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Magomed Dolgiev (second from the left). Photo by the press service of the Human Rights Protection Centre “Memorial” https://memohrc.org * This message has been created and distributed by a foreign media acting as a foreign agent
23:59, 14 October 2022
Court reconsiders sentence of policeman Dolgiev in case on rally in Magas
The Pyatigorsk City Court pronounced a new punishment for Ingush policeman Magomed Dolgiev, sentencing him a shorter suspended imprisonment. At the same time, the judge added to the verdict the motive of political hostility towards the authorities of the republic, human rights defenders report today.
The special military operation in Ukraine. Screenshot of the video by the Russian Ministry of Defence
23:57, 14 October 2022
At least 800 law enforcers from Southern Russia perish in Ukraine
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the authorities have confirmed the information about at least 800 residents of Southern Russia perished in Ukraine, including 512 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District and 288 residents of the South Federal District.
Roman Taganov. Photo by Yekaterina Taganova
23:52, 14 October 2022
Activist from Adygea, Roman Taganov, released from SIZO
Roman Taganov, an activist, is back at large from the SIZO (pre-trial prison) a week after the decision of the Maykop court on his conditional custody came into force.
The gas box at the apartment block in Makhachkala, December 2021. Photo by Rasul Magomedov for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 14 October 2022
Makhachkala: power outages follow gas shutdown
Because of a four-day-long gas supply shutdown, Makhachkala residents had to heat water and cook food by using electricity; some townspeople were forced to purchase electrical appliances, while power supply outages were also observed in a number of city districts.
Darya Polyudova. Photo by Anna gritsevich for the "Caucasian Knot"
03:53, 14 October 2022
ECtHR upholds Darya Polyudova's complaint about long custody
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has considered the complaint lodged by Darya Polyudova, an activist from the Krasnodar Territory, about her excessively long custody and the red tape in considering her appeals against her custody extensions.
The Grozny Airport. Photo: airports-online.ru
03:49, 14 October 2022
Amid mobilization, number of those who leave Chechnya increase significantly
This year, statistics have recorded a sharp increase in the number of those who leave Chechnya, moving both to the CIS countries and abroad.
The European Court of Human Rights. Photo: CherryX via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
23:54, 13 October 2022
ECtHR awards compensation to six natives of Southern Russia for torture
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognized six natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kuban, and Chechnya, as victims of torture by law enforcers and awarded the compensations totalling 208,300 euros.
23:50, 13 October 2022
First hearing outside Chechnya in case against Magamadov and Isaev scheduled
On October 25, in Pyatigorsk, a court will consider a complaint in a case against Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev brothers, convicted in Chechnya for aiding and abetting a militant. The court hearing will be the first to take place outside of Chechnya, the “NC (Northern Caucasus) SOS” Crisis Group points out.
A prison. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
16:29, 13 October 2022
Interference of Chechen Ombudsperson man encourages Azmatgiriev's defence
The office of the Chechen Ombudsperson has joined in solving the problem of violation of the rights of the convicted Khalid Azmatgiriev; and this gives hope that the abuse of the inmate will stop, said the advocate of the native of Chechnya.
16:25, 13 October 2022
Woman from Rostov Region accused of discrediting militaries
The case against Yulia Moiseenko, a resident of Rostov-on-Don, accused of discrediting the Russian Army, has arrived in the court. This was reported by the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project.
The barracks. Photo: Eduard Kornienko, Yuga.ru
16:21, 13 October 2022
Statement on continued mobilization alarms residents of Rostov Region
Residents of the town of Krasny Sulin have expressed their fears in connection with the mobilization continuation. Some of the relatives who are entitled to receive summonses have left the city and the country, said local residents.
Mobilization. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
16:18, 13 October 2022
Wives of mobilized Volgograd residents stunned by meagre payments
The wives of mobilized residents of the Volgograd Region have sent complaints to the military prosecutor's office after their husbands were told the amount of payments for their time spent at the training centre.
A remand prison. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:57, 12 October 2022
Human rights defender urges Prosecutor’s Office to intervene in detained Ingush native’s case
In his appeal to the Russian General Prosecutor and the chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), human rights defender Magomed Mutsolgov noted that Issa Gazdiev, a resident of the Maiskoye village in North Ossetia, was accused, like other Ingush natives had been accused earlier, of a murder committed 30 years ago.
Hands in handcuffs. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:55, 12 October 2022
In Kuban, court justifies arrest of defendant by mobilization
A resident of the Krasnodar Territory was arrested on the basis of “military amendments” to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which entered into force on September 24. This was reported by Pavel Chikov, the head of the “Agora” human rights group.
Anti-mobilization actions in Makhachkala. September 25, 2022. Screenshot of the video https://www.bbc.com/russian/63029167
14:08, 12 October 2022
Journalists dispute on impact of help promised to families of those mobilized on protest moods in Dagestan
The opening of the headquarters aimed to help the families of the mobilized residents of Dagestan will not help reducing the protest moods in the republic, the journalists, Gadjimurad Sagitov and Magomed Magomedov, believe.
Russian soldiers. Photo: Anastasiya Babkina https://www.yugopolis.ru/
14:01, 12 October 2022
Ingush Imam's pacifist statement results in call to military commissariat
The Ingush Imam, whose statement about the military operation in Ukraine has attracted the attention of the republic's vice-premier, received a call to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office), but refused to accept the summons, a source has informed.
Sochi Prosecutor's office. Photo by the Sochi City Administration https://sochi.ru
13:43, 12 October 2022
Sochi prosecutor's office demands real prison term for fakes about army
The prosecutor's office has filed an appeal against the verdict passed to Evgeny Zolotov, a Sochi doctor, who was sentenced to a fine for spreading fakes about the army. The supervisory authority (the office) has treated the sentence as inappropriate to the gravity of the crime.
Handcuffs. Photo: https://nara.getarchive.net
13:24, 12 October 2022
Verdict in torture case of Dagestani Kurashova disappoints social network users
The sentence of 3.5 years in prison for the law enforcers-figurants in the case of using violence against Yulduz Kurashova, a resident of Khasavyurt, is too lenient, social media users believe.
Screenshot of the post on the Grozny Inform with Mansur Soltaev's call on social media users not to disseminate the video about a convicted native of Chechnya, whose rights are violated in the penal colony https://www.grozny-inform.ru/news/society/144438/
13:13, 12 October 2022
Ombudsperson asks not to disseminate video with request to help convicted Chechen native
After calls for maximum reposting of the video asking the Chechen authorities to pay attention to the fate of Khalid Azmatgiriev, a convicted native of Chechnya, whose rights are violated in the penal colony, the Chechen ombudsperson asked not to disseminate the video.
Vitaly Kandalov and his wife Yana at the court. Photo by Vyacheslav Yaschenko for the "Caucasian Knot"
12:54, 12 October 2022
Court upholds request of mobilized Volgograd resident to wait for medical examination in military unit
In Volgograd, a court granted a motion filed by mobilized Vitaly Kandalov, who asked to postpone the consideration of his claim to the military registration and enlistment office for lessening of the category in his military ID.
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Special military operation in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense press service More than 8,600 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO zone.

Shootout in Dagestan. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in ChatGPT. During the week from January 26 to February 1, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

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.