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20:29, 17 November 2025
Vitaly Kushnarev received 13 years in a maximum-security prison.
Former Deputy Governor and Minister of Transport of the Rostov Region, Vitaly Kushnarev, was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony and a fine of 475 million rubles.
19:41, 17 November 2025
Georgian Dream has decided to restrict voters' rights to vote abroad.
Georgian citizens living abroad will be able to vote in the elections only if they return to their home country and show up at the polling station corresponding to their registered address, announced Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili. Opposition members called this decision "an attempt to cancel the elections," citing the large number of Georgian emigrants.
18:43, 17 November 2025
An ANAMA employee was killed by a mine in Azerbaijan.
In the village of Bala Jafarli in the Gazakh region, an employee of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency was blown up by a mine; his leg was amputated.
17:57, 17 November 2025
Human rights activists have published correspondence with a relative of Aliya Ozdamirova.
Relatives confided in Chechen native Aliya Ozdamirova knew she was in danger upon returning home, according to correspondence between Aliya's friend and her relative.
16:58, 17 November 2025
Six Makhachkala residents have been arrested in connection with a terrorist organization.
Six residents of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, were planning attacks on police officers, were detained and taken into custody in Makhachkala.
15:04, 17 November 2025
A businessman has been sentenced to prison in connection with the Makhachkala explosion that killed 37 people.
Eldar Nasrulaev, a tenant of a warehouse near a gas station in the suburbs of Makhachkala, received a five-year prison sentence for improperly storing ammonium nitrate, which led to a deadly explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala.
14:10, 17 November 2025
A Baku court dismissed Bahruz Samedov's complaint against his placement in a punishment cell.
A Baku court dismissed the appeal against political scientist Bakhruz Samedov's placement in solitary confinement. The prison administration appealed to the court to have Samedov transferred to a closed prison.
12:59, 17 November 2025
Social media users considered the trial of Karabakh leaders to be Baku's prerogative.
The trial of former leaders of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, accused of war crimes, is being conducted under the Azerbaijani Criminal Code and does not require the intervention of international organizations, Facebook users* stated.
11:58, 17 November 2025
A new complaint in the Amaglobeli case has been sent to the ECHR.
Georgian human rights activists have filed a new complaint with the ECHR regarding the violation of the rights of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been subjected to administrative and criminal prosecution.
10:59, 17 November 2025
A Nalchik resident was fined for funding the Anti-Corruption Foundation*.
A court sentenced a Nalchik resident to a 400,000 ruble fine, finding her guilty of financing extremist activity. The woman claimed she transferred the money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation* by mistake.
09:57, 17 November 2025
A Tbilisi resident has been arrested on charges of beating children.
A Tbilisi resident who worked as a nanny for two young children has been taken into custody. She has been charged with beating her charges.
A soldier leaves his unit. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
08:58, 17 November 2025
A serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for evading military service.
A military court in Nalchik sentenced Alexander Mevshuk to seven years in prison, finding him guilty of three counts of evading military service during mobilization.
Police officers obstruct Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi's work at a feminist rally in Baku. March 8, 2023. Photo by Faik Majid for the "Caucasian Knot."
08:01, 17 November 2025
Sevinj Vagifgyzy was awarded the International Press Freedom Prize.
The editor-in-chief of Abzas Media, who was convicted in Azerbaijan, was awarded the Freedom of the Press Prize in the "Courage Award" category. The award, presented by an international organization defending journalists, was accepted on behalf of Vagifgizi.
06:57, 17 November 2025
Two fighters from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.
Vladimir Saraykin and Vladimir Ponomarev were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,501 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
05:50, 17 November 2025
A Rostov woman was fined for displaying satanic* symbols.
A Rostov-on-Don court fined a local resident two thousand rubles for selling paraphernalia with symbols associated with Satanism* on a marketplace.
03:51, 17 November 2025
The case of the arson of three restaurants in Kuban has reached court.
The case of a resident of the Dinsky district, who, on instructions from an unknown person, set fire to three restaurants in the center of Krasnodar in January, has been referred to court.
02:52, 17 November 2025
A lawyer explained the origin of the jewelry found in Garibashvili's house.
Jewelry, gold bars, and expensive watches found during a search of the home of former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili do not belong to him or his family, his lawyer said.
The soldiers' families received their awards. Screenshot from the Dakhadaevsky District Administration's Telegram channel, November 14, 2025, https://t.me/urkarakh_ru/25654
01:53, 17 November 2025
Six fighters from Dagestan were killed in the SVO zone.
Alippeg Magomedov, Magomedsharip Khalitov, Magomedrasul Alikadiev, and three other fighters from the Dakhadaevsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,678 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Alan Gatsoev. Still from video https://t.me/ossetiaFB/57416 from November 16, 2025.
00:53, 17 November 2025
An ethnic Ossetian has been living in a no-man's land on the border with Georgia for five months.
Tajik citizen Alan Gatsoev was denied entry to Russia, where his entire family resides in Vladikavkaz. He has been living in his car in the neutral zone near Verkhniy Lars since the summer. The North Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs explained that Gatsoev was denied entry due to immigration violations, and the court upheld this decision.
23:55, 16 November 2025
Chechen public groups demanded an apology from CSKA for the fan chant.
The reference to a "Chechen abrek" in a fan chant could be considered offensive and derogatory, a Chechen public group stated, calling on the management of the CSKA football club to remove the video and issue an official apology.
News
The case of General Kirillov's murder has reached court.

Iraqi prison. Photo: https://golosislama.com/news.php?id=36782 Female natives of Northern Caucasus go on hunger strike in Iraqi prison

Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

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.