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03:33, 25 December 2025

A Tbilisi court has remanded in custody former head of the Georgian Security Service Grigol Liluashvili, who was detained the day before on charges of accepting large bribes.

02:34, 25 December 2025

The property of former Rostov Region Vice Governor Okunev has been seized.

A Moscow court has seized the property of former Rostov Region Vice Governor Vladimir Okunev and his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova.

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01:45, 25 December 2025

During the week from December 15 to 21, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia.

During the week of December 15–21, 2025, no casualties were recorded in armed or terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of a Caucasian Knot tally based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

00:59, 25 December 2025

Hieromonk Jonah fined for disrespecting the state

A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban deemed Ilya Sigida's publication about Putin to be disrespectful of the state, imposing a fine of 40,000 rubles. Three more administrative charges were filed against Viktor Pivovarov, assistant to the Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church – two under the same article and one for discrediting the army.

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23:59, 24 December 2025

The prosecution has requested lengthy sentences for the Caucasus natives in the Moscow terrorist attack case.

The state prosecution asked the Second Western District Military Court to sentence Ingushetia natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev to 26 and 24 years, respectively, and Baku native Robert Safaryan to 28 years. The prosecutor requested a life sentence for the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant.

Monument in Grozny. Still from a photo from Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel, December 24, 2025, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/6250.

23:40, 24 December 2025

A monument in memory of those killed in the AZAL plane crash has been unveiled in Grozny.

On the eve of the anniversary of the AZAL plane crash in Kazakhstan, a monument to the victims was unveiled in Grozny. Vladimir Putin today congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on his birthday. A few days before the anniversary, Aliyev declined to attend the informal CIS summit.

22:57, 24 December 2025

The amount of embezzlement during the execution of state defense orders in Dagestan exceeded 500 million.

The investigation into the embezzlement of over 500 million rubles during the execution of a state defense contract in Dagestan has been completed, and the defendants' property has been seized.

22:31, 24 December 2025

Protesters in Tbilisi reported being persecuted for "blocking the sidewalk."

Dozens of activists reported on social media that they had been summoned to Tbilisi City Court for "blocking the sidewalk" on Rustaveli Avenue. Despite the summonses, on the 392nd day of protests, supporters of European integration, as before, gathered outside the Georgian Parliament.

Anapa's central beach on December 21. Screenshot from the "Makovozovy" Telegram channel, https://t.me/makovozovy/50765.

21:34, 24 December 2025

Early bookings have shown the 2026 season in Anapa to be a failure.

The number of tours booked to Anapa for the 2026 season has fallen by 60% compared to sales figures at the end of 2024. Hotels and other accommodation facilities are in a crisis situation comparable to the coronavirus pandemic and require urgent government support.

20:47, 24 December 2025

The denial of asylum has led to the resumption of criminal proceedings against Russians in Georgia.

Russians Alina Savelyeva and Vladimir Dubovsky were denied asylum in Georgia and placed in pretrial detention on charges of illegal border crossing, which they cited as a threat of persecution in their home country. The Russians face deportation or imprisonment.

20:03, 24 December 2025

A Dagestani woman was sentenced to prison for aiding militants in Syria.

A court in Dagestan sentenced a resident of Dagestanskiye Ogni to eight years in prison for participating in a terrorist organization in Syria. According to investigators and the court, the woman was engaged in cooking and caring for the wounded.

Tamara Mearakishvili. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

19:15, 24 December 2025

A court in Tskhinvali has arrested Tamara Mearakishvili.

The Tskhinvali City Court has ordered a two-month pretrial detention for activist Tamara Mearakishvili. Georgian activists have called the case fabricated and called on the country's authorities to intervene on her behalf.

Maxim Divnich. Photo: max_divnich / VKontakte

17:42, 24 December 2025

Divnich announced the termination of the criminal case

The criminal case against Maksym Divnich has been dismissed, and the case against Alikhan Bersayev, another participant in the Luhansk basin conflict, for unauthorized abandonment of his military unit, has reached court, Divnich himself announced today. Prior to this, following Apti Alaudinov's statements about the threat of criminal prosecution against the blogger, appeals in support of Divnich from members of the SVO and the "Russian Community" appeared online.

16:42, 24 December 2025

Three soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone.

Valery Tedeyev, Sergey Grigoryev, and Igor Ryzhov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,599 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Yanis Budagov. Photo: https://anapamedia.ru/

15:44, 24 December 2025

The mayor of Krymsk has been arrested in connection with a land fraud case.

In Krasnodar, a court ordered pretrial detention for Krymsk mayor Yanis Budagov until February 18, 2026. Budagov pleaded not guilty.

14:53, 24 December 2025

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has reduced Teymur Kerimov's sentence.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan partially upheld the appeal of Kanal-11 head Teymur Kerimov, reducing his prison sentence by two more years, to five. His defense maintains Kerimov's innocence and now plans to appeal to the ECHR.

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

14:01, 24 December 2025

Moscow allocated 308 million rubles for public sector salaries in Chechnya.

The Russian government has ordered 308 million rubles to be allocated to Chechnya to increase public sector wages and 300 million rubles to develop the economy.

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13:02, 24 December 2025

A 13-year-old teenager was found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack in Dagestan.

An Astrakhan court has remanded a 13-year-old boy to a temporary detention center after he claimed after his arrest that he was planning a terrorist attack in Dagestan.

Dogs at a private shelter in Aksay. Photo: https://dontr.ru/novosti/v-aksayskom-rayone-zaderzhali-vladelitsu-priyuta-dlya-zhivotnykh-/

12:04, 24 December 2025

The death of animals at an Aksai shelter has resulted in a criminal case.

The owner of a private shelter in Aksay has become a suspect in a criminal case involving animal cruelty and death. Investigators have questioned volunteers, animal rights activists, and local residents.

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11:15, 24 December 2025

A serviceman from the Astrakhan region was killed in Ukraine.

Asylbek Dosaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 663 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

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During the week from January 19 to 25, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

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