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Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of a video posted on the YouTube channel "Wild Paratrooper" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXra9fVrsI
20:45, 22 January 2025
Verdict to blogger Askhabali Alibekov mitigated
The court has educed the freedom deprivation term of Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, convicted within the case of attacking a policeman, by four months.
23:56, 21 January 2025
Chechen advocate lIdalov demands to punish judge for unjust verdict
Timur Idalov, an advocate from Chechnya, has been released from forced labour, since the order to enforce his sentence was revoked. The statute of limitations for the case has already expired. Idalov asked the Supreme Court (SC) to hold the judge who had sentenced him accountable.
Gubad Ibadoglu. Screenshot of a video posted on the Pressklub TV YouTube channel on August 1, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-9COSMqz-w&t=36s
23:17, 21 January 2025
Defence of scientist Gubad Ibadoglu claims violation of his rights by police
Gubad Ibadoglu, an opposition politician, scientist and economist, has to regularly report to the police station in the city of Sumgait under the conditions of police supervision, although he lives in Baku, and regular trips negatively affect his health.
A march on the Alley of Martyrs. Baku, January 20, 2025. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:53, 21 January 2025
Baku townspeople commemorate “Black January” victims
On the 35th anniversary of Soviet troops’ invasion into the city, Baku residents came to the memorial on the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate the casualties.
An activist holds a poster with the photo of Mziya Amaglobeli. Tbilisi, January 20, 2025. Photo: Publika https://t.me/Tbilisi_life
21:59, 21 January 2025
Georgian activists demand Amaglobeli's release
The NGO “Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” has demanded to stop the criminal prosecution of Mziya Amaglobeli and to fire the Batumi police boss who had detained the journalist.
Larisa Baragunova. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO_xvn3ggCY
21:57, 21 January 2025
Convicted pensioner Baragunova complains about her rights violation at SIZO
Larisa Baragunova, a pensioner from the city of Tyrnyauz, convicted for attacking law enforcers, has complained that the administration of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) bans her from call home, and her cellmates put pressure on her.
Nurlan Libre. Photo: https://1news.az/news/20190604044935295-Politicheskii-zakaz-istoriya-o-tom-kak-kvazizhurnalist-poluchil-po-shee-ot-telefonnogo-mastera-FOTO-VIDEO
23:56, 20 January 2025
Azerbaijani journalists consider French colleagues’ invitation to cooperate a provocation
Three independent Azerbaijani journalists received emails with offers of cooperation signed by their French colleagues. The Azerbaijani journalists believe that those messages were sent by local law enforcers in attempts to get a pretext to institute criminal cases of espionage.
A memorial event to pay tribute to the memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburov. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N32nGLAVxfs
23:47, 20 January 2025
Memorial events for Markelov and Baburova held in Russia and other countries
On the 16th anniversary of the murder of advocate Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, a journalist of the “Novaya Gazeta” newspaper, memorial events were held in various cities in Russia, as well as France, Germany, Thailand, and other countries.
Ruslan Nurushev. Photo courtesy of Ruslan Nurushev for the "Caucasian Knot"
22:58, 20 January 2025
PO approves charges against Volgograd lawyer Nurushev
The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has approved the charges against Ruslan Nurushev, a Volgograd lawyer, in the case of disseminating fakes about the Russian Army.
Timur Idalov. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel of the "OVD-Info" (included into the register of foreign agents) https://t.me/ovdinfolive/35962
21:49, 20 January 2025
Defence points to violations of Chechen lawyer Timur Idalov's rights
The court has overturned the ruling to enforce the sentence passed to Timur Idalov, a Chechen lawyer. The decision to keep him in custody after announcing the verdict is contrary to the law, his defence has stated.
Protesters in masks. Screenshot of a photo posted by Publika on January 18, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/publika.ge/posts/pfbid0gy9s2mivFT515x1ngVSDDcbfyAXkU9oUqbd39zE3YtBiQ1DJr5qDYNemNVuCpYjTl the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia
20:40, 20 January 2025
Tbilisi marchers demand lifting ban on using masks
Activists in masks who protest against the ban on covering faces during protest actions have joined the Georgians who gathered outside the parliament demanding to go on with the country's European integration and new elections.
A pensioner in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
01:22, 19 January 2025
