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Eva Merkacheva and Yevgeny Popov. Collage by Kavkazsky Knot. Photo: Duma.gov.ru https://popov2026.ru/bio

18:40, 4 June 2025

Schepikhin's kidnapping sparks debate about law enforcers' methods

Evgeny Popov, a Russian State Duma MP, and Eva Merkachova, a human rights defender, regard the actions of law enforcers who had kidnapped Areg Schepikhin at the train station and took him away in a car trunk as unacceptable. A source from Chechen authorities said that law enforcers saved the blogger from Muslims’ wrath; and the detention was not too harsh.

Schepikhin: the illustration was created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in the Copilot software.

17:57, 4 June 2025

Incident with Schepikhin fits into action pattern of Chechen law enforcers outside Chechnya

The kidnapping of the blogger, Areg Schepikhin, has recalled the involvement of Chechen law enforcers in the disappearance of Salman Tepsurkaev and the detention circumstances of Zarema Musaeva. The details of the incident leave open the issue of whether law enforcers in Moscow were notified of the actions of their Chechen colleagues.

The Nagorno-Karabakh parliament. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for Caucasian Knot

15:51, 4 June 2025

Nagorno-Karabakh parliament not decided on presidential candidates

The factions of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh have not nominated a single candidate for the presidency of the unrecognized republic three weeks after the termination of the Samvel Shakhramanyan’s powers.

Areg Shchepikhin. A video frame from his personal page on social networking site

15:48, 4 June 2025

Kidnapped Areg Schepikhin insults Muslims and Chechens in his blog

In his videos, blogger and entrepreneur Areg Schepikhin, who was kidnapped at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow in the evening of June 3, spoke out against Muslims and Jews and also insulted Chechens and Dagestanis.

Andrei Glukhov. Photo: personal page Andrey Glukhov/Telegram

15:44, 4 June 2025

Volgograd student suffering from cerebral palsy sentenced to long term of imprisonment in case on high treason

In Volgograd, a court sentenced student Andrei Glukhov to 12 years of imprisonment, recognizing as high treason his transfer in the amount of 3000 roubles to an account in a Ukrainian bank. Andrei Glukhov transferred the money to a person who claimed that he was collecting signatures to speed up negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

May 28 subway station in Baku. Photo: Press service of the President of Azerbaijan president.az/en/articles/view/67188.

00:00, 4 June 2025

Baku activists accuse law enforcers of cruel treatment

Several dozen people were detained in Baku at the action with a demand an investigation into the death of a 17-year-old resident of Ganja. After the detention, they reported law enforcers’ pressure, accusing them of cruel treatment and sexual harassment.

Map of Russia. Illustration of "Caucasian Knot" created with the Copilot software.

18:35, 3 June 2025

Analysts assess prospects for switching to new self-government model for regions of Southern Russia

The switch to a single-level model of self-government is unfit for the republics of Northern Caucasus, as it breaks the established political alignments. However, even in the event of a transition to a new model, the negative effect for the republics of Southern Russia will be less than for other regions.

ICRF officers during detention. A screenshot of the video http://nac.gov.ru/

18:21, 3 June 2025

Relatives of Muslims detained in KBR claim planted evidence

During searching Muslims’ homes, law enforcers planted SIM cards; the cases of taking part in a terrorist organization were fabricated, the Muslims’ relatives have stated in their complaint addressed to human rights defenders. In total, 48 people were detained during the law enforcers' operation conducted in the city of Nalchik and the village of Nartan, human rights defenders have reported.

Nato Bolkvadze. Photo: https://batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/news/575138/

14:39, 3 June 2025

Georgian Tax Service employee dismissed from office after participating in protests

Nato Bolkvadze, a Tax Service Department analyst, was dismissed from her job after participating in protests against the suspension of the Georgia’s European integration. Nato Bolkvadze treats her dismissal as violation of her rights and intends to appeal against it.

Mikhail Muzraev. Photo: the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

14:37, 3 June 2025

SC mitigates sentence for General Muzraev

The cassation court has reduced the sentence for Mikhail Muzraev, convicted in the case on the arson of the house of the Volgograd Region Governor, from 20 years to 18.5 years of imprisonment. The sentence of the second defendant has been left unchanged.

