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A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:19, 16 April 2024
Police report death of resident of Rostov Region at detention
A resident of the Aparinsky Farm in the Ust-Donetsk District has died at detention by policemen who used force against him. A check is underway.
Kaspiysk, photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA
17:10, 16 April 2024
Tourist’s photo in Kaspiysk inflames moral fighters
A resident of Kaspiysk took a photograph of a tourist in a bathrobe resting on a balcony of a local hotel, after which moral fighters distributed the picture on social networks. The tourist said she would file a lawsuit, while social media users wrote comments criticizing moral activists for invading the tourist’s privacy.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
16:56, 16 April 2024
KBR woman is seeking punishment of law enforcer for beating her son
The head of the police department has hit his son and then his friend because they skipped school, said the mother of the teenager living in the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
Lazar Grigoriadis (in the centre) in a courtroom. Photo: Newsgeorgia https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/sud-v-tbilisi-izbral-predvaritelnoe-zakljuchenie-dlja-uchastnika-martovskih-akcij/
23:57, 15 April 2024
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 8-14, 2024
CTO in Nalchik, drone attacks in the Caucasus, criminal case against journalist Marshenkulova, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, pardon for Lazar Grigoriadis, 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 April 8-14, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Oleg Orlov*. Photo: https://memopzk.org/news/blizkie-olega-orlova-opasayutsya-za-ego-sostoyanie-iz-za-iznuryayushhih-poezdok-iz-sizo-v-sud/ included into the register of foreign agent
21:06, 15 April 2024
Human rights defender Oleg Orlov* convoyed from Moscow
Oleg Orlov*, found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, has been convoyed from Moscow to another region. He is now in Samara. Oleg Orlov* notes that he was not notified of the transfer.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:43, 15 April 2024
Volgodonsk resident found guilty of discrediting Russian Army
In Volgodonsk, a court found Irina Ponomaryova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Diana Tsomartova. Screenshot of a video https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4BnBLvtkvm/ the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia
20:09, 15 April 2024
Mother of disappeared Ossetian athlete Tsomartova asks Putin for assistance in finding her daughter
Diana Tsomartova, a mother of Anna Tsomartova, an athlete from North Ossetia who disappeared in Kaspiysk, recorded a video message to the Russian President asking him for assistance in finding her daughter.
Penal colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Khabarovsk Region. Photo: https://fsin-mag.ru
19:11, 15 April 2024
Court sides with Chechen convict in dispute with colony administration
The appellate instance has not satisfied the complaint of the colony administration against the decision of the Grozny court, which found rights violations of Arbi Dandaev, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted within the case of the attack of Basaev's militants on Dagestan.
17:54, 15 April 2024
Pensioner from Stavropol Territory suspected of justifying terrorism
Law enforcers have suspected Larisa Kuznetsova, a 77-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory, of justifying terrorism in her comment placed in a social network about the murder of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
Vladimir Atamanchuk. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
16:57, 14 April 2024
Sochi activist Vladimir Atamanchuk sentenced to forced labour
A court in Sochi has sentenced the 72-year-old Vladimir Atamanchuk to 200 hours of compulsory labour, finding him guilty of libel. Besides, he must pay 40,000 roubles in compensation to one of the victims. The activist intends to appeal against the court's ruling.
10:55, 14 April 2024
Kadyrov explains his demand for the tempo of musical compositions
The resolution on the tempo of musical works concerns only national Chechen melodies and has no relation to the Russian anthem, compositions of certain genres and music of other nations, the head of Chechnya has explained.
23:52, 13 April 2024
Sochi resident fined for pacifist post in social network
A court in Sochi has fined Mikhail Rubtsov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, treating his post in a social network criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army.
A clinic no. 2 in Nalchik. Photo: https://nalchik.fooby.ru/company/gbuz-gorodskaya-poliklinika-2-go-nalchik-4682304
23:13, 13 April 2024
Health condition of Nalchik woman worsens due to clinic's refusal to provide medication
A court in Nalchik has obliged the clinic to prescribe the necessary medication to a patient with epilepsy, but doctors refused to do so, and the girl's health condition has worsened, her mother has informed.
The FSB officers. Photo: report.az https://report.az/ru/v-regione/fsb-rossii-soobshila-o-zaderzhanii-yaponskogo-konsula/
23:09, 13 April 2024
Anapa resident suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services
The police detained a resident of Anapa suspected of collaborating with the Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB reported.
A counterterrorist operation in Nalchik. April 11, 2024. Photo by the Federal Security Service of Russia
22:34, 13 April 2024
Suspects killed during CTO in Nalchik identified
Two persons killed by law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik have been identified as residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, investigators report.
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:07, 13 April 2024
Investigators report on new criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses* from Cherkessk
An investigation has been launched into the criminal cases initiated against a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk for his involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He is also charged with organizing the work of a local believers' community, investigators have reported.
Zalina Marshenkulova. Photo: instagram.com/mayachok_antihrista the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia
19:57, 13 April 2024
Human rights defenders doubt connection between Marshenkulova’s case and fight for women’s rights
A criminal case against journalist Zalina Marshenkulova, accused of justifying terrorism, is not related to her participation in defending women’s rights in Kabardino-Balkaria, human rights defenders note.
Zalina Marshenkulova. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "Zhenskaya Vlast" (The Power of Women) on March 8, 2024 https://t.me/vlast_Zh/12208
19:07, 13 April 2024
Journalist Marshenkulova treats accusations of justifying terrorism as unjustified
Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist and activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who lives in Germany, has treated the accusations against her of justifying terrorism as absurd and linked her persecution with her political position.
Roman Melnichenko. Photo courtesy of Roman Melnichenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:08, 13 April 2024
PO reacts to Melnichenko's complaint about disclosure of his personal data
The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Tsentralny District of Volgograd has invited the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to consider on the merits the appeal lodged of Roman Melnichenko about the disclosure of his personal data on air of the local TV Company.
16:49, 13 April 2024
Chechen woman requests compensation for her husband kidnapped in 2000
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has restored the right to file an appeal against a court’s decision for Chechen resident Saikhat Susaeva, whose husband disappeared after being detained by Russian militaries in 2000.
News
A Ukrainian citizen was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for participating in a terrorist organization.

One of the victims of the drone attack on Bataysk in December has died.

A drone over the city. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. 52 drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.

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.