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21:18, 2 April 2024
Rights defenders complaint to the ECtHR about Tepsurkaev's murder
The "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) demanding that Russian authorities be held responsible for the murder of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, and for the inefficient inquiry into his death.
Draft commission. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Tuapsinsky District on April 1, 2024 https://t.me/tuapseregionadm/10769
19:29, 2 April 2024
Lawyers treat the spring draft as creeping mobilization
The introduction of electronic summonses and associated restrictions on person's rights have become the main features of the new draft; however, in Northern Caucasus, it will only result in an increase of the upper conscription age, lawyers have noted.
Law enforcers during CTO. Photo by the press service of the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) nac.gov.ru
18:56, 2 April 2024
Analysts assess reasons for underground activation in Northern Caucasus
The activation of the radical underground in Northern Caucasus may be associated with external actors who are trying to worsen the situation inside Russia, but someone inside Russia is helping them, analysts have noted.
Oleg Orlov*. Screenshot of a video by Euronews https://ru.euronews.com/2024/02/27/oleg-orlov-sentencing
17:15, 2 April 2024
Orlov* provided with no medical care at SIZO, human rights defender’s colleagues claim
Oleg Orlov* asked for medical help due to a cold and hearing loss, but was not examined by medical officers at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) because of his daily trips to court. An advocate of Oleg Orlov* has not been able to have a confidential conversation with him for two weeks, the “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence** reported.
The special military operation in Ukraine. Photo: https://function.mil.ru
23:17, 1 April 2024
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 25-31, 2024
CTO in Dagestan, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, prisons for Azerbaijani oppositionists, news from Georgia, 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 March 25-31, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
23:16, 1 April 2024
Author of appeal to Kadyrov sentenced to five years in colony
A military court has sentenced Zakhar Zaripov, a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory, to five years in penal colony, having found signs of justification for terrorism in his public appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.
A counterterrorist operation. Photo by the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) http://nac.gov.ru/
22:09, 1 April 2024
Sources report details of CTO in Dagestan
During the counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Dagestan, law enforcers blocked five apartments at once, and two suspects were detained without opening fire, without attracting the attention of residents, a source reported.
19:56, 1 April 2024
Volzhsky resident fined in case on discrediting Russian Army
A court sentenced Vladimir Dronov, a resident of Volzhsky, to a fine, recognizing the inscription left by the defendant on a street banner depicting Russian militaries as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
A special fighter of the FSB. Photo by the NAC information center http://nac.gov.ru/sites/default/files/styles/full_size/public/epizod_08.00_03_24_10.nepodvizhnoe_izobrazhenie035.jpg
18:57, 1 April 2024
CTO in Makhachkala is the first since 2022
The counterterrorist operation (CTO) announced in Makhachkala and the neighbouring Kaspiysk was the first since May 2022, when law enforcers killed two people in a CTO introduced in the Leninsky District of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.
18:14, 1 April 2024
Native of Chechnya released from deportation prison in Belgium
Islam Albakov, a native of Chechnya, who had been kept in a deportation prison in Belgium since 2019, has been released, the "Vayfond" human rights association has in its Telegram channel.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:37, 1 April 2024
University teacher in Kuban challenges fine for discrediting Russian Army
Evgenia Opalich, a former teacher of the branch of the All-Russian State Justice University, has managed to cancel the fine of 40,000 roubles imposed on her.
23:56, 30 March 2024
Human rights defenders recognize arrested believer from Cherkessk as political prisoner
The “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence** recognized Jehovah’s Witness* Vladimir Fomin from Cherkessk as a prisoner of conscience. The court placed the man in custody in a case on extremism, despite his disability.
Zarema Musaeva. Photo: SOTAvision (included into the register of foreign agents) // Antonina Favorskaya https://sotavision.world/zaremu-musaevu-ne-podklyuchili-po-vks-k-kassaczii-na-prigovor-ee-etapiruyut-v-druguyu-koloniyu/
23:24, 30 March 2024
Rights defenders find it a must to release Musaeva for health reasons
The deterioration of Zarema Musaeva's health condition is another reason to apply CER (conditional early relief) to her, but she is actually being held hostage by Chechen authorities, human rights defenders have pointed out. Her diabetic cataract requires treatment at a specialized clinic, the doctor asserts.
23:10, 30 March 2024
Dagestani woman reports forced departure because of threats
Aida Milaidi, around whose apartment in Derbent a local deputy has built a shopping centre, has reported that she received state protection in Makhachkala. However, she is dissatisfied with the reaction of law enforcement bodies to her appeals regarding threats.
A book fair organized on the occasion of the revival day of the Balkar people. Screenshot of the video by the "Vesti Kabardino-Balkaria" (Kabardino-Balkaria News), March 28, 2024 https://smotrim.ru/video/2782191
19:20, 30 March 2024
Revival Day of Balkar People celebrated without mass events after terror act at Crocus City Hall
The Ministry of Culture of Kabardino-Balkaria explained the cancellation of entertainment events on the occasion of the revival day of the Balkar region by the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. Residents of the republic said that this year they refrained from celebrating because of the tragedy which occurred in the Moscow Region.
23:17, 29 March 2024
Sochi resident fined for insulting President Putin
A court fined Alexander Goncharov, a resident of Sochi, 50,000 roubles for reposting in Telegram critical publications about the authorities of Russia.
Oleg Orlov*. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org * included into the register of foreign agents
22:57, 29 March 2024
Oleg Orlov's* relatives are alarmed by his state of health
Oleg Orlov*, a human rights defender, sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony for his pacifist position, is deprived of hot meals and subjected to gruelling daily trips from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the court, says his advocates' complaint.
Zarema Musaeva. Photo: TopNews https://www.topnews.ru/news_id_739397.html
22:36, 29 March 2024
Zarema Musaeva's health condition worsens in colony
Zarema Musaeva's sense of vision has sharply deteriorated in the colony in Argun; and she also suffers from swellings and severe pain, his advocate has informed.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:10, 29 March 2024
Court's ruling on torture in Kuban outrages human rights defenders
Torture is a grave crime; and the court ruling to sentence a law enforcer from the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) to a fine of 50,000 roubles for beating up Andrei Popov is excessively lenient, human rights defenders have noted.
A mourning ceremony in memory of Alexei Navalny. Screeshot of the video published on the Telegram channel "Dozor Volgograda" (Volgograd Watch), March 26, 2024 https://t.me/vashdozor/5668
17:24, 29 March 2024
Participants of Navalny's commemoration outraged by disclosure of personal data
The Volgograd residents, whose personal data were disclosed on air of the "Volgograd-1" TV channel, intend to file complaints with law enforcement bodies.
News
Special military operation in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense press service More than 8,600 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO zone.

Shootout in Dagestan. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in ChatGPT. During the week from January 26 to February 1, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

The court has arrested former Sochi judge Valery Sluka.

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.