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Ilyas Bogatyrev. Photo: http://kunakifest.ru/?p=1393
14:21, 10 November 2016
Organizers of film festival "Kunaki" promise to protect programme from propaganda
On November 19-24, Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, is expected to host the 10th North-Caucasian Open Festival of Film and TV "Kunaki". The contest programme shall include 57 films. According to organizers of the festival, at the selection of films, the main criterion was their professionalism.
Kitchen in a kindergarten. Photo: http://bloknot-volgograd.ru/news/deputaty-gorodskoy-dumy-odobrili-proekt-autsorsing-793628
13:45, 10 November 2016
Volgograd City Duma deputies approve outsourcing in kindergartens
Deputies of the City Duma of Volgograd have approved by majority the concept of outsourcing for catering in kindergartens. Meanwhile, the petition against outsourcing in kindergartens posted on the website "Change.org" has already collected 452 signatures.
Repair of a sewage system. Dagestan. Photo http://www.riadagestan.ru/
10:11, 10 November 2016
New director of "Makhachkalavodokanal" appointed in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, after the mass poisoning of city residents and the arrest of the former head of the Joint-Stock Company (JSC) "Makhachkalavodokanal", Timur Magomedov is appointed the acting director of the JSC. This was reported by the Mayor's Office of the capital of Dagestan.
A volonteer with a stray dog. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
05:34, 10 November 2016
In Sochi, animal rights activists criticize draft pet regulations
In Sochi, the City Mayor's Office has developed draft pet regulations, including the procedure for capture and disposal of stray animals in the city. The animal rights activists believe the regulations need to be improved.
A tanker truck in the village of Semender, November 9, 2016. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:57, 10 November 2016
Dagestani authorities need to introduce external management at "Makhachkalavodokanal"
After the mass poisoning with water of residents of Makhachkala, Dagestani Prime Minister Abdusamad Khamidov announced the need for introduction of external state control over the "Makhachkalavodokanal". Musa Musaev, Mayor of Makhachkala, also believes that the company needs a radical change in the control system.
Faig Amirov. Photo: RFE/RL
21:45, 9 November 2016
Advocate states worsening of Faig Amirov's health
Faig Amirov, the Chief Financial Officer of the newspaper "Azadlyg", arrested in Azerbaijan, has lost 20 kilos of body weight and needs serious treatment, said his advocate.
Valentina Tomchak. Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:34, 9 November 2016
Witnesses confirm bruises on pensioner Tomchak
The Court of the Gorodische District of the Volgograd Region, which considered the case of beating the pensioner Valentina Tomchak, has found contradictions in testimonies of one woman-witness.
18:36, 9 November 2016
HRC members meet natives of Chechnya, who complained about beatings at IK-7
The natives of Chechnya Anzor Mamaev and Khazbulat Gabzaev, kept in Colony No. 7 in the town of Segezh, have been questioned about the use of violence to them, said the rights defenders, who checked the complaint of the convict Ildar Dadin about torture and beatings.
In the gym at Beslan school No. 1 during the collective grieving. Photo by Emma Marzoeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:57, 9 November 2016
"Beslan Mothers" announce creation of counter-terrorist centre
Aneta Gadieva, a co-chair of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee, has announced plans to create an international counter-terrorist centre in the territory of the destroyed School No. 1 in Beslan.
The equipment of the participants of the Kuban "tractor march". Rostov Region, August 2016. Screenshot of a video by the user Radio Svoboda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9smCFTYuT0
15:30, 9 November 2016
Participant of Kuban "tractor march" complaints about pressure from authorities and Cossack leaders
Nikolai Borodin, the Ataman of the Kazan Cossack Army was dismissed from his post "for poor performance" and deprived of his deputy status. In the Kavkaz District authorities banned a Cossack rally in his support by warning the organizers about its illegality. Borodin himself treats these actions as pressure on him after the "tractor march".
