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The building of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Photo by the press service of the Georgian MIA https://police.ge/
22:33, 2 November 2021
Tbilisi resident detained under transgender's murder case
On October 31, in Tbilisi, two local men attacked two transgender women with knives; as a result one woman died, and the other was wounded.
A disabled person. Photo: ru.freepik.com/photos/woman'>Woman photo created by freepik - ru.freepik.com
22:26, 2 November 2021
Azerbaijan: people with disabilities complain about problems with receiving payments
Azerbaijani authorities have introduced new criteria for defining disability; and the review of the entitlement to benefits has led to delays in payments and refusals to certify disability, local residents have complained.
Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
12:30, 2 November 2021
Saakashvili calls on his supporters to take action
The opposition should seek to overthrow the ruling power and early parliamentary elections, Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian President, has stated. His advocate fears that Saakashvili, who is on a hunger strike for 32 days already, may be kidnapped if transferred to a hospital in Gori.
A SIZO (pre-trial prison). Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
12:07, 2 November 2021
Torture traces on Ravil Rasulov's body cast doubt on law enforcers' version about what caused his death
Ravil Rasulov, who died at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in the Volgograd Region, could have been tortured, Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has stated, adding that there were traces of beatings on Rasulov's body. Ravil's wife has also denied the version of his suicide.
A maximum security colony no. 14 in the city of Novocherkassk. Screenshot of the video by the Zvezda TV channel https://tvzvezda.ru/news/2021112348-OkkP7.html
12:01, 2 November 2021
Two inmates of Novocherkassk colony set fire to their clothes
In the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, two inmates of a maximum security colony have climbed onto the roof of a building and set fire to their clothes in protest against removal to another detachment.
Peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence
11:57, 2 November 2021
Peacemakers report on delivery of clothes and footwear to refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh
Peacemakers have brought essentials, clothes and shoes to refugees and large families in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence has informed.
A pre-trial detention facility. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
01:56, 2 November 2021
A warder of Vladikavkaz penal colony suspected of negligence after prisoner’s death
In North Ossetia, an assistant to the chief of a penal colony did not stop the violation of the rules of behaviour by prisoners at night, which led to the death of one of them, investigators suggested.
A QR code. Photo from the official website 05.rospotrebnadzor.ru
01:50, 2 November 2021
Residents of Dagestan report difficulties associated with imposition of QR codes
In Dagestan, without a QR code or a coronavirus survival certificate, people are not allowed to visit shopping centres or go to the market, and visitors to cafes must also produce the above-mentioned documents, local residents say. The innovation affected the activities of small businesses, as the number of cafe visitors decreased significantly, entrepreneurs note.
The building of the General's Prosecutor Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Photo: http://minval.az/news/56273/
20:53, 1 November 2021
Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office recognizes torture of defendants in “Terter case”
Sixteen officials are found guilty of using violence against more than 100 suspects accused of cooperation with the Armenian special services and the preparation of acts of sabotage and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. The above has been announced by the Deputy General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan.
A girl sitting on the edge of the balcony of a multi-storey building. Screenshot of the post https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtOXY2AK4F/
14:54, 1 November 2021
Law enforcers scold Gudermes girls for video on balcony of high-rise building
In Gudermes, law enforcers took three 14-year-old girls to the police; one of them posted a video filmed on the edge of the balcony; and their parents were brought to responsibility. Instagram users who watched the video clip reproached their parents for their poor control over the teenagers.
The arrest of the man who was preparing a terror act. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhuKTHFPrxA
14:34, 1 November 2021
Week of October 25-31 passed without victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from October 25 to October 31, 2021, during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no information about casualties or wounded persons was reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other sources.
Adam Gisaev. Screenshot of the video published at the "Gulagu.net. Official channel" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZiFCPWy-ko
12:25, 1 November 2021
Social media users criticize "Roskomnadzor" for demand to block story about Gisaev's torture
The "Roskomnadzor" (the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) has demanded from the YouTube to block the video by Adam Gisaev, a native of Chechnya and a former prisoner, telling about torture at the Irkutsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), which was posted on the channel of the human rights project Gulagu.net.
Adam Elzhurkaev talks to the women detained for practising witchcraft. Screenshot of the report by the Grozny TV channel https://www.instagram.com/p/CVn2pXEIbz5/
12:23, 1 November 2021
TV report with reprimands of women-sorcerers in Chechnya sparks bewilderment among social network users
The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company) has presented the report, in which three women detained by Chechen law enforcers for practising witchcraft, were scolded, as "psychics' battle under law enforcers' supervision." Some Instagram users believe that this sarcasm was inappropriate.
The head and members of the district electoral commission. Tbilisi, October 31, 2021. Photo by Inna Kukudjanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:21, 1 November 2021
Georgia: international observers point to election violations
The election campaign passed amid intimidation of voters and pressure on them, the Embassy of the European Union (EU) to Georgia has stated. A sharp imbalance of resources in favour of the ruling party has affected the election outcomes, the head of the mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has stressed.
A rally in memory of the victims of political repressions, Nalchik, October 30, 2021. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova for the Caucasian Knot
12:05, 31 October 2021
Nalchik activists treat authorities' help to victims of political repressions as meagre
After their return from exile, the repressed residents of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) failed to receive compensations for their seized or lost property; now they are paid only a small surcharge to their pensions, Marx Shakhmurzov, the head of the Association of Victims of Political Repressions, has stated at a rally held in Nalchik.
11:31, 31 October 2021
Georgian MIA reports on eight criminal cases on election incidents
Eight criminal cases have been initiated in connection with the incidents that occurred during the voting at the second round of municipal elections, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The NGOs "Transparency International" and the "Georgian Young Lawyers' Association" (GYLA) have filed 32 complaints with the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Flowers at the Monument to repressed people in Volgograd, October 30, 2021. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the Caucasian Knot
11:11, 31 October 2021
Volgograd townspeople lay flowers at monument to victims of political repressions
On October 30, residents of Volgograd, individually and in small groups, laid flowers at the monument to repressed people and read out their names.
Vadim Cheldiev. Screenshot: Ossetia News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZPv8lnkTw
18:06, 30 October 2021
Analysts pointed to risks of severe sentence to Vadim Cheldiev
Vadim Cheldiev, an Ossetian opera singer, who is accused of organizing riots in Vladikavkaz, may be harshly sentenced by the court. In this way, authorities hope to prevent a rise of protest sentiments amid roughening restrictions on coronavirus, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Voting at a polling station in Georgia. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
16:02, 30 October 2021
Georgian authorities and opposition blame each other of election provocations
Several skirmishes have broken out during local elections in Batumi and Zugdidi. Members of the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party and the opposition have exchanged accusations of trying to interfere with observers' work.
Voting at election in Tbilisi, October 30, 2021. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the Caucasian Knot
15:16, 30 October 2021
Observers in Tbilisi point to low voter turnout
The second round of elections in the Gldani District of Tbilisi began with a lower voter turnout than the first round, observers have noted.
News
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.

Two soldiers from Kalmykia were killed in a military operation.

A soldier from Kalmykia was killed in Ukraine.

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.