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11:31, 27 November 2013
Grozny residents report disappearance of young woman
Residents of the city of Grozny have reported a disappearance of a young woman in the Staropromyslovsky District. The police claim that they are doing everything necessary in such situations.
08:49, 27 November 2013
Volgograd Communists file 320 lawsuits on election violations
On November 21, members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) of Volgograd filed their last lawsuits about violations at the September 8 elections. In total, there are 320 such lawsuits pending in Volgograd courts.
02:13, 27 November 2013
IAF members were involved in killing policeman in Khasavyurt, investigators assert
The Dagestani investigating authorities are studying the murder of an operative agent of the Khasavyurt GOVD (City Interior Division), committed at night on November 25 in a city suburb. The murder had to do with the policeman's professional duties, investigators believe.
Defendants in case of undermining "Neva-Express" train in the court room, January 27, 2012. Photo by Tatiana Gantimurova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
01:30, 27 November 2013
Today is four years after explosion of "Neva-Express" Train
Four years ago, on November 27, 2009, near the village of Lykoshino, a crashed of the high-speed "Neva-Express" Train en route from Moscow to Saint Petersburg took place, killing 28 people and injuring over 130 others. According to investigators, the crash was a result of a terror act, prepared and committed by ten residents of the Ingush village of Ekazhevo, who were later charged and convicted.
Wulf Koepke, Director of the Ethnographic Museum of Hamburg, at the exhibition dedicated to Circassian nationals, Hamburg, November 24, 2013. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
00:52, 27 November 2013
On the threshold of Sochi Olympics, exhibition dedicated to Circassians opened in Hamburg
The Ethnographic Museum of Hamburg has opened an exhibition dedicated to Circassian nationals. Wulf Koepke, the Director of the Museum has noted that the exhibition has to do with the upcoming Olympics and is not directed against Russia.
Sergey Reznik. Photo: http://bloknot-rostov.ru/
16:29, 26 November 2013
Kastrubin: defence to appeal against verdict to Rostov blogger Sergey Reznik
The defence intends to challenge the verdict passed today to Sergey Reznik, a blogger and journalist from Rostov-on-Don, who was sentenced to 1.5 years at a general security colony, said his advocate Yuri Kastrubin.
13:17, 26 November 2013
Ministry of Sports of Krasnodar Territory promises 2 million roubles to each local Sochi Olympic Champion
The Krasnodar Territorial Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports has announced the amount of prize money for any local athlete who will win at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Apart from the promised 4 million roubles from the Russia's federal budget, a local Olympic Champion will receive 2 million roubles from the territorial treasury.
Endirei village sign, Khasavyurt District, where Arslanali Shakhbulatov works in the madrasa. Photo: http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
13:14, 26 November 2013
Religious activities are announced to be the main reason for the attack on madrasa teacher in Dagestan
According to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan, the madrasa teacher Arslanali Shakhbulatov, who was shelled in the evening on November 25 by unidentified persons, had not received any threats. The MIA regards his religious activities as the main version of the attack.
13:13, 26 November 2013
Chechnya: utilities to be free for families of perished power agents
The Chechen authorities plan to provide free-of-charge public utilities to families of the law enforcers who died in performance of their duties. The rules will take effect from January next year, the Chechnya's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.
Migrant workers. Photo by Federal Migration Service division.
07:39, 26 November 2013
G8 summit in Sochi to consider migration problem
The G8 summit scheduled to be held in summer in Sochi will consider the problem of migration as one of the main agenda items. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, while he was in Italy and met Romano Prodi, ex-Prime Minister of Italy and current special envoy of the UN Secretary General.
Action to stop violence against women, the banner says: ‘Nothing can justify violence’, Yerevan, November 25, 2013. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.
07:12, 26 November 2013
In Armenia, Women's Support Centre demands to review law on domestic violence
In Armenia, organizations-members of the coalition "Combating Violence against Women" demand to adopt a law on domestic violence as a whole package, not dividing it into parts concerning physical, economic and psychological violence.
Regular soldiers at Ashuluk military training ground. Astrakhan Region, winter 2011-2012. Photo from ‘VKontakte’ social network, http://vk.com/club34971176
05:11, 26 November 2013
HRC asks for thorough investigation into incidents at "Ashuluk" in Astrakhan Region
The Human Rights Council under the Russian President has appealed to the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) with a request to conduct the more thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion that occurred in August at military training ground "Ashuluk".
The Dzykhrin Gorge in Sochi. Photo from Valery Suchkov’s blog, http://blogsochi.ru/
02:45, 26 November 2013
In Sochi, public hearings on depriving 28 natural monuments of status of protected areas declared invalid
In Sochi, members of public organizations and political parties have declared the illegitimacy of the chairman of the commission on public hearings and the unreasonableness of the very project. Initiators of the public hearings have recognized the arguments reasonable and declared the public hearings invalid.
01:50, 26 November 2013
In Dagestan, Zaur Gasanov, accused of policemen's murder, claims being tortured
On November 25, the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan interrogated Zaur Gasanov, accused of killing policemen and being a member of illegal armed formation (IAF). The defendant has pleaded not guilty. Besides, he has claimed being tortured.
00:03, 26 November 2013
Magomedova complains to Dagestani leader about pressure in Kizlyar murder case
Advocate Sapiyat Magomedova has appealed to Ramazan Abdulatipov, the leader of Dagestan, asking him to pay attention to the pressure on witnesses in the case of the murder of five persons committed in Kizlyar. Sapiyat Magomedova states that the defence's witnesses, victims and their advocates have to ask for state protection.
20:31, 25 November 2013
Azerbaijani journalist Parviz Gashimli goes on hunger strike at SIZO
Today, Parviz Gashimli, an employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) and the head of the website moderator.az, accused of smuggling and illegal possession of arms, has gone on a hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan, said his advocate Elchin Sadygov.
19:18, 25 November 2013
Rostov-on-Don: trial of Union "Women of the Don" postponed till December 4
Today, the court session on the recognition of the Union "Women of the Don" as a foreign agent was postponed – it was rescheduled for December 4 with the aim to summon the expert, whose opinion was put into the basis of the claim lodged by the City Prosecutor of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region.
17:55, 25 November 2013
Action to stop violence against women held in Yerevan
Today, Yerevan has launched a 16-day-long campaign to end violence against women. About 30 people gathered in the Students Park and marched along the main streets of the capital, urging citizens to pay attention to the acute, in their opinion, problem of the Armenian society.
15:02, 25 November 2013
Houses of relatives of suspect of killing Sheikh Saeed Chirkey burnt down in Dagestan
In the village of Ashilta, Untsukul District of Dagestan, two houses inhabited by the families of Magomedali Amirkhanov, detained on suspicion of organizing the terror act on August 28, 2012, in which Sheikh Saeed Chirkey was killed, and his brother Amirkhan Aldamov, who was killed in March this year, were burnt down.
Stechkin pistol found at the place where IED exploded, Makhachkala, November 23, 2013. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/
13:08, 25 November 2013
NAC: man killed in explosion in Makhachkala was involved in Volgograd terror act
Suleiman Magomedov, who accidentally blew himself up with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Makhachkala, was allegedly involved in the preparation of the terror act committed in the passenger bus in Volgograd. This was reported by the National Antiterrorist Committee of Russia (NAC).
News
The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

Russian soldiers. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/57396 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,100.

Airports in southern Russia have resumed operations.

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.