×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   All news
Handcuffs. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:47, 13 November 2020
HRC "Memorial": Gudermes residents kept in a secret prison
For the ninth day already, at least 13 residents of Gudermes have been unreasonably kept in custody by Chechen law enforcers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports. The human rights defenders express their concern that law enforcers torture the detainees in an attempt to force them to incriminate themselves.
Shushi/Shusha. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
17:55, 13 November 2020
Azerbaijani authorities impose curfew in regained territories
Azerbaijan has imposed a curfew in villages, towns, and cities lost by Nagorno-Karabakh under the terms of the peace agreement. Azerbaijani police stations have been opened in Shusha and Hadrut.
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan). Photo: Aivazovsky https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nakhchivan#/media/File:Nakhichevan05.jpg
17:37, 13 November 2020
Nakhichevan becomes a transport priority for Armenia amid loss of road from Vardenis
The peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh will make it possible to open the road between Yerevan and Syunik, as well as to resume transport communications with Iran through Nakhichevan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced. The road between Karvachar (Kelbajar) and Vardenis will be closed on November 15. At present, it is full of cars in which local residents are leaving Karabakh.
Tofig Yagublu. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
14:09, 13 November 2020
Tofig Yagublu reproaches court of protracting with decision on his complaint
The decision on the appeal against the verdict is being unreasonably protracted, the convicted oppositionist, Tofig Yagublu, said after the court session held in Baku on November 12. He suggested that the court had not yet received an instruction on what the verdict should be.
13:46, 13 November 2020
MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh counts 1339 perished soldiers
Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has released data on other 37 military servicemen, who perished in the conflict zone. The total MoD's death toll makes 1339.
A Muslim woman. Photo: Chris Beckett https://www.flickr.com
12:14, 13 November 2020
Dagestani native's story reveals problems with victims of female circumcision
A woman from a small village in Dagestan has learned, only at the age of 42, that she had been circumcised in childhood, since it is not customary to discuss such topics, says the "AfishaDaily". Russia should introduce a new article in the Criminal Code, criminalizing all types of mutilation, Yulia Antonova, a lawyer with the "Legal Initiative" Project, believes.
Russian peacemakers near the village of Saralanj, November 12, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
11:54, 13 November 2020
Azerbaijani analysts justify need for Turkish peacemakers in conflict zone
Turkey should participate in the peacemaking operation in the Karabakh conflict zone along with Russian ones as a guarantor of observing the ceasefire agreement, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Russian peacekeepers at the Armenian border, November 10, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Francesco Brembati
08:45, 13 November 2020
Advent of Russian peacemakers into Karabakh outlines threat to Georgia
The Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation is economically beneficial for Georgia, but the increase of the Russian military presence in Southern Caucasus could negatively affect the regional security, the Tbilisi political analysts, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", believe.
Policemen detain protesters in Yerevan, November 12, 2020. Photo: Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via REUTERS
08:33, 13 November 2020
After Yerevan rally, policemen detain activists
About ten people were detained after the end of the opposition rally demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported from the venue.
A destroyed house in Terter, October 27, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
08:22, 13 November 2020
Baku analysts estimate costs of territories' post-war restoration
A complete restoration of the territories that have come under Azerbaijan's control may take 5-10 years and will require at least USD 10 billion, according to the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".
Policemen detain participants of the protest rally in Yerevan, November 12, 2020. Photo: Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via REUTERS
22:30, 12 November 2020
Armenian opposition holds a march with demand of Nikol Pashinyan's resignation
In Yerevan, organizers of the protests claim that the actions will not stop until Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government resign.
Gathering of residents of the village of Irganai, Dagestan, March 2014. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbW-mNGJBM&feature=emb_logo
22:18, 12 November 2020
More than 560 residents of flooded villages file a lawsuit against Dagestani authorities
567 residents of the villages, who found themselves in the flooding zone after the launch of the Irganai Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), filed a lawsuit against the inaction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, as well as the government and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Dagestan. The villagers request a court to oblige officials to prepare as soon as possible the documents on the payment of compensation, which the villagers have been waiting for 12 years, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.
Smoke above the area of military hostilities in Karabakh, October 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
22:04, 12 November 2020
Baku: residents of Abkhazia involved in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh
In October, more than 20 people arrived from Abkhazia to Nagorno-Karabakh to participate in the fighting against the Azerbaijani army, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan announced.
Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
18:52, 12 November 2020
Nikol Pashinyan calls peace agreement a rescue of 25,000 soldiers
After the capture of Shushi by the Azerbaijani troops, 25,000 soldiers of the Defence Army could have been cordoned off and killed, said the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, while explaining the signing of an armistice agreement with Azerbaijan.
Traces of shelling seen on the house in the settlement of Shikharh for IDPs, October 15, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:27, 12 November 2020
In Azerbaijan, IDPs await return to their homeland after fighting in Karabakh
In Azerbaijan, some of internally displaced persons are ready to return to their homes in the conflict zone, while others do not want to quit their jobs and their usual way of life.
Rally participants, Yerevan, November 11, 2020. Photo: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
17:54, 12 November 2020
12 oppositionists prosecuted after protests in Yerevan
Leaders of four parties and eight other oppositionists are suspected of disclosing state secrets and organizing a rally while martial law is in force, the National Security Service of Armenia reports.
Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque in Shushi. Photo: https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxarı_Gövhər_ağa_məscidi#/media/Şəkil:Մզկիթ_Վերին_(Մեծ).JPG
13:53, 12 November 2020
Azerbaijan counts over 60 destroyed mosques in Nagorno-Karabakh
In Nagorno-Karabakh, 63 out of 67 mosques were completely destroyed; hundreds of historical and cultural monuments were damaged, the Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences reported on November 11.
Destroyed house in the Karabakh conflict zone, October 5, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
13:32, 12 November 2020
Caucasian scholars assess humanitarian consequences of Nagorno-Karabakh agreement
Azerbaijan has not clarified what will happen to the population of the territories that have passed under its control; therefore, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh rightly fear ethnic cleansings. In its turn, Armenia, where the majority of Karabakh residents move, will not be able to accept and provide housing for all migrants, the Russian researchers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Tenants of a tent camp in Dagestan, summer 2002. Photo by Asim Tagiev for the Caucasian Knot
11:15, 12 November 2020
Two Azerbaijanis fined for riots in Kullar
Elmar Mekhtiev and Djeikhun Namazov, residents of Azerbaijan, have been released from criminal liability in the case of the riots in Kullar, but they must pay a 5000-rouble fine each. After mitigating the charges, Namazov and Mekhtiev have pleaded guilty and compensated the harm caused to victims, their advocate has explained.
Karvachar (Kelbadjar) and Vardenis on the map of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: Caucasian Knot
10:57, 12 November 2020
Road to Vardenis demanded by Karabakh residents before transferring it to Azerbaijan
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh strive to leave for Armenia along the road through Karvachar (Kelbadjar), which will close on November 15 under the agreement on transferring the Kelbadjar District to Azerbaijan. Regular buses from Stepanakert to Yerevan are no longer en route.
News
Maria Smelaya was forced to give up custody of her child to the father.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

Three suspected militants from Basayev's group have been arrested.

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.