North Caucasus

December 05, 2025 23:59

• Akhmad Batlukhsky's arrest has been extended.

  A court in Makhachkala has extended the detention of Dagestani religious figure Akhmad Batlukhsky, who was arrested on slander charges, by one month.

December 05, 2025 23:33

• Lena Patyaeva has been released after being arrested for picketing Seda Suleimanova's fate.

  Seda Suleimanova's friend, Lena Patyaeva, was released from a special detention center in St. Petersburg after serving ten days in jail for picketing outside the police station where the Chechen native was handed over to her relatives.

December 05, 2025 21:25

• A Cherkessk lawyer was convicted in absentia for allegedly raising fake news about the army.

  A court in Cherkessk sentenced lawyer and activist Ramazan Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of disseminating false information about the Russian military motivated by political hatred.

December 05, 2025 19:21

• Human rights activists have identified a propaganda element in the new arrests in connection with the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

  New accusations of involvement in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya have been routinely fabricated by security forces in recent years, but the appearance of a Ukrainian citizen and a Ukrainian serviceman among those arrested will be used for propaganda purposes.

December 05, 2025 18:22

• A fighter from Makhachkala was killed in a military operation.

  Magomedali Kurbanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,709 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

December 05, 2025 14:36

• Analysts have assessed the nature of the attack on security forces near Derbent.

  The lack of video footage of the attack on security forces at the Dzhemikent checkpoint raises questions, but the nature of the incident can hardly be considered an intensification of the gang underground, analysts noted. The attack could have been motivated by a personal conflict or what the attacker considered unfair demands from security forces, they believe.

December 05, 2025 13:40

• Flight delays occurred due to the suspension of operations at airports in southern Russia.

  Several flights were delayed at Makhachkala and Krasnodar airports due to flight restrictions in effect overnight and this morning. Residents of Grozny reported mobile internet outages amid reports of a drone attack.

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