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Special operation. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
16:36, 22 November 2013
ICRF: persons assassinated in Tabasaran and Shamil Districts of Dagestan identified
The attacker on the DPS (road-and-post service of the police) unit in the Tabasaran District has been identified as Ismail Akimov. The person killed today during a special operation in the Shamil District has been preliminarily identified as Murad Magomedov, said the spokesman of the Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF).
Quarter's mosque in the Dagestani settlement of Leninkent in Makhachkala suburb. November 16, 2013. Photo by Robert Kurbanov, http://kurbanov05dag.livejournal.com/
15:30, 22 November 2013
Incident at Leninkent mosque was arranged by provocateurs, believers assert
After the incident that happened in the Dagestani settlement of Leninkent, when parishioners clashed at the central mosque, the Imam of the mosque was dismissed. This was announced by Magomed-Rasul Omarov, the spokesman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan during a press conference organized by the Committee to Counteract Lawlessness and Arbitrariness named after Kamalov.
Dagestan, March 19, 2012. Relatives of people killed in a brawl which occured on March, 18 in Kizlyar on the Naberezhnaya street, blocked the Federal Highway Rostov-Baku. Photo by Akhmed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:40, 22 November 2013
Sapiyat Magomedova: power agents detain witnesses in Magomed Gamzatov murder case
Five witnesses in the murder case of five people in Kizlyar, who were to take part in today's court session, were detained at the exit from the city and taken to the police division, said Sapiyat Magomedova, the lawyer for the victims; however, police say they have no information about the detainees.
A GIBDD inspector. Photo: Ivan Zhuravlyov / Yugopolis
09:38, 22 November 2013
Native of Dagestan arrested near Moscow for driving without license and suspicion of using violence to policeman
A native of the city of Derbent, Republic of Dagestan, became a figurant in the case of the use of violence to a policeman near Moscow, after he dragged a road inspector, who demanded his driver's license, by his car along the road, said the ICRF. He is currently under administrative arrest, said the GIBDD (road police) of the Moscow Region.
Activist Larisa Romanova. Photo http://www.svoboda.org/
06:32, 22 November 2013
Russia: 277 people sign up a petition against the law on counteracting financing terrorism
A campaign is on in the Internet of collecting signatures to the petition in protest against the "List of Terrorists and Extremists" released by the "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring), that is, a list of citizens, deprived of the right to use the Russia's banking system. The petition, addressed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Russian Ombudsman, has gathered 277 signatures.
Head of the North-Caucasian Federal university Alina Levitskaya. Photo http://www.ncfu.ru/
04:33, 22 November 2013
Media Forum of Northern Caucasus: negative stereotypes about Caucasus should be reversed
On November 21, the city of Pyatigorsk opened the First Media Forum of Northern Caucasus "Modern Media about Modern Caucasus". The discussion focuses on how to combat the imposed stereotypes about the Caucasus, and on the issues of dissemination of information about the situation in the regions, as well as of the compliance of publications with the demands of modern readers.
Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (source: www.gzt.ru)
03:56, 22 November 2013
Prosecution failed to provide evidence of Rasul Kudaev's involvement in attack on Nalchik, his advocates assert
The testimonies of witnesses and defendants indicate that the criminal case against Rasul Kudaev, accused of involvement in the attack on Nalchik, had been fabricated, since the alibi of Kudaev was confirmed by several witnesses, his lawyers said in the debates. According to Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the HRC "Memorial", Kudaev's innocence is obvious.
Square Saadullakh al-Dzhabiri after explosions which occured on October 3, 2012. Syria, Aleppo. Photo: Zyzzzzzy, http://ru.wikipedia.org/
02:24, 22 November 2013
Residents of Chechnya report about departure of Hajj participants and combatants' family members to war in Syria
One of the residents of Chechnya, who made his pilgrimage to Muslims holy, moved from Saudi Arabia to Syria to take part in the armed conflict, other Chechen Hajj participants have reported. According to the journalist Orhan Cemal, now from 200 to 400 Russian citizens are taking part in the Syrian conflict.
01:06, 22 November 2013
In Tuapse, UFSIN strives for real sentence to ecologist Vitishko
The Tuapse branch of the criminal-executive inspection of the UFSIN (Department of the Russian Federal Penal Service) of the Krasnodar Territory has filed a petition to the court asking to change the conditional imprisonment appointed to Evgeny Vitishko, an activist of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus", into a real jail.
23:34, 21 November 2013
Hijab issue at VSU to be decided by Academic Council
On November 25, the Academic Council of the Volgograd State University (VSU) is going to decide, whether Muslim female students can attend classes wearing hijabs. So far, there is no ban on hijabs; however, students have voted for excluding Muslim headscarves (hijabs) from the list of clothes acceptable at the University.
