Caucasian heroes
September 26, 2020 11:57
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HRC "Memorial" demands to stop persecution of Semyon Simonov
Semyon Simonov, an expert from the Moscow Helsinki Group, who was suspected of failing to admit the fine, imposed on the "Southern Human Rights Centre" headed by him in the Krasnodar Territory, is being prosecuted for political reasons. This was stated by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
January 26, 2020 11:44
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Blogger Gaspar Avakyan pleads not guilty in court
During an interrogation, Rostov blogger Gaspar Avakyan, accused of extortion of money, pleaded not guilty to any episode.
May 29, 2019 09:35
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Film by Kantemir Balagov from KBR to be screened at "Zerkalo" Festival
At the "Zerkalo" (Mirror) International Film Festival, Russia will be represented by the film "Dylda" (Beanpole) by Kantemir Balagov, a film director from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the organizers of the festival have informed.
December 21, 2017 03:46
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Ruslan Kutaev: I will return to Russian politics
Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, who has liberated from colony in Chechnya, said he was not afraid of persecutions and intended to get back into Russian political life after the expiry of the term of his administrative supervision.
December 20, 2017 11:57
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Political prisoner Ruslan Kutaev released from Chechen penal colony
Today, Ruslan Kutaev, the chair of the Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus, has been released from a penal colony in Chechnya. This has been reported by one of the convict's relatives.
October 16, 2017 19:54
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Ruslan Gvashev announces intent to go on struggling for his rights
Ruslan Gvashev’s defenders and relatives have treated the decision of the Krasnodar Territorial Court on his case as unjustified and absurd. Gvashev himself said that he was gaining strength for the further struggle for his rights, but he would not plan go on a hunger strike.
October 16, 2017 17:22
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Abkhazian group of Gvashev’s supporters detained in Adygea for four hours
Today, fifteen supporters of Ruslan Gvashev from Abkhazia, who were travelling to Krasnodar in order to attend the trial of his case, spent four hours at the police station of the village of Enem in the Republic of Adygea. Activists from Kabardino-Balkaria were allowed by the police to continue their travel after the trial was over.
October 05, 2017 21:59
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Power agents prevent Ruslan Gvashev appearance at rally in Krasnodar
Ruslan Gvashev, detained on his way to Krasnodar, was released by the police only after the rally in his support was over. Gvashev said that he was surprised by the massive nature of the spontaneous action.
October 05, 2017 20:22
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Ruslan Gvashev stops his hunger strike
Circassian activist Ruslan Gvashev has stopped his hunger strike at a request voiced by participants in a rally in his support. More than 200 people came to the action in front of the court building in Krasnodar.
October 03, 2017 20:31
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Construction plans at Tulip Tree outrage Gvashev
The Sochi authorities want to build restaurants and hotels at the Tulip Tree, sacred for Adygs, said Ruslan Gvashev, a Circassian activist, who is on a hunger strike since September 11 in protest against the fine imposed on him for praying at the Tree on the Adygs' Memory Day.
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March 03, 2025 22:17
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 24-March 2, 2025
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February 24, 2025 23:12
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 17-23, 2025
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February 17, 2025 23:17
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 10-16, 2025
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February 10, 2025 23:17
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of February 3-9, 2025
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February 03, 2025 22:13
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 27-February 2, 2025
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January 27, 2025 23:16
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 20-26, 2025
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February 08, 2026 20:09
Activists expressed hope for US intervention in the fate of convicted Karabakh leaders.
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February 08, 2026 19:09
Social media users complained about rising prices in Grozny ahead of Ramadan.
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February 08, 2026 18:09
Rising water levels in the Sochi river have alarmed social media users.
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February 08, 2026 17:09
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in a military operation.
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February 08, 2026 16:09
Volunteers reported collecting 12 bags of fuel oil on the banks of the Kuban River.
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February 08, 2026 15:09
A drone attack threat has been declared in Novorossiysk.
