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The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria published on the Internet the face of a teenager who recorded a video with derogatory statements about the Koran. Screenshot of the video posted on the Instagam account goloskbr (the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia)
23:58, 16 February 2024
Forcing a teenager to repent in Kabardino-Balkaria outraged social media users
By publishing on the Internet the face of a teenager who recorded a video with derogatory statements about the Koran, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria violated the teenager’s right to privacy of his personal life, residents of the republic wrote on social networks.
Igor Sandjiev. Screenshot of the video posted on the YouTube channel RATEL KZ on May 25, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0Vz2uBYlM&t=119s
23:35, 16 February 2024
Igor Sandjiev, mobilized from Kalmykia, fined for discrediting Russian Army
A court in Elista has found the statements made by Igor Sandjiev, a mobilized person, who had escaped from his military unit and left Russia, as discrediting the Russian Army and ordered him to pay a fine of 30,000 roubles.
Salakh Mezhiev. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya on February 15, 2024 https://t.me/dumchr/4804
22:58, 16 February 2024
After shootout in Stary Achkhoi, Mufti of Chechnya calls on locals to keep eye on their families
After a shootout that occurred in the village of Stary Achkhoi, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has actualized the principle of collective responsibility, reminding republic's residents of the need to look after their families.
A law enforcer. Photo: Denis Yakovlev / Yugopolis
19:31, 16 February 2024
After including into prophylactic register, residents of Dagestan report law enforcers' visits
Two residents of Dagestan, who have learned that after taking part in anti-mobilization actions they were put on the prophylactic register, report that attention to them is so far limited to visits of local district policemen.
Participants of an action in support of the human rights defender Oleg Orlov* (included into the register of foreign agents), held in Milan on February 15, 2024 https://activatica.org/content/8f21d44d-bdda-48d7-8daf-92d96c5ebd2c/akcii-v-podderzhku-olega-orlova-v-italii-i-portugalii
18:55, 16 February 2024
Actions in support of human rights defender Oleg Orlov* held in Europe
On the eve of the court session on the case of Oleg Orlov*, a co-chairman of the "Memorial" Human Rights Defence Centre, three Italian cities, Milan, Rovato and Borgoricco, as well as Lisbon, Portugal, have hosted pickets demanding to stop persecuting Oleg Orlov*, accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian Army.
A criminal case. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
17:55, 16 February 2024
Police conduct searches of activists of radical movement in Stavropol Territory
Searches took place at the premises of activists Maria Karnaukhova in Stavropol and at Stalina Erlenbach in Nevinnomyssk.
17:18, 16 February 2024
Murad Shuaibov, convicted of killing "Chernovik" founder, found dead in colony
Murad Shuaibov, a resident of Dagestan, one of those convicted for the murder of Khadjimurad Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" outlet, was found dead in the penal colony located in the city of Segezha in Karelia.
A shootout. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
11:21, 16 February 2024
Armed incident in Chechnya becomes first within 11 months
A shootout in the Achkhoi-Martan District, in which law enforcers killed three suspects who exchanged fire with them, was preceded by a similar incident in Gudermes in March 2023.
Ilya Novikov, photo: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
22:55, 15 February 2024
Defender of "Memorial"* and Oyub Titiev arrested in absentia in Moscow
Ilya Novikov*, an advocate, who defended the liquidated Human Rights Centre "Memorial"** at trials, has been arrested in absentia.
Nikita Zhuravel. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "Chechnya Today" News Agency on November 2, 2023 02.11.23, https://t.me/chechnyatoday/14249
22:39, 15 February 2024
Rights defenders doubt Zhuravel's testimonies
The testimonies of Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, must be questioned given the conditions in which he is kept in Chechnya, human rights defenders believe.
Valery Badmaev (in the center), photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
22:01, 15 February 2024
Sentence of journalist from Kadmykia Badmaev angers his supporters
There is no crime in the actions of Valery Badmaev, the editor-in-chief of the “Sovremennaya Kalmykia” (Modern Kalmykia): he was convicted for reposting a video, but did not voice his opinion, advocates emphasized in the Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
