Incidents

April 15, 2025 22:13

• Pre-planned nature is distinctive feature of attack on journalist Khoroshilov

  The actions of the man who attacked Igor Khoroshilov, a Rostov journalist, were prepared in advance, which excludes any spontaneous conflict. At the same time, the absence of direct proofs of links of the attack with Igor’s professional activities will allow law enforcers to treat the incident as a domestic conflict, lawyers have pointed out.

April 14, 2025 22:16

• Rostov journalist reports attack

  Igor Khoroshilov, a journalist, was attacked in Rostov-on-Don. According to his story, the attacker was wearing a mask, sprayed him with a can and hit him several times.

April 10, 2025 22:11

• Body of person killed in Achkhoi-Martan placed in square in front of administration building

  Telegram channels have published videos that allegedly show the body of a minor, lying on the ground. The minor was killed in Achkhoi-Martan in an attack on law enforcers. The body was brought to be shown to public sector employees forcibly gathered from the administration in the morning, sources claim.

April 09, 2025 23:50

• Version of "Ukrainian trace" in attack on Chechen law enforcers called into question

  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, analysts have noted.

April 08, 2025 18:17

• Attack on DPS checkpoint in Achkhoi-Martan in Chechnya becomes at least second armed incident within six months

  The attack on a road-and-patrol police service (known as DPS) checkpoint in the centre of Achkhoi-Martan was preceded by an attack on a service car of the “Rosgvardiya” (National Guard of Russia) in the Grozny District in October.

March 24, 2025 23:16

• Policemen claim innocence in torturing Tigran Ulubabyan

  The Vanadzor policemen, whom Tigran Ulubabyan, a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh, has accused of beating and torturing him, have declared their innocence. Roman Yeritsyan, an advocate, has noted that much evidence was hidden or destroyed.

March 21, 2025 23:39

• Dismissals of missing athlete Tsomartova’s parents highlight vulnerability of people to law enforcement bodies

  The parents of athlete Anna Tsomartova, who went missing in Kaspiysk, have been dismissed from their jobs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Among the reasons for their dismissal, sources mention the parents’ criticism of the investigative bodies and their unwillingness to enter into conflict with the FSB.

March 20, 2025 20:40

• North-Ossetian Ombudsperson calls for investigation into torture of Batraz Gogaev

  North-Ossetian Human Rights Commissioner Tamerlan Tsgoev has called for a review of the refusal to institute a criminal case against law enforcers accused of torturing Batraz Gogaev.

March 12, 2025 22:17

• During the week of March 3-9, 2025, four people perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  Four suspected militants were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from March 3 to March 9, 2025. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

March 12, 2025 21:32

• Telegram blocking announcement surprises residents of Dagestan and Chechnya

  Authorities have only now acknowledged the blocking of the Telegram in Dagestan and Chechnya, although there has been no access to the messenger in these republics and in Ingushetia for several months, local residents have noted.

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