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Meeting of the militants' relatives at the Grozny Airport. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/BbcngYfHsgk/?taken-by=kadyrov_95
14:52, 14 November 2017
Chechen women return from Syria upon their consent to criminal prosecution
Chechen women, brought from Syria on November 13, have confirmed to their relatives that they could return to Russia after consenting to criminal prosecution. All women were first offered to stay in the Middle East and send only children to their homeland, the authorities of Chechnya reported.
Victims of the fire at the Dagestani market "Dagelektromash" gathered at the protest action in the centre of Makhachkala. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:38, 14 November 2017
Fire victims from Mokok receive administrative warnings
Today, a Makhachkala court has considered administrative cases of 13 residents of the village of Mokok, who on November 13 tried to meet Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan. The court issued warnings about the violation of the order of holding a public event to all the detainees.
Meeting of the militants' relatives at the Grozny Airport. Photo: screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/BbcngYfHsgk/?taken-by=kadyrov_95
09:40, 14 November 2017
Chechen authorities report militant families' return from Syria
On November 13, women and children were brought by air from Syria to Grozny; among them there are 34 Russian citizens and seven citizens of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.
A military police officer. Photo https://vsevesti24.ru/politika/batal-on-voennoj-politsii-minoborony-perebroshen-iz-hmejmima-v-aleppo/
08:45, 14 November 2017
Head of Dagestan announces militaries' return from Syria
On November 13, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head of Dagestan, said that the battalion of military police will be stationed, after its return from the Middle East, in the village of Botlikh.
A destroyed house in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. Photo https://ru.sputnik.az/karabakh/20171112/412717929/oborona-obstrel-front-azerbajdzhan-armenija.html
08:35, 14 November 2017
Azerbaijan claims 114 cases of shelling on contact line
During shelling on November 13-14, the Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The awarding ceremony at the 11th North-Caucasian Open Cinema and Television Festival "Kunaki" (Friends). Photo © Sputnik / Tomas Tkhaytsuk http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/Abkhazia/20161125/1019945582/gran-pri-kunakov-iz-suxuma-uexal-v-ekaterinburg.html
01:11, 14 November 2017
Organizers of "Kunaki" Film Festival refuse to show feature films
The 11th North-Caucasian Open Cinema and Television Festival "Kunaki" (Friends) will screen 51 films. This year, the organizers rejected all the feature films, treating the last year's experience as "unsuccessful."
18:24, 13 November 2017
In Austria, a native of Chechnya opens fire from a wedding party cortege
Austrian policemen seized a pistol from a native of Chechnya who opened fire at his own wedding party.
The monument to residents of Sukhumi, killed in the armed conflict in 1992 and 1993. Photo http://sputnik-abkhazia.ru
18:11, 13 November 2017
Authorities and residents of Abkhazia demand to preserve monument in Scottish Kilmarnock
The British authorities agreed with the demand of the Georgian Ambassador to dismantle the monument to residents of Sukhumi, killed in the armed conflict in 1992 and 1993. The Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called the demolition of the monument an act of vandalism. More than 1600 people signed a petition to preserve the memorial.
Parents of Gasanguseinov brothers. Screenshot of the video by the user Sword studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORdY9LPttnM
17:32, 13 November 2017
ECtHR receives a complaint filed by father of shepherds killed in Dagestan
The Russian authorities have failed to explain to parents of Gasanguseinov brothers under what circumstances law enforcers killed their sons. This has been stated by a complaint received by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The complaint was filed to the ECtHR on behalf of the shepherds' father, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports.
A protest action of the fire victims from the village of Mokok. Makhachkala, November 13, 2017. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
15:40, 13 November 2017
Fire victims from Mokok detained in Makhachkala (+video)
Law enforcers used tear gas to detain about 10 people from among those who demanded to meet Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting head Dagestan, said one of the protesting women.
