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Law enforcer during CTO. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/nakmessage/2015/10/20/v-dagestane-v-khode-kto-neitralizovany-chetvero-banditov.html
02:44, 21 November 2016
On November 14-20, 2016, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of November 14-20, 2016, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Mariam Mamadashvili. Photo: http://sputnik-georgia.ru/culture/20161120/233877829/Mariam-Mamadashvili-pobedila-na-detskom-Evrovidenii.html
22:45, 20 November 2016
Georgian singer wins Junior Eurovision 2016
At the Junior Eurovision 2016 Song Contest, held today in Malta, the 10-year-old Mariam Mamadashvili became a winner with the song "Mzeo" (Sun). The second place went to a duo from Armenia.
Participants of rally against Russia’s military action in Syria, November 20, 2016. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
18:36, 20 November 2016
In Rostov-on-Don, picketers speak against Russia's military action in Syria
Today, about 30 activists of the "Yabloko" and "PARNAS" Parties and the movement "Solidarity" have held a rally in Rostov-on-Don. They have demanded from the Russian authorities to stop the military action in Syria.
Islamic scholar Ali al-Jifri meets with Ramzan Kadyrov, Grozny, September 8, 2016. Photo: screenshot of meeting video record, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOdwyyLE8x4
17:41, 20 November 2016
Arab scholars Ali al-Jifri and Ahmed el-Tayeb renounce Grozny fatwa
Islamic scholars Ali al-Jifri and Ahmed el-Tayeb have announced their non-involvement in the fatwa, adopted following the theological conference in Grozny. However, subordinates of Ramzan Kadyrov associated the credibility of the Grozny theological conference with their names. Authors of the fatwa declared Salafis a dangerous religious sect, while theologians Ali al-Jifri and Ahmed el-Tayeb called them brothers.
Policemen oust rally participants out of spuare, November 20, 2016. Photo: ‘Chernovik’ newspaper, http://chernovik.net/content/lenta-novostey/v-mahachkale-prohodit-ocherednaya-akciya-protesta
15:20, 20 November 2016
In Makhachkala, police oust activists of "Mother’s Heart" out of square
Today, activists of the movement "Mother’s Heart" have gathered at the central square of Makhachkala. They were met by an official of the Makhachkala city administration. He proposed the women participating in the action to leave the square. However, the activists of the "Mother’s Heart" refused to leave the place. At about 2:36 p.m. Moscow time, the police began to push the activists out of the square, the "Chernovik" (Draft) reports.
03:17, 20 November 2016
In Anzor Shibzukhov's case, defence claims pressure on secret witness from law enforcers
According to advocates, the testimony given by a secret witness in the case against Anzor Shibzukhov, a former staff member of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) for Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of aiding and abetting members of an illegal armed formation (IAF), is not valid and should be excluded from the case materials.
A march of Cossacks on the Sochi City Day. November 19, 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:10, 19 November 2016
Sochi residents do not understand choice of date for City Day
Today, Sochi has started a three-day celebration of the City Day by opening fairs and exhibitions, and holding concerts and other events. The majority of interviewed citizens have confessed that they are still bewildered with the choice of the date for this relatively new city holiday.
Pavel Sklyarov. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:48, 19 November 2016
23 Volgograd residents respond to call to help paralyzed invalid
The humanitarian organization named "Social Independent Inspection" has organized help to Pavel Sklyarov, a disabled person; 23 citizens have already helped him with foodstuffs and money. After the start of the action, the authorities have provided him with a special orthopaedic bed and suggested him a new treatment.
A participant of the protest action against outsourced catering in kindergartens. Volgograd, November 19, 2016. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:47, 19 November 2016
Volgograd residents state threat to children's health from outsourced catering in kindergartens
The switch to catering by outsourcing in kindergartens will degrade food quality, since the private provider will fail to deliver food on time to all institutions, said protesters in Volgograd. According to their version, this is a threat to children's health. In his turn, the spokesman from the Mayoralty has assured that the control over food quality will not decrease.
The cover of the Circassian calendars for 2017. Photo courtesy of the activists of the organization named "Ochag" (Hearth)
15:42, 19 November 2016
Circassian "Ochag" issues calendars to raise funds for returnees
The public organization named "Ochag" (Hearth) in Kabardino-Balkaria started selling Circassian calendars for 2017. All the proceeds will go to the creation of the Adaptation Centre of repatriates, and to help compatriots.
