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Igor Nagavkin. Photo courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:59, 23 November 2024
Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin declared a hunger strike after being placed to a punishment cell in a penal colony in Uryupinsk. Human rights defenders sent a request concerning the legality of the actions of the penal colony administration in relation to Igor Nagavkin.
Law enforcers in Chechnya. Photo: Shamil Maziev / Grozny Inform
21:17, 23 November 2024
Law enforcers are demanding from the men detained in Chechnya to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), since the republic lacks volunteers to send to the special military operation (SMO), analysts believe.
A girl giving a comment and a graffiti about Seda. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photo: https://t.me/helpseda/107?single
23:55, 22 November 2024
Because of her comment on the case of Seda Suleimanova, an abducted Chechen woman, the administrative case against Ekaterina Neroznikova, a human rights defender, accused of collaborating with an undesirable organization, has been transferred to court.
Two men behind bars. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:29, 22 November 2024
A Moscow court has extended the arrest of Shakhromdjon Gadoev and Mustakim Soliev, who were detained in Dagestan and are accused of preparing a terror act in Kaspiysk and supplying weapons to the attackers on the Crocus City Hall, until the end of next February.
Two men named the author of the version about the assassination attempt on the head of Chechnya. November 20, 2024. Screenshot of a video https://ria.ru/20241120/kadyrov-1984822164.html?in=l
20:23, 22 November 2024
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Senator Suleiman Kerimov found a way to end the story of the attempted assassination by attributing the authorship of the information to former Russian State Duma member Magomed Gadjiev*, Dagestani journalists suggested.
Tatiana Polivanova. Photo courtesy of Tatiana Polivanova
19:54, 22 November 2024
Law enforcers have conducted a search of the home of Tatiana Polivanova, an activist, and her family members in Taganrog in connection with a fraud case with land plots of the Sochi National Park. The Polivanova's organization provided legal assistance to dozens of gardeners whose plots were seized by the court within this case.
23:59, 21 November 2024
Participants of the protest action spoke out in defence of Muslim Tsintsaev and Selima Khadisova.
A monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Yuzhnoye Butovo in Moscow. Photo: yandex.ru/maps
23:58, 21 November 2024
A criminal case has been instituted against a resident of Sergiev Posad for desecrating a monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Yuzhnoye Butovo.
Ruslan Nurushev. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "OVD-Info"* project  (included into the register of foreign agents) on November 7, 2024 https://t.me/ovdinfolive/35194
23:37, 21 November 2024
The Volgograd Regional Court has approved the arrest of Ruslan Nurushev within the case of spreading fake news about the Russian Army, by neglecting the defence's arguments. The latter intends to challenge the activist's arrest.
The Supreme Court of Russia. Photo: https://nwb.rgup.ru/?mod=news&id=4199
20:30, 21 November 2024
The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia refused to cancel the sentence to Ingush residents Aslan Bekov and Ruslan Tsitskiev, who were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for preparing a terror act during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
A man in a court. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:14, 21 November 2024
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has refused to soften the freedom restraint measure for Ramazan Rabadanov and left him behind bars.
Vladimir Atamanchuk on his doorstep. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
23:58, 20 November 2024
Vladimir Atamanchuk, an activist from Sochi, was summoned to a court hearing on his case to be held in a court building closed after a fire.
Women standing in a court. Picture generated in Copilot by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:53, 20 November 2024
A court of appeal increased compensation for three women who were beaten by law enforcers during their detention at a shelter in Makhachkala when the police came to take away Chechen native Khalimat Taramova. Each of the victim will be paid the compensation increased from 3000 to 15,000 roubles.
Magomed Gadjiev* (included into the register of foreign agents) and Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: Duma.gov.ru https://ru.wikipedia.org/ press service of the "Grozny Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru/
21:11, 20 November 2024
Two men have recorded a video message in which they named Magomed Gadjiev*, a former Russian State Duma MP from Dagestan, as the author of the version about the assassination attempt on the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Ramazan Rabadanov. Photo: t.me/ENews112
19:31, 20 November 2024
The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan has refused to soften the freedom restraint measure for Ramazan Rabadanov and left him behind bars.
Zarema Musaeva in a court. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the “Team Against Torture”* (included into the register of foreign agents) on Novemnber 11. 2024 https://t.me/no_torture/3448
23:48, 19 November 2024
Zarema Musaeva, in volved as a defendant in a new case on an attack on a law enforcer, has been transferred to a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Grozny. The woman uses crutches to walk, but is not taken to hospital.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:16, 19 November 2024
Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender from Kalach-on-Don, has been placed to a punishment cell in a penal colony where he is serving his sentence for disrupting the operation of a SIZO (pre-trial prison).
A rally against the extradition of a Chechen native. November 18, 2024. Photo: https://thechechenpress.com/developments/18343-v-bryussele-i-vene-proshli-aktsii-v-podderzhku-chechenskogo-bezhentsa.html
21:51, 19 November 2024
The Chechen native detained in France faces deportation to his homeland; and members of the local Diaspora have held rallies in his defence.
The Maykop City Court. Photo: https://sovetskaya-adygeya.ru/
21:33, 19 November 2024
A court in Maykop has sentenced Ramazan Bidanok, a mobilized local resident, to seven years in custody, finding him guilty of desertion and unauthorized abandonment of his military unit.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
23:31, 18 November 2024
A court fined a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, finding him guilty of calling for terrorist and extremist activity.
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.