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Salekh Magamadov (left) and Ismail Isaev. Screenshot: http://www.currenttime.tv/a/lapina/31169118.html
23:32, 31 March 2021
Defence sees a real threat to lives of Magamadov and Isaev in SIZO
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested in Chechnya, should be taken under increased protection after the reports that there were attempts to persuade their relatives to commit so-called “honour killings,” an advocate reports.
Idris Cherkhigov, Olga Buzova, Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo collage prepared by the Caucasian Knot
23:13, 31 March 2021
Russian singer starts promoting Ramzan Kadyrov and his nephew on Instagram
Singer and popular Instagram blogger Olga Buzova announced a car giveaway. To participate in it, a person should follow the accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov, Idris Cherkhigov, the chief of the GIBDD (road police) Department for Chechnya, and UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev.
“Lunnaya Polyana” ski resort. Photo: Ruleaks, Yuga.ru
18:52, 31 March 2021
"Sobesednik" calls scientific testing ground in Adygea a resort for Vladimir Putin
In Adygea, a chalet accompanied with three kilometres of ski slopes and cable cars is used as a personal winter resort for the first person of the state; the chalet was built with budget money and is being guarded by the Federal Security Service, the magazine “Sobesednik” (Interlocutor) reports.
Lachin District, Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot
18:33, 31 March 2021
Five persons sentenced for transporting weapons from Karabakh to Armenia
Today, the Armenian Prosecutor’s Office has reported that the court sentenced the people accused of illegal transportation of weapons from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, to 1-4 years of imprisonment.
Detention. Photo: flickr/Keith Allison
18:16, 31 March 2021
Advocate demands to protect rights of witness in Ashikov brothers’ case
Today, in Makhachkala, armed people have taken Ibragim Gadjiev, a witness in a case against policemen Raip and Ziyavudin Ashikov, away from his house. The armed people were seconded law enforcers, Sapiyat Magomedova, an advocate in the Ashikov brothers’ case, suggested.
Elchin Mamed. Screenshot: http://youtu.be/PmH31Q8uTdQ
14:28, 31 March 2021
Azerbaijani rights defenders urge to transfer Mamed from colony to hospital
The verdict of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender, Elchin Mamed, has been appealed against at the Supreme Court (SC). Rights defenders have also appealed to the Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with a demand to transfer Mamed to a medical institution of the Penitentiary Service – a subordinate to the MoJ.
Advocate Tatiana Okushko and Muzhazhir Kartoev, Tarkhan Kartoev's uncle, Ekaterinburg, July 3, 2013. Photo: http://pravo-ural.ru
14:13, 31 March 2021
ECtHR awards compensation to Tarkhan Kartoev's widow
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the death in a colony of Tarkhan Kartoev, a native of Ingushetia, convicted within the case of blowing up the "Nevsky Express", as a violation of the right to life.
Nikol Pashinyan. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot
11:49, 31 March 2021
Political analysts see some trick in Pashinyan's resignation
Nikol Pashinyan has announced his resignation, formation of an interim government and early elections in order to reproduce his power, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.
Anastasia Panchenko, coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar. Photo: Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar
11:31, 31 March 2021
Coordinator of Navalny's Krasnodar office fined for photos with kissing girls
A court has fined Anastasia Panchenko, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar, by 50,000 rouble fine, having seen in the photos of kissing girls posted on the Instagram propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among teenagers.
A law enforcer on the streets of Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
11:18, 31 March 2021
Chechnya mentioned specially in US DoS' report on human rights in Russia
Russian regions see violations of rights of journalists, prisoners and political activists, states the annual report of the US Department of State (DoS), published on March 30. Separately, the DoS mentioned the human rights situation in Chechnya, in particular, extrajudicial executions, torture and murders of gays, oppression of women and repressions against Kadyrov's critics in Europe.
08:38, 31 March 2021
Rights defenders report that relatives of Magamadov and Isaev are inclined to "honour killing"
