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Migrants from Nagorno-Karabakh at the Kilikia bus station in Yerevan. November 20, 2020. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:59, 20 November 2020
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh continue to arrive in Armenia, despite the process of returning internally displaced persons (IDPs). Some refugees stay with their relatives, while others have to rent housing at inflated prices. A little help from the authorities and part-time jobs do not solve their financial problems.
A girl on the street. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:55, 20 November 2020
In Chechnya, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria, the portion of low-income families with children is higher than in other regions of Russia, and the republics of Northern Caucasus also registered higher number of disabled children.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Screenshot of a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/axi.pankiski.5?__tn__=%2Cd-]-h-R&eid=ARDeGFhAGsBenE34L86ogjhI4TcgGQHTp_AcHkZt4vOvsJa9jR-9IiTVEdqRUhiUPM7vsYgjyMGacwyP
20:10, 20 November 2020
At a court hearing in a case on the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, German policemen said that they almost missed the defendant during the detention. The court has not yet begun to consider evidence of the alleged involvement of the Russian authorities in the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, explains Ekkehard Maass, the chairman of the German-Caucasian Society.
The police at a rally. Yerevan, November 12, 2020. Photo: Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via REUTERS
20:01, 20 November 2020
In Yerevan, the police disperse protesters who block streets of the city and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The number of 25 detainees includes Ara Sagatelyan, the former chief of the administration of the Armenian parliament.
Ramzan Kadyrov near the images of characters from US movies and Marvel comics on the walls of the children's centre in Kurchaloi. Screenshot of Ramzan Kadyrov's post on the VKontakte https://vk.com/ramzan?w=wall279938622_543529&z=video279938622_456243691%2F521a68267418560268%2Fpl_post_279938622_543529
17:11, 20 November 2020
Successful examples of promoting national heroes are based on copying foreign experience; and the influence of American pop culture in Chechnya will remain strong despite Ramzan Kadyrov's demand to replace Marvel heroes for "real heroes," Orientalists have suggested.
The Agdam District, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: Joaoleitao https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Агдам#/media/Файл:Agdam-nagorno-karabakh-3.jpg
17:05, 20 November 2020
The Azerbaijani Army has taken control over the territory of the Agdam District, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. The transfer of the city of Agdam to Azerbaijani militaries took place under the cover of Russian peacemakers, a local resident said.
Residents of Stepanakert, November 6, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:59, 20 November 2020
During the past 24 hours, 27 buses with refugees arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia, accompanied by Russian peacemakers. In total, about 4000 forced migrants have returned to Stepanakert via the Lachin Corridor.
Traces of severe beatings on Inal Djabiev's body. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=946507415829604&set=pcb.2721689724815819
13:51, 20 November 2020
Inal Djabiev, a resident of South Ossetia, whose photo with traces of beatings had caused strong public outrage, died of heart failure amid cancellation of narcotic drug. This is the conclusion made by forensic experts, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) asserts. Djabiev's widow has refused to accept this conclusion.
A local resident sitting in a house damaged by shelling. October 20, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
13:47, 20 November 2020
Roofs covered with tarpaulins and boarded up windows have become a reality of post-war life for many families in the Agdjabedi, Agdam and Terter Districts of Azerbaijan. The authorities offered premises in administrative buildings and kindergartens for those whose houses were completely destroyed.
Movses Akopyan. Photo Mil.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org/
11:42, 20 November 2020
False information about the situation at the frontline was one of the reasons for the military defeat; and sending volunteers to the front was not justified, Movses Akopyan, a former head of the General Staff has stated.
Men looking at the destroyed house in Stepanakert. October 17, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
23:59, 19 November 2020
Officials are indifferent to those people who lost their homes during the autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict and do not provide them with any assistance, residents of Stepanakert say. According to the Nagorno-Karabakh government, programmes of assistance are under development now.
A resident of Nagorno-Karabakh near a burning house. November 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
23:57, 19 November 2020
The authorities of the Martakert District help residents of the villages, who are to be evacuated by the end of the day, to transport their belongings, but there are not enough vehicles for everyone. In 1992, most of the local residents had to leave their native villages, which came under the control of Azerbaijan.
The flags of Russia and Ingushetia at the rally in Magas, March 17, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
23:50, 19 November 2020
A court extended for six months the arrests for Ingush activists Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Bagaudin Khautiev, Barakh Chemurziev, Malsag Uzhakhov, Akhmed Nalgiev, and Zarifa Sautieva, accused of creating an extremist community.
An Armenian soldier in position. Screenshot of the video by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia https://mil.am/hy/news/8663
20:47, 19 November 2020
Investigators do not disclose the information in a case on the deaths of Armenian soldiers near Jrakan (Jabrayil), says human rights defender Araik Papikyan. Details of military operations in this direction are also not available for investigation, notes military expert Robert Nazaryan.
A police officer at a rally in Yerevan. November 18, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
20:41, 19 November 2020
The police pushed from the roadway the participants of a rally who were demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 24 activists were taken to police stations.
An Azerbaijani soldier and a Russian peacekeeper guard the checkpoint on the outskirts of the the city of Shusha (Shushi) near Nagorno-Karabakh. November 13, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
20:31, 19 November 2020
The Russian peacekeepers ensured the safety of a motor convoy with the Azerbaijani military personnel, which left Shusha for the Fizuli District. The construction of the Shusha-Fizuli road through the territories controlled by Baku has just begun.
16:41, 19 November 2020
In Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian militaries have no need of "Grad" multiple launch missile systems (MLMSs), since they are not entitled to conduct any military operations, said retired Colonel, Shair Ramaldanov. "Grads" are outdated systems, but Russia is also transferring to the region other weapons, which were not stipulated by the trilateral agreement, said Azad Isazade, an expert.
Plundered burials in the vicinity of the village of Atazhukino. Photo by Victor Kotlyarov, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2791808004400975&set=pcb.2791808757734233&type=3&theater
14:57, 19 November 2020
In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), after a statement of a regional ethnographer about the plundering of ancient burials by "black diggers" in the vicinity of the village of Atazhukino, a group was set up to investigate the incident.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video posted at the "Чисто на Хайпе" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=UVFq0UHrK9w&feature=emb_logo
11:35, 19 November 2020
After September 6, there was no news from Salman Tepsurkaev, the kidnapped Chechen native, his wife Elizaveta asserts. In their turn, human rights defenders believe that the absence of new videos clips on behalf of Tepsurkaev and any news about him speaks in favour of the version of his murder.
A woman in hijab. Photo: REUTERS/Osman Orsal
10:36, 19 November 2020
The problem of female genital mutilations is hushed up in the Caucasus to a greater extent than in other regions of the world. No criminal punishment will eradicate the problem until a legal background is formed that will allow women to feel safe, the authors of the project on female circumcision for the "AfishaDaily" believe.
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.