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Nikolai Tsomartov. Photo: https://botsman.org/people/692894928/
21:43, 2 October 2024
Father of athlete missing in Dagestan decides to challenge his dismissal from MIA
Nikolai Tsomartov, a father of a female athlete from North Ossetia, who went missing in Kaspiysk, considered his dismissal after searching for his daughter to be humiliating and unlawful. The man decided to lodge an appeal to court.
Timur Bazhaev in a courtroom. Photo: 360 TV channel https://vk.com/wall-43618728_3090896
21:29, 2 October 2024
Release of son of Chechen billionaire Timur Bazhaev surprises lawyers
The release from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the son of Musa Bazhaev, a Chechen billionaire, is against the judicial practice and the law. In this case, the charge of assaulting a policeman cannot be reclassified, lawyers have noted.
Natalia Fedorenko and her advocate before a court session. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, October 1, 2024
19:20, 2 October 2024
Court places advocate of blogger Kharchenko* in custody
Advocate Natalia Fedorenko has been placed in custody in a case on violation of privacy. The defence intends to lodge an appeal against the court’s decision.
Mass grave of the Chechens near the village of Komsomolskoye. 2000. Photo: Natalia Medvedeva https://ru.wikipedia.org/
23:47, 1 October 2024
Authorities ignore 25th anniversary of start of Second Chechen War
The 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Chechen War has been ignored by the authorities and state-run media of the republic. Participants of the war complain on social media that the state has still not paid some war veterans and does not provide them with assistance.
Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Seda Suleimanova. A law enforcer. Photo: https://sksos.org/news/ubiystvo-sedi-suleimanovoi/ included into the register of foreign agents
22:55, 1 October 2024
Rights defenders treat checks in case of Suleimanova, who fled from domestic violence, as shams
Human rights defenders are sure that the transfer of the complaint against law enforcers' actions filed by Lena Patyaeva, a Seda Suleimanova's friend, to Chechnya can only be a formal reply or an imitation of the inquiry. Meanwhile, in most cases, law enforcers are siding with the families of victims of domestic violence.
Kemal Tambiev, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov (in a courtroom). Photo: the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet https://chernovik.net/news/k-chemu-prizyval-abdulmumin
20:58, 1 October 2024
Convicts in Dagestani journalist Gadjiev's case transferred to Grozny SIZO
Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, who are waiting for consideration of their appeal complaints against verdicts, have been transferred from the Novocherkassk SIZO (pre-trial prison) to the Grozny one, Gadjiev's wife has reported, while one of Gadjiev's colleagues has added that his solo picket in Gadjiev's support sparked interest among passers-by in Makhachkala.
Woman's hands with a smartphone and a gavel. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Pictures generated from Copilot
20:47, 1 October 2024
Astrakhan court fines soldier's mother for discrediting Russian Army
Pacifist statements in the messenger have caused a fine imposed on an Astrakhan woman under the article on discrediting the Russian Army. The court has imposed a minimum fine on her, by treating her son, a military serviceman, as a mitigating circumstance.
Law enforcers during a search. Picture generated from Copilot
18:52, 1 October 2024
Makhachkala resident accuses law enforcers of fabricating drug case
Abdula Karimov, a resident of Makhachkala, has complained that law enforcers had allegedly planted narcotic drugs on him and fabricated a criminal case. Despite this, the court found him guilty and sentenced him to eight years in jail.
Musa Albogachiev. Screenshot of a video posted on the “Serdtse Ingusha” (Heart of the Ingush) Telegram channel on September 28, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmPSY3bcEPs&t=5s
23:14, 30 September 2024
Member of Ingush National Council Albogachiev claims threats from Chechen MP Delimkhanov
Delegations of Chechnya and Ingushetia met with the purpose to prevent the escalation of the conflict after the shooting near an office of the “Wildberries” Company. However, during the meeting, Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian State Duma member from Chechnya, called for “cutting off heads.”
