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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
Participant of Chechen wedding motorcade apologizes publicly for dangerous driving
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.
Flag of Azerbaijan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
10:45, 18 November 2019
Baku: opposition treats ban of picket in support of pensioners as unconstitutional
The Baku executive authorities have refused to sanction a picket scheduled for November 19 and applied for by the "Movement for Democracy and Welfare" (MDW) with the aim to demand a reduction of the retirement age and higher pensions, Gubad Ibadoglu, an economic expert and the head of the MDW, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
09:48, 17 November 2019
Oppositionists call on US and EU to impose sanctions on Azerbaijani officials
Sanctions against Azerbaijani officials should be a sort of payment for violating the freedom of assembly, and for harassing their critics, the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) of Azerbaijan has stated.
Razim Amiraslanly. Photo http://www.turan.az/ext/news/2019/11/free/politics%20news/ru/85125.htm
09:46, 17 November 2019
Deputy chair of "Musavat" Party states falsification of his case
The consideration of the complaint against the arrest of Razim Amiraslanly, Deputy Chairman of the "Musavat" Party, was postponed at the request of his defence, which found falsifications in the protocol of the court session. Amiraslanly treats his case as falsified.
Abu Umar al-Shishani, a deputy military Amir of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization. Photo https://ssu.gov.ua/ua/
09:38, 17 November 2019
Georgian law enforcers name Umar al-Shishani's deputy detained in Ukraine
Abu Umar al-Shishani, a deputy military Amir of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, who was detained in Ukraine, is Tsezar Tokhosashvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge. In Tbilisi, he had been sentenced in absentia to imprisonment, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia has announced.
Screenshot of a video of the prophylactic conversation conducted by the head of the Gudermes ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). https://www.instagram.com/chp_chechenya/
09:32, 17 November 2019
Residents of Chechnya criticize humiliation of those detained for drinking alcohol
The police of the Gudermes District have rebuked the detained young people for using psychotropic substances and alcohol. The respective video was disseminated in social networks, which has humiliated the detainees, local residents and Instagram users have stated.
Consequences of the counter-terrorist operation in the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny, 2014. https://memohrc.org/ru/news/dagestan-itogi-specoperacii-v-poselke-vremennyy-foto
17:23, 16 November 2019
Five years after special operation, over 40 Dagestani families are still in need of housing
Dozens of houses in the Dagestani settlement of Vremenny are unfit for residence today, five years after the counter-terrorist operation (CTO), during which people had to abandon their houses. Some villagers could restore their houses on their own; the authorities failed to take any part therein. Compensations for destroyed houses to villagers are under question due to authorities' inaction, lawyers assert.
Militaries at the opening of new Chechen police checkpoints in the Shelkovskoy District, which borders on Dagestan. Screenshot of the video on the Instagram groznytv https://www.instagram.com/groznytv/
17:18, 16 November 2019
Opening of checkpoints on Chechen border indicates tensions in the region
Police posts on the Chechen border are needed for security, the experts, Andrei Serenko and Ruslan Gereev, believe. Alexander Perendjiev, a political analyst, thinks that Ramzan Kadyrov's calls to eliminate all the block posts in Northern Caucasus were just populism.
Activists of the organization "For Democracy in Azerbaijan" (AND). Photo by the press service of AND https://www.facebook.com/azerbaycannaminedemokratiya/photos/a.158614667924657/793646984421419/?type=3&theater
17:13, 16 November 2019
Azerbaijani diplomats refuse to communicate with protesters in Strasbourg
On November 15, activists of the AND movement held a picket in Strasbourg, demanding from Azerbaijani authorities to release political prisoners and respect the freedoms of speech and assembly. Employees of the Azerbaijani representative at the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) failed to come out and talk to protesters.
The "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:06, 16 November 2019
Dagestan: law enforcers refuse detaining parishioners of "Tangim" Mosque
The law enforcers, who are regularly conducting raids in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque in Makhachkala, stopped detaining believers. Instead, they write down their personal data and that of the drivers moving in their cars near the mosque. Then, they are called to police stations and persuaded not to attend the mosque, which is considered to be a "Salafi" one, the local believers report.
Al Bara Shishani, a native of Georgia. Photo from the official website of the Security Service of Ukraine https://ssu.gov.ua/ua/news/1/category/2/view/6716#.HQbF3DHr.dpbs
