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22:00, 2 November 2011
Today, the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) hosted events dedicated to the 68 anniversary of the deportation of the Karachay nation to Central Asia.
21:00, 2 November 2011
Naima Alborueva, a resident of the city of Makhachkala, claims disappearance of Fatima Alborueva, her 19-year-old daughter.
20:00, 2 November 2011
The Main Military Investigatory Department disseminated the information that the soldier Andrei Popov, who claimed that he had spent ten years in captivity in Dagestan, acknowledged the fact of his desertion and asked to consider his case in a particular order. However, Andrei Popov refutes this information.
Protest action against construction of a minor hydroelectric power plant on the Trchkan Waterfall in front of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia. The poster reads: "Trchkan Waterfall has not a drop of excess water", Yerevan, November 1, 2011. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 2 November 2011
Yesterday, November, 1, about 200 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Nature Preservation of Armenia in order to stand up for maintenance of Trchkan, the most full-flowing waterfall of the republic. The participants of the action handed the Minister of Nature Preservation Aram Arutiunyan their statement consisting of seven demands.
18:00, 2 November 2011
Photo exhibition "August. 2008. Art against War" will be opened on November, 3, on the eve of the Day of People's Unity. Works by photojournalists and photos from the archives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation taken during the war of August, 2008, in South Ossetia will be presented there.
Beslan Batsiev at the sitting of the Militants' Adaptation Commission, Makhachkala, October 31, 2011. Photo by Albert Tokaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:20, 1 November 2011
Batsiev Beslan, a native of Dagestan, who during 9 years was on the international search list on charges of belonging to militants, surrendered under the guarantees of the Adaptation Commission, which is helping the people, who decided to stop their terrorist and extremist activities.
23:00, 1 November 2011
On Monday, October 31, Elchin Sadygov, the lawyer of Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who had been arrested on October 28 in Azerbaijan, has filed four complaints at once.
Stone-sight in the plateau at the Necropolis. Kabardino-Balkaria, near the village of Zayukovo, October 2011; courtesy of Victor Kotlyarov
22:40, 1 November 2011
In Kabardino-Balkaria, "black archaeologists" continue to plunder the unique necropolis near the village of Zayukovo. This was reported by Victor Kotlyarov, an historian and ethnographer.
22:30, 1 November 2011
Each year, on October 31, all the countries of the Black Sea region commemorate the International Day of the Black Sea. On October 30, at a rally held in the city of Tuapse, ecologists and representatives of political parties protested against commissioning of the Tuapse bulk terminal of the Company "Evrokhim".
22:20, 1 November 2011
Azer Akif oglu Abbaszade, a soldier of the National Army, born in 1993, died of croupous pneumonia and internal bleeding. The incident was recorded in the unit of the Ministry of Defence, deployed in the city of Barda.
Picketers of the campaign "Strategy-31", Rostov-on-Don, October 31, 2011; courtesy of the organizers
22:10, 1 November 2011
On October 31, in Rostov-on-Don, a picket was held within the action "Strategy-31". According to Vladislav Ryazantsev, one of the organizers, it was the first time, when the rally had been coordinated by the city administration at once, without litigation; however, during the rally, street lighting lanterns were switched off.
22:00, 1 November 2011
Within the framework of commemoration actions devoted to the victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict in Nazran Coordination Council of non-governmental organizations of Ingushetia held a Conference of the republican community. The participants of the action adopted an appeal to the authorities of Russia and Ingushetia with advise on solution of the problem of Prigorodny district and Vladikavkaz.
22:00, 1 November 2011
Today, the Tver Court of Moscow has sanctioned two-month custody of Dmitry Putenikhin, an activist of the Other Russia, on charges of threatening the life of a state officer, who administered justice.
21:00, 1 November 2011
Leader of Rostov "Left Front" Vladislav Riazantsev was detained by the police. He is accused of disorderly conduct. As a sign of protest the oppositionist went on a starvation.
20:00, 1 November 2011
Albert Gabaraev, team-mate of unregistered presidential candidate Jambolat Tedeev, was beaten up in Thkhinval.
19:00, 1 November 2011
Within the framework of an ecologic action "Plant your tree" 40 thousand trees and 1,5 million flowers have been planted in Vladikavkaz since the beginning of this year. Young plants of fir-trees, pine-trees, thuya, birch-trees, maple trees and various bushes were planted in the capital of North Ossetia.
18:00, 1 November 2011
Today the councils for release on parole in Georgia took the decision of release 36 convicts this month, the Ministry of Execution of Sentences, Probation and Legal aid of Georgia reports. Decisions of these councils are ultimate and do not need trial.
23:20, 31 October 2011
Today, a mine worker perished as a result of a rock collapse in the underground mine "Rostovskaya", located in the town of Gukovo of Rostov Region. This was reported by the representative of the press service of the Southern Regional Centre of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).
Cover of the last September-October 2011 issue of the magazine "Dosh". In the photo: Magomed Mutsolgov, the head of the Ingush human rights organization "MASHR" and a blogger on the "Caucasian Knot". Courtesy of the website www.doshdu.ru
23:10, 31 October 2011
Many residents of Dagestan believe that their countrymen "go to the forest" and join the militants because of the power agents' arbitrariness. This is evidenced by the results of the questioning conducted by the magazine "Dosh" in September-October 2011. Local experts agree with the questioning data and note that "reprisals" of power agents encourage belief in correctness of the violent resistance method in minds of supporters of "the forest".
23:00, 31 October 2011
Today, the Volgograd Regional Court cancelled the verdict against Elena Ivanova, ex-employee of the prosecutor's office, who had been found guilty of deaths of a six-year-old boy in a car accident. The court sent the case back to the district court for re-consideration.
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.