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A wheelchair invalid near the hard-to-reach stairway. Photo by Nikolai Bravilov, http://bezformata.ru/content/Images/000/023/943/image23943730.jpg
05:56, 21 November 2014
Nalchik has no conditions for disabled, activists of "Accessible Environment" assert
Nalchik is not equipped for wheelchair invalids, state members of the NGO "Republic Is Common Cause" after holding an action "Accessible Environment", during which they tried to drive along city streets in their wheelchairs.
Chernobyl veterans. KBR, Nalchik, 2013. Photo by Luiza Orazaeva for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:33, 20 November 2014
KBR's SC rejects compensation claim of 55 Chernobyl accident liquidators
55 residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), received a refusal of the republic's Supreme Court (SC) to pay them compensations as assigned by the courts of the first instance.
Frontline of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:27, 20 November 2014
NKR states that Azerbaijan is constantly shelling the area of helicopter crash
As reported by the Ministry of Defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the venue of the recent crash of the Mi-24 helicopter is under constant fire of Azerbaijani militaries; therefore, the Karabakh party cannot get there and find out the fate of three members of the crew.
The building of the administration of Makhachkala. Dagestan. Photo: Al-Gimvraviy https://ru.wikipedia.org
20:20, 20 November 2014
In Dagestan, meeting on Karaman ends in a brawl
The Thursday meeting of Karaman representatives with officials from the administration of Makhachkala ended in a fight, in which Magomedamin Magomedov, the leader of the public council of the village of Tarki was injured, said Gamzat Khangishiev, the co-chairman of the Presidium of the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations.
Improvised explosive devices. Photo http://nac.gov.ru/
18:56, 20 November 2014
Hideout with IEDs worth 50 kg of TNT found in Dagestan
On Thursday, November 20, law enforcers found a cache in Dagestan with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with total power of 50 kilograms of TNT, reports the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC).
Rauf Mirkadyrov. Photo: RFE/RL
18:11, 20 November 2014
Azerbaijani journalist Mirkadyrov not released from prison after his arrest term
The advocates of the Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov report that their client is illegally kept in custody despite the expiry of his arrest term. They are not allowed to visit him and fear that he may be pressed.
14:14, 20 November 2014
Azerbaijan enacts amendments to the law on NGOs and grants
Amendments to the legislation on NGOs that assume that foreign donors may provide grants to the country's public associations only under a permit of the government have come into force in Azerbaijan. Mirvari Gakhramanly, the head of the Organization of Oil Workers' Rights Protection, said that the country has eliminated chance for independent NGOs to exist.
The village of Tarki. Dagestan. Photo bagatyrovkazim http://wikimapia.org/
13:23, 20 November 2014
Third shift starts hunger-striking in Karaman
The composition of hunger-strikers has changed in Karaman: only Ibragim Yahyaev from the "second shift" continues his protest. The rest of them, who were hunger-striking since November 17, were replaced by other people. Now, the so-called "waiting list" of those ready to join the action includes more than 120 people.
Improvised explosive devices. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/content/3034.html
13:00, 20 November 2014
Three powerful bombs neutralized in Ingushetia
Three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ranging from 5 to 10 kg of TNT equivalent were found and defused on Thursday near the federal highway "Kavkaz" in the territory of the Nazran District of Ingushetia.
Detention. Photo nac.gov.ru
06:10, 20 November 2014
Supposed militants' helper detained in Nazran
A local resident, suspected of aiding militants, was detained in Nazran. He helped them with money, showed places, where they could hide from power agents and worked for them as a driver, investigators assert.
Law enforcers at the special operation. Photo nac.gov.ru
00:36, 20 November 2014
Power agents are not engaged in mass persecution of believers in KChR, experts say
The absence of large-scale persecution of residents for their religious beliefs by law enforcement bodies is a major reason for stability in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) – this is the opinion of most participants in the discussion "KChR's Experience in Harmonizing Inter-Confessional Relations".
