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Conscripts' parents hold their protest in Yerevan. Screenshot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBBcvWjIZi4&feature=emb_logo
12:05, 29 November 2020
Armenian conscripts' parents demand to withdraw troops from Karabakh
Regular soldiers should be returned from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia; otherwise they may become victims of acts of sabotage or be captured, protesters in Yerevan have stated. The Armenian Defence Minister has ruled out the troop withdrawal, but promised to send soldiers to vacations.
11:48, 29 November 2020
Law enforcers conduct searches near right defenders' in Karabulak
Law enforcers have cordoned off an area in the city of Karabulak, where the office of the human rights organization "Mashr" is located, and searched several houses, sources have reported. The operation was accompanied by interruptions of mobile internet throughout Ingushetia.
Hospital in Grozny. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wU035gaEoU
21:09, 28 November 2020
Chechnya ranked third in North Caucasus by COVID-19 deaths increase
Over the past 24 hours, 23 patients died from coronavirus in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD): 10 people died in Dagestan; seven – in the Stavropol Territory. Chechnya is in the third place; three deaths were recorded there for the last 24 hours. These three regions are still in the lead in the NCFD in terms of the daily increase in the number of infected persons.
Medical stuff. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
18:22, 28 November 2020
COVID-19 restrictions in force in Georgia
From November 28 to January 31, 2021, mass events are prohibited in Georgia; catering facilities have been transferred to a remote operation mode; and the movement of public transport and pedestrians is limited.
17:51, 28 November 2020
School work resumed in Stepanakert
Russian peacemakers have demined the territory of one of the schools in Stepanakert; they have also resumed the heat and electricity supplies thereto, after which the school has resumed its work. During the last 24 hours, 2115 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Screenshot: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIFc_brpOCo/
17:33, 28 November 2020
Grozny schoolchildren publicly repent for broken fence
The "Grozny" TV Channel has posted a video on the Instagram with the repentance of four teenagers for a broken fence in the territory of a Grozny school.
13:15, 28 November 2020
Law enforcers explain detention of Muslims in Astrakhan by search for criminals
Law enforcers have let the Muslims detained near the Red Mosque go home. The police have stated that these were actions aimed at searching for people hiding from investigators and the court. Muslims were offended that such checks are carried out in mosques during the Friday prayer (namaz).
12:52, 28 November 2020
Dagestani woman convicted for involvement in bride abduction
The court has sentenced a female resident of a village in the Levashin District to three years of conditional imprisonment, having found her guilty of detaining her brother's bride, whom he forcibly took away from her home.
Sevindj Sadygova holds protest action. Screenshot: https://web.facebook.com/Azad.Soz.Az/videos/739806920116792/?v=739806920116792&_rdc=1&_
12:37, 28 November 2020
Afghan Sadygov's wife holds protest against red tape with his complaint against verdict
Sevindj Sadygova has held a solo picket near the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA), demanding that the authorities react to the hunger strike of her husband – Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azeri website "Azel.tv".
Sotsk gold mine. Photo: Ліонкінг https://ru.wikipedia.org/
08:33, 28 November 2020
Operation of Sotk Mine suspended
Today, the employees of the Sotk Mine were not allowed to go to work due to negotiations on the division of the mine territory between the Armenian and Azerbaijani parties. The interstate border line runs through the mine – part of it is located in the Armenian territory, while the other was earlier a part of Nagorno-Karabakh, and now it has come under Azerbaijan's control.
Order of Akhmat Kadyrov. Photo: Kei https://ru.wikipedia.org/
08:23, 28 November 2020
Golden awards highlight Chechnya's proximity to Islamic monarchies
The medals and orders named after Akhmat Kadyrov, which cost Chechnya tens of millions of roubles, are in line with traditions of Islamic monarchies, the Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Police car. Photo courtesy of Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:51, 27 November 2020
Sources report blood feud murder in Ingushetia
Unidentified persons shelled a car in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo. As a result, a man was killed, and a woman stays in severe condition. The victim was a brother of a member of the Batal-Khadji community.
Rockets hit the church of Kazanchetsots Surb Amenaprkich in Shushi twice during shelling on October 7, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
22:36, 27 November 2020
UNESCO announces terms for sending mission to Nagorno-Karabakh
In the coming months, UNESCO cultural heritage specialists will be sent to Nagorno-Karabakh to compile a list of the most important cultural sites. The mission will be carried out with the support of the Minsk Group and OSCE, UNESCO reports today.
Police checking IDs and detain Muslims at the exit from the Red Mosque in Astrakhan, November 27, 2020. Photo by Alena Sadovskaya for the Caucasian Knot
20:18, 27 November 2020
In Astrakhan, law enforcers detain dozens of believers near a mosque
Today, several dozen Muslims have been brought to police stations after namaz (prayer) in an Astrakhan mosque. The law enforcement bodies refused to explain the reasons for the police raid.
France accepts Azerbaijan's claims on Nagorno-Karabakh's status, French Senate favours recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence, After Azerbaijani troops' entry to Kelbadjar, Karabakh residents lost Internet.
19:47, 27 November 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: death toll among soldiers rises to 1712
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh included 34 names more into the list of soldiers of the Defence Army killed during the escalation of the conflict.
Sign above the entrance to the Investigating Committee of Armenia. Photo: press service of the Investigating Committee of Armenia, http://investigative.am/ru/news/view/siriayi-qaxaqaciner-vorpes-mexadryal-nergravelu-voroshum.html
19:36, 27 November 2020
Armenian Investigating Committee announces version on Russian contract soldier's death
In Gyumri, a contract soldier from the Russian military base died of natural causes, no criminal actions took place, Armenian investigators announced.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Europe_and_Foreign_Affairs
14:13, 27 November 2020
France accepts Azerbaijan's claims on Nagorno-Karabakh's status
On November 26, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) handed a note of protest to the French Ambassador in connection with the French Senate's resolution on the need to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. France still does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as a republic, the MFA has assured.
Sevindj Sadygova holds protest action. Screenshot: https://web.facebook.com/Azad.Soz.Az/videos/739806920116792/?v=739806920116792&_rdc=1&_
13:48, 27 November 2020
Afghan Sadygov's wife treats his health condition as critical
The health condition of Afghan Sadygov, who has been on hunger strike for more than three weeks in the Baku SIZO (pre-trial prison), has deteriorated down to critical; while the date for considering his complaint against the verdict is being delayed, Afghan's wife said on November 26.
The Armenian Apostolic Church, November 13, 2020. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the Caucasian Knot
12:20, 27 November 2020
Researches highlight problem of guarding Armenian monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh
Most of the historical monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh are related to the Armenian culture; there are much fewer Muslim monuments, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.
Man in a mask in a street. Photo by Inna Kukudzhanova for the Caucasian Knot
12:08, 27 November 2020
Georgian residents concerned about tighter COVID-19 restrictions
Severe restrictions will worsen the economic situation in Georgia; and ordinary people will suffer as a result, the opposition has stated. Entrepreneurs fear that a new wave of restrictions will bankrupt them.
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A Dagestani woman was convicted of financing ISIS*.

Four Dagestani citizens were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in the prison jamaat case.

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.