Donald Trump. Photo: Michael Vadon, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Трамп,_Дональд#/media/File:Donald_Trump_August_19,_2015_(cropped).jpg
11:44, 9 November 2016
Trump's victory will not change US policy in Southern Caucasus
Donald Trump, a billionaire the Republican candidate, has won the 58th US presidential election, by receiving 288 votes of the members of the Electoral College. Experts from the countries of Southern Caucasus agree that no major changes in the US policy in the region can be expected.
The emergency physicians. Photo: http://www.om1.ru/news/incident/52572/?forceMobile=1
11:28, 9 November 2016
Number of poisoned patients in Makhachkala dropped to 281
After the recent mass poisoning in Makhachkala, 281 persons are still in hospitals, said a source from the emergency services. On November 8, according to various sources, from 307 to 322 patients were still in hospitals.
Liana Agrba. Photo: © Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20161108/1019810555/agrba-monety-s-rodovymi-abxazskimi-tamgami-poyavyatsya-v-abxazii.html
08:15, 9 November 2016
Abkhazia announces contest of coin sketches with images of family clan emblems
The National Bank of Abkhazia has announced release in 2017 of memory coins, depicting tamgas - ancestral heirloom emblems. So far, they plan to issue a series of ten coins, depicting the tamgas of most numerous Abkhazian clans.
A mobile voluntary vaccination unit in Makhachkala. Photo by the Republic's Ministry of Public Health http://minzdrav.e-dag.ru/press-tsentr/novosti/mobilnye-punkty-dobrovolnoy-vaktsinatsii-razvernuty-v-makhachkale-_305
03:27, 9 November 2016
Dagestani artists support vaccination campaign against hepatitis A
Artists of the local variety show in Makhachkala have urged citizens to get vaccinated against hepatitis A. In total, as of November 8, this vaccination was made to over 33,000 residents of the capital of Dagestan, said the Republic's Ministry of Public Health.
Kond district in the Old Yerevan. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
01:48, 9 November 2016
About 900,000 live below poverty line in Armenia
Every third citizen of Armenia lives below the poverty line, the National Statistical Service said in its report "Social Review and Poverty in Armenia", prepared with the assistance of the World Bank.
Ramazan Djalaldinov. Photo by Ilyas Khadji http://chernovik.net/content/respublika/ramazan-dzhalaldinov-ya-ne-zhaleyu-chto-nachal-etot-put
23:59, 8 November 2016
In Chechnya, Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman investigate disappearance of Ramazan Djalaldinov
In Chechnya, the Prosecutor's Office has sent to the Investigating Department the instruction to investigate the reports about disappearance of Ramazan Djalaldinov, who had been earlier persecuted for his complaint about corruption in the Sharoi District of Chechnya. The disappearance of Ramazan Djalaldinov may be a provocation against the authorities, states the Ombudsman of the Chechen Republic.
23:36, 8 November 2016
In Makhachkala, officials disaccord in finding of institution responsible for mass poisoning
In Makhachkala, employees of the housing and utilities services sector can be brought to responsibility for mass poisoning of city residents with water, and an inspection has been started to check the activities of the housing and utilities services sector. This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office.
A rally in support of the lecturer of the Dagestani Medical University. Makhachkala, November 8, 2016. Screenshot of a video by the user Novoye Delo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOqre5q7o18
19:24, 8 November 2016
Students of Dagestani Medical University stand for their lecturer who got undressed
Today, students of the Dagestani Medical University have held a rally in support of their lecturer Kamil Magomedov, who got off his clothes during the lecture.
Nikolai Antonov. Photo https://www.yuga.ru/
17:50, 8 November 2016
"Alternative" reports on release of Anapa resident from labour slavery
Nikolai Antonov, a resident of Anapa, returned home after five months of slave labour at a cattle farm in Chechnya.
Larisa Bachieva. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:24, 8 November 2016
In Makhachkala, LDPR activist released from police station
Today, in Makhachkala, Larisa Bachieva, the deputy chair of the Dagestani branch of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), has been detained while holding a solo picket with the demand for a meeting with Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov. Two hours later, she was released.
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The defense of a Chechen native has secured a review of the Moscow conflict case.

Three private homes were destroyed in a Chechen village due to landslides.

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.