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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.

Action against delimitation of the border with Azerbaijan. Photo: https://anna-news.info/armyanskaya-oppozitsiya-trebuet-obnarodovat-plan-delimitatsii-i-demarkatsii-granitsy-s-azerbajdzhanom/

18:03, 26 November 2021

Six Yerevan activists detained at a rally against border delimitation

Supporters of the “Liberation Movement” tried to block the streets in different parts of Yerevan. They demand to make public a draft agreement on the delimitation of the border with Azerbaijan. The police detained six activists and drew up administrative reports against them.

Chechen law enforcers at the border with Ingushetia. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZF7pB7kwM

17:48, 26 November 2021

Law enforcers note unique nature of exercises near borders of Chechnya for National Guard of Russia

According to the experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”, the manoeuvres of the Chechen Department of the National Guard of Russia cause concern, since the goals of such a large-scale operation are unclear, and it has no analogues.

17:31, 26 November 2021

Salekh Rustamov refuses dry hunger strike

An advocate and relatives of Azerbaijani activist Salekh Rustamov managed to persuade him not to go on a dry hunger strike. However, the activist still refuses food, and doctors assess his condition as extremely severe, the advocate reports.

Special service agents during CTO. Photo: NAC press service, http://nac.gov.ru

14:28, 26 November 2021

CTO in KChR is the first in almost six years

The today's counterterrorist operation CTO) in the Karachay Distict, during which law enforcers have killed two alleged militants, is the second after the CTO conducted in several districts of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) back in December 2015.

Servicemen of the Armenian Army. Screenshot of the video posted by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, https://mil.am/hy/news/10107

13:54, 26 November 2021

Baku hands captured soldier over to Yerevan

A soldier who was captured during the hostilities on the border, as well as a civilian who got lost and ended up in the Agdam District, were handed over to Armenian authorities, their Azerbaijani counterparts have informed.

13:40, 26 November 2021

Publication by Azeri journalist on Armenian border sparks polemics in social media

Khadija Ismayilova, an Azerbaijani journalist, has called for accounting the international law when defining the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, referring to the country's map, recognized by the United Nations (UN). In their comments, Facebook users argued about the relevance of the map.

Magomed Khazamov. Photo: Idris Yusupov, ndelo.ru

12:28, 26 November 2021

Suspect of killing Kamalov tells "Chernovik" details of his torture

Magomed Khazamov, accused of assassinating the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, gave an interview at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the portal, and told about the prolonged torture after detention.

Stage at the Rustavi prison. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot

11:58, 26 November 2021

Saakashvili demands to admit his supporters to hospital

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, has demanded to let the MPs from the oppositional parties to visit him. He has stated that otherwise he will refuse taking the medicines prescribed by his doctors for recovering from the hunger strike.

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