12:33, 16 November 2019
Umar al-Shishani's deputy detained in Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine (known as SBU) has announced the detention of Al Bara Shishani, a native of Georgia and one of the key leaders of the "Islamic State" (IS, earlier, the ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
12:28, 16 November 2019
Georgian doctor arrested in South Ossetia
A court has ruled to arrest Vazha Gaprindashvili, a Georgian doctor, who was detained for breaching the border with South Ossetia. Tbilisi doctors and the Georgian "Young Lawyers' Association" have urged to release him, pointing to the humanitarian crisis associated with the closure of the border by South-Ossetian authorities.
The police officers on the border with Ingushetia. Photo: REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
11:32, 16 November 2019
Social network users criticize erection of posts on Chechen-Dagestani border
The opening by Chechnya of law enforcers' posts on the border with Dagestan less than a year after Ramzan Kadyrov offered to remove all the checkpoints in Northern Caucasus was treated by social network users as inconsistent. Local residents fear that the new posts will complicate the traffic among the republics. Chechen authorities have explained the measure by the need to control the border section with Dagestan.
Youth in Grozny. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 15 November 2019
Chechen authorities' assurances do not stop campaign of coercion to join "Edinaya Rossiya" Party
In Chechnya, public sector employees are still being obliged to join the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party, despite a refutation voiced by the republic's authorities, local residents say. Membership in the ruling party will not give anything to ordinary employees, but it can serve as a sign of person's loyalty, emphasize political analysts.
Magomed, a nephew of Murtazali Gasanguseinov, at a solo picket in Makhachkala. November 15, 2019. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:54, 15 November 2019
Residents of Makhachkala join rally held by Gasanguseinov and Gasanov
Six residents of Makhachkala joined Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed shepherds, and activist Djambulat Gasanov, who went on pickets in Makhachkala. Protesters criticized the actions of the investigators.
Georgy Guev's detention. Photo: screenshot of the video by TASS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQEb5nf0Iw&feature=youtu.be
21:03, 15 November 2019
Court extends arrest of native of North Ossetia in case on IS financing
In Moscow, a court extended for a month the arrest of Georgy Guev, a native of North Ossetia, accused of financing a terrorist organization.
Baby boxes in a delivery room. Photo by Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis http://www.yugopolis.ru/news/v-krasnodarskom-bebi-bokse-ostavili-4-mesyachnuyu-devochku-113250
20:57, 15 November 2019
In Chechnya, people bewildered by awards to families of boys on Muhammad's birthday
The Kadyrov Foundation allocated awards of 50,000 roubles to each of 134 families in which boys were born on the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Such attention to the births of boys has caused criticism among local residents. In the Chechen society, the attitude to the births of sons in families has already changed, experts confirm.
A piece of the road map of the Caucasian Region auctioned by the Litfond auction house. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
13:36, 15 November 2019
Chechen historians challenge arguments of Ingush Council of Teips
References of the Council of Teips of Ingushetia to documents and maps a hundred or more years old are untenable, since the settlement borders of Caucasian nations have changed dramatically over the past time, Chechen historians assert.
Ar Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia http://www.mil.am/hy/news/6254
13:31, 15 November 2019
Azerbaijan claims machine-gun shelling in conflict zone
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled for 20 times, including those stationed in two villages, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.
Abdurrakhman Dimashkiya, a Lebanese theologian. Screenshot of the video on the Al Muhtadun YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=zv9_rxo4q-U&feature=emb_logo
11:37, 15 November 2019
Lebanese theologian's attacks on Chechen Mufti trigger controversy in social networks
Abdurrakhman Dimashkiya, a Lebanese theologian, who posted a video criticizing the Mufti of Chechnya for oppressing Salafis in the republic, has convincingly stated his position, some social network users have agreed. Their opponents have objected stating that the Chechen people need no protection from Ramzan Kadyrov and his entourage.
News
Valeria Kichigina. Screenshot from the Telegram account @valerafzlln. A Russian journalist has been convicted for reporting on the results of the Five-Day War.

The death of Ossetian combatants has attracted the attention of Georgian Facebook users*

Restrictions have been introduced on travel along the Transkam and Georgian Military Highway.

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.