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19:16, 26 November 2025

Alan Gatsoev was taken away from the neutral zone by ambulance.

Ethnic Ossetian Alan Gatsoev, who spent five months living in the neutral zone between Georgia and Russia, has been hospitalized in North Ossetia due to his worsening condition.

18:44, 26 November 2025

Investigators reported multimillion-dollar damages in the Dzharulla Omarov case.

New incidents have been uncovered during the criminal investigation against Dzharulla Omarov, the former head of Dagestan's Dakhadayevsky District, who is suspected of fraud and abuse of power. According to investigators, the real estate fraud resulted in damages exceeding 200 million rubles.

17:22, 26 November 2025

Patyaeva was left in police custody for a second night for picketing Seda Suleimanova's fate.

The trial of Lena Patyaeva, who was detained at a picket in St. Petersburg commemorating the fate of her friend Seda Suleimanova, has been postponed. The activist will spend another night in police custody.

16:48, 26 November 2025

Melia sentenced to prison for insulting a judge

A Tbilisi court sentenced Nika Melia, the leader of the opposition Coalition for Change, to one year and six months in prison, ruling that the politician's attempt to throw water at a judge during a hearing in May was an insult.

15:48, 26 November 2025

Chechen authorities' winter preparedness report contradicts widespread power and water outages

Chechen Prime Minister Magomed Daudov's remarks about readiness for the heating season came amid ongoing widespread power and water outages.

14:51, 26 November 2025

Instagram* users considered the Yemkuzhev torture case to be part of a nationwide trend.

Social media users expressed confidence that the torture of Kazbek Emkuzhev has become part of Russian security forces' practice of extracting confessions from suspects.

13:55, 26 November 2025

An Azerbaijani court has extended the pretrial detention of Ulviyya Ali.

13:05, 26 November 2025

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

Ivan Klyukin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,548 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

12:28, 26 November 2025

The refusal to allow delegates from Yerevan to meet with prisoners in Baku sparked a debate on social media.

Armenian Facebook users* claimed that the Yerevan delegation should have been more persistent after being denied permission to meet with their fellow countrymen arrested in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani users questioned whether the foreign delegation had the authority to visit the prisoners.

11:28, 26 November 2025

A Georgian woman has been arrested in connection with a child beating case.

Police in Georgia have detained a woman suspected of beating her school-aged children.

10:40, 26 November 2025

27 Azerbaijani families returned to Kelbajar

Today, 112 members of 27 Azerbaijani families who fled the Karabakh conflict were sent back to Kelbajar. The total number of families returned to the city has reached 108.

09:09, 26 November 2025

An appeal to the Krasnodar mayor to meet with residents went unanswered.

Officials have not responded to a video appeal from Krasnodar residents calling on the mayor to meet to discuss their concerns. Activists have collected over 1,000 signatures demanding the mayor's resignation.

Sergey Reznik. Photo courtesy of Sergey Reznik to "Caucasian Knot."

08:09, 26 November 2025

Sergei Reznik reported pressure from security forces on his relatives.

Relatives and friends of Rostov journalist Sergei Reznik, who fled Russia and is accused of four criminal cases, are facing demands to disclose his whereabouts.

07:09, 26 November 2025

Lawyers assessed the risks of prosecution of Chechen bloggers for advertising on social media.

The practice of prosecuting people for advertising on Meta* platforms is still in its infancy in Russia, and Chechen bloggers face administrative or criminal liability for advertising dubious apps and financial pyramids.

06:09, 26 November 2025

Three Azerbaijani residents convicted of financing terrorism

A Baku court found Khagani Omarov, Anar Salamzade, and Elchin Azizov guilty of financing terrorism and sentenced them to terms of 10 to 11 years.

05:36, 26 November 2025

The prosecutor's office has demanded the seizure of the property of the former vice-governor of the Rostov region.

The Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit against former Rostov Region Vice Governor Vladimir Okunev, his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova, and their relatives. The office alleges that the officials have been operating a shadow auto business for many years.

04:54, 26 November 2025

Leaflets in support of Seda Suleimanova were posted in Moscow.

Unknown activists posted leaflets in Moscow with the slogan "Seda was kidnapped" in support of Chechen native Seda Suleimanova.

02:56, 26 November 2025

The "Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners" was created by convicted activists in an Azerbaijani prison colony.

Six journalists, experts, and activists serving prison sentences in Correctional Facility No. 2 in Baku have announced the creation of a "Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners."

02:27, 26 November 2025

The court approved the seizure of property from Yuri Napso.

The Krasnodar Regional Court reviewed the appeal against the transfer of property belonging to former deputy Yuri Napso to the state and rejected it.

01:28, 26 November 2025

A 49.4 billion ruble fine has been approved for the owner of the Volgoneft-212 tanker.

The owner of the Volgoneft-212 tanker, which sank in the Kerch Strait, was unable to challenge the decision to collect over 49 billion rubles for damages caused to the Black Sea.

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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

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

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

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.