19:57, 15 February 2024
Volgograd resident fined for his status in messenger
Sergey Lomako from Volgograd posted flags of Ichkeria and Ukraine on WhatsApp* and was fined 1000 roubles for displaying prohibited symbols.
The Koran. Photo: Amr Fayez https://ru.wikipedia.org/
16:04, 15 February 2024
Kabardino-Balkarian teenager apologizes for his video criticizing Koran
Khazrataly Dzasezhev, the chair of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria, has talked to a teenager who made a video with derogatory statements about the Koran. After the conversation, the teenager has apologized for his offense.
Zamir Tulekeshov. Photo: Medet Akishev / VK
23:18, 14 February 2024
Woman from Volgograd Region demands inquiry into death of her son, a contract soldier
Nailya Tulekeshova, a resident of the Pallasovsky District, has asked Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), to initiate an investigation into the death of her son in a military unit stationed in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Russian Criminal Code. Photo: https://sk-news.ru/
22:54, 14 February 2024
Lawyers treat property confiscation for fakes about Russian Army as punishment for dissent
Under the new law signed by President Putin, the property of those found guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army can be confiscated, but this sanction cannot apply to those convicted under this article before the law was signed, lawyers have explained, adding that the new law is aimed to further intimidate dissidents.
Tatiana (on the left) and Daria Polyudova. Photo from Daria Polyudova’s page in Facebook* (the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are banned in Russia)
21:45, 14 February 2024
Activist Polyudova’s mother visits her daughter in penal colony
Tatiana Polyudova has said that she succeeded in seeking a visit to her daughter, activist Daria Polyudova, who is serving her sentence in a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria on an extremism case. Tatiana Polyudova notes that her daughter is still being kept in strict detention conditions.
Ibragim Askerov. Photo https://www.kavkazr.com/a/v-turtsii-po-zaprosu-sledkoma-rf-zaderzhali-dagestantsa-za-prichastnostj-k-nesuschestvuyuschey-organizatsii-/32544234.html
18:58, 14 February 2024
Dagestani native faces threat of deportation from Turkey
The authorities of Turkey are preparing to deport from the country Ibragim Askerov, a native of Dagestan. The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has put the man on the wanted list for his involvement in the extremist organization “At Takfir wal-Hijra”*, sources report.
Ratmir Zhilokov. Screenshot https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=112070305829945&set_ecnf.100010809277503
18:39, 14 February 2024
Court reduces fine for advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria Ratmir Zhilokov
The court of cassation halved, to 50,000 roubles, a fine imposed on Ratmir Zhilokov, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, in a case on an attack on a law enforcer.
Inver Siyukhov. Screenshot of a website that collects information about criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses (*396 Russian organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses are recognized as extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court's decision)
17:33, 14 February 2024
Prosecutor demands nine years in colony for Jehovah's Witness* from Adygea
Inver Siyukhov, a Jehovah's Witness* from Maykop (the capital of Adygea), who has been held under arrest at a detention centre for almost three years, should be sentenced to nine years of freedom deprivation, the prosecutor has stated.
Zarema Musaeva. Photo https://www.vgoroden.ru/novosti/prokuratura-sochla-neobosnovannym-soobshheniya-o-prestuplenii-po-delu-musaevoy-iz-nizhnego-novgoroda-v-chechnyu-id369414
23:50, 13 February 2024
Zarema Musaeva left in Argun penal colony
Alexander Savin, an advocate, has managed to meet Zarema Musaeva at the colony-settlement located in the city of Argun; she will stay there for the near future.
News
Lawyer Ramzan Uzuyev. Screenshot from the "Word in Defense" project website, March 20, 2025, https://slovo-zashite.org/text/kak-v-kbr-falsifitsiruiut-dela-o-terrorizme-rasskazyvaet-advokat. The defense and family reported that Yemkuzhev's case is being delayed

Courtroom. Illustration of the "Caucasian Knot" created by AI using the Copilot program. Three patients at a sanatorium in Nalchik have received compensation for contracting hepatitis and HIV

Larisa Tuptsokova. Video screenshot https://www.youtube.com/live/eFSqZwT4xt0 Human rights activists considered the prosecutor's office's response to a complaint by activists from Kabardino-Balkaria to be a formality

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.