War in Syria. Photo by ther user IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation www.flickr.com
11:59, 13 November 2017
Relatives of women and children from Syria gather in Grozny
The arrival in Grozny Airport of a group of women and children from Syria is scheduled for today. They will get documents on their voluntary surrender, law enforcers have assured.
A participant of the rally in Baku on October 28, 2017. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:10, 13 November 2017
Azerbaijani activist arrested for 15 days
It was on the third day after the disappearance of Akhsan Abdullaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), when his relatives found out he had been placed under administrative arrest, reported the PFPA.
A road in the Agdam region, Azerbaijan. Photo © Sputnik / Ramil İbrahimov https://ru.sputnik.az/karabakh/20171112/412718421/stroitelstvo-dorogi-agdam-linija-fronta-prezident.html
10:05, 13 November 2017
Azerbaijan claims 126 cases of shelling in conflict zone during a day
During the shelling on November 12 and at night on November 13, the Armenian and Karabakh armed forces used large-calibre machine guns. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Kantemir Balagov. Photo https://capost.media/news/culture/kantemir-balagov-vse-kto-khochet-chego-to-dobitsya-pokidayut-nalchik/
09:35, 13 November 2017
Balagov's "Tesnota" (Tightness) movie awarded at International Festival
On November 12, the movie by film director from Kabardino-Balkaria received the award of the TV Channel of the Greek Parliament at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki. The actress Daria Zhovner, who played the main character, was awarded for the best female role.
A special service agent at the exercises. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/terrorizmu-net/chempionat-rossii-po-antiterroristicheskoy-bezopasnosti-proveden.html
08:25, 13 November 2017
On November 6-12, there were no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week of November 6-12, 2017, no casualties or victims were recorded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on their own materials and information from other open sources.
The Achkhoi-Martan District. Photo by Umar Dagirov, Wikipedia.org
05:13, 13 November 2017
Residents of Achkhoi-Martan District report secret introduction of curfew
All the males of the Achkhoi-Martan District should be at home after 11:00 p.m. All those found in the streets after the deadline will be detained in accordance with local officials' order, residents of the district report.
Seismometer reading. Photo: http://news.am/rus/news/305830.html
04:00, 13 November 2017
Earthquake on Iranian-Iraqi border felt by Azerbaijanis
On November 12, a powerful earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred on the Iranian-Iraqi border. Residents of the Azerbaijani cities of Nakhichevan and Lenkoran felt the shocks.
A ballot box in Georgia. Photo © Sputnik / Levan Avlabreli https://sputnik-georgia.ru/politics/20171112/238141671/CIK-na-vyborah-vo-vtorom-ture-progolosovali-3324-izbiratelej.html
01:58, 13 November 2017
Observers report violations at elections in Georgia
The number of ballots at the polling station in the Borjomi District was higher than the number of voters on the list, activists of the NGO "Young Advocates" have stated. Observers also announced a possible control over voters in Borjomi and Ozurgeti.
Arthur Beterbiev. Photo http://tofight.ru/archives/71553
12:24, 12 November 2017
Dagestani boxer Arthur Beterbiev becomes IBF World Champion
Arthur Beterbiev, a native of the city of Khasavyurt, has defeated the German Enrico Kelling and won the IBF (International Boxing Federation) world light heavyweight title.
Khulimat Torshkhoeva, Isa Gambotov's wife. Photo: screenshot of the video on YouTube
04:40, 12 November 2017
Isa Gambotov's relatives link his persecution with Ossetian-Ingush conflict
Isa Gambotov, a resident of Ingushetia, is kept at the Vladikavkaz SIZO (pre-trial prison); the court has extended his arrest until next January on charges of a kidnapping. Law enforcers treat Gambotov as a member of a criminal grouping; however, his relatives insist on his innocence and associate his persecution with the 1992 interethnic conflict.
News
A still from an electric car owner's protest in Batumi. Photo: Batumelebi / https://batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/news/615854/ Entrepreneurs have threatened the Batumi administration with round-the-clock protests.

Mzia Amaglobeli in court. June 2025. Photo from TV Pirveli. A third complaint about the violation of Mzia Amaglobeli's rights has been filed with the ECHR.

The Supreme Court of Georgia refused to review Amaglobeli's sentence.

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.