Conflicts

June 28, 2024 23:38

  • Experts on Caucasus point to Kadyrov's violation of Adats

    If Chechen authorities introduce a rule that the entire clan should respond for a militant's actions, the republic will be overwhelmed by a wave of blood feud declarations. Ramzan Kadyrov's words contradict the Sharia Law and Adats; and his very behaviour is dictated by the anxiety after the militants' attacks committed in the neighbouring Dagestan, experts on the Caucasus have suggested.

June 28, 2024 17:52

June 26, 2024 19:33

  • During the week of June 17-23, 25 people perished during armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

    During the week from June 17 to June 23, 2024, 15 law enforcers and four civilians perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. Six suspected militants were killed. Many received various wounds; the Dagestani Muftiate announced 25 victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

June 24, 2024 17:34

June 15, 2024 21:43

June 10, 2024 20:49

June 10, 2024 19:13

  • Sirius resident fined for protesting against SMO

    A court in Adler has fined Sergey Libin, a resident of the town of Sirius (Krasnodar Territory) by 40,000 roubles, treating his pacifist inscription in a public place as discrediting the Russian Army.

June 06, 2024 19:55

  • Resident of Khasavyurt convicted in case on fakes about Russian Army

    In Khasavyurt, after reconsideration of a criminal case, a court sentenced Shakhban Abakargadjiev to five years of forced labour, finding him guilty of spreading fake news about Russian militaries. The “OVD-Info”* human rights project reported about the verdict to Shakhban Abakargadjiev on its website.

June 01, 2024 17:52

May 21, 2024 23:58

  • On May 13-19, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

    During the week of May 13-19, 2024, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, one alleged militant was killed, and there were no reports about any wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

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Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power?

Navalny’s volunteers: paid up PR-campaigns or a new political power? Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny intends to run for presidency in the upcoming elections to be held on March 18, 2018. His team has already opened 63 regional campaign offices. The "Сaucasian Knot" correspondent visited five offices in Astrakhan, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and Stavropol. The correspondent also met Navalny’s opponents in the regions - representatives of the Communist Party and the movement "All-Russian People's Front". They analyzed the work of the volunteers and Navalny's campaign offices, and expressed their opinions about what prompts young people to take part in the movement, and how this relates to the volunteers' families and friends. Read about that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot".
Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

"Safari in Syrian Way": A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL*

Safari in Syrian Way: A tale of a former militant who escaped from the ISIL A native of Dagestan, who was successful in Moscow, tells why he had quitted his job, home, family and went to Syria, where he joined the ranks of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (banned in Russia). The story of the battles, in which the base of the 17th Division of the Syrian Army was defeated; about how militants organized the "Safari in Syrian Way" by hunting the retreating soldiers of al-Assad in the desert; why those who come to Syria later get disappointed in militants’ ideas, – read about all that in the material of the "Caucasian Knot". *IS, ISIL has been recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL* to return the son

Bring back alive: from Dagestan to ISIL to return the son Inside glimpse into realities of Islamic State and illegal border crossing business. Motivations of young people going to Syria and factors affecting such decisions by Dagestani youth. What are the true values of Islam, parental duties, nuances of family relations — Kazim Nurmagomedov, who managed to return his son from ISIL, talks about these topics in his interview with the ’Caucasian Knot’. *IS, or ISIL has been recognized a terrorist organization; its activities are forbidden in Russia.
WEEK IN THE CAUCASUS

July 21, 2024 23:58

Marina Melikhova. Screenshot of a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfX7E6Lt4Zo

The poem by Marina Melikhova, a Kuban activist, which had drawn law enforcers' attention, has nothing discrediting the Russian Army, said Maria Spasibukhova, an advocate. In her opinion, a...

July 18, 2024 22:37

Marina Melikhova. Screenshot of a video by "Radio Svoboda" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0c2ZjOVv-nvT4i44yvLj2w

The police considered a video with a verse by Kuban activist Marina Melikhova posted on YouTube as discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Marina Melikhova noted that she did not post the video,...

July 15, 2024 20:34

Daniil Vodolagin. Screenshot of the photo from the website of the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" https://memopzk.org/figurant/vodolagin-daniil-sergeevich/

The court has sentenced Daniil Vodolagin, a Volgograd student, to five years of freedom deprivation, finding him guilty of spreading fake news about the Russian Army.

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