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The Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:55, 18 November 2021
Resident of Kaspiysk convicted in a case on involvement in IS
In Rostov-on-Don, a court found a resident of Dagestan guilty of plotting an attack on police officers and participating in a terrorist organization and sentenced him to 11 years of imprisonment.
The border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Photo from the official website "The Republic of South Ossetia" https://www.facebook.com/southossetiainfo/photos
00:03, 18 November 2021
South-Ossetian President pardons Bestaev, Georgian resident
Anatoly Bibilov has signed a decree pardoning the Georgian citizen, Gennady Bestaev, convicted for illegal crossing the border, who fell into coma in the Tskhinvali prison.
Logos of the HRS "Memorial" and the "International Memorial" (both organizations are included by the Russian Ministry of Justice into the register of non-commercial organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent). Photo https://www.memo.ru/ru-ru/
23:56, 17 November 2021
Petition in support of "Memorial" collects over 56,000 signatures
Within five days, over 56,300 people have signed the petition demanding to prevent the closure of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "International Memorial".
The Azerbaijani military truck. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:47, 17 November 2021
Seven Azerbaijani militaries perish in border hostilities
On November 16, seven Azerbaijani servicemen perished in clashes on the Armenian border; other 10 were wounded, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
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22:54, 17 November 2021
Analysts in Yerevan and Baku link border aggravation with delimitation problem
The aggravation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border demonstrates that the issue of border delimitation has reached a dead end, Robert Nazaryan, an expert, believes. The fighting broke out because the parties tried to improve their positions in the territories that they consider to be theirs; while border delimitation would allow to solve this issue, the analysts Azad Isazade, Telman Abilov, Adalyat Verdiev and Tarlan Eivazov have noted.
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20:58, 17 November 2021
At rally in Yerevan, opposition demands Nikol Pashinyan's resignation
More than five hundred people have protested at night in front of the government building in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, amid the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Two activists were detained.
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15:47, 17 November 2021
Police get interested in third Ingush-Ossetian conflict in 12 days
In the village of Dachnoe, Prigorodny District, a fight broke out, which became the third conflict since November 4 with the participation of Ossetians and Ingushes. The fighters dropped their mutual claims, but the police will examine the incident, the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
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11:50, 17 November 2021
Azerbaijan and Armenia announce truce with Russia's mediation
The fighting in the area of Azerbaijani-Armenian border has stopped after negotiations of the heads of the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) of the two countries with Sergey Shoigu, the head of the Russian MoD, the latter has informed.
11:48, 17 November 2021
Analysts outline risks for Ingush leader amid conflict over Fortanga
The head of Ingushetia has refrained from commenting on the works on the Fortanga River, so as not to enter into an obviously losing conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov, but this position does not add Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov's popularity in the republic, analysts assert, noting that the new round of tensions on the Ingush-Chechen border may partly be associated with the approaching verdict in the trial of the leaders of Ingush protests.
10:47, 17 November 2021
Armenia requests Russia to intervene in conflict with Azerbaijan
The Security Council of Armenia called on Russia to intervene in the conflict with Azerbaijan and to protect the border area of Armenia from an attack. The fighting at the border continues, and four Armenian soldiers were wounded, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.
23:59, 16 November 2021
Armenian MoD reports casualties in battles at border
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports casualties on the Armenian side in battles at the border with Azerbaijan. According to the Armenian MoD, 12 Armenian soldiers were taken prisoner.
23:56, 16 November 2021
Activists consider verdict against Agil Gumbatov politically motivated
The defence does not agree with the verdict against Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and will appeal against the decision of the court. Activists consider the verdict biased and believe that Agil Gumbatov is being prosecuted for criticizing the authorities.
23:54, 16 November 2021
Resident of Agdam District killed in a mine explosion
On November 15, Zaur Isa Agaev, a 41-year-old resident of the village of Tezekand in the Agdam District, was blown up by a mine while grazing livestock and died from the injuries he got.
23:52, 16 November 2021
Georgian singer Burchuladze goes on hunger strike in support of Saakashvili
Paata Burchuladze, an opera singer, has gone on a hunger strike demanding to transfer Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, to a civilian clinic.
Salekh Rustamov. Photo from his account on Facebook
23:50, 16 November 2021
Rights defenders call for release of Azerbaijani activist Rustamov
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) has called on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Salekh Rustamov, an activist who is on a long hunger strike from jail.
Azerbaijani soldiers. Photo by the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence
23:48, 16 November 2021
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of attacking border posts
Two Azerbaijani militaries were wounded in a shootout after an attempt of Armenian soldiers to capture the heights in the Kelbadjar and Lachin Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Mikhail Saakashvili's supporters at a protest action on November 15, 2021. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:46, 16 November 2021
Saakashvili's supporters criticize Georgian Patriarch and president
In Tbilisi, Saakashvili's supporters have held a protest action despite the police warnings. According to organizers, the action was over 5000 strong. They criticized the Patriarch and president of Georgia, who, in their opinion, disregard the situation with the disgraced former president.
An Armenian soldier. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Defence
21:13, 16 November 2021
Non-parliamentary parties urge Armenian authorities to appeal to the UN because of tensions on Azerbaijani border
Tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Nagorno-Karabakh are growing, which threatens the resumption of hostilities, three non-parliamentary parties have stated in their open letter addressed to the Armenian government. They called on the authorities to immediately contact the UN Security Council with a request to intervene in the situation.
Magomed Magomedov and Shamil Magomedov (on the right). Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:37, 16 November 2021
Dagestani journalist, Magomed Magomedov, released from police
Law enforcers have set Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, free after three hours of questioning about the picket in support of the journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Magomedov said he would file a complaint against law enforcers.
Ramzan Kadyrov (in the center) at the meeting on reconstruction of Galanchozhsky District. Photo: Rizvan Edilsultanov / IA "Grozny Inform"
14:23, 16 November 2021
Kadyrov's threats to seize land outrages Ingush social media users
Ramzan Kadyrov's words that he can take away the lands from Ingushetia that had passed to this republic under Djokhar Dudaev are backed up by the Kremlin, Ingush commentators in social networks believe. Many of them have treated the statement of the head of Chechnya as populism.
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A state of emergency has been declared due to the threat of a landslide in the Laksky District.

Roads to two villages in Dagestan are blocked after rockfalls.

The Dagestani village of Saniorta has been declared a state of emergency.

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.