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15:24, 30 November 2020
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 23-29, 2020
Return of refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh; demining of territories in the Karabakh conflict zone; coronavirus infection spread statistics in Caucasus; attempt by the Armenian opposition to create conditions for declaring no confidence in Prime Minister Pashinyan; arrest of a top-ranking police officer from Dagestan in a case on a terror act in Moscow, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 23-29, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Russian sappers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12327446@egNews
14:04, 30 November 2020
Russian militaries report road demining in Nagorno-Karabakh
Since the start of the peacemaking mission, sappers have cleared more than 24 hectares of ammunition and at least eight kilometres of roads in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.
Participants of the rally in Yerevan on November 29, 2020. Screenshot of the video by the Sputnik Армения https://t.me/s/SputnikArmenia/11373
13:47, 30 November 2020
Yerevan marchers urge Russia to help in solving POWs' problem
In Armenia, over a thousand activists have marched to the Russian Embassy in Yerevan to convey a request to the Ambassador to intervene in the process of transferring prisoners of war (POWs) and handing over the bodies of the perished soldiers. The Prime Minister of Armenia has called on political parties to unite in order to speed up the return of Armenian POWs from Azerbaijan.
A special operation in Chegem. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/kontrterroristicheskie-operacii/v-hode-kto-v-chegeme-neytralizovany-dvoe.html
11:29, 30 November 2020
On November 23-29, no victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded
During the week of November 23-29, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded; there were no casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.
Participants of the rally in Magas, 2019. Screenshot of the video by the "Politics Today" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BLJ3ZC6N4s
11:22, 30 November 2020
Elders stand up for Ingush activists
Ingush elders have turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to release the activists accused of organizing riots in Magas in 2019.
Protesters in Batumi warm themselves by the fire. November 29, 2020. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot"
11:17, 30 November 2020
Batumi protesters demand to cancel lockdown
The severe restrictions introduced in Georgia due to coronavirus have deprived many people of their earnings; they have nothing to feed their families, participants in the protest action in Batumi have claimed.
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.
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Karabakh activists condemned Pashinyan for refusing to discuss the rights of refugees.

The treatment of the arrested Vugar Mamedov in Azerbaijan has been interrupted.

A strong fire broke out at the oil terminal in Baku.

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.