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Arslang Sandjiev at the meeting of the Oirat-Kalmyk People. Elista, May 29, 2021. Photo by Badma Byurchiev for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:47, 28 October 2022
Kalmyk activist leaves Russia after being fined for his pacifist calls
Arslang Sandjiev, the chair of the Congress and the Executive Committee of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People, who was fined twice for his pacifist calls, moved to the United States.
Bagaudin Myakiev. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=875182656580602&set=pcb.875182743247260
19:30, 28 October 2022
Verdict to Ingush activist, Bagaudin Myakiev, upheld
The appeal instance has found no grounds for overturning the sentence passed to Bagaudin Myakiev, convicted after clashes with law enforcers at a protest rally in Magas.
The Russia's FSB (Federal Security Service) agent. Photo by the center of public relations of the FSB http://www.fsb.ru/
19:24, 28 October 2022
FSB's report on preventing terror act in Stavropol Territory is the third in a month
In October, the Russia's FSB (Federal Security Service) has reported three times about the prevention of terror acts and detention of three groups of supporters of radical movements. According to law enforcers, they twice detained supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS)*.
18:57, 28 October 2022
Kadyrov confirms deaths of 23 Chechen fighters in Ukraine
Since the start of the week, a total of 23 Chechen fighters have perished "overnight" in the Kherson Region; and 58 others have been wounded, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.
The military operation in Ukraine. Screenshot of the video vk.com/mil
18:53, 28 October 2022
Authorities confirm deaths of 850 natives of Southern Russia in Ukraine
Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities have reported the deaths of at least 850 residents of Southern Russia, including 536 casualties from the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and 314 ones from the Southern Federal District (SFD).
SIZO-1 in Krasnodar. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
15:54, 28 October 2022
Resident of Rostov Region placed in strict isolation in SIZO after his arrest
After his arrest, Igor Paskar, a resident of the Rostov Region, who threw a Molotov cocktail at the FSB building, was placed in a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar, controlled by the special service, and not a single letter was handed over to him there.
The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia. Photo: https://kprf.ru
15:46, 28 October 2022
Ingush resident sentenced to long term of imprisonment in case attracting attention of human rights defenders
The Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia sentenced Ibragim Mankiev, a resident of Ingushetia, to 14 years of imprisonment, finding him guilty of acts of banditry, murders, and illegal possession of weapons.
The Code of Administrative offences. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:06, 27 October 2022
Repost of video led woman from Morozovsk to fine for discrediting militaries
The court has decided that reposting in social network of the video of the destruction and explosions caused by missile strikes is discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Memorial board with the names of the Dubrovka terror act victims. Photo by Alexander Stepanov for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:51, 27 October 2022
Relatives of victims of Dubrovka terror act declared their no confidence in investigation
Over the past 20 years, the former hostages and relatives of those who perished in the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre still have no information about the course of the inquiry and results thereof; therefore, there is no hope for the completeness and objectivity of the inquiry, participants in the commemorative event in Moscow have stated.
A square in Makhachkala. Photo: Alla Kyadryavtseva http://wikimapia.org
18:41, 27 October 2022
Protest against Constitution changes unites Dagestani public
Both pro-governmental non-commercial organizations (NCOs) and the oppositional ones have opposed the amendments to the Constitution of Dagestan, journalists have pointed out. In their opinion, the protest against the amendments has united diverse forces in the republic.
The Southern District Military Court. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"
06:01, 27 October 2022
Chechen resident sentenced for trying to provide a mobile phone to members of IAF
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Isa Ersimikov to six years of imprisonment for an attempt to provide a mobile phone to members of an illegal armed formation.
The mobilized. Photo by Leonid Efremov https://www.e1.ru/text/world/2022/10/26/71766635/
15:37, 26 October 2022
Investigators got interested in Kuban believers' refusal to take part in the SMO
Two villagers, mobilized in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) and sent to a military unit in the Stavropol Territory, have refused to take part in the special military operation (SMO) because of their religious beliefs; and investigators are looking for a criminal offense in this refusal, Pavel Chikov, a human rights defender, has informed.
Vladimir Vladimirov at the meeting with the conscripts. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory https://t.me/VVV5807/791
15:33, 26 October 2022
Telegram users ask Stavropol Governor uneasy questions about help to those mobilized
Relatives of those mobilized have to buy equipment and medicines for the conscripts, Telegram users have complained in their comments to the report of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory on re-equipping the fighters of one of the battalions.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by Ramzan Musaev / Grozny Inform news agency
15:28, 26 October 2022
Kadyrov calls on Muslims to wage jihad against the West
Muslims are "needed by the state and the president" and should not look for excuses from participating in hostilities, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. He has announced a jihad against the "Satanist democracy", promising "not to defend, but only to attack."
A report showing Kadyrov's underage sons taking part in the hostilities. Screenshot of the video www.grozny-inform.ru
15:23, 26 October 2022
After Kadyrov's report on his kids at frontline, political analysts draw parallels with Stalin
The videos about the participation of Ramzan Kadyrov's children in hostilities in Ukraine is intended to touch upon primitive ideas about justice and masculinity, since Kadyrov's model of power, like the Stalin's one, rests on an attempt to rally people around some idea, Dmitry Oreshkin has pointed out.
Screenshot of a video of beating up the mobilization opponent in Makhachkala https://t.me/thelawyersays/124
15:15, 26 October 2022
Dagestani MIA sees no violations in video of beating up mobilization opponent in Makhachkala
There are no violations of the service discipline in actions of the law enforcers, who hit the immobilized anti-mobilization protester in Makhachkala. It follows from the answer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer.
Ismail Isaev (on the left) and Salekh Magamadov. Screenshot https://ren.tv/news/v-rossii/800000-v-groznom-zaderzhali-dvoikh-predpolagaemykh-posobnikov-bandy-biutukaeva
23:57, 25 October 2022
Court refuses to reconsider case against Chechen gays Magamadov and Isaev
In Pyatigorsk, a court has upheld the verdict to Ismail Isaev and Salekh Magamadov brothers, convicted in Chechnya for aiding and abetting a militant.
Mobilized residents of Astrakhan, who now stay in North Ossetia, have asked Igor Babushkin, Governor of the Astrakhan Region, to provide them with sleeping bags. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/astmkru/207
23:51, 25 October 2022
Governor of Astrakhan Region reacts to complaints of mobilized compatriots
Mobilized residents of Astrakhan, who now stay in North Ossetia, have asked Igor Babushkin, Governor of the Astrakhan Region, to provide them with sleeping bags. The head of the region promised to provide the mobilized people with sleeping bags “in the near future.”
A colony. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
15:53, 25 October 2022
Inmate left without medical care in Stavropol colony
The administration of the colony located in the Stavropol Territory would not appoint a medical examination to Zevri Abseitov, convicted for taking part in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir"*, despite the his suffering from hypertension, as well as pain in kidneys and joints, his wife, Fatma Abseitova, has stated.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/
15:48, 25 October 2022
Absence of volunteer queues to Chechen commissariats upsets Kadyrov
Residents of Chechnya should "stand in lines" and sign up en masse as volunteers to participate in the special operation in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, has stated.
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Larisa Tuptsokova. Video screenshot https://www.youtube.com/live/eFSqZwT4xt0 Human rights activists considered the prosecutor's office's response to a complaint by activists from Kabardino-Balkaria to be a formality

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 8,250

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was sentenced for promoting LGBT rights

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.