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16:28, 3 February 2023
Female students expelled because of hijabs are allowed to return to NMC
Five girls-students of the Novocherkassk Medical College (NMC), including the natives of Dagestan and Chechnya, earlier expelled for wearing hijabs, can resume their studies, their advocate has informed.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru
16:19, 3 February 2023
Chechen MPs propose to supplement title of Kadyrov’s position with title “father of country”
A draft law proposing to supplement the position of the leader of Chechnya with the title “Mekhkan Da” has been published on the official website of the republic’s parliament.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Photo: https://memohrc.org * included by the Russian Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents
15:43, 3 February 2023
Chechen SC cancels refusal to recognize wife of killed Tepsurkaev as victim
The decision of the court, which refused to recognize a wife of Salman Tepsurkaev as a victim in the case on his kidnapping, was cancelled by the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya. The Court of Appeal pointed to significant violations of the law by the first instance court.
Yana Antonova. Photo by Anna Gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
19:29, 2 February 2023
Court extends arrest of accounts of activist Antonova and her mother
The arrest of bank accounts of the Krasnodar activist Yana Antonova and her mother has been extended until May. The court ruling named the pensioner as an employee of an extremist organization, the activist herself has informed.
Oyub Titiev, photo by the press service of the Human Rights Protection Centre "Memorial"; Akhmet Yarlykapov, photo: mgimo.ru. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
19:24, 2 February 2023
Caucasian scholars point to changes in blood feud practices
Chechen authorities are unable to eradicate the practice of blood feud; this custom has adapted itself to the Sharia Law and remains relevant, Oyub Titiev, a human rights defender, and Akhmet Yarlykapov, a Caucasian scholar, believe. 
Salakh Mezhiev, photo: islamnews.ru
19:09, 2 February 2023
Female rights defenders are sceptical about Mezhiev’s words about mothers’ chances to see their kids
The call of Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, not to prohibit mothers from seeing their children in the event of a divorce, if authorities and the society stay inactive, will hardly affect men in the republics of Northern Caucasus, female human rights defenders have noted.
Leyla Gireeva. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the NGO "Marem"
19:06, 2 February 2023
Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from domestic violence, returns to her family in Ingushetia
Leyla Gireeva, an 18-year-old resident of Nazran, who ran away from home, has returned to her family and wants to settle her conflict with family members. The girl is under the recognizance not to leave, human rights defenders have informed.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: https://ostwest.tv/news/espch-rassmatrivaet-isku-ukrainy-k-rossii/
18:20, 2 February 2023
ECtHR awards compensation to Jehovah’s Witnesses* from two regions of Southern Russia for their disrupted meetings
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized the disruption of meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses* by law enforcers in Kabardino-Balkaria and the Rostov Region as a violation of the right to freedom of religion and awarded compensation to the complainants in the amount of 7500 euros.
Installation of the busts of Joseph Stalin in Volgograd. Screenshot of the photo posted on the “Novosti Volgograda” (Volgograd News) Telegram channel on February 1, 2023 https://t.me/NovostiVLG/16496
05:55, 2 February 2023
Volgograd installs bust of Stalin amid dispute over city renaming
Today, in Volgograd, busts of Joseph Stalin and Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vasilevsky have been installed on the occasion of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.
The store signboard before and after the replacement of the logo. Screenshot of the post on the Telegram channel of the “Nasha Gazeta Novorossiysk” newspaper https://t.me/ng_nov/3605
23:32, 1 February 2023
After homophobic complaint, Novorossiysk store removes rainbow from ads
The bosses of a store in Novorossiysk have replaced the image on the signboard after a visitor saw attributes of the LGBT propaganda therein it and contacted the police.
Mikhal Mzhyglud. Screenshot of the video posted on the channel Catholic Surgut, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CrOnSiFnMI
23:31, 1 February 2023
