and population of new district in Krymsk heavily hit by flood in July; approval of government heads by parliamentarians of Kalmykia and Karachay-Cherkessia, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 12-18, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
News
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A Yeysk native was sentenced for messages in Ukrainian.

A police officer from Novorossiysk was sentenced to a long prison term for treason.

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.