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Military personnel who returned from Ukrainian captivity. Screenshot of the video posted on Shamsail Saraliev's Telegram channel on January 3, 2024 https://t.me/saraliev/1073
20:40, 4 January 2024
Chechen MP announces return of 248 military personnel from Ukrainian captivity
Shamsail Saraliev, a Russian State Duma member from Chechnya, has announced that 75 Russian military personnel have been returned from the Ukrainian captivity without exchange and 173 other prisoners of war have been returned through exchange. The military personnel have been returned from the Ukrainian captivity through the mediation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Russian Ministry of Defence reports.
Khasanbek Turchaev. Screenshot https://actu17.fr
18:48, 4 January 2024
France revokes citizenship of refugee from Chechnya
Khasanbek Turchaev, a native of Chechnya, who is serving his sentence in the case on participating in the war in Syria on the militants’ side, has been deprived of his French citizenship.
Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to law enforcement officers of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel on December 30, 2023 https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4323
22:22, 3 January 2024
Kadyrov orders to kill relatives of hiding criminals
If a person who has committed a crime against public safety or law enforcers is hiding, law enforcers must punish one of his relatives, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, explaining this by Chechen traditions.
Mass riots in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video t.me/Mash
20:48, 3 January 2024
Dagestan: at least 10 persons prosecuted for calls for protests
Six people have served their arrests; three others were fined and one was sentenced to compulsory labour for their calls posted in the WhatsApp* to go out to a rally in support of the detained rioters at Makhachkala Airport.
The Southern District Military Court. Photo: https://www.panram.ru/
20:12, 3 January 2024
Military man from Volgograd Region convicted in bribery case for refusing to send military personnel to front line
Pavel Chaichenko, who served in the Volgograd Region, was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a penal colony for transferring to the commanders a part of the bribes from two military men who asked not to be sent to the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
Refugees from Palestine in Karachay-Cherkessia. Screenshot of the video https://t.me/rashid_temrezov/4538
19:17, 3 January 2024
Activists consider significant assistance to Palestinian refugees in Karachay-Cherkessia
Refugees from Palestine are provided with accommodation, food, their documents are being processed, and charitable organizations provide clothing upon request from those who arrived to the republic from the Gaza Strip, state activists from the organizations helping refugees.
Rasul Taspenov. Screenshot of the photo published by the “Realnoe Vremya” (Real Time) media on January 2, 2024, https://realnoevremya.ru/articles/299205-dnevnik-boyca-svo-kazan---groznyy---donbass
19:04, 3 January 2024
Volunteer from Kazan discloses information about training at University of Special Forces in Gudermes
The training at the Russian Special Forces University included only two lessons on shooting and a theoretical lecture on arranging ambushes. After that, volunteers were loaded onto a plane and sent to the special military operation zone, states the diary of Rasul Taspenov from Kazan, who in the autumn of 2022 went to fight in Ukraine as a fighter of the “Akhmat” special forces military unit.
Special services officers during CTO. Photo by the press service of Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee nac.gov.ru
16:49, 3 January 2024
On December 25-31, three people wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
During the week from December 25 to December 31, 2023, three persons were wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus – an alleged militant and two civilians. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
Mass New Year celebrations in a square in Derbent. Screenshot of the video https://vk.com/wall-74219800_2203650
23:54, 2 January 2024
Derbent townspeople dispute in social networks about New Year celebrations
Mass New Year celebrations in Derbent, like the holiday itself, were inappropriate amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, some commentators have stated in the local public.
The Primorsky District Court of Novorossiysk. Photo: https://pravo-krasnodar.ru
23:41, 2 January 2024
Court in Novorossiysk denies believer's right to ACS
The Primorsky District Court of Novorossiysk has rejected the lawsuit lodged by Mark Chub, who tried to obtain the alternative civilian service (ACS), referring to his religious beliefs.
23:07, 2 January 2024
Lawyers express their indignation about death of Dagestani resident after more than three years spent by him at Makhachkala SIZO
A 57-year-old resident of Dagestan died in a hospital of a penal colony, where he was taken after 3.5 years in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). The defendant’s health was constantly deteriorating, but the court did not soften the pre-trial restriction measure, reported Shamil Khadulaev, the deputy chair of the Public Oversight Commission of Dagestan.
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
17:15, 2 January 2024
Winners of contest in memory of journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev announced
The first prise in the contest in memory of Dagestani journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev went to Irina Babicheva, a correspondent of the regional “161.ru” portal, for her article about the tragedy in the city of Yeisk, when sixteen people perished as a result of the crash of a Su-34 aircraft.
"Orbita" shopping centre in Rostov-on-Don, where a teenager was beaten. Photo: google.ru / maps https://bloknot-rostov.ru
16:55, 2 January 2024
Case on beating of teenager with disabilities in Rostov-on-Don closed
The criminal case on beating of a teenager with disabilities in a shopping centre in Rostov-on-Don has been closed in connection with the defendant’s death.
Idris Yusupov*, a journalist (included into the register of foreign agents), at a solo picket in Makhachkala. Photo: “Chernovik” (Rough Draft) https://t.me/chernovik/65791
22:45, 1 January 2024
In Makhachkala, picketer stands in support of Palestinians
Journalist Idris Yusupov* held a solo picket in Makhachkala in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Journalist Magomed Magomedov held at the same place a picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, and his protest action caused a lively reaction from passers-by.
Vienna. Photo: Andrzej Otrębski https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vienna
21:45, 1 January 2024
In Vienna, rally participants demand to investigate death of prisoner from Chechnya
In Vienna, about 50 activists held a rally with the demand to conduct an investigation into the death of a native of Chechnya in an Austrian prison. The rally participants called on for stopping the deportation of natives of Chechnya to countries where torture and extrajudicial killings await them.
19:14, 1 January 2024
Contract soldier from Kuban sentenced to imprisonment for leaving his military unit without permission
A military court sentenced a contract soldier from Kuban to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony, finding him guilty of evading military service.
16:22, 1 January 2024
Ingush native Leyla Gatagazheva accused of having connections with militants placed under house arrest
The defence convinced a court in Malgobek to release from custody Leyla Gatagazheva, a native of Ingushetia, accused of having connections in Syria with militants of the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”).
Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to law enforcement officers of Chechnya. Screenshot of the video posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4323
15:15, 1 January 2024
Kadyrov voices threats to relatives of extremist suspects
Relatives of people suspected of extremism are responsible for their actions. That has been announced by Ramzan Kadyrov. The authorities of Chechnya will get rid of their critics wherever they are, the Chechen leader notes.
The emergency workers accompany migrants from Palestine. Screenshot of the video by the chief Department for Kabardino-Balkaria of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies https://t.me/mchskbr
23:17, 31 December 2023
Palestinian refugees claim facing difficulties with integration in Kabardino-Balkaria
Forced migrants from Palestine who arrived in Nalchik have faced a lack of job offers and a shortage of cash. The refugees express their hopes that after the New Year holidays, the authorities will resolve the issue of educating children in local schools.
The statue of Themis. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:58, 31 December 2023
In Rostov-on-Don, court refuses compensation to relative of perished military man
In Rostov-on-Don, the Southern District Military Court refused to recover four million roubles in compensation from the Russian Ministry of Defence in favour of a female relative of a military man who was shot dead by his colleague from a submachine gun in the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
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Human rights activists considered the prosecutor's office's response to a complaint by activists from Kabardino-Balkaria to be a formality

he number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 8,250

Representatives of the Caucasian diaspora in Turkey have come to the defense of Tuptsokova

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.