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The participants of the action in honour of the 18th anniversary of the "Rose Revolution" have lined up in a human chain in central Tbilisi. They called for the release of former Georgian President Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili and holding early elections.

Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, arrested on charges of aiding militants, could not plan a terror act in Norilsk on the Victory Day, since all the mass events were cancelled due to the pandemic, Aisha Mutaeva, his wife, has stated.

After detention, law enforcers hinted about torture, seeking the necessary testimonies, Zarifa Sautieva said in her last plea at the Essentuki City Court, stressing that she had committed nothing illegal. She also treated the custody conditions at the Pyatigorsk SIZO (pre-trial prison) as awful.

Russian authorities have violated the rights of Luiza Tapaeva, a resident of Chechnya, by leaving her children under the care of the father of her deceased husband; therefore, they must pay her over EUR 16,000 in compensation for moral harm, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

This morning, a resident of the Ashan village in the Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh has got lost in the border area and been detained by Azerbaijani militaries, and Russian peacekeepers are negotiating his return, the National Security Service of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

By his trip to the border with Ingushetia to meet representatives of the Ingush teips, Magomed Daudov tried to strengthen his image in the eyes of his fellow countrymen, suggest Caucasian experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

In his final speech delivered at the Yessentuki City Court, activist Bagaudin Khautiev has pointed out that the case on an extremist community is a falsification and provocation against the Ingush people. According to Bagaudin Khautiev, all the guilt of the defendants is that they simply went out to defend their rights and interests.

At the preliminary hearing on the claim of the Prosecutor’s Office for the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, a plaintiff’s representative appeared to be unable to explain on what basis the HRC was subjected to a prosecutors’ check.

On November 22, Tofig Mamedov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was detained in Baku when he hung up posters reading: “Freedom for political prisoners!” and “Police, resign!” Tofig Mamedov did the above to express support for activist Salekh Rustamov.

A video appeal to the Public Prosecutor General and the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) was recorded by residents of the Volgograd Region, who believe that regional officials should be punished under the criminal legislation for closing the oncology dispensary.

The remains of one serviceman who perished during the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict were found in the territory that came under Azerbaijan's control as a result of hostilities.

The Armenia's representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has demanded to ensure the defence of the rights to life and from torture of the Armenian militaries, who were captured and became prisoners of war (POWs) on November 16.

Russian authorities are making use of the law on foreign agents for pressing and intimidating human rights media and organizations, and for silencing all those who criticize authorities, say the participants of the roundtable on the enforcement practice of the above law in Russia.

A conscript was killed in Gegarkunik Region after shelling from Azerbaijani positions, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported on November 22.

In Armenia, the opposition has no clear political agenda; and it casts doubt on any success of the protests against the delimitation of the Azerbaijani border through Russia's mediation, the Armenian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Russian authorities would make no concessions after the appeal of the European Commissioner for Human Rights in support of the "Memorials"*, since the criticism from the Council of Europe (CoE) carries practically no risks for the Kremlin, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In Yerevan, supporters of the opposition “National Democratic Pole” alliance held an action with the demand to update the Treaty of Sevres on the Armenian-Turkish border, signed at the initiative of the United States in 1920. The United States, not Russia, is an Armenia’s natural ally, activists say.

Today, in Volgograd, Roza Razumova, a mother of Ravil Rasulov, who died in a SIZO (pre-trial prison), has held a solo picket in front of the building of the Russian president’s reception office. The woman demands to clarify the circumstances of her son’s death and institute a criminal case.

Aggravation of the situation at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan; end of the Mikhail Saakashvili’s hunger strike after his transfer to a military hospital, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 15-21, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The health state of Salekh Rustamov, who has been on hunger strike for the 17th day in a prison in Azerbaijan, has worsened, but he intends to refuse water, his advocate reports today. According to human rights defender Novella Djafaroglu, there is no response to an appeal to the President of Azerbaijan for pardoning.