A film still. Screenshot of the trailer https://youtu.be/GEnXHGJG734
12:03, 19 November 2016
Chechnya's SAM bans film "Muhammad"
The Chechen Muftiate has forbidden local believers to watch the feature movie by Iranian director Majid Majidi about the life of Prophet Muhammad. In their turn, the clergy of Dagestan has favourably reacted to its screening in the republic.
Jamie Shea, the Assistant to the NATO Deputy Secretary General. Photo: Friends of Europe, commons.wikimedia.org
07:27, 19 November 2016
Armenian political experts welcome prospects of cooperating with NATO
The Armenian-Russian relations are no obstacle to Armenia's cooperation with the NATO, said Jamie Shea, the Assistant to the NATO Deputy Secretary General. Deeper cooperation with NATO will enable Armenia to rely on the guarantee of Turkey's non-interference in the Karabakh conflict, believe the political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
hasan Baroev. Photo: www.instagram.com/xacan1982
04:58, 19 November 2016
North-Ossetian sporting experts deny use of doping by Baroev
A recheck of doping assays of hasan Baroev a Greco-Roman style wrestler, and now – the Minister of Sports of North Ossetia, and depriving him of his Olympic medal are an attempt to discredit Russian athletes, the local sporting professionals, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.
An announcement of the completion of a fundraising campaign intended to demine Nagorno-Karabakh. The Mezhdumyan local family. Halotrust.org
01:17, 19 November 2016
HALO Trust raises USD 60,000 for demining NKR territory
The international organization named "HALO Trust" has completed a fundraising campaign intended to demine 1.8 hectares in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). In particular, it is planned to clear from ordnance a land plot belonging to the Vazgenashen community of the Martuni District, and a land plot adjacent to the villages of Myurishen and Adur of the Martuni District, and Arav of the Askeran District.
A fence at the site of the construction of a multi-story apartment building in the territory of the garden non-commercial partnership (GNP) "Kommunalnik" in Sochi. Sochi, November 2016. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:00, 18 November 2016
In Sochi, court legalizes unsanctioned building in GNP "Kommunalnik"
Members of the garden non-commercial partnership (GNP) "Kommunalnik" and the Sochi Mayor's Office have failed to challenge the decision, according to which the unsanctioned construction in the territory of the GNP was declared legal. The expert opinion about the building states it does not cause any inconveniences for members of the GNP "Kommunalnik".
Ilgar Mamedov. Photo: RFE/RL
19:33, 18 November 2016
CoE's Secretary General condemns upheld verdict to Ilgar Mamedov
Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), has treated the decision to leave the Azerbaijani oppositionist Ilgar Mamedov in custody as disrespect for the European Convention of Human Rights ECHR).
A sitting of new Georgian Parliament. Tbilisi, November 18, 2016. Photo by the press service of the President of Georgia
19:09, 18 November 2016
First sitting of new Georgian Parliament is held at background of protests
Protesters have demanded from the MPs to amend the labour legislation and reform the education sector. President Giorgi Margvelashvili has called on the "Georgian Dream" to use its constitutional majority to fulfil the party's electoral promises.
Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk, in the court room. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:43, 18 November 2016
Court closes Imam Baichorov's case
Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk, sentenced on the charge of drug possession, has served sufficient sentence, and his case is closed. This was announced by the Stavropol Regional Court.
17:58, 18 November 2016
Complaint filed to ECtHR on kidnapping of Makhachkala resident
The disappearance in 2013 of Omar Valibagandov, a Makhachkala resident, involved law enforcers, and the investigation into the kidnapping is inefficient. This was stated in a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by lawyers of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC).
16:57, 18 November 2016
FSB shows interest in Zhalaudi Geriev's case
Officers of the FSB Department for Chechnya have twice requested visits to Zhalaudi Geriev, a sentenced "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. That fact was found out during the court hearing on the appeal field against the journalist's sentence, while the Zhalaudi Geriev's advocates were not notified about the requests from the FSB.
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The defense of a Chechen native has secured a review of the Moscow conflict case.

Flooding in Dagestan and Chechnya has been declared a federal emergency.

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.