During the week from December 22 to 28, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia.

During the week from December 22 to 28, 2025, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

As wrote "Caucasian Knot", for the week of December 15-21, 2025, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

 Arrests and sentences under terrorism articles

On December 22, a court in Astrakhan sentenced a 24-year-old local resident to one and a half years in a penal colony for publishing calls for extremist activity on the internet. The calls concerned a specific group of people based on nationality, origin, and ideology.

On December 23, a court in Adygea sentenced 15 years in prison to a man from Central Asia who, according to investigators, attempted to recruit underage female residents of Maykop to a terrorist organization, including through instant messaging apps.

The Sovetsky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Anatoly Yevtushenko to two years in prison, finding him a member of an extremist cell. At the court hearing, Yevtushenko did not admit guilt and did not recant his beliefs.

On December 24, a court in Astrakhan sent 13-year-old boy M. to a temporary detention center. After his arrest, he said he was planning a terrorist attack in Dagestan. "The court established that M., born in 2012, was assembling a homemade explosive device at his place of residence with the aim of committing terrorist acts in the Astrakhan Region and the Republic of Dagestan.<..> The initiation of criminal proceedings was refused "due to the absence of elements of crime in the actions of a minor, since M. had not reached the age of criminal responsibility - 14 years old," the court noted.

A court in Dagestan sentenced Abdellaeva, a resident of Dagestanskiye Ogni, to 8 years in prison in a case of participation in a terrorist organization in Syria. According to the investigation and the court, the woman was engaged in cooking and caring for the wounded.

The state prosecution asked the Second Western District Military Court to sentence the natives Ingushetia's Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev were sentenced to 26 and 24 years, respectively, while Baku native Robert Safaryan was sentenced to 28 years in prison. The prosecutor demanded a life sentence for the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant.

A Melitopol resident was arrested on charges of espionage in the Rostov region. According to investigators, under the guise of blogging, he collected information on the location of Russian troops and passed it on to Ukrainian intelligence.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vladislav and Elena Zaytsev, finding them guilty of terrorism and sabotage on the territory of the DPR. Zaytsev, who had undergone training in Ukraine, blew up a high-voltage power line support and a railway line. They were sentenced to 22 years in a maximum-security penal colony and 10 years in a general-security penal colony, respectively.

On December 25, a court arrested Alibi Yaipkayev, a resident of Stavropol Krai, accused of attacking the Botlikh District of Dagestan in 1999 as part of Shamil Basayev's group. He is charged with banditry, armed rebellion, and attempted murder of a serviceman.

A court in Adygea found Alexey Dmitriev and Yury Sergeyechev guilty of inciting a local resident to join an extremist organization. Both believers and their defense called the extremism charge unfounded. Dmitriev was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony, and Sergeyechev received a four-year suspended sentence.

On December 26, FSB officers arrested an 18-year-old resident of Kuban in Stavropol. She was plotting a terrorist attack against a Defense Ministry officer after being deceived by telephone scammers. A criminal case has been opened against the woman under the article on attempted murder and illegal possession and manufacture of explosives.

"Caucasian Knot" publishes monthly, quarterly, and annual statistics on victims of the armed conflict in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in the section "North Caucasus - Victim Statistics".

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