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19:22, 23 January 2026

The fourth memorial plaque has been installed on Politkovskaya's house.

Activists have restored for the fourth time a memorial plaque on the Moscow building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

Still of a mass picket in support of political prisoners in Tbilisi. January 23, 2026. Photo: Publika /
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18:27, 23 January 2026

A mass picket in support of political prisoners was held in Tbilisi.

A protest demanding the release of political prisoners took place in central Tbilisi. Protesters stood at the Rustaveli metro station with a banner reading "Freedom for the regime's prisoners!"

A serviceman. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

17:28, 23 January 2026

A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine.

Nazar Ramazanov from the Rutul district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,780 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

16:29, 23 January 2026

Human rights activists have called on the Council of Europe to respond to the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan.

Ahead of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the human rights campaign "End Repression in Azerbaijan" called on Council of Europe structures to launch a "Joint Response Procedure" against Baku, stating that Azerbaijan is failing to comply with its human rights obligations to the organization.

15:30, 23 January 2026

Nurlan Gakhramanli's family is concerned about his condition amid his hunger strike in pretrial detention.

The health of journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, arrested in the Meydan TV case, has seriously deteriorated on the seventh day of his hunger strike. Despite the entreaties of his family, Gahramanli refused to end his protest.

Yanis Budagov in the courtroom. Photo: tvkrasnodar.ru

14:31, 23 January 2026

The mayor of Krymsk remains in custody.

The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to soften the pretrial detention of Krymsk Mayor Yanis Budagov, who was arrested on charges of abuse of power.

13:32, 23 January 2026

11 people were transported from Karabakh to Armenia.

Ten ethnic Armenians and one Russian with Armenian citizenship, who remained in Karabakh after the exodus of the population, asked to be resettled in Armenia; they have already been transported.

Adam Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel

12:40, 23 January 2026

Publications featuring Adam Kadyrov are intended to disguise his absence from the public sphere.

A week after the Grozny accident was reported, Adam Kadyrov has yet to appear in any recent videos. Posts featuring him on the accounts of Chechen officials and the Stories of the third son of the Chechen leader himself only highlight the lack of up-to-date information about his condition and whereabouts.

11:40, 23 January 2026

Two Tbilisi protesters have been sentenced to arrest for blocking a sidewalk.

A Tbilisi court sentenced Sandro Megrelishvili and Dmitry Dzhamburia to four days in jail for blocking sidewalks near the parliament building. The defense is appealing the verdict.

10:40, 23 January 2026

A large family from Tuapse was forced to agree to the administration's proposal.

The large family of Sergei Kartashov and Tatyana Pimenova agreed to sign a shared construction agreement for an apartment building in Krasnodar. Before the building's completion, the family of seven was offered a two-bedroom apartment in Tuapse. The proposed options did not meet the family's needs, but officials made it clear that no better offers would be forthcoming, the couple said. The criminal case against the former mayor of Tuapse, who overturned the ruling declaring the family's building unsafe, has been dismissed.

Rustam Badelov. Screenshot from the Volodarsky District Administration's Telegram channel, January 22, 2026, https://t.me/regionvol/11816.

09:40, 23 January 2026

A soldier from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation.

Rustam Badelov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 680 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

Damaged houses in Novaya Adygeya. Screenshot from the Takhtamukaysky District Telegram channel, January 22, 2026, https://t.me/tahtamukay/12646.

08:40, 23 January 2026

Residents of damaged homes in Novaya Adygeya have submitted 800 applications for financial assistance.

Over 800 complaints have been received from residents of high-rise buildings in Novaya Adygeya whose property was destroyed in an explosion and fire. Authorities have reported that window restoration has begun. Residents have inquired about who will pay for the damage to their cars.

07:40, 23 January 2026

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.

Arslan Kabayev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,779 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

A still from a video message from parents of children in Volzhsky. Photo: Typical Volzhsky / Telegram channel

06:41, 23 January 2026

Residents of Volzhsky complained about the disruption of major repairs at their school.

In Volzhsky, the renovation of a secondary school has been missed: work began in late 2023 and was supposed to be completed by March 2025, but classes are still not being held at the educational institution.

05:43, 23 January 2026

A soldier in Nalchik received a prison sentence for evading military service.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Adam Yevloyev to one year in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

04:44, 23 January 2026

Rashad Ramazanov reported being beaten in an Azerbaijani prison.

Blogger Rashad Ramazanov, convicted in a drug case in Azerbaijan, claimed he was beaten in the prison colony where he is serving his sentence. He also accused the prison director of making death threats.

03:45, 23 January 2026

A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the SVO zone.

Yevgeny Goremykin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,632 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

01:50, 23 January 2026

Vagif Khachatryan underwent surgery in Yerevan.

Nagorno-Karabakh resident Vagif Khachatryan, who returned to Armenia from imprisonment in Azerbaijan, underwent surgery in Yerevan. Doctors described his condition as stable.

00:51, 23 January 2026

A Nalchik native was arrested in Moscow after returning from the United States.

A Moscow court arrested Nalchik businessman Artur Zhakamukhov on charges of justifying terrorism. Zhakamukhov had lived in the United States in recent years and had criticized Putin on social media.

23:52, 22 January 2026

Protesters in Tbilisi announced a rally in support of female political prisoners.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration demanded the release of political prisoners during a daily protest on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. Activists announced a rally in support of Anastasia Zinovkina and Nana Sander for January 27.

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Activists have restored the memorial plaque to Anna Politkovskaya for the eighth time.

The sixth temporary plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: Ekaterina Grakhovskaya / Telegram channel ZPCh

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