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Fyodor Valko. Photo "Team against Torture"*

18:40, 5 June 2025

Rights defenders treat Valko’s verdict as incorrect law interpretation

A court in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) has explained the lenient sentence in the case of the beating up of Fyodor Valko by the fact that the defendants had no "desire to cause particular sufferings to the victim"; however, human rights defenders treat the interpretation of the law by the court as erroneous. The convicted law enforcers have appealed against the sentence, while Valko will seek to recognise their actions as torture.

Kidnapping of Areg Shchipikhin. June 3, 2025. Video screenshot Telegram-channel Baza

16:46, 5 June 2025

Criminal case of extremism and hatred incitement opened against Schepikhin

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has initiated a criminal case against Areg Schepikhin, a blogger, who was kidnapped at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow. Today, they plan to choose a freedom restriction measure for his kidnappers.

A man is transferring money. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot with the help of AI in the Copilot software.

16:43, 5 June 2025

Rostov-on-Don resident sentenced to long term under treason article

The Rostov Regional Court has sentenced a 56-year-old resident of the Rostov Region, whom law enforcers had accused of transferring money to a Ukrainian account, to 12 years of strict regime.

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.

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