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Alyona Sadovskaya. Photo by Darya Kornilova
21:34, 27 July 2024
Advocates to challenge refusal to investigate attack on “Caucasian Knot” correspondent in Ingushetia
In Ingushetia, investigators refused to institute a criminal case on an attack on Alyona Sadovskaya, a journalist of the “Caucasian Knot”, in October 2023.
Denis Djalaganiya. Photo courtesy of Denis Djalaganiya
19:56, 27 July 2024
Tikhoretsk police respond to beating of Djalaganiya two weeks after incident
Beaten animal rights activist Denis Djalaganiya was summoned to the Tikhoretsk police “for re-questioning” in the case on the attack. Based on a denouncing report against Denis Djalaganiya, the police summoned his colleague for questioning and checked the correspondence on her mobile phone, looking for “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.”
Girls wearing hijab (left) and niqab (right). Screenshot of a video posted by the Alif TV on May 26, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9qtTOE6p0&t=62s
19:05, 27 July 2024
SAM calls on Astrakhan women to abandon niqabs
The Muslim clergy of the Astrakhan Region has recommended that local women refrain from wearing niqabs in public places.
The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky District Court. Photo: https://sudyvmoskve.ru/zamoskvoretskij-rajonnyj-sud-moskvy.html
18:35, 27 July 2024
Court refuses to remove "Memorial" CHRD* from register of foreign agents
The "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence (CHRD)* has challenged its inclusion into the register of foreign agents, but the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky District Court has refused to overturn it.
Nikita Zhuravel. Kadyrov_95 Telegram channel
23:17, 26 July 2024
Nikita Zhuravel refuses to challenge verdict in case on burning Koran
The deadline for filing an appeal in the criminal case against Nikita Zhuravel expired, and he did not lodge an appeal against the verdict.
The Ingush activists (Barakh Chemurziev is in the foreground) in a courtroom. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
22:56, 26 July 2024
Advocates comment on ECtHR's decision on Barakh Chemurziev's complaint of Ingush activist
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the complaint of Barakh Chemurziev proves that innocent activists were convicted within the "Ingush case"; therefore, the ECtHR will make similar decisions on the statements of the other defendants, Chemurziev's advocates believe.
Viktor Pivovarov. Photo: shatologia.org
21:25, 26 July 2024
Priest Viktor Pivovarov manages to defend his temple from authorities’ attempts to demolish it
The court’s decision containing the refusal to demolish a temple in Slavyansk-on-Kuban has entered into force. The deadline for appeal by the authorities, who had earlier demanded that the temple be demolished, has passed.
18:50, 26 July 2024
Krasnodar resident sentenced to long imprisonment term in high treason case
A military court sentenced a resident of Krasnodar to eleven years of imprisonment for attempting to join a Ukrainian armed formation.
17:48, 26 July 2024
Stavropol resident convicted of publishing photo with V symbol
A resident of Stavropol, who had posted a photo from World War II with a V symbol in a social network, received a suspended sentence with two years of the trial period on charges of repeatedly demonstrating Nazi symbols.
Alexander Gongadze Volny Ross. Screenshot of the photo on his YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXU3jV8UARAbjDbO1t0kY-g/discussion
22:36, 25 July 2024
After announcing a public event, court sends Ukrainian citizen to deportation centre
Alexander Gongadze Volny Ross, a Ukrainian citizen, who has served his sentence for organizing a wheelchair run in the town of Kamyshin, will be deported from Russia. He and his wife were fined for violating migration laws; and their deportation is expected next week despite the possibility of persecution in their homeland due to their pro-Russian position.
Ivan Svistov. Screenshot of the photo posted on the website "Bloknot-Volgodonsk" on November 7, 2023 https://bloknot-volgodonsk.ru/news/50-letniy-muzhchina-popytalsya-podzhech-voenkomat--1666583
21:16, 25 July 2024
Resident of Rostov Region arrested for six months for arson of military commissariat
The Morozovsk District Court has placed Ivan Svistov in custody for six months, accusing him of hooliganism after attempting to set fire to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office).
The Uytash Makhachkala Airport. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-SQErgM8COI
19:31, 25 July 2024
Four figurants in riots at Uytash Airport released
Four persons accused within the case of riots at the airport that broke out in October 2023 have been released from the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison).
Vakhid Ilyasov, a resident of Chechnya, publicly apologized. Screenshot of a video posted in Apti Alaudinov’s Telegram channel on July 21, 2024
23:55, 24 July 2024
Analysts treat Chechen authorities' demands for apologies as selective
Vakhid Ilyasov's apologies for the incident on a Mariupol beach were caused by the pressure of Chechen authorities, while those from Ramzan Kadyrov's retinue rarely apologize for much more serious offences, analysts have pointed out, noting that not all incidents involving natives of Chechnya committed at resorts attract attention of republic's authorities.
Tatiana Bakalchuk. Screenshot of a video posted on her Telegram channel on July 23, 2024 https://t.me/bakalchuktatyana/22
23:33, 24 July 2024
Richest woman in Russia Tatiana Bakalchuk denies Kadyrov’s words about raider takeover of her “Wildberries” Company
In her video message, Tatiana Bakalchuk, a founder of the “Wildberries” marketplace, refuted the words of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov about the raider takeover and obstacles in communicating with her husband and children.
The unrest in Makhachkala. October 29, 2023. Photo: https://xakac.info/
22:52, 24 July 2024
Men accused of pogrom mention their motives for coming to Uytash airport
Magomed Omaraskhabov, accused in a case on pogrom, came to the airport in Makhachkala for family reasons, while another defendant Anvarbek Ataev came there out of curiosity, advocates stated.
Vladislav Bakalchuk (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo from Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel RKadyrov_95
22:10, 24 July 2024
Kadyrov instructs State Duma member Delimkhanov to protect “Wildberries” Company
The leader of Chechnya promised Vladislav Bakalchuk, a husband of the richest woman in Russia, that he would not let the Bakalchuk family be destroyed and would “go to the end” to stop the raider takeover of the “Wildberries” Company. Ramzan Kadyrov announced that he had given instructions on the case to Russian State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov.
Askhab Tamaev (left) and Akhmed Dudaev. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:55, 24 July 2024
Social media users outraged by Chechen authorities' intercession for blogger Tamaev
Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister for Press of Chechnya, has stood up for blogger Askhab Tamaev after Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of the "Safe Internet League", accused him of fraud. The intercession of republic's authorities for the person who resorts to threats and frauds looks dubious, social network users have pointed out.
A detention facility. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:16, 23 July 2024
Court sentences Malik Gandaloev to 20 years in jail
Malik Gandaloev, a native of Ingushetia, whom investigators treat as one of hostage-takers at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), has been sentenced to 20 years of freedom deprivation on charges of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)* and manufacturing explosives.
22:56, 23 July 2024
KBR woman fined for disrespecting the anthem
A court in the Chegem District has fined a local woman by 3000 roubles for refusing to stand during the playing of the Russian anthem. This is the ninth fine under this article after the publication of a video from a graduation at a Nalchik school in social networks.
The participants in the event for school graduates in Nalchik. Screenshot of a video posted on the Mash Gor Telegram channel https://t.me/mash_gor/5775
21:15, 23 July 2024
Rights defenders treat trials of Nalchik residents for anthem disrespect as excessive
A refusal to stand up during the playing of the Russian anthem falls under administrative liability, but the cases initiated against graduates' parents in Nalchik for anthem disrespect are overblown and politicized, lawyers and human rights defenders have pointed out.
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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.