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The illustration was created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in the Copilot software.
15:59, 5 June 2025
Relatives report about torture of Muslims arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria
At least several men arrested in May during a series of searches in Nalchik and Nartan have complained to their advocates about torture. Relatives of the defendants are seeking a meeting with the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Areg Schepikhin: the illustration was created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in the Copilot software.
15:52, 5 June 2025
Schepikhin’s case classified under articles on kidnapping and abuse of power
The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation reports about the institution of a criminal case after the incident with a blogger at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station, announcing the detention of “all the suspects involved in the case.” Only three out of the six suspects have been detained pending trial to determine the pre-trial restriction measure, sources in the law enforcement bodies report.
Activist Tatyana Polivanova in a police car. Photo provided by Polivanova's son
15:47, 5 June 2025
Activist Tatiana Polivanova detained in Sochi in criminal case
The police conducted a search at the home of activist Tatiana Polivanova in Sochi and took her to an IVS (temporary detention facility). The court is preparing to pronounce a pre-trial restriction measure with regard to the activist, accused of acting as an intermediary in the transfer of a bribe. The relatives of the activist associate the prosecution with the Tatiana Polivanova’s public activities.
Eva Merkacheva and Yevgeny Popov. Collage by Kavkazsky Knot. Photo: Duma.gov.ru https://popov2026.ru/bio
18:40, 4 June 2025
Schepikhin's kidnapping sparks debate about law enforcers' methods
Evgeny Popov, a Russian State Duma MP, and Eva Merkachova, a human rights defender, regard the actions of law enforcers who had kidnapped Areg Schepikhin at the train station and took him away in a car trunk as unacceptable. A source from Chechen authorities said that law enforcers saved the blogger from Muslims’ wrath; and the detention was not too harsh.
Schepikhin: the illustration was created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in the Copilot software.
17:57, 4 June 2025
Incident with Schepikhin fits into action pattern of Chechen law enforcers outside Chechnya
The kidnapping of the blogger, Areg Schepikhin, has recalled the involvement of Chechen law enforcers in the disappearance of Salman Tepsurkaev and the detention circumstances of Zarema Musaeva. The details of the incident leave open the issue of whether law enforcers in Moscow were notified of the actions of their Chechen colleagues.
The Nagorno-Karabakh parliament. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for Caucasian Knot
15:51, 4 June 2025
Nagorno-Karabakh parliament not decided on presidential candidates
The factions of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh have not nominated a single candidate for the presidency of the unrecognized republic three weeks after the termination of the Samvel Shakhramanyan’s powers.
Areg Shchepikhin. A video frame from his personal page on social networking site
15:48, 4 June 2025
Kidnapped Areg Schepikhin insults Muslims and Chechens in his blog
In his videos, blogger and entrepreneur Areg Schepikhin, who was kidnapped at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow in the evening of June 3, spoke out against Muslims and Jews and also insulted Chechens and Dagestanis.
Andrei Glukhov. Photo: personal page Andrey Glukhov/Telegram
15:44, 4 June 2025
Volgograd student suffering from cerebral palsy sentenced to long term of imprisonment in case on high treason
In Volgograd, a court sentenced student Andrei Glukhov to 12 years of imprisonment, recognizing as high treason his transfer in the amount of 3000 roubles to an account in a Ukrainian bank. Andrei Glukhov transferred the money to a person who claimed that he was collecting signatures to speed up negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
May 28 subway station in Baku. Photo: Press service of the President of Azerbaijan president.az/en/articles/view/67188.
00:00, 4 June 2025
Baku activists accuse law enforcers of cruel treatment
Several dozen people were detained in Baku at the action with a demand an investigation into the death of a 17-year-old resident of Ganja. After the detention, they reported law enforcers’ pressure, accusing them of cruel treatment and sexual harassment.
Map of Russia. Illustration of "Caucasian Knot" created with the Copilot software.
18:35, 3 June 2025
Analysts assess prospects for switching to new self-government model for regions of Southern Russia
The switch to a single-level model of self-government is unfit for the republics of Northern Caucasus, as it breaks the established political alignments. However, even in the event of a transition to a new model, the negative effect for the republics of Southern Russia will be less than for other regions.
ICRF officers during detention. A screenshot of the video http://nac.gov.ru/
