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Screenshot of the petition demanding to prevent the closure of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" https://www.change.org/p/
14:22, 29 November 2021
Number of signatures to petition in defence of "Memorials"* exceeds 115,000
The petition demanding to prevent the closure of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "International Memorial" has already gathered 115,158 signatures.
Shakhin Gadjiev. Photo from his page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=107435335036903&set=a.107435361703567
14:15, 29 November 2021
Azerbaijani oppositionist suspected of drug dealing
Shakhin Gadjiev, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been detained on suspicion of illegal drug circulation. His party colleagues believe that Gadjiev is persecuted for his political activities.
Prisoners. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
12:51, 29 November 2021
Dagestani lawyers urge State Duma MPs to investigate torture in Saratov prison hospital
The Russian State Duma MPs should use their right to conduct a parliamentary inquiry into reports prisoners' torture, including natives of the Caucasus, practised at the Saratov prison hospital, Dagestani lawyers have stated.
Salekh Rustamov. Screenshot of the video at the Meydan TV YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezdubIiUd0
12:49, 29 November 2021
Doctors treat continuation of hunger strike by activist Salekh Rustamov as life-threatening
On the 23rd day of his hunger strike, Salekh Rustamov cannot move and is extremely weak, his brother said. Doctors of the prison hospital treat his health condition as grave and warn that if Salekh continues refusing to drink water, his life is in danger.
The European Court of Human Rights. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlurGpPE7A
12:06, 28 November 2021
ECtHR stands up for four Armenian POWs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled to apply security measures in relation of four Armenian soldiers who were taken prisoners of war (POWs) by Azerbaijan during the November 16 border clashes.
Participants of a protest action organized by the Armenian opposition in Yerevan, November 27, 2021. Screeenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY1RIobTeFk
11:31, 28 November 2021
Opposition demands resignation of Armenian President and Premier
The participants of the rally organized by the "Liberation Movement" have called for the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister, and Armen Sarkisyan, the President, in order to prevent the delimitation of the border with Azerbaijan, which is unfavourable for Armenia.
Ilham Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan, Vladimir Putin (from left to right). Photo: Kremlin press service, Tigran Petrosyan, press service of the President of Azerbaijan, website of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
11:11, 28 November 2021
Analysts argue about outcome of Pashinyan and Aliev meeting in Sochi
The meeting of the Prime Minister of Armenia with the President of Azerbaijan in Sochi with the participation of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will entail no important consequences, but it has prepared a platform for further dialogue, Armenian analysts believe. The vector laid down in Sochi corresponds to the plans of Azerbaijani authorities; and the main result of the talks will be the acceleration of unblocking communications in Karabakh, their Azerbaijani colleagues have noted.
Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi. Photo: Spartaky, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Парламент_Грузии#/media/Файл:Georgia_old_parlament_2.jpg
18:48, 27 November 2021
Georgian analysts treat Garibashvili's call for dialogue with Russia as blackmail of the West
By means of the statement by Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, about the need for progress in relations with Russia, Georgian authorities are trying to make it clear to the West that they are independent in shaping their politics. But in reality, Georgia has no discussion topics with Russia, except for the issue of returning the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Georgian analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
18:24, 27 November 2021
Military's remains found in Nagorno-Karabakh
In the vicinity of Varanda, Karabakh rescuers have found remains of a military serviceman, bringing the total number of bodies and remains of Armenian militaries and civilians found in the Karabakh conflict zone to 1702.
17:27, 27 November 2021
Police abandons claims against opponents of QR codes in Sochi
Law enforcers have cancelled the administrative protocol on Vladislav Zhironkin, who was collecting signatures of Sochi residents against the QR code system, the activist himself has informed.
16:32, 27 November 2021
Court refuses to reconsider riot case in Ganja
The Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) has dismissed the defence's motion that asked to consider the complaint against the verdict to Yunis Safarov and 11 other figurants in the case of the events in Ganja with a repeated full or partial judicial investigation.
Robert Kocharyan in the courtroom. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
12:27, 27 November 2021
Court of Appeal confirms Kocharyan's innocence
The Court of Appeal has rejected the complaint lodged by the Prosecutor's Office, which demanded to cancel the decision to stop the criminal prosecution of Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia, under the case of dispersing a rally in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008.
Ramis Agabekov. Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hRn-XqL2T/
12:11, 27 November 2021
Blogger from Dagestanskie Ogni reports details of attack on him
Ramis Agabekov, an activist, has complained to the police about the attack on him. The blogger claims that he was beaten up for publishing posts in social networks about the sale of school land in the city of Dagestanskie Ogni.
Screenshot of a photo of an envelope with the painting "Skinning a Corrupt Judge" posted by Yana Antonova on her Facebook page on November 11, 2021, https://usnd.to/IlgU
11:58, 27 November 2021
Krasnodar activist suspected of contempt of court
A judge of the Fourth Court of Cassation has drawn attention to the fact that Yana Antonova, a Krasnodar activist, sent a complaint to the court in the envelope, bearing a copy of the painting by a Dutch medieval painter "Skinning a Corrupt Judge". The judge has suggested that in this way Antonova wanted to demonstrate her contempt of the court, and appointed a hearing on this matter.
Leaders of Ingush protests in the courtroom. Photo by Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
08:56, 27 November 2021
Rights defenders urge to acquit leaders of Ingush protests
The conviction of seven civil society leaders in Ingushetia would cross the hopes for any legal oppositional activities in the country, activists of the "Memorial"* and other human rights organizations have stated.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/129899/
08:45, 27 November 2021
Kadyrov's statements remind of Chechnya's long-standing claims to Ingush villages
Residents of the eight villages, which Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened to alienate from Ingushetia, are ethnic Ingushes, Yakub Gogiev, a geographer, has stated. Back in 2013, Chechnya formally included the settlements of the Sunzha District of Ingushetia into itself, Timur Akiev, a rights defender, has noted.
Alexei Belenkin holds a solo picket. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/lehabelyi
08:32, 27 November 2021
Teacher arrested for 25 days for picket in support of "Memorial"*
The Presnya District Court of Moscow has arrested Alexei Belenkin, a teacher of music, for 25 days, who unfolded the poster: "We are Memorial"* at the building of the Russian Supreme Court (SC). The court has received cases against three other activists.
23:14, 26 November 2021
CTO legal regime cancelled in Karachay-Cherkessia
The restrictions imposed in Karachay-Cherkessia for the duration of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) have been lifted. Firearms and an explosive device were found at the place of a shootout.
Pre-trial prison. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:33, 26 November 2021
Relatives alarmed by lack of information on state of prisoners in Volgograd SIZO
Mothers of the prisoners who attempted to commit suicide in a Volgograd SIZO (pre-trial prison) say that they cannot obtain any information about the condition of their imprisoned sons.
Tablet at the entrance to the 'Memorial' office. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the Caucasian Knot
22:15, 26 November 2021
Petition in support of “Memorials”* gains almost 5000 signatures within a day
During a day, the petition with the demand to prevent the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”* and the “International Memorial”* gained 4900 more signatures, and the total number of signatories exceeded 110,000.
News
The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

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.