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13:01, 19 September 2022
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 12-18, 2022
Summing up the outcome of the elections in Southern Russia; aggravation of the conflict on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia; mass protests in Yerevan and Stepanakert; new sanctions against Kadyrov and his statements in connection with the special military operation in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of September 12-18, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Law enforcers. Photo by Magomed Magomedov for the Caucasian Knot
11:07, 19 September 2022
Chechen SC denies compensation to resident of Chechnya for torture by law enforcers
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has refused to satisfy the claim lodged by Mekhidi Timirbulatov, a local resident, who demanded 1.5 million roubles in compensation for torture by law enforcers in 2001.
A square in Armavir. Photo: press service of the Armavir Administration, https://armawir.ru/
10:45, 19 September 2022
Social network users dispute on aptness of holiday in Armavir during military operation
Some Instagram* users have treated the decision of the Armavir city administration to hold concerts of pop singers on the City Day as inappropriate during the military operation in Ukraine.
Vitaly Votanovsky. Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrGP1uJlbKA&t=7s
10:32, 19 September 2022
Kuban activist suspected of taking part in undesirable organization
A court in Krasnodar will consider the case of Vitaly Votanovsky, who had filmed the graves of the soldiers, who perished in Ukraine, and now is accused of taking part in an undesirable organization.
Screenshot of a video record from a kindergarten in Makhachkala: https://t.me/gaiana_live/134
10:14, 19 September 2022
Video of child abuse in Makhachkala kindergarten angers social media users
A video footage of a kindergarten educator rudely treating a child has sparked outrage among social media users in Dagestan. The child is autistic; his parents filed a complaint with the police, the press secretary of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.
Sergey Melikov. Photo: official website of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, council.gov.ru
12:32, 18 September 2022
Melikov supports Kadyrov's self-mobilization initiative
On September 17, Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, expressed his agreement with a number of regional heads on the need for additional measures to support the military operation in Ukraine. Some social network users were sceptical about Melikov's statement, while others have approved it.
Rustam Aguev. Screenshot:22, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7TKTAJ85I
12:16, 18 September 2022
Chechen law enforcer Aguev threatens to send to Ukraine those who open fire at weddings
Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), has called on his subordinates to send those who use firearms during wedding ceremonies to Ukraine. It follows from a video posted on the YouTube.
Volunteers preparing to go from Grozny to Ukraine. Screenshot: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/2835
11:58, 18 September 2022
Kadyrov announces sending fighters to Ukraine "without bureaucracy and troubles"
Chechnya's special role in sending volunteers to Ukraine is due to the fact that in the republic they get everything they need "without unnecessary bureaucracy and troubles," the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.
18:46, 17 September 2022
Three Sochi policemen are figurants in criminal case
Sochi investigators have initiated a criminal case against three policemen, who, according to the investigators' version, had illegally detained with the use of force a local resident suspected of using narcotic drugs.
A medical worker near a patient, October 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
18:21, 17 September 2022
Case of deaths of 13 patients of COVID hospital in Rostov-on-Don reaches the court
Within the case of 13 deaths in October 2020 of COVID-19 patients due to absence of oxygen, Anna Kolenova, a deputy chief physician of the Rostov Hospital No. 20, is accused. She has been charged with negligence.
18:07, 17 September 2022
Timashevsk and Labinsk deny solemn celebration of City Day
The heads of the Timashevsk and Labinsk Districts decided to cancel entertainment events and fireworks on the City Day because of the special military operation in Ukraine.
12:03, 17 September 2022
In Kuban, large families complain about allocation of unsuitable plots
In the village of Kaluzhskaya in the Seversky District, 162 land plots have been provided into ownership to families with many children. However, the plots have no road and no connected communications. The district prosecutor's office has appealed to the court demanding from local authorities to eliminate the violations.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
11:32, 17 September 2022
Investigators refuse to open criminal case on Giorgi Kavelidze's death
An investigator in the city of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory) has refused to initiate a criminal case into the death of Giorgi Kavelidze, a resident of the territory, whose relatives claim that he died after being beaten by law enforcers, the "Team against Torture"* has informed.
Chechen fighters take part in special operation in Ukraine. Collage made by the Caucasian Knot; photo: Grozny-Inform, https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/136423/
11:16, 17 September 2022
Kadyrov's fighters vow to wage gazavat in Ukraine
Amid Ramzan Kadyrov's reports about the next sending of special force fighters to Ukraine, a video has appeared in social networks of the oath recited by combatants from Chechnya, pledging to "wage gazavat (sacred war) in the name of Allah."
Chechen fighters. Screenshot of the video published on Instagram** of the Grozny TV channel on August 25, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrFDGIDtay/
10:19, 17 September 2022
Kadyrov's mobilization initiative fits into trend of criticism of Shoigu
By means of his statements about the need for self-mobilization, Kadyrov is trying to try on the functions of the Minister of Defence and once again show his loyalty to Putin, but "he runs ahead of the locomotive," the experts, Dmitry Oreshkin and Alexei Malashenko, have suggested.
Volunteers from Chechnya preparing to be sent to Ukraine. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/ukraina/139065/
10:14, 17 September 2022
Social network users from Dagestan outraged by Kadyrov's call for self-mobilization
Governors should not react to the call of the head of Chechnya to send a thousand volunteers each to Ukraine, while Ramzan Kadyrov himself could set an example by sending his children and sons of Chechen high-ranking officials to the war zone. This was stated by social network users from Dagestan.
Plaque on the house in Karetny Ryad Street in Moscow, where the office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" was located. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:29, 16 September 2022
"International Memorial"* reports attempt to seize its Moscow office
On demand of the prosecutor's office, a court in Moscow has arrested the office of the liquidated "International Memorial"*, which was legally donated to another organization, human rights defenders have reported, treating this as an attempt to raider capture of property.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo from the community on the VK.com KADYROV_95 | Рамзан Кадыров
23:22, 16 September 2022
Experts on Caucasus explain change in Kadyrov's opinion about operation in Ukraine
Ramzan Kadyrov's laudatory words about Russian militaries' actions in Ukraine, which followed his criticism of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), are caused by his misunderstanding of the role of the head of Chechnya in the special operation, Alexei Malashenko believes.
The Palace of Europe, Strasbourg. Photo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Совет_Европы#/media/Файл:Council_of_Europe_Palais_de_l'Europe_aerial_view.JPG
22:59, 16 September 2022
Russia ceases to be a party to European Convention on Human Rights
Russia has ceased to be a party to the Convention on Human Rights in connection with its withdrawal from the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced.
Bodies of the fighters of the Commandant's regiment in the territory of the military commander's office, 2000. Photo: Svm-1977 https://ru.wikipedia.org
20:56, 16 September 2022
Court refuses to compensate relatives of those who perished during second Chechen military campaign
The Supreme Court of Chechnya refused to grant the claim for payment of compensation for moral damage to relatives of policemen Aslanbek Kukaev and Roslanbek Damaev, who perished during the “mopping-up” operation in Grozny.
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The Parliament of Georgia. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/ The Georgian parliament abolished the South Ossetian administration in exile

Alan Gatsoev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/osetia_alania15/p/DRkgzw8iAXv/ belongs to the company Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia. Alan Gatsoev received housing and work in South Ossetia

Protesters in Tbilisi criticized Kobakhidze for posting a photo with Putin

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.