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Alexei Schus, photo courtesy of his relatives
18:13, 31 August 2024
Alexei Schus, accused in case on fakes about Russian Army, complains about conditions of detention in SIZO
Alexei Schus, an engineer from Sochi, accused of disseminating fakes about the Russian Army and making a weapon, has complained that the conditions of detention at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Krasnodar are torture. There are not enough sleeping places for prisoners, and they are not taken out for walks.
Law enforcers. Photo by the press service of the National Guard of Russia
23:38, 30 August 2024
After hostage-taking in Surovikino and Rostov-on-Don, law enforcers point to FSIN's blunders
The institutions of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) have staff deficit; and those who work there with great overloads have modest salaries, which contributes to corruption and violation of safety rules for personal gains. This was stated by law enforcers in their comments on the hostage-taking incidents that occurred in Surovikino and Rostov-on-Don.
The militants' attacks in Dagestan. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxq44sNPUk
23:38, 30 August 2024
Arrest of Zaur Magomedov, accused of militants' attacks in Dagestan, extended by three months
The court has extended the custody of Zaur Magomedov, accused of involvement in the militants' attacks committed in Derbent and Makhachkala, by three months. It was done despite the complaints from Magomedov's defence that the proofs in the case had been falsified, the advocate has stated.
Sergey Legkobitov in a court. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
22:54, 30 August 2024
Stavropol Territorial Court changes sentence for ecologist Sergey Legkobitov
In the Stavropol Territory, following the reconsideration of appeals, a court has changed the article under which ecologist Sergey Legkobitov was found guilty from attempted bribery to the transfer of a bribe, an advocate reports.
Alexei Schus. Photo: https://x.com/GLesyao/status/1828302673688633357
22:23, 30 August 2024
Father and advocate of Alexei Schus consider charge of fake news about Russian Army far-fetched
Alexei Schus, an engineer from Sochi, has deleted his posts on a social network that the law enforcement bodies considered dissemination of fake news about the Russian Army, and the weapon the man was accused of making was a modification of a slingshot, an advocate reports.
A man tried to remove niqab from a Muslim woman in Dagestan. Screenshot of a video posted by the Telegram channel "Chto Tam u Dagestantsev" (What's Going On With Dagestanis) on August 28, 2024 https://t.me/dagestanRD/48650
21:28, 30 August 2024
Journalists treat incident with niqab in Dagestan as not typical
A woman, whose niqab a man tried to remove because of a temporary ban by the muftiate, lodged a complaint to the police. There are opponents of wearing niqab in Dagestan, but no such aggressive actions have ever happened earlier, journalists note.
20:04, 30 August 2024
Blogger Maria Borzova fined for discrediting Russian Army
A court in the city of Abinsk in the Krasnodar Territory has fined Maria Borzova, a streamer, by 40,000 roubles, concluding that the criticism of Russian militaries she expressed during a live broadcast on the Internet discredited the Russian Armed Forces.
Screenshot of a video https://t.me/ekho_dagestana1/11654
23:37, 29 August 2024
Video showing aggression against Makhachkala woman in niqab outrages residents of Dagestan
In Dagestan, social network users are discussing the video showing an attack of an aggressive passerby on a woman wearing a niqab in Makhachkala. The man motivated his attempts to take the niqab off her by the Muftiate's ban on this type of religious clothing.
The Dagestani Ministry of Public Health. Photo: RIA "Dagestan" https://riadagestan.ru
22:55, 29 August 2024
Woman from Dagestan is forced to go to court to get medicines for her daughter
The court has obliged the Dagestani Ministry of Public Health (MPH) to provide the due medication to the minor daughter of a local resident, who suffers from a disease affecting organs and bones.
Seda Suleimanova. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel "Where is Seda?", created by Lena Patyaeva, on August 23, 2024 https://t.me/helpseda/204
22:14, 29 August 2024
Investigators take formal actions to react to protests by friends of disappeared Chechen native Seda Suleimanova
The fate of Seda Suleimanova remains on everyone’s lips thanks to pickets and information activity. The law enforcement bodies had to institute a criminal case in connection with the Seda Suleimanova’s disappearance, although there has been no progress in the investigation, activists believe.
