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Timur Idalov is back at large. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel of the the human rights project "OVD-Info"* (included into the register of foreign agents) on December 27, 2024 https://t.me/ovdinfolive/35962
21:55, 28 December 2024
Chechen advocate Timur Idalov is back at large
The court has announced that the sentence against Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, has come into force, and released him from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), demanding from him to get registered for forced labour. Idalov has claimed his illegal keeping at the SIZO after the verdict.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/164308/
21:44, 28 December 2024
Chechen leader threatens Uzbek officials
Ramzan Kadyrov has treated the situation in Uzbekistan as provocation and threatened to respond according to Chechen traditions for slander to two officials who, according to the media, were the targets of an assassination attempt organized with the participation of Chechen authorities.
The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku to Grozny. Photo by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan
20:57, 28 December 2024
Two days after plane crash, Kadyrov announces mourning in Chechnya
December 28 will be a day of mourning in Chechnya for those who perished in the aircraft crash near Aktau; entertainment events in the republic have been cancelled and state flags have been lowered.
The 29th day of protests in Tbilisi. Screenshot of the photo posted by Publika on December 26, 2024 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1333204654745748&set=pcb.1333205001412380 (the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia)
23:59, 27 December 2024
High school students and children of priests demand European path of development for Georgia
On the 29th day of protests in Tbilisi, several marches took place in the city, including high school students from three Tbilisi schools, miners from Tkibuli, children of religious figures, and natives of Batumi.
A prison. Picture made in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:40, 27 December 2024
Volgograd residents' comments in social media result in charges of supporting terrorism
Two residents of Volgograd have commented on the actions of Ukrainian militaries in the territories of the Belgorod and Bryansk Regions.
Law enforcers in South Ossetia. Photo: https://mvdruo.ru/
22:47, 27 December 2024
South-Ossetian MIA demands to ban LGBT* propaganda
In South Ossetia, the legislation does not provide for any punishments for LGBT* propaganda; and the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has demanded that parliament regulate the law enforcers' work.
Inna Tishkina. Screenshot of a video posted on the “Smersh Kubani” Telegram channel on December 25, 2024 https://t.me/NKB_Smersh/125
21:38, 27 December 2024
Krasnodar resident has to apologize for her posts on social network
Inna Tishkina from Krasnodar apologized for her posts on the X social networking service which were “discrediting the Russian Army.” The reason for the attention to the resident of Krasnodar was an appeal to the law enforcement and related bodies by MP Sergey Klimov, who demanded an apology from Ramzan Kadyrov.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:17, 27 December 2024
Jehovah’s Witness* from Novorossiysk detained
In the Krasnodar Territory, the police detained Dmitry Mladov, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Novorossiysk. The detainee was transported to an IVS (temporary detention facility) in the Moscow Region.
A plane flying Baku-Grozny crashed. Photo: Baza / Telegram
21:16, 27 December 2024
AZAL reports technical impact on the crashed plane in Aktau
An Embraer 190 aircraft flying on the Baku-Grozny route crashed near Aktau due to physical and technical external interference, Azerbaijan Airlines said, citing data from a preliminary investigation.
20:54, 27 December 2024
Dagestan: two law enforcers convicted for beating detained woman
The Kizilyurt City Court has sentenced two policemen from the Kizilyurt division of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to three years and four years of conditional imprisonment, finding them guilty of beating a female detainee.
Oksana Osadchaya at a picket in support of Zarema Musaeva. The city of Ramenskoye, December 24, 2024. Photo by the RusNews, posted on Oksana Osadchaya'a page on the VKontakte https://vk.com/wall258387065_4531
23:56, 26 December 2024
In Moscow Region, activist holds solo picket in support of Musaeva
Oksana Osadchaya held a solo picket in the city of Ramenskoye in support of Zarema Musaeva, who was arrested in Chechnya in a new criminal case. The solo picket attracted the attention of passers-by and law enforcers.
Khamzat Kadyrov. Photo: https://chechnya.gov.ru/
23:53, 26 December 2024
Khamzat Kadyrov confirms drone attack on Chechnya
Secretary of the Chechen Security Council Khamzat Kadyrov has posted on a social networking service a video of the destruction of a drone. The Chechen official has also added that all the drones launched today to attack the republic had been shot down.
Women wearing Muslim dress, photo: shutterstock.com
23:24, 26 December 2024
Analysts dispute about aims of polygamy fatwa
The withdrawal of the fatwa on polygamy does not cancel the fact that it is enshrined in the Koran; while its main purpose is to clarify the procedure and responsibility for concluding a religious marriage, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and an Islamic scholar believe.
Alexei Schus. Photo: https://x.com/GLesyao/status/1828302673688633357
21:47, 26 December 2024
Prosecution demands over seven years in colony for Sochi engineer
The state prosecutor has demanded seven years and seven months of imprisonment for Alexei Schus, a Sochi engineer, accused of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and of manufacturing weapons.
20:51, 26 December 2024
Defence asks to overturn sentence of lawyer Fedorenko
The actions of Natalia Fedorenko, a lawyer, contained no violation of privacy of private life, her defence has stated. The Commission for the Protection of Lawyers' Professional Rights of the Bar Association of Krasnodar Territory has concluded that Fedorenko is being prosecuted for performing her professional duties.
Karina Moskalenko. Photo: New America https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:04, 25 December 2024
Human rights defenders recall achievements of “Centre for Assistance to International Protection”
The creation of the “Centre for Assistance to International Protection” organization 30 years ago was an important event for the development of human rights protection in Russia, and the “Centre” itself won hundreds of cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) when defending people whose rights were violated.
The police uses water cannons at a protest action. December 7, 2024. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:46, 25 December 2024
Human rights defenders condemn Georgian authorities for persecuting protesters
In Georgia, law enforcers brutally beat protesters, and criminal cases are being instituted against activists on formal grounds.
A colony. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:53, 25 December 2024
Public prosecutor requests over six years of imprisonment for Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia
A public prosecutor requested six and a half years of imprisonment for Aleksei Pasynkov, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Karachay-Cherkessia, in a case on organizing extremist activity. Criminal cases have also been instituted against a wife and a mother of Aleksei Pasynkov, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports.
Drivers' checks. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:56, 24 December 2024
Chechen drivers tell about law enforcers' raids on roads
The vehicle gas cylinder equipment (GCE) often breaks down and poses a danger, experts said after reports of checks on Chechen roads. Drivers linked the raids with the fight against car window tinting; and GCE checks are conducted in parallel.
Polygamy. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
22:36, 24 December 2024
Russian SAM revokes fatwa on permissibility of polygamy among Muslims
The Russian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has made a submission to the Chairman of the Russia Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) on the need to eliminate violations of the law in connection with the fatwa on the permissibility of polygamy. Citing this submission and the reaction of the public, the SAM has revoked the fatwa.
News
A Buinaksk resident was sentenced to a long prison term for assisting militants.

Special military operation in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense press service More than 8,600 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO zone.

Akhmad Batlukhsky. Photo: Telegram channel of Akhmad Batlukhsky Analysts acknowledged the importance of the resonance in the release of Akhmad Batlukhsky

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.