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22:43, 1 June 2024
Resident of Rostov Region found guilty of treason
A court in Voronezh has sentenced Alexander Shevchenko, a resident of the Rostov Region, to 24 years and four months of freedom deprivation. He tried to enter the territory of Ukraine aiming to tae part in hostilities against Russian troops there, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed.
Maria Smelaya. Photo from her personal page on the "Odnoklassniki" social network https://ok.ru/
20:42, 1 June 2024
Maria Smelaya, who escaped from her Chechen husband, complains about death threats to her relatives
Maria Smelaya, a resident of Krasnodar, explains that her decision to refuse to make public an attack on a shelter was caused by her fears for the relatives’ lives because of the threats voiced by her former husband. The woman has decided to file a complaint to the police in connection with the kidnapping of her son.
Advocate Ilyas Saidov and Ilmiyamin Sultanov, the father of the murdered young man. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "Mash Gor" https://t.me/s/mash_gor/3164
18:01, 1 June 2024
Forensic expert reports to court unnoticed wound on body of murdered 19-year-old man
A criminal case on the murder of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, a 19-year-old resident of Kayakent, should be sent for additional investigation after a forensic expert admitted that an earlier forensic report did not describe all the wounds on the young man’s body. The above has been reported by a family’s lawyer.
Bogdan Abdurakhmanov (right) and Boris Goncharenko. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=362891449914551&set=a.113632768173755 the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia
17:52, 1 June 2024
Lawyers assess prospects of Abdurakhmanov’s case after his recantation of testimony
The testimony that Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, accused of setting fire to a military registration and enlistment office, declared falsified, was the base for the charges of terrorism, pointed out Felix Wertegel, an advocate of Boris Goncharenko. In similar cases, courts usually adhere to an accusatory bias, noted lawyer Dmitry Zair-Bek.
16:44, 1 June 2024
Kuban resident accused of discrediting Russian Army
The Gelendjik City Court has received a criminal case opened against Vasily Romanyuta, accused of discrediting Russian militaries.
Maria Smelaya. Screenshot of the post from the Telegram channel of the “Caucasus Without a Mother” human rights project https://t.me/heda_media/975
22:59, 31 May 2024
Maria Smelaya, who ran away from her Chechen husband, asks rights defenders to return her son to her
After complaints of domestic violence in the family of a native of Chechnya and a subsequent refutation, Maria Smelaya, a Krasnodar resident, has again turned to human rights defenders, claiming that her husband had forcibly taken away her 1.5 year old child.
Eduard Sharlot, screenshot of a video https://vk.com/video-75679763_456289124
22:06, 31 May 2024
Singer who apologized to Kadyrov declared political prisoner
The fifth criminal case has been opened against the singer Sharlot, who in January apologized to Ramzan Kadyrov. The project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has announced him as a political prisoner.
Ekaterina Menkova, Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva (left to right). Screencap of 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)
21:55, 31 May 2024
Three Kalmyk Jehovah's Witnesses* claim in court freedom of religion
On May 29, at a court session, Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva and Ekaterina Menkova rejected charges of extremist activities and stated that the actions they were accused of were their exercise of the constitutional right to profess any religion.
The Criminal Code of Russia. Photo by Vlad Alexandrov, Yuga.ru
19:56, 31 May 2024
Native of Nazran wanted in case on financing terrorism
The police have put on the wanted list a native of Nazran who left for Syria eight years ago. According to the investigators’ version, the woman joined a terrorist organization and was raising money for its needs.
Daniil Vodolagin. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" on January 5, 2024 https://t.me/pzk_memorial/3363
15:23, 31 May 2024
Volgograd student's arrest in case of fakes about Russian Army extended
A court in Volgograd has extended the arrest of Daniil Vodolagin, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army, by three months, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.
Boris Goncharenko (left) and Bogdan Abdurakhmanov. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=362891449914551&set=a.113632768173755 the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, are banned in Russia
