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Salome Zurabishvili. Photo Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili
11:52, 29 November 2018
In Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili wins election with more than 59% of votes
In Georgia, after the counting of votes from 99.7% of polling stations in the presidential election, the independent candidate Salome Zurabishvili supported by the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party is in the lead. She gained 59.56% of the votes. Grigol Vashadze, a candidate of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party, gained 40.44% of the votes.
A screenshot of Mikhail Saakashvili's video appeal http://rustavi2.ge/ka/news/119931
09:12, 29 November 2018
Mikhail Saakashvili calls on people for mass disobedience to Georgian authorities
Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has claimed he does not recognize the outcome of the presidential election.
09:08, 29 November 2018
Rapper Husky's case draws attention to trend of musical censorship
The release of rapper Husky, who was arrested in Krasnodar, did not solve the problem of relations between musicians and the authorities. The rapper Husky's case has turned out to be one among other cases of pressure on performers popular with young people, whose concerts are cancelled in different cities of Russia.
A polling station No. 12 in Tbilisi. November 28, 2018. Photo by Grigory Shvedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:06, 29 November 2018
Observers refuse to recognize election in Georgia as fair
Among the violations registered by observers from Georgian NGOs during the second round of the presidential election there were bribing of voters and use of the administrative resource. Bidzina Ivanishvili actually recognized the victory of Salome Zurabishvili.
The police near the Constitutional Court in Saint Petersburg. November 27, 2018. Photo by Dinar Idrisov for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:02, 29 November 2018
Supporters of Ingush activists accused of disobeying police
All activists, detained in Saint Petersburg during solo pickets held to support opponents of the agreement on the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya, have been released. Two of them are accused of rendering resistance to the police.
Vitaly Shklyarov. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
08:59, 29 November 2018
Expert: stealing votes at presidential election in Georgia may provoke a revolution
In Georgia, voting at the presidential election has a pronounced protest nature, and attempts of the ruling party to steal the victory of the opposition will turn into rallies of "unprecedented scale," believes political consultant Vitaly Shklyarov.
A polling station in Georgia. Photo: SPUTNIK / LEVAN AVLABRELI https://sputnik-georgia.ru/election-2018/20181128/243159656/V-Gruzii-nachalsya-vtoroy-tur-vyborov-prezidenta-strany.html
18:42, 28 November 2018
Opposition claims large-scale violations at Georgian presidential election
The Georgian opposition and the police expressed different opinions when assessing violations committed during the election. The "United National Movement" (UNM) Party reported that voters were bribed at polling stations all over Georgia, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) noted the calm situation during the voting.
The banner of the participant of the action on the Akhmat Kadyrov bridge. November 28, 2018. Photo by David Frenkel for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:41, 28 November 2018
Law enforcers detain a Petersburg resident for action on Akhmat Kadyrov bridge
Law enforcers accused a 17-year-old activist detained in Saint Petersburg of violating the procedure for holding a public action for "transferring" the Akhmat Kadyrov bridge to Ingushetia. After that, the teenager was released from the police station.
A procedure for christening at the Cathedral of Holy Christ the Saviour in the city of Shushi. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
16:29, 28 November 2018
Soldiers of Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army baptized in Shushi
60 soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army were baptized at the Cathedral of Holy Christ the Saviour in the city of Shushi.
Mashidat Omaraskhabova. Photo from her personal account on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnwax3MFzxK/
16:25, 28 November 2018
Media: relatives of Dagestani singer Mashidat Omaraskhabova find out who shot at her
Relatives of wounded singer Mashidat Omaraskhabova have stated they found out who had shot at her and are ready to prove that.
A funeral of the Azerbaijani soldier. Photo Sputnik / İlham Mustafa https://az.sputniknews.ru/karabakh/20180521/415422060/karabakh-armjane-obstrel-smert-soldat.html
12:36, 28 November 2018
Families of killed soldiers and officers demand compensation from Azerbaijani authorities
At a rally in Baku, about 80 family members of soldiers and officers killed in the Karabakh conflict have demanded compensation. The authorities declare the money has been paid, but there are no payment documents, the protesters state.
12:29, 28 November 2018
A resident of Chechnya confesses to connections with Syrian militants
The North-Caucasian District Military Court has started a consideration of the case against Shamil Soltamuradov, a 28-year-old resident of Gudermes. He is accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization in Syria and attending a training there.
Participants of the "Alternative" discussion and analytical centre. Photo by Timur Isaev for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:40, 28 November 2018
Dagestani journalists note an increase in aggression in society
The authorities do not have any clear position on aggression in Dagestani society, note analysts. According to them, aggression in the republic is associated with the system of social and religious classes in society.
Abidi Ramazanov. Photo: screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot"
08:24, 28 November 2018
A disabled person from Dagestan complains about having no housing
In Makhachkala, Abidi Ramazanov held a picket at which he declared he had been illegally deprived of housing in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan.
08:21, 28 November 2018
Journalist Afghan Sadygov arrested in Azerbaijan
People in civilian clothes detained Afghan Sadygov, who highlighted a rally in Baku, and the court sentenced him to 30 days of arrest for disobeying the police, reported a wife of Afghan Sadygov.
08:18, 28 November 2018
Organizers of anime festival in Makhachkala refuse to complain to police
Participants and organizers of the anime festival disrupted in Makhachkala did not complain to the police about aggressive actions, and the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) did not find any direct threats voiced on the Internet against activists of the anime festival.
Yevgeny Bunin, resident of the village of Indyuk in the Tuapse District. Photo by the press service of the "Committee against Torture" https://www.pytkam.net/node/2582
23:59, 27 November 2018
CaT: law enforcers beat a resident of Kuban
A resident of the Tuapse District has addressed rights defenders and complained that law enforcers beat him and demanded from him to confess to a crime, reports the "Committee against Torture" (CaT).
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
23:58, 27 November 2018
ECtHR recognizes cancellation of gay parades in Sochi and Nalchik as illegal
The authorities that did not allow LGBT activists to hold protest actions in Sochi, Nalchik, and other Russian cities had violated their right to freedom of assembly, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled. The organizers of the gay parades were not satisfied with the European Court's decision, since no compensation was awarded to them.
A picket in support of the Ingush people ended with detention of two Petersburg residents. Photo by Dinar Idrisov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 27 November 2018
A picket in support of Ingush people ends with detention of two Petersburg residents
Law enforcers detained for several hours activist Olga Smirnova, who was holding a picket near the building of the Constitutional Court of Russia to support opponents of the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border. Ilya Tkachenko, who was filming the picket, was also detained.
A rally of the opponents of the border agreement in Nazran. November 27, 2018. Photo by Umar Yovloy for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:42, 27 November 2018
Opponents of border agreement hold rally in Nazran
Participants of a sanctioned action against the agreement on the Chechen-Ingush border signed by Yunus-Bek Evkurov and Ramzan Kadyrov left the place of the rally.
News
Official losses in the southern part of Russia in the North-Eastern Military District zone exceeded 8,300

The Shchelba Mountain landfill in Novorossiysk. Photo by Iolina Gribkova, Yuga.ru Environmental and transport issues in southern Russia have become the subject of appeals to Putin.

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 8,250

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.