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Nagorno-Karabakh refugees. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia
18:51, 26 November 2020
About 700 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh over a day
Russian peacekeepers escorted a convoy of 16 buses with refugees to Stepanakert. The people decided to return home after the cessation of the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Bus driver, Stepanakert. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12326676@egNews
16:29, 26 November 2020
Public transport in Stepanakert resumes work
The public transport, as well as electricity and water supplies, have been restored in Stepanakert, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. Rescuers have reported the distribution of humanitarian aid to townspeople.
16:18, 26 November 2020
Advocate reports detention of participant in Magas rally
Law enforcers have detained Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev within the case of the rally in Magas, and took him to Nalchik, said Magomed Bekov, an advocate for Ingush activists.
Cars in a wedding cortege in Ingushetia. Screenshot from YouTube video 'Lavish Ingush wedding 2020'
12:03, 26 November 2020
Djigits' customs find use in Ingush wedding traditions
In the old days, a respectable cortege on horseback used to ride to fetch a bride in Ingushetia; and the riders competed in horse riding during the movement, the ethnographers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have informed.
11:18, 26 November 2020
Lawyers treat Kadyrov's threats to burn down cars as call to crime
Ramzan Kadyrov, who has publicly threatened drivers to burn down their cars for disrespectful attitude towards law enforcers, is encouraging the commission of criminal offenses, the lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Burned-out house in Karvachar, November 16, 2020. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
11:07, 26 November 2020
French Senate favours recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence
305 French Senators have supported the resolution on the need to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian Prime Minister and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno-Karabakh have welcomed the resolution, while Azerbaijani authorities have sharply criticized it.
Medical workers. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
08:29, 26 November 2020
Chechnya is among top three in number of new COVID-19 cases in NCFD
Over the past 24 hours, 745 people infected with coronavirus were registered in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). 222 of them are in the Stavropol Territory; in Dagestan, COVID-19 was confirmed in 101 people. Chechnya, where the smallest increase had been recorded earlier, takes the third place with 91 cases.
Last Kelbajar residents leaving the city, November 16, 2020. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
08:19, 26 November 2020
After Azerbaijani troops' entry to Kelbadjar, Karabakh residents lost Internet
The establishment of Azerbaijani control over Kelbadjar (the Armenian name is Karvachar), through which the fibre-optic cable had passed, has caused Internet problems. The city of Martakert and surrounding villages are still supplied with electricity less by half, the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have stated.
Residents of Lachin on at road in Nagorno-Karabakh, November 13, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
23:04, 25 November 2020
Lachin residents are afraid to return home from Armenia
Residents of Lachin (the Armenian name is Berdzor, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") believe it is not safe to live in their city despite the fact that the Russian peacekeepers and the Karabakh police will have control over the city.
Ramzan Kadyrov standing in front of a car with tinted windows. Photo: https://youtu.be/alYmCZ8QxMk
22:53, 25 November 2020
Kadyrov's associates become an exception to campaign against car tinting
Like in the case of the mask regime, Chechen officials and Ramzan Kadyrov himself violate their own rules: despite the long-term campaign against tinted car windows, the top-ranking officials of Chechnya travel in cars with tinted windows.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
22:27, 25 November 2020
ECtHR requests Azerbaijan to submit information about Armenian prisoners of war
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Azerbaijan to provide by late November the information concerning nine prisoners of war and 10 captured civilians, the Armenia's Representative to the ECtHR announces.
19:44, 25 November 2020
Georgian MFA calls treaty between Russia and Abkhazia an element of annexation
The integration agreement between Russia and Abkhazia continues the annexation of the Georgia's territory, and by the conclusion of such agreements, Russia violates the international law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia declares.
Signpost at the entrance to Stepanakert. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the Caucasian Knot
19:26, 25 November 2020
About 2000 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh over a day
Russian peacekeepers escorted a convoy of 30 buses with refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert. The total number of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who returned home with the support of the Russian peacekeepers has exceeded 11,000, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports today.
Children brought back from Syria, November 13, 2020. Photo: press service of the Ombudsperson of Russia, http://deti.gov.ru/articles/news/anna-kuznecova-vernula-iz-sirii-na-rodinu-31-rossijskogo-rebyonka
14:33, 25 November 2020
Two children handed over to relatives in Argun after returning from Syria
The two children, who had been secretly taken to Syria six years ago, were handed over to their relatives in Argun, Khamzat Khirakhmatov, the Children's Ombudsperson in Chechnya, has stated.
Irganai HPP. Photo: Abu Ubaida, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ирганайская_ГЭС#/media/Файл:Ирганайская_ГЭС_в_Дагестане.png
14:20, 25 November 2020
Residents of Dagestani villages flooded during HPP construction complain to Putin
Residents of five villages of the Untsukul and Gergebil Districts of Dagestan have sent a collective letter to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, asking to compensate for the damage they had suffered from the construction of the Irganai hydroelectric power plant (HPP).
Photo of Ibragim Todashev, who was shot dead during interrogation in 2013. The photo was presented at a press conference organized by RIA Novosti, Moscow, May 29, 2013. Photo by Karina Gadjieva for the Caucasian Knot
14:06, 25 November 2020
US court stops murder case of Chechen native
The Florida Federal Court in the United States has terminated proceedings on the claim lodged by relatives of Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya, who was shot dead by Aaron McFarlan, an FBI agent, during interrogation in 2013.
Participants of a protest rally in Tbilisi, November 2, 2020. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
11:43, 25 November 2020
Authorities and opposition blame each other for worsened Covid-19 situation in Georgia
The increase in the number of coronavirus infections is associated with oppositional rallies taking place in the country, the participants of which ignore the restrictions, sources from Georgian authorities assert. In its turn, the opposition has parried that authorities are to blame for the worsened epidemiological situation, since they are doing nothing to overcome the crisis.
Azerbaijani law enforcer in Nagorno-Karabakh, November 18, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
11:17, 25 November 2020
Azerbaijani militaries enter Kelbadjar District
After the withdrawal of Nagorno-Karabakh's military servicemen from the territory of the Kelbadjar (Karvachar) District, on November 25, units of the Azerbaijani Army entered its territory.
Valery Klimenchenko at a court session, October 2020. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
11:06, 25 November 2020
Rights defenders treat verdict to Kuban blogger as too severe
Valery Klimenchenko, a blogger from the Krasnodar Territory (aka as Kuban by the name of the main river), sentenced to four years in colony for justifying terrorism and publicly insulting a state official, deserves no real punishment, since he did not call for a repeated terror act, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Participants of a rally in Magas, March 26, 2019. Photo by Umar Yovloi for the Caucasian Knot
08:24, 25 November 2020
Court agrees to openly try Ingush activists
The Kislovodsk City Court has decided to hold only some sessions of the trial of Ingush activists accused of creating an extremist community behind closed doors.
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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.