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Volunteers get ready for dispatch to Ukraine. Photo by the Grozny Inform https://grozny-inform.ru
11:10, 26 August 2022
Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that families of low-income residents of Chechnya, whose young people refused to be enrolled in the new Chechen military units, should be deprived of social benefits. The leader of Chechnya called the refuseniks parasites.
A village in the Lachin (Berdzor) Corridor. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:48, 25 August 2022
The security forces of Azerbaijan have entered the town of Lachin and the villages of Sous and Zabukh, but this has not yet been officially announced due to the delay in the opening of the alternative road between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Baku analysts say.
A special military operation in Ukraine. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence
23:08, 25 August 2022
Officials reported about 200 natives of Dagestan perished in Ukraine, and the same death toll is recorded among natives of the Southern Federal District, follows from the statistics run by the “Caucasian Knot” on the basis of the information officially announced by the authorities of regions and municipalities.
Bread in Azerbaijan. Photo https://media.az/society/1067873689/v-azerbaydzhane-podorozhal-dieticheskiy-hleb/
23:04, 25 August 2022
An increase in the cost of bread forced residents of Azerbaijani villages to reconsider their expenses. The increase in the prices of flour and bread affected the socially unprotected groups of the population, economists confirmed.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video on Instagram instagram.com/chp.chechenya
14:49, 25 August 2022
Salman Tepsurkaev's death was predefined after he read verses that insulted the mother of an influential republic's person, Ruslan Kutaev believes.
Berdzor. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"
14:28, 25 August 2022
Most of the residents of the dwelling settlements of the Lachin Corridor, who were ordered to leave their houses before August 25, decided to settle in the Syunik Region of Armenia; 20 families have already been settled there, local authorities have informed.
Igor Kalyapin in the hospital. Photo https://t.me/s/against_torture/2203
14:25, 25 August 2022
Igor Kalyapin, the founder of the "Committee against Torture"* (CaT) was taken to the hospital with a suspected concussion after being beaten up.
14:19, 25 August 2022
South-Ossetian law enforcers have handed Frank Yanez, a US citizen, who was detained for violating the border, over to Georgia.
A tourist dancing at the entrance to Grozny. Screenshot of the video published on Instagram, August 24, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChparwqDVef/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
02:13, 25 August 2022
The video showing a man in a pink dress dancing at the entrance to Grozny has outraged network users. Some commentators on the Instagram* insist that he should apologize for his behaviour; others indicated that tourists should be explained the rules of behaviour in Chechnya.
02:04, 25 August 2022
The protocol on disobeying a policeman drawn up against Magsud Aliev, an Azerbaijani activist, contains no proofs of his guilt, his advocate asserts.
The Kayakent District. Photo https://welcomedagestan.ru/dagestan/kayakentskij/kayakent/
23:43, 24 August 2022
Shamil Bekbolatov, a father with many children from the Kayakent District, complained that law enforcers were beating him during his detention, including beating him on his head with a stone, and that as a result he ended up in a hospital.
A gavel. Photo  https://ru.freepik.com/free-photo/judges-gavel-on-book-and-wooden-table-law-and-justice-concept-background_4351460.htm#query=суд&from_query=cel&position=0&from_view=search
22:37, 24 August 2022
In Baku, a court has begun considering a complaint filed by a policeman, who considered a post left on a social media outlet by Gyulnara Ragimova, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), to be slander and an insult.
Members of the “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party have held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan. Baku, August 24, 2022. Photo courtesy of the  “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party
22:31, 24 August 2022
Members of the “Azerbaijan Democracy and Prosperity” Party have held a picket in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Azerbaijan because of its third refusal to register the opposition organization. The protestors believe the grounds for refusal in registration are untenable.
A video appeal of the residents of the village of Gikalo. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/ChnPW9FMWml/*
22:28, 24 August 2022
Residents of the village of Gikalo asked the leader of Chechnya to help connect to the gas pipeline and electricity networks. According to the villagers, their appeals to local officials do not bring any results. Instagram* users suggested that the appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov could be followed by an apology from the villagers.
15:37, 24 August 2022
In his answer to the complaint lodged by the "Team against Torture"*, the head of the Krasnodar Territorial Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has admitted that the preliminary inquiry into the torture case of Aram Gambaryan was suspended unreasonably.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFm8A6Cwtn/
15:27, 24 August 2022
Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, was killed in September 2020 and buried in an unmarked grave because his relatives were told to "bury him like a dog," a Chechen Telegram channel asserts.
15:23, 24 August 2022
A court in the Stavropol Territory has received the case against Svetlana Zaitseva, a local resident, accused of discrediting the Russian Army.
A temporary detention facility. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
14:34, 24 August 2022
Vyacheslav Koshelev, an activist, has held a three-day dry hunger strike, demanding better custody conditions at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), where he is awaiting a decision on his appeal.
Darya Dugina, screenshot of the video by the 1RNK on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWXraoHsD4&t=90s / Anna Politkovskaya, photo by Blaues Sofa, wikimedia.org. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
14:28, 24 August 2022
Amid the FSB's report on the rapid disclosure of the murder of Darya Dugina, human rights defenders have recalled the still unsolved murders of Anna Politkovskaya, Natalia Estemirova and Boris Nemtsov.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video on Instagram instagram.com/chp.chechenya/
00:41, 24 August 2022
Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, could not be helped, and it is known for sure about his death, Olga Sadovskaya, a lawyer of the “Team Against Torture”*, says.
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.