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Seda Suleimanova, photo: https://t.me/sotaproject/65016
18:55, 25 August 2023
Chechen woman who ran away from home detained in Saint Petersburg
Policemen came to the 26-year-old Seda Suleimanova, who had fled from Chechnya, and her partner and took them to the police station. Then the young man was released, and the young woman was taken to the airport to be sent back to Chechnya, human rights defenders have informed.
18:10, 25 August 2023
Sochi court refuses to dismiss a single father from Russian Army
The Sochi Garrison Military Court has refused the contract soldier, Denis Neprokin, who is alone raising a child, to be dismissed from the Russian Army. The Court referred to the Russian presidential decree on mobilization.
23:11, 24 August 2023
Court sends for reconsideration journalist Magomedov’s complaint about inaction of investigators
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan cancelled the court’s decision to refuse to recognize the inaction of investigators on a complaint filed by Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).
21:59, 24 August 2023
Makhachkala residents complain about aggravation of communal problems
In Makhachkala, residents had problems with the supply of electricity and water earlier as well, but the problems have worsened this year, complain local residents. According to their stories, in order to ensure normal living conditions, people have to buy generators and water storage tanks, but they are not able to help under all circumstances.
Abubakar Yangulbaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CTMV4sFICpP/
20:47, 24 August 2023
Abubakar Yangulbaev put on the federal wanted list
The police have put Abubakar Yangulbaev, one of Zarema Musaeva's sons, on the federal wanted list.
Anatoly Berezikov. Photo from the Telegram channel "Metla"
20:13, 24 August 2023
Acquaintances of Rostov activist Berezikov disbelieve suicide version
Anatoly Berezikov, an activist, who has died at the special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don, was notable for his active life position; he was a volunteer at the Navalny's* office and a non-indifferent person, his acquaintances, who don’t believe that he could commit suicide, as law enforcers assert, have stated.
The Nalchik Garrison Military Court. Photo by the press service of the Nalchik Garrison Military Court http://nalchikskygvs.kbr.sudrf.ru
17:52, 24 August 2023
In Nalchik, court recognizes participation in battles in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance in drug cases
In cases on drug trafficking, military Ibragim Polonkoev was sentenced to a fine of 15,000 roubles, and contract soldier Elbek Makaev – to a suspended sentence. Among the extenuating circumstances, the court mentioned the participation in the special military operation in Ukraine and departmental awards.
15:12, 23 August 2023
Rostov woman fined for posting pacifist leaflets
In Rostov-on-Don, a court fined Yevgenia Ryabova 30,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces in the leaflets she distributed.
22:47, 22 August 2023
Photo session of two girls in mountains angers residents of Dagestan
Laurita Karpova, a participant in the reality show "Patsanki” (Tomboys), has posted a photo session, which depicts her engagement to another girl. The photos were taken in the Sulak Canyon of Dagestan. After a wave of indignation in social networks, she declared that there was no relationship with the girl in the pictures.
Idris Yusupov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
21:46, 22 August 2023
Dagestani court refuses to consider Idris Yusupov’s lawsuit about unjustified detention
The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has refused to consider a journalist Idris Yusupov's lawsuit against the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) about his unjustified detention in September 2022 during an anti-mobilization protest.
Khusein Zakaev. Screenshot of the photo from Akhmed Dudaev's Telegram channel https://t.me/akhmeddudaev/2144
20:06, 22 August 2023
Chechnya: video with Zakaev's nephew is propaganda element
The nephew of Akhmed Zakaev, who had been sent to the special military operation (SMO) zone, has criticized his uncle, who supports Ukraine. 
Mansur Soltaev. Screenshot of the video posted on Soltaev's Telegram channel on August 19, 2023 https://t.me/chechombudsman/2227
19:32, 22 August 2023
Chechen Ombudsperson evades answering rights defenders' questions
At a meeting with Mansur Soltaev, the Ombudsperson for Chechnya, lawyers of the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* tried to find out how the security of the journalist, Elena Milashina, in Chechnya would be ensured, and how the inquiry into the beating of Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, committed at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) was progressing. They failed to receive any specific answers to their questions.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video by the ROMB channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jex6a8-VIg
18:06, 22 August 2023
Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev assess his chances for acquittal
There are some chances for the acquittal of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev, as well as of Kemal Tambiev and Abubakar Rizvanov, accused of financing terrorism, although the share of acquittals under terrorist articles is extremely small, Gadjiev's colleagues have noted.
Adam Elzhurkaev reprimands Roza Tsaralieva. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CwI3vAfJnDA/?hl=ru
23:18, 21 August 2023
Grozny woman detained for practicing witchcraft
In Grozny, the police detained local resident Roza Tsaralieva, after which Adam Elzhurkaev, the chief of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, reprimanded the woman for practicing the occult services, follows from a report released by the “Grozny” ChGTRK (State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company).
At the scene of the explosion in Makhachkala. Photo: https://vmeste-rf.tv/news/tragediya-v-makhachkale-vzryv-unes-zhizni-35-chelovek/
22:54, 21 August 2023
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 14-20, 2023
Tragedy in Makhachkala, Kadyrov beats a prisoner, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, victims of landslide in Georgia, 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 August 14-20, 2023, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.
A detention facility. Photo: pixabay.com
22:15, 21 August 2023
Bagomedov brothers complain about torture in Dagestan
Law enforcers tortured Mukhtar and Magomedrasul Bagomedov brothers, who were arrested in Makhachkala, to force them to confess to making explosives, their mother Gulnara Bagomedova complains.
Imangazali Magomedov, photo by the “Kavkaz.Realii”* project *included into the register of foreign agents
19:49, 21 August 2023
Imangazali Magomedov, native of Dagestan, manages to avoid deportation to Russia
A year after his detention in Ukraine, Imangazali Magomedov, a native of Dagestan, has left the country for the European Union.
Mansur Movlaev, screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agMJzgNyGMo
18:16, 21 August 2023
Resident of Chechnya detained in Bishkek after trying to escape from Russia
At the Manas Airport, in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, law enforcers have detained Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, who was on the wanted list in Russia within in the case of financing extremism.
A protest action in Akushinsky Avenue in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video https://vk.com/wall-74219800_2039161
18:50, 20 August 2023
Because of water and power outages, Makhachkala townspeople block the street
Residents of the "Nauchny Gorodok" (Scientific Settlement) micro-district in Makhachkala have blocked motor traffic along Akushinsky Avenue, demanding from authorities and power engineers to solve the long-term problem with the supply of water and electricity to their homes.
Igor Paskar. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "Sota" on July 13, 2023 https://t.me/sotaproject/62872
15:46, 20 August 2023
Igor Paskar, Volgograd resident, complains about beating at SIZO
Igor Paskar from Volgograd, sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, has been transferred to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novocherkassk. The SIZO staff has placed him into a cell with supporters of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, who beat him up on the very first day, human rights defenders have informed.
News
A criminal case regarding the demolition of a dilapidated building in Rostov-on-Don has been dismissed.

Former Rostov-on-Don Interior Minister Shpak was denied a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

A fighter from the Rostov region was killed in a military operation.

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.