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Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, the acting head of the Buynaksk District, speaks at the villagers' protest action. Screenshot of the video by the administration of the Buynaksk District https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOodjY4k5dg&t=2s
16:03, 9 April 2023
Villagers explain new protests in Dagestani Chirkei by poor authorities' attention
The villagers' protest action against the construction of fish farms on the Chirkei Reservoir was caused by the authorities' insufficient reaction and fears that the above construction would still begin, residents of the village of Chirkei have stated.
At the court session that considered the case of the Ingush protest leaders. Photo by Darya Kornilova, Fortanga
22:39, 8 April 2023
Court refuses to return Ingush activists' case to first instance
At the court session that considered the complaint against the verdict in the so-called "Ingush case", the defendants-activists asked to send their case to the first-instance court because of the violations, but the court has dismissed the petition.
Movsar Umarov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVqepeX_DEw
17:18, 8 April 2023
Chechen SC refuses to re-open investigation into disappearance of Movsar Umarov
A mother of Movsar Umarov requested the law enforcement bodies to resume the investigation into the case on her son’s disappearance in the summer of 2020, but the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya rejected the request, a lawyer of the “Team Against Torture”* reported.
A protest action; Ramzan Kadyrov. Collage by the "Caucasian Knot". Photos: Grozny Inform; screenshot T.ME/KOZHUHOVOPHOTO
15:14, 8 April 2023
Moscow mosque scandal gives Kadyrov reason to demonstrate his influence
Ramzan Kadyrov got involved in the construction of a mosque in Moscow in order to highlight himself as the main defender of Russia’s Muslims and demonstrate his increased influence, although formally he has no right to interfere in any events in another region.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Photo: https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home
23:55, 7 April 2023
ECtHR awards compensation to activist from Minvody for his arrest
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg has found a violation of the rights of Mikhail Nazarenko, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, who was arrested after a spontaneous gathering in the city of Mineralnye Vody (Minvody) held in 2015.
Magomed Gadaev. Photo: https://theins.ru/news/241094
23:43, 7 April 2023
Inquiry into complaint against deportation of Chechen Magomed Gadaev launched in France
A court in Paris has launched an investigation into the actions of the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and two other officials involved in the deportation of Magomed Gadaev, a native of Chechnya, who was then sentenced to imprisonment in his homeland.
A detention facility. Photo: Gennady Anosov / Yugopolis
16:44, 7 April 2023
Mobilized person convicted in Kuban for leaving the unit
The Krasnodar Garrison Military Court has sentenced Sergey Lyakh to 3.5 years in prison and stripped him of his military rank for two cases of leaving his unit during the mobilization period.
Gasan Zalibekov, Ibragim Musalaev and Magamaali Khanmagomedov (from left to right). Photo: https://twitter.com/ntvru/status/1446160887556018178
15:44, 7 April 2023
Advocate treats harsh sentence to natives of Dagestan for brawl in metro as predefined
The verdict in the case of three natives of Dagestan for beating a passenger in the Moscow metro was predetermined due to a media campaign against the defendants, their defence believes.
Mariana Katsarova. Screenshot of the video on the "Fortanga" YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2DqRq2vHg
15:00, 7 April 2023
Rights defender who worked in Chechnya appointed UN Human Rights Rapporteur in Russia
Mariana Katsarova, a Bulgarian human rights defender, who worked as a journalist in the war zone in Chechnya and also took part in monitoring human rights violations in Northern Caucasus, has been appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia.
Law enforcers. Photo: press service of the Russian FSB
14:37, 7 April 2023
Eleven victims of armed clash in Ingushetia become largest law enforcers’ loss within a day since August 2012
The law enforcers’ losses during an armed clash in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt, including three killed and eight wounded persons, became the largest number of casualties within a day among the law enforcers in Ingushetia after August 2012, the “Caucasian Knot” calculated.
