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South Ossetia-Georgia border. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
18:37, 19 November 2019
The violation of the border by doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili is related to a "hybrid operation" of the Georgian law enforcement bodies, the KGB of South Ossetia reports today. It also notes that the detainee participated in the armed conflict in August 2008 as a military doctor.
Resident of Chechnya apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov for his comments on social networks. Screenshot of post on the "pro_Chechnya" public account in Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/p/B5BMDskCGS4
18:24, 19 November 2019
Two residents of Chechnya recorded a video appeal in which they apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov for their comments on social networks. Instagram users found logic in the apologies posted after the public threats voiced by the leader of Chechnya.
Activist in a tent at the parliament building. Screenshot from the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel video broadcasting, http://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/147624
14:49, 19 November 2019
Activists set up several tents in front of the Georgian parliament building and spent the night in them. Pickets and rallies will continue, protesters emphasize.
Screenshot from video with the chief of the MIA's Department having a preventive conversation with young people brought to the police station for drinking alcoholic beverages and taking psychotropic drugs, the "ChP Chechnya" Instagram Channel, http://www.instagram.com/chp_chechenya
14:35, 19 November 2019
In Chechnya, policemen make PR steps by recording videos reprimanding drinking alcoholic beverages and taking psychotropic drugs. Meanwhile, pharmacies selling psychotropic drugs without prescriptions continue to operate, users of social networks note.
Rally in support of orthopaedist Vazha Gaprindashvili. Photo by Galina Gotua for the Caucasian Knot
14:21, 19 November 2019
At the "Action of White Coats", medical officers demanded from the authorities of South Ossetia to let arrested orthopaedist Vazha Gaprindashvili return to Georgia. Activists of the NGO "Civil Initiative" submitted an appeal to the United Nations asking for help to free Vazha Gaprindashvili.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo: Meydan TV, https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/тофиг-ягублу-был-вызван-в-генпрокуратуру/?ref=list-news
11:18, 19 November 2019
Tofig Yagublu, an activist of the "Musavat" Party, is back at large after serving his administrative arrest. He told about beatings by law enforcers and threats with demands to stop his oppositional activities.
Protesters built up a barricade in front of the  Georgian Parliament, Tbilisi, November 18, 2019. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:04, 19 November 2019
Four people were injured during the dispersal of the protest action in Tbilisi; the number of detained activists has reached 37.
Screenshot from YouTube video 'Chechen wedding. Fighting for the 2nd place', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jck271Wtjcg
10:53, 19 November 2019
Large wedding trains of many carts or cars are a traditional element of almost any Chechen wedding party, Khasan Bakaev, a historian, believes. People tend to imitate the republic's leadership by motorcade scales and driving style, Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has stated.
High-security prison. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
08:36, 19 November 2019
The Chegem District Court has sentenced Rustam Kuchmenov, a resident of the village of Shalushka, who stated that he was tortured after detention. His defence has promised to challenge the verdict. A lawyer of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has also criticized the verdict.
Protesters staying in front of special forces in Tbilisi, November 18, 2019. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the Caucasian Knot
01:03, 19 November 2019
Policemen have removed protesters' barricades and tents from the parliament building in Tbilisi and detained 18 activists, but the protest rally continued.
Special forces vehicle at the protest action in Tbilisi, November 18, 2019. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the Caucasian Knot
21:17, 18 November 2019
During the dispersal of the protest action in Tbilisi, one activist was detained; the whereabouts of three more are unknown, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports from the venue. Law enforcers used tear gas; there are victims, the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel has reported.
Screenshot of Alikhan Tsakaev's Instagram post dated November 14, 2019, https://www.instagram.com/p/B42uVsUCQ1p/
21:07, 18 November 2019
Kadyrov's threats addressed to social network users were followed by a jokingly designed post of Alikhan Tsakaev, the police head of the city of Argun, on the Instagram about the efficiency of a "pistol safety-stop click" and a "bullet in the leg" as methods of influencing people's attitudes and behaviour. In the realities of Chechnya, such a post is not perceived as a joke, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has stated.
At the site of the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev. Screenshot of the video posted by the  'First Channel' at: https://www.1tv.ru/news/2019-11-02/375061-v_moskve_ubity_nachalnik_tsentra_protivodeystviya_ekstremizmu_po_ingushetii_ibragim_eldzharkiev_i_ego_brat
18:35, 18 November 2019
In Moscow, a court pronounced a decision to arrest Kureish Kartoev, a native of Ingushetia, who was put on the wanted list for the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the chief of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre "E"), and his brother. This has been reported today by the court.
18:23, 18 November 2019
During the week of November 11-17, 2019, no victims to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Participants of a protest rally at the parliament building. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:42, 18 November 2019
This morning, in Tbilisi, participants of a protest rally who set up tents at the entrances to the parliament building, allowed parliament staff to enter the building, but promised not to let MPs in.
Tbilisi rally participants. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the Caucasian Knot
14:27, 18 November 2019
On November 17, in their joint statement, the EU Delegation and the US Embassy to Georgia called on supporters of the opposition, involved in protests, and the Georgian government to retract political confrontation and to start a calm and respectful dialogue.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: press service of the Plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Presiden in the North-Caucasus Federal Disctrict - SKFO.gov.ru, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ramzan_Kadyrov#/media/File:Matovnikov_in_Chechnya_(2018-07-12)_12.jpg
14:13, 18 November 2019
The leader of Chechnya counted about ten active critics and accused them of permanent attempts to misinterpret his phrases. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, threats to beat and kill people comply with the adat norms and should not be taken literally.
Rally participants in Tbilisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
11:22, 18 November 2019
Three rallies of oppositional forces were held in Tbilisi. Despite similar demands put forward to the authorities, the rally participants decided not to unite.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov holds picket, November 17, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
11:11, 18 November 2019
Four residents of Makhachkala have joined the action held by Murtazali Gasanguseinov and Djambulat Gasanov, who demand to punish the law enforcers guilty for killing two shepherd brothers, Murtazali's sons.
Participant of a wedding motorcade apologizes for dangerous driving on air of Chechen TV. Screenshot from the "Grozny" ChGTRK video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxkVvJeSBmg
10:58, 18 November 2019
On air of the Chechen TV, a resident of the Naur District has repented of violating traffic rules while trying to oust another car of the wedding motorcade off the road. Local residents treat his public repentance as excessive.
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.