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Law enforcers. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
22:13, 11 September 2024
Dagestani policemen suspected of fabricating drug case
In the Nogai District of Dagestan, four policemen officers are suspected of fabricating a criminal case on drug possession, which they had planted on a local resident, investigators have stated.
A raid aimed to find illegal migrants. Photo by the press service of the Russia's Federal Security Service in the Rostov region
21:46, 11 September 2024
Police report on distribution of summonses in Rostov Region
During the raids conducted in the Aksaysky District (Rostov Region), law enforcers found about 50 violators of the migration legislation; ten of them were banned from entering Russia; other 39 received summonses for the military service.
Sophia Angel-Barokko. Photo from her personal page on the VKontakte https://vk.com/photos220081595
17:29, 11 September 2024
Blogger Sophia Angel-Barokko sentenced to probation
A court in Maykop has found Sophia Angel-Barokko, a video blogger, guilty of justifying extremism and insulting believers' feelings and sentenced her to two years of conditional imprisonment (probation) and a fine.
Mass riots at the Uytash Airport. Makhachkala, October 2023. Photo: "Golos Dagestana" (The Voice of Dagestan) https://m.vk.com/wall-74219800_2410922?offset=1&reply=2412032
22:32, 10 September 2024
In case on riots at Makhachkala airport, defendant rejects his involvement in riots
Driver Magomed Irbeinov partially admitted guilt. The man emphasized that he was at the Makhachkala airport, but did not take part in the riots. The statement of Magomed Irbeinov has been confirmed by video recordings, his advocate reported.
The man who attacked law enforcers in Ingushetia crosses the road. Screenshot of a video posted by Mash Gor on September 3, 2024, https://t.me/mash_gor/6186
20:41, 10 September 2024
On September 2-8, one person killed and another wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from September 2 to September 8, 2024, one militant was killed and one law enforcer was wounded in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Denis Djalaganiya. Photo courtesy of Denis Djalaganiya
20:20, 10 September 2024
Zoo rights defender Denis Djalaganiya accused of discrediting Russian Army
After a denunciation that was made against Denis Djalaganiya, a public animal welfare inspector, that he had allegedly discredited the Russian Army in his pacifist publications posted in an animal rights group chat, an administrative protocol was drawn up against him.
A police officer and a criminal case, photo: Yelena Sineok. Yuga.ru
20:02, 10 September 2024
Rights defender from Rostov-on-Don complains about delay in opening attack case
In Rostov-on-Don, the police dragged out the decision to open a criminal case about an attack on the female lawyer who defended militaries' rights, who had refused to take part in military operations. The police said that an additional check was needed, she has stated.
A polling station. Photo: Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
17:43, 10 September 2024
Analysts pessimistically assess election results in Southern Russia
The elections in Southern Russia were uncontested and were accompanied by voting violations, while the opposition was unable to achieve noticeable results almost anywhere, since there are no prominent politicians in the regions, analysts note.
Investigators at the scene of the attack on law enforcers in Magas. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Ingushetia on September 3, 2024 https://t.me/su_skr06/2258
23:29, 9 September 2024
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 2-8, 2024
Elections in Southern Russia, fires and drones in the Caucasus, victory of the ruling party in Azerbaijan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 2-8, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
A ballot box. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:03, 9 September 2024
Observers report ballot stuffing in Kuban
At a polling station in the Abinsky District, a difference in voter turnout data has been recorded, which may indicate ballot stuffing. In the Seversky District, pressure was exerted on voters and observers. In Gelendzhik, the police were called to a polling station due to preparations for ballot stuffing, observers reported.
Voting at a polling station. Photo: press service of the regional election commission in Krasnodar Territory https://t.me/izbirkomkuban/2314
22:49, 9 September 2024
Observers filed complaints about violations during voting in Kuban
New cases of ballot stuffing and violations during home voting have been recorded at polling stations in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory); and observers faced obstacles from members of the election commissions, observers assert.
22:29, 9 September 2024
Kuban environmentalists treat repeated inclusion of their colleagues into register of foreign agents as example of pressure on activists
The repeated inclusion of the "Civil Initiative against Environmental Crime"* into the register of foreign agents is an example of authorities' pressure on eco activists, environmentalists from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) assert. According to their version, due to authorities' pressure, many colleagues have abandoned their public activities.
16:40, 9 September 2024
Observers report violations at vote tabulation in Krasnodar Territory
After closing the polling stations in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), violations during vote tabulation were recorded, observers have stated. Complaints about the process of summing up the election results are coming from the Seversky District.
15:03, 9 September 2024
Journalist Alexander Saveliev* and activist David Kankiya* added to register of foreign agents
The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has justified the inclusion of Alexander Saveliev*, a journalist, and David Kankiya*, an activist, both from Krasnodar, by their participation in the creation of materials for foreign agents and spreading false information about authorities' decisions.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo by the court's press service https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home
23:58, 8 September 2024
ECtHR awards compensation to Rostov-on-Don activist
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has awarded EUR 5000 in compensation to Ekaterina Vereschagina, an activist from Rostov-on-Don, concluding that Russian authorities had violated her right to the freedom and peaceful assembly by detaining her for 10 days in 2021 after she took part in an action in support of Alexei Navalny*.
Ballot boxes. Photo: https://er.ru
23:48, 8 September 2024
Voters report coercion to vote in Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories
Residents of the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories have faced coercion to vote at the recent elections, voters have reported. From the Seversky District of the latter, the "Map of Election Violations" also received reports of pressure on an observer and violations during home voting.
Roman Melnichenko. Photo courtesy of Roman Melnichenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:18, 8 September 2024
Former teacher Roman Melnichenko released from Volgograd SIZO
Roman Melnichenko, a former teacher at the Volgograd State University and an international law expert, has been released after three days of arrest. Law enforcers cited his refusal to show his passport as the reason for the accusation of disobeying policemen.
22:11, 8 September 2024
Law enforcers set Lysogorskaya village brothers free
Dmitry and Pavel Masenko are back at home; law enforcers have returned part of their property seized during the search that was conducted within the case of preparing a terror act, a female relative of the young men has informed.
A detention facility. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:38, 7 September 2024
Three residents of Stavropol Territory convicted in Bible burning case
A court sentenced two residents of the Stavropol Territory who burned the New Testament and recorded their act on camera to real terms of imprisonment. The third defendant, a minor, was sentenced to conditional imprisonment.
Zalina Marshenkulova*. Photo: https://yeltsin.ru/news/zalina-marshenkulova-lyubaya-zhenshina-kotoraya-schitaet-sebya-lichnostyu-eto-feministka/
23:56, 6 September 2024
Journalist Zalina Marshenkulova* included into register of foreign agents
The Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has recognized journalist Zalina Marshenkulova* from Kabardino-Balkaria as a foreign agent. According to the MoJ’s report, Zalina Marshenkulova* has spoken out against the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, spread fakes about the decisions of the Russian authorities, and promoted LGBT** relations.
News
A memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80078 Activists have restored the memorial sign on Politkovskaya's house for the ninth time.

Kadyrov reported on the new dispatch of combatants to the front.

Participants in the conflict in the Luhansk basin. July 2025. Video screenshot: Maksym Divnich's Telegram channel. Divnich reported on the verdict for Alikhan Bersayev

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.