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Law enforcers at the Rostov SIZO no. 1 (pre-trial prison). Rostov-on-Don, June 16, 2024. Photo from the Telegram channel "Gorod Rostov-papa" (Rostov City Father) https://t.me/gorodrostovpapa1/1821
20:36, 17 June 2024
Inmates from Ingushetia and Chechnya are named as hostage-takers in Rostov-on-Don
Prisoners from Ingushetia, convicted under terrorist articles, took part in hostage-taking at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), said the head of Ingushetia. Sources have added that prisoners from Chechnya were also among hostage-takers.
18:48, 17 June 2024
SMO fighter from Dagestan complains to Putin about infringement of his wife's labour rights
While in the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, Top Sergeant Sultanali Akhmedov has recorded a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX per Wikimedia Commons
19:05, 16 June 2024
ECtHR finds violation of Astrakhan activist Doliev's rights
Mikhail Doliev, an Astrakhan activist, has won the case versus Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Two of his complaints concerned his detentions during protest actions.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia, photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:10, 15 June 2024
Relatives of incapacitated tourist complain to Kuban Prosecutor about his rights violation
Galina Teryokhina, a Moscow resident, has sent a complaint to the Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) that the court had fined her incapacitated relative for sneaking onto a fenced beach.
Girls wearing religious clothes. Photo: Islamnews.ru
22:55, 15 June 2024
Lawyers doubt prospect of bills banning religious clothes
The bills that intend to ban wearing religious clothing, including niqabs, in public places are causing a split in the society, which is especially negative amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Religious clothes are not widespread in the country, this issue is not relevant, therefore the bills to ban them will not be adopted, lawyers believe.
21:43, 15 June 2024
Sentence to contract soldier from Stavropol Territory for evading service upheld
The appellate instance has upheld the sentence of Arkady Tomilov, a contract serviceman from the Stavropol Territory, who was sentenced to six years in penal colony for leaving his military unit without permission.
Yakub Zakriev. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/161713/
19:53, 15 June 2024
Kadyrov's nephew gets under UK sanctions
The British authorities have included Yakub Zakriev, a nephew of the head of Chechnya, who now heads the "Danone Russia" Company, into the sanctions list.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: report.az https://report.az/ru/drugie-strany/izbran-noviy-glava-evropeyskogo-suda-po-pravam-cheloveka/
15:55, 15 June 2024
ECtHR finds violation of rights of activists from Southern Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found unlawful the detention of activists at protest actions held in Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Anapa and Stavropol.
A pre-trial prison. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:59, 14 June 2024
Stavropol resident demands to punish law enforcers for torturing his son
Law enforcers have detained Eldar Kyulbyakov, a resident of the village of Suvorovskaya, and tortured him with electric shock, demanding that he write a confession. According to his father, they also demanded from Eldar to testify against the head of one of the police departments.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
21:47, 14 June 2024
Makhachkala resident convicted in case on involvement in “USSR”*
A court sentenced a woman from Makhachkala to a suspended sentence, recognizing her as a member of a cell of the extremist organization “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”.
The Krasnodar Territorial Court. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:39, 14 June 2024
Court finds it unlawful to cancel sentence of law enforcers for beating a Krasnodar resident
The Court of Cassation for the third time returned to the Krasnodar Territorial Court the criminal case on beating of Yevgeniy Manchenko, a person with disabilities, by law enforcers. The court recognized the cancellation of the sentence as unlawful.
Natalia Zubarevich. Screenshot of the video posted on the "RTVI News" YouTube channel on April 6, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXifDtt0HZA&t=153s
19:56, 14 June 2024
Economist Zubarevich assesses potential of investment projects in Northern Caucasus
The agreements on the creation of a “Wildberries” logistics hub in North Ossetia and a plant for the production of polymer pipes in Budyonnovsk look like the most realistic of all the investment projects for Northern Caucasus concluded at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum, economist Natalia Zubarevich suggests.
Mukhadin Kishev, screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrOKZeLIN1g
18:10, 14 June 2024
Artists appreciate significance of Kishev’s collection for Kabardino-Balkaria
The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria have provided assistance to artist Mukhadin Kishev in his struggle for an art house in Nalchik, a lawyer reports. Artists consider national motifs in a modern interpretation as one of the features of the Mukhadin Kishev’s works.
The riots at an airport in Makhachkala. October 2023. Photo: https://twitter.com/Republic_Mag/status/1718701258935038204/video/2
23:49, 13 June 2024
Defendants in case on riots at Makhachkala airport plead not guilty
Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Monitoring Commission (PMC) of Dagestan, reports that 134 people remain under arrest in connection with the riots at an airport in Makhachkala and two others still stay under house arrest, although the accused claim that they were at the airport, but did not participate in the riots.
The monument to the victims of political repressions in Volgograd. Photo: Oleg Demitrov https://volfoto.ru
22:57, 13 June 2024
Persecution case of Navalny's supporters in Volgograd comes to court
Residents of Volgograd have filed a lawsuit after journalists from a pro-governmental TV channel disclosed their personal data. The journalists filmed Volgograd townspeople as they laid flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny, and then disseminated their data, treating them as potential saboteurs.
Vladimir Telpuk. Volgograd, August 20, 2023. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:46, 13 June 2024
Policemen search home of Volgograd activist
Law enforcers have conducted a search in the apartment of Vladimir Telpuk, a Volgograd activist, explaining is as an inquiry into the case of the former coordinator of Navalny's office.
The fence installed on the beach, photo courtesy of a local resident
20:11, 13 June 2024
Anapa townspeople complain of harassment after their video appeal to Putin
Law enforcers are trying to present the actions of Anapa residents as an unsanctioned rally, because they had recorded a video appeal to the Russian President, in which they complained that the administration of a local children's camp had blocked the beach with a fence, depriving people of access thereto. The camp director has explained that the fence was installed for security reasons.
Magomed Magomedov at a picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Rough Draft) outlet on June 3, 2024 https://t.me/chernovik/72309
19:10, 13 June 2024
Journalist Magomedov disappointed with court ruling on his claim against law enforcers
Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, has stated that he intends to appeal against the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan, which has only partially recognized law enforcers' actions during his solo picket as illegal.
Boris Goncharenko. Photo: the “Solidarity Zone” project https://freemedia.io
19:13, 12 June 2024
Fundraiser announced to pay for Boris Goncharenko’s defence
Activists announced raising money to pay for the services of an advocate for Boris Goncharenko, accused in a case on arson of a military registration and enlistment office in the city of Goryachy Klyuch. In total, it is planned to collect 315,000 roubles.
Ruslan Nurushev. Photo courtesy of Ruslan Nurushev for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:56, 12 June 2024
Volgograd lawyer complains about bureaucracy in investigators’ and prosecutors’ work
Lawyer Ruslan Nurushev filed a complaint to the higher instance prosecutor’s office about the inaction of the district prosecutor’s office and the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in the case on the disclosure of his personal data in the media.
News
The authorities explained the ban on the use of jeeps in the forests of Chechnya by concern for the environment.

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.

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.