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Mikhail Benyash (included into the register of foreign agents), photo posted on his Telegram channel on March 17, 2024, https://t.me/benyash/3495
22:38, 5 September 2024
Mikhail Benyash* demands return of his lawyer status
Mikhail Benyash*, a lawyer, has filed a lawsuit against the Krasnodar Territorial Bar Association and the Russian Federal Bar Association, demanding that the deprivation of his lawyer status be declared illegal.
Akhmed Djabrailov. Photo: Telegram-канал khadulaev
22:14, 5 September 2024
Dagestani PMC’s chair reports details about suspects detained in case on Djabrailov’s death
Two detained inspectors of the patrol-and-post police service (known as PPS) have been suspected of abuse of power in connection with the death of Akhmed Djabrailov at a police station, reports Shamil Khadulaev, the chair of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan. He has also mentioned the suspects’ names.
The former gym in the Beslan School No. 1. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
21:45, 5 September 2024
Visitors to Beslan School find it necessary to preserve terror act memory
It is hard to visit Beslan and reminisce about what happened 20 years ago, but it is a must in order to preserve the memory of the victims and support their relatives, visitors to Beslan School No. 1 have stated.
The Sovietsky ROVD, photo: riaderbent.ru
20:38, 5 September 2024
Two law enforcers detained in connection with Djabrailov's death at police station
Investigators have detained two patrol-and-post officers in connection with the death of Akhmed Djabrailov, a participants in the special military operation (SMO), on July 9, at in the Sovietsky police station in Makhachkala, Shamil Khadulaev, the head of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of Dagestan, has informed.
Larisa Baragunova. Photo: https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/85802/posts/58781
19:38, 5 September 2024
Activist Larisa Baragunova sentenced to three years in colony
The court has found Larisa Baragunova, a pensioner from the city of Tyrnyauz, guilty of attacking law enforcers and sentenced her to three years in penal colony. In her final statement, she stated that her prosecution had to do with the activities of the "USSR Trade Union"* organization.
Ilyas Yakubov. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nEYG58rZg7g
23:47, 4 September 2024
Case of Chechen MMA fighter Yakubov shows danger of quoting Basaev
The inclusion of Ilyas Yakubov, a Chechen MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter, into the list of terrorists and extremists has restricted some of his rights. In order for a person to be charged with justifying terrorism, it is not necessary for him/her to justify it literally.
Askhabali Alibekov. Screenshot of a video posted on the “Dikiy Desantnik” (Wild Paratrooper) YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXra9fVrsI
23:08, 4 September 2024
Dagestani blogger Askhabali Alibekov put on preventive registration at SIZO
Askhabali Alibekov, a native of Dagestan, accused of using violence against a law enforcer, has been put on preventive registration by the administration of a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Kazan as a person disseminating extremist ideology.
investigators at the scene of the attack on law enforcers in Magas. Screenshot of a photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of Ingushetia on September 3, 2024 https://t.me/su_skr06/2258
21:54, 4 September 2024
Screwdriver attack in Magas shows state of armed underground
Lone militants make use of surprise factor to attack law enforcers, but the use of improvised means in the attack on the traffic police post in Magas became evidence of the weakening of the armed underground, military experts and a Caucasus expert believe.
Magomed Abubakarov. Photo courtesy of Magomed Abubakarov's relatives for the "Caucasian Knot"
21:45, 4 September 2024
Chechen Magomed Abubakarov claims being tortured by law enforcers
Law enforcers tortured British citizen Magomed Abubakarov, a native of Chechnya, in attempts to force him to confess working for foreign intelligence agencies. Magomed Abubakarov is being denied medical care at a SIZO (pre-trial prison).
21:35, 4 September 2024
Makhachkala resident demands compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution
Zainulabidin Mirzabekov spent 12 years proving that the charge of selling heroin brought against him was falsified, and he spent eight years in custody. The man requests court to oblige the state to pay 414 million roubles in compensation for unlawful criminal prosecution.
An exhibit at the cultural terrorism prevention centre in Beslan. Screenshot of a video posted on Sergey Menyailo's Telegram channel on September 2, 2024, https://t.me/sergeimeniaylo/4176
16:37, 4 September 2024
Former hostages dispute about terrorism prevention centre opened in Beslan
