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Court audience members. Still from the Fourth Cassation Court video: https://4kas.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=press_dep&op=1&did=179
12:57, 22 November 2025
The Cassation Court upheld the victims' appeals and overturned the decision to dismiss the criminal case against participants in shared construction projects in Sochi.
Elena Gadrshina. Photo from a website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia (396 Russian Jehovah's Witness organizations have been declared extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court order).
11:58, 22 November 2025
A court in Kuban sentenced Elena Gadrshina from the village of Vyselki to a suspended sentence, finding her to be a member of an extremist organization. The defense pointed out a number of violations committed by the investigation.
10:58, 22 November 2025
Zhalgas Iraliev and Mansur Yakupov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 652 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
An elderly man in a hospital bed. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot," created using AI in the Copilot program.
10:02, 22 November 2025
The court has set a date for the first hearing in the case of a 91-year-old pensioner from the Kuban village of Dinskaya, accused of indecent assault by teenage girls. Out of concern for the defendant's health and life, his lawyer requested that the court hold an off-site hearing.
Ruben Vardanyan in court. Photo by Report.Az from August 19, 2025, https://report.az/ru/proisshestviya/v-bakinskom-sude-poterpevshie-i-ih-pravopreemniki-dali-pokazaniya-po-delu-vardanyanayu/
09:05, 22 November 2025
At the trial of Ruben Vardanyan, who became head of the Nagorno-Karabakh government in 2022, Azerbaijani citizens testified about shelling that took place long before Vardanyan moved to Karabakh.
08:25, 22 November 2025
A drone attack in the Rostov region damaged a private home and an administrative building. According to the Ministry of Defense, 19 drones were shot down overnight in two regions of the Southern Federal District.
08:16, 22 November 2025
Nikolai Zadorozhny was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,508 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
06:10, 22 November 2025
The court has ordered the son of Gyumri Mayor Spartak Ghukasyan, accused of hooliganism, to be remanded in custody for two months.
05:10, 22 November 2025
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has approved the indictment in the Kopaigorodskys' bribery case and sent the criminal case to the Supreme Court for a determination of jurisdiction.
03:47, 22 November 2025
An Azerbaijani court has remanded Zahireddin Ibrahimov, chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Ethnic Minorities' Rights, in custody for five months.
02:52, 22 November 2025
A Tbilisi court sentenced Nino Bardzimishvili, a participant in the protest movement in support of musician Mate Devidze, to two days' detention. Another protester, Ketevan Khuskivadze, was fined.
00:54, 22 November 2025
A court in Rostov-on-Don found Tatyana Mitina guilty of treason and sentenced her to 12 years in prison.
23:33, 21 November 2025
Supporters of Georgia's European integration held a short march in Tbilisi, demanding the release of political prisoners and new elections. Police obstructed the demonstrators' progress and detained several participants.
21:46, 21 November 2025
The Prosecutor General's Office's claim to seize the real estate and other assets of former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev* has been upheld. The court also agreed to recognize Gadzhiev's* family as an extremist organization.
20:38, 21 November 2025
The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has increased the developer's sentence, replacing his suspended sentence with two years and ten months in prison for embezzling nearly 50 million rubles.
19:57, 21 November 2025
The degradation of the Western Substeppe Ilmen ecosystem is seriously impairing the quality of life for local residents and threatening the ecology of the entire region. Addressing the problem requires a systematic approach and significant resources, but authorities are ignoring its importance and severity.
19:20, 21 November 2025
The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced a 45-year-old resident of the republic to 14 years in a maximum-security prison colony, finding him guilty of treason.
17:41, 21 November 2025
The total number of patients hospitalized after the poisoning at the Makhachkala cafe has reached 16; all have completed treatment and returned home. A criminal investigation is underway, and Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the cafe's operations and is preparing a lawsuit.
15:42, 21 November 2025
Magomedsagid Latipov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,689 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
13:45, 21 November 2025
Security forces used excessive force when detaining participants in the November 19 march in Tbilisi, and at the police station, some of those detained were required to strip naked, a lawyer reported.
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.