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Konstantin Kazenin. Screenshot of a photo from Ramazan Radzhabov's Telegram channel, December 31, 2025, https://t.me/radzhabof/717.
23:25, 31 December 2025
Scientist Konstantin Kazenin has died at the age of 54. His research demonstrated a profound understanding of the processes unfolding in the North Caucasus. Kazenin loved and knew Dagestan better than many of the republic's residents, according to Dagestani journalists.
A locomotive on snowy tracks. Photo screenshot: https://t.me/adm_gorkluch/44267
21:55, 31 December 2025
Dozens of trains have been delayed due to snowfall in Kuban, some of which have been stranded for almost 24 hours. Passengers have complained of a lack of hot food, water, and electricity.
Mansur Movlaev. Screenshot from https://www.instagram.com/p/DQjHlKJDCEh/ (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).
20:55, 31 December 2025
The Asylum Review Commission in Kazakhstan refused to grant Mansur Movlaev refugee status.
19:55, 31 December 2025
Umar Muslimov, Nazhmudin Kanamatov, Khizri Murzaev, and Malik Dzhalalov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,761 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Beach in Anapa. January 31, 2025. Photo: https://t.me/makovozovy/51490
18:55, 31 December 2025
Not all of the protective embankments built in Anapa survived the storm; chunks of fuel oil washed up along with the debris on a number of beaches, the blogger noted.
Eva Shashiashvili. Photo: https://www.interpressnews.ge/
17:55, 31 December 2025
The Tbilisi City Court agreed to release Eva Shashiashvili, arrested in connection with the storming of the presidential palace, on bail.
Tamara Mearakishvili. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3019278041557953&set=pb.100004273600628.-2207520000&type=3 belongs to the Meta company, whose activities are banned in Russia.
16:56, 31 December 2025
Activist Tamara Mearakishvili, who was detained on espionage charges, was deported from South Ossetia by court order and returned to Georgia. Her lawyer reported that he was not informed of her client's deportation.
Andrey Golovkov. Photo: https://t.me/regionvol/11708
15:56, 31 December 2025
25-year-old Andrei Golovkov, a mobilized soldier from the Volodarsky district, was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 667 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
Arsen Markaryan. Photo: https://memorialcenter.org/
14:56, 31 December 2025
The investigation into the case of Armenian-Armenian blogger Arsen Markaryan, accused of rehabilitating Nazism and insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, has been completed.
Khachik Galstyan. Photo: https://www.aysor.am/ru/news/
13:57, 31 December 2025
An Armenian court has ordered pretrial detention for Hayrenik Party Secretary Khachik Galstyan. The Anti-Corruption Committee reported the arrest of eight individuals in connection with voter bribery in the Armavir region elections.
Lenin Komsomol Park in Makhachkala. Photo courtesy of the Dagestan Ministry of Tourism press service.
12:57, 31 December 2025
Makhachkala authorities announced plans to build a Youth Center in Leninsky Komsomol Park, a development that has been repeatedly opposed by city residents. Journalists, activists, and ordinary residents harshly criticized the officials' idea.
12:02, 31 December 2025
Former Magas Mayor Usman Aushev, accused of abuse of office, escaped prosecution after traveling to the war zone.
11:58, 31 December 2025
Oleg Shefer and Alexey Dvuzhilov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,605 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
Otar Partskhaladze. Photo: http://ru.saqinform.ge/news/31942/Eks-genprokuror-spraSivajte-ne-menA-a-laSu-tordiA---kto-nanes-emu-fiziCeskoe-oskorblenie-video-.html
11:23, 31 December 2025
Otar Partskhaladze, arrested in absentia, is accused of organizing the murder of Levan Jangveladze, the brother of a crime boss.
10:58, 31 December 2025
Rostov Region authorities have established a compensation procedure for vehicle owners whose property was damaged as a result of drone attacks. The regulation provides for compensation of up to 500,000 rubles per damaged vehicle and up to one million rubles per destroyed vehicle.
Akhmed Abdulmanapov's mother and widow. Photo: Khasavyurt administration https://xacavurt.ru/news/15443-korgoli-korgoliev-peredal-medal-za-otvagu-seme-pogibshego-uchastnika-svo-ahmeda-abdulmanapova.html
09:58, 31 December 2025
Akhmed Abdulmanapov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,757 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Maria Ogoreva. Photo from a website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia (396 Russian Jehovah's Witness organizations have been declared extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court order).
08:58, 31 December 2025
A court in Karachayevsk sentenced Maria Ogoreva to a suspended sentence, deeming her attendance at Jehovah's Witnesses* services to constitute participation in an extremist organization. The pensioner denied the charges in court.
07:34, 31 December 2025
As a result of a drone attack in Tuapse, two people were injured and five houses were damaged.
06:35, 31 December 2025
Deputies of the Narimanov District voted to dismiss Dmitry Kuryanov, who is suspected of fraud, from his post as head of the district. Kuryanov was placed under house arrest for two months.
05:41, 31 December 2025
The Caspian Institute of Military Studies reported that 42 people died in non-combat situations, irreparable losses in Azerbaijan's security forces in the past year.
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.