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An employee during protest action at Rospotrebnadzor. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVgKoDfuyCU
17:41, 25 November 2021
Number of fined protesters against QR codes in Volgograd reaches three
A court fined Natalia Aparina 3000 roubles for taking part in a protest action against QR codes together with two other activists at the building of the “Rospotrebnadzor” (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) Department in Volgograd.
People wishing to attend an open meeting on the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office on the liquidation of the "International Memorial" in the Supreme Court of Russia. Screenshot: https://t.me/polniypc/282
17:12, 25 November 2021
Picketers in support of “International Memorial”* detained in Moscow
The police have detained activists Olga Bakst and Aleksei Belenkin, who took to pickets in front of the building of the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia, where the trial on the lawsuit to liquidate the “International Memorial”* has been started today.
Baku airport. Photo: Anar Aliyev (PR at Azerbaijan Airlines) https://ru.wikipedia.org/
14:31, 25 November 2021
Twelve natives of Azerbaijan returned from Syria
Twelve natives of Azerbaijan have been returned to their homeland from a refugee camp in the Syrian city of Jarabulus, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.
Reconciliation of feudists. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWnewbKI6X_/
14:02, 25 November 2021
Reconciliation of feudists in Chechnya sparks discussion in social network
Authors of some comments have treated the forgiveness of the driver who fled the scene of the accident as inappropriate; their opponents pointed out that reconciliation of feudists improves the rule of law.
Zarifa Sautieva delivers her last plea in the court. Screenshot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cZFCsql6LM
13:39, 25 November 2021
In their last plea, Ingush activists explain background of protests
The defendants in the "Ingush case" have compared their prosecution to repressions of Stalin's time and named the underlying reasons for the mass protests that gripped the republic in 2018.
11:09, 25 November 2021
Yerevan protesters demand to abandon border delimitation
Activists of the "Liberation Movement" have called on residents of Armenia not to allow the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, to sign documents on border delimitation with Azerbaijan, because this would "put an end to" Nagorno-Karabakh.
Law enforcement units of Chechnya. Screenshot: https://t.me/rybar/22687
10:56, 25 November 2021
Analysts assess nature of Chechen law enforcers' exercises on Ingush border
The activities of Chechen law enforcers on the border will not turn into any armed clashes, since the exercises are mainly of a demonstrative nature, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
08:51, 25 November 2021
Website of Chechen opposition movement 1ADAT blocked by court decision
The "Roskomnadzor" (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) has restricted access to the website of the 1ADAT movement, which harshly criticizes Chechen authorities. Activists of the movement intend to challenge the court ruling to block its Internet resources.
Alexey Simonov, Svetlana Gannushkina, Galina Arapova (from left to right). Collage made by the Caucasian Knot; Photo: Vadim Kantor / ASI, press service https://refugee.ru/, Pavel Netupsky https://ru.wikipedia.org/
08:36, 25 November 2021
Initiative of Chechen Parliament on criminals' nationalities sparks rights defenders' dispute
The frequent mentioning of criminals' nationalities in media has no sense, and only incites people's hatred, Svetlana Gannushkina believes. Nationality affects a person's character and behaviour, Alexei Simonov is sure.
Search for remains of soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/RescueServiceOfTheNKR
23:01, 24 November 2021
An Armenian soldier’s body found near border with Azerbaijan
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported about the death of conscript soldier Suren Avetisyan. The body of a 20-year-old soldier with a head wound was found at a combat post near the border with Azerbaijan.
Ibragim Lyanov (left) and Adam Delimkhanov. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot. Screenshots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kfkBJ_D3a0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbnYk0E72lY
22:24, 24 November 2021
Delimkhanov’s announcement of blood feud against an Ingush activist comes into conflict with traditions
