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13:04, 14 November 2020
Court finds six minors guilty of killing footballer Shakarashvili
The Mtskheta District Court has found six minors guilty of killing footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili. All of them have been convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code, with one common one – participation in group violence.
A house destroyed in an explosion, November 6, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
12:48, 14 November 2020
Rights defenders treat new reconciliation in Karabakh conflict as fragile
The participation of international structures in resolving the Karabakh crisis is justified, but the world community is behaving passively, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, believes. For a long-term peace, guarantees of the preservation of the Armenian enclave in Nagorno-Karabakh are needed, but the international community will not seek concessions from Baku, Oleg Orlov, the head of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is sure.
A road to Vardenis, November 13, 2020. Screenshot: https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/video/20201113/25311141/Doroga-iz-Karvachara-polna-mashin-armyane-szhigayut-doma-i-pokidayut-zemli-predkov---video.html
08:40, 14 November 2020
Karvachar residents leave Nagorno-Karabakh against authorities' plans
The population of Karvachar and the surrounding region is leaving en masse with their belongings for Armenia by the road to Vardenis, although Araik Arutyunyan, the president of the unrecognized republic, has promised to maintain control over this highway and resettle the victims in Stepanakert.
Burned out cars and damaged building in the outskirts of Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, November 13, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
08:26, 14 November 2020
Putin counts victims of Karabakh conflict
As a result of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, over 4000 people perished; about 8000 were wounded, tens of thousands became refugees, Vladimir Putin has stated.
Fake IDs. Photo: official website of the Italian police, https://questure.poliziadistato.it/it/Milano/articolo/11945fad1710ab4d3904407042/
23:08, 13 November 2020
In Italy, native of Chechnya detained in case on terror act in Vienna
Italian law enforcers detained Turko Arsimekov, a native of Chechnya, on suspicion of making forged documents for members of an Austrian terrorist grouping, the Corriere della Sera reported.
Handcuffs. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:47, 13 November 2020
HRC "Memorial": Gudermes residents kept in a secret prison
For the ninth day already, at least 13 residents of Gudermes have been unreasonably kept in custody by Chechen law enforcers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports. The human rights defenders express their concern that law enforcers torture the detainees in an attempt to force them to incriminate themselves.
Shushi/Shusha. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
17:55, 13 November 2020
Azerbaijani authorities impose curfew in regained territories
Azerbaijan has imposed a curfew in villages, towns, and cities lost by Nagorno-Karabakh under the terms of the peace agreement. Azerbaijani police stations have been opened in Shusha and Hadrut.
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan). Photo: Aivazovsky https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nakhchivan#/media/File:Nakhichevan05.jpg
17:37, 13 November 2020
Nakhichevan becomes a transport priority for Armenia amid loss of road from Vardenis
The peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh will make it possible to open the road between Yerevan and Syunik, as well as to resume transport communications with Iran through Nakhichevan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced. The road between Karvachar (Kelbajar) and Vardenis will be closed on November 15. At present, it is full of cars in which local residents are leaving Karabakh.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:09, 13 November 2020
Tofig Yagublu reproaches court of protracting with decision on his complaint
The decision on the appeal against the verdict is being unreasonably protracted, the convicted oppositionist, Tofig Yagublu, said after the court session held in Baku on November 12. He suggested that the court had not yet received an instruction on what the verdict should be.
13:46, 13 November 2020
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh counts 1339 perished soldiers
Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has released data on other 37 military servicemen, who perished in the conflict zone. The total MoD's death toll makes 1339.
A Muslim woman. Photo: Chris Beckett https://www.flickr.com
12:14, 13 November 2020
Dagestani native's story reveals problems with victims of female circumcision
A woman from a small village in Dagestan has learned, only at the age of 42, that she had been circumcised in childhood, since it is not customary to discuss such topics, says the "AfishaDaily". Russia should introduce a new article in the Criminal Code, criminalizing all types of mutilation, Yulia Antonova, a lawyer with the "Legal Initiative" Project, believes.
Russian peacemakers near the village of Saralanj, November 12, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
11:54, 13 November 2020
Azerbaijani analysts justify need for Turkish peacemakers in conflict zone
Turkey should participate in the peacemaking operation in the Karabakh conflict zone along with Russian ones as a guarantor of observing the ceasefire agreement, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Russian peacekeepers at the Armenian border, November 10, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Francesco Brembati
08:45, 13 November 2020
Advent of Russian peacemakers into Karabakh outlines threat to Georgia
The Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation is economically beneficial for Georgia, but the increase of the Russian military presence in Southern Caucasus could negatively affect the regional security, the Tbilisi political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.
Policemen detain protesters in Yerevan, November 12, 2020. Photo: Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via REUTERS
08:33, 13 November 2020
After Yerevan rally, policemen detain activists
About ten people were detained after the end of the opposition rally demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported from the venue.
A destroyed house in Terter, October 27, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
08:22, 13 November 2020
Baku analysts estimate costs of territories' post-war restoration
A complete restoration of the territories that have come under Azerbaijan's control may take 5-10 years and will require at least USD 10 billion, according to the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Policemen detain participants of the protest rally in Yerevan, November 12, 2020. Photo: Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via REUTERS
22:30, 12 November 2020
Armenian opposition holds a march with demand of Nikol Pashinyan's resignation
In Yerevan, organizers of the protests claim that the actions will not stop until Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government resign.
Gathering of residents of the village of Irganai, Dagestan, March 2014. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbW-mNGJBM&feature=emb_logo
22:18, 12 November 2020
More than 560 residents of flooded villages file a lawsuit against Dagestani authorities
567 residents of the villages, who found themselves in the flooding zone after the launch of the Irganai Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), filed a lawsuit against the inaction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, as well as the government and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Dagestan. The villagers request a court to oblige officials to prepare as soon as possible the documents on the payment of compensation, which the villagers have been waiting for 12 years, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.
Smoke above the area of military hostilities in Karabakh, October 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
22:04, 12 November 2020
Baku: residents of Abkhazia involved in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh
In October, more than 20 people arrived from Abkhazia to Nagorno-Karabakh to participate in the fighting against the Azerbaijani army, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan announced.
Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
18:52, 12 November 2020
Nikol Pashinyan calls peace agreement a rescue of 25,000 soldiers
After the capture of Shushi by the Azerbaijani troops, 25,000 soldiers of the Defence Army could have been cordoned off and killed, said the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, while explaining the signing of an armistice agreement with Azerbaijan.
Traces of shelling seen on the house in the settlement of Shikharh for IDPs, October 15, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:27, 12 November 2020
In Azerbaijan, IDPs await return to their homeland after fighting in Karabakh
In Azerbaijan, some of internally displaced persons are ready to return to their homes in the conflict zone, while others do not want to quit their jobs and their usual way of life.
News
Activists have reported the destruction of a memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Karabakh.

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

Azerbaijan's Parliament. Screenshot of the photo from Report? https://report.az/ru/vneshnyaya-politika/azerbajdzhan-priostanavlivaet-sotrudnichestvo-s-evroparlamentom The Azerbaijani Parliament has suspended 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.