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Celebration of the Victory Day. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
18:18, 11 May 2024
During the 1941-1945 war, Sochi, which was not affected by hostilities, was known as a "hospital city," but modern officials suggest that citizens celebrate May 9 by donning submachine guns, helmets and the roles of machine gunners, local residents have complained.
Buying armoured foreign made cars for Chechen fighters. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/svo/160732/
21:37, 10 May 2024
For the Chechen units fighting in the special military operation (SMO) zone, 30 armoured foreign made vehicles have been bought for the money from the Akhmat Kadyrov Fund, the head of Chechnya has reported.
A resident of Krasnodar, who suffered from violence. Screenshot of the post from the Telegram channel of the “Caucasus Without a Mother” human rights project https://t.me/heda_media/975
18:49, 10 May 2024
A resident of Krasnodar, who complained about violence in the family of a native of Chechnya, stopped communicating with her friends and acquaintances after her husband with his accomplices kidnapped her from a shelter, human rights defenders reported.
Marina Melikhova. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXk1Nw0eRvY
17:41, 10 May 2024
Marina Melikhova, convicted in a case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, thanked activists for their support and publicity of the violation of her rights, since thanks to the people’s support and public outcry, the administration of the SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Armavir improved the conditions of detention.
Yulduz Kurashova. Photo: "Team against Torture" https://pytkam.net/
23:51, 9 May 2024
Yulduz Kurashova, a woman from Khasavyurt, the victim in the torture case, intends to seek to bring Maya Akhmedova, an operative agent, to justice; she was acquitted by the court during the retrial of the case.
Nadezhda Kevorkova in a courtroom. May 7, 2024. Photo: newspaper "Chernovik" (Draft) https://chernovik.net/news/zhurnalist-nadezhda-kevorkova-arestovana-na-dva-mesyaca-sud-otkazalsya-doprosit-maksima
23:39, 9 May 2024
When commenting on the criminal prosecution of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova, advocate Timofei Shirokov has pointed out that psychological and linguistic examination has become a punitive tool and that, without clear criteria determined, investigators can easily use such examination to confirm the conclusions they need.
23:26, 9 May 2024
Two of the prosecution witnesses in the case of Kishta Tutinova, Tsagan Khalgaeva and Ekaterina Menkova have failed to appear in court, but the prosecutor did not insist on their appearance. Tutinova is under threat of up to ten years in jail; Khalgaeva and Menkova – up to six years.
Nadezhda Kevorkova. Screenshot of the video by the "Alif TV", September 4, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1_J-lCtZ-8&list=PLRALUa8Cg90ObrcFX6I2C_FeaXWX2V1Zt&index=11
20:30, 9 May 2024
Nadezhda Kevorkova's publications about the events in Nalchik in 2005 dealt with the torture of detainees; they irritated law enforcers. However, "she didn't support terrorism in any form," Maxim Shevchenko, a journalist, has stated in his comment on Kevorkova's arrest for allegedly justifying terrorism.
Danil Suvorov, sentenced on charges of extremism. Screenshot of a website that collects information about criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses *
17:05, 9 May 2024
The appellate instance has denied the appeal complaint against the sentence of Jehovah's Witness* from Sochi, Danil Suvorov, who was sentenced to six years in penal colony on charges of extremism.
Riots in Makhachkala. October 2023. Screenshot of a video posted on the Telegram channel "Ranshe vsekh. Nu pochti" (Earlier than anyone. Well, almost)
23:51, 8 May 2024
Four people arrested in connection with the riots at Makhachkala Airport have been additionally charged with violating transport security requirements. This was reported by the "Mediazona"*.
Diana Tsipinova. Screenshot of a video by the Council of Young Lawyers of the Moscow Region https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyhDZqaCy5I
23:10, 8 May 2024
In its complaint, the prosecutor’s office insists that the acquittal of Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from Kabardino-Balkaria, should be cancelled and the case should be returned to court.
Nina Tseretilova. Screenshot of a video https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhgcXdHEUd/ the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia
22:52, 8 May 2024
In Kaliningrad, a court has upheld the refusal to limit parental rights of Nina Tseretilova, but after the court’s decision, she herself offered to return the children to her husband’s relatives in Dagestan, a children’s grandfather states.
Nadezhda Kevorkova, photo: https://islamnews.ru
22:34, 8 May 2024
During questioning, journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova, who was involved as a witness for the defence in the case on the attack on Nalchik, refused to admit guilt in justifying terrorism, an advocate reported. That was reported by the TASS with reference to advocate Kaloi Akhilgov.
An attack on a squad of the patrol-and-post police service (known as PPS) in the village of Mara-Ayagy. April 29, 2024. Photo by the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation
21:30, 8 May 2024
During the week from April 28 to May 5, 2024, five suspected militants and two policemen were killed, and four other policemen were wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot”, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
An illustration in a printed edition of Jehovah’s Witnesses*. Photo by M. Kuznetsova for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:04, 8 May 2024
None of the witnesses questioned at a public prosecutor’s request confirmed that Jehovah’s Witnesses* from Kalmykia Kishta Tutunova, Tsagan Khalgaeva, and Yekaterina Menkova voiced any extremist statements. That was reported by an advocate of Kishta Tutunova.
Nadezhda Kevorkova at a court. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
17:42, 8 May 2024
The text by Orkhan Djemal, the publication of which became the reason for accusing Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, of justifying terrorism, had not been declared illegal earlier. The argument that the publication on Kevorkova's Telegram channel was accessible does not correspond to reality, her advocate has emphasized.
Dmitry Ivanov*. Screenshot of the video by the “Dozhd” (Rain)* TV Channel (included  into the register of foreign agents) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijA8ZdL2VPQ
23:52, 7 May 2024
A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia Dmitry Ivanov*, a blogger, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian Army. The blogger covered events in Southern Russia on his YouTube channel, the "OVD Info"* project has informed.
Magomed Magomedov at a solo picket. Makhachkala, May 6, 2024. Photo posted on the Telegram channel of the newspaper “Chernovik’ (Rough Draft) on May 5, 2024
21:58, 7 May 2024
A young man wearing a mask tried to join a solo picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, reports Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik’ (Rough Draft). He considered the incident an attempt to disrupt the picket.
A young man puts the New Testament into the fire in a portable grill. Screenshot of the video posted by the Branch for the Stavropol Territory of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation on May 3, 2024 https://t.me/su_skr26/3115
20:32, 7 May 2024
With his activities in a case on the burning of the New Testament, Vladimir Vladimirov, Governor of the Stavropol Territory, copies the Ramzan Kadyrov’s reaction to the burning of the Koran in an attempt to earn political dividends, analysts have suggested.
Monument dedicated to victims of political repression in Nalchik. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
19:26, 7 May 2024
MPs of the Islamey village in the Baksan District refused to provide a plot of land for a memorial to victims of repression. The head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Association of Victims of Political Repression suggests that the above refusal contradicts the law.
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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.