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23:39, 26 December 2025
Activists reported 300 dead cormorants on the Sudzhuk Spit.
On December 26, the Telegram channel "Sudzhuk Lagoon #battleforproran" published photos taken on the coast of Novorossiysk. The footage shows dead cormorants. According to the source, the bodies of approximately 300 birds were found in the area between the Gesha Kozodoev monument and the Ministry of Emergency Situations base.
Protesters outside the Georgian Parliament. Screenshot from Publika photo from December 26, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1639520170780860&set=pcb.1639520224114188
22:40, 26 December 2025
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the right to public assembly.
The Tbilisi City Court postponed hearings on cases involving "sidewalk blockades" outside the Georgian Parliament. On the 394th day of daily protests, as on other days, supporters of European integration gathered on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding freedom of peaceful assembly.
David Ishkhanyan in court. Screenshot from Azertac photo from December 26, 2025, https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/sudebnoe_rassmotrenie_po_delu_o_grazhdanah_armenii_zaversheno-3941531.
21:42, 26 December 2025
Ishkhanyan's final statement concludes the trial of former Karabakh leaders
During a hearing at the Baku Military Court, former Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament Speaker David Ishkhanyan delivered his closing statement, denying the charges. The verdict will be announced at the next hearing.
20:53, 26 December 2025
Dagestani journalists have secured recognition of police inaction as illegal.
The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala ruled unlawful police inaction regarding the complaints of journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov*, who were detained back in January 2023 during pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. For nearly two years, security forces ignored the journalists' allegations of unlawful detention and failed to respond to their lawyers' requests.
20:19, 26 December 2025
Former Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Okunev has been arrested in absentia.
The Leninsky District Court of the Rostov Region has sentenced Vladimir Okunev, the region's former deputy governor and former director of a state-owned enterprise, to in absentia. He is suspected of abuse of office and restricting competition.
19:53, 26 December 2025
Security forces escaped responsibility for torturing Anapa residents.
The statute of limitations for holding police officers accountable for the torture of four Anapa residents has expired. No one has been punished for the torture in 10 years. The statute of limitations has also expired for the charges against the Anapa residents whose confessions were extracted by force.
19:14, 26 December 2025
The lack of a plan for dealing with drone attacks has alarmed residents of Chechnya.
The warning systems, which were tested for the third time this month in Chechnya, are operational, but there is no information on what to do in the event of a drone attack or missile strike, nor is there information on shelters, residents said. Human rights activists emphasized that the authorities are showing indifference to the fate of the republic's residents.
18:58, 26 December 2025
The sentence against the former head of the Untsukulsky district has been upheld.
Shamil Magomedov, the former head of Dagestan's Untsukulsky District, who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for extortion and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, failed to obtain a reduced sentence.
18:09, 26 December 2025
A Tuapse resident complained about delays in repairing her home after a drone attack.
A Tuapse resident's apartment was completely destroyed by fire after a drone attack on November 25th, forcing her to live in rented accommodation. Neighboring apartments were also damaged, but a month later, authorities ordered only a plastic sheeting to replace the roof.
17:22, 26 December 2025
Eight fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in a military operation.
Aslan Tengizov, Amur Mashitlov, Ratmir Apshev, and five other fighters from the Baksan district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 358 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been killed there.
At the site of the AZAL plane crash. December 25, 2024. Photo: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
16:57, 26 December 2025
Baku demanded action from Russia in connection with the AZAL plane crash.
The Russian Investigative Committee's announcement that the criminal case had been terminated has raised questions among Azerbaijani authorities, said Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, adding that Baku expects compensation from Moscow.
A sunken tanker in the Kerch Strait. Photo: Russian Government
16:00, 26 December 2025
An Emergency Ministry representative announced the completion of cofferdam installations.
All three cofferdams have already been installed over the sunken parts of the ships, the deputy head of the Kuban Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. Bloggers expressed hope that the protective structures will withstand the approaching storm.
Tatyana Makarova. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
14:48, 26 December 2025
The actions of a shelter owner in the Rostov region have compromised animal rights activists.
Animal shelters require constant oversight. The actions of the owner of a shelter in the Rostov region, where numerous animals died, have dealt a blow to the entire animal rights movement, social media users noted, calling for exemplary punishment for the owner of the "Forgotten Hearts" shelter, Tatyana Makarova.
Mansur Gneev. Screenshot from video https://islamnews.ru/2024/10/17/bloger-mansur-gneev-vyshel-na-svobodu
14:00, 26 December 2025
Mansur Gneev managed to leave the pretrial detention center for a few days.
The trial court placed Islamic blogger Mansur Gneev under house arrest, but a few days later the Krasnodar Regional Court remanded him in custody, Gneev's wife said. She said security forces returned some of the items seized during the search, but the money and prayer mats, along with several other items, remain in their possession.
13:00, 26 December 2025
Two soldiers from Kalmykia were killed in a military operation.
Vladislav Ochir-Arayev and Chingiz Bembeyev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 204 fighters from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed.
12:00, 26 December 2025
Red Cross workers visited Armenian prisoners in Baku
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited all Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan. The visit focused on the prisoners' conditions of detention and their health.
Detention of a Kuban resident. December 26, 2025. Video screenshot: https://t.me/kavkaz_tass/28700
10:59, 26 December 2025
A Kuban resident was arrested for plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol.
Law enforcement officers detained an 18-year-old resident of Kuban. Investigators believe she was lured by phone scammers to Stavropol to blow up a serviceman's car.
10:00, 26 December 2025
57 drones were shot down in two regions of the Southern Federal District.
The Ministry of Defense reported 34 drones shot down overnight in the Volgograd Region and 23 in the Rostov Region. Another four drones were shot down over the Black and Azov Seas.
09:02, 26 December 2025
Four soldiers from Dagestan were killed in the SVO zone.
Yahya Ragimov, Yuzbeg Murtazaliev, Kemran Shikhakhmedov, and Mugaddes Samedov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,747 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Alexey Dmitriev, Yuri Sergeechev. Photo from a website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses (396 Russian Jehovah's Witness organizations have been declared extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court order).
08:29, 26 December 2025
Two believers from Adygeysk were convicted despite pleas of innocence.
A court in Adygea found Alexey Dmitriev and Yury Sergeyechev guilty of inciting a local resident to join an extremist organization. Both Jehovah's Witnesses* and their defense team dismissed the extremism charges as unfounded.
News
20 Chechens have been returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange.

Activists in Europe have called for Movlaev's non-extradition to Russia.

The Investigative Committee of Armenia has officially confirmed the names of suspects in the murder of Baimuradova.

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.