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Ruslan Nurushev. Photo courtesy of Ruslan Nurushev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:26, 27 May 2024
Ruslan Nurushev, the lawyer, whose personal data were disclosed on the TV, has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office (PO) against investigators. He claimed their inaction of not reacting to citizens' illegal shadowing while laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny.
22:50, 27 May 2024
Evgeny Gusakov, a mobilized soldier and a resident of Volgograd, has asked to dismiss him from army service, since one of his three children has a disability status. However, courts have rejected his claim.
Oleg Orlov. Photo: Anna Artemyeva https://en.wikipedia.org
21:33, 27 May 2024
The European Union included in the sanctions list the investigator who led the criminal case instituted against Oleg Orlov* and the judge who sentenced the human rights defender to imprisonment. The investigator and the judge are accused of human rights violations.
A video message to Vladimir Putin recorded by defrauded real estate investors from Nalchik. May 26, 2024. Screenshot of a video posted on the “Made in KBR” YouTube channel
21:12, 27 May 2024
In their video message to Vladimir Putin, activists have claimed that officials representing the authorities do not respond to requests from real estate investors in an unfinished apartment building in Nalchik. The authors of the appeal have requested the Russian President to solve the problem.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: grozny.tv
20:46, 27 May 2024
In Chechnya, high positions are occupied by people especially close to Ramzan Kadyrov. The appointment of Magomed Daudov as the Prime Minister (PM) has confirmed his high status; and it also indicates that in the future he may become Kadyrov's successor, analysts have noted.
Leila Gatagazheva (right). Screenshot of a video by the Russian MIA
23:04, 26 May 2024
Despite the fact that the decision to transfer Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, under house arrest was made in her favour, it still violates the law, since the investigation period has ended and she could not have been given a preventive freedom restriction measure at all.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of a video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o
22:52, 26 May 2024
Chechen parliamentarians (MPs) have unanimously supported the appointment of Magomed Daudov as chairman of the government of the republic (Premier); he himself has announced this in his Telegram channel.
21:36, 26 May 2024
A court in Adler has imposed an administrative punishment in the form of eight days of arrest on a local resident for his comments in a social network, which were treated as extremist.
The monument to Stalin in Komgaron, a village in North Ossetia. Photo from the website of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) in North Ossetia, December 20, 2019 https://www.rso-kprf.ru/?p=7357
20:36, 26 May 2024
In modern Russian realities, any initiatives demanding to stop Stalinism rehabilitation are useless and can lead to repressions against authors of such demands, Pavel Polyan has suggested in his comment on the appeal of Oleg Kelemetov, a Nalchik resident, to parliaments of North-Caucasian republics.
Members of the Elmurzaev family back at large after being kidnapped by law enforcers. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of Tumso Abdurakhmanov on May 17, 2024 https://t.me/abusaddamshishani/6027
20:57, 25 May 2024
Some of the 80 persons kidnapped after the arson of a car associated with Adam Kadyrov have already been released, human rights defenders have informed, adding that the mass kidnappings amid high-profile resignations indicate an unstable situation in Chechnya and are caused by law enforcers' desire to demonstrate their importance.
Magomed Daudov (left) and Muslim Khuchiev. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo: "Grozny Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru
20:53, 25 May 2024
The resignations of Magomed Daudov and Muslim Khuchiev from their posts have shown that the authorities of Chechnya are more independent in personnel matters than other regions of Russia, analysts emphasize. The resignation of Magomed Daudov has not spoiled his relationship with Ramzan Kadyrov, the spokesperson for the “Vayfond” human rights association believes.
Darya Polyudova. Photo: rtvi.com https://rtvi.com/news/kubanskuyu-aktivistku-polyudovu-prigovorili-k-9-godam-kolonii-po-delu-o-sozdanii-levogo-soprotivleniya/
14:07, 25 May 2024
Darya Polyudova, an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), who was serving her sentence in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) within an extremism case, was brought to a colony in Kostroma and placed under strict custody conditions.
Magomed Daudov. Photo: "Grozny Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/159332/
23:53, 24 May 2024
Magomed Daudov has been presented for the post of Prime Minister (PM) of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has announced.
Gates of a military unit, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:55, 24 May 2024
In 2022, Timur Nasirkhanov, a soldier, was unjustifiably sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone; an expertise has confirmed that the command forged his signature in the contract, his mother has complained.
A brick factory in Dagestan. Photo: “Rospotrebnadzor” (Russian Federal Agency for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) https://rpn.gov.ru/news/khasavyurtovskiy_kirpichnyy_zavod_v_dagestane_narushaet_zakonodatelstvo_v_oblasti_obrashcheniya_s_ot/
21:24, 24 May 2024
Because of the imperfect legislation, only a small number of labour slavery cases get into law enforcers' attention. In their turn, those who occur in labour slavery, including in Southern Russia, refuse to complain to the police due to their low legal literacy.
The Eternal Flame, photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:52, 24 May 2024
Policemen have detained a man in Novorossiysk who had lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame.
Mikhail Balabanov. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "Solidarity Zone" project on May 22, 2024 https://t.me/solidarity_zone/2502
19:31, 24 May 2024
The charge against Mikhail Balabanov in a case on plotting a terror act in the Stavropol Territory was reclassified to a lighter charge, and therefore a court sentenced the defendant to half the term of imprisonment requested by a public prosecutor, an advocate reported.
A trampled wreath at the cemetery in Volgograd. Screenshot of the photo posted by the V1 on May 1, 2024 https://v1.ru/text/criminal/2024/05/01/73527350/
17:02, 24 May 2024
In Volgograd, a court arrested a local resident for desecrating the graves of participants in the special military operation (SMO). After being detained, the accused man escaped from the police station and was put on the wanted list. The police managed to detain the man again on May 20.
Stanislav Zhukov, photo: the “Alternative”, https://t.me/alternative_help/2571
23:59, 23 May 2024
A brick factory located not far from Kaspiysk, against whose top managers a criminal case has been instituted for using slave labour, continues to operate, the “Alternative” anti-slavery movement reports.
A bust of Stalin. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 23 May 2024
Oleg Kelemetov, a resident of Nalchik, has filed an appeal to the parliaments of the republics of Northern Caucasus with a call to adopt a law prohibiting the glorification of Joseph Stalin and other persons involved in mass deportations during the World War II, as well as the installation of monuments to them.
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.