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An FSB officer detains a woman. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
12:19, 30 December 2025
The court has chosen a preventive measure for a Kuban resident suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol.
11:25, 30 December 2025
Said Khaliyev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,756 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Khachik Galstyan. Video screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=BXVWJLhvdj8&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.panorama.am%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY
10:33, 30 December 2025
In Armenia, Khachik Galstyan, secretary of the opposition Rodina party, was detained following a search. Fellow party members considered this to be political persecution.
09:52, 30 December 2025
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, the Transcaucasian Highway is closed to traffic, and a ban on heavy-duty vehicles has been imposed on the Georgian Military Highway.
A soldier leaves his unit. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
08:59, 30 December 2025
A court in Nalchik sentenced Aslan Kushkhov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
Samir Ashurov. Photo: Meydan TV https://www.meydan.tv/
08:36, 30 December 2025
Convicted Azerbaijani opposition figure Samir Ashurov has gone on hunger strike after being assaulted by a prison administration official.
07:36, 30 December 2025
Dmitry Kuryanov, head of the Narimanov district, is suspected of involvement in the embezzlement of nearly 5 million rubles in budget funds and has been detained.
06:49, 30 December 2025
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Artem Malyshev to 27 years in prison, finding him guilty of attempting to blow up the head of a company in the Zaporizhzhia region.
05:50, 30 December 2025
Azerbaijan has agreed to allow Russian diplomats repeated consular access to Russian citizens detained this summer.
04:51, 30 December 2025
A criminal case has been opened against a prisoner in a penal colony in Stavropol Krai who is suspected of promoting extremist ideology among other prisoners.
Ramzan Kadyrov presents a medal to Adam Kadyrov. Still image: https://t.me/RKadyrov_95
03:52, 30 December 2025
The son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov, received from his father a medal in memory of Akhmat Kadyrov "for his contribution to ensuring the security, stability, and prosperity of the homeland."
02:53, 30 December 2025
A Moscow court has extended the arrest of blogger Arsen Markaryan, who is accused of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, until February 26, 2026.
A disabled person in a prison colony. Photo screenshot from RusNord https://rusnord.ru/scandal/61905-invalid-iz-kolonii-v-korjazhme-poluchil-dolgozhdannye-sredstva-reabilitacii.html/
01:54, 30 December 2025
Sergei Obodenko, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has been transferred to a prison colony in Adygea, where conditions are more suitable for people with disabilities. His defense filed a motion to release him from prison due to his illness, and the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) stated that a medical examination is required for the prisoner.
Lyudmila Borzilo. A still from her RuTube channel, March 1, 2025, https://rutube.ru/video/ae50c03d6b1674f69cf1d719e69fff0a/
00:54, 30 December 2025
The Orlovsky District Court of the Rostov Region has dropped the criminal prosecution of activist Lyudmila Borzilo for disclosing adoption secrets. However, her stay in a psychiatric hospital has been extended, and her family and lawyers have been unable to speak with the pregnant woman for a month.
23:56, 29 December 2025
The closure of the Russian House in Baku was the result of Russia's failure to pay compensation for the AZAL plane crash and the Russian Investigative Committee's cessation of its investigation into the causes of the disaster, according to Azerbaijani analysts. The political crisis in relations between the two countries continues, including Russia's declining role in the Caucasus, but economic cooperation continues, according to Russian political scientists.
23:25, 29 December 2025
The Pervomaisky District Court convicted former Vice Governor of Krasnodar Krai Sergei Vlasov of bribery and sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum-security penal colony and a fine of 90 million rubles.
Protesters in Tbilisi. Screenshot from Publika photo from December 29, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1641725170560360&set=a.715406393192247 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).
22:28, 29 December 2025
The protest in Tbilisi, whose participants demand new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners, continued for the 397th day in a row.
21:53, 29 December 2025
The Prosecutor General's Office of Abkhazia has sent a case to court regarding the obstruction of the activities of the electoral commission in the Gagra region using weapons during the second round of the presidential elections on March 1, 2025.
21:04, 29 December 2025
The funeral of Andrei Margiev, killed in combat, was held in South Ossetia. At least 38 South Ossetian fighters have been killed there since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine.
20:20, 29 December 2025
A man accused of 21 million ruble fraud and aiding terrorist activity, who was wanted by Interpol, has been deported to Russia from the United Arab Emirates.
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.