Law enforcers are persuading relatives of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, arrested in Chechnya, to commit an "honour killing", the Russian LGBT Network has informed.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: OstWest
08:26, 31 March 2021
Lawyers treat investigators' demand of Abdurakhmanov's appearance as illegal
Information about criminal cases initiated against a citizen is sent to him by mail to any indicated address or is provided to his advocate; the law does not demand any identity proof to obtain such information, the lawyers of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* believe.
Akhmed Barakhoev (left) and Barakh Chemurziev. Photo collage made by the Caucasian Knot
21:45, 30 March 2021
Barakhoev and Chemurziev feel better after refusing their hunger strike
The health state of Ingush activists Akhmed Barakhoev and Barakh Chemurziev improved a week after they had stopped their hunger strike, while Zarifa Sautieva requested the SIZO (pre-trial prison) administration to provide her with medical care, advocates reported.
Murtazali Gasanguseinov. Photo by Ilyas Kapiev for the Caucasian Knot
21:30, 30 March 2021
ECtHR obliges Russia to pay compensation to Murtazali Gasanguseinov
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has pronounced a decision in the case “Gasanguseinov v. Russia”. According to the ECtHR’s decision, Russia must pay compensation in the amount of 120,000 euros to a father of killed Dagestani shepherds Nabi and Gasangusein Gasanguseinov.
Ivan Mikhanovsky. Screenshot: http://t.me/sibmbkmedia/13482
18:43, 30 March 2021
Resident of Siberia apologizes for his words addressed to Chechen special forces fighters
Ivan Mikhanovsky, a resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, made public a video with his apology for his offensive words addressed to participants in the joint military exercises of the National Guard of Russia and the Chechen SOBR (Special Rapid-Response Unit).
Alyona Taniya apologizes for her video posted on social media site. Screenshot: YouTube channel of the Abkhazian MIA’s press service
18:10, 30 March 2021
Abkhaz young woman publicly apologizes for her video posted on social media site
A 19-year-old young woman has apologized for her video with the phrase reading: “Abkhazia is Georgia,” posted on a social media platform, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia reports in its video.
Law enforcers reprimand teenagers in Grozny and their parents for using toxic substance by schoolchildren. Screenshot of video posted by the "Grozny" ChGTRK TV Channel, http://www.instagram.com/p/CNA-rNvp-fx/
13:26, 30 March 2021
Grozny law enforcers scold on air pupils and their parents
Law enforcers have publicly reprimanded teenagers in Grozny and their parents for using toxic substance by schoolchildren; it follows from the video shown by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company). Some Instagram users doubted the police's version.
Parliament of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili. Photo: VOA, Parliament of Georgia
13:09, 30 March 2021
Georgian opposition treats Garibashvili's words about early elections as ultimatum
By its categorical refusal to discuss the opponents' key demands, the ruling party disrupts the dialogue with the opposition, the "Lelo for Georgia" Party said after the words of Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister, that the country's authorities do not intend holding early parliamentary elections.
Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot of Ctnews footage
11:18, 30 March 2021
Vehicle with dead bodies attacked in Nagorno-Karabakh
A vehicle carrying the bodies of dead Armenian servicemen was attacked. Over the past week, this is the second incident of attack on Armenian cars.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot: http://t.me/abusaddamshishani/3326/
11:02, 30 March 2021
Rights defenders treat demand to Tumso to come to Chechnya as invitation for execution
In response to a request to inform him about criminal cases in Chechnya, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, received a demand to personally appear before the investigator. Given the declared blood feud and the history of blogger's persecutions, the investigator's demand is an invitation to execution, human rights defenders believe.
News
Khamzaev demonstratively secured public support in his conflict with bloggers

A native of Chechnya faces deportation from Lithuania.

The aftermath of the flood in the village of Adilyotar in the Khasavyurt district. Still from has.info video Kadyrov reported on aid to flooded Chechen villages in Dagestan.

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.