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Law enforcers, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:17, 15 March 2024
In Stavropol Territory, law enforcers come to search apartments of Nadezhdin’s supporters
Officers of the Centre to Combat Extremism (CCE, also known as Centre “E”) in the Stavropol Territory have been conducting searches for several days now at the apartments of the activists who were collecting signatures in support of the nomination of Boris Nadezhdin as a presidential candidate.
Banner on a house in the village of Kabardinka. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxTAf-fwcZ4&t=44s
17:47, 15 March 2024
Lawsuits to declare housing illegal become tool of political pressure in Gelendzhik
Residents of the village of Kabardinka Anna Gubanova and Anna Charochidi request investigators to check the actions of the local officials who are trying to recognize their houses as illegal buildings. The women and their families are at risk of being left on the streets after participating in the elections.
15:55, 15 March 2024
Pyatigorsk resident detained for post in support of Navalny
Policemen have been holding Roman Mirkin, a Pyatigorsk resident, for the second day, accusing him of displaying prohibited symbols in his personal correspondence on the Telegram. Mirkin had also placed posts in support of Alexei Navalny in social networks, human rights defenders have informed.
23:35, 14 March 2024
SIZO bosses ignore seven-day hunger strike of human rights defender Nagavkin
The prosecutor's office and the court were notified by his sister about the hunger strike of human rights defender Igor Nagavkin, who has been rejecting food at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk for a week already, although the law obliges SIZO bosses to report about detainees' refusal to take meals.
Arsen Abdulkadirov. Screenshot https://chernovik.net/news/vas-zakroyut-v-ivs-maksimum-na-dva-dnya-potom-otpustyat
22:56, 14 March 2024
Dagestan: court rules to arrest a law enforcer within torture case
Arsen Abdulkadirov, a former deputy head of the criminal investigation division of the Sovietsky ROVD (District Interior Division) of Makhachkala, has been arrested until April 21 within the case of torture and causing death by negligence, the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has informed.
Zarema Musaeva at a court. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel "Bakar Yangulbaev"
22:45, 14 March 2024
Advocate demands medical examination of Zarema Musaeva
Zarema Musaeva was never given a medical examination after the request to release her lodged in December 2023 due to her serious health condition, his advocate has stated. The defence has demanded to explain why Musaeva was not examined.
The monument to those who perished during the Great Patriotic War (WW II) in the town of Prokhladny. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSq_so6nKnE&t=62s
17:10, 14 March 2024
Police establish persons in photo without trousers at monument to motherland defenders in Prokhladny
The teens have been identified, who, by lowering their trousers, made photos at the monument to those who perished during the Great Patriotic War (WW II) in the town of Prokhladny.
Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memorialcenter.orgmemorialcenter.org included into the register of foreign agents
16:12, 14 March 2024
Rights defenders declare Oleg Orlov* as prisoner of conscience
The human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has declared Oleg Orlov*, who was sentenced to a colony term on charges of discrediting the Russian Army, as a prisoner of conscience and demanded his release.
Detention. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:37, 13 March 2024
Law enforcer detained in case on Dalgatov’s death, sources report
One more law enforcer has been detained in a criminal case on the death of Kurban Dalgatov at the Makhachkala police department, sources report.
18:59, 13 March 2024
Heroines of video with kiss fined in Krasnodar
Two residents of Krasnodar were fined 50,000 roubles each because of a video in which they were kissing in a cafe.
Vladimir Atamanchuk. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
18:46, 13 March 2024
Sochi activist Atamanchuk complains about falsification of court records
The defence requested the protocols of court hearings in the case against Vladimir Atamanchuk, a 72-year-old activist from Sochi, since the protocol, which the defence had already managed to get for examination, contained words with an accusatory slant that were not voiced during the court hearing.
A law enofrcer. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:37, 13 March 2024
Accused within robbery case in Anapa claims physical pressure
At the trial of workers of a wholesale and retail base in Anapa, accused of robbery, Alexei Sveshnikov has testified. He was treated as the suffered party; then he was accused of complicity in committing the above crime. Sveshnikov has stated that earlier, under law enforcers' pressure, he wrote a confession.
Said-Mukhamad Djumaev. Photo by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation
23:47, 12 March 2024
Relatives of Chechen Djumaev refuse to challenge toughening of his conditions in colony
A native of Chechnya, Said-Mukhamad Djumaev, convicted of beating up law enforcers at a protest rally, has one year and four months left to serve in custody, a source close to his family has informed.
Participants in the rally in support of Putin held in Grozny. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on March 10, 2024 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4579
22:53, 12 March 2024
Rally for Putin in Chechnya starts presidential election frauds
It is impossible to verify the number of participants in the rally in support of Putin held in Grozny, but those who attended came under duress, experts on the Caucasus have noted.
Sergey Menyailo at a meeting with the parents of the teenagers. Screenshot of a video by the press service of the administration of the head and the government of North Ossetia 11.03.24,https://t.me/alania_gov/11397
21:49, 12 March 2024
Parents of teens from North Ossetia apologize for their jokes on Internet
The press service of Sergey Menyailo, the head of North Ossetia, has posted an apology of the parents of the teenagers who had filmed a video mocking those mobilized. Some social network users have sympathized with the parents; others demanded that the teens be publicly punished.
Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org (included into the register of foreign agents)
21:17, 12 March 2024
Defence appeals against Oleg Orlov's* verdict
The defence has filed an appeal complaint against the verdict passed to human rights defender, Oleg Orlov*, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony on charges of discrediting the Russian Army. After the quarantine, Orlov* was transferred to another SIZO (pre-trial prison), his colleagues have informed.
Murat Esmurziev (in the center) records a video appeal to Putin. Screenshot of a video published by the "Fortanga" https://t.me/fortangaorg/17448
20:51, 12 March 2024
Fighter from Ingushetia explains his video criticizing authorities by "hasty conclusions"
Residents of the Ingush village of Nizhnie Achaluki recorded a video complaint against local authorities to President Putin while disregarding the fact that officials needed time to solve the problems with water and electricity supplies, Murat Esmurziev, a fighter at the special military operation (SMO), has explained.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo: SOTAvision // Vyacheslav Lemkus
18:56, 12 March 2024
Rights defender Nagavkin announces endless hunger strike at SIZO
Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has lodged a statement to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office (PO) stating that he had been on an endless hunger strike already for four days in protest against rights violations of those kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev in a courtroom. Screenshot of a video by the Tverskoi District Court in Moscow http://mos-gorsud.ru/rs/tverskoj
15:41, 12 March 2024
Chechen native Djumaev, convicted of beating law enforcer at protest action, has his conditions of detention in penal colony tightened
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted of beating law enforcers at a protest action, has been transferred to a unified cell-type room, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports on its Telegram channel.
Law enforcers take an activist away from the site of the rally in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:16, 11 March 2024
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of March 4-10, 2024
Ilham Aliev was only provoked by the presidential election, Inal Djabiev’s case, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, Zarema Musaeva’s cassation, unsafe shelters, 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 March 4-10, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
News
522 people remain in temporary accommodation centers after the flood in Dagestan.

Murtazov's safety in Armenia has raised concerns among relatives and human rights activists.

Aishat Khizrieva has been released from police custody.

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.