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A tourist dancing at the entrance to Grozny. Screenshot of the video published on Instagram, August 24, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChparwqDVef/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
02:13, 25 August 2022
The video showing a man in a pink dress dancing at the entrance to Grozny has outraged network users. Some commentators on the Instagram* insist that he should apologize for his behaviour; others indicated that tourists should be explained the rules of behaviour in Chechnya.
02:04, 25 August 2022
The protocol on disobeying a policeman drawn up against Magsud Aliev, an Azerbaijani activist, contains no proofs of his guilt, his advocate asserts.
The Kayakent District. Photo https://welcomedagestan.ru/dagestan/kayakentskij/kayakent/
23:43, 24 August 2022
Shamil Bekbolatov, a father with many children from the Kayakent District, complained that law enforcers were beating him during his detention, including beating him on his head with a stone, and that as a result he ended up in a hospital.
A gavel. Photo  https://ru.freepik.com/free-photo/judges-gavel-on-book-and-wooden-table-law-and-justice-concept-background_4351460.htm#query=суд&from_query=cel&position=0&from_view=search
22:37, 24 August 2022
In Baku, a court has begun considering a complaint filed by a policeman, who considered a post left on a social media outlet by Gyulnara Ragimova, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to be slander and an insult.
Members of the “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party have held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan. Baku, August 24, 2022. Photo courtesy of the  “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party
22:31, 24 August 2022
Members of the “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party have held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Azerbaijan because of its third refusal to register the opposition organization. The protestors believe the grounds for refusal in registration are untenable.
A video appeal of the residents of the village of Gikalo. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/ChnPW9FMWml/*
22:28, 24 August 2022
Residents of the village of Gikalo asked the leader of Chechnya to help connect to the gas pipeline and electricity networks. According to the villagers, their appeals to local officials do not bring any results. Instagram* users suggested that the appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov could be followed by an apology from the villagers.
15:37, 24 August 2022
In his answer to the complaint lodged by the "Team against Torture"*, the head of the Krasnodar Territorial Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has admitted that the preliminary inquiry into the torture case of Aram Gambaryan was suspended unreasonably.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFm8A6Cwtn/
15:27, 24 August 2022
Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, was killed in September 2020 and buried in an unmarked grave because his relatives were told to "bury him like a dog," a Chechen Telegram channel asserts.
15:23, 24 August 2022
A court in the Stavropol Territory has received the case against Svetlana Zaitseva, a local resident, accused of discrediting the Russian Army.
A temporary detention facility. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
14:34, 24 August 2022
Vyacheslav Koshelev, an activist, has held a three-day dry hunger strike, demanding better custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is awaiting a decision on his appeal.
Darya Dugina, screenshot of the video by the 1RNK on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWXraoHsD4&t=90s / Anna Politkovskaya, photo by Blaues Sofa, wikimedia.org. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
14:28, 24 August 2022
Amid the FSB's report on the rapid disclosure of the murder of Darya Dugina, human rights defenders have recalled the still unsolved murders of Anna Politkovskaya, Natalia Estemirova and Boris Nemtsov.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video on Instagram instagram.com/chp.chechenya/
00:41, 24 August 2022
Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, could not be helped, and it is known for sure about his death, Olga Sadovskaya, a lawyer of the “Team Against Torture”*, says.
The residents of Berdzor have attended the last service at the local church. August 18, 2022. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
00:32, 24 August 2022
The 2020 agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh does not define the territorial affiliation of the Lachin Corridor and its borders, which allowed each side to interpret the agreements in its own way.
Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgrVCJSpdMc
22:52, 23 August 2022
Activist Bakhtiyar Gadjiev sent an appeal to the President of Azerbaijan to renounce the citizenship of the country. The activist has explained his decision by receiving threats from the local law enforcement bodies.
Pavel Gerasimov. Photo: gerasimov.co.uk
22:49, 23 August 2022
An investigation has been launched into a criminal case on causing minor bodily harm against natives of Chechnya who beat Pavel Gerasimov.
A power transmission line. Photo by Nina Tumanova for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:41, 23 August 2022
The electricity voltage in central Grozny is very weak, a social media user has complained. Commentators supported him, noting that this problem is observed throughout the republic.
Aishat Kadyrova. Logo of the "Conde Nast" Publishing House at the company's office. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya https://vmfestival.ru/news/otstavki-i-naznacheniya/eks-glava-pandora-vozglavit-izdatelskiy-dom-conde-nast
22:32, 23 August 2022
The Moscow Arbitration Court has stopped proceedings on the claim of the "Conde Nast" Publishing House (PH), which demanded from the "Firdaws" Fashion House to return 814,000 roubles of debt and to pay 893,000 roubles as penalty.
The officers of the Ministry for Emergencies in the village of Inarki, Malgobek District of Ingushetia. Photo https://gazetaingush.ru/news/zhiteli-ingushskogo-sela-inarki-dve-nedeli-sidyat-bez-vody-iz-za-nepoladok-na-nasosnoy-stancii
18:24, 23 August 2022
Since May this year, water has been supplied to the village of Inarki, Malgobek District of Ingushetia, with outages; and since July, due to the heat, there has been no water at all, a local resident has stated.
Bakhtiyar Gadjiev. Photo https://rus.az24saat.org
17:46, 23 August 2022
Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, an activist, was released after almost four hours of detention. According to his story, law enforcers forced him to remove his critical posts from social networks about the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs and threatened him with arrest for new posts about the minister.
Azerbaijani fighters in Lachin. Screenshot of the video by Turan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E254y3PG-bU
14:43, 23 August 2022
As stated by Rasul Djafarov, a Baku-based human rights defender, the area of the Lachin Corridor was occupied not by militaries, but civil defence members, who perform protection functions.
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.