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11:56, 12 January 2026
The threat by the Chechen leader's son to bring the Ukrainian president to Grozny and force him to "beg for forgiveness" cannot be taken seriously, and the offensive rhetoric is humiliating for Adam Kadyrov himself, social media users pointed out.
10:56, 12 January 2026
The ban on passenger cars crossing the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint has been lifted, but the Georgian Military Highway remains closed to heavy vehicles.
09:55, 12 January 2026
The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has requested that the pretrial detention of Samvel Karapetyan, who has been placed under house arrest, be tightened. His defense is insisting on the businessman's release.
08:56, 12 January 2026
Last night, the military shot down four drones in the Rostov region and two in Adygea. Two more drones were destroyed over the Black Sea.
07:56, 12 January 2026
Traffic on the road in the Tsuntinsky District, which was closed after an avalanche, has been temporarily reopened. Workers continue clearing the roadway.
A blocked road. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
06:56, 12 January 2026
The passage of all types of vehicles through the Upper Lars checkpoint is prohibited due to deteriorating weather conditions in Georgia.
05:56, 12 January 2026
Last year, 54 people received over 2 million rubles in compensation for apartments damaged by the gas explosion in Stavropol. Another 3.3 million rubles were allocated to the owners of the seven most severely damaged apartments. Fifty-seven owners of damaged cars also received 5.7 million rubles in compensation.
04:57, 12 January 2026
The prosecutor's office twice overturned decisions to open a criminal case following a complaint from residents of a high-rise building on Sologubov Street in Volgograd. The chairman of the Investigative Committee disagreed and demanded that the case be opened a third time.
03:57, 12 January 2026
An open fire at an oil depot in the Oktyabrsky district, which was subjected to an air attack on January 10, has been extinguished.
02:58, 12 January 2026
Sochi residents who complained about a gynecologist's unethical behavior received letters from the prosecutor's office informing them of an administrative case against the doctor. They were alarmed by the fact that the agency's responses referred to the doctor as an individual, not an official.
01:59, 12 January 2026
Bailiffs intend to forcibly collect almost five million rubles from the leader of the "Rostov Amazons" gang, Inessa Tarverdieva, and her daughter, Victoria.
01:00, 12 January 2026
Timur Sultanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,773 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Residents of houses on Bat'manova Street remain without water. Screenshot from a photo by the Kaspiysk administration from January 10, 2026, https://t.me/admkasp/25854.
00:19, 12 January 2026
In Kaspiysk, equipment is being adjusted, and water supply to Bat'manova Street will be fully restored by January 13, according to authorities. Residents are outraged that the authorities are failing to fulfill their promises, water delivery isn't meeting residents' needs, and the water supply schedule isn't being met.
23:01, 11 January 2026
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners, and activists gathered outside the prison where Netgazeti and Batumelebi founder Mzia Amaglobeli is being held called for the journalist's release.
Sayd=Khuseyn Magomadov. Still frame from video from January 11, 2026, https://www.tiktok.com/@sayd.magomadov/video/7594052656356723988.
21:37, 11 January 2026
Said-Khuseyn Magomedov demanded that Apti Alaudinov return the money that one of the lieutenant general's subordinates took when he joined the Akhmat special forces. In his appeal to Alaudinov, he mentioned 300,000 rubles, and in his appeal to Kadyrov, whom he called on to "stop the lawlessness," he mentioned 1,300,000.
20:46, 11 January 2026
Elvin Kerimov, an employee of an NGO involved in mine clearance, stepped on an antipersonnel mine and had his leg amputated. Since the end of the 44-day war in Azerbaijan, 415 people have been killed by mines and unexploded ordnance, 71 of whom have died.
Participants of the action with posters in support of Mzia Amaglobeli. Screenshot of the photo "Interpressnews" from 11.01.26, https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/172626-v-znak-solidarnosti-s-mziei-amaglobeli-zhenshchiny-politiki-sobralis-u-zdaniia-rustavskoi-zhenskoi-kolonii.
19:38, 11 January 2026
Female politicians held a rally today outside Rustavi Prison, demanding the release of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
18:44, 11 January 2026
Andrey Antonenko, deputy head of the Kalininsky District in Krasnodar Krai, was fired after a video surfaced online showing him insulting and threatening rescue workers. Telegram users believe Antonenko should be criminally prosecuted.
17:16, 11 January 2026
The fuel oil spill had no effect on plankton, jellyfish, or mussels. High levels of oil-oxidizing bacteria were recorded in the area where the Volgoneft tankers sank, indicating active self-cleaning of the sea. Scientists from the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas stated that complete cleanup is expected in two to three years. This prediction can only be realized if there are no new emissions, the ecologist countered.
15:37, 11 January 2026
The Dagestan Ministry of Nationalities is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injury sustained by a 19-year-old conscript soldier, who is currently undergoing treatment in Moscow in serious condition. The ministry is in contact with the soldier's parents.
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.