During the week from January 26 to February 1, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

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During the week of January 26 to February 1, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

As wrote "Caucasian Knot", during the week from January 19 to 25, 1 person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

Shootout in Dagestan

On January 28, sources in law enforcement agencies reported a shootout on the outskirts of the village of Ullubiyaul in the Karabudakhkent district, during which two unknown individuals were killed, who allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers during a document check. Some sources reported that the car The attackers' weapons and ammunition were seized. According to the FSB, the shootout disrupted the preparation of terrorist attacks planned by an unnamed international terrorist organization banned in Russia. The targets of the victims were a "religious cult site" and a section of the Makhachkala-Derbent railway line.

Arrests and Trials for Terrorism-Related Offenses

On January 26, the Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Arsanali Mutukov to 12 years in prison for sabotage of transport infrastructure facilities. Mutukov fully admitted his guilt. In March and June 2024, he burned relay cabinets on railway lines in Kuban.

27 On January 2, at a court hearing in Moscow, the prosecution requested a 5-year, 11-month prison sentence for stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin from Yeysk, along with a 300,000-ruble fine. The maximum sentence under the extremism charge against him is six years in prison.

A resident of Pyatigorsk has been charged with two counts of aiding terrorism and financing terrorist activity. According to investigators, from 2016 to 2018, she transferred funds to members of an international terrorist organization, whose activities are banned in Russia. Law enforcement officials claim that her transfers were intended to aid militants.

On January 29, Ingushetia residents Akhmed Sakalov and Mukhammad Tumgoyev sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison, respectively, on charges of preparing sabotage and illegal trafficking of explosive devices.

The Naursky District Court of Chechnya has registered an administrative case against local resident Isa Magamadov under the article on the search for "extremist materials." This is the second known case in Russia.

A criminal case against two residents of the Anapa District, accused of committing sabotage, treason, and money laundering, has been transferred to the Krasnodar Regional Court. The charges carry sentences of up to twenty years in prison, and in some cases, life imprisonment. According to investigators, they set fire to certain "transport infrastructure facilities" between railway stations. One of the defendants is 24 years old, the other is 26 years.

On January 30, the court sentenced 52-year-old Volgograd resident Pavel Palekhov to 18 years in prison, claiming he was engaged in espionage. The sentence also took into account a previous conviction for attacking a security officer. According to traffic police, he tried to provoke an accident in order to escape after being detained.

Two residents of Dagestan are suspected of involvement in an organization that studied and distributed extremist materials. According to investigators, from October 2019 to the present, the two local residents actively "studied and distributed ideological materials of this extremist organization."

The "Caucasian Knot" publishes monthly, quarterly, and annual statistics on victims of the armed conflict in the regions North Caucasus Federal District in the section "North Caucasus - Victim Statistics".

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