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Prison. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:41, 12 November 2021
Azerbaijani oppositionist Rzaev claims torture in isolation facility
Malik Rzaev, an oppositionist accused of drug dealing, has stated that he was tortured after detention. His complaint about torture was forwarded to the Sumgait Prosecutor's Office, said his advocate.
Screenshot from the video record of the third president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, in the prison hospital. Source: the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1061505497963689&ref=sharing
14:19, 12 November 2021
Ombudsperson treats posting video with Saakashvili as humiliation of his dignity
The release of a video in which the prison staff is rudely treating Mikhail Saakashvili is violating his right to privacy and insults his honour and dignity, Nino Lomdjariya the Georgia's Ombudsperson, has stated.
The flag of Georgia and a poster with inscription: "You should know it all! People will not be left in prison! World reformer Misha! Go out to rallies!.. Down with!.. Abductors of the elections, thieves-occupiers!!!..."; Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
12:38, 12 November 2021
At action in Tbilisi, oppositionists demand to release activists
In Tbilisi, the opposition held a protest action, where the participants spoke out against the detention of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's supporters. At the rally, two persons received traumas from the stones thrown at them.
Timur Tumgoev. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6M0HgKca6s
12:23, 12 November 2021
Timur Tumgoev sentenced to eight months in colony
The court has sentenced Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, to eight months in a colony within the case of disrupting the work of the correctional institution.
Agil Gumbatov. Screenshot: AzadliqRadiosu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onEWz8UIYxA&t=3s
08:51, 12 November 2021
Prosecutor demands 10 years in prison for oppositionist Gumbatov
In Baku, the prosecutor has asked to sentence Agil Gumbatov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) to 10 years in prison. Gumbatov has protested to the state prosecutor and announced the falsification of his criminal case.
08:37, 12 November 2021
New campaign to change toponyms launched in Chechnya
It is suggested to rename five Grozny dwelling settlements in honour of heroes of the Chechen nation, or to return their old names, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, announced on November 11.
Supreme Court of Russia. Photo: official website of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, https://fas.gov.ru/news/27390" title=
23:20, 11 November 2021
General Prosecutor’s Office files a claim to liquidate “International Memorial”*
The Supreme Court of Russia notified the NGO “International Memorial”* about the consideration of the claim filed by the General Prosecutor’s Office with a request to liquidate the NGO due to the lack of marking on the status of a foreign agent. Human rights defenders considered the claim filed by the General Prosecutor’s Office a political decision.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: fotograf_095 https://ru.wikipedia.org/
22:59, 11 November 2021
Daudov proposes to ban any mention of criminals’ nationality
After an incident in New Moscow, the Chechen parliament prepared for submission to the State Duma of Russia a bill banning the mention in the media and social media of information on the ethnic and religious affiliation of criminals.
Supporters of Mikhail Saakashvili during a rally near the prison. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
22:28, 11 November 2021
Saakashvili agrees to stop his hunger strike
Mikhail Saakashvili has decided to stop his hunger strike, his advocate Nika Gvaramiya reports today.
Gegham Manukyan, Anna Grigoryan. Photo: https://armeniatoday.news/politics/253998/, https://politik.am/ru/anna-grigoryan-budet-ballotirovatsya-v-sostave-partii-vozrozhdayuschayasya-armeniya
17:41, 11 November 2021
Armenian opposition tries to prevent Azerbaijan’s customs checkpoint on road from Goris to Kapan
At a protest action in Yerevan, about 200 oppositionists demanded to prevent installation of an Azerbaijani customs checkpoint on the road from Goris to Kapan. After the protesters tried to break into the government building, 16 of them were detained, the police reported.
Inhabitants of the camp in Dagestan. Screenshot from the video posted by the Caucasian Knot, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4HSuoppzwI
17:17, 11 November 2021
Residents of Azerbaijan demand to return home people from a camp in Dagestan
At least 30 Azerbaijani citizens have to rent housing in Dagestan while waiting for the opening of the border, and others live at their relatives’ places and in a temporary accommodation centre, human rights defender Afig Allakhverdiev reports. Former residents of a camp in Dagestan believe the people cannot return from Dagestan to their homeland, since the Azerbaijani authorities ignore their problems.
Police officers outside the prison where Saakashvili is being kept. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:02, 11 November 2021
ECtHR denies Saakashvili's transfer from prison hospital to civil one
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has denied the petition lodged by representatives of Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, that asked to oblige the authorities to transfer him to a civil clinic. Saakashvili's personal doctor, Nikoloz Kipshidze, has recorded injuries on his patient's body.
Elene Khoshtariya, leader of the "Droa" Party. Screenshot: RFE/RL, https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/interview-with-elene-khoshtaria/28764104.html
13:34, 11 November 2021
Elene Khoshtariya needs medical care
At doctors' insistence, due to deteriorating of her tests, on the eighth day of her hunger strike, Elene Khoshtariya, the leader of the oppositional "Droa" Party, was made a blood transfusion.
Photo: Daria Kornilova /Facebook
11:10, 11 November 2021
Ingush protest leaders outraged by prison terms claimed by prosecution
The prison terms demanded by the Prosecutor's Office (PO) for the figurants in the Ingush case are excessive and undermine ordinary people's trust in the authorities, the defendants have stated.
Mother of Gasan Galibekov. Screenshot of an appeal posted in Baza Telegram Channel, https://t.me/bazabazon/8695
10:51, 11 November 2021
Dagestani resident's mother apologizes to Moscow metro attack victim
Relatives of Gasan Galibekov, a Dagestani accused of beating up a passenger in Moscow metro, have apologized to the victim, Roman Kovalyov and his mother, offering to help him with rehabilitation.
A tractor damaged by shelling in the Armenian village of Khachik. Screenshot from the Facebook page of the Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan, https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=962372111028661&id=100017676420633
09:01, 11 November 2021
Head of Armenian village reports shelling of tractor from Azerbaijani side
A tractor with a local resident inside was shelled by Azerbaijani militaries, the head of the Khachik village of the Areni community said on November 10.
08:48, 11 November 2021
Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov placed into dungeon
Salekh Rustamov, convicted within the case of financing the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been placed into the dungeon (punishment cell) of the prison hospital. Doctors have threatened him with forced feeding if he didn't stop his hunger strike, his son has informed.
A prison. Photo: Elena Sineok / Yuga.ru
08:34, 11 November 2021
Rights defenders point to importance to prove torture of Caucasian natives in Saratov
The video proofs of torture of residents of Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia and Azerbaijan in the regional tuberculosis hospital No. 1 in Saratov gives hope that the perpetrators will be punished; however, in other Russian institutions the situation is similar, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated.
Black Lake at Azerbaijan-Armenia border. Photo: Albero https://ru.wikipedia.org/
00:16, 11 November 2021
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of a military provocation at Black Lake
About 60 Armenian soldiers tried to cut the lines of communication between the posts of the Azerbaijani army in the border area, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan claimed.
Volgograd residents appealed to Putin asking to cancel QR codes. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5hbA_fxVMY
23:54, 10 November 2021
Volgograd residents appeal to President Putin with a request to cancel QR codes
In their video appeal addressed to the President of Russia, Volgograd residents claim that the requirement for QR codes violates the constitutional rights of citizens. The activists who took part in recording the appeal said that they spoke not against vaccination, but against coercion to it.
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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....

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.