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A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
16:56, 16 April 2024
The head of the police department has hit his son and then his friend because they skipped school, said the mother of the teenager living in the Zolsky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR).
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 agent
21:06, 15 April 2024
Oleg Orlov*, found guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, has been convoyed from Moscow to another region. He is now in Samara. Oleg Orlov* notes that he was not notified of the transfer.
The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:43, 15 April 2024
In Volgodonsk, a court found Irina Ponomaryova guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Diana Tsomartova. Screenshot of a video https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4BnBLvtkvm/ the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia
20:09, 15 April 2024
Diana Tsomartova, a mother of Anna Tsomartova, an athlete from North Ossetia who disappeared in Kaspiysk, recorded a video message to the Russian President asking him for assistance in finding her daughter.
Penal colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Khabarovsk Region. Photo: https://fsin-mag.ru
19:11, 15 April 2024
The appellate instance has not satisfied the complaint of the colony administration against the decision of the Grozny court, which found rights violations of Arbi Dandaev, a native of Chechnya, who was convicted within the case of the attack of Basaev's militants on Dagestan.
17:54, 15 April 2024
Law enforcers have suspected Larisa Kuznetsova, a 77-year-old resident of the Stavropol Territory, of justifying terrorism in her comment placed in a social network about the murder of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
Vladimir Atamanchuk. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"
16:57, 14 April 2024
A court in Sochi has sentenced the 72-year-old Vladimir Atamanchuk to 200 hours of compulsory labour, finding him guilty of libel. Besides, he must pay 40,000 roubles in compensation to one of the victims. The activist intends to appeal against the court's ruling.
10:55, 14 April 2024
The resolution on the tempo of musical works concerns only national Chechen melodies and has no relation to the Russian anthem, compositions of certain genres and music of other nations, the head of Chechnya has explained.
23:52, 13 April 2024
A court in Sochi has fined Mikhail Rubtsov, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles, treating his post in a social network criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine as discrediting the Russian Army.
A clinic no. 2 in Nalchik. Photo: https://nalchik.fooby.ru/company/gbuz-gorodskaya-poliklinika-2-go-nalchik-4682304
23:13, 13 April 2024
A court in Nalchik has obliged the clinic to prescribe the necessary medication to a patient with epilepsy, but doctors refused to do so, and the girl's health condition has worsened, her mother has informed.
The FSB officers. Photo:  report.az https://report.az/ru/v-regione/fsb-rossii-soobshila-o-zaderzhanii-yaponskogo-konsula/
23:09, 13 April 2024
The police detained a resident of Anapa suspected of collaborating with the Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB reported.
A counterterrorist operation in Nalchik. April 11, 2024. Photo by the Federal Security Service of Russia
22:34, 13 April 2024
Two persons killed by law enforcers during a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik have been identified as residents of Kabardino-Balkaria, investigators report.
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:07, 13 April 2024
An investigation has been launched into the criminal cases initiated against a Jehovah's Witness* from Cherkessk for his involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He is also charged with organizing the work of a local believers' community, investigators have reported.
Zalina Marshenkulova. Photo: instagram.com/mayachok_antihrista the activities of the Meta Company, owning Instagram, are banned in Russia
19:57, 13 April 2024
A criminal case against journalist Zalina Marshenkulova, accused of justifying terrorism, is not related to her participation in defending women’s rights in Kabardino-Balkaria, human rights defenders note.
Zalina Marshenkulova. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "Zhenskaya Vlast" (The Power of Women) on March 8, 2024 https://t.me/vlast_Zh/12208
19:07, 13 April 2024
Zalina Marshenkulova, a journalist and activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who lives in Germany, has treated the accusations against her of justifying terrorism as absurd and linked her persecution with her political position.
Roman Melnichenko. Photo courtesy of Roman Melnichenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:08, 13 April 2024
The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Tsentralny District of Volgograd has invited the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) to consider on the merits the appeal lodged of Roman Melnichenko about the disclosure of his personal data on air of the local TV Company.
16:49, 13 April 2024
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has restored the right to file an appeal against a court’s decision for Chechen resident Saikhat Susaeva, whose husband disappeared after being detained by Russian militaries in 2000.
Igor Nagavkin. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
23:58, 12 April 2024
Igor Nagavkin, a human rights defender, convicted within a theft case, has achieved a visit of a prosecutor's office employee and members of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) to the SIZO (pre-trial prison) of the city of Leninsk, where Igor is kept.
A counterterrorist operation in Nalchik. April 11, 2024. Photo: Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) http://nac.gov.ru
23:11, 12 April 2024
Residents of Volny Aul and other villages located not far from Nalchik reported that they were awakened by submachine gun fire and explosions. Some people decided not to let their children go to school.
A criminal case. Photo: tv2.today
21:35, 12 April 2024
In North Ossetia, law enforcers detained a man who, according to the investigators’ version, intended to join a Ukrainian armed formation. A case on attempted high treason is being investigated and the suspect has been arrested.
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.