×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   News
A protest action on Akushinsky Avenue in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet on August 17, 2023 https://t.me/chernovik/58044?single
15:23, 18 August 2023
Residents of Makhachkala demand to resume electricity supply
On August 17, residents of the Semender village and Akushinsky Avenue blocked the streets in Makhachkala to protest against interruptions in the electricity supply. On Akushinsky Avenue, the supply of electricity has been restored, and the protest action has been stopped, the authorities report.
The Code of Administrative Offences, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:58, 17 August 2023
Dagestan: two protesters against mobilization fined
After an anti-mobilization action held in Makhachkala, Magomed Ubaidulaev and Murat Aligadjiev were accused of using violence against a law enforcer, but their defence succeeded in reclassifying the criminal case and imposing a court fine on both of them.
A law enforcer. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:52, 17 August 2023
Remark to neighbours turns into protocol "on discrediting" against Krasnodar woman
In Krasnodar, law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting Russian militaries against Elena Kurochkina, a local resident, who reprimanded her neighbours for weaving camouflage nets for militaries in the children's playground.
Nikita Zhuravel in the courtroom. Photo from the Telegram channel of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation
23:32, 17 August 2023
Chechen Ombudsperson reports on check of Zhuravel's complaint about beating up by Kadyrov's son
Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, has reported about the meeting with Nikita Zhuravel after the latter's complaint about the beating by Kadyrov's son and stated the need to involve investigating bodies to the check.
Elena Kostyuchenko, photo: cont.ws
22:09, 17 August 2023
Journalist Kostyuchenko reports threat from Kadyrovites
Elena Kostyuchenko, a journalist of the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”, said that in the spring of 2022, she received reports of an impending attack by the Kadyrovites on her, and in the autumn of that year she was poisoned in Germany.
A mosque in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt. Photo: http://wikimapia.org/25182261/ru/Мечеть
20:54, 17 August 2023
Human rights defenders register law enforcers’ activity in Ingush village of Zyazikov-Yurt
In the Ingush village of Zyazikov-Yurt, where a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been in place since April, law enforcers’ raids have become more frequent. Law enforcers inspect cars and conduct searches in houses, reports the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights.
19:48, 17 August 2023
Volgodonsk resident punished for pro-Ukrainian slogans at Day of Russia celebration
The court has fined Nikolai Zakroev, a resident of Volgodonsk, by 30,000 roubles under the article about discrediting the Russian Army.
Photo: Dmitry Rogulin https://www.grozny-inform.ru
15:48, 17 August 2023
Man arrested for burning Koran complains about beating up by Kadyrov's son
Nikita Zhuravel, arrested within the case of burning down the Koran, has stated that he was beaten up by the son of the head of Chechnya at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison), Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has reported.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
14:16, 17 August 2023
Krasnodar resident fined after criticizing Putin
A court in Krasnodar has fined Pavel Karpenko by 10,000 roubles for a picket held near the administration building, during which he held a poster criticizing Putin.
Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. Photo: FortangaOrg https://fortanga.org
23:10, 16 August 2023
Rights defenders report that Albagachiev was denied medical care
The staff of the colony located in the Astrakhan Region has failed to react to the requests of Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, to help him; but when, two hours after the onset of an epileptic attack, a prison doctor came to the prisoner, he had no medicines.
The Zalukokoazhe village. Photo by the local administration http://gpzalukokoazhe.ru/index.php?Page=foto&act=show_foto&id=1
21:33, 16 August 2023
Bookkeeper from KBR fined under army discrediting criminal article
A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found the reposts and publications placed by Islam Mambetov, a resident of the village of Zalukokoazhe, to be a repeated discrediting of the Russian Army and fined him by 100,000 roubles.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wrp9akmBNI
19:57, 16 August 2023
Colleagues of Gadjiev notice decline in people’s interest in pickets held in his support
Passers-by reacted less actively to pickets in support of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev. The picketers associate a decline in interest in their protest action with the extremely hot weather in Makhachkala.
A remand prison. Photo: Yuliya Simatova / Yugopolis
19:37, 16 August 2023
Defence of Kizilyurt policeman seeks investigation into his torture in SIZO
Magomed Piraev, a former criminal investigator of the Kizilyurt Department of Internal Affairs, who was sentenced for hostage-taking, robbery, and illicit firearms trafficking, was tortured in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). His defence is seeking the institution of criminal cases based on the results of inspections based on Magomed Piraev’s complaints, reports advocate Nadezhda Borodkina.
Svetlana Anokhina. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT_KOv9ya6o
18:09, 16 August 2023
Law enforcers search house of journalist Svetlana Anokhina
Law enforcers conducted a search in a house of journalist and human rights defender Svetlana Anokhina in Dagestan. Svetlana Anokhina reminded that she left Russia two years ago.
The Sovietsky District Court of Krasnodar. Photo: sudrf.ru
18:29, 15 August 2023
Court in Krasnodar finds posts in messenger as discrediting Russian Army
The Sovietsky District Court of Krasnodar has fined Victor Torba by 40,000 roubles, finding his messages posted in the messenger as discredited Russian militaries.
The colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region. Photo: http://fkurf.ru/privolzhskij_fo/ulyanovskaya_oblast/fku_kp-1.html
18:24, 15 August 2023
Lawyers comment on complaints of natives of Dagestan and Chechnya about Ulyanovsk colony
Although the actions of the staff of the colony located in the Ulyanovsk Region, who broke the nozzle on the clipper so that Muslim prisoners from Dagestan and Chechnya could not leave the parts of their hair and beards in accordance with the prescriptions of Islam, do not fall under the notion of "torture", such treatment of prisoners falls under the Criminal Code, lawyers have noted.
The Ust-Labinsk District of the Krasnodar Territory. Photo: https://pravo-krasnodar.ru/2020/08/18/усть-лабинский-районный-суд-краснод/
17:48, 15 August 2023
Resident of Ust-Labinsk fined for posting a comment on social media
In Ust-Labinsk, a court fined a local resident 30,000 roubles after recognizing that a comment he posted on social network discredited Russian militaries.
Afiyaddin Mamedov's detention. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/zaderzhan-profsoyuznyj-aktivist-afiyaddin-mamedov/
23:12, 14 August 2023
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 7-13, 2023
Persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, tragedy in Georgia, persecution of opposition in Azerbaijan, 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 August 7-13, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
21:58, 14 August 2023
Resident of Kropotkin fined for posts in social media
The court has sentenced Yuri Kobelev, a resident of the town of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory), to a fine, finding his posts in the social network to be discrediting to the Russian Army.
Magomed Magomedov at his solo picket. Makhachkala, August 14, 2023. Photo from the Telegram channel of the newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft)
19:58, 14 August 2023
Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold two solo pickets in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov held solo pickets with the demand to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev from custody.
News
The announcement of the verdict against the Karabakh leadership in Baku. Screenshot from the "Report" photo from February 5, 2026, https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/lejla-alieva-podelilas-publikaciej-o-poezdke-v-gyojgyol-s-alenoj-alievoj#gallery_0cbbef4f9e6ba8e172d990a01ae0637a-8. Activists expressed hope for US intervention in the fate of convicted Karabakh leaders.

Baku analysts assessed the prospects for developing trade relations with Yerevan

Trade cooperation was a topic of discussion at the meeting between Aliyev and Pashinyan.

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.