22:52, 21 November 2013
At trial of "Nida" activists in Baku defence claims violations of their clients' rights
At the trial of seven activists of the "Nida" movement and Ilkin Rustamzade, a member of the movement "Free Youth", held at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, the prosecutor Nemat Avazov has spoken against satisfying the petitions put forward at earlier sessions.
Irganay village of Untsukulsk's district of Dagestan. Photo by Natalya Kraynova for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:29, 21 November 2013
Abdulatipov: Dagestan will be split into four districts with presidential envoys in each
According to Ramazan Abdulatipov, the Dagestani leader, it is planned to divide the republic into four territorial districts; each will be supervised by a plenipotentiary representative of the president of the republic.
The village of Teletl, Shamil District of Dagestan. Photo by Zaira Gamzatova, http://www.odnoselchane.ru/
16:24, 21 November 2013
Two suspected militants detained in Dagestan
As reported by a source from law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, two suspected militants were detained in a special operation held in the Shamil District.
Students of Islamic courses organised by the religious group "As-Salam" at the lectures in madrasa. Stavropol, November 2013. Screenshot of a video report of Islamic information portal Islam.ru
13:41, 21 November 2013
SAM of Dagestan: no extremism was promoted in women's madrasa in Stavropol
The information about extremist activities exercised in the female madrasa in Stavropol, circulated on November 1 by power bodies, is treated as false by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Dagestan, said Magomed-Rasul Omarov, the head of the press service of the SAM. According to students and teachers of the madrasa, policemen apologized to them about the search.
Oleg Shein. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:21, 21 November 2013
Oleg Shein, Deputy of Astrakhan Regional Duma operated on at Sklifosofsky Institute after attack
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt at the Sklifosofsky Research Institute that Deputy Oleg Shein, a Deputy of the Astrakhan Regional Duma, who was wounded in Moscow, underwent a surgery and was placed into the traumatology ward.
Air bomb found in Grozny district of Chechnya. November 2013. Photo by the press service of Chechen Republic main Office of Russia's Ministry for Emergencies, http://www.95.mchs.gov.ru/
10:30, 21 November 2013
Military engineers finish their mission in Chechnya by demining over 2200 hectares of farmland
Military sappers have completed this year's mission of clearing farmland in Chechnya. The plan has been exceeded; and in total, over 2200 hectares of land were cleaned of mines and explosive devices, said the military commandant of Chechnya. Next year, these lands will be included into land circulation, said the Republic's Ministry of Agriculture.
Stavropol. Photo: NSA52, http://ru.wikipedia.org/
10:09, 21 November 2013
Stavropol: lawyers consult pupils on World Children's Day
On November 20, on the World Children's Day, the city of Stavropol held its first Day of Legal Aid to Children, during which consultations to young people were granted by lawyers and notaries.
Nagorno-Karabakh, the town of Berdzor of Kashatag District. 2013. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
02:52, 21 November 2013
Atanesyan: meeting of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan gives chances to resume negotiations
The meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents that took place in Vienna is a chance to continue the negotiation process. Such meetings contribute to peace and stability in the region, politicians and political scientists of Nagorno-Karabakh believe.
Conference on problems of Syrian Armenians, Armenia, November 2012. Photo by Inessa Sargsyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:56, 21 November 2013
Armenia plans to allocate monthly foodstuffs to refugees from Syria
As reported by the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora, the Syrian Armenians who have settled in the country will receive, within the coming six months, 16.2 kg of foodstuffs per month per person.
Jehovah's Witnesses Vagan Bayatyan, Ayk Bukharatyan and Ashot Tsaturyan (to the right), who won in the ECtHR the case against the Armenian authorities about prison sentences for refusing to take their military service. Photo from the site of Jehovah's Witnesses
23:54, 20 November 2013
In Armenia, 20 Jehovah's Witnesses released from prisons under Law "On Alternative Service"
In Armenia, the Commission on Alternative Service has accepted applications of 72 Jehovah's Witnesses, who want to take civilian alternative service instead of military one, including 20 satisfied applications filed by believers, who had served prison sentences for refusing to take their military service on religious grounds. The time period spent by them in prisons will be credited to the period of their alternative service.
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The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

Apti Alaudinov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru Apti Alaudinov

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev Ramzan Kadyrov

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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....

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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.