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The "Memorial". Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
20:27, 25 November 2019
A Moscow court has ordered Yan Rachinsky to pay a second fine, which was imposed on him after the check conducted by the Ingush FSB Branch. The total fines imposed on the "Memorial" by the outcomes of that check amounted to 1.5 million roubles.
Screenshot of the post published on chp_chechenya https://www.instagram.com/p/B5QPswVFy3G/
16:33, 25 November 2019
"Educational conversations" are unlikely to help; such people [alcohol addicts] need to be treated, users have noted in their comments on another video clip showing a Chechen policeman reproaching the detainees for using psychotropic drugs and appearing drunk in public places.
Lindsay Graham. Photo: Official portrait of Senator Lindsey Graham of SC
16:30, 25 November 2019
At the request of the White House official, for fear of worsening US-Turkish relations, Senator Lindsay Graham blocked the Senate vote on the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
16:24, 25 November 2019
During the week of November 18-24, 2019, no casualties or victims were fixed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
Funeral of Regina Gagieva. Screenshot from video posted by Krylia TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ34Byd7H9k
11:54, 25 November 2019
Participants in a roundtable in Vladikavkaz have discussed the problem of domestic violence in the republic, recalling the murder of Regina Gagieva. According to their stories, the police often neglects victims' complaints; and there is no one to help them among relatives.
Ramzan Kadyrov and Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Screenshort of the report by the "Grozny" TV channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyiL6ugFT2U
11:45, 25 November 2019
In its report on Ramzan Kadyrov's visit to the UAE, the Chechen television has made an excessive emphasis on the respect of Arab Sheikhs to the head of Chechnya, residents of the republic have stated.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (on the left) and Chingiz Akhmadov. Screenshots of the videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXvI8vIQrZo and https://www.instagram.com/p/B05ghk9oGeE/
11:34, 25 November 2019
Residents of Chechnya were outraged by the report on "loafers" shown by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) amid economic strangulation of the population, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.
Lari. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
11:28, 25 November 2019
The devaluation of the Georgian currency has led to inflation and rising prices in the country. Foodstuffs have become very expensive; people have to save and borrow money, residents of Georgia have stated. To strengthen the lari, the country needs political stabilization, economists and political analysts believe.
Regina Gagieva's sister Roksana. Screenshot from video posted by Youtube Channel 'Kryliya TV'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNepHcsI3FQ
11:38, 24 November 2019
In the course of the investigation of the murder of Regina Gagieva, a resident of Vladikavkaz, seven investigators have already replaced each other, Roksana Gagieva, Regina's sister, has stated.
Abubakar Yangulbaev. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the Caucasian Knot
11:06, 24 November 2019
The complaint of the lawyer of the Committee against Torture (CaT) Abubakar Yangulbaev has confirmed; the former police boss of the Shamil District will be brought to disciplinary responsibility, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan has reported. Yangulbaev, who is representing the interests of the parents of the murdered Gasanguseinov brothers, believes that the policeman should be fired.
Serviceman of Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, http://www.nkrmil.am
10:56, 24 November 2019
Since November 17, Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 1300 shots at positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) reported on November 23.
Screenshot from video report "Are non-Chechens building Chechnya?" posted by "Grozny" TV Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3FPh5_CUUx99KCqDE09kWQ
18:13, 23 November 2019
Chechens would not work, despite many vacancies in the republic and high salaries, an official from the "Chechenstroi" said in a report broadcast by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company). Residents of Chechnya have stated that in reality workers are often deceived by non-paying or paying lower salaries.
Protest rally in Tbilisi. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
17:24, 23 November 2019
The failure with the promise to reform the electoral system by the next parliamentary elections has undermined the trust in the "Georgian Dream" Party of some Georgia's international partners, on whom the country's welfare depends, analysts have noted.
Blogger Benjamin. Screenshot from YouTube video posted by Bald and Bankrupt:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWOcYNr5oE&
16:58, 23 November 2019
The blogger Benjamin's trip to Chechnya, where he was forced to apologize for his joke about Chechen girls in the video, has not diminished his popularity. Meanwhile, YouTube users have recalled that the republic has an image of a region, where human rights are violated and where visits require extraordinary courage.
16:33, 23 November 2019
Believers have reported that on November 22, during their Friday namaz (prayer), there were no mobile posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan near the "Tangim" Mosque. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, who visited the vicinity, has confirmed the absence of law enforcers there.
13:06, 23 November 2019
The court has ruled to release Nika Parulava, Beka Papashvili and Oto Shengeliya, activists of the "Smeni" movement by postponing the consideration of their cases. The proceeding of the case of Tite Gedenidze, an activist, has been stopped.
Unfinished house of refugees from Azerbaijan, February 27, 2019. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
12:55, 23 November 2019
The Armenian government has decided to issue certificates for purchase of housing to families of refugees from Azerbaijan. In total, 112 families will receive them. This is the first authorities' decision in 11 years, which will help to solve the housing problem of at least a small part of the refugees.
Isabella Evloeva. Screenshot of Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/izabellaevloev/photos/a.880386262085841/1298658880258575/?type=3&theater
12:43, 23 November 2019
Law enforcers have searched the house of parents of Izabella Evloeva, the founder and leader of the oppositional Ingush edition "Fortanga". Magomed Mutsolgov, a human rights defender, has linked the search with the professional activities of the journalist, who is temporarily living in Europe.
Screenshot from Instagram video with Ibragimov. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LG9OBIt3w/
08:27, 23 November 2019
On November 22, Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company), has posted a video in the social network with a Canadian resident Azamat Ibragimov, a native of Chechnya, who decided to stay at his homeland, a voice-over-the-screen says.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov holds picket on November 17, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
08:19, 23 November 2019
Investigators have provided Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the murdered shepherd brothers, with all the materials of the check regarding the law enforcer, who had reported on the killing of militants in the Shamil District. The demands of his solo pickets have been fulfilled, but Gasanguseynov's lawyers are ready to challenge the investigators' findings.
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.