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12:57, 22 December 2025
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.
11:58, 22 December 2025
Ten Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to Hasanriz today. The total number of displaced persons who have returned to the village has reached 989.
Alexey Logvinenko. Photo: Rostov-on-Don Administration Press Service
10:58, 22 December 2025
Law enforcement officials suspect the former head of the Rostov-on-Don administration, who was arrested on charges of abuse of office, of accepting a bribe. Investigators believe other city hall employees were involved in the businessman's bribe.
Police officers detain an activist in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot."
09:59, 22 December 2025
Today, Azerbaijan began implementing the amnesty law announced to mark the country's Constitution and sovereignty year. The amnesty, which will affect approximately 20,000 people, will take four months.
08:59, 22 December 2025
Andrei Nechayev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,592 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
07:45, 22 December 2025
The restrictions were introduced following a drone attack in the Krasnodar region.
Tatyana Makarova. Photo source: https://www.nvgazeta.ru/news/14488/624165/
06:54, 22 December 2025
According to owner Tatyana Makarova, several animals at the "Forgotten Hearts" shelter in Aksai have died from infections, and several others have escaped, but we're not talking about dozens or hundreds.
05:55, 22 December 2025
Residents of the village of Kremenskaya complained about environmental problems that arose after the commissioning of a mining farm owned by former Volgograd Mayor Yevgeny Ishchenko. Several regional agencies took an interest in the farm's operations and identified violations.
Fire on a ship. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
04:56, 22 December 2025
In the port of the village of Volna, two berths and two vessels were damaged and fires broke out due to a drone attack.
03:56, 22 December 2025
For the fifth time, the Presnensky District Court in Moscow has heard the case of Adam Yakhutl, former deputy head of the transport police for the Southern Federal District, accused of fraud. He was acquitted four times, but each time the case was sent back for a new trial.
02:57, 22 December 2025
Most residents of the Armenian border village of Kirants, part of whose territory came under Azerbaijani control, have received compensation, but at least six villagers refuse to accept it.
Fire on a ship. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
01:58, 22 December 2025
Parents of children at Sochi's Kindergarten No. 121 have received another police denial of their collective complaint demanding a criminal investigation into child abuse. Law enforcement agencies found no evidence of a crime in the actions of the teacher, who resigned voluntarily.
00:58, 22 December 2025
In the village of Volna in the Temryuk district, a pipeline at one of the terminals was damaged by falling UAV debris, sparking a 100-square-meter fire.
23:37, 21 December 2025
Addullah Elmurzaev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 255 Chechen fighters have been officially recognized as killed.
A road in the village of Kulibukhna after repairs. Photo courtesy of Shamil Kurshiev to the "Caucasian Knot."
22:44, 21 December 2025
Authorities in the Levashinsky District have repaired a road in the mountain village of Kulibukhna, whose condition worsened following a landslide in 2021. According to villagers, the road has been thoroughly repaired, and authorities stated that the repairs were not related to the appeal to Bastrykin.
20:44, 21 December 2025
Andrei Chernyshev, Igor Akhromkin, Pavel Beridze, and 13 other soldiers were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 881 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.
Alert systems. Photo screenshot: https://chgtrk.ru/novosti/obshchestvo/1-oktyabrya-v-chuvashii-proydet-proverka-sistemy-opoveshcheniya-naseleniya/
19:44, 21 December 2025
The Ministry of Emergency Situations announced a test of warning systems in Chechnya for the morning of December 22. This is the third test since the attack on Grozny City. Authorities report on the tests but do not explain what to do in the event of a real threat, social media users noted.
Bags of fuel oil. Still from a video by the Dolphins headquarters, December 20, 2025, https://t.me/shtab_delfin/1642.
18:44, 21 December 2025
Volunteers from the Dolphins headquarters collected over 200 bags of oil-contaminated sand in the Temryuk district. They were moved from the shore to a location accessible by equipment.
Dogs at the shelter. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
17:44, 21 December 2025
The bodies of approximately 200 animals were discovered at the Forgotten Hearts shelter in the Aksai district; only a few survived.
16:44, 21 December 2025
A court in Sukhumi found Russian political strategist Ivan Reva's actions before the municipal elections to be violations of electoral law and fined him under three administrative offenses.
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.