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The Memorial to the Victims of Repression of the Karachay People. Photo by the administration of the Karachayevsky District http://karachaevsk.info
23:08, 3 May 2024
Karachay-Cherkessia marks National Revival Day with memorial events
Participants of an official event in Karachaevsk, dedicated to the Karachay People Revival Day, paid tribute to the memory of those perished during the years of deportation. Book and photo exhibitions were opened in the republic on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the return of Karachay people from exile.
Yevgeny Kochegin*. Photo: the joint press service for the courts of the Volgograd Region
21:47, 3 May 2024
Volgograd activist Yevgeny Kochegin* fined under law on foreign agents
Yevgeny Kochegin*, an activist from Volgograd, has been fined for failure to mark his posts on a personal Telegram channel as a foreign agent. The above is reported by the “Dozor Volgograd” Telegram channel.
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:03, 3 May 2024
ICRF reports detention of three suspects of insulting believers' feelings in Stavropol Territory
Three residents of the town of Novoaleksandrovsk have been detained for publicly burning the New Testament down; they are suspected of insulting believers' feelings and hooliganism, investigators have reported.
A colony. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:48, 3 May 2024
Native of Chechnya dies after being beaten in colony for life prisoners
Arsan Mukaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of killing law enforcers, has died in his penal colony after being beaten up.
18:58, 3 May 2024
Court refuses to commute sentence to pensioner from Shakhty within fake case
The Rostov Regional Court has upheld the sentence of Evgenia Maiboroda, a 72-year-old resident of the city of Shakhty, sentenced to 5.5 years in penal colony on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian Army and calls for extremism.
Igor Nagavkin. Courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
17:47, 3 May 2024
Court agrees to question expert on case of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin
The district court has granted the request lodged by Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, to interrogate the author of the examination of his statements, which became the basis for the criminal case against him on disorganization of the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Leila Gatagazheva (right). Screenshot of a video by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
23:30, 2 May 2024
Leila Gatagazheva transferred to house arrest
A court decided to place under house arrest Leila Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, accused of involvement in formations of Syrian militants. Leila Gatagazheva returned to Malgobek from a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Pyatigorsk, human rights defenders reported.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:49, 2 May 2024
Police succeed in seeking punishment for Krasnodar resident for posting rainbow flag
In Krasnodar, a court reconsidered the case instituted against Viktor Morozov for his post on a social network with a photograph of a rainbow flag. Initially, the court did not find any offense in the post, but later agreed with the position voiced by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).
Kurban Dalgatov. Photo: "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet https://chernovik.net/news/god-nazad-v-sovetskom-rovd-makhachkaly-byl-ubit-kurban-dalgatov-sledstvie-prodolzhaetsya
21:56, 2 May 2024
Case against policeman accused in Dalgatov’s death sent to prosecutor’s office
The investigation into a case against one of the Makhachkala policemen accused of the detained Kurban Dalgatov’s death has been completed. The case materials have been transferred to the prosecutor’s office for approval of the indictment.
Kirill Guschin. Photo: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gushhin-kirill-olegovich/ included into the register of foreign agents
21:06, 2 May 2024
Court finds Jehovah's Witness* Guschin not guilty of extremism
A district court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has acquitted Kirill Guschin, a Jehovah's Witness*, finding him not guilty of extremism.
A festive concert in Kudepsta, photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
18:41, 2 May 2024
Wish for peace deleted from the official May Day greetings in Sochi
On May 1, mass events were organized in all Sochi districts under the slogan "Spring and Labour Day", the city administration has informed. However, this time, the word "peace", which traditionally was part of the holiday slogan, was not mentioned.
23:41, 1 May 2024
Website of “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” project blocked in Russia
At a request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the “Roskomnadzor” (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Communications) has blocked access in Russia to the website of the “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” human rights project.
Olga Kasyanenko, screenshot of a video https://ya.ru/video/preview/6792317559158295758
22:47, 1 May 2024
Krasnodar blogger publicly apologizes for her words about residents of Russia
A video has been posted on the Internet with an apology voiced by Olga Kasyanenko, a resident of Krasnodar, for speaking live about residents of Russia.
Seda Suleimanova. Photo: https://sksos.org/news/ubiystvo-sedi-suleimanovoi/ included into the register of foreign agents
21:46, 1 May 2024
Friend of Suleimanova, who went missing in Chechnya, questioned within murder case
In Grozny, an investigator has interrogated Lena Patyaeva within the case of the murder of her friend Seda Suleimanova, who was taken away by her relatives from Saint Petersburg and stopped communicating.
Abu Banov's apologies. Screenshot of the video posted on the "Caucasus Speaks" Telegram channel on April 30, 2024 https://t.me/GovoritKavkaz/6600
21:06, 1 May 2024
Analysts treat apologies of Circassian Elders' Board member for his words about Karachais as voluntary
The apologies by Abu Banov, a member of the Board of Elders of Circassian People, for his words about Karachais were unlikely to be the result of coercion, as it happens in Chechnya, since forced apologies are not practiced in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), analysts have pointed out.
The attack on policemen committed in Karachaevsk. Screenshot of a video https://ont.by/news/v-karachaevske-soversheno-napadenie-na-policejskih-dva-cheloveka-pogibli
18:54, 1 May 2024
On April 22-28, two persons killed and one wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from April 22 to 28, 2024, two policemen were killed and another was wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Anna Tsomartova. Photo from her personal page on the "VKontakte" social network
19:49, 30 April 2024
SMO participants ask President Putin for assistance in finding missing athlete Anna Tsomartova
Participants of the special military operation in Ukraine recorded video messages to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to assist in the search for Anna Tsomartova, an athlete from North Ossetia, who disappeared in Kaspiysk.
At the site of the attack in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic. April 29, 2024. Photo by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
19:33, 30 April 2024
Analysts dispute about involvement of figurants in armed incidents in KChR in underground
The armed underground is unlikely to be involved in two attacks on law enforcers committed in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), but there is a link with the terror act at the Crocus City Hall. This was stated by analysts and military experts.
A spectator of the stand-up concert apologizes. Screenshot of a video posted by the "ChP Grozny 95" Telegram channel on April 29, 2024 https://t.me/c/1304691628/9305
18:55, 30 April 2024
Stand-up concert spectator apologizes for his joke about Chechen women
The spectator of the stand-up concert who said he had been "hanging out with Chechen girls" has apologized to the entire Chechen people for the thoughtless joke.
Ulker Gashimova, photo: https://telegra.ph/Obrashchenie-k-Lyudyam-05-04
16:48, 30 April 2024
Dagestani native Ulker Gashimova, accused of calling for terrorism, complains about pressure from investigator
Ulker Gashimova, a native of Makhachkala, accused of calls for terrorism and extremism allegedly contained in her posts on social networks, has complained that an investigator was putting pressure on her.
News
The victim in the Safarov case did not confirm the prosecution's version of events in court.

Displaced persons. April 21, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-ramkah-velikogo-vozvrasheniya-eshe-92-semi-otpravilis-v-agdam 92 Azerbaijani IDP families returned to Agdam

A scientist spoke about his research into a Jewish cemetery in Azerbaijan.

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.