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    Nikolai Zimirev. Photo from his personal account on the VKontakte social media
    16:50, 26 February 2024
    Activists announce disappearance of Sochi resident after arrest
    Nikolai Zimirev, a resident of Sochi who has attracted law enforcers' attention with an action in memory of Alexei Navalny, has not been in contact for five days after his detention. Today, the district court released information about an administrative case against Zimirev.
    23:14, 25 February 2024
    Verdict to Kuban woman of financing terrorism upheld
    The Russian Supreme Court (SC) has found no grounds to overturn the verdict to Olga Petrova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), who was sentenced to seven years for financing terrorism.
    Flowers at the memorial complex laid by the Sochi townspeople on February 23. Photo by Kristina Romanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
    21:24, 25 February 2024
    Sochi residents try making Navalny's memorial at WW II victims' memorial
    After the death of Alexei Navalny, Sochi townspeople began leaving in his memory at the memorial complex, where official events are held on the Fatherland Defender Day. After that, authorities moved the February 23 celebrations to another place; and the memorial was surrounded by a fence allegedly for repairs.
    20:58, 25 February 2024
    Adygea head and senators from Dagestan and KBR come under Australian sanctions
    Australia has imposed sanctions on Murat Kumpilov, the head of Adygea, and on Ilyas Umakhanov and Arsen Kanokov, the senators (members of the Russia's Federation Council) from Dagestan and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accordingly.
    Law enforcers. Photo by the press service of the Russian MIA
    17:53, 25 February 2024
    Rights defenders claim non-transparent inquiries into kidnappings in Chechnya
    Case files of people's forced disappearances in Chechnya are classified; and even relatives of those kidnapped have no legal ways to find out details or achieve an efficient investigation, human rights defenders have pointed out, adding that appeals to international structures yield no results.
    A rally in memory of the victims of deportation held in Grozny. Screenshot of the video posted on Magomed Daudov's Telegram channel https://t.me/s/MDaudov_95
    16:36, 25 February 2024
    Rally in memory of victims of deportation held in Grozny without Kadyrov’s participation
    In Grozny, Chechen officials and MPs held a rally in memory of the victims of the Stalin’s repressions. The event took place without the participation of Ramzan Kadyrov, who limited himself to a post in the Telegram channel on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakh people.
    Kurban Dalgatov. Photo: https://t.me/abd_shml/348
    14:31, 25 February 2024
    Investigators report 13 defendants in case on Dalgatov’s death
    The Makhachkala police department is engaged in finalizing the charges to be brought against thirteen detainees in a criminal case on the death of Kurban Dalgatov.
    A rally in Nazran whose participants honoured the memory of the victims of the Vainakh deportation. Photo by the press service of the Republic of Ingushetia
    23:31, 24 February 2024
    Participants of rally in Nazran honour memory of victims of deportation of Vainakh
    In Nazran, hundreds of people came to a mourning meeting on the 80th anniversary of Stalin’s deportation of Ingush and Chechens to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
    Participants of the action to honour the deportation victims, held in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan. Screenshot of the video posted on the Instagram* (the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia) account "Auh media" on February 23, 2024 https://www.instagram.com/p/C3rl19XscMi/
    22:16, 24 February 2024
    Participants of the action in Dagestani Novokuli honour deportation victims
    Every Chechen family suffered from deportation, participants in the action held in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan have stated. According to their stories, the memory about the Vainakhs' deportation and about victims thereof is transferred from generation to generation.
    Akhmed Dudaev and Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the photo posted on Dudaev's Telegram channel on December 9, 2023 https://t.me/akhmeddudaev/2627
    21:13, 24 February 2024
    Chechen Minister Dudaev reacts to US sanctions
    The US Treasury has included Akhmed Dudaev, the head of the Ministry of Nationalities of Chechnya, into the sanctions list. The Minister has stated that he fears only sanctions from Ramzan Kadyrov and the Almighty.
    A documentary about the people who fell victim to kidnappings. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu-F0pYIZaM
    20:23, 24 February 2024
    "Memory Project" recalls problem of unpunished kidnappings in Chechnya
