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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.
23:57, 25 November 2025
Participants in the Tbilisi march performed a handcuffed performance.
On the 363rd day of protests in Tbilisi, protesters handcuffed themselves to each other to prevent police from detaining individual demonstrators. Isako Devidze, a hunger striker outside parliament, was detained on Rustaveli Avenue.
A barrier on the Bermamyt plateau. Screenshot from a post on the VKontakte community "Word of Mouth Radio of the Caucasian Mineral Waters"
22:52, 25 November 2025
Social media users are outraged by the business on the mountain plateau in Karachay-Cherkessia.
The access to the edge of the Bermamyt plateau is fenced with barbed wire and a barrier. Tenants are now demanding 100 rubles to enter the area, social media users reported.
22:26, 25 November 2025
Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.
Nurlubay Elmurzayev and Nur-Magomed Akkobekov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,696 Dagestani soldiers have been officially reported killed there.
21:31, 25 November 2025
The ECHR ordered the Azerbaijani authorities to pay compensation to the opposition newspaper Azadlig.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that the fine imposed on the Azadlig newspaper for its 2012 publication on the operations of the Baku Metro was unlawful. The Azerbaijani government is obligated to pay the newspaper €29,500 in compensation.
20:22, 25 November 2025
A soldier killed in Ukraine has been buried in North Ossetia.
Naib Slonov from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 519 combatants from North Ossetia killed there.
19:56, 25 November 2025
The Georgian Parliament approved a ban on voting in elections from abroad.
The Georgian Parliament supported the first reading of a new version of the Electoral Code, which stipulates that polling stations for emigrants will no longer be open during both municipal and parliamentary elections.
Lena Patyaeva at a solo picket. November 25, 2025. Photo: https://t.me/endoflaw/1762
18:48, 25 November 2025
Patyaeva was left in police custody until the morning for picketing about the fate of Seda Suleimanova.
Lena Patyaeva, a friend of kidnapped Chechen native Seda Suleimanova, who was detained for picketing in St. Petersburg, has been left in police custody pending a court hearing scheduled for November 26.
18:14, 25 November 2025
A former military police chief was sentenced to 11 years in Nalchik.
A military court in Nalchik sentenced Major Vladimir Puzenko to a long prison term for falsifying the "exploits" and combat wounds of military personnel to obtain state awards.
17:37, 25 November 2025
A Dagestani resident is suspected of justifying terrorism.
Videos posted on social media have led to the criminal prosecution of a Makhachkala resident.
Lena Patyaeva. Screenshot from video: https://sotavision.world/piket-udalsya-luchshe-chem-ya-ozhidala-lena-patyaeva-posle-zasedaniya-o-nezakonnoj-akczii-na-mostu-kadyrova/
16:48, 25 November 2025
A friend of Seda Suleimanova was detained at a picket in St. Petersburg.
Security forces in St. Petersburg detained Lena Patyaeva, a friend of kidnapped Chechen native Seda Suleimanova, who was holding a picket outside a police station. The police officers "delivered Suleimanova to her death," the activist claimed.
Police officers detain a teenager. Illustration from the "Caucasian Knot" AI-generated program Copilot.
15:58, 25 November 2025
Lawyers have ruled out criminal prosecution for a Kuban teenager who spat at a security officer.
Spitting at a police officer is considered an insult to a public official, but the law does not allow a 15-year-old to be held criminally liable under this statute. Given his apology for his actions, the Krasnodar youth may escape punishment.
14:58, 25 November 2025
Sergei Les's arrest has been extended for a month.
A court in Krasnodar has extended the pretrial detention of Sergei Les, the former head of the Krymsk region, who is accused of abuse of office.
News
Vladimir Zhilinsky (designated a foreign agent). Screenshot from the Telegram channel "Pskovskaya Gubernia" from February 22, 2024, https://t.me/guberniaband/8250 Former "Voice"* activist detained in Armenia

A long line formed at the microphone at the memorial to victims of political repression in Yerevan. Still from video from October 29, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESzBbqIyToA&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Foctober29.live%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY Protesters in Tbilisi and Yerevan honored the memory of the victims of Stalin's repressions.

The Georgian Ministry of Finance reported full repayment of its debt to Russia.

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.