Relatives alarmed by health state of three Kuban pensioners in SIZO
Pensioners Nikolai Nabiev, Sergey Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed formation (IAF), complain about their health problems in a SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Human Rights Watch. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/hrw-prizval-mfo-ne-okazyvat-finansovuyu-pomosh-pravitelstvu-azerbajdzhana-iz-za-repressij/
22:48, 18 January 2025
HRW claims deterioration of human rights situation in Azerbaijan
In its annual report on the human rights situation, the “Human Rights Watch” (HRW) international human rights organization has pointed to the intensification of repression against journalists and activists in Azerbaijan, as well as the practice of torture in prisons and the persecution of LGBT* community members.
Alexei Schus. Photo: https://x.com/GLesyao/status/1828302673688633357
22:39, 18 January 2025
Father of Sochi engineer Alexei Schus is stunned by his son's sentence
A court in Sochi has found Alexei Schus, an engineer, guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army motivated by hatred and sentenced him to 5.5 years in colony. He was also banned from administering websites for three years, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has reported.
Volunteers liquidate the fuel oil (mazut) spill on a beach. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region on January 9, 2025 https://t.me/opershtab23/10176
22:14, 18 January 2025
Rights defender Nagavkin asks Putin to send colony inmates to Anapa
In a letter to the Russian President, Igor Nagavkin, a convicted human rights defender, has offered to involve prisoners from the penal colonies in the liquidation of the environmental disaster in Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory) and expressed his desire to go to Anapa; he himself has expressed his readiness to take part in cleaning the beaches voluntarily and free of charge.
Protesters at a march in Tbilisi. Photo posted by Publika on January 16, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/photo/? fbid=1349051139827766&set=a.715406393192247 the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia
20:38, 18 January 2025
In Tbilisi, march participants demand to release Mziya Amaglobeli
On the 50th day of protests against the suspension of Georgia’s European integration, activists demanded to provide them with airtime on the “Georgian Public Broadcaster” Radio and TV Company to talk about the circumstances of the detention and arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications.
A pregnant woman and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot of a video: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/5394 Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:17, 18 January 2025
Analysts: abnormal birth rate in Chechnya on December 31 could be provoked by manipulations
In order to receive the payment promised by the leader of Chechnya for naming newborns after national heroes, pregnant women could resort to labour stimulation or caesarean section, as well as manipulation of the birth date. The abnormal number of boys born on December 31 confirms the above assumptions, analysts believe.
Fighters before the dispatch to Ukraine. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/1637329/
23:59, 17 January 2025
Rights defenders comment on report about "exchange fund" of volunteers in Chechnya
In Chechnya, people are forced to sign contracts, while law enforcers may set up a so-called "exchange fund" of volunteers from other regions who have arrived in the republic and will sign contracts (with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD)) instead of local residents, human rights defenders believe.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:58, 17 January 2025
Human rights defender complains about not being allowed to visit Nagavkin in penal colony
The chief of the penal colony in Uryupinsk did not allow human rights defender Valentin Bogdan, who defends his colleague, to visit Igor Nagavkin. Valentin Bogdan called the actions of the penal colony chief unlawful and lodged a complaint with the prosecutor’s office.
Mziya Amaglobeli. Photo: the “Batumelebi” online media
23:18, 17 January 2025
Human rights defenders point to political motives for founder of Georgian opposition media Amaglobeli’s arrest
The “Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” (GYLA) non-governmental organization (NGO) has called the arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi” online publications, politically motivated.
News
A search of the garage where the group members gathered. Video still from June 30, 2025. Photo: https://34.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai The case of an extremist group of Volgograd teenagers has reached court.

A man accused of bribing Rostov judges has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

Oksana Kobeleva. Photo: https://newdosh.media/ A Z-activist from Gelendzhik repented for her questions to Alaudinov.

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.