November 30, 2016 15:25
In 2015, Khachim Zheligashtov, a public figure from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), helped repatriates from Syria and low-income families in the KBR. He organized several charity actions.
December 11, 2016 04:28
In 2015, human rights defender Semyon Ateev publicly criticized the national policy in Kalmykia; he stated the infringement of the rights of the Kalmyk language.
November 30, 2016 16:26
Toma Tsechoeva, an Ingush human rights defender, protected the rights of Magomed Aushev, who had been tortured by law enforcers after his detention on suspicion of opening fire from a car of a...
March 01, 2017 10:58
Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist from Dagestan, has published a book "There Was Such A City. Makhachkala". In 2015, she continued her publicist project in other books of the series. Ms Anokhina is...
December 11, 2016 04:32
In 2015, Zaurbiy Chundyshko, a public figure from Adygea, held a solo picket in memory of Judy Maf, an 11-year-old Circassian girl, who lived with her parents in the Adyg village of Marj Alsultan...
December 11, 2016 04:28
In 2015, human rights defender Semyon Ateev publicly criticized the national policy in Kalmykia; he stated the infringement of the rights of the Kalmyk language.
December 11, 2016 04:24
In 2015, Alexander Saveliev, an activist of the "Environmental Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) from Krasnodar, a blogger and rights defender, supported the political prisoner and ecologist...
December 21, 2016 23:16
Gyunay Ismayilova is one of the most active members of the Azerbaijani NGO "Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety" (IRFS). In 2015, despite the pressure and persecutions, she organized, on...
December 21, 2016 22:54
In 2015, the social activist Albert Voskanyan achieved the resumption of monitoring the penitentiary establishments of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). He defended prisoners’ rights and was...
December 21, 2016 22:38
In 2015, Tamta Mikeladze, a lawyer from Ajara and an employee of the NGO “Centre for Training and Human Rights Monitoring”; defended the interests of the owner of the children’s Muslim boarding...
December 21, 2016 23:16
Gyunay Ismayilova is one of the most active members of the Azerbaijani NGO "Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety" (IRFS). In 2015, despite the pressure and persecutions, she organized, on...
December 21, 2016 22:54
In 2015, the social activist Albert Voskanyan achieved the resumption of monitoring the penitentiary establishments of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). He defended prisoners’ rights and was...
December 21, 2016 23:19
Gerbert Gevorgyan is a member of Yerevan art group “Counterstrike”, which responds to resonant events in the society, both in Armenia and abroad. In 2015, he actively participated in graffiti...
December 21, 2016 22:40
Gela Nikolaishvili was nominated for the “Hero of the Caucasus-2015” contest of the “Caucasian Knot” for achieving particular results in helping people.
December 21, 2016 22:38
In 2015, Tamta Mikeladze, a lawyer from Ajara and an employee of the NGO “Centre for Training and Human Rights Monitoring”; defended the interests of the owner of the children’s Muslim boarding...
December 21, 2016 22:58
Elena Zavodskaya, an Abkhazian journalist, has covered the legal proceedings at courts of the Russian Gulgaz Mamedova, from whom her husband’s relatives had taken away took a child, and of Liana...
December 21, 2016 22:47
Over a long period of time, Dina Alborova, an activist and political analyst, has fought for the rights of non-government organizations (NGOs) of South Ossetia, which were under pressure from the...
December 11, 2016 04:32
In 2015, Zaurbiy Chundyshko, a public figure from Adygea, held a solo picket in memory of Judy Maf, an 11-year-old Circassian girl, who lived with her parents in the Adyg village of Marj Alsultan...
December 11, 2016 04:28
In 2015, human rights defender Semyon Ateev publicly criticized the national policy in Kalmykia; he stated the infringement of the rights of the Kalmyk language.
December 11, 2016 04:28
In 2015, Valery Dyakonov, a public activist from the Rostov Region protected the rights of deceived citizens, who received in the city clinical hospital invalid certificates for obtaining driver's...
