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Irina Grigorieva. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1629&v=phgEKpo7pRs&feature=emb_logo
23:47, 10 December 2022
Defence of Krasnodar activist claims violation of her rights at mental hospital
Irina Grigorieva, a Krasnodar activist, has recorded a video appeal from the psychiatric hospital, where she was forcibly taken for examination.
The "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel. Photo: tvrain.ru
23:45, 10 December 2022
Around 500 journalists and NGO activists sign appeal of "Meduza" in defence of "Dozhd"
The "Caucasian Knot" has joined the statement regarding the revocation of the Latvian license from the "Dozhd" (Rain) TV Channel and expressed its support for the TV Channel.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFA7koxG7s
19:29, 10 December 2022
Swedish radio station announces Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov alive
Tumso Abdurakhmanov is alive and will testify in court in Munich, a Swedish radio station reports with reference to a court representative.
An entrance to the prison tuberculosis hospital, Rostov-on-Don. Photo: bloknot-rostov.ru
19:25, 10 December 2022
In Rostov-on-Don, deputy chief of prison hospital accused of organizing torture
In Rostov-on-Don, the case against Alexander Lyakh, the former deputy chief of the tuberculosis hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), accused of organizing the torture of prisoners, has been brought to court.
Mikhail Selitsky. Photo: RusNews
15:22, 9 December 2022
Author of graffiti about Putin in Rostov-on-Don seeks to cancel the verdict
The defence intends to appeal against the verdict to a Rostov citizen, whom the court sentenced to restriction of freedom and compulsory psychiatric treatment because of the graffiti about President Vladimir Putin he made in Rostov-on-Don.
Leyla Gireeva. Screenshot of the post on Svetlana Anokhina's Instagram* (On March 21, the Tverskoi Court of Moscow banned the activities in Russia of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in connection with extremist activities) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUS7H0rmRq/
15:17, 9 December 2022
Leyla Gireeva's defence demands to close the theft criminal case
The criminal case on the theft of gold jewellery was initiated against Leyla Gireeva, who had run away from home at the application of her mother, who was seeking her daughter's return to Nazran. This application was not supported by facts, the girl's defence has pointed out and demanded to cancel the resolution on opening the case.
15:13, 9 December 2022
Volgograd resident fined heavily for discrediting army
Ruslan Narushev, a resident of Volgograd, has been fined by 85,000 roubles for placing two banners, the inscriptions on which the court treated as discrediting Russian militaries. The man refused to plead guilty.
A soldier. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence
15:08, 9 December 2022
Human rights defenders surprised by lawsuit of dismissed contract soldier in Chechnya
Contract soldier Magomed Elemkhanov, who lost in Grozny a trial in the case on his dismissal for refusing to go to the special military operation zone, had the right by the law not to participate in battles outside of Russia, but after the annexation of new territories to Russia, a soldier who refuses to go there can face criminal prosecution, a lawyer and human rights defenders note.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Chingiz Akhmadov, and Akhmed Zakaev. Screenshots of the videos posted on Akhmadov's Telegram channel and on the YouTube channels of Abdurakhmanov and Zakaev
14:58, 9 December 2022
Akhmadov attacks Zakaev with accusations of Chechen blogger Tumso’s murder
The possible murder of Tumso Abdurakhmanov could be organized by Akhmed Zakaev, who was criticized by the blogger. This was announced by Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the “Grozny” TV Channel, who ignored the fact that Tumso Abdurakhmanov was criticizing the Chechen authorities for years.
A trench near Lake Ak-Gyol. Screenshot of the post on Ziyautdin Uvaysov's Facebook*, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6134443433251430&set=a.399609883401509
14:53, 9 December 2022
Defenders of Lake Ak-Gyol point to builders' absence of permit to construct the temple
The construction of the temple near Lake Ak-Gyol has been actually launched, but no building permit had been issued, activists of the "City Is Ours" movement have stated. The Diocese has not yet applied for a building permit, the Makhachkala Mayoralty has confirmed.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot of the video https://www.bbc.com/russian/media-48726736
14:50, 9 December 2022
Chechen activists doubt links of blogger Tumso's disappearance with presentation of his party
The establishment by Tumso Abdurakhmanov of his party could not significantly increase the threat to his security, since he had long been declared as Kadyrov's enemy, moreover that the new political force had no time to manifest itself.