18:21, 3 June 2025
Relatives of Muslims detained in KBR claim planted evidence
During searching Muslims’ homes, law enforcers planted SIM cards; the cases of taking part in a terrorist organization were fabricated, the Muslims’ relatives have stated in their complaint addressed to human rights defenders. In total, 48 people were detained during the law enforcers' operation conducted in the city of Nalchik and the village of Nartan, human rights defenders have reported.
Nato Bolkvadze. Photo: https://batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/news/575138/
14:39, 3 June 2025
Georgian Tax Service employee dismissed from office after participating in protests
Nato Bolkvadze, a Tax Service Department analyst, was dismissed from her job after participating in protests against the suspension of the Georgia’s European integration. Nato Bolkvadze treats her dismissal as violation of her rights and intends to appeal against it.
Mikhail Muzraev. Photo: the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
14:37, 3 June 2025
SC mitigates sentence for General Muzraev
The cassation court has reduced the sentence for Mikhail Muzraev, convicted in the case on the arson of the house of the Volgograd Region Governor, from 20 years to 18.5 years of imprisonment. The sentence of the second defendant has been left unchanged.
Young people near the symbol of military glory in the village of Grushevskoye. December 2023. Photo: SCR ICS in SK
14:32, 3 June 2025
Four residents of Stavropol Territory sentenced for dancing lezginka near “Eternal Flame” monument
In the Stavropol Territory, a court sentenced four young men accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory in the village of Grushevskoye.
Detention of Otari Kobakhidze. Collage by Caucasian Knot. Still images from the video of the Abkhazian SSS.
00:00, 3 June 2025
Russian citizen expelled from Abkhazia due to video clip
During his visit to Sukhum, Otari Kobakhidze, a Russian citizen, filmed a video clip, in which he stated that he had returned to his homeland after 33 years. This caused a negative reaction in the Abkhaz society, after which special services detained the man and escorted him out of the country.
Participants of the video appeal of Anapa townspeople. Frame video from the Telegram channel "Anapa Civil" from 01.06.25, https://t.me/anapa_grazhdan/9670
16:43, 2 June 2025
Anapa townspeople demand to speed up fuel oil pumping out from sunken tanker parts
Authorities are delaying the liquidation of the environmental disaster without addressing the root cause thereof, Anapa residents have stated in their video appeal addressed to federal authorities, demanding to speed up the pumping out of oil products and lifting the sunken parts of the tankers.
Explosion near a residential building: the illustration was created by the "Caucasian Knot" by using the AI in the Copilot software.
16:39, 2 June 2025
Advocates state difficulties of obtaining compensation for explosion damage in Stavropol
If the incident is officially recognized as a terror act, compensation for the cars damaged in the explosion in Stavropol, in which Zaur Gurtsiev was killed, is available only to CASCO insurance owners.
Dokku Djantemirov. Screenshot of photo https://www.1tv.ru/news/2004-04-29/245610-zavershenie_gromkogo_sudebnogo_protsessa_v_rostove_na_donu
14:13, 2 June 2025
Life-sentenced Djantemirov asks to be transferred to penal colony in Chechnya
Dokku Djantemirov, who serves his life sentence in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, has asked to be transferred to a penal colony in the territory of Chechnya, where his relatives live.
Akhmat-Yurt. Screenshot of photo https://kurchaloevskij-r95.gosweb.gosuslugi.ru/o-munitsipalnom-obrazovanii/istoriya/.
14:05, 2 June 2025
Social media users concerned about reform of local government in Chechnya
As part of the reform of local government in Chechnya, 17 municipal districts will be created, and the urban districts of Grozny and Argun will also be preserved, the Chechen Ministry of Finance reports. Social media users suggest that the reform will result in job cuts and difficulties for citizens in obtaining official documents.
Participants in the procession in Nalchik. A still frame from the video by https://t.me/zapravakbr/3361.
14:00, 2 June 2025
Participant of march in Nalchik sees no sense in filing appeal against his arrest
Kazbek Mamikov, a participant in the march in Nalchik held to mark the end of the Caucasian War, who served his administrative arrest, has decided not to appeal against the court’s decision, while two other participants in the march have succeeded in their appeals to reduce their arrest terms. There were no arrests in Maikop, but two activists had to write explanatory notes.
News
Security forces in Chechnya have been holding Belkisa Mintsayeva for the second month.

Over 35,000 rubles have been raised in two days for gifts for Zarema Musaeva.

Mansur Movlaev. Photo: Orda.kz https://orda.kz/chechenskogo-oppozicionera-otpravili-pod-arest-v-almaty-401794/ The extension of Movlaev's arrest has been appealed amid international outcry.

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.