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19:00, 15 November 2011
Business lady Silva Ambartsumyan reported being beaten up by Governor of Siunik district of Armenia
Business lady Silvia Ambartsumyan in Armenia accused Governor of Siunik district Suren Khachatryan of beating her up in "Armenia Marriott Hotel".
18:00, 15 November 2011
The police in Baku dispersed a picket whose participants demanded release of political prisoners
The police in the capital of Azerbaijan suppressed an action of protest of youth oppositional activists demanding release of political prisoners, in particular, those arrested in connection with the meeting of April, 2, and ensuring freedom of assembly. The action was timed to a visit of European Union Special Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton to Baku.
23:20, 14 November 2011
Weightlifter from Kabardino-Balkaria wins gold at World Championship in France
Khadjimurat Akkaev, an athlete from Kabardino-Balkaria, won the World Championship in Weightlifting, held in Paris on November 5-13.
23:10, 14 November 2011
Native of Dagestan Shamil Gasankhanov wins World Sambo Champion
Shamil Gasankhanov, a native of Dagestan, acting in the weight category of 74 kg, won a gold medal at World Championship in Combat Sambo, held on November 11-13 in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital.
23:00, 14 November 2011
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 6-13
Election of South-Ossetian President will, according to preliminary data, need the second round, as none of the 11 candidates won more than half of electors' votes; celebration of Kurban Bayram (Eid al-Fitr), one of the major Muslim holidays; snowfalls hit South of Russia and Transcaucasia and provoke various accidents and other emergencies; defence motion demanding to review the case of former military Arakcheev, convicted for murdering residents of Chechnya, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of November 6-13, 2011, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
A refugee from Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, city of Shusha, June 22, 2011. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 14 November 2011
Azerbaijani refugees living in Nagorno-Karabakh protest against project of city intended for their residency
Commenting on the presentation of the project of a new city for refugees from Azerbaijan, held in Yerevan, Saro Saryan, Chairman of the NGO of the Nagorno-Karabakh refugees, called it a politically ill-considered step. According to him, refugees will unlikely agree to move once again.
22:50, 14 November 2011
Conflict with "Terek" FC completely settled, Spartak Gogniev asserts
Spartak Gogniev, a football player from the "Krasnodar" FC, who was injured during a match between the youth teams of the "Terek" and the "Krasnodar" FCs in the city of Grozny, declared no more claims against the Chechen club.
22:40, 14 November 2011
NAC: leader of local militants killed in Kaspiisk
One of the persons killed in the city of Kaspiisk was identified as Magomed Djamaev, who led the grouping of Caspian militants. This was reported by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC). According to the NAC, Islam Rashidov, the second deceased, was an active member of the grouping.
22:30, 14 November 2011
In Rostov-on-Don, relatives and lawyers of defendants in case of terrorism assert their innocence
Today, at the trial on case against three defendants accused of terrorism two witnesses - Nikolai Fedorenko, Assistant Officer on duty of the Lenin OVD (Interior Division) of Rostov-on-Don, and Alexei Bocharov, the operating investigator of the Lenin OVD of Rostov-on-Don. Before court session, relatives and lawyers of the defendants asserted their innocence.
22:20, 14 November 2011
In South Ossetia, 84 per cent of citizens want Russian language to be second official language
On November 13, in the course of the referendum, 83.99 per cent of citizens voted to declare the Russian language the second official language in South Ossetia. 16.01 per cent voted against the idea.
22:10, 14 November 2011
Mass detentions in Makhachkala
On November 13 in the village of Shamkhal station of Kirov District of Makhachkala mass detentions of residents were conducted. At least 5 detainees were kept in the building of the OVD (Interior Division) of the village.
22:00, 14 November 2011
Defendant in case of attack on Baksan HPP claims pressure during investigation
On November 14 in Kabardino-Balkaria in the trial of attack on the Baksan hydroelectric power plant (HPP) the defendant Shebzukhov claimed that he had not been involved in the act of sabotage, he had not participated in the attack on law enforcement agents, and that at the preliminary hearing he had given evidence under duress.
Episode of the friendly football match between Russia and Lithuania at the Akhmad Kadyrov Stadium. Grozny, Chechnya, November 12, 2011. Courtesy of the fc-terec.ru
20:00, 14 November 2011
Residents of Grozny state that the fans were gathered at the football match between the combined teams of the Russian Federation and Lithuania in Chechnya compulsory
The fans were gathered at the unofficial football match between the second combined teams of Russia and Lithuania which passed off on November, 12, in Grozny by enforceable law. This is stated by residents of the town working in government-financed organizations of the republic, students and pupils of general senior school. In spite of this, about half of the tribunes for fans were empty during the match.
19:00, 14 November 2011
Central Election Committee of South Ossetia set the day of the second round of presidential election on November, 27
According to preliminary information after data handling of 98,84% ballot papers, Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Anatoly Bibilov (25,44%) and ex-Minister of Education Alla Jioeva (25,37%) are in the lead at the presidential election in South Ossetia. They will participate in the second round fixed on November, 27. This was reported by Bella Plieva, Head of republican Central Election Committee.
Action-march, dated to the International Day of the Blind. Anush Torchyan, the initiator of the action and a member of the scientific and cultural public organization of invalids ''Forte''. Yerevan, Armenia, November 13, 2011. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:00, 14 November 2011
Participants of a procession in Yerevan drew attention of the residents of the capital to the problems of the blind
On November, 13, a procession under the slogan "You need not see, you should just look" organized by non-governmental organization "The Need for Public Information and Knowledge" and scientific and cultural organization "Forte" timed to the International Day of the Blind passed off in the capital of Armenia.
23:00, 12 November 2011
Astrakhan Region: prosecutors force "Rosrybolovstvo" to give up purchase of 3.5-million-rouble car
The Prosecutor's Office of the Astrakhan Region has revealed violations in the actions of the Volga-Caspian territorial department of the "Rosrybolovstvo" (Russian Federal Fishing Agency) in placing a state order on purchase of a Toyota Land Cruiser car.
22:00, 12 November 2011
Yerevan hosts International Conference on Talysh Studies
Today, the capital of Armenia has launched the Second International Conference on Talysh Studies; the event will last for two days.
21:00, 12 November 2011
Lawyer from Astrakhan suspected of inciting his client to suicide
It is reported by the press service of the Investigatory Department for the Astrakhan Region of the ICRF (Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation) that in Astrakhan a lawyer is suspected of a fraud by using his official position and inciting a person to suicide.
20:00, 12 November 2011
Azerbaijan states two shootings in the area of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan has reported that on November 11, in the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were exposed to automatic and machinegun fire.
19:00, 12 November 2011
Tbilisi launches action "Plan your city budget"
The Tbilisi Mayoralty is holding an action named "Plan your city budget" with involvement of residents of the Georgian capital. The aim of the action is to define the priorities of the city budget for 2012 with account of residents' opinions.
News
A Stavropol resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist organization.

Karapetyan's associate Artur Avanesyan ended his hunger strike.

Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.

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.