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Traces of shelling in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:37, 20 November 2017
A shepherd blown up on a mine in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Hadrut District of Nagorno-Karabakh, a 23-year-old shepherd was injured when he got blown up on a mine.
Press conference at the 11th North-Caucasian Open Film and TV Festival "Kunaki". Photo © Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20171114/1022401292/amerikanskie-gorki-kunakov-suxum-primet-kinofestival.html"
02:37, 20 November 2017
"Kunaki" Festival treats film about Ingushetia as a day favourite among films on Caucasus
On the penultimate day of the 11th North-Caucasian Open Film and TV Festival "Kunaki", nine films were screened, including four films dedicated to the Caucasus. The film about Ingushetia "A Man Needs a Tower for Life" directed by Georgy Sushko was called a favourite of the day.
A seminar for young journalists "Journalist as an objectivity pillar in online and offline war situation", organized by the "Champord" (Traveller) Armenian Foundation. Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. November 18, 2017. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:39, 20 November 2017
Stepanakert: journalists trained to work in military conflict zone
Journalists of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) should be ready to cover military conflicts, said Goar Airapetyan, President of the "Champord" Foundation. Many journalists are unaware of how to work in the war zone, David Alaverdyan, the Dean of the Journalism Department of the Yerevan State University (YSU), believes.
A law enforcer. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-perestrelki-na-postu-dps-v-ingushetii.html
19:10, 19 November 2017
Two men killed in attack on police post in Chechnya
Last night, two militants attacked the police post located near the village of Roshni-Chu in the Urus-Martan District of Chechnya and were killed. Policemen did not suffer, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. According to other sources, one policeman was wounded.
The residents of the Volny aul (village) demanded at the rally to meet with Arsen Alakaev, Mayor of Nalchik. October 31, 2017. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:25, 19 November 2017
Residents of Volny aul complain to KBR's head about threats
Local authorities intimidate the residents of the aul (village) of Volny, who claim land plots and threaten them, trying to compromise the leaders of the public organization "Volny Aul", 256 signatories to the appeal addressed to the head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic have stated.
The fight of Alan Zaseev and Khetik Tsabolov. Photo: screenshot of the broadcast by the channel of the Russian Wrestling Federation on YouTube
04:04, 19 November 2017
North-Caucasian wrestlers win four gold medals at international tournament
On the first day of the international freestyle wrestling tournament "Alany-2017" held in Vladikavkaz, wrestlers from Northern Caucasus won four gold, three silver and four bronze medals.
The festival leaflet. Photo: Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk
00:08, 19 November 2017
Film about Dagestani inter-confessional family presented at "Kunaki" Film Festival
A film about the family of a Muslim family and an Orthodox wife caused different opinions among the audience. The President of the "Kunaki" Festival finds the topic very important.
18:30, 18 November 2017
Militants' hideout discovered in Dagestan
A hideout with a grenade launcher, a grenade, and dozens of rounds, discovered in the Shamil District of Dagestan, had been arranged by the militants killed in 2017, reported the Ministry Internal Affairs (MIA).
16:59, 18 November 2017
Two natives of Chechnya detained in Ukraine
A native of Chechnya, detained in Kiev, was put on the international wanted list as an accomplice in the murder of US citizen Pavel Khlebnikov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian Forbes magazine. This was reported by the Ukrainian Security Service in Facebook. Another native of Chechnya was detained in the Poltava Region.
A market in Tbilisi. Photo: evroportal.ru
16:19, 18 November 2017
Tbilisi residents note rise in prices after lari fall
Prices for food products, including imported ones, have already grown, although the cost of most goods remains at the same level, reported residents of Tbilisi. The increase in prices provoked by the devaluation of lari has already begun, and price for the goods in mass demand and imported products will rise, noted economists.
Mekhman Guseinov. Photo http://haqqin.az/news/33475
13:25, 18 November 2017
Court dismisses motions filed by blogger Mekhman Guseinov's defence
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the motion filed by advocates of blogger Mekhman Guseinov. The defence has treated the dismissal of the motions as "disregard for justice and law."
Law enforcers in Dagestan. Photo chernovik.net
12:37, 18 November 2017
In Dagestan, residents of two villages report inspections and searches
Starting from this morning, law enforcers carry out targeted inspections and searches in the village of Karlanyurt in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, reported local residents. In the village of Novoselskoe, inspections are being conducted starting from November 17.
Film director Vyacheslav Ablotiya. Photo: Sputnik/Tomas Tkhaytsuk
04:35, 18 November 2017
At "Kunaki" film festival, a jury member criticizes level of contest films
In Abkhazia, on the third day of the 11th North-Caucasian Open Film and TV Festival "Kunaki", 11 films were shown, including four dedicated to the Caucasus: "Murzakanians", "The Return of the Name", "My City of Baku", and "Come Being Free".
Visitors of the exhibition of the local artists' paintings in the Sochi Art Museum. November 17, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:37, 18 November 2017
More than 500 people come to exhibition of Sochi artists' paintings
On November 17, the Sochi Art Museum opened the exhibition which aroused great interest among city residents. A significant part of the paintings depict the city of Sochi and the nature of the Western Caucasus.
01:40, 18 November 2017
36 families with many children granted free housing in Nagorno-Karabakh
The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh provided housing to 26 families with many children at the expense of the budget, and other ten families were granted housing from the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. Comfortable houses, provided by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, are much better than public housing, reported the families with many children.
22:23, 17 November 2017
Five Chechnya natives self-mutilate at MCC
Today, five out of the six natives of Chechnya, accused of hooliganism, have injured themselves at the session of the Moscow City Court (MCC), Ulyana Solopova, the press secretary of the court reports. In this way they have protested against the two-year stay under investigation, an advocate of one of them has suggested.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
21:35, 17 November 2017
Saakashvili announces kidnapping four Georgian citizens in Kiev
A journalist of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel, a former Mikhail Saakashvili's security and two other Georgian citizens have been kidnapped in Ukraine; deportation of them is being prepared now, Mr Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has stated.
The village of Kurush in the Dokuzparin District of Dagestan. Photo http://flnka.ru/
20:12, 17 November 2017
Scientists express no delight about prospects of gold mining in mountains of Dagestan
Extraction of gold near the Dagestani village of Kurush is complicated by the fact that the gold deposit is located high in the mountains, believes geologist Isa Gazaliev. In case if a mine is built, it will help to employ hundreds of local residents, reported the Union of Gold Producers of Russia.
Prison. Screenshot of the video by the user The United Nations organization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWfJroYZo5Q
17:41, 17 November 2017
Killer of Georgian MP released under amnesty
Giorgi Barateli, sentenced in 2007 to 26 years of imprisonment for killing Guram Sharadze, a member of the Georgian Parliament, was released under amnesty. This was reported by advocate Mamuka Nozadze.
The Novoselskoe village. Photo: Umar Dagirov https://ru.wikipedia.org
15:14, 17 November 2017
Dagestani villagers report about cordoning of their mosque
In the Khasavyurt District, law enforcers have photographed residents of the Novoselskoe village who have come today to the mosque to pray, and written down their personal data.
News
Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Residents of Sunzha demanded coastal protection work due to the rains. Photo: Fortanga / Telegram channel Residents of Sunzha demanded coastal protection work due to the rains.

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.