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02:13, 8 January 2024
Nalchik court sentences officer to freedom deprivation for evading service
The Nalchik Garrison Military Court has sentenced Dagi Gadiev, an officer from Ingushetia, to five years in penal colony, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot of the video posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3098
23:58, 7 January 2024
Analysts treat Kadyrov's statement about POWs as his personal initiative
Ramzan Kadyrov's proposal to lift sanctions in exchange for the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) was his personal initiative, not of the Kremlin, which is also confirmed by the attempt of the head of Chechnya to explain his words, analysts have pointed out, emphasizing that decisions about POWs are made in Moscow.
Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to law enforcement officers of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4323
23:38, 7 January 2024
Kadyrov declares offer to exchange Ukrainian POWs for lifting sanctions as trolling
The proposal of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to release 20 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs), if sanctions against his relatives are lifted, was criticized by a number of pro-government Russian bloggers. Kadyrov has treated this offer as "fat trolling" against American authorities.
Ali Bakaev. Screenshot of the video from the YouTube channel ALI BAKAEV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cycBmCCNWkI
23:23, 7 January 2024
Bakaev, native of Chechnya, fined for criticizing Kadyrov's men
A court in Chechnya has fined Ali Bakaev, a native of the republic living in Ukraine, in absentia, finding him guilty of inciting hatred against Kadyrov's supporters. Russian law enforcers plan to repeatedly seek his extradition to Russia, Bakaev himself has suggested.
Blood feud. Screenshot of an animation by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxH47RW8GQ8
23:05, 7 January 2024
Ingush authorities report reconciliation of feudist families
After requests from theologians and authorities, six families in Ingushetia abandoned their declared blood feud.
A view of Grozny. Screenshot of the video from Nikita Dmitriev's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9iCn-hbDMc&t=104s
20:04, 7 January 2024
Kadyrov's order to kill relatives deepens fear atmosphere in Chechnya
Chechen authorities have long used intimidation of opponents' families in the fight against them, but Kadyrov's recent order to kill relatives of crime suspects could lead to real murders that will not be restrained by the practice of blood feud, human rights defenders have stated.
Scott Ritter and Ramzan Kadyrov watching a video appeal of an Ukrainian prisoner of war. Screenshot of the video posted by the RIA Novosti on January 5, 2024 https://t.me/rian_ru/226938
18:38, 7 January 2024
Kadyrov offers to release Ukrainian POWs in exchange for lifting sanctions
The head of Chechnya has stated that he is ready to release 20 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) if the sanctions introduced against his relatives, as well as his horses and aircrafts, are lifted.
FSB officers. Photo: https://iz.ru/
18:13, 7 January 2024
Analysts argue about relevance of anti-corruption checks in Northern Caucasus
When commenting on a report about an expensive Moscow apartment owned by a spouse of Deputy Prime Minister of Kabardino-Balkaria Muaed Kunizhev, lawyers have pointed out that the information about expensive real estate properties of relatives should become a reason for checking an official for corruption.
Ramzan Kadyrov (on the left) and Shamsail Saraliev. Screenshot of the photo posted on Saraliev's Telegram channel on Octover 5, 2023 https://t.me/saraliev/1056
16:17, 6 January 2024
Political analysts assess Kadyrov’s role in exchange of prisoners
Ramzan Kadyrov has well-established connections in the Middle East and could play an important role in involving the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to an exchange of prisoners of war (POWs) between Russia and Ukraine, political analysts believe.
23:13, 5 January 2024
Court obliges Stavropol penal colony to pay compensation to prisoner
Georgy Kolyan, a convict with disabilities, requested compensation of 900,000 roubles for the lack of medical care and violation of conditions of detention in a Stavropol penal colony. The Stavropol Territorial Court recognized the violations, but assessed moral damage at 50,000 roubles.
19:09, 5 January 2024
Ukrainian court sentences two "Rosgvardiya" fighters from Dagestan
Two fighters of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) from Dagestan were found guilty by a Ukrainian court of torturing civilians in Zaporozhye and sentenced them in absentia to 12 years of freedom deprivation each.
Oleg Rybkin. Photo from a personal page https://ok.ru/ https://v1.ru
19:02, 5 January 2024
Wife of mobilized man from Volgograd Region demands to speed up his after-wound treatment
After being wounded in Ukraine, Oleg Rybkin, a mobilized Dubovka resident, needs urgent surgery and examination, but the command of his military unit is protracting with the decision, Irina Rybkina, Oleg's wife, has complained.
Daniil Vodolagin. Photo: https://memopzk.org * included into the register of foreign agents
18:11, 5 January 2024
Volgograd student Vodolagin declared political prisoner
Daniil Vodolagin, a Volgograd university student, was wrongfully accused of spreading fake news about the Russian Army, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has announced and demanded that the criminal case be closed.
Makhachkala. Photo: Suleymannabiev https://ru.wikipedia.org
18:05, 5 January 2024
Dagestan is among five Russia's most protest regions
By the outcomes of 2023, Dagestan got into the rating of the "7x7"* outlet of the Russian regions whose residents most often expressed their protest to authorities through organized and spontaneous actions.
Law enforcers. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru
23:59, 4 January 2024
Kadyrov’s critics complain about pressure on their relatives from law enforcers
In Chechnya, the law enforcement bodies threatened relatives of two persons with the use of violence, demanding to stop criticising the republic’s authorities, activists reported.
23:37, 4 January 2024
Kuban resident fined under article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces
In the Krasnodar Territory, a court found a local resident guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and imposed a fine on him.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:08, 4 January 2024
Comment in social network turns into fine for Astrakhan woman
The court has fined a female resident of the Akhtubinsky District, after treating her comment in a social network criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discredited Russian militaries.
Military personnel who returned from Ukrainian captivity. Screenshot of the video posted on Shamsail Saraliev's Telegram channel on January 3, 2024 https://t.me/saraliev/1073
20:40, 4 January 2024
Chechen MP announces return of 248 military personnel from Ukrainian captivity
Shamsail Saraliev, a Russian State Duma member from Chechnya, has announced that 75 Russian military personnel have been returned from the Ukrainian captivity without exchange and 173 other prisoners of war have been returned through exchange. The military personnel have been returned from the Ukrainian captivity through the mediation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Russian Ministry of Defence reports.
Khasanbek Turchaev. Screenshot https://actu17.fr
18:48, 4 January 2024
France revokes citizenship of refugee from Chechnya
Khasanbek Turchaev, a native of Chechnya, who is serving his sentence in the case on participating in the war in Syria on the militants’ side, has been deprived of his French citizenship.
Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to law enforcement officers of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel on December 30, 2023 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4323
22:22, 3 January 2024
Kadyrov orders to kill relatives of hiding criminals
If a person who has committed a crime against public safety or law enforcers is hiding, law enforcers must punish one of his relatives, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, explaining this by Chechen traditions.
News
Mzia Amaglobeli in court. June 2025. Photo from TV Pirveli. A third complaint about the violation of Mzia Amaglobeli's rights has been filed with the ECHR.

The Supreme Court of Georgia refused to review Amaglobeli's sentence.

Beaches of Bobokvati. Photo: tourister.ru Bobokvati residents demand a report from authorities on the fate of land plots

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.