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Nikita Zhuravel. Photo by the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation
22:07, 19 August 2023
Kadyrov's associates approve beating up of Volgograd man arrested for burning Koran
The Chechen officials close to Ramzan Kadyrov have praised his son after reports that he had beaten Nikita Zhuravel at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison); Nikita was arrested in connection with the burning down of the Koran.
Oleg Orlov in the courtroom. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org/news/translyacziya-suda-nad-olegom-orlovym-3-iyulya included into the register of foreign agents
20:55, 19 August 2023
Witnesses in Orlov's case speak about importance of his work
The witnesses interrogated at trial have recalled Oleg Orlov's human rights and legislative work, as well as the fact that in Budyonnovsk he voluntarily offered himself as a hostage to Basaev in order to free the prisoners.
Abubakar Yangulbaev. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRoUt8TMuWI
19:23, 19 August 2023
Abubakar Yangulbaev reports two criminal cases against him
A criminal case under a terrorist article has been opened against Abubakar Yangulbaev, a lawyer, who had earlier become a suspect in an extremism case. He believes that his comment about Akhmat Kadyrov's fate was the reason for initiated the new case.
Activists' meeting with residents of Makhachkala, screenshot of the video by the "Caucasian Knot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYFZj1LY7Cg
17:08, 19 August 2023
Activists call on Makhachkala residents to complain about blackouts
Residents of Makhachkala should fight more actively for their rights with the help of official complaints about power outages, state activists. During a meeting with residents of the Reduktorny village, they explained the procedure for filing complaints to supervisory authorities.
Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. Photo from a personal archive
23:34, 18 August 2023
Relatives of prisoner Abdul-Malik Albagachiev in Ingushetia alarmed by his condition
Being in a penal colony, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev suffers from more and more frequent epilepsy attacks, his condition is affected by the consequences of torture to which he was subjected by law enforcers, claim relatives of the native of Ingushetia.
Oleg Orlov. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavLMnJYgTc
22:46, 18 August 2023
Court denied motion of Oleg Orlov's defence to question investigator
A court in Moscow has refused to grant the defence's request to interrogate the investigator who was in charge of the case of Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, about discrediting the Russian Army.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
22:13, 18 August 2023
Blogger from Vladikavkaz fined for discrediting Russian Army
A court in Vladikavkaz has found Batraz Tigiev, a blogger from Vladikavkaz, guilty in absentia of discrediting the Russian Army and fined him by 45,000 roubles. The blogger has stated that he was deprived of the right to defence, as he was not informed about the court session.
Magomed Magomedov at a solo picket in defence of Gadjiev. Photo https://chernovik.net
19:59, 18 August 2023
Court refuses to treat Magomedov's detention at picket as illegal
In court, the police have explained the detention of Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" outlet by the concern for his safety because of a possible brawl. Idris Yusupov, a journalist, has fully confirmed Magomedov's testimony, but the court sided with the defendant and refused to recognize the police's actions as illegal.
Zarema Musaeva. Screenshot of the video from the website "City Portals" https://ngs.ru/text/world/2023/07/04/72462722/
19:39, 18 August 2023
Zarema Musaeva returned to SIZO after hospital treatment
Zarema Musaeva underwent two weeks of medical treatment and examination in a Grozny hospital, after which she was returned to a SIZO (pre-trial prison), the “Team Against Torture”* reports. In a letter to her son, Zarema Musaeva wrote that her health state improved significantly, and doctors prescribed a surgery.
A protest action on Akushinsky Avenue in Makhachkala. Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet on August 17, 2023 https://t.me/chernovik/58044?single
15:23, 18 August 2023
Residents of Makhachkala demand to resume electricity supply
On August 17, residents of the Semender village and Akushinsky Avenue blocked the streets in Makhachkala to protest against interruptions in the electricity supply. On Akushinsky Avenue, the supply of electricity has been restored, and the protest action has been stopped, the authorities report.
The Code of Administrative Offences, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:58, 17 August 2023
Dagestan: two protesters against mobilization fined
After an anti-mobilization action held in Makhachkala, Magomed Ubaidulaev and Murat Aligadjiev were accused of using violence against a law enforcer, but their defence succeeded in reclassifying the criminal case and imposing a court fine on both of them.
A law enforcer. Photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru
23:52, 17 August 2023
Remark to neighbours turns into protocol "on discrediting" against Krasnodar woman
In Krasnodar, law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting Russian militaries against Elena Kurochkina, a local resident, who reprimanded her neighbours for weaving camouflage nets for militaries in the children's playground.
Nikita Zhuravel in the courtroom. Photo from the Telegram channel of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation
23:32, 17 August 2023
Chechen Ombudsperson reports on check of Zhuravel's complaint about beating up by Kadyrov's son
Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, has reported about the meeting with Nikita Zhuravel after the latter's complaint about the beating by Kadyrov's son and stated the need to involve investigating bodies to the check.
Elena Kostyuchenko, photo: cont.ws
22:09, 17 August 2023
Journalist Kostyuchenko reports threat from Kadyrovites
Elena Kostyuchenko, a journalist of the newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”, said that in the spring of 2022, she received reports of an impending attack by the Kadyrovites on her, and in the autumn of that year she was poisoned in Germany.
A mosque in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt. Photo: http://wikimapia.org/25182261/ru/Мечеть
20:54, 17 August 2023
Human rights defenders register law enforcers’ activity in Ingush village of Zyazikov-Yurt
In the Ingush village of Zyazikov-Yurt, where a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been in place since April, law enforcers’ raids have become more frequent. Law enforcers inspect cars and conduct searches in houses, reports the “Memorial” Centre for Defence of Human Rights.
19:48, 17 August 2023
Volgodonsk resident punished for pro-Ukrainian slogans at Day of Russia celebration
The court has fined Nikolai Zakroev, a resident of Volgodonsk, by 30,000 roubles under the article about discrediting the Russian Army.
Photo: Dmitry Rogulin https://www.grozny-inform.ru
15:48, 17 August 2023
Man arrested for burning Koran complains about beating up by Kadyrov's son
Nikita Zhuravel, arrested within the case of burning down the Koran, has stated that he was beaten up by the son of the head of Chechnya at the Grozny SIZO (pre-trial prison), Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Ombudsperson, has reported.
A gavel. Photo: Fyodor Obmaykin / Yugopolis
14:16, 17 August 2023
Krasnodar resident fined after criticizing Putin
A court in Krasnodar has fined Pavel Karpenko by 10,000 roubles for a picket held near the administration building, during which he held a poster criticizing Putin.
Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. Photo: FortangaOrg https://fortanga.org
23:10, 16 August 2023
Rights defenders report that Albagachiev was denied medical care
The staff of the colony located in the Astrakhan Region has failed to react to the requests of Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, to help him; but when, two hours after the onset of an epileptic attack, a prison doctor came to the prisoner, he had no medicines.
The Zalukokoazhe village. Photo by the local administration http://gpzalukokoazhe.ru/index.php?Page=foto&act=show_foto&id=1
21:33, 16 August 2023
Bookkeeper from KBR fined under army discrediting criminal article
A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found the reposts and publications placed by Islam Mambetov, a resident of the village of Zalukokoazhe, to be a repeated discrediting of the Russian Army and fined him by 100,000 roubles.
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The road to 14 villages in Dagestan is blocked due to a landslide.

A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district due to landslides.

The property of former State Duma deputy Rizvangadzhi Isaev has been seized.

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.