A woman wearing niqab. Photo: Bernard Gagnon. https://ru.wikipedia.org
21:46, 29 August 2024
Shoigu reports about radicals’ attempts to introduce Sharia norms in Northern Caucasus
In the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) , radicals are attempting to displace secular laws, replacing them with Sharia norms, and also to replace traditional Islam with its radical movements, reports Sergey Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council.
19:38, 29 August 2024
Woman from Cherkessk fined for prohibited symbols
The Cherkessk city court has fined Madina Karaketova, a local resident, for her avatar placed in a messenger, which was treated as demonstration of prohibited symbols.
Illegal migrants found in a prayer room. Gelendjik, August 28, 2024. Photo: https://t.me/k vd_gel/2362
17:30, 29 August 2024
Kuban police finds illegal migrants in prayer room
During a raid of a prayer room in the city of Gelendjik (the Krasnodar Territory, or Kuban), the police have found 20 foreigners including five citizens of Uzbekistan, who had violated the rules of stay in Russia.
Prisoners in a colony, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:30, 28 August 2024
Human rights defenders explain radicalization of prisoners in penal colony in Surovikino
The penal colony No. 19 in Surovikino, where prisoners took warders hostage, is known for its extremely poor conditions of detention and the practice of provocations against Muslims, which could lead to a riot, human rights defender Igor Nagavkin notes.
A criminal case, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:10, 28 August 2024
Krasnodar resident fined for discrediting Russian Army and posting prohibited symbols
In Krasnodar, a court fined local resident Ilya Kharchenko 61,000 roubles under two protocols on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and a protocol on demonstrating prohibited symbols.
22:40, 28 August 2024
Searches conducted at houses of Jehovah’s Witnesses* in Stavropol and Karachay-Cherkessia
The police conducted searches at the homes of residents of the Kardonikskaya village in Karachay-Cherkessia, including at houses of Tatiana Pasynkova, Maria Ogoreva and her daughter Svetlana Ogoreva, a Jehovah’s Witness*. Searches were also conducted in Stavropol at an apartment of Alexei Pasynkov, a Jehovah’s Witness*.
Idris Yusupov. Photo: https://sotavision.world/zhurnalista-i-pravozashhitnika-idris-yusupov-sdelali-svidetelem-po-delu-ob-antisemitskih-besporyadkah-v-mahachkale/ included into the register of foreign agents
22:10, 28 August 2024
Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov* fined for pickets in support of Palestine and Abdulmumin Gadjiev
A court in Makhachkala has treated the pickets in support of Palestine and demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev, held by journalist Idris Yusupov*, as a violation of the law on foreign agents, and fined him by 30,000 roubles.
17:40, 28 August 2024
Schoolgirl from Nevinnomyssk suspected of committing terror act left at SIZO
The Stavropol Territorial Court has refused to soften the freedom restriction measure for a 15-year-old ninth-grade schoolgirl from Nevinnomyssk, who is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison). Together with her peer, she is suspected of setting fire to mobile operator stations.
23:20, 27 August 2024
Suleimanova's girlfriend demands inquiry into law enforcers' actions
Law enforcers detained Seda Suleimanova in Saint Petersburg and allowed her to be sent to Chechnya despite the girl's words about the threat of repressions there, Lena Patyaeva, a Seda's friend, has stated and demanded from the Investigating Committee of Russian Federation (ICRF) to open a criminal case.
An investigator, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:16, 27 August 2024
Court ruling on complaint of wife of "Caucasian Knot" correspondent points to investigators' inaction
A court in Volgograd has sided with Olga Sorokina, the wife of Vyacheslav Yaschenko, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in Volgograd, who demanded from the police to investigate attempts to break into her apartment and intimidate her. However, there is no hope for progress in the case; investigators are not interested to deal with it, Vyacheslav believes.
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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.