In accordance with the customs, blood feud is a response to a murder, but State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov announced blood feud against Ibragim Lyanov, the president of the European Ingush Association, for political reasons, note experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.
19:08, 24 November 2021
Petition in support of “Memorials”* gains more than 90,000 signatures
Within two days, the petition with the demand to prevent the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “International Memorial”* got more than 6000 signatures .In total, 90,303 people have already signed the petition.
Chechen law enforcers at the border with Ingushetia. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZF7pB7kwM
18:46, 24 November 2021
Kadyrov cordons off Chechnya’s borders amid controversy over Fortanga River channel
All law enforcement units of Chechnya have been moved to the borders of the republic after a failed meeting of Magomed Daudov with representatives of the Ingush Council of Teips near the Fortanga River. The three-day exercises demonstrate the Chechnya’s readiness for war amid an unstable situation in the world, Ramzan Kadyrov notes.
Liberation Movement activists block doors of Yerevan metro trains. Screenshot: https://www.facebook.com/nhokhikyan/videos/431919021774965/?t=0
15:18, 24 November 2021
Two participants of disobedience action detained in Yerevan
This morning, for 15 minutes, activists of the "Liberation Movement" paralyzed the work of the Yerevan metro in protest against the border delimitation with Azerbaijan. Two protesters were taken to police stations.
Vladislav Zhironkin, an activist of the Communist Party. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWbWTPgoQs9/
14:58, 24 November 2021
Adler activist detained for collecting signatures against QR codes
In the city of Adler, law enforcers have detained Vladislav Zhironkin, an activist of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who was collecting residents' signatures against the QR-code system; a protocol was drawn up against him on violating the rules for holding public actions, the local CPRF branch has informed.
New road to Shusha. Photo: press service of the President of Azerbaijan, https://ru.president.az/articles/54040
14:43, 24 November 2021
Six violators of ban on visiting Nagorno-Karabakh detained in Azerbaijan
A court in the Agdam District has arrested five local residents for 25 days each for attempting to enter without a permit the non-demined territories of Nagorno-Karabakh that came under Azerbaijan's control. The sixth member of the group was fined.
Ara Zograbyan speaking at a rally in Yerevan. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOjKVCyf12U&t=390s
11:32, 24 November 2021
Opposition demands from Pashinyan to disclose border delimitation plans
On November 23, in Republic Square in Yerevan, the extra-parliamentary opposition held a rally of the "Liberation Movement" against the document on the border delimitation with Azerbaijan, which the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, plans to sign.
A human chain in central Tbilisi in honour of the 18th anniversary of the "Rose Revolution". Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlgUsMAzGJg
11:18, 24 November 2021
Tbilisi: several hundred come to celebrate anniversary of "Rose Revolution"
The participants of the action in honour of the 18th anniversary of the "Rose Revolution" have lined up in a human chain in central Tbilisi. They called for the release of former Georgian President Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili and holding early elections.
Aisha Mutaeva. Screenshot: https://t.me/abusaddamshishani/4319
09:00, 24 November 2021
Apti Visaev's wife point to inconsistencies in terror act plotting case
Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, arrested on charges of aiding militants, could not plan a terror act in Norilsk on the Victory Day, since all the mass events were cancelled due to the pandemic, Aisha Mutaeva, his wife, has stated.
Zarifa Sautieva in the courtroom. Photo by Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
08:48, 24 November 2021
Zarifa Sautieva tells about law enforcers' pressure and awful custody conditions at SIZO
After detention, law enforcers hinted about torture, seeking the necessary testimonies, Zarifa Sautieva said in her last plea at the Essentuki City Court, stressing that she had committed nothing illegal. She also treated the custody conditions at the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison) as awful.
News
Azerbaijan and Armenia discussed border delimitation rules

An Armenian court has arrested Artur Avanesyan.

Pashinyan at a concert in Gyumri. Screenshot from News.Am photo from April 20, 2026, https://news.am/rus/news/944772.html. Observers considered concerts featuring Pashinyan to be propaganda.

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.