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17:16, 24 September 2023
Court in Elista fines activist for failed rally
The Elista City Court has obliged Tseren Basangov to pay a fine of 10,000 roubles for calling for participation in an unauthorized rally. At the same time, the court has ignored the fact that the rally never took place, Valery Badmaev, a journalist, has noted pointing out that this issue should be considered by the Constitutional Court.
Zara Murtazalieva. Screenshot of the video "Russian Immigrants in France" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=nLIoQDopvzE
18:15, 23 September 2023
Chechen Zara Murtazalieva removed from list of terrorists
Zara Murtazalieva, a native of Chechnya, who has served 8.5 years in a Mordovian colony on charges of terrorism, has been removed from the "Rosfinmonitoring" (Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service) list of terrorists and extremists.
A mobilized resident, photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:10, 23 September 2023
Father with many children from Rostov Region fails to achieve dismissal from SMO zone
For three months already, Maxim Krivko, who was mobilized from the Rostov Region, cannot achieve dismissal from military service. Instead, he has been sent to the frontline.
The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow. Photo: https://sudyvmoskve.ru
23:15, 22 September 2023
Rights defenders' opinions included into Oleg Orlov's case files
At the request of Oleg Orlov's defence, the court has added his characteristics compiled by his colleagues, including those from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and Chechnya, to the case materials.
Yegor Zorin. Photo courtesy of Yegor Zorin
22:10, 22 September 2023
Volgograd court denies conscript a right to alternative civilian service
Conscript Yegor Zorin was seeking the right to alternative civilian service in connection with his religious beliefs, but the military registration and enlistment office considered that the young man had failed to prove his beliefs.
Nikolai Voischev. Screenshot from a website covering the persecution of the Jehovah’s Witnesses* in Russia
19:59, 22 September 2023
68-year-old Jehovah’s Witness* from Maikop sentenced to three years of imprisonment
In Maikop, a court sentenced Nikolai Voischev, a 68-year-old member of the Jehovah’s Witness* religious community, to three years of imprisonment, recognizing him an organizer of the activities of an extremist organization.
19:54, 22 September 2023
Trial of three Novocherkassk Jehovah’s Witnesses* declared to be held behind closed doors
In Novocherkassk, a court declared the trial in a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses* Garegin Khachaturyan, Gevorg Yeritsyan, and Lyubov Galitsyna, accused of extremism, to be held behind closed doors. The period of their detention in custody has been extended by six months.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wrp9akmBNI
18:17, 21 September 2023
Judge's dissenting opinion encourages Gadjiev's relatives
The dissenting opinion issued by Judge Rizvan Zubairov, in which he criticized the sentence passed to the "Chernovik" journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, the head of the "Ansar" Fund, and Kemal Tambiev, an activist, may become the basis for their acquittal.
18:02, 21 September 2023
Kuban resident fined for his post in social network
The Khosta District Court of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has fined Evgeny Salnikov by 2000 roubles for his post placed in the "VKontakte" social network about a Ukrainian organization banned in Russia.
Ramzan Kadyrov (on the right) near his uncle at a hospital. Adam Delimkhanov is on the left. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/3911
13:45, 21 September 2023
Kadyrov explains his visit to Moscow hospital as a visit to his uncle
Ramzan Kadyrov has released a video of his visit to a Moscow hospital. The leader of Chechnya has explained that his uncle is being treated there, while he himself “is alive and healthy.”
23:15, 20 September 2023
Nalchik resident convicted of discrediting Russian Army
Batyr Zhaboev from Nalchik, charged under the criminal article on discrediting the Russian Army after his posts in a social network, has been sentenced to a year of conditional imprisonment.
Yasin Khalidov. Photo: https://theins1.press/news/261933
18:13, 20 September 2023
Rights defenders recognize Yasin Khalidov as political prisoner
The "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence has announced Yasin Khalidov, a former Chechen policeman and OMON (riot police) fighter, to be a political prisoner.
Magomed Daudov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Adam Delimkhanov (from left to right). Photo from Magomed Daudov's page on the VKontakte
14:05, 20 September 2023
Analysts list candidates for power in Chechnya without Kadyrov
The Kremlin will find a replacement for Ramzan Kadyrov as the leader of Chechnya, human rights defender Oyub Titiev believes. The redistribution of power may lead to a conflict between the groups headed by Adam Delimkhanov, Magomed Daudov, and Abuzaid Vismuradov, suggests Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNEDVekrF4A
20:51, 19 September 2023
Rights treat sentence of pregnant servicewoman KBR as unique
The verdict to Madina Kabaloeva for evading service is the first of its kind in Russia, but this is not a systematic approach, but a performers' excessive action, Valentina Melnikova, the head of the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers, believes.
The father of the soldiers who perished in Ukraine has appealed to Putin. Screenshot of the video posted in the Telegram channel "Atypical Makhachkala" on September 18, 2023 https://t.me/official_atypical/14951
18:11, 19 September 2023
Father of soldiers who perished in Ukraine complains to Putin about Melikov
Dagestani authorities would not react to residents' requests to move the construction of the landfill from the Sarykum Dune; and it is impossible to get an appointment with Sergey Melikov about this. The father of two sons who perished in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine has stated this in a video appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kemal Tambiev, Abubakar Rizvanov, Abdulmumin Gadjiev (from left to right). Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:17, 18 September 2023
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of September 11-17, 2023
Verdict in Rostov-on-Don, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, elections in Russia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, Zarema Musaeva’s case, 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 September 11-17, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
Screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" about a domestic violence victim
20:35, 18 September 2023
ECtHR’s decision highlights problems with safety of shelters
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on a complaint filed by Svetlana Anokhina and Maisarat Kilyaskhanova, against whom law enforcers used force in a shelter, should remind the authorities of Russia that the problem of the safety of shelters, especially in Northern Caucasus, has not been resolved, believe members of NGOs.
A representative of the initiative group of residents of the village of Mutsalaul reads out an appeal to Vladimir Putin on behalf of those gathered. Screenshot of the video from the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" outlet https://t.me/chernovik/60111
18:45, 18 September 2023
Dagestani villagers call on Putin to intervene in their land conflict with authorities
Residents of the village of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District, who had asked to be allocated the land plots due to them by the law, refused refusals, while authorities drew up a new general plan, in which land was allocated only for social facilities.
Alexander Nozdrinov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i_ILUe1YRY
18:14, 18 September 2023
Prosecutor demands nine years in colony for Krasnodar journalist Nozdrinov
The prosecutor has demanded to sentence Alexander Nozdrinov, a journalist from Krasnodar, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army, to nine years in colony. None of those who came to support the journalist were allowed into the courtroom.
A criminal case, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:37, 18 September 2023
Pregnant servicewoman from KBR convicted of evading service
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has upheld the verdict of the first-instance court, which had found Corporal Madina Kabaloeva from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), guilty of failure to appear for her military service.
News
The Nadezhda Foundation reported raising a billion rubles for flood victims in Dagestan.

The village of Gubden. Screenshot of photo https://blog.welcomedagestan.ru/dagestan/karabudahkentskij/gubden/ A report on the detention of extremists in Gubden has raised questions for security forces.

Access to a Dagestani village is closed after a rockfall.

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.