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The German authorities granted refugee status to a widow and children of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, who was killed in Berlin, Der Spiegel reported on November 20. Two nephews of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili were extradited from Sweden to Georgia, a brother of the killed man reported.

Boxing coach Pavel Deshevov, who was dismissed after a conflict with the principal of the Olympic Reserve School in Volgograd, asked President Vladimir Putin to pay attention to "corruption violations" in the region.

Fighters of the private military company known as "Wagner's PMC", including a former law enforcer from the Stavropol Territory, brutally tortured and then killed a deserter of the Syrian government forces, announced the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" on November 20 the result of its examination of massacre videos.

On November 20, in the regions of Azerbaijan bordering Russia, the law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan launched an operation to combat transnational crime and terrorist organizations.

Ten protesters accused of hooliganism and disobedience to police at the parliament building in Tbilisi were arrested; a fine was imposed on one of them; another received a warning.

Akhmed Dudaev, Director of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has stated that the people, who record videos with an apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov, are not forced by anyone to do so; they "themselves decide to apologize."

The "Grozny" TV Channel has released a report on the detention of a Chechen woman for engaging in occult practices. According to the authors of the report, former and incumbent state servants were among those who used the services of the woman, who works as a nurse.

A Tbilisi court has arrested Giorgi Rurua, an investor in the oppositional Georgian TV Company "Mtavari Arkhi", for two months; he is accused of illegally carrying weapons. The businessman's defence will appeal against his arrest.

The Batumi court has fined Rezo Kharazi, a supporter of the United National Movement (UNM), and three other activists by 500 US dollars each for disobeying the police, while they tried to block the entrance to the government building of Adjara.

Rashid Maisigov was among opponents of the Chechen-Ingush border agreement, but unlike the arrested activists, he did not take part in rallies, Magomed Aushev, an advocate, has stated.

Turkish doctors performed a neurosurgical treatment of Azerbaijani human rights defender Ogtai Gyulyalyev, who was injured in a road traffic accident. The surgery became the second after the accident, and Ogtai Gyulyalyev still stay in a coma, reports a spouse of the human rights defender.

Authors of negative posts about Chechnya are forced to retract their comments, despite the obvious insincerity of such apologies, note Instagram users. Supporters of the methods of forced apologies also do not deny the forced nature of the apologies.

The presence of Manvel Grigoryan at hearings required by the court is torture, the defence believes. While refusing to release Manvel Grigoryan from arrest, the court acts in an inhuman way, suggest human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, four children evacuated from a Baghdad prison have arrived in Grozny. The children were handed over to their close relatives.

The court decided to release 37 activists detained during a dispersal of a protest action held in front of the Georgian parliament building. Administrative court hearings in cases on failure to obey to the police and disorderly conduct are scheduled for today.

In Baku, Elchin Gasymov, the deputy chairman of the movement "Muslim Unity", was summoned to the Chief Department for Combating Organized Crime and warned of the police interference in an event planned by the movement and dedicated to the anniversary of the events in Nardaran.

Oppositionists continue their protests in central Tbilisi. The violent suppression of protests has reduced the chances of the "Georgian Dream" to win the next elections, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Alikhan Tsakaev, the police boss of the city of Argun, will not be punished for his statement about law enforcers' illegal methods, Dmitry Dovgiy, a lawyer, and Gennady Gudkov, a retired FSB colonel, believe.

Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the slain shepherds, and Djambulat Gasanov, an activist, have again went out to a series of solo pickets demanding to acquaint them to the materials of the service check conducted against a high-ranking police officer.

Rashid Maisigov, a "Fortanga" journalist, accused of drug storage, has been released from the SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court's decision to change his freedom restriction measure allows hoping that persecutions of Ingush protesters will end, Rashid himself has stated.