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Ruslan Nurushev. Photo courtesy of Ruslan Nurushev for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:46, 23 September 2024
Volgograd lawyer Nurushev achieves return of some belongings seized during search
After numerous complaints, three months later, law enforcers have returned part of the things seized during the search, Ruslan Nurushev, a lawyer, has informed. In order to collect the fine imposed on Nurushev, court marshals blocked his bank card.
A criminal case, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:31, 22 September 2024
Court hands down lenient sentence to SMO fighter from Vladikavkaz for murder
The court has sentenced Aslan Salamov, a participant in the special military operation (SMO) from Vladikavkaz, to 1.5 years in jail, finding him guilty of murdering his acquaintance.
21:39, 22 September 2024
Sochi resident arrested for 10 days for comments about law enforcers and militaries
The court has sentenced Zorikto Tsybikzhapov, a Sochi resident, to 10 days of arrest, treating his comments in the messenger as incitement of hostility towards law enforcers and military servicemen.
21:12, 22 September 2024
Court refused to cancel criminal prosecution of journalist Kevorkova
The Basmanny Court of Moscow has refused to cancel the decision to initiate a criminal case against Nadezhda Kevorkova, which her defence had appealed against due to its groundlessness and a number of violations.
Female students and a teacher. Photo: Islam.ru October 5, 2022, https://islam.ru/content/veroeshenie/43569
17:30, 22 September 2024
Analysts comment on Govt's decision to reject "hijab law"
The political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have disagreed on the prospects of the bill proposed by Vladislav Davankov, a former presidential candidate, which gives schools and municipalities the right to ban the wearing of religious clothing.
23:56, 21 September 2024
Sentences of three Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista toughened
The court of appeal has imposed additional restrictions on freedom for Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Elista Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva, and Yekaterina Menkova, who were sentenced to suspended imprisonment on the charges of extremism.
Umar Chichaev in a courtroom. Photo: Telegram channel of the courts of general jurisdiction for Moscow https://t.me/moscowcourts/4667
23:41, 21 September 2024
"Rosgvardiya" fighter from Chechnya arrested within shooting case at Wildberries office
A Moscow court has arrested Umar Chichaev, an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter from Chechnya, who is deputy commander of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) unit "Akhmat-1", for a month and 30 days; he was detained in connection with the shooting at the Wildberries office.
22:58, 21 September 2024
Case on preparation of explosion at Nalchik train station reaches court
A case against Vitaly Gaivoronsky, accused of preparing a terror act at the Nalchik train station, will be considered by the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.
Ramzan Kadyrov in a Cybertruck electric pickup truck. Photo posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel kadyrov_95
22:47, 21 September 2024
Kadyrov claims his Cybertruck remotely disabled
The leader of Chechnya has stated that a Cybertruck electric pickup truck he received from Tesla stopped working. Ramzan Kadyrov believes that the car has been remotely switched off by Elon Musk.
Valery Bailo. Photo: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bajlo-valerij-semenovich/
21:07, 21 September 2024
Relatives of Valery Bailo, convicted Jehovah's Witness*, worry about his health
For several months already, the defence of Valery Bailo, a convicted Jehovah's Witness* from the Krasnodar Territory, has failed to obtain medical treatment for him at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is kept.
18:58, 21 September 2024
Anti-migration raids in Southern Russia are part of recruiting campaign of contract soldiers
In Southern Russia, authorities have launched an agitation campaign, offering migrants from Central Asia and those who recently received Russian citizenship some remuneration for their consent to be sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone; otherwise these people are threatened with punishment.
Nikolai Tsomartov. Photo https://botsman.org
18:37, 21 September 2024
Anna Tsomartova's father fired from MIA for criticizing inquiry into her disappearance
After criticizing law enforcing bodies for the inefficient inquiry into the disappearance of Anna Tsomartova, a North-Ossetian athlete, in Kaspiysk, her father Nikolai Tsomartov was fired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for violating the ethic norms.
Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_9ELTpvmQ
23:28, 20 September 2024
Human rights defenders recognize blogger Askhabali Alibekov as political prisoner
The charge of using violence against a policeman does not correspond to the circumstances of the blogger Askhabali Alibekov’s case. The authorities are forcing the blogger to stop his opposition activities by persecuting him, the “Support for political prisoners. Memorial” human rights project states.
Participants in a conflict near an office of the “Wildberries” Company, screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel "Ostorozhno, novosti" ("Beware, News")
23:13, 20 September 2024
Natives of Ingushetia and Chechnya killed in shooting near “Wildberries” office in Moscow
As a result of shooting which took place near an office of the “Wildberries” Company in Moscow, Islambek Elmurziev, a 28-year-old master of sports in freestyle wrestling from Ingushetia, and Adam Almazov, a 41-year-old deputy commander of the “Akhmat-1” OMON (riot police) battalion from Chechnya, have been killed, sources report.
22:25, 20 September 2024
SC upholds sentence of Volgograd resident Paskar for setting fire to rug near FSB building
The cassation court refused to grant an appeal lodged against the sentence of Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, who was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment for setting fire to a rug near an FSB building in Krasnodar. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.
21:52, 20 September 2024
Sentence in absentia for aiding terrorism upheld against Stavropol resident Denis Mamedov
The military court of appeal upheld the sentence to 16 years of imprisonment for aiding and abetting terrorism pronounced against Denis Mamedov, a former official from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in Stavropol. The above information has been reported by the “OVD-Info”* human rights project.
20:06, 20 September 2024
Volgograd resident detained for justifying terrorism
Agents of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) have detained an earlier convicted Volgograd resident for his post in a messenger, seeing support for banned terrorist organizations in them.
A resident of Dagestan recorded a video with the apologies to Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of a video https://t.me/chattutchechnya/836198
23:57, 19 September 2024
Fear of execution forces Dagestani resident to apologize to Kadyrov after road accident
In the conflict of a Dagestani resident with and an elderly Chechen after a road accident, both parties are to blame, as they wouldn't settle the problem peacefully and started a brawl, analysts believe, adding that the Dagestani resident by apologizing to Kadyrov decided to protect himself and end the conflict in this way.
Andzor Kudaev. Photo by the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"
22:39, 19 September 2024
Rights defenders find Andzor Kudaev's torture statement convincing
The application made by Andzor Kudaev, a convicted entrepreneur from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) that his confession was obtained under torture is credible, human rights defenders have pointed out, noting that courts are trying to ignore applications about torturing the defendants.
Olga Begretova (Efendieva). Photo by the "Memorial" Centre for Defence of Human Rights https://memorialcenter.org/news/byvshaya-sotrudnicza-memoriala-pozhalovalas-na-pogranichnikov
21:41, 19 September 2024
Activist Olga Begretova loses appeal in forced fingerprinting case
The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has rejected the appeal complaint, lodged by Olga Begretova, an activist, against the decision of the Nalchik court, which refused to request information that the FSB had received about her after forced fingerprinting at the airport.
News
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.

Shootout in Dagestan. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in ChatGPT. During the week from January 26 to February 1, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

Authorities have officially acknowledged that more than 8,550 fighters from southern Russia were killed in the military operation.

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.