A commemorative plaque in honor of the victims of the massacre in the Balkar village of Sautu. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkKBnwG1F4k
16:57, 8 December 2022
Rights defenders support renaming of two streets in Nalchik
The activists' demands to rename the Nalchik streets named in honour of Soviet generals Zakharov and Kozlov are reasonable, Valery Khatazhukov and Zaur Shokuev, activists of the human rights centre of Kabardino-Balkaria, have pointed out.
Elena Menchikova. Photo: https://jw-russia.org/news/2021/12/161559.html *Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign media, performing functions of a foreign agent
16:55, 8 December 2022
Case of believer from Cherkessk sent for reconsideration
A court in Pyatigorsk has overturned the verdict to Elena Menchikova, a resident of the city of Cherkessk, who was sentenced to five years of conditional imprisonment on charges of participation in an extremist organization, and sent the case for a new trial at the first-instance court.
The Grozny garrison military court. Photo: https://sudyrf.info
23:58, 7 December 2022
Chechen contract soldier from Chechnya loses case on dismissal for refusing to go to Ukraine
In Grozny, the garrison military court refused to reinstate contract soldier Magomed Elemkhanov, who was dismissed after he failed to comply with the order to leave “for a trip to perform service and combat missions.”
Soldiers. Photo: Eduard Kornienko, Yuga.ru
23:55, 7 December 2022
Ingush lawyer describes specific features of mobilization in Northern Caucasus
The religious factor has become a distinctive feature of mobilization in Northern Caucasus. In fact, the participation of religious figures in recruiting and the practice of putting pressure on relatives excluded the option of alternative service for residents of Chechnya, while in Ingushetia, it is possible against the background of a different position of religious leaders on the special military operation, the lawyer says.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Photo: instagram.com / tumsu_abdurakhmanov *On March 21, the Tverskoi Court of Moscow banned the activities in Russia of the Meta Company, owning Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in connection with extremist activities
23:52, 7 December 2022
Human rights defenders associate silence of Tumso’s relatives with Chechen traditions and realities
When commenting on the silence of Tumso Abdurakhmanov’s relatives after the version of his murder had appeared, human rights defenders Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya and Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev have pointed out that according to the local traditions, no mourning events for a deceased person are held in Chechnya if the body of the deceased is not delivered home.
The built-up bank of Lake Ak-Gyol. Photo by Patimat Makhmudova for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:45, 7 December 2022
Social network users support protest against development of park near Lake Ak-Gyol in Dagestan
Dagestani authorities have ignored townspeople's statements in defence of the park area near Lake Ak-Gyol; activists have stated in connection with the laying of a stone at the construction site of the temple in the park. Instagram* users have supported the call to build the temple elsewhere.
A female educator from the private kindergarten in Vladikavkaz beats a child. Screenshot of the video posted on Telegram
23:43, 7 December 2022
Parents complain about systemic torture at Vladikavkaz kindergarten
Children have returned more than once from a private kindergarten in Vladikavkaz with bruises and abrasions; they wouldn't go there, but only after watching video records, the fact of beating children up there became known for certain, parents have stated.
22:09, 7 December 2022
Rights defender Cherkasov treats threat to Chechen political emigrants in Europe as systemic
It is impossible to comment on the rumours about the murder of the Chechen oppositional blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, without relying on confirmed information, but Chechen political emigrants have been killed in Europe for more than a decade; however, European authorities fail to perceive the threat to their lives as systemic. This was stated by Alexander Cherkasov, a board member of the "Memorial" Centre for Defence of Human Rights*.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov (on the left) and Mokhamad Abdurakhmanov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYrP_i5EEyA Screenshot https://www.dw.com/
22:00, 7 December 2022
Human rights defenders lose contact with close relatives of Tumso and Mokhamad Abdurakhmanov
The law enforcement agencies of Germany do not comment on the whereabouts of Mokhamad, a brother of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Deutsche Welle* reports. There is also no contact with the Abdurakhmanov brothers’ closest relatives, the ‘Vayfond” human rights association reports.
News
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Three regions of the Southern Federal District were hit by drone attacks.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

A UAV in the sky. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Residents' homes in Rostov Oblast damaged by drone attack

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.