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A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
21:47, 21 December 2022
Astrakhani law enforcers’ case highlights practice of planting drugs
When commenting on a case instituted against former policemen, an advocate has stated that the fabrication of criminal cases on possession of drugs is being practiced by the law enforcement bodies in connection with the availability of wild-growing cannabis in the Astrakhan Region and the possibility of getting promotion.
Tamara Grodnikova. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
18:05, 21 December 2022
Court imposes new fine on Volgograd activist
The court has fined Tamara Grodnikova, a Volgograd activist, by 40,000 roubles for her failure to pay the earlier imposed administrative fine under the article on discrediting the army; now she must pay 70,000 roubles within two months.
Yulduz Kurashova. Photo: "Team against Torture" https://pytkam.net/
17:58, 21 December 2022
Dagestan: cancellation of verdict to law enforcers in Kurashova's case fits into trend of torture investigations
The defence has not yet received the reasoning part of the verdict of the Court of Appeal, which had overturned the verdict passed in the case of torture of Yulduz Kurashova, Khasavyurt resident, while Kurashova herself was never taken under state protection, Magomed Alamov, a lawyer, has noted.
Ksenia Abramova at her solo picket held near the building of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Nikita Zyryanov / 93.RU
17:48, 21 December 2022
Wife of mobilized Kuban resident comes out to picket demanding to return her husband from frontline
At her solo picket held near the building of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), Ksenia Abramova has demanded to return home her husband, who has multiple spinal traumas.
17:46, 21 December 2022
MoJ files lawsuit on liquidation of Moscow Helsinki Group
The claim for the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) has been submitted to the Moscow City Court; the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to liquidate the organization on a formal basis, Eva Merkacheva, a human rights defender, believes.
The checks conducted by law enforcers in Urus-Martan. December 12, 2022. Screenshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fS4TEu4oc
17:10, 21 December 2022
Residents of Urus-Martan tell about law enforcers' checks
The checks conducted in the roads of Urus-Martan and nearby settlements by masked armed law enforcers are intended to intimidate local residents after the conflict involving a GIBDD (traffic police) inspector, locals believe.
Fighters from Chechnya, photo: chechnyatoday.com
23:55, 20 December 2022
Authorities announce dispatch of a new group of Chechen militaries to Ukraine
Another group of volunteers left the Grozny airport for the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
A law enforcer. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:17, 20 December 2022
Ingush law enforcer’s wife complains of being regularly beaten
A woman from Ufa complains that her former husband, an employee of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), regularly beat her and her two sons, one of whom was about a year old.
The Code of Administrative offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
22:58, 20 December 2022
Krasnodar woman fined for her comment in Telegram
A court has fined a resident of Krasnodar by 30,000 roubles for an approving comment in the Telegram to the post about setting fire to a banner with the letter Z.
Female employees of law enforcement bodies, screenshot of the video https://t.me/akhmeddudaev/1297
22:41, 20 December 2022
Video about Chechen women's readiness to defend homeland sparks commentators' bewilderment
Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister of Information, has posted a video in social networks with female employees of law enforcement bodies. The video states that Chechen women are ready to support men in defending the interests of their homeland.
Idris Yusupov. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
10:28, 20 December 2022
Dagestan: Gadjiev's colleagues tell about law enforcers' attempts to disrupt pickets
Policemen tried to hide the posters from passers-by and distracted the picketers, said Idris Yusupov, a journalist with the "Novoye Delo" outlet.
A law enforcer. Photo https://www.grozny-inform.ru/
10:16, 20 December 2022
Police report continuation of raids in Urus-Martan
Armed law enforcers continue examining cars in the roads of the Urus-Martan District. The information about sending violators to the military operation zone is not true, the head of the district police has stated.
Magdi Kamalov held a solo picket in Makhachkala. December 19, 2022. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondents
23:59, 19 December 2022
In Dagestan, journalists support Gadjiev and Donogo with solo pickets
In Makhachkala, Dagestani journalists held solo pickets with the demand to stop the criminal prosecution of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik”, (Rough Draft), and historian Khadjimurad Donogo.
Anatoly Zyakin, the chairman of the church council of the Lutheran community of the village of Verkhniy Eruslan, at the monument to the victims of the deportation. December 17, 2022. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:57, 19 December 2022
Descendants of Volga Germans share memories of victims of Stalinist repressions
Some of the Germans who had lived near the Volga River, and who suffered from deportation during Stalin's time, after returning to Russia found their houses occupied and settled in other territories, the members of the German community in the village of Verkhniy Eruslan, Volgograd Region, have reported.
The Code of Administrative offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
20:16, 19 December 2022
Astrakhan resident fined for discrediting Russian militaries
A court in Astrakhan has fined Sergey Bataev, a local resident, by 35,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Army.
02:20, 19 December 2022
Kuban authorities report resettlement of 62 people from emergency housing
The Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) administration has announced that in the Tikhoretsky District, 62 persons were resettled from apartment buildings that are in the state of emergency.
Anastasia Khodosevich. Screenshot of the post in the page of the "Association for the Protection of Orphans' Rights" on the "VKontakte" social network
23:59, 18 December 2022
In the Volgograd Region, orphan complains about provided housing
Anastasia Khodosevich, a resident of the dwelling settlement of Rudnya, has complained that officials provided her, as an orphan, with an apartment with a broken roof and without hot water and heating.
23:57, 18 December 2022
Kadyrov's daughters and cousin fall under EU sanctions
The ninth package of sanctions of the European Union (EU) included 49 organizations and 141 individuals, including the daughters of the head of Chechnya, Aishat and Khadizhat Kadyrovas, and his cousin Turpal-Ali Ibragimov.
Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the post by mansur_solltaev/Instagram (Meta, the owner of Facebook, is recognized as an extremist organization)
23:52, 18 December 2022
Chechnya: prosecutor demands questioning victim in Musaeva's case
The representative of the prosecutor's office has demanded to take into account the opinion of the victim before adding to Zarema Musaeva's case files the expert's conclusions, which contradict the prosecution's version. The court agreed to interrogate the law enforcer, of attacking whom Musaeva is accused.
A gathering in Urus-Martan, photo: https://grozny-inform.ru/news/society/146673/
23:50, 18 December 2022
Chechnya: to calm Urus-Martan residents down, authorities resort to elders' reputation
After a brawl of law enforcers in Urus-Martan, police raids, a search for eyewitnesses and threats to send local residents to the special military operation (SMO) zone in Ukraine, authorities gathered the elders, urging them to educate the youth.
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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.