December 11, 2016 04:31
In 2015, Igor Stenin, a public activist from Astrakhan, openly stated rights violations of Russian residents of the region and organized an action in support of the rights of the Russian population.
December 11, 2016 04:23
In 2015, Valery Kotelnikov from Volgograd was addressing the problems of illegal city development and preservation of architectural monuments.
December 11, 2016 04:24
In 2015, Alexander Saveliev, an activist of the "Environmental Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch) from Krasnodar, a blogger and rights defender, supported the political prisoner and ecologist...
November 30, 2016 15:25
In 2015, Khachim Zheligashtov, a public figure from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), helped repatriates from Syria and low-income families in the KBR. He organized several charity actions.
November 30, 2016 16:26
Toma Tsechoeva, an Ingush human rights defender, protected the rights of Magomed Aushev, who had been tortured by law enforcers after his detention on suspicion of opening fire from a car of a...
March 01, 2017 10:58
Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist from Dagestan, has published a book "There Was Such A City. Makhachkala". In 2015, she continued her publicist project in other books of the series. Ms Anokhina is...
November 30, 2016 15:19
In 2015, Ruslan Martagov, a political analyst from Chechnya, made a number of statements on arbitrariness of the authorities of the Chechen Republic and persecutions of the dissent.
November 30, 2016 15:33
In 2015, Ruslan Dauev, a lawyer from Vladikavkaz, defended the rights of the family of Ruslan Tskaev, detained on suspicion of attempted murder of a policeman, who died due to abuse of power of...
November 30, 2016 15:15
In 2015, Ruslan Kambiev, a blogger and human rights defender, initiated the creation of an independent North-Caucasian expert-analytical centre, which united human rights defenders, journalists and...
November 30, 2016 16:19
In 2015, the lawyer Alaudi Musaev defended the rights of Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam from the city of Kislovodsk, openly stating the lawlessness of power agents. He filed a complaint to the...
July 08, 2020 13:51
A Chechen refugee in Austria and a harsh Kadyrov's critic; a former investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), who collaborated with special services; was assassinated in Vienna on...
December 06, 2019 20:30
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.
November 29, 2019 16:14
![Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw](/system/uploads/article_image/image/0001/18460/thumb_Tumso.jpg "Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw")
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...
October 25, 2019 23:12
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.
June 11, 2019 23:31
He is a native of Chechnya, who is trying to get refugee status in Germany. In September 2017, he became the first native of the republic to confess to his homosexuality.
May 16, 2019 13:27
Zhalaudi Geriev is a Chechen journalist and a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot". On September 5, 2016, he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment on the charge of drug possession. The Human...
November 07, 2018 23:28
Ramzan Kadyrov is a Chechen politician, a son of Akhmat Kadyrov, the first president of the Chechen Republic. Since 2011, Ramzan Kadyrov has been the leader of Chechnya.
October 24, 2018 09:35
A Russian MMA fighter, a native of Dagestan. After a battle with Al Iaquinta in April 2018, Khabib Nurmagomedov became the first Russian citizen in UFC with a champion title. On October 6, 2018, he...
October 24, 2018 09:25
On July 9, 2013, Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev, our colleague, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, was killed in the suburb of Makhachkala.
April 11, 2025 23:31
The day before, the teenager who attacked the road-and-patrol (DPS) police post in Achkhoi-Martan had a conflict with the law enforcer on duty there. The young man planned to take revenge on the...
April 10, 2025 23:58
The public demonstration of the body of the killed participant in the attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan contradicts Islam and common sense, as...
April 09, 2025 23:50
The authorities' attempt to identify a "Ukrainian trace" in the attack on law enforcers in Achkhoi-Martan raises doubts, while the incident itself gave Kadyrov a pretext to intensify repressions,...
April 07, 2025 23:48
The murder of Suleiman Imurzaev was the fulfilment of a vow of blood feud for the death of Akhmat Kadyrov in a terror act, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.
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