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The Supreme Court of Dagestan, photo by Murad Muradov for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:24, 16 January 2023
Dagestan SC cancels fine imposed on local resident for discrediting army
Nazhmudin Abdurakhmanov, a resident of Khasavyurt, has challenged at the Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan the fine of 40,000 roubles imposed on him for his pacifist posts in social networks.
20:21, 16 January 2023
Anti-mobilization protester convicted in Makhachkala
The court sentenced Gafar Isaev, a participant in a protest rally against mobilization held in September 2022 in Makhachkala, to two years of conditional imprisonment after finding him guilty of using violence against a law enforcer.
10:53, 16 January 2023
KBR scientists have their things seized at searches back
In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), law enforcers have returned to the scientists the things seized during searches, but they gave no explanations about the reasons for the searches, one of the scientists have stated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Polad Nametullaev, a deputy of the City Assembly of Derbent
20:42, 15 January 2023
Complaint to Putin about power supply problems in Dagestan sparks criticism of local authorities
An open letter with a complaint about problems with power supplies in Dagestan was sent to the President of Russia by Polad Nametullaev, a deputy of the City Assembly of Derbent. After that, residents of Dagestan criticized the republic's authorities in the social network.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video from the ROMB YouTube channel ROMB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jex6a8-VIg
18:44, 15 January 2023
Experts' conclusions prove defence's version of journalist Gadjiev's innocence
At the trial, an expert of the forensic examination centre of the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed the conclusions of his colleagues about the absence of any crime attributes in the publications by Abdulmumin Gadjiev; and this corresponds to the version of the journalist's innocence, his defence asserts.
Screenshot of a video appeal of the villagers in the Rutulsky District to the head of Dagestan https://t.me/novoedelo/14792
18:43, 15 January 2023
Dagestani villagers urge Melikov to intervene in land conflict
Without owners' consent, they are planning to give the land plots belonging to villagers in the Rutulsky District into long-time lease, local residents have complained in their video appeal to Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan.
18:40, 15 January 2023
Court holds session on "Ingush case" behind closed doors
The court has explained its decision not to allow journalists to attend the consideration of the appeal lodged by the activists convicted within the case of the rally in Magas by the absence of vacant seats in the courtroom.
11:33, 15 January 2023
Decision on paying compensations to residents of Chechnya for destroyed housing cancelled
The appellate instance has overturned the decision of the Grozny court, which had obliged authorities to pay compensations for the lost housing to the residents of the Shali District who had suffered from the earthquake.
A young man being reprimanded at a police station. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p?CnWTm1XgOBd * On March 21, the Tverskoi Court of Moscow banned the activities in Russia of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in connection with extremist activities
23:50, 14 January 2023
Chechen driver publicly reprimanded for dangerous driving
A video depicting a young man being reprimanded at a police station has posted on social media. The resident of the Gudermes District grossly violated the road traffic regulations, the law enforcement bodies reported.
Alexei Abramov with his wife (on the left) and a screenshot of the video with Alexei Abramov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot." Photo made by Kseniya Abramova when she came to issue a power of attorney. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/kub_masх/59591
23:39, 14 January 2023
Wife of mobilized Kuban resident reports loss of his documents by military office
After returning from the special military operation zone, Alexei Abramov, a resident of Krasnodar, who was mobilized although he had got spinal injuries, was sent to Dagestan to undergo a medical examination. The military office lost documents about the Alexei Abramov’s illnesses, his wife said.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: https://www.rbc.ru/politics/14/06/2022/62a84e289a7947b436f60a6c
23:53, 13 January 2023
ECtHR awards compensations to four convicts from Rostov Region
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has taken the side of four residents of Taganrog and awarded them compensations from 2100 to 9750 euros, after finding the period of their pre-trial detention as unreasonably long.
Human Rights Watch's logo
23:51, 13 January 2023
HRW points to human rights violations in Chechnya and Dagestan
In 2022, amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Chechen authorities continued suppressing the dissent, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has noted. Its report also mentions the persecutions of opponents of mobilization in Dagestan.
23:50, 13 January 2023
Advocate demands to return home mobilized Dagestani with many children
Alibek Alibekov, a resident of Dagestan with many children, was denied a deferment from mobilization; his advocate has sent a complaint to the Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights.
Members of the Batal-Hadji Special Rapid Response Unit. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSmCU0VDY4
17:15, 13 January 2023
SAM of Chechnya reports about training fighters
Employees of the Chechen Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and the republic's Imams are undergoing military training at the Russian University of Special Forces in Gudermes in order to be ready for sending to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, the SAM (or the Muftiate) has informed.
Adam Delimkhanov. Photo: https://grozny.tv
16:59, 13 January 2023
Ukrainian SBU accuses Kadyrov’s adviser Delimkhanov of justifying military operation
The Security Service of Ukraine accused Russian State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov in absentia of encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and justifying the special military operation. Adam Delimkhanov said those accusations did not matter to him.
A still of the cartoon about a victim of domestic violence. Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyf1GcxSt48
16:42, 13 January 2023
Human rights defenders report a threat to security of Dagestani native Elina Ukhmanova
Elina Ukhmanova, a resident of Dagestan, who claimed being persecuted for bisexuality and atheism, mentioned the parents’ plans to send her for treatment to the Chechen centre of Islamic medicine as the reason for her running away from home.
18:08, 12 January 2023
Makhachkala townspeople complained about emergency services' inaction
In Makhachkala, for more than 24 hours, municipal services fail to react to power and water supply outages, residents of the city have complained.
Zarema Musaeva in the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Photo: mansur_solltaev/Instagram (Russia's justice ministry added Facebook-owner Meta Platforms to its register of extremist organisations)
18:00, 12 January 2023
Court refuses to release Zarema Musaeva
Despite the medical documents about the deterioration of her health condition, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has upheld the extension of the arrest of Zarema Musaeva.
The Timashevsky District Court. Photo: http://pravo-krasnodar.ru/
17:49, 12 January 2023
Female refugee from Kherson fined in Kuban for discrediting army
The Timashevsky District Court has fined Karina Terebetskaya, a refugee from Kherson, for discrediting the Russian Army.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov, a father of the killed brothers. A still of the film “Fathers and Sons. And Torture” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NnchFADmeY
17:38, 12 January 2023
Authors of film “Fathers and Sons. And Torture” recall murder of Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan
In the film “Fathers and Sons. And Torture”, the “Team Against Torture”* recalled the murder of the Gasanguseinov brothers in Dagestan, which has remained unsolved for more than five years already.
News
Zarema Musayeva in court. Screenshot of a photo from the Team Against Torture (designated a foreign agent) from March 21, 2025, https://t.me/no_torture/3558 Kadyrov's words underscored the political nature of Musayeva's persecution

Kadyrov. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Analysts have named the recipients of Kadyrov's statement about a new prison term

Indira Taisumova. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. Chechen officials chose to handle Taisumova's case secretly

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.