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A pre-trial prison. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:08, 21 June 2024
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.
Maria Smelaya. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the “Caucasus Without a Mother” project on June 2, 2024 https://t.me/heda_media/1009
17:28, 21 June 2024
In Krasnodar, the police released after detention a husband of Maria Smelaya, a native of Chechnya. No child was accompanying him. The man is suspected of unsanctioned actions with the use of violence.
Anna Tsomartova. Photo: social media / sapakavkaz / Telegram
23:48, 20 June 2024
When entering the Russian presidential reception, Diana Tsomartova claimed the absence of results of the investigation into the disappearance of her daughter, who disappeared in Dagestan. The woman also filed complaints to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the FSB.
22:58, 20 June 2024
A complaint about attempted robbery has not been investigated for more than a year, and the prosecutor’s office has not taken any actions, claims Miko Akopov, an injured resident of Pyatigorsk. The man has sent complaints about the investigators’ inaction to President Putin and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The police. France. Photo: Mstyslav Chernov.https://ru.wikipedia.org
22:10, 20 June 2024
In the French city of Tours, the police detained a 15-year-old native of Chechnya after he posted videos on social network with instructions for manufacturing an improvised explosive device, beheading people, and with symbols of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”).
Yevgeny Manchenko after being beaten by law enforcers. Photo by the press service of the “Team Against Torture”*
21:11, 20 June 2024
Yevgeny Manchenko, a man with disability, got a serious leg injury after being beaten by law enforcers, and the injury prevents him from normal walking, claims his mother Snezhana Manchenko.
Umazhat Guseinova. Photo from Shamil Guseinov's personal archive
17:33, 20 June 2024
The appellate instance has recognized as legal the decision of the court in Makhachkala to stop the criminal prosecution of Tagir Velagaev, a pensioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), accused of murdering his ex-wife Umazhat Guseinova. The human rights project "Travmpunkt", whose advocates represented the victim in court, has reported this in its Telegram channel.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
22:55, 19 June 2024
A court in Rostov-on-Don has found Vladimir Yarotsky, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), guilty of calls for terrorism and imposed a fine of 350,000 roubles on him, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported with reference to the press service of the court.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:50, 19 June 2024
Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has informed the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about falsifications in the case initiated against him about the theft allegedly committed by him in a jewellery store.
Leila Gatagazheva (right). Screenshot of a video by the Russian MIA
21:03, 19 June 2024
The term of house arrest of Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, accused of links with Syrian militants, expired on June 17; and the court released her under recognizance not to leave the place, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence* has reported.
A colony. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:49, 19 June 2024
The court has sentenced Vladislav Poruchikov, a student from Taganrog, to nine years in jail, finding him guilty of treason and attempting to get recruited into a terrorist organization.
Kevin Lik. Photo: x.com https://x.com/echofm_online/status/1741115696547836224
19:10, 19 June 2024
Relatives of 18-year-old Kevin Lik from Maykop, sentenced for high treason, cannot obtain information about his whereabouts after he was transferred from Krasnodar to the Arkhangelsk Region, where he was supposed to serve his sentence, his mother says.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
23:58, 18 June 2024
In Volgograd, a court fined a local resident 1000 roubles, finding her guilty of publicly displaying extremist symbols.
Oleg Orlov. Screenshot of a video ru.euronews.com https://ru.euronews.com/2024/02/27/oleg-orlov-sentencing
23:47, 18 June 2024
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that by detaining human rights defender Oleg Orlov* at a picket in support of Oyub Titiev and fining him for his protest action, the Russian authorities violated the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and judicial impartiality.
The riots at an airport in Makhachkala. October 2023. Photo: report.az https://report.az/ru/v-regione/minzdrav-dagestana-v-rezultate-besporyadkov-v-aeroportu-mahachkaly-est-ranenye/
21:14, 18 June 2024
The arrest of five figurants in the riot case at Makhachkala Airport has been extended until December 30, 2024, the RIA "Novosti" has reported, citing the press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.
A girl detained in Makhachkala. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwbrt69oPpo
20:49, 18 June 2024
The court has obliged the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to pay compensations to three women who were beaten up by law enforcers during detention at a shelter, where law enforcers came there to take Khalimat Taramova, a native of Chechnya, away.
Nadezhda Kevorkova at a court. Photo taken by Nakhim Shelomanov on June 18, 2024 for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:54, 18 June 2024
Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, has been left in custody until August 6, 2024.
A SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don, photo: don24.ru
23:43, 17 June 2024
The hostage-taking incident in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Rostov-on-Don may be the result of a provocation, human rights defenders note. According to their version, the dead prisoners had handcuffs on their hands, and numerous violations had earlier been recorded in the SIZO itself.
Magomed Magomedov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, June 17, 2024. Photo from the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Rough Draft) newspaper
23:11, 17 June 2024
In Makhachkala, tourists became interested in Abdulmumin Gadjiev’s case after noticing a solo picket in his support, reported journalist Magomed Magomedov.
22:57, 17 June 2024
A court sentenced Vitaly Yanchenko, a contract soldier from Adygea, to six years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, finding him guilty of desertion from a military unit in Buynaksk.
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.