Zarema Musaeva. Photo https://news.rambler.ru/crime/50864316-zaderzhannaya-v-nizhnem-novgorode-zarema-musaeva-byla-gospitalizirovana/
20:24, 30 September 2024
Human rights defenders point out lack of FSIN’s interest in medical treatment of Zarema Musaeva
The delay in hospitalizing Zarema Musaeva fits into the practice of treating prisoners accepted in institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN). The FSIN is not interested in providing medical treatment for prisoners, human rights defenders emphasize.
An explosion at a fuelling station located in the highway near the village of Novy Khushet. September 27, 2024. Photo: 112 / T.me
18:21, 30 September 2024
Makhachkala explosion questions quality of fuelling station inspections
In Dagestan, the fuelling stations that were closed due to violations resume their operation by court orders, but the risk of explosions and loss of life remains, therefore, more thorough inspections are needed, Albert Esedov, a political analyst, and Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer, believe.
A shot dead militant. September 30, 2024. Screenshot of a video posted on Telegram https://t.me/sapakavkaz/2862
17:59, 30 September 2024
Shootout with law enforcers was first in Ingushetia in six months
The shootout, in which law enforcers killed a suspected militant, was preceded by a special operation conducted in Karabulak in March, in which six members of the Islamic State (IS)* were killed.
Seda Suleimanova. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel "Gde Seda?" (Where is Seda?) on March 18, 2024 https://t.me/helpseda/54
23:59, 29 September 2024
Complaint of Seda Suleimanova's friend about police actions forwarded to Chechnya
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed Lena Patyaeva that her appeal demanding that law enforcers involved in the abduction of Seda Suleimanova be held accountable has been forwarded to Chechnya.
Igor Paskar. Photo: the organization "Solidarity Zone"
23:39, 29 September 2024
Igor Paskar complains about censorship in prison
Letters to Igor Paskar, a Volgograd resident, convicted of setting fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar, are arriving intermittently; and the prison administration prohibits him from receiving newspapers and books, human rights defenders have complained.
Emergency services at the site of the explosion at a fuelling station in Dagestan. September 28, 2024. Screenshot of a video by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations https://t.me/mchs_official/22772
23:08, 29 September 2024
Explosion in Novy Khushet is 15th incident at fuelling stations in Dagestan in 10 years
The explosion at the fuelling station near the village of Novy Khushet was preceded by at least 14 incidents with explosions or fires at fuelling stations in Dagestan since 2014, in which at least 54 people perished, the "Caucasian Knot" has calculated.
Yana Antonova. Photo: https://twitter.com/galiamina/status/1302634224630018050
22:54, 29 September 2024
After collecting signatures against construction on embankment, activist Antonova warned by police
The police have issued a warning about the inadmissibility of violations to Yana Antonova, an activist, who was collecting signatures from Krasnodar residents to the petition against the development of Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment.
Mikhail Balabanov. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the human rights project "Solidarity Zone" on May 22, 2024 https://t.me/solidarity_zone/2502
22:29, 29 September 2024
Mikhail Balabanov reports his whereabouts
Mikhail Balabanov, a native of the city of Kazan, convicted of preparing to set fire to a military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in the Stavropol Territory, has written to his parents that he had been taken to the Chelyabinsk SIZO (pre-trial prison), human rights defenders have informed.
Themis statue. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:56, 29 September 2024
Court upholds verdict to three Jehovah's Witnesses* from Novocherkassk
The Rostov Regional Court has upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witnesses* Garegin Khachaturyan, Gevorg Eritsyan and Lyubov Galitsyna, who had been earlier found guilty within an extremism case.
A resident of Astrakhan has apologized on camera to the citizens for shooting at a bus. Screenshot of a video posted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Astrakhan Region https://vk.com/wall-66751883_24435
21:08, 29 September 2024
Astrakhan resident apologies publicly for pistol shooting
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has posted a video in which a resident of Astrakhan made a public apology to townspeople for firing a traumatic pistol when leaving a cafe with his friends.
The riots at the Uytash Airport. Makhachkala, October 2023. Photo: "Novosti Kazakhstana" (Kazakhstan News) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mys3gWpYMUc
23:34, 28 September 2024
Another case of Makhachkala riots reaches court in Stavropol Territory
The Grachevsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory has begun considering the case of eight residents of Dagestan accused of involvement in the riots at the Makhachkala Airport.
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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.