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Yael Ioffe, the leader of the Jewish community in Volgograd, speaks at the seminar “Effective counteraction against extremism and xenophobia”. November 23, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:00, 23 November 2009
Ioffe: memorial boulder in place of Jews' massacre in Volgograd desecrated
Vandals continue desecrating the memorial boulder installed in the place of mass executions of Jews by fascists. This statement was made by Ms Yael Ioffe, leader of the Jewish community of Volgograd, in her welcoming speech at the opening of the information-methodical seminar "Efficient Counteraction to Extremism and Xenophobia".
Chechnya. Photo by www.chechnyafree.ru
22:00, 23 November 2009
Chechnya has no conditions for rehabilitating children-invalids
Children-invalids from this republic have no chances to receive due treatment - for more than 40,000 such children Chechnya has only one rehabilitation centre.
Sapiyat Magomedova. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:00, 23 November 2009
In Dagestan, advocate accused of insulting inspector is tried
Today, the court precinct No. 106 of Khasavyurt began preliminary hearings on the criminal case against lawyer Sapiyat Magomedova, who is accused by Arslankhan Arslankhanov, an inspector for especially important cases of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, of insulting him with swear words. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it by Salimat Kadyrova, an advocate of the Kizilyurt Inter-District Bar, who is defending Magomedova.
20:00, 23 November 2009
Schools suspended in Chechnya for swine flu threat
Starting Monday, November 23, schoolchildren of Chechnya will go to additional vacations in the context of possible swine flu epidemic. The pupils' forced rest will last for at least ten days.
19:00, 23 November 2009
North Ossetia: prosecutor's office reveals drugstores selling overpriced drugs
As a result of revising drugstores in Vladikavkaz, employees of the republic's prosecutor's office revealed facts of setting extra charges on 20 vital and major medicines in four city drugstores.
18:00, 23 November 2009
Russian human rights activists establish Public Commission on Chechnya for defending its residents' rights
Activists of ten NGOs from different regions of Russia have announced establishment of the Public Commission on Chechnya, which will have its main tasks in defending victims of torture and inhuman treatment and bringing those guilty of rough violations of human rights or of failure to take the necessary measures to prevent such violations and punish for them to responsibility.
23:00, 21 November 2009
Militia post shelled in Ingushetia, one person wounded
An unidentified culprit used a grenade launcher to shell a stationary militia post in Nazran, the capital of Ingushetia; one employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has suffered.
22:00, 21 November 2009
Kamalov: Kremlin doubts with candidates for Dagestan President
Hadjimurad Kamalov, a Dagestan political scientist and director of the LLC "Freedom of Speech", said in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Moscow had not decided yet whom to support at the presidential election in Dagestan.
21:00, 21 November 2009
Gas line "White Stream" to be jointly designed by Georgia and Ukraine
As reported by Andrei Goncharuk, deputy head of the secretariat of the President of Ukraine, in designing the gas line "White Stream", Georgia will rely on the potential of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.
19:00, 21 November 2009
Minasyan: militant speeches of Azerbaijani President threaten stability in Southern Caucasus
As reported by Armen Minasyan, chair of the Yerevan-based "Democracy and Peace Centre", the statement of Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, about possible force solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a threat to regional stability.
18:00, 21 November 2009
Mukhu Aliev in the lead to be the next President of Dagestan, experts believe
Opinions differ in Dagestan as to the chances of the five candidates for presidency, approved on November 19.
17:00, 21 November 2009
Armenian clergy accuses Georgia of indifference to Armenian relics
In the context of the recent collapse of the Church Surb Gevorg in Tbilisi, erected in 1356, the Supreme See of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has accused the authorities of Georgia of indifference to preservation of the Armenian relics located in this country.
Aleksey Dymovskiy meets with journalists. Press-conference in Moscow, Independent press centre, November 10, 2009. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
12:00, 21 November 2009
Major Dymovskiy decides not to meet Putin
Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy from Novorossisk, who had earlier asked Russian Premier Putin about a personal meeting in his video appeal, has given up his intention, now saying that his meeting with Putin will be an "offence to his honour."
11:00, 21 November 2009
Students' photo contest summed up in Vladikavkaz
The totals of the first ever city students' contest of photo works under the motto "Bright Prospects" have been summed up in the capital of North Ossetia.
10:00, 21 November 2009
Politicians and experts discuss safety in Southern Caucasus at conference in Azerbaijan
The development prospects and safety issues of Southern Caucasus as a whole and Azerbaijan in particular were the debate points at the international conference "Safety Challenges in Southern Caucasus: Realities and Prospects of Regional Cooperation" held on November 20 in Baku.
09:00, 21 November 2009
Georgian MPs pass amnesty of drug addicts
On November 20, the Georgian parliament unanimously (86 votes) adopted, at its plenary session, the Law "On Amnesty", which assumes to halve the punishment for the people imprisoned for drug using. The current legislation provides up to 10 years of imprisonment for drug using.
23:30, 20 November 2009
In Novorossisk Port, Ukrainian seamen go on demanding their salary
The crew members of the Greek tanker "Thelema Т", now in the roads (off-harbour) in the vicinity of the city of Novorossisk, Krasnodar Territory, continue to fight for their salary debts and refuse coming ashore. The employer company promises to square up with the Ukrainian seamen on November 26.
23:20, 20 November 2009
Yerevan marks 20 years of signing the UN Convention "On Rights of the Child"
In Yerevan, at the National Aesthetics Centre, within the plan of actions dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the date of signing the UN Convention on Children's Rights, a solemn opening of the exhibition of Swedish artist Ilon Vikland was held.
23:10, 20 November 2009
Armenia starts month's campaign in defence of invalids' rights
On the initiative of the Ministry of Labour and the National Commission on Invalids' Matters, from early December Armenia will start a month-long campaign aimed to attract the attention of the society to people with limited physical capabilities, with the main accent on defence of invalids' rights. This was reported by Jema Bagdasaryan, deputy minister for labour of work and social care.
Azerbaijan, Baku, Maiden Tower. Photo by http://ru.wikipedia.org
23:00, 20 November 2009
Head of Azerbaijani MIA accuses journalist of slander
Ramil Usubov, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, has submitted his private suit against Eyub Kerimov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Femida-007". The Minister asks to bring the journalist to criminal liability under the slander article, which assumes up to three years of imprisonment.
News
The discussion about the South Ossetian soldier killed in the SVO zone touched on political aspects.

Baku demanded an explanation from Moscow over Nagorno-Karabakh's location on the map.

Fedor Shchukin. Frame from an RGVK Dagestan news video. Shchukin Fedor Vyacheslavovich

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.