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08:20, 22 January 2026

Residents of damaged buildings in Novaya Adygeya are allowed to return to their apartments.

One house, which suffered the most severe damage, remains cordoned off.

06:23, 22 January 2026

The head of a district in Kuban was dismissed after searches.

The Primorsko-Akhtarsky District Municipal Council of Kuban dismissed Maxim Bondarenko due to the governor's loss of confidence.

05:23, 22 January 2026

Power outages in Makhachkala reminded of the risk of social unrest.

Another power outage left residents of dozens of streets in Makhachkala without power and heat. Dagestan authorities are obligated to address long-standing utility problems; residents' patience is wearing thin, bloggers noted.

Unrest at Makhachkala Airport. Photo created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

04:24, 22 January 2026

Makhachkala airport employees testified to the court about the rioters' behavior.

Participants in the October 2023 mass riots accused Makhachkala airport staff of "hiding" passengers from Israel; workers were forced to barricade themselves indoors.

03:21, 22 January 2026

Multimillion-dollar thefts during the construction of an electrical substation were uncovered in Ingushetia.

Investigators in Ingushetia have uncovered an additional case of embezzlement of over 85 million rubles in budget funds allocated for the construction of the Plievo-Novaya electrical substation in the Nazran district.

02:25, 22 January 2026

Four airports in southern Russia are closed to aircraft.

Rosaviatsiya has imposed flight restrictions at airports in Grozny, Magas, Vladikavkaz, and Volgograd, with a drone alert also in effect in Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, and Stavropol. Residents of Volgograd and Volzhsky reported a series of explosions.

01:26, 22 January 2026

The death toll from the attack on Kuban port terminals has risen.

The death toll from the drone attack on port terminals in the village of Volna in Krasnodar Krai has risen to three, and the number of injured has reached eight, the regional task force reported.

Valeria Kichigina. Screenshot from the Telegram account @valerafzlln.

00:43, 22 January 2026

The article on fake news about the army was first applied for a publication about the results of the "Five-Day War."

Dozhd* journalist Valeria Kichigina has been accused of spreading fake news about the army. One of the publications she is accused of publishing concerns events in Bucha, while the second concerns the presence of Russian troops in South Ossetia after the 2008 Five-Day War. This is the first instance of the "fake news" statute being invoked for statements unrelated to the South Ossetian Military District, and it demonstrates the expansion of the statute's scope to cover other conflicts involving Russian troops.

23:43, 21 January 2026

Deaths reported in Adygea and Krasnodar Krai following drone attacks

Human body parts were found at the site of a drone attack in the village of Novaya Adygeya, Takhtamukaysky District. The governor of Krasnodar Krai also reported two fatalities at the port terminals in the village of Volna, Temryuksky District.

A photo of Kurban Dalgatov at his parents' house. Photo: Chernovik, https://chernovik.net/news/zakryl-kurtkoy-obzor-videokamery-i-telo-kurbana-potaschili-vniz

23:19, 21 January 2026

Dalgatov's relatives were outraged by the delay in the case's consideration.

Three years after the death of Kurban Dalgatov in the Sovietsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Makhachkala, most of the security officers involved have yet to be convicted, with five of the accused being sent to the special military unit. Dalgatov's family was outraged by the lengthy investigation into the case, despite officials' assurances that the perpetrators would be punished.

Participants of the rally at the Parliament of Georgia on January 21, 2025. Photo: Interpressnews / https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/859953-parlamenttan-saprotesto-akcia-mimdinareobs

22:21, 21 January 2026

Iranian citizens joined protesters outside the Georgian parliament building.

Supporters of European integration gathered outside the Georgian parliament for the 420th day in a row. Iranian citizens joined the protest today.

21:43, 21 January 2026

Chechen authorities remain silent about the accident involving Adam Kadyrov.

Five days later, Chechen authorities have neither confirmed nor denied reports of a traffic accident involving Adam Kadyrov, nor has there been any official statement on his condition.

21:05, 21 January 2026

Residents of a village in Dagestan asked Melikov to repair the hospital's facade.

Residents of the village of Dubki in Dagestan appealed to the head of Dagestan with a request to repair the hospital's façade. Since the village's founding, no major renovations have been carried out on the façade.

20:06, 21 January 2026

Vitaly Zhuravlev was convicted in a third criminal case for discrediting the army.

Akhtubinsk resident Vitaly Zhuravlev, twice convicted of discrediting the military, was found guilty again in a similar case. The case was sparked by Zhuravlev's comment on a local social media page.

19:44, 21 January 2026

Participants in the Limonov Readings in Krasnodar required medical attention after being violently detained.

Security forces acted harshly against detained participants of the "Limonov Readings" in Krasnodar, with two activists requiring emergency medical care. Human rights activists have launched a fundraising campaign to appeal the arrests.

19:04, 21 January 2026

Ingush natives sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Moscow terror attack case

The Second Western District Military Court sentenced Ingushetia natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev to 22 and 18 years, respectively, and Baku native Robert Safaryan to 25 years. Akhmadzhon Kurbonov, the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant, was sentenced to life in prison.

18:14, 21 January 2026

Alan Gagloev dismissed the government.

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev has dismissed the government, and Deputy Prime Minister Dzambolat Tadtaev has been appointed acting head of the cabinet.

17:24, 21 January 2026

A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone.

Arslan Batayev from the Khasavyurt district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,778 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Residents of the Rostov region collect water from a water truck. January 2026. Photo: Antonina Pshenichnaya's Telegram channel.

16:48, 21 January 2026

Residents of Gukovo complained about a lack of water.

The mining towns of Gukovo and Zverevo in the Rostov region have been without water for six days. Authorities reported on the repairs' progress, stating that the water supply had been restored, but water still wasn't reaching residents on the upper floors. Residents say they're forced to melt snow and buy water.

14:49, 21 January 2026

A combatant from the Volgograd region was killed in the combat zone.

Maksym Gritsenko was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,631 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

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