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A gavel. Photo courtesy of Fyodor Obmaikin / Yugopolis
23:02, 10 November 2020
Court reduces compensation for Chechen resident's death in penal colony
In Grozny, a court obliged the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to pay two million roubles of compensation to relatives of prisoner Sultan Israilov, who died after torture at the Chelyabinsk penitentiary colony No. 2. The Sultan Israilov's parents, who filed a claim for fifteen million roubles of compensation, are satisfied with the court's verdict, their lawyer reports today.
21:03, 10 November 2020
Karabakh on the map: What Azerbaijan gains after war
18:16, 10 November 2020
Kremlin rules out presence of Turkish peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Azerbaijani President's idea of a joint peacekeeping mission of the Turkish and Russian military personnel has not been agreed with the other parties to the agreement to end the fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone, the press secretary of the Russian President states.
Special operation. Photo: press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee, http://nac.gov.ru/
17:56, 10 November 2020
NAC reports prevention of 15 terror act in Northern Caucasus
Since the early 2020, 15 terror acts have been prevented in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), and 23 units of international terrorist organizations have been liquidated, the chairman of the National Antiterrorist Committee reported.
Baku residents take to streets to celebrate end of war, November 10, 2020. Photo by Faik Medzhid for the Caucasian Knot
17:40, 10 November 2020
Baku residents take to streets to celebrate end of war
The news about the cessation of the hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone made residents of Baku happy. They held spontaneous processions and rallies with flags of Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, some of them were alarmed by the Russia's peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Ilham Aliyev, Vladimir Putin. Photo: press service of the Azerbaijani President; press service of the Kremlin
13:44, 10 November 2020
Aliev's words about Turkish peacemakers contradict Kremlin's position
The statement by the President of Azerbaijan about a joint peacemaking mission of Russian and Turkish militaries in the Karabakh conflict zone was not included into the document signed by Aliev, Putin and Pashinyan on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. In his today's statement, Vladimir Putin also focused on the fact that a Russian peacemaking contingent is being deployed in the conflict zone.
Russia preparing peacemakers contingent and military equipment to be deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh. Screensho: https://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/20201110530-zlN9T.html
13:01, 10 November 2020
Russia starts deploying peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh
The first aircrafts with Russian soldiers have flown to Nagorno-Karabakh; the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has started deploying its peacemaking contingent there.
12:36, 10 November 2020
Radio Liberty journalists attacked in Yerevan
Several dozen people who attacked the Yerevan office of Radio Liberty tried to damage the equipment and beat up the staff of the radio station.
Participants of protests in Yerevan. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVFEkaXN98&feature=youtu.be
11:33, 10 November 2020
Yerevan protesters break into government and parliament buildings
Residents of Yerevan, protesting against the conclusion of peace with Azerbaijan, have broken into the building of the Armenian Government and demanded the resignation of Premier Nikol Pashinyan.
Araik Arutyunyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot from YouTube video posted by NEWS AM
11:22, 10 November 2020
President of Nagorno-Karabakh agrees to end conflict
Araik Arutyunyan has agreed to end the war, explaining this by the desire to avoid numerous casualties and complete loss of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Unexploded shell near the villate of Martuni. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
11:10, 10 November 2020
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia sign ceasefire in Karabakh conflict zone
The ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone comes into force today, November 10; the respective declaration was signed by Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. The parties have also agreed on the deployment of Russian peacemakers in the region.
08:11, 10 November 2020
Azerbaijani MFA apologizes to Russia for downed helicopter
Near the Nakhichevan section of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, a Russian military helicopter was shot down by mistake, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed. Baku has apologized to the Russian party.
Participants of protest action in Tbilisi. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
00:00, 10 November 2020
Three protesters detained in Tbilisi
The protest rally outside the Georgian parliament continues, despite the curfew imposed because of coronavirus. Three protesters who tried to bring firewood were detained by law enforcers.
Mi-24 helicopter. Photo: Igor Dvurekov https://ru.wikipedia.org/
22:39, 9 November 2020
Russian helicopter shot down in Armenia
A Mi-24 helicopter, which was escorting a motor convoy of the Russian military base through the territory of Armenia, was shot down from an anti-aircraft missile system near the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Russia reported.
22:11, 9 November 2020
Ingush soldier killed at a military airfield near Voronezh
Soldier Mikail Aktaliev from the village of Ekazhevo located in the Nazran District of Ingushetia was among the three soldiers killed at a military airfield near Voronezh. A colleague of the killed soldiers who had escaped from a military unit was detained on suspicion of killing them.
Residents of Shushi, October 20, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
21:45, 9 November 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities admit loss of control over Shushi
The Defence Army has lost control over the city of Shushi, and the Azerbaijani troops are on the outskirts of Stepanakert, reports Vagram Pogosyan, the press secretary of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Participants of a rally in Tbilisi, November 8, 2020. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
17:19, 9 November 2020
Police: 27 people injured at protest in Tbilisi
In Georgia, during a rally held in front of the building of the Central Election Commission (CEC), 10 protesters, 14 law enforcers, and three journalists were injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia reported. The Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre demanded from the authorities to stop using water cannons against participants of peaceful protests.
A military boot, October 21, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
17:03, 9 November 2020
Number of killed Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers rises to 1221
Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has released a list with the names of more 44 killed military personnel.
Children's shop destroyed as a result of shelling, Stepanakert, November 2, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
13:48, 9 November 2020
Rescuers state night and morning shelling of Stepanakert
At night, Stepanakert came under missile fire; other dwelling settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh were relatively calm, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported. In the morning, shelling of Stepanakert resumed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has informed.
Southern District Court, Rostov-on-Don, 2019. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the Caucasian Knot
13:26, 9 November 2020
Resident of Dagestan convicted of preparing terror act in temple
A court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Anvar Kasumov, a resident of Dagestan, who, according to the prosecution, was going to attach an improvised explosive device (IED) to a quadrocopter and blow up the police post guarding the Temple of the Kazan Icon of the God's Mother of in Kaspiysk, to 16 years in prison.
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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.