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Journalist Anna Politkovskaya survived a poisoning during her trip to Beslan, and two years later she was shot dead. Versions about poisoning were also put forward after the deaths of Kabardino-Balkarian human rights defender Timur Kuashev and Dagestani activist Mukhamed Gamzatov.

Today, Sergey Melikov, the acting leader of Dagestan, has met Murtazali Gasanguseinov and his spouse Patimat Gasanguseinova and offered them material support. Murtazali Gasanguseinov noted that he did not succeed in seeking an appointment with the former leader of the republic.

Ikram Ragimov, the editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani website "Realliq.info", was released on conditional early relief (CER) by a court's decision, since he had served two-thirds of his prison sentence. The journalist believes that his criminal prosecution was unfounded.

Sergey Marakov, an advocate, accused of drug storage, was detained in Grozny because of his professional activities, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The law enforcers, whom the authors of the investigative journalism believe to be involved in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, had flown to Grozny and Vladikavkaz and could carry out special missions there, Hristo Grozev, a Bellingcat journalist and the author of the investigation into the attempt on Navalny, has suggested in his interview with the Meduza.

Today, Bagaudin Myakiev, who served his sentence in a case on clashes with the police, has posted on the Internet a photo with a poster, in which he pointed to the freedom of assembly guaranteed by the Constitution and demanded to release participants of the protest in Magas.

Relatives of eleven residents of the village of Anzorei, whom investigators had treated as members of an extremist community, told the "Caucasian Knot" that they knew nothing about Sharia patrols. The case files indicate that the defendants had intimidated local residents with threats and beatings.

Oksana Sotieva, Inal Djabiev's widow, has asked Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president, to help in achieving punishment of those responsible for her husband's death; she relies on Medvedev's great authority in South Ossetia.

After a special operation in Grozny, law enforcers kidnapped at least seven persons, but their relatives did not file any complaints to the police, authors of the 1Adat Telegram Channel stated. In Chechnya, people are afraid to file complaints to the police and seek legal aid, which only harm their relatives and friends, say human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

Manvel Paramazyan, Mayor of Kajaran, was summoned for questioning to the Investigating Committee of Armenia after he had demanded the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Residents of Syunik gathered for a support rally in front of the building, and most of them came from Kajaran.

Garnik Isagulyan, the head of the "National Security" Party, has been criminally prosecuted for his words about a reward for the assassination of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan; he is also suspected of defamation for his allegations of sponsoring the "Velvet Revolution" from Turkey and Azerbaijan.

An equestrian march to the grave of Abdullakh Anzorov, who had beheaded a Paris teacher, has shown that some residents of Chechnya treat his crime as a battle for faith in the modern interpretation, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Mariam Alieva, whose Instagram blog was blocked by the social network after her post about a paedophilia suspect, is taking measures to restore her account. Alieva has many ill-wishers, as her posts cover the problems usually hushed up in the Caucasus, Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, believes.