Rostov court obliges Catholic priest to leave Russia
In Rostov-on-Don, the court of appellate instance has rejected the complaint lodged against the decision to expel Mikhal Mzhyglud, the rector of the Catholic Church in Novocherkassk, out of Russia. The Polish priest has violated the immigration legislation, which could pose a threat to the security of the state and people's lives, the court has ruled.
Ksenia Abramova with her husband. January 8, 2023. Photo by Ksenia Abramova
20:16, 1 February 2023
Krasnodar resident mobilized with hernias sent to hospital
Initially, during the examination, they tried to award Alexei Abramov, a mobilized resident of Krasnodar, who suffered from multiple spine hernias, the category "fit (for military service) with minor restrictions"; now, documents are being prepared for his hospitalization.
16:44, 1 February 2023
Colleagues of journalist Gadjiev note interest of Makhachkala residents in pickets in his support
Law enforcers did not interfere with the pickets held by journalists Idris Yusupov and Magomed Magomedov in Makhachkala, but carried out a standard procedure to verify the activists’ personal data. According to the picketers, passers-by actively expressed their support.
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev in the courtroom. Photo by the press service of the Moscow Tver District Court
16:40, 1 February 2023
Chechen native Djumaev placed in punishment cell
Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, sentenced for using violence against law enforcers, was transferred to a punishment cell. His relatives believe that the punishment measure was deliberately used by warders of the penal colony to disrupt a visit of his mother.
Conscripts. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:25, 31 January 2023
Lawyers comment on prospects for alternative service for residents of Northern Caucasus
Amid the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Northern Caucasus faces a growing demand for an alternative military service. A mobilized person can be sent to the rear if he categorically refuses to take up arms, Artyom Mugunyants, a lawyer, has explained.
Daniel Kurakin. Screenshot of the photo posted on the "Vash Dozor" Telegram channel https://t.me/vashdozor/3897
18:20, 31 January 2023
Law enforcers release Volgograd activist
Daniel Kurakin has been let free after interrogation by investigators, human rights defenders have informed.
Screenshot of a video with Olesya Ovchinnikova talking to a law enforcer in a restaurant, posted on the Telegram channel "Goryachiy Klyuch" https://t.me/gk_news1/15411
18:09, 31 January 2023
Spouses arrested in Krasnodar for pacifist talks
Olesya and Alexei Ovchinnikov have been detained in a Krasnodar restaurant after one of the visitors called law enforcers because of the pacifist talks of the spouses.
The residents of Chechnya were reprimanded for drinking alcohol. Screenshot of the video posted on the Instagram public "ChP Grozny No. 1" https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn-Fr42OFPq/ * the activities of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are banned in Russia
18:05, 31 January 2023
Seven residents of Chechnya publicly reprimanded for drinking alcohol
The police chief of the Urus-Martan ROVD (District Interior Division) has reprimanded seven persons for drinking alcohol and driving cars while intoxicated; a respective was posted in the social network. Commentators expressed bewilderment at posting such entries.
Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo: https://www.grozny-inform.ru
16:56, 31 January 2023
Kadyrov reacts to new action with burning of Koran
Ramzan Kadyrov has emphasized that an act of Rasmus Paludan, an organizer of the burning of the Koran, who dedicated his new action in Denmark to the leader of Chechnya, has no excuses and threatened the Danish politician with “punishment.”
16:33, 31 January 2023
Court sides with Chechen woman in her dispute with MIA
In Chechnya, a court granted a claim of Umarai Kusaeva, an 85-year-old victim of the Stalinist deportation, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to issue her a certificate of rehabilitation as a victim of political repression.
News
Ibrahim Yaganov (designated a foreign agent). Still from video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Hsrl6Hcgo from January 30, 2026. Yaganov's* comments on the Lata tragedy sparked outrage in Abkhazia

Georgian citizen handed over to Russian security forces from Abkhazia

Journalist Nizfa Arshba* at a court hearing in Sukhumi, June 17, 2025. Still image of the video "Abaza-TV". Journalist Nizfa Arshba* refuses to disclose her sources to Abkhazian State Security Service

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.