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Krasnodar's Lenin District Court. Photo: https://pravo-krasnodar.ru/2020/08/12/ленинский-районный-суд-г-краснодара/
13:21, 4 August 2023
Posting photo with statement about president turns into fine for Krasnodar woman
The court has treated the photo of a bag with an expression about the death of the country's president, posted by a 21-year-old woman from Krasnodar on the Internet, as discrediting Russian militaries and fined her by 30,000 roubles.
Timur Debishev. Photo from social media https://pytkam.net
23:12, 3 August 2023
Judge refuses to consider torture case of Chechen actor Debishev
The complaint against the refusal to initiate a case of torturing Timur Debishev, an actor, has been once again returned by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya to the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny. However, the judge who had received the complaint has withdrawn himself by using a formal pretext, Ekaterina Vanslova, a human rights defender, has informed.
Vladimir Putin and Aimani Kadyrova. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on August 2, 2023 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3794
20:57, 3 August 2023
Kadyrov boasts of his mother's award
The President of Russia has decorated Aimani Kadyrova with the Order of Honour for her active social work, the head of Chechnya has informed.
19:43, 3 August 2023
In Volgograd, court refuses to consider prisoner’s complaint about conditions in SIZO
Convicted Konstantin Fokin filed to court a claim against the Federal Penitentiary Service and demanded to pay him 500,000 roubles in compensation for moral damages for poor conditions in a Volgograd SIZO (pre-trial prison). The court refused to consider the claim, as the statute of limitations had been missed.
The village of Tukhchar. Photo: Takhirgeran Umar https://ru.wikipedia.org/
16:51, 3 August 2023
Sources report about clash between local residents on Dagestani-Chechen border
More than a hundred young people gathered at night on the border between Dagestan and Chechnya after a domestic conflict between two persons, and the situation required the intervention of the police, sources reported.
Handcuffs, photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:35, 2 August 2023
Stavropol Territory: contract soldier sentenced to six years for service evasion
The Stavropol Territorial Military Court has sentenced a contract soldier to six years in colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.
Salman Tepsurkaev with his wife Elizaveta. Photo from personal archive https://thenewtab.io/ne-nadeyus-kogda-nibud-najti-ego-mogilu/
22:38, 2 August 2023
Tepsurkaev's wife wins appeal at Chechen SC for the third time
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has obliged the first-instance court in Grozny to correct the violations committed when considering the complaint of the widow of Salman Tepsurkaev about the refusal to recognize her as a suffered party; however, the latter didn't do it.
The convicts in Vladimir Tskaev's death case in the courtroom. Screenshot of the video by the Russian state news channel "Rossiya" https://alaniatv.ru/verhovnyj-sud-rso-a-smyagchil-prigovory-shesti-osuzhdyonnym-po-delu-tskaeva/
21:37, 2 August 2023
SC mitigates arrest terms of figurants in Tskaev's death case
The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia has softened the conditions and terms of arrest for former law enforcers Alan Khokhoev, Georgy Tsomaev, Shota Maisuradze and Soslan Sitokhov, accused within the case of the death of Vladimir Tskaev, a citizen of Vladikavkaz, which occurred after he was questioned at the police station.
20:13, 2 August 2023
Intervention of authorities formalizes reconciliation of blood feud enemies in Chechnya
When commenting on the news about the forgiveness of blood feud after a road traffic accident in the Sheikh-Mansurovsky District of Grozny, Ruslan Kutaev has pointed out that reconciliation of blood feud enemies after a fatal road traffic accident often occurs under pressure from the authorities, but enmity may continue in such cases.
Subbotnik (volunteer unpaid work on Saturday) in the so-called "English Castle" in Chechnya. Photo by the "Chechnya Today" news agency https://chechnyatoday.com/news/365829
17:19, 2 August 2023
Grozny Mayoralty’s report highlights practice of forcing residents of Chechnya to participate in subbotniks
More than five hundred people from thirty departments took part in a series of subbotniks (volunteer unpaid work on Saturdays) in the “English Castle,” the Mayor of Grozny reported. Social media users questioned the voluntary decision of city residents to take part in cleaning up the destroyed building.
Zarema Musaeva in the courtroom. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:54, 1 August 2023
Zarema Musaeva hopes for Supreme Court
Zarema Musaeva, convicted in the case of attacking a law enforcer, has stated that she hopes for the Russian Supreme Court (SC), from which she expects a positive decision on her complaint against the court verdict passed in Grozny, the "Novaya Gazeta" outlet has informed.
Diana Tsipinova. Photo https://legal.report/advokata-opravdali-po-delu-o-primenenii-nasiliya-k-policzejskim/
20:42, 1 August 2023
Tsipinova's case fits into trend of persecuting advocates
Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who has been charged with assaulting a law enforcer, will not be able to work in her profession, if the court finds her guilty. In the past 10 years, cases of persecuting advocates for their professional activities have become more frequent, Tsipinova's colleagues have pointed out.
19:54, 1 August 2023
Resident of Ingushetia complains about law enforcers' inaction in a car scam case
Murat Baimurziev, a resident of Ingushetia, has fallen victim to a malefactor, who had rented a truck from him and refused to return it. The courts sided with Baimurziev' and law enforcers are protracting the inquiry into the case, Pavel Misharin, an advocate, has informed.
Diana Tsipinova. Photo: Andrei Sabinin https://capost.media
23:50, 31 July 2023
Prosecutor’s office challenges verdict to advocate Tsipinova
An officer of the prosecutor’s office filed an appeal against the verdict to Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, who was acquitted in a case on an attack on a law enforcer. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre of Kabardino-Balkaria on its Telegram channel with reference to a post of the “Advokatskaya Street”*.
Emergency personnel at the scene of the explosion in Taganrog. July 28, 2023. Photo: https://t.me/taganrogadmin/3206
23:13, 31 July 2023
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of July 24-30, 2023
Explosions in Rostov Region, Ingush activists’ case, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, 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 July 24-30, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
22:11, 31 July 2023
Resident of Adygea left in custody despite complaint of torture
A court in Adygea has refused to release a local resident, who complained of torture and beatings at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), under house arrest. Information about torture has not yet been confirmed, the court has explained.
Gennady Pagiev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CvSobkwuVB9/
21:35, 31 July 2023
SMO participant from Vladikavkaz complains about violation of his family's housing rights
Gennady Pagiev, a resident of the city of Vladikavkaz, has recorded a video appeal from the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine addressed to Sergey Menyailo, the head of North Ossetia, in which he complained that the bank was unreasonably taking away the housing from his wife and children.
Idris Yusupov. Photo from the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet
19:50, 31 July 2023
Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev hold pickets in Makhachkala
In Makhachkala, the journalists Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov have held solo pickets demanding the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.
The Criminal Code and handcuffs. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:11, 31 July 2023
Verdict to officer from North Ossetia for evading service upheld
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the verdict on Major Maxim Bespalov from North Ossetia, who was sentenced to five years and eight months in a penal colony on charges of leaving his military unit without permission.
A criminal case. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:27, 30 July 2023
Makhachkala resident fined for non-information
The court has fined a resident of Makhachkala, finding him guilty of non-informing law enforcement bodies that his acquaintance was participating in hostilities in Syria on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS)*.
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.

Karabakh residents rebuked Armenia's Minister of Labor for a publication about displaced persons.

Vagif Khachatryan underwent surgery in Yerevan.

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.