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    An attack in Makhachkala. Screenshot of a video t.me/askrasul/55368
    21:50, 24 June 2024
    Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of June 17-June 23, 2024
    Shooting in Dagestan, drones in the Caucasus, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, verdict against seven Ingush activists, 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 June 17-June 23, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
    Kevin Lik. Photo: x.com https://x.com/echofm_online/status/1741115696547836224
    21:06, 24 June 2024
    Lawyers exclude transferring 18-year-old Kevin Lik to German prison
    Kevin Lik, a resident Maykop, convicted for treason, will not be sent to a German prison as a German citizen, since only his Russian citizenship matters for Russian law enforcers, lawyers have explained.
    The militants' attack on a synagogue in Derbent. June 23, 2024. Screenshot of a video by CBC TV Azerbaijan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-dJMlLeukg
    19:52, 24 June 2024
    Religion experts explain motives for militants’ attacks on synagogue and temple in Dagestan
    Ayats (verses) of the Koran, references to which were left by attackers at a synagogue in Derbent, are interpreted by the extremists to justify their confrontation with Jews and Christians, Leonid Syukiyainen and Dmitry Mikulsky point out. The experts suggest that the date of the attack on the Orthodox temple was chosen by the militants because of the Christian holiday celebrated on that day.
    Ekaterina Menkova, Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva (left to right). Screenshot of a website that collects information about criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* (396 Russian organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses are recognized as extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court's decision)
    18:24, 24 June 2024
    Three Elista Jehovah's Witnesses* sentenced conditionally
    The Elista City Court has convicted three female Jehovah's Witnesses*: Kishta Tutinova has been sentenced to three years, Tsagan Khalgaeva and Ekaterina Menkova – to two years of conditional imprisonment each.
    Law enforcers at the site of the militants' attack. Makhachkala, June 23, 2024. Screenshot of a video by RBC https://www.rbc.ru/politics/23/06/2024/6678605c9a79473e6ab810cd
    17:34, 24 June 2024
    Militants' attacks in Dagestan are first military incidents within more than a year
    The attacks committed by militants on churches and synagogues have interrupted a 13-month-long calm period in Dagestan. Earlier, the republic faced a number of attacks on religious figures and worship places.
    The zone of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation https://function.mil.ru
    15:17, 24 June 2024
    Sentence to Taganrog student continues trend of punishments for treason
    After the start of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Russian law enforcers are more actively initiating criminal cases of treason; and appellate courts are upholding the verdicts, lawyers have commented on the verdict passed to Vladislav Poruchikov, a student from Taganrog.
    Vladimir Atamanchuk on his doorstep. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
    23:16, 23 June 2024
    Sentence to Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk upheld
    The Court of Appeal in Sochi has upheld the sentence of activist Vladimir Atamanchuk, who was found guilty of libel and sentenced to 200 hours of compulsory labour.
    Martin Kochesoko*. Photo from Martin Kochesoko's page on Facebook www.facebook.com/martin.kochesoko *included in the register of foreign agents
    22:52, 23 June 2024
    Martin Kochesoko*, KBR activist, suspected of failing duties of foreign agent
    Law enforcers have opened a criminal case against Martin Kochesoko*, an activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), for evading the duties of a foreign agent.
    21:12, 23 June 2024
    Court returns case of journalist Yusupov* to law enforcers
    A court in Makhachkala has demanded from law enforcers to eliminate violations in the case of the journalist Idris Yusupov*, accused of failing to fulfil the duties of a foreign agent.
    The Supreme Court of Dagestan. Photo from the website of the court http://vs.dag.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=info_court
    19:37, 23 June 2024
    Dagestani SC refuses to treat suspension of trial against law enforcers as illegal
    Musa Aliev, a resident of the village of Mutsalaul, has demanded to treat the suspension of the trial against the law enforcers who had beaten him up during his detention within a rape case as illegal. The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the suspension, citing the fact that one of the accused had gone to the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
    Consequences of the militants' attack on Ingushetia. Screenshot of the photo by "Fortanga" on June 2, 2020 https://fortanga.org/2020/06/16-let-nazad-boeviki-shamilya-basaeva-napali-na-ingushetiyu/
    18:07, 23 June 2024
    Twenty years since attack of Basaev's militants on Ingushetia
    It is 20 years since the attack of Shamil Basaev's militants on Ingushetia, as a result of which 78 people were killed and 113 others were wounded. In Nazran, renovation of the memorial to the victims of the attack is being completed, the city Mayoralty has informed.
