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02:56, 18 January 2026
Sochi authorities' response to a report of child abuse at a kindergarten has outraged parents.
Residents of Sochi who complained about the abuse of children at a kindergarten received a response from the administration stating that a psychological investigation had found no negative emotional or psychological climate in the group. However, a video recording of the abuse was ignored.
01:57, 18 January 2026
Volgograd airport operations have been suspended.
Temporary restrictions have been introduced on the operation of Volgograd Airport, with the suspension of incoming and outgoing flights.
00:58, 18 January 2026
Vardan Ghukasyan was returned to pretrial detention from the hospital.
Arrested Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has been transferred from the hospital to a pretrial detention facility. His lawyer says the politician's diagnosis is incompatible with pretrial detention.
Narek Samsonyan. Photo screenshot from https://armenianreport.com/pubs/242890/.
23:59, 17 January 2026
Lawyers and human rights activists demanded that Narek Samsonyan undergo surgery.
Lawyers for Narek Samsonyan, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, reported his deteriorating health and the need for urgent surgery. Human rights activists have recognized him as a political prisoner and demanded his immediate release.
Kotovo in winter. Still frame from Kotovo_live https://vk.com/video-137671961_456242240
23:00, 17 January 2026
Residents of Kotovo complained about the lack of gas during freezing temperatures.
In the district center of Kotovo in the Volgograd region, gas supplies were shut off in residential areas during severe frosts, a particularly pressing problem for residents of the private sector whose homes are heated by boilers.
22:00, 17 January 2026
Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.
On the 416th day of daily protests in Tbilisi, protesters marched through the city center demanding the release of prisoners of conscience.
21:00, 17 January 2026
A fighter from Stavropol was killed in a military operation.
Mikhail Kiryushin was killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 897 soldiers from Stavropol have been officially recognized as killed.
20:00, 17 January 2026
Seven people were detained during a protest outside the Iranian embassy in Yerevan.
Security forces prevented protesters from marching to the Blue Mosque outside the Iranian embassy in Yerevan; seven people were detained.
19:00, 17 January 2026
One of the people convicted in the Makhachkala airport riots was killed in the SVO.
At least seven people convicted in the airport riot case signed contracts with the Ministry of Defense. One of them, father-of-three Muhammad-Said Murtuzaliev, was killed, according to Shamil Khadulaev, head of the Public Monitoring Commission for Dagestan.
17:59, 17 January 2026
The operational headquarters reported no new fuel oil emissions in Kuban.
The task force reported no fuel oil emissions in Kuban from January 9 to 16. The governor set the goal of returning tourist numbers to pre-fuel oil levels in Krasnodar Krai.
Adam Kadyrov at a meeting. Still from a video from Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel, January 17, 2026, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/6306.
17:00, 17 January 2026
Amid reports of a traffic accident, Kadyrov reported on a meeting held by Adam
Ramzan Kadyrov published a report of a meeting chaired by his son Adam following online reports of his son's accident. He also announced that Adam Kadyrov had been awarded an award for ensuring the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Journalists discovered that the video was recorded the day before the alleged accident. Commentators also echoed this theory.
16:00, 17 January 2026
A native of Dagestan was convicted in a terrorism case.
A military court sentenced Dagestani native Khaskil Yaganov to 17 years in prison for involvement in a terrorist organization, finding him guilty of plotting a terrorist attack against non-Muslims. Yaganov denied the charge.
A house in the Leventsovsky district damaged by a drone attack. Screenshot from Yuri Slyusar's Telegram channel, January 14, 2026, https://t.me/Yuri_Slusar/4518.
15:00, 17 January 2026
Residents of a building damaged by a drone attack in Rostov-on-Don are unable to retrieve belongings from their apartments.
Three days after the drone attack, residents of the damaged building in the Leventsovsky district of Rostov-on-Don are unable to retrieve their belongings from their apartments. Authorities cited the threat of a collapsed entrance as the reason for not allowing residents into their apartments.
Security forces detain a teenager. Illustration from the "Caucasian Knot" created using AI in the Copilot program.
14:00, 17 January 2026
A teenager has been arrested on charges of plotting a terrorist attack in Nalchik.
A 16-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, accused of plotting an attack on police officers in Nalchik on orders from a representative of a terrorist organization, has been taken into custody.
13:03, 17 January 2026
The military shot down 10 drones in southern Russia.
The Ministry of Defense reported seven drones shot down today in the Astrakhan region, two in the Volgograd region, and one in the Rostov region.
Samvel Karapetyan. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/
12:05, 17 January 2026
The decision to place Karapetyan under house arrest has been upheld.
Following a 14-hour hearing, a Yerevan court declined to increase Samvel Karapetyan's pretrial detention and remanded him under house arrest. The defense stated that reports that the businessman had been remanded in custody were false.
11:06, 17 January 2026
A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.
Alexander Eremin from the Yelansky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,626 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
Nurlan Gahramanly. Photo https://www.yeniavaz.com/az/news/222220/evden-aparanda-da-prokurorluqda-olanda-da-doyduler-nurlan-libre
10:07, 17 January 2026
Journalist Gahramanli announced his hunger strike to the court.
Journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, arrested in the Meydan TV case, announced an indefinite hunger strike at a Baku court hearing in protest against the violence perpetrated by guards.
09:08, 17 January 2026
Eight drones were shot down in two regions of the Southern Federal District.
Last night, the military shot down four drones in the Rostov region and the same number in the Astrakhan region. Another 48 drones were shot down over the Black and Azov Seas.
A mining farm in the village of Shamilkala. Still from a video by the Ministry of Energy of Dagestan https://t.me/minenergo_rd/4807
08:10, 17 January 2026
Energy workers discovered an illegal mining farm in Dagestan.
A mining farm operating in the village of Shamilkala, despite the ban on cryptocurrency mining in Dagestan, has been disconnected from the power grid.
News
Armenian authorities insist on the return of Baimuradova's body to her relatives.

Khadijat Kadyrova. Photo: https://chechnya.gov.ru/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RK_Taymaskhanov_Galas_31012024_4.jpg Kadyrova Khadizhat (Karina)

Activists have restored the memorial plaque to Anna Politkovskaya for the eighth time.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

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.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

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.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

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 political asylum.