    On the anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Vainakhs, the human rights "Memory Project" has issued a documentary about the people who fell victim to kidnappings and forced disappearances in Chechnya in the 2000s.
    ECtHR. Photo: https://espch.site/
    18:57, 24 February 2024
    ECtHR awards compensations to three activists from Southern Russia
    The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has awarded compensations to two Rostov and one Volgograd residents detained at protest actions in 2021 and 2022.
    Vainakhs' deportation remembrance day. Photo: https://memohrc.org/ru/audio/23-fevralya-den-pamyati-o-deportacii-vaynahov-novyy-vypusk-podkasta (recognized as a foreign agent)
    16:46, 24 February 2024
    80 years since Vainakhs' deportation
    February 23 marked the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The head of Chechnya and republic's state-owned media have passed over this date in silence.
    Relatives of the Dagestanis killed in Chechnya. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrPBnhzsOGM
    15:31, 24 February 2024
    Mothers of Dagestanis killed in Chechnya treat their struggle for justice as principle
    The decision of the Russia's Supreme Court (SC), which has refused to acquit the eight residents of Dagestan killed in Chechnya in 2016, was expected for the casualties' mothers, but they have declared their commitment to continue their fight for justice.
    Andrei Vyazov (on the left) at a rally. Photo: https://semnasem.org/articles/2024/02/22/boli-tak-mnogo-chto-ty-ne-mozhesh-molchat-istoriya-krasnodarskogo-aktivista-kotorogo-posadili-v-specpriemnik-iz-za-piketa-v-den-smerti-navalnogo
    20:21, 23 February 2024
    Defence appeals against arrest of Krasnodar activist Vyazov
    The advocates of Andrei Vyazov, an activist, arrested in Krasnodar on February 17, after a rally in memory of Alexei Navalny, have filed a complaint against the arrest decision. Because of Vyazov's arrest, his elderly relatives were left without help, his girlfriend has informed.
    Yevgeny Dunaev. Screenshot of a video posted on his Telegram on October 25, 2023 https://t.me/dunaeves/4745
    19:57, 23 February 2024
    Activists outraged by Astrakhan Regional Duma member’s initiative to recognize animal rights defenders as foreign agents
    Political analysts and activists spoke out against an initiative to recognize animal rights defenders as foreign agents voiced by Yevgeny Dunaev, a member of the Astrakhan Regional Duma.
    Open gates in Chechen-Aul on the anniversary of the deportation. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/chechen_aul_bastion/
    19:10, 23 February 2024
    Tradition of opening gates becomes way for residents of Chechnya to remember victims of deportation
    The initiative of residents of Chechen-Aul to open gates on the anniversary of the deportation, as is done on days of mourning, has become a way for the people to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of deportation in the absence of the opportunity to organize mass events, human rights defenders note.
    Apologies for a party. Screenshot of a video posted by the "ChP Vladikavkaz" Telegram channel on February 13, 2024 https://t.me/chpvladik/21399
    18:43, 23 February 2024
    Party in North Ossetia turns into harassment and public apologies
    Video of the party on the Fiagdon River has given rise to an offer to ban the rental of houses and apartments by unmarried couples, as well as public apologies and harassment of alleged participants in social networks. According to Telegram channels, one party participant was beaten up.
    A rally of the residents of the Aukh District to mark the anniversary of the deportation. Photo: Alzhana Satikhanova https://ru.wikipedia.org/
    17:53, 23 February 2024
    Chechens from Aukh warned about inadmissibility of unsanctioned actions
    On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Vainakhs' deportation during the Great Patriotic War (WW II), Muslim commemoration rites will be held in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan, the public organization "Aukh" has informed. It its turn, the local prosecutor's office has warned the organizers that it is inadmissible to hold any unsanctioned actions, including rallies and pickets.
    The Maykop City Court. Photo: https://sovetskaya-adygeya.ru/
    23:17, 22 February 2024
    Student from Adygea fined for discrediting Russian Army
    A court in Maykop has fined a student by 30,000 roubles for her comments in a social network "about the negative nature of using the Russian Armed Forces" during the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
    News
    Kadyrov called Suleiman Kerimov "brother" 15 months after threatening blood feuds.

    One of the temporary memorial plaques. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. During the week from January 19 to 25, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

    An arrested teenager. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in ChatGPT. During the week from December 22 to 28, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia.

    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.