21:58, 30 May 2024
Abdurakhmanov, accused of setting fire to military registration and enlistment office, recants his testimony
At trial, Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, accused of setting fire to a military registration and enlistment office, claimed that he did not give the testimony that was read out earlier, but it had been written by an investigator.
Defrauded real estate investors from Nalchik. May 26, 2024. Screenshot of a video posted on the “Made in KBR” YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wok06wqJMJQ
21:34, 30 May 2024
Defrauded real estate investors from Nalchik outraged by indifference of local authorities
The lack of progress in the investigation and support from local officials has forced people to write down an appeal to President Putin, claim real estate investors who have been waiting for several years for the delivery of an apartment building in Nalchik.
Oleg Orlov*. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the "Mediazona"* (Oleg Orlov and "Mediazona" are included into the register of foreign agents) on April 25, 2024 https://t.me/mediazzzona/15784
19:12, 30 May 2024
Defence calls Russian MoJ’s arguments in Oleg Orlov’s* lawsuit unconvincing
The arguments of the Russian Ministry of Justice, presented at the today’s court hearing considering the claim filed by Oleg Orlov* to challenge his status of a foreign agent, contain no specific reasoning and are unconvincing, so, the decision to refuse to exclude the human rights defender from the register of foreign agents will be challenged, an advocate has announced.
Oleg Orlov*. Photo: https://memopzk.org/news/blizkie-olega-orlova-opasayutsya-za-ego-sostoyanie-iz-za-iznuryayushhih-poezdok-iz-sizo-v-sud/ included into the register of foreign agents
18:58, 30 May 2024
Human rights defender Oleg Orlov* remains on register of foreign agents
The court did not grant a claim filed by Oleg Orlov*, the co-chair of the “Memorial” Centre for Human Rights Defence*, and left him on the register of foreign agents.
15:15, 30 May 2024
Krasnodar resident fined for discrediting militaries
A resident of Krasnodar has been fined by 30,000 roubles for shouting Ukrainian slogans.
Ingush activists in a courtroom. Photo: Fortanga.Org https://fortanga.org/2023/01/stavropolskij-sud-otlozhil-zasedanie-po-ingushskomu-delu-iz-za-otsutstviya-odnogo-iz-advokatov/
21:06, 29 May 2024
Court refuses to commute sentences of three Ingush activists
Barakh Chemurziev, Ismail Nalgiev and Bagaudin Khautiev, who had already served most of their eight-year sentences, have asked the court to replace their remaining prison terms with some sanction not related to freedom deprivation. The court in the Stavropol Territory, where they are in a penal colony, has refused to grant their motions.
Zarema Musaeva and Saidi Yangulbaev. Photo: Gazeta.ru
18:49, 29 May 2024
ECtHR awards compensations to members of Yangulbaev family
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russian authorities to pay compensations to Zarema Musaeva, Saidi Yangulbaev, her husband and a former Russian federal judge, and their daughter Aliya Yangulbaeva.
Zarema Musaeva. Photo: TopNews https://www.topnews.ru/news_id_739397.html
16:26, 29 May 2024
Court fails to consider CER for Musaeva
A court hearing in Grozny, at which the issue of conditional early relief for Zarema Musaeva was to be considered, was disrupted as she was not brought to court.
Kirill Guschin. Photo: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gushhin-kirill-olegovich/ included into the register of foreign agents
22:58, 28 May 2024
Public prosecutor challenges acquittal of Jehovah’s Witness* Guschin
In a case against Kirill Guschin, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Kabardino-Balkaria, a public prosecutor filed an appeal against the acquittal of the believer. The prosecutor requests a new trial with a different composition of judges.
21:59, 28 May 2024
Human rights defenders report on Chechen convict's hunger strike
Beslan Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, has gone on a hunger strike after being transferred to a Karelian colony due to pressure from the colony staff, human rights defenders report, adding that Gadaev is constantly kept in the dungeon (punishment cell); and he hasn't seen his relatives since his detention in 2006.
News
A Ukrainian citizen was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for participating in a terrorist organization.

One of the victims of the drone attack on Bataysk in December has died.

A drone over the city. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. 52 drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.

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.