The opening of a terrorism prevention centre at the Beslan School has sparked a mixed reaction among the victims. The school territory should have been preserved, says Emma Tagaeva. In his turn, Misikov believes that the centre is necessary in order to preserve the memory of the terror act.
Investigators at the scene of the attack on law enforcers in Magas. Screenshot of the photo posted on the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Ingushetia on September 3, 2024 https://t.me/su_skr06/2258
22:56, 3 September 2024
Attack with bladed weapon on law enforcers is the first in Northern Caucasus in two years
The attack on the traffic police post at the entrance to Magas, as a result of which policemen killed a man armed with a screwdriver, was preceded by a similar incident that occurred in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, in November 2022.
Kevin Lik. Screenshot of the photo posted on his Telegram channel on August 2, 2024, https://t.me/istoriakevina/67
21:38, 3 September 2024
MIA refuses to confirm Kevin Lik's release
Kevin Lik's conviction has not been expunged, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Adygea has informed.
21:13, 3 September 2024
Law enforcers sentenced for beating Timur Derbichev and bribe-taking
Idris Fargiev, a policeman, has been sentenced to five years in penal colony within the case of beating Timur Derbichev in the city of Magas (the capital of Ingushetia). Two other policemen were sentenced for bribe-taking for refusing to initiate a criminal case against Derbichev on charges of drug possession, to which he was forced to confess.
The abuse of patients at the mental hospital located in the village of Psedakh. Photo from the page "ChP Tyumen" on the VKontakte https://m.vk.com/wall-143712105_143173
17:10, 3 September 2024
Ingush Govt reacts to allegations of abusing mental hospital patients
Appeals to the Prosecutor's Office (PO) in connection with the abuse of patients at the mental hospital located in the village of Psedakh (Malgobek District of Ingushetia) yielded no fruit, while there are still patients there, who have no relatives or whose families have no way to transfer them to another place.
Alexander Cherkasov, Svetlana Gannushkina (included into the register of foreign agents), photo from the website of the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence (included into the register of foreign agents), collage by the "Caucasian Knot"
15:58, 3 September 2024
Rights defenders point to difficulties of recording kidnappings in Chechnya
No kidnapping statistics is currently run in Chechnya, as relatives of missing people are afraid to make disappearances public, human rights defenders have pointed out. Illegal detentions in Chechnya continue, but only most resonant cases become known.
Magomed Magomedov at a picket. Makhachkala, September 2, 2024. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent
23:59, 2 September 2024
Makhachkala residents interested in information about journalist Gadjiev’s case
Many passers-by took pictures of the picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadjiev and scanned a QR code to learn more about his persecution, reported Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft). Abdulmumin Gadjiev continues to write articles under arrest and publish them in the “Chernovik”.
A girl wearing niqab. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvfEBnWiXds
23:56, 2 September 2024
Analysts associate Shoigu’s words about strengthening Sharia with criticism of republics’ leaders in NCFD
The statements voiced by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu about radicals’ attempts to displace secular laws in Northern Caucasus with Sharia norms are a signal to the leaders and officials of the regions, analysts note.
School No. 1 in Beslan. Photo: report.az https://report.az/ru/v-regione/sk-rossii-spustya-19-let-ustanovil-lichnost-boevika-sovershivshego-terakt-v-beslane/
23:28, 2 September 2024
Journalists remind authorities about absence of inquiry results into Beslan terror act
After 20 years, the authorities have still failed to give a specific answer to how terrorists managed to organize the school capture in Beslan in 2004, where more than three hundred people perished, journalists have stated.
The cultural and patriotic centre for the prevention of terrorism "Beslan. School No. 1". Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WCYWviUOto
20:36, 2 September 2024
Mourning events held in Beslan on the 20th anniversary of school capture
Mourning events were held in North Ossetia to mark the 20th anniversary of school capture in Beslan. There, at School No. 1, the mourning ceremony began with the ringing of the school bell; its participants commemorated the victims of the terror act.
News
The Georgian Military Highway is open to all vehicles.

Trucks at Verkhniy Lars. Still from video https://t.me/kppverxniilars/8857 The queue at Verkhniy Lars exceeded 1,400 trucks.

Transkam. Photo: https://south-ossetia.info/transkam-alternativnye-varianty/ The Transkam and Georgian Military Highway are closed to heavy vehicles.

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.