    Tagir Velagaev in a court. Screenshot of a video posted on March 19, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlNf4EyaD80
    22:04, 22 June 2024
    Statement of state of passion allows Velagaev to avoid punishment for murder
    All the chances to achieve punishment for Tagir Velagaev, a pensioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), for assassinating his ex-wife Umazhat Guseinova have been exhausted, the advocate of the suffered party has stated. Those accused of committing murders often refer to a state of passion in order to get the verdicts mitigated, human rights defenders have noted.
    Alyona Agafonova in a court. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the joint press service for the courts of the Volgograd Region on April 5, 2024 https://t.me/vlgsud/2049
    20:30, 22 June 2024
    Blogger Alyona Agafonova recognized as political prisoner
    An article, under which Alyona Agafonova, a blogger from Samara, was sentenced to correctional labour for desecrating the monument “The Motherland is Calling!”, provides no clear definitions, and there is no official list of symbols of the Russia’s military glory, human rights defenders pointed out.
    Zalina Marshenkulova. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "Zhenskaya Vlast" (Women's Power) on March 8, 2024 https://t.me/vlast_Zh/12208
    18:47, 22 June 2024
    Journalist Zalina Marshenkulova challenges her arrest in absentia
    An appeal filed by Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist from Kabardino-Balkaria, against her arrest in absentia in a case on justifying terrorism has been received by the Moscow City Court.
    Barakh Chemurziev, Musa Malsagov, Malsag Uzhakhov, Akhmed Barakhoev, Zarifa Sautieva, Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev in a court. Photo: Kakhoy Akhilgov https://twitter.com/akaloy/status/1359464677521170432
    18:12, 22 June 2024
    Court upholds verdict against Ingush activists
    The court of cassation in Pyatigorsk upheld the verdict against the Ingush activists. About 20 people came to the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia to support the defendants.
    Ekaterina Menkova, Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva (left to right). Screencap of Screenshot of a website that collects information about criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* (396 Russian organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses are recognized as extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court's decision)
    23:50, 21 June 2024
    Case of Jehovah's Witnesses* in Kalmykia fits into trend of persecuting believers in Southern Russia
    A court in Elista has conducted interrogations and again moved on to the debate on the case of local Jehovah's Witnesses*. In Southern Russia, a total of 109 believers have been convicted or are under investigation; the first case in Kalmykia has demonstrated the signs of conveyor-belt persecution inherent in other cases, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a representative of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.
    Leila Gatagazheva (right). Screenshot of a video by the Russian MIA
    23:09, 21 June 2024
    Mitigation of Leila Gatagazheva's restriction measure encourages her advocates
    The court ruling to release Leila Gatagazheva under recognizance not to leave the place has given hope that the criminal prosecution on charges of links with militants in Syria would be dropped, her advocates have stated.
    A courtroom at the Southern District Military Court. Screenshot of the photo posted on the court's Telegram channel on June 19, 2024 https://t.me/uovs_info/730
    22:31, 21 June 2024
    Lawyers treat sentence to Krasnodar man for calls to terrorism to as lenient
    The verdict to Vladimir Yarotsky, a resident of Krasnodar, who was fined by 350,000 roubles within the case of calls for terrorism, was a very lenient punishment under this article, lawyers have noted.
    Law enforcers at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don. June 16, 2024. Photo from the Telegram channel "Gorod Rostov Papa" https://t.me/gorodrostovpapa1/1821
    21:48, 21 June 2024
    Detainee complains of violence at Rostov SIZO after hostage-taking
    Ekrem Krosh, accused of taking part in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami"*, held at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don, has complained that law enforcers had beaten him up. He has linked their actions with the recent hostage-taking that occurred at this SIZO.
    A pre-trial prison. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
    20:08, 21 June 2024
    Resident of North Ossetia achieves compensation from MIA for torture
    Soslan Dzidakhanov, who was subjected to bullying by a law enforcer, has claimed one million roubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) as compensation for moral harm, but the court in North Ossetia reduced this amount to 200,000 roubles.
    News
    The Investigative Committee of Armenia has officially confirmed the names of suspects in the murder of Baimuradova.

    The Speaker of the Armenian Parliament commented on the case of Aishat Baimuradova.

    A human rights activist revealed details of Baimuradova's death

    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.