All news

Homepage / All news

19:35, 30 November 2023

Adam Kadyrov announced as curator of the MoD's Chechen battalion

The 16-year-old Adam Kadyrov has been entrusted to act as curator of the battalion named after Sheikh Mansur, associates of the head of Chechnya has informed.

A Kalmyk colony. Photo: https://fsin-mag.ru/stati/fku-ik-1-ufsin-rossii-po-respublike-kalmykiya.html

19:32, 30 November 2023

Seven persons convicted in the case of prison jamaat in Kalmyk colony

A court in Rostov-on-Don has found seven residents of Southern Russia guilty of taking part in a terrorist cell in a Kalmyk colony and sentenced them to terms of freedom deprivation ranging from eight to eleven years.

A female student wearing hijab, photo: shutterstock.com

17:08, 30 November 2023

Kaspiysk PO refuses to check complaint about registration female students wearing hijabs

The Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the city of Kaspiysk has refused to check the legality of registering female students wearing hijabs at the Kaspiysk Medical College. This decision was appealed against at the Dagestani PO, Arsen Magomedov, a lawyer, has informed.

Never Gasparyan and Diana Tsipinova. Photo: https://t.me/fparf/9232Y

23:56, 29 November 2023

Kabardino-Balkarian SC sides with advocate Tsipinova

The Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria refused to grant a public prosecutor’s appeal and upheld the acquittal of advocate Diana Tsipinova, who was accused of attacking a law enforcer.

Refugees from Palestine. Photo: Grozny Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru

23:54, 29 November 2023

First group of forced migrants from Palestine arrives in Chechnya

More than 50 residents of Palestine arrived in Chechnya. Adult migrants will be offered jobs, and children will go to schools, announce the republic’s authorities.

Law enforcers during CTO. Photo by the press service of the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) nac.gov.ru

17:18, 29 November 2023

On November 20-26, one person perished and one was wounded in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

During the week on November 20-26, 2023, at least one person perished and another one was wounded during the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Roman Kharitonov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iugxQ5k3zRg

17:00, 29 November 2023

Roman Kharitonov treats attention from law enforcers and social protection officers as pressure on his family

Law enforcers took Roman Kharitonov to a police station and drew up a protocol against him for insulting the president of Russia. Roman Kharitonov considered a visit of social protection officers to his 92-year-old grandmother an element of pressure on his family.

Arrival of the refugees from Palestine to Makhachkala. Photo from Sergey Melikov's Telegram channel

23:57, 28 November 2023

Refugees from Palestine report their needs to Dagestani officials

Residents of Palestine who arrived in Dagestan asked to be provided with cellular communications and the Internet, as well as to draw up necessary documents. Some of them intend to obtain Russian citizenship. All refugees are accommodated at a recreation centre not far from Makhachkala.

23:13, 28 November 2023

Victims figuring in Zhuravel's case on burning down Koran speak at trial

The act of Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident, who burned down the Koran, has offended Muslims' feelings and inflicted harm to them harm. This was stated by Imams of local mosques, who act as the suffered party in the case, considered by the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny.

21:43, 28 November 2023

Posts in social network result in criminal case against KBR resident

After being fined for posting extremist symbols in a social network, a resident of the Baksan District, has placed another post with similar content. A criminal case has been opened against him, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has reported.

Igor Ogorodnikov. Photo: https://kprf.ru

20:14, 28 November 2023

After summoning activist, Gelendjik military commissar loses his post

Igor Ogorodnikov, an election observer from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who was given a summons at the polling station, has learned from the acting military commissar of the Krasnodar Territory that the Gelendjik military commissar had been transferred to a lower position.

Mansur Movlaev. Photo: VC.ru / Alexei Pravozaschitnik (Human Rights Defender)

17:16, 28 November 2023

Mansur Movlaev leaves Kyrgyzstan due to threat of being sent to Chechnya

After being released from custody, Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, left Kyrgyzstan to avoid deportation to his homeland.

Employees of the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Studies. Photo by the KBIGI press service http://www.kbigi.ru/?page_id=6787

22:53, 27 November 2023

KBR activists treat investigators' reaction to defence of scientists as intimidation

The increased investigators' attention to the signatories to the appeal in defence of scientists is a continuation of pressure on the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Studies (known as KBIGI), Valery Khatazhukov, a human rights defender, has pointed out.

21:25, 27 November 2023

Native of Ingushetia claims falsification of his case in Chechnya

In Chechnya, Alan Khamkhoev, a native of Ingushetia, has been sentenced to a year in penal colony for illegal possession of a pistol with cartridges that he had found. Alan has stated that Chechen investigators falsified the materials of his criminal case.

Timur Debishev, screenshot of the photo from his account on the social media "VKontakte"

20:55, 27 November 2023

Complaint about refusal to investigate torture of actor Timur Debishev returned to Grozny court

The Supreme Court of Chechnya has found that a district court in Grozny unreasonably dismissed a complaint filed about the investigators’ refusal to institute a case on torture of actor Timur Debishev. The complaint has been returned to the first instance court.

17:47, 27 November 2023

Post in social network results in fine imposed on resident of Ingushetia for discrediting Russian Army

Ismail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia, has been fined by 30,000 roubles for his post placed in a social network.

14:31, 27 November 2023

Krasnodar priest fined for discrediting Russian Army

Jonah (Ilya Sigida), a Hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), earlier arrested for two days on charges of resisting law enforcers during a search in his church, was fined by 30,000 roubles. The court has treated his article as discrediting the Russian Army.

Consequences of the arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Murmansk. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Murmansk region https://vk.com/mchs_murmansk?w=wall-98884639_26608

18:54, 26 November 2023

Accusation of Dagestani native of setting fire to military commissariat sparks rights defenders' scepticism

Shamil Aliev-Gasanov, a native of Dagestan, is charged with terrorism in connection with the arson of the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Murmansk. Such accusations are intended to intimidate initiators of pacifist actions, human rights defenders have pointed out.

Zarema Musaeva at the court. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

17:47, 26 November 2023

Rights defenders assess chances of Musaeva's CER

Zarema Musaeva has a chance for the conditional early relief (CER), but the decision depends on Chechen authorities, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Riots at the Makhachkala Airport. October 29, 2023. Screenshot of the video https://ru.euronews.com/2023/10/30/ru-russia-dagestan-airport-chaos

13:16, 26 November 2023

Number of administrative cases against Makhachkala rioters exceeds 500

Dagestani courts have received administrative cases against 515 people, on whom protocols had been drawn up on various offenses committed during the anti-Semitic action and riots in Makhachkala.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 535 536 537 … 3454 3455

Next article ⟶

News

Social media users compared Skrepetsky's murder to the high-profile cases of Nemtsov and Politkovskaya.

A rally in defense of the rights of Vainakh refugees took place in the Finnish capital.

The body of an eight-year-old boy missing in Ingushetia has been found.

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

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

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

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.