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A damaged house. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
08:10, 23 December 2025
Residents' homes in Rostov Oblast damaged by drone attack
Drone attacks were recorded overnight in eight districts of the Rostov region, damaging two private homes under construction.
07:11, 23 December 2025
An Astrakhan resident was convicted of extremism.
An Astrakhan court sentenced a local resident to one and a half years in a penal colony for publishing calls for extremist activity online.
06:12, 23 December 2025
The court set bail for Zurab Japaridze.
The Tbilisi City Court has set bail for opposition leader Zurab Japaridze, who was recently released from prison, at 30,000 lari.
New Year's tree. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
05:13, 23 December 2025
Authorities in Kabardino-Balkaria have cancelled large-scale New Year's celebrations.
There will be no large-scale public events in Kabardino-Balkaria for New Year's. Authorities made this decision in light of the "evolving situation."
A girl being detained. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
04:14, 23 December 2025
A Georgian citizen has been detained in South Ossetia on charges of espionage.
Law enforcement officials in South Ossetia have detained a Georgian citizen accused of collecting and transmitting information about strategically important facilities.
03:15, 23 December 2025
Airport operations in three regions of the North Caucasus have been restricted.
Rosaviatsiya has imposed temporary restrictions on the operation of airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas.
02:16, 23 December 2025
A Rostov judge suspected of bribery has resigned.
The powers of Artur Maslov, a judge of the Soviet District Court of Rostov-on-Don suspected of bribery, have been terminated.
01:17, 23 December 2025
Passengers on a Volgograd-Novosibirsk flight were prevented from departing due to drones.
Restrictions on incoming and outgoing flights have been introduced at Volgograd Airport due to flight safety concerns.
Tamara Mearakishvili. Still from a "Caucasian Knot" video
23:16, 22 December 2025
Friends have lost contact with activist Tamara Mearakishvili.
Civil activist Tamara Mearakishvili told friends by phone that unknown individuals had broken into her apartment in Tskhinvali through the balcony. After this, contact with her was lost, reports a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
22:07, 22 December 2025
Four soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Sultan Annatdaev, Ashurali Maldaev, Ramazan Khulatdaev, and Adylkhan Zubailov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,740 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
21:15, 22 December 2025
Security forces visited Tamara Mearakishvili's home after she announced her hunger strike.
Five security officers are stationed outside the apartment in Tskhinvali where civil activist Tamara Mearakishvili lives. Mearakishvili herself told a Caucasian Knot correspondent by telephone.
Apti Alaudinov and the medals and orders on the chest of one of the men Kolotovkina encountered at the gas station. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
20:11, 22 December 2025
Alaudinov defended the "masqueraded Hero of Russia" to bloggers.
Ekaterina Kolotovkina, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, encountered three "masqueraded Heroes of Russia" at a gas station in the Rostov region. Apti Alaudinov, head of Akhmat, decided to stand up for one of them.
David Babayan (left) and Levon Mnatsakanyan. An AI-generated illustration of the "Caucasian Knot" program created using Copilot.
18:25, 22 December 2025
Babayan and Mnatsakanyan denied the charges in a Baku court.
Former Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Minister David Babayan and former Defense Army Commander Levon Mnatsakanyan delivered their closing statements at a Baku court hearing today. Before them, former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan delivered his closing statement, sparking a debate between Armenian and Azerbaijani Facebook users*.
17:33, 22 December 2025
A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving a military unit.
A court in Nalchik sentenced Khusen Bakhmurziev to four years in prison, finding him guilty of evading military service during mobilization.
Diana Tsipinova. Photo: https://www.advokatymoscow.ru/press/news/13832/
17:03, 22 December 2025
The prosecutor's office has requested a third hearing of Tsipinova's case.
The prosecutor's office challenged the second acquittal of Kabardino-Balkarian lawyer Diana Tsipinova, demanding that the case be remanded for a new trial. Tsipinova's defense team criticized the agency's position.
Ruslan Izzetli. Photo: VOA https://commons.wikimedia.org/
16:39, 22 December 2025
Izzetli's worsening condition has alarmed his loved ones.
Ruslan Izzetli, arrested in Baku, has suffered a deteriorating condition due to gallstones. His wife, who had been recommended surgery even before his arrest, expressed fear for his life.
Alexey Logvinenko. Photo: www.donnews.ru
15:55, 22 December 2025
Logvinenko's arrest has been extended for three months.
The court extended the pretrial detention of former Rostov city manager Alexei Logvinenko, who is accused of abuse of power.
The defendants in the courtroom. In the foreground is Elena Zolotareva. December 22, 2025. Photo: https://t.me/opskuban/1386
14:56, 22 December 2025
Rostov judges sentenced to prison terms and multi-million dollar fines
Former Rostov Regional Court Chair Elena Zolotareva was sentenced to 15 years in prison and a fine of 170 million rubles, while her deputy was sentenced to 13 years in prison and a fine of 120 million rubles. The court also found two other defendants to be intermediaries in the bribery scheme, and a fifth defendant escaped punishment by signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
Fire in the port of Taman. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
13:57, 22 December 2025
The fire in the port of Taman has shrunk to 1,500 square meters.
Fires on a pier and a tanker in the port of Taman, which started after a drone attack, have been extinguished, and firefighting efforts on a fuel oil pipeline are ongoing. Authorities have confirmed there is no oil spill.
12:57, 22 December 2025
A serviceman from Khasavyurt was killed in combat.
Bekkhan Yusupov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,736 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
News
Authorities have not yet begun pumping fuel oil from the parts of the tankers that sank near Anapa.

Authorities have officially acknowledged that more than 8,550 fighters from southern Russia were killed in the military operation.

The family of a disabled teenager from Krasnodar has dropped their appeal against his exclusion from the national team for a "Nazi gesture."

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.