Gldani Prison No. 8, located in Tbilisi. Photo: drugoi, http://fototelegraf.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/gldanskaya-turma-tbilisi-12.jpg
19:23, 19 November 2014
Employees of Georgian Ombudsman report prisoners are beaten in Gldani Prison
In the course of their regular monitoring visit to Gldani Prison No. 8, located in Tbilisi, employees of the office of the Ombudsman (People's Defender) of Georgia found two beaten prisoners. The Ministry of Corrections knows nothing about the incident.
The defendant, Azerbaijani citizen Shakhbaz Guliev. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:56, 19 November 2014
In Baku, five persons are on hunger strike demanding release of Askerov and Guliev detained in Nagorno-Karabakh
Starting November 14, the office of the public Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) in Baku is the venue of a hunger strike aimed to draw international attention to the detention in Nagorno-Karabakh of Azerbaijani citizens Dilgama Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliev, and the trial of them.
Eka Beseliya, the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration, one of the authors of the amendments. Photo by ALexander Imedashvili, NEWSGEORGIA, http://newsgeorgia.ru/politics/20141119/217145946.html
15:32, 19 November 2014
New bill on tapping brought into the Parliament of Georgia
The Georgian Parliament is considering amendments to the Law "On Electronic Communications", prepared by the "Georgian Dream" Party faction. The new wording assumes to use the model of "two keys", that is, to provide access to citizens' personal data in parallel to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and data protection inspectors.
Medical examination of the hunger-strikers. Photo: screenshot of a video by Gamzat Hangishiev https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=377577939075715&set=o.1427933284103413&type=2&theater
15:26, 19 November 2014
Dagestan: Ibragim Magomedov quits hunger strike in Karaman
On November 18, Ibragim Magomedov, 55, one of the hunger-strikers in Karaman, decided to stop his protest action. He was replaced by Kamalutdin Badrutdinov, a resident of the village of Tarki. The health status of other hunger-strikers is normal, said Gamzat Khangishiev, a co-chairman of the Presidium of the Russian Congress of Caucasian Nations.
14:28, 19 November 2014
In October 2014, 55 persons fell victim to armed conflict in North Caucasus
At least 55 people were victims of the armed conflict in the North Caucasus in October 2014, of which 36 people were killed and 19 injured. These are the results of calculations of the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
13:58, 19 November 2014
Two suspects of attacking Premier arrested in Abkhazia
The Sukhumi City Court has satisfied the prosecutors' motion to place in custody two residents of Abkhazia – Akhra Enik and Inal Avidzba – on suspicion of assaulting Beslan Butba, the Prime Minister of the Republic, said Djemal Gogiya, the head of the investigation department of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Abkhazia.
Kizlyar District Court. Dagestan. Photo http://kizljar-gs.dag.sudrf.ru/
12:13, 19 November 2014
Dagestan rejects petition of Magomedov's defence to challenge the judge
During the latest session on the case of Imangazali Magomedov, a resident of the village of Shaumyan, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, accused of aiding militants and arms and drugs possession, his advocate tried to challenge the judge.
Special operation. Photo nac.gov.ru
11:40, 19 November 2014
Suspected militants' helper detained in Sunzha District of Chechnya
A suspect of helping members of the armed underground was detained by policemen in the village of Sernovodskoe, Sunzha District of Chechnya, where power agents are conducting special actions aimed at searching for militants.
The Pacific Fleet of Russia. Vladivostok. Photo: Vitaliy Ankov https://ru.wikipedia.org/
11:03, 19 November 2014
Conscripts from Dagestan and North Ossetia, not Chechnya, will take their service at Pacific Fleet
According to updated information, recruits from Dagestan and North Ossetia, not from Chechnya, as reported earlier, will go to take their mandatory army service at the Pacific Fleet.
News
An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 8-14, 2022

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.