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Guide
Ramzan Kadyrov. Illustration created by “Caucasian Knot” using AI in the Copilot software.
May 08, 2025 15:34

In May 2025, the leader of Chechnya stated that he asked to be released from the post. However, on the other day, Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that he was misunderstood. Over the past ten years, the leader of Chechnya has announced his desire to resign at least seven times and remained in office.

Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Screenshot of video posted at Ramzan Kadyrov’s Telegram Channel, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1299
March 02, 2022 13:12

During the six days of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, a lot of rumours and conjectures have appeared. What is really known about the participation of Chechen law enforcers, about their losses and statements of the republic's leadership, – read the details in the reference material of the "Caucasian Knot".

A solo picket in support of Zarema Musayeva, held by a St. Petersburg activist on Nevsky Prospekt near the Kazan Cathedral on the evening of January 31. Photo: https://www.zaks.ru/new/archive/view/222274
February 03, 2022 12:31

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his entourage have attacked the Yangulbaev family with threats; and on February 2, they organized a rally in central Grozny to condemn the family. How the conflict began, what are Kadyrov's accusations and the Yangulbaevs' answer, as well as what does the oppositional Telegram channel has to do with it – see below in the reference material of the "Caucasian Knot".

Personalities
Anzor Umarov. Screenshot: https://youtu.be/jJQXwiUtbfU?t=554
July 08, 2020 13:51

A Chechen refugee in Austria and a harsh Kadyrov's critic; a former investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who collaborated with special services; was assassinated in Vienna on July 4, 2020.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/
December 06, 2019 20:30

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.

Movsar Eskerkhanov. Photo: screenshot of the video by КАВКАЗ LIFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRVKVnK_wkg
June 11, 2019 23:31

He is a native of Chechnya, who is trying to get refugee status in Germany. In September 2017, he became the first native of the republic to confess to his homosexuality.

"CHECHENIZATION" OF RUSSIA: KADYROV'S PEOPLE ENJOY TOTAL IMPUNITY
GAY ABOUT LIFE IN CHECHNYA AND FLIGHT FROM RUSSIA
A silhouette of a man. Photo: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir “They will kill you anyway, be it family or strangers”: gay about life in Chechnya and flight from Russia

A homosexual from Chechnya, who left Russia after detention, told the "Caucasian Knot" how people with non-traditional sexual orientation live in the republic, and what the fate of his acquaintances from the LGBT community was after the start of mass raids on gays. According to the man, he managed to avoid torture, but his close friend was cruelly tortured by law enforcers, and his three familiar men were killed.

GEORGIA'S ELECTIONS MARRED BY ALLEGED BREACH OF VOTE SECRECY
An election billboard criticizing the Georgian opposition on a street in Kutaisi. Photo by Beslan Kmuzov for the "Caucasian Knot" Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised

See below an interview with Aage Borchgrevink, a Senior Advisor to the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), who led the NHC mission to Georgia during the October 26 parliamentary elections. The mission consisted of four people, two of whom were in the group with the representatives of the European Platform for Democratic Elections, and two others – in the group of the Human Rights Centre.

GUIDE
Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Screenshot of video posted at Ramzan Kadyrov’s Telegram Channel, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1299 Factbox: Kadyrov’s fighters in Ukraine

During the six days of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, a lot of rumours and conjectures have appeared. What is really known about the participation of Chechen law enforcers, about their losses and statements of the republic's leadership, – read the details in the reference material of the "Caucasian Knot".