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South Ossetia, Tskhinvali. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/34503150@N08
23:50, 19 November 2009
Georgian teenagers detained in South Ossetia will spend 2 months in custody
The four Georgian teenagers detained in South Ossetia on charges of illegal crossing the border and storing explosives will stay behind bars for at least two months.
23:30, 19 November 2009
Dagestan: head of Buinaksk administration reports detention of suspects of his son's kidnapping
Mesterlyu Shakhbanov, head of the administration of the city of Buinaksk, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the first suspects had been detained in the context of kidnapping his son - Magomedshamil Shahbanov - on November 17. The detainees are kept in the Buinaksk GOVD (City Interior Department). The GOVD categorically refused to give any comments, while the MIA and Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan said that they had no information of this sort.
23:20, 19 November 2009
Pilgrims of Dagestan get ready for protest actions
Magomed Mutaelumov, a resident of Makhachkala, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today that the pilgrims of Dagestan who failed to make their hadj because of the red tape with drawing their documents are preparing protest actions.
23:10, 19 November 2009
Human rights activists ask EU to urge Russia to respect human rights
Within the last year, Russia saw stronger pressure on those who defend human rights in Chechnya and in Northern Caucasus as a whole; therefore, the European Union should present "unambiguous demands to Russia to take particular steps towards stronger defence of human rights in Northern Caucasus." This is stated in the address of human rights activists to the government of Sweden, the chair-country of the EU, and the European Union as a whole, dated to the "Russia-EU" Summit in Stockholm.
23:00, 19 November 2009
Film about Anna Politkovskaya presented in France
On November 18, a documentary "Letter to Anna", dedicated to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, made on the basis of conversations of director Eric Bergkraut with Politkovskaya in 2003-2004, was presented.
22:00, 19 November 2009
Volgograd Region: militiamen are accused of planting drugs on suspects
In the city of Volzhskiy, Volgograd Region, militia major, captain and lieutenant were detained on suspicion of trying to plant drugs and money on the woman-figurant of a criminal case.
21:00, 19 November 2009
Several hazing criminal cases opened in Baltic Fleet against servicemen from Dagestan
In the Kaliningrad Region, a prosecutor's check has established that a group of sailors recruited from Dagestan had repeatedly hazed their younger colleagues recruited to the Baltic Fleet in spring of 2009.
20:00, 19 November 2009
Tsotne Gamsakhurdia's mother plans to go on with her hunger strike till her son's liberation
Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, mother of Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, is going to continue her hunger strike until her son is released. The detainee's supporters demand an objective investigation.
19:00, 19 November 2009
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh to raise money for restoration of Shusha
On November 26, in Los Angeles, under the initiative of the All-Armenian Foundation "Ayastan" another charitable telethon event will be held. The funds raised in the course of it will go to restoration and development of the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh will also traditionally take part in the action.
Beslan, flowers at school № 1, the 5th anniversary since the tragedy day. September 1, 2009.
18:00, 19 November 2009
Beslan victims establish new social movement "For Status of Terror Act Victims"
In North Ossetia, on November 18, the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" founded a new social movement "For Status of Terror Act Victims", where the aim is to enforce legalization of the status of terror act victims. This was reported by Ella Kesaeva, head of the "Voice of Beslan".
A piece of the "Maps of Peaceful Caucasus" project. Photo by http://maps.yandex.ru/?text=http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/geo_objects/map.xml
17:00, 19 November 2009
"Caucasian Knot" presents project "Maps of Peaceful Caucasus"
The "Caucasian Knot" is placing its content into the information layers on Yandex.Maps to provide more opportunities to Runet visitors for getting acquainted with unique places in the Caucasus and pieces of its history embodied in tales and legends. With this aim the project "Maps of Peaceful Caucasus" has been created, which allows making a fascinating on-line journey over the region.
23:50, 18 November 2009
IRFS calls EU to influence official Baku in context of human rights
On November 17 in Brussels, in the course of the Forum on Civil Society of the countries-participants of the programme initiated by the European Union (EU) under the name of "Eastern Partnership", Emin Guseinov, Director of the Institute of Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), delivered applications related to the freedom of speech and press in Azerbaijan to the EU leaders.
23:20, 18 November 2009
In Sochi, employee of prosecutor's office supports Major Dymovskiy
On November 17, Captain Alexander Popkov, a valid worker of the military prosecutor's office from Sochi, placed his video appeal in the Internet, in which he confirmed earlier statements of Militia Major from Novorossisk Alexei Dymovskiy.
23:00, 18 November 2009
Native of Ingushetia detained in Egypt is suspected of links with Wahhabites
Ibragim Mankiev, a native of Ingushetia, who was kidnapped in Egypt, was in fact detained by local special agencies as a suspect of links with Wahhabites.
22:20, 18 November 2009
Mirian Patarkatsishvili: members of the commission studying circumstances of death of ex-president of Georgia are threatened
An unidentified person is threatening to apply physical violence to the members of the interim parliamentary commission that was set up for studying the circumstances of the death of the first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia, should the commission goes on with their work. This was stated by Mirian Patarkatsishvili, a member of the political movement "Freedom", at a special press conference held on November 17.
22:00, 18 November 2009
AI starts campaigning in defence of convicted Azerbaijan bloggers
The international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign in support of the bloggers Adnan Gadjizade and Emin Milli, convicted in Azerbaijan to imprisonment on charges of hooliganism.
Nagorny Karabakh, the city of Shusha, inside of Govharagi mosque. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 18 November 2009
Azerbaijani authorities worry of condition of historical monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh
As reported by Intigam Gumbatov, press secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, a great damage to the country's cultural heritage was caused by the occupation of the territory of Azerbaijan.
20:00, 18 November 2009
Earlier kidnapped Magomedshamil Shakhbanov released in Dagestan
The son of the head of administration of the city of Buinaksk Magomedshamil Shakhbanov, who was kidnapped on November 17, is now at large. Five suspects of the crime are detained. This was reported by a source in law enforcement bodies of Dagestan.
19:00, 18 November 2009
HRW: Europe should call Moscow to reforming human rights sphere
European leaders should use the November 18-19 Stockholm Summit to voice out their concern of deteriorated situation with human rights in Russia and call Moscow to its actual improvement. This was stated by the international Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, which noted that lately in Russia at least five civil activists were killed, and others faced pressure.
18:00, 18 November 2009
Kabardino-Balkaria: terror act at Aushiger HPP prevented
Today, the United Information Centre (UIC) of the law enforcement bodies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has reported about prevention of a terror act at the Aushiger Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) located in the Cherek District of the republic.
News
The Berkat market in Grozny. March 2024. Still from the YouTube channel "Alyonka Krasnodar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvEWgTwmdE Grozny traders criticized the methods used to combat price increases during Ramadan.

A single ski pass has been launched at three ski resorts in the North Caucasus.

The head of a village in Chechnya has been accused of land fraud.

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.