Salman Tepsurkaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFm8A6Cwtn/
14:23, 7 April 2023
Tepsurkaev’s wife re-wins appeal in Supreme Court of Chechnya
The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya again cancelled the decision of the instance court, which refused to consider common-law wife of Salman Tepsurkaev as a victim in the case on his kidnapping.
The village of Zyazikov-Yurt, Malgobek District, where the shooting between law enforcers and militants took place. Screenshot of the video https://iz.ru/1494286/2023-04-06/izvestiia-pokazali-kadry-s-mesta-perestrelki-silovikov-s-terroristami-v-ingushetii
23:49, 6 April 2023
Ingushetia: law enforcers find explosive devices in houses of relatives of alleged militant
Explosive devices and ammunition have been found in the houses of three residents of the Malgobek District, relatives of the alleged militant. All of them have been detained, the power structures of Ingushetia have informed.
21:51, 6 April 2023
Law enforcers' losses in CTO in Ingushetia increase
Three policemen have perished and eight wounded during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia, a law enforcement source has informed.
20:53, 6 April 2023
Blogger Vitaly Votanovsky leaves Russia after threats
Vitaly Votanovsky, a blogger and an activist from Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), said that he had left Russia. Earlier, he received threats after filming the graves of the militaries, who perished in Ukraine, and posting them in his Telegram channel entitled "Titushki in Krasnodar".
Djuliet Kardanova, a farmer, after the court session. Photo by Lyudmila Maratova
15:41, 6 April 2023
Court in Nalchik doubles compensation to farmer Kardanova for criminal prosecution
The court of appeal has increased from 500,000 to 1,000,000 roubles the compensation awarded for moral harm suffered by Djuliet Kardanova, a farmer from the city of Nartan, who was acquitted within the fraud case when receiving subsidies. Kardanova has treated the court's decision as fair.
Magdi Kamalov. Screenshot of the video posted on the Dag.Life YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgG0bgmhEpg&t=6s
15:31, 6 April 2023
Court reduces fine for Dagestani journalist Magdi Kamalov for discrediting Russian army
The court of cassation reduced from 100,000 to 30,000 roubles the fine imposed on Magdi Kamalov, a founder of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft), under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Movsar Kottoev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHMm-aIOf44
13:21, 6 April 2023
Body of second alleged militant found in Ingushetia
The second of six residents of Ingushetia, whom the law enforcement bodies consider involved in an attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint, has been found dead today. Presumably, this is Movsar Kottoev, sources report.
A car near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
18:46, 5 April 2023
Krasnodar resident arrested for seven days for action at territorial administration
A resident of Krasnodar has parked his car stylized as an American patrol police car near the administration building of the Krasnodar Territory. The court arrested him for seven days having treated his action as an unsanctioned rally.
Akhmad Kottoev. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel "SKFO Times" on April 4, 2023, https://t.me/skfo_news/848
18:41, 5 April 2023
Father of Movsar Kottoev killed in CTO in Ingushetia disowns him
Akhmad Kottoev has promised not to avenge the death of his son Movsar, who is wanted in Ingushetia as a militant.
The law enforcers are carrying the man killed in Gudermes. Screenshot of the video t.me/RKadyrov_95
00:26, 5 April 2023
Data on mental health of one of those killed in Gudermes sparks analysts' dispute
A mentally unhealthy person can be used for illegal purposes, an expert has noted in his comment on the information that one of those killed by law enforcers in Gudermes had suffered from a mental illness.
News
Seaweed on a beach in Anapa. Still from video https://t.me/tipichkras/80252 Telegram users reminded Kondratyev about the comparison of Anapa sand with Thai sand.

A Kuban resident was fined for discrediting the army.

Pollution on rocks between Tuapse and Agoy. Screenshot from Evgeny Vitishko's Telegram channel, June 18, 2026, https://t.me/evitishko/1691. The state of the coastline in Tuapse has alarmed an ecologist.

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.