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A memorial plaque was installed on Politkovskaya's house on the evening of January 24. Screenshot from RusNews photo from January 24, 2025, https://t.me/rusnews/79471?single.
00:03, 25 January 2026
Activists have once again restored the memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house.
A few hours after the fourth plaque disappeared, activists installed a new temporary plaque at the entrance to the building where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.
Unrest at Makhachkala Airport. Screenshot from video: https://tvzvezda.ru/news/20231030194-GL1aM.html
23:21, 24 January 2026
Witnesses reported a shortage of security forces at Makhachkala airport during the first hours of unrest.
In the first hours when rioters began arriving at Makhachkala Airport on October 29, 2023, there were just over a hundred security forces there, some without shields, helmets, or batons. They were unable to contain the onslaught of the crowd, which had arrived at the airport searching for the Israelis, according to court testimony.
March participants. Screenshot from Publika photo from January 24, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1662324585167085&set=pcb.1662324721833738 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).
22:22, 24 January 2026
Opponents of education reform joined the protest outside the Georgian parliament.
A march against education reform took place today in central Tbilisi. The procession ended at the Georgian Parliament, where participants joined the pro-European protests that have been ongoing for 423 days.
21:35, 24 January 2026
The Popular Front Party (PFPA) announced the arrest of two activists for comments on social media.
Two activists from the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan have been arrested under administrative law. The party called the arrests for social media comments politically motivated.
20:47, 24 January 2026
Transkam is open to all types of transport
After the road was cleared, truck traffic resumed along the Transcaucasian Highway, which connects Russia and South Ossetia.
19:57, 24 January 2026
The State Housing Inspectorate has demanded a recalculation of water charges for residents of Kaspiysk.
The water supplier failed to record an 18-day outage in Kaspiysk, which warrants administrative proceedings and a large fine, the State Housing Inspectorate of Dagestan stated, demanding that water pressure be maintained at the proper level and the service fee be recalculated.
The situation at a beach in Kuban. Screenshot from the Krasnodar Krai Emergency Response Center, January 23, 2026, https://t.me/opershtab23/14901.
18:57, 24 January 2026
Volunteers confirmed the operational headquarters' data on the absence of fuel oil emissions in Kuban.
There have been no new fuel oil emissions in Anapa and the Temryuk district over the past week, the task force reported. Volunteers confirmed there were no new emissions, but bags of previously collected fuel oil-contaminated sand were found on the shore.
17:57, 24 January 2026
A memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house in Moscow has been destroyed for the fourth time.
The memorial plaque restored by activists on the façade of the building where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered has been destroyed for the fourth time.
Adam Kadyrov. Screenshot of a video from his Instagram account from January 23, 2026, https://www.instagram.com/p/DT3FfUgCC1W/
16:57, 24 January 2026
A new video featuring Adam Kadyrov has failed to clarify his whereabouts.
A video of Adam Kadyrov practicing shooting appeared on his Instagram*. The abbreviation for the Russian Special Forces University is visible in the frame. The date of the recording is not specified, but in the video, Adam Kadyrov is wearing a T-shirt.
15:57, 24 January 2026
Tree felling in Nalchik resulted in a criminal case.
Investigators have opened a criminal case in connection with the felling of more than 30 trees in Nalchik.
14:59, 24 January 2026
A combatant from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation.
Yevgeny Lapin from the Chernoyarsk District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 681 soldiers from the Astrakhan Region have been confirmed killed.
The Transcaucasian Highway at the exit from the village of Ruk. Still from a video from the South Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations https://t.me/mchsruo/4909
13:59, 24 January 2026
The movement of heavy trucks on the Transkam is prohibited.
A ban on heavy-duty vehicles on the Transcaucasian Highway between Russia and South Ossetia has been introduced due to deteriorating weather conditions.
European Court of Human Rights. Photo: https://bigenc.ru/
13:00, 24 January 2026
The ECHR has accepted for consideration a complaint regarding violations during the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has begun examining a complaint regarding widespread violations of voting secrecy during the 2024 Georgian parliamentary elections.
12:01, 24 January 2026
Two servicemen from Dagestan were killed in combat.
Alik Abdulkadirov and Mirza Shakhguseynov from the Magaramkent district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,783 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
11:02, 24 January 2026
A food service outlet at a Sochi hotel has been closed after children were poisoned.
Experts found violations in the catering services provided to guests of the Sochi hotel where the child athletes were poisoned. The catering establishment has been suspended for 90 days.
A serviceman in a courtroom. Illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" AI program Copilot.
10:02, 24 January 2026
A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of leaving his unit.
A court in Nalchik has once again found Mukhamed Bavokov guilty of evading military service, having already been convicted of deserting his unit twice. His sentence has been increased to seven years in prison.
09:03, 24 January 2026
A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in Ukraine.
Artur Bodykyan from the Mozdok district was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 540 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.
Ilya Sigida. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
08:05, 24 January 2026
Ilya Sigida remains under house arrest
Investigators convinced a court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban to extend the house arrest of Hieromonk Ilya Sigida, who is accused in a criminal case. A parishioner of the church where Sigida lives reported a search of her home.
07:06, 24 January 2026
A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.
Last night, military personnel shot down drones in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Donetsk, and three districts of the Rostov region.
06:08, 24 January 2026
A Georgian citizen was expelled from South Ossetia after violating the border.
South Ossetian border guards expelled Georgian citizen Gela Berianidze from the republic after he crossed the border in the Leningor district the day before.
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A Pyatigorsk resident has been sent to pretrial detention in connection with a terrorism financing case.

Four airports in southern Russia are closed to aircraft.

A military man's wife from Stavropol was fined for discrediting the army.

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.