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The Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi. Photo: sochi-lazarevsky--krd.sudrf.ru
22:48, 18 November 2024
The Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi sentenced criminal investigator Yefrem Kesyan to seven years of probation, finding him guilty of accepting a bribe from a detainee. The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia found the sentence unreasonably lenient.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo courtesy of Igor Nagavkin for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:38, 18 November 2024
Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, has complained about custody conditions in the penal colony, located in the Volgograd Region, where he is serving his sentence, and demanded to conduct an inspection there.
Abdulrashid Gardanov. Screenshot of a video https://mash.ru/
19:33, 18 November 2024
No radical views have been found in the Imam of the Sunzha mosque, Abdulrashid Gardanov, while law enforcers are simulating a fight against the underground in order to improve their performance, analysts assert.
16:35, 17 November 2024
The derogatory inscription on the monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Moscow was caused by hostility towards the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, human rights defenders have suggested.
Denga Khalidov. Screenshot of a video posted on November 14, 2024, on the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" outlet
23:31, 16 November 2024
While trying to detain Denga Khalidov, a Dagestani political analyst, before a round table in support of Ramazan Rabadanov, law enforcers wanted to put pressure and intimidate activists.
22:48, 16 November 2024
After finding them guilty of beating up a detainee and falsifying proofs within a criminal case, the Nogai District Court has sentenced the police chief of the town of Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk (Dagestan) and three of his subordinates to colony terms.
A girl in a court. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:35, 16 November 2024
In Surgut, a court found two entries posted on a social network by local resident Marina Lolokhaeva to be discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The woman was obliged to pay a fine of 70,000 roubles.
Nadezhda Kevorkova*. Photo: "Grozny Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/57003/
23:30, 15 November 2024
A case against journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova*, accused of justifying terrorism, has been sent to the prosecutor’s office for approval of the indictment. Kaloi Alkhigov, an advocate of Nadezhda Kevorkova*, suggested that the investigation may be delayed due to the political nature of the case.
Nikita Zhuravel is convoyed to the court. Screenshot of a photo posted by "Volgograd 24" on November 15, 2024 https://t.me/volgograd_24/23770
23:07, 15 November 2024
The treason case of Nikita Zhuravel is being considered at the place where the alleged crime was committed, although the case of burning the Koran was transferred from Volgograd to Chechnya. The voluntary nature of Zhuravel's testimonies on treason remains in question, but the closed nature of the trial does not allow his statements to be heard.
Riots in Makhachkala. October 2023. Screenshot of a video https://www.rbc.ru/society/23/08/2024/66c859c29a7947096b008f1a
22:23, 15 November 2024
At a meeting with participants in the riots at the Makhachkala Airport, the head of the Karabudakhkent District threatened negative consequences of prophylactic registration for their families and offered to remove from the register those who would sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to participate in the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
Denga Khalidov. Screenshot of a video posted on November 14, 2024
19:32, 15 November 2024
Law enforcers attempted to detain activist Denga Khalidov, who organized a roundtable in defence of blogger Ramazan Rabadanov, who was detained in Dagestan. Activists accepted an appeal to the law enforcement bodies, despite the fact that they had to change twice the location of their meeting.
Young people apologized for desecrating the “Eternal Glory” memorial. Screenshot of a video posted on the Mash Gor Telegram channel on November 14, 2024 https://t.me/mash_gor/6658
23:18, 14 November 2024
A video of four young people apologizing for desecrating the “Eternal Glory” memorial in Nevinnomyssk has been posted on Telegram.
Khabib Nurmagomedov near his native village of Kirovaul. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sThOyjZGQ4s
22:45, 14 November 2024
Khabib Nurmagomedov, the ambassador of the "Tooba" charity crowd-funding application, was publicly supporting the Makhachkala football club. However, no information about any assistance to mountain villages, low-income people, or children's clubs appeared in the public space.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:40, 14 November 2024
The court has fined Anton Timoshenko, a resident of the Pavlovsky District of Kuban (the Krasnodar Territory), for a pacifist video placed by him in a Telegram channel criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
The monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Moscow. Screenshot of a video posted on November 14, 2024. Baza Telegram channel https://t.me/bazabazon/32879
19:39, 14 November 2024
Vandals have painted a derogatory inscription on the monument to Akhmat Kadyrov in Moscow. It was erased by utility workers.
A soldier with an axe in his hands. Picture made in Photoshop by the "Caucasian Knot"
23:56, 13 November 2024
The Southern District Military Court has approved a verdict against Manuchekhr Beknazarov, a contract soldier from North Ossetia, who was sentenced to six years of imprisonment. The man injured himself and then left his place of military service for more than two months.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
23:16, 13 November 2024
The Prokhladnensky District Court has found the allegations that local resident Viktor Marchuk had spoken in a negative way about the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine proven. The man has been fined 30,000 roubles under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Riots in Makhachkala. October 2023. Photo: xakac.info
22:25, 13 November 2024
A court hearing was held in Georgievsk on the case of five residents of Dagestan, whom investigators treat as participants in the riots that broke out at the Makhachkala Airport. At the request of the advocate of one of the defendants, the judge removed a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent from the courtroom.
Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of a video posted on Instagram of Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAKOLSlcvd/
20:22, 13 November 2024
Zarema Musaeva, convicted in Chechnya, is suspected of attacking a colony-settlement employee, who accompanied her to a day patient hospital for treatment.
Albina Sexova. Photo: Reylano. https://ru.wikipedia.org
23:37, 12 November 2024
Singer Albina Sexova has been fined 10,000 roubles under the article on incitement of hatred.
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.