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Zarema Musaeva at a court. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel "Bakar Yangulbaev"
22:45, 14 March 2024
Advocate demands medical examination of Zarema Musaeva
Zarema Musaeva was never given a medical examination after the request to release her lodged in December 2023 due to her serious health condition, his advocate has stated. The defence has demanded to explain why Musaeva was not examined.
The monument to those who perished during the Great Patriotic War (WW II) in the town of Prokhladny. Screenshot of a video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSq_so6nKnE&t=62s
17:10, 14 March 2024
Police establish persons in photo without trousers at monument to motherland defenders in Prokhladny
The teens have been identified, who, by lowering their trousers, made photos at the monument to those who perished during the Great Patriotic War (WW II) in the town of Prokhladny.
Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memorialcenter.orgmemorialcenter.org included into the register of foreign agents
16:12, 14 March 2024
Rights defenders declare Oleg Orlov* as prisoner of conscience
The human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has declared Oleg Orlov*, who was sentenced to a colony term on charges of discrediting the Russian Army, as a prisoner of conscience and demanded his release.
Detention. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:37, 13 March 2024
Law enforcer detained in case on Dalgatov’s death, sources report
One more law enforcer has been detained in a criminal case on the death of Kurban Dalgatov at the Makhachkala police department, sources report.
18:59, 13 March 2024
Heroines of video with kiss fined in Krasnodar
Two residents of Krasnodar were fined 50,000 roubles each because of a video in which they were kissing in a cafe.
Vladimir Atamanchuk. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
18:46, 13 March 2024
Sochi activist Atamanchuk complains about falsification of court records
The defence requested the protocols of court hearings in the case against Vladimir Atamanchuk, a 72-year-old activist from Sochi, since the protocol, which the defence had already managed to get for examination, contained words with an accusatory slant that were not voiced during the court hearing.
A law enofrcer. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:37, 13 March 2024
Accused within robbery case in Anapa claims physical pressure
At the trial of workers of a wholesale and retail base in Anapa, accused of robbery, Alexei Sveshnikov has testified. He was treated as the suffered party; then he was accused of complicity in committing the above crime. Sveshnikov has stated that earlier, under law enforcers' pressure, he wrote a confession.
Said-Mukhamad Djumaev. Photo by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation
23:47, 12 March 2024
Relatives of Chechen Djumaev refuse to challenge toughening of his conditions in colony
A native of Chechnya, Said-Mukhamad Djumaev, convicted of beating up law enforcers at a protest rally, has one year and four months left to serve in custody, a source close to his family has informed.
Participants in the rally in support of Putin held in Grozny. Screenshot of the video posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on March 10, 2024 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4579
22:53, 12 March 2024
Rally for Putin in Chechnya starts presidential election frauds
It is impossible to verify the number of participants in the rally in support of Putin held in Grozny, but those who attended came under duress, experts on the Caucasus have noted.
Sergey Menyailo at a meeting with the parents of the teenagers. Screenshot of a video by the press service of the administration of the head and the government of North Ossetia 11.03.24,https://t.me/alania_gov/11397
21:49, 12 March 2024
Parents of teens from North Ossetia apologize for their jokes on Internet
The press service of Sergey Menyailo, the head of North Ossetia, has posted an apology of the parents of the teenagers who had filmed a video mocking those mobilized. Some social network users have sympathized with the parents; others demanded that the teens be publicly punished.
Oleg Orlov. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org (included into the register of foreign agents)
21:17, 12 March 2024
Defence appeals against Oleg Orlov's* verdict
The defence has filed an appeal complaint against the verdict passed to human rights defender, Oleg Orlov*, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in penal colony on charges of discrediting the Russian Army. After the quarantine, Orlov* was transferred to another SIZO (pre-trial prison), his colleagues have informed.
Murat Esmurziev (in the center) records a video appeal to Putin. Screenshot of a video published by the "Fortanga" https://t.me/fortangaorg/17448
20:51, 12 March 2024
Fighter from Ingushetia explains his video criticizing authorities by "hasty conclusions"
Residents of the Ingush village of Nizhnie Achaluki recorded a video complaint against local authorities to President Putin while disregarding the fact that officials needed time to solve the problems with water and electricity supplies, Murat Esmurziev, a fighter at the special military operation (SMO), has explained.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo: SOTAvision // Vyacheslav Lemkus
18:56, 12 March 2024
Rights defender Nagavkin announces endless hunger strike at SIZO
Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has lodged a statement to the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office (PO) stating that he had been on an endless hunger strike already for four days in protest against rights violations of those kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev in a courtroom. Screenshot of a video by the Tverskoi District Court in Moscow http://mos-gorsud.ru/rs/tverskoj
15:41, 12 March 2024
Chechen native Djumaev, convicted of beating law enforcer at protest action, has his conditions of detention in penal colony tightened
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, convicted of beating law enforcers at a protest action, has been transferred to a unified cell-type room, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reports on its Telegram channel.
Magomed Magomedov picketing to support Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Makhachkala, March 11, 2024. Photo from the Telegram channel of the newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft)
21:16, 11 March 2024
Colleagues of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev continue campaign in his defence
For more than four years, Dagestani journalists have been picketing to support Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the newspaper “Chernovik”, who was accused of financing terrorists and sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment*.
Murad Esmurziev (in the center, holding papers) in a video appeal to President Putin. Screenshot of the video posted in the Telegram channel of the "Fortanga" outlet https://t.me/fortangaorg/17448
19:55, 11 March 2024
Fighter from Ingushetia complains to Putin about water and electricity problems in his village
Residents of the village of Nizhnie Achaluki suffer from absence of water electricity and gas supplies, but Ingush authorities only promise to address the problem, Murad Esmurziev, a fighter at the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, has stated in his video appeal to President Putin.
18:16, 11 March 2024
Blogger Alibekov placed into Kazan SIZO
Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger from Novorossiysk, suspected of using violence against a policeman, has been placed into the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Kazan, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed in his Telegram channel.
Anna Tsomartova. Photo from her personal page on the VKontakte social network
17:48, 11 March 2024
Family of athlete Tsomartova, who went missing in Dagestan, files complaint against investigators
After studying the materials of the disappearance case of the athlete, Anna Tsomartova, in Dagestan, her relatives came to the conclusion that investigators had failed with doing their work properly, and filed a complaint against them, Anna's mother has informed.
A rally in Grozny. March 10, 2024. Screenshot of a video by TASS https://t.me/tass_agency/235707
17:35, 11 March 2024
Chechen authorities report 150,000 participants in rally for Putin
In Grozny, about 150,000 people took part in a march in support of Vladimir Putin’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election, the authorities of Chechnya announce.
Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of the video posted on the "Wild Paratrooper" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXra9fVrsI
16:38, 10 March 2024
Relatives of blogger Alibekov report his beating up by law enforcers
After his detention in Kazan, law enforcers beat Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan and the author of the YouTube channel "Wild Paratrooper", so that he had large bruises, his daughter, Zalina Alibekova, has reported.
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Alipat Sultanbegova, an activist. Photo: SOTA https://t.me/sotaproject/54465 Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 20-26, 2023

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Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 29-September 4, 2022

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.