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19:00, 23 November 2011
Defence of arrested Putenikhin presents proofs to change freedom restriction measure
On November 23, the court of appeal received evidences from the advocate of Dmitry Putenikhin, the arrested activist of The Other Russia, which could affect the change of his pre-trial freedom restriction measure.
18:00, 23 November 2011
ICRC representatives visit Armenian citizens in Azerbaijani captivity
Staff members of the Azerbaijani Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited three Armenian prisoners of war and five members of an Armenian family, kept in Azerbaijan, the ICRC Office has reported.
17:00, 23 November 2011
Writer Rafiq Tagi dies in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, writer and publicist Rafiq Tagi has died. On November 19 he was attacked and got numerous knife wounds.
16:00, 23 November 2011
Victims of apartment house explosion in Stavropol are in extremely grave condition
Domestic gas explosion occurred on November 22 at a house in the city of Stavropol. The rescue team reported on five injured persons, two of whom were in grave condition.
15:00, 23 November 2011
Moscow city court sanctioned prolongation of arrest for the person accused of Budanov’s murder
Today Moscow city court refused to discharge from custody Magomed Suleimanov accused of murder of ex-colonel Yury Budanov. The court passed a standing judgment on prolongation of Suleimanov’s arrest till December, 10, dismissing the claim of defense.
14:00, 23 November 2011
Igor Trunov: policemen in Moscow were to detain Zelimkhan Mazaev, wanted for Sulim Yamadaev's murder
Actions of representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who failed to detain a person put in the Interpol's wanted lists, represented a clear violation of the Russian law. This was reported by lawyer Igor Trunov and Gennady Gudkov, the State Duma deputy, Colonel of the FSB in reserve, when they commented on the fact that the man, who was put in the wanted lists for Sulim Yamadaev's murder, came to the police to take a pistol found in Moscow, and the police officers failed to detain him.
13:00, 23 November 2011
Georgian President pardons 137 prisoners
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili granted pardon to 137 prisoners on the occasion of the "Giorgoba" holiday. This was reported by Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, Minister of Corrections, Probation and Legal Assistance.
12:00, 23 November 2011
SGS company commissioned with cargo monitoring at the border between Georgia and Russia
Swiss company SGS was commissioned with control of cargo traffic at the border between Georgia, the Russian Federation, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. International monitoring at the border was arranged within the framework of negotiations on Russia’s joining World Trade Organization (WTO).
10:00, 23 November 2011
Residents of Tbilisi report obstacles in fulfillment of the program of resettling from houses under the threat of collapse
Mayor’s office of Tbilisi declarers resettlement of citizens from houses in an emergency state going within the framework of a target project “New Life to Old Tbilisi” one of the priorities in its activities. 450 families have been resettled and 300 thousand square meters of dwellings built within the framework of the program, however residents of Tbilisi state that not all of them have access to the program.
23:00, 22 November 2011
Krasnodar Territory: court considers whether book of Jehovah's Witnesses is extremist
On November 22, the Uspenskiy District Court of the Krasnodar Territory began considering the lawsuit lodged by the district public prosecutor on recognition of the religious book of Jehovah's Witnesses "We Fundamentally Evidence Lord's Kingdom".
Taulan Gochiyaev (right) on departure to his military unit, December 2010. Photo from his family archive
22:00, 22 November 2011
In Karachay-Cherkessia, mother of deceased recruit states investigators' inaction
The mother of Taulan Gochiyaev, a recruit from Karachay-Cherkessia, who was killed in Volgograd in 2010, complains of inaction of law enforcement bodies and demands a fair investigation.
Participants in the Armenian-Turkish business forum, Armenia, Yerevan, November 22, 2011. Courtesy of the Photolure.am
21:00, 22 November 2011
Armenian and Turkish businessmen sign memorandum on economic cooperation in Yerevan
Today, in Yerevan, within the Armenian-Turkish Business Forum, a bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation was signed, which stipulates lobbying the issues related to opening the land border. The document also envisages strengthening of business contacts.
20:00, 22 November 2011
Azerbaijan: Teleshli villagers complain of low-quality housing, built for them after the flood
Many houses in the village of Teleshli, located in the Imishli District of Azerbaijan, which was built late last year for the residents of the village, who suffered from the devastating floods of the Kura River, are already in the condition unfit for living, said Oktai Gyulalyev, coordinator of the staff of the public society "Kura".
Dagestan, Makhachkala, Rhodope Boulevard, November 21, 2011, speech of the participant of the rally against lawlessness of power agents. Photo by Akhmed Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:00, 22 November 2011
In Makhachkala, protesters demand from leaders of Russia and Dagestan to stop "law enforcers' arbitrariness" in the region
The rally in Makhachkala against "arbitrariness of law enforcers", which was attended on November 21 by about a thousand persons, ended with adoption of an appeal to presidents of Russia and Dagestan Dmitry Medvedev and Magomedsalam Magomedov. The appeal notes that the republic sees a real civil war, as a result of which several hundreds of people perished within the last year only.
18:00, 22 November 2011
In Azerbaijan, "Khural" reporter sentenced to three years in prison
The Lenkoran District Court of Azerbaijan has sentenced Aidyn Djanyev, a regional correspondent of the newspaper "Khural", to three years in jail for disorderly conduct in relation to the mosque Akhund. Journalists believe that Djanyev was punished for his newspaper article with criticism of the clergy.
17:00, 22 November 2011
Armenia presents a new national dog breed at international dog show in Yerevan
On November 20, Yerevan hosted the third international exhibition of dogs of all breeds of the rank CACIB (candidates for international beauty champions), named "Armenia-2011". One of the main objectives of the event, as stated by the organizers, was promotion of the indigenous Armenian Gampra Wolfhound.
16:00, 22 November 2011
Rights defenders to investigate death of Armenian native in a police station in Orenburg
The Orenburg Branch of the Interregional Public Organization "Committee Against Torture" holds a public inquiry into the death of Armen Sargsyan, a local resident, on November 18 in the premises of the operative and investigatory unit of the MIA Department for Orenburg; his father has applied for legal aid to human rights defenders, who do not exclude that he was tortured to death.
12:00, 22 November 2011
Location of Rasul Magomedov who disappeared in Dagestan is still unknown
Location of Rasul Magomedov, teacher of the Russian language and literature in a secondary school of Balakhna, who disappeared in Makhachkala on November, 17, under vague circumstances, is still unknown in Dagestan.
11:00, 22 November 2011
A writer who underwent an assault in Azerbaijan associates the attempt with his writings
Rafig Tagi, writer of political essays, who underwent an assault on November, 19, in Baku does not rule out that the motive for the attempt might have been his publications in which he touched upon religious issues.
10:00, 22 November 2011
Astronomers of Armenia will monitor “space debris” with financial support of “Roscosmos”
In January, 2012, a joint Armenian-Russian astronomic program “Observing space debris” will be launched. This was reported by Aik Arutiunyan, Director of Biurakan Observatory.
News
Five wagons of Russian grain were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

A native of Chechnya, Zelimkhan Murtazov, was able to leave Kazakhstan.

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.