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01:33, 27 January 2026

During the week from January 19 to 25, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

During the week of January 19–25, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia: one person was killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

00:53, 27 January 2026

Residents of a village near Volgograd called an accident at a pumping station a disaster.

Homes in the village of Zaplavnoye in the Leninsky District of the Volgograd Region have been without heat and running water for four days. Villagers have called on authorities to involve the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the military in resolving the problem.

A solo picket calling for the resignation of Yevgeny Naumov. Photo: screenshot of a Krasnodar YMR publication / Telegram

23:58, 26 January 2026

A defender of the embankment in the Yubileiny microdistrict held a picket for the resignation of the mayor of Krasnodar.

A Krasnodar resident held a solo picket outside the Western District administration building, demanding the resignation of the city's mayor and the reversal of the decision to build a church on the embankment in the Yubileiny microdistrict.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue, January 26, 2026. Photo: Ketevan Khutsishvili / Netgazeti

23:17, 26 January 2026

Pro-European protests in Georgia have continued for 425 days without interruption.

For the 425th day in a row, supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding the release of all those arrested for participating in the demonstrations.

22:39, 26 January 2026

Two fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia were killed in a military operation.

Oleg Balyasnikov and Temirlan Shungarov from Cherkessk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 180 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia as killed.

22:33, 26 January 2026

Kutayev* and Orlov* became participants in the dialogue platform at PACE

Chechen political scientist Ruslan Kutayev* and human rights activist Oleg Orlov*, who worked in Chechnya during the military conflict, became participants in a platform for dialogue with Russian democratic forces at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

21:50, 26 January 2026

Tamara Mearakishvili has reported pressure on her parents.

Tamara Mearakishvili recorded a video message in which she reported new pressure measures, this time against her parents. She said an ambulance arrived unexpectedly: first, they examined her mother, then took her father straight from the street to the hospital.

20:55, 26 January 2026

A Dagestani official has been arrested in connection with a land fraud case.

The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala sentenced the former head of the Rosimushchestvo territorial office in Dagestan to two months' detention. Investigators estimated the damage caused by the official's actions at 16.5 million rubles.

Giorgi Vashadze answers journalists' questions after the sabotage court hearing. Photo: Interpressnews / https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/860311-giorgi-vashazes-30-000-laris-odenobis-girao-sheeparda-da-pasportisa-da-piradobis-mocmobis-chabareba-daevala

20:42, 26 January 2026

A Tbilisi court has granted bail to Giorgi Vashadze in the sabotage case.

The Tbilisi City Court has ordered bail for Strategy Agmashenebeli party leader Giorgi Vashadze as a preventive measure in the case of sabotage and assisting a foreign state in hostile activities.

20:32, 26 January 2026

Adam Kadyrov has not appeared in public ten days after reports of the accident.

Eleven days after reports of a traffic accident involving Adam Kadyrov in Grozny, the third son of the Chechen leader maintains a relatively low profile on social media, but has not posted any new images of himself.

19:38, 26 January 2026

An employee of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Construction is suspected of official forgery.

The head of a department within the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of falsifying documents for the acceptance of a multi-story residential building that was constructed with violations.

18:50, 26 January 2026

Villagers in Dagestan complained about the lack of public transportation.

Residents of the village of Novolakskoye in the Kumtorkalinsky district are deprived of public utilities and transportation, including between nine villages in the district, they stated in an appeal to the authorities.

18:08, 26 January 2026

The memorial plaque has disappeared again from Politkovskaya's house.

The fifth temporary memorial plaque on journalist Anna Politkovskaya's Moscow home lasted less than a day. Activists also tore down the "Last Address" plaques installed on the same building.

17:50, 26 January 2026

Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.

Stanislav Kharlapov and Artem Petrov from Kamyshin were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,636 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

16:58, 26 January 2026

Human rights activists have called on Armenian authorities to return Aishat Baimuradova's body to her friends.

Friends of Ayshat Baimuradova, a Chechen woman murdered in Yerevan, are ready to give her a proper funeral, human rights activists said, calling on Armenian authorities to return her body. They have published a petition asking for Baimuradova's remains to be returned to those willing to bury her.

Arsanali Mutukov. Photo: United Press Service of the Courts of Krasnodar Krai

15:59, 26 January 2026

A Krasnodar resident was sentenced to 12 years in prison for arson of relay cabinets.

Arsanali Mutukov admitted his guilt in setting fire to two cabinets containing equipment on the railway.

15:05, 26 January 2026

Azerbaijani analysts criticized amendments to information legislation

The wording of the law on insulting public morality and obvious disrespect for society is not clearly defined, which opens up space for arbitrary interpretation by law enforcement and regulatory authorities.

13:00, 26 January 2026

A contract soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in combat.

Alexander Grishin from the Kumylzhensky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,634 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Givi Targamadze. Photo: https://www.interpressnews.ge/

12:25, 26 January 2026

Georgian opposition figure Targamadze released from prison

Opposition politician Givi Targamadze was released from Rustavi Prison today after serving his sentence for failing to appear at a meeting of a Georgian parliamentary commission.

11:28, 26 January 2026

The military reported 34 drones shot down in Kuban.

Last night, 34 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, and four more were destroyed over the Sea of Azov. Fires that broke out at businesses in Slavyansk-on-Kuban following the air strike have been extinguished, and the injured person has been released from the hospital.

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A water truck in Gukovo. Photo from the Rostov Region Minister of Housing and Communal Services' Telegram channel https://t.me/Pshenichnaya_AU/1980

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People at a temporary accommodation center in Novaya Adygeya. Photo from Asker Savva's Telegram channel https://t.me/savv_asker/7278

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