Young people near the symbol of military glory in the village of Grushevskoye. December 2023. Photo: SCR ICS in SK

14:32, 3 June 2025

Four residents of Stavropol Territory sentenced for dancing lezginka near “Eternal Flame” monument

In the Stavropol Territory, a court sentenced four young men accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory in the village of Grushevskoye.

Detention of Otari Kobakhidze. Collage by Caucasian Knot. Still images from the video of the Abkhazian SSS.

00:00, 3 June 2025

Russian citizen expelled from Abkhazia due to video clip

During his visit to Sukhum, Otari Kobakhidze, a Russian citizen, filmed a video clip, in which he stated that he had returned to his homeland after 33 years. This caused a negative reaction in the Abkhaz society, after which special services detained the man and escorted him out of the country.

Participants of the video appeal of Anapa townspeople. Frame video from the Telegram channel "Anapa Civil" from 01.06.25, https://t.me/anapa_grazhdan/9670

16:43, 2 June 2025

Anapa townspeople demand to speed up fuel oil pumping out from sunken tanker parts

Authorities are delaying the liquidation of the environmental disaster without addressing the root cause thereof, Anapa residents have stated in their video appeal addressed to federal authorities, demanding to speed up the pumping out of oil products and lifting the sunken parts of the tankers.

Explosion near a residential building: the illustration was created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in the Copilot software.

16:39, 2 June 2025

Advocates state difficulties of obtaining compensation for explosion damage in Stavropol

If the incident is officially recognized as a terror act, compensation for the cars damaged in the explosion in Stavropol, in which Zaur Gurtsiev was killed, is available only to CASCO insurance owners.

Dokku Djantemirov. Screenshot of photo https://www.1tv.ru/news/2004-04-29/245610-zavershenie_gromkogo_sudebnogo_protsessa_v_rostove_na_donu

14:13, 2 June 2025

Life-sentenced Djantemirov asks to be transferred to penal colony in Chechnya

Dokku Djantemirov, who serves his life sentence in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, has asked to be transferred to a penal colony in the territory of Chechnya, where his relatives live.

Akhmat-Yurt. Screenshot of photo https://kurchaloevskij-r95.gosweb.gosuslugi.ru/o-munitsipalnom-obrazovanii/istoriya/.

14:05, 2 June 2025

Social media users concerned about reform of local government in Chechnya

As part of the reform of local government in Chechnya, 17 municipal districts will be created, and the urban districts of Grozny and Argun will also be preserved, the Chechen Ministry of Finance reports. Social media users suggest that the reform will result in job cuts and difficulties for citizens in obtaining official documents.

Participants in the procession in Nalchik. A still frame from the video by https://t.me/zapravakbr/3361.

14:00, 2 June 2025

Participant of march in Nalchik sees no sense in filing appeal against his arrest

Kazbek Mamikov, a participant in the march in Nalchik held to mark the end of the Caucasian War, who served his administrative arrest, has decided not to appeal against the court’s decision, while two other participants in the march have succeeded in their appeals to reduce their arrest terms. There were no arrests in Maikop, but two activists had to write explanatory notes.

Irakli Kobakhidze. Photo: https://www.newsgeorgia.ge

17:36, 1 June 2025

Kobakhidze announces four coup attempts

While congratulating Georgian policemen on their professional holiday, Irakli Kobakhidze, the country’s Premier, has stated that within the last four years, law enforcers have prevented four attempts to encroach on Georgia’s sovereignty and a coup d'etat.

The atmosphere on one of Anapa's beaches on May 31. Screenshot of photo from Telegram channel "Makovozovs", https://t.me/makovozovy/37782.

17:31, 1 June 2025

Due to fuel oil spill, Anapa loses about half of its tourists

Amid the huge spill of fuel oil (mazut) in the Black Sea, the hotel occupancy rate in the Russian city of Anapa has decreased by 50% compared to the same last year’s period. Some hotels are in dire straits because they cannot return money to tourists for cancelled bookings, said a source from the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

17:28, 1 June 2025

Baku court extends arrest of human rights defender Safarov

The arrest of Rufat Safarov, an Azeri human rights defender, accused of fraud, has been extended for other 20 days.

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