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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.
A Russian soldier. Still from a Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/39882
07:36, 26 December 2025
The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,350.
At least 4,117 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,239 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.
06:37, 26 December 2025
Four districts of the Rostov region were hit by drone attacks.
Last night, the military shot down drones in the Chertkovsky, Sholokhovsky, Millerovsky, and Tarasovsky districts of the Rostov region.
05:40, 26 December 2025
A soldier in Nalchik was convicted for prolonged absence from his unit.
A court in Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced Zamir Begiyev to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit for several months during mobilization.
04:43, 26 December 2025
SVO members complained to Melikov about the lack of gas in their house in Izberbash.
Dagestani soldiers recorded a video message to the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, in the area of a special operation in Ukraine, asking for help in bringing gas to a house in Izberbash.
03:45, 26 December 2025
A soldier from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in Ukraine.
Sergei Shuvaev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 177 servicemen from Karachay-Cherkessia killed there.
A hearing at the Baku Military Court. December 25, 2025. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/vnutrennyaya-politika/arkadii-gukasyan-bako-saakyan-i-levon-mnacakanyan-vystupili-s-poslednim-slovom-v-sude-631327
02:51, 26 December 2025
Three former Karabakh officials denied charges in a Baku court.
Former commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Levon Mnatsakanyan told the Baku Military Court that he disagrees with the charges brought against him. Two other defendants expressed a similar position.
01:58, 26 December 2025
Gagloev explained Mearakishvili's arrest as an attempt to destabilize the situation.
The arrest of ethnic Georgian activist Tamara Mearakishvili, accused of spying for Georgia, is linked to attempts to "destabilize the situation in the republic," the South Ossetian president stated, emphasizing that the authorities had taken no action against her for a long time.
01:26, 26 December 2025
Analysts have assessed the exploitation of the interethnic component in the conflict between Divnich and Akhmat.
Although the conflict in the Luhansk basin was personal in nature, attempts were made to portray it as interethnic. The exploitation of nationalism by both the Chechen general and the "Russian Community" demonstrates the degradation of society, analysts noted.
00:30, 26 December 2025
Former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia was detained in Tbilisi in connection with the "October 4" case.
Former Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia has been arrested in connection with the unrest during the protest on the day of the October 4 municipal elections. His wife, Ani Nadareishvili, was also detained but later released.
Ilya Sigida. Photo from eshatologia.org/
23:34, 25 December 2025
Parishioners were not allowed to support Sigida in court.
The total amount of fines imposed on Ilya Sigida in a week for disrespecting the state and discrediting the army reached 120,000 rubles. Parishioners who came to support him were barred from the hearings. The prosecution of Sigida for publications more than three years old, coupled with the criminal prosecution, appears to be a combination of pressure, the lawyer noted.
Protesters outside the Georgian parliament on the 393rd day of protests. Screenshot from a Publica photo from December 25, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1638689560863921&set=a.715406393192247 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).
22:35, 25 December 2025
Protests in Tbilisi continued amid persecution of activists.
The Tbilisi City Court heard cases of "blocking sidewalks" near the Georgian Parliament for the first time. The hearings for five activists have been postponed until January. On the 393rd day of daily protests, as they do every day, supporters of European integration gathered on Rustaveli Avenue.
21:41, 25 December 2025
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.
Ali Magomedzubra Zaidiyev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,743 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
20:58, 25 December 2025
On the anniversary of the crash, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport confirmed external damage to the AZAL plane.
The preliminary results of the investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane near Aktau have revealed that it was damaged by warhead fragments, but their origin has not been determined. No traces of explosives were found on board, the Kazakh Ministry of Transport stated.
Mzia Amaglobeli in court. Photo screenshot: https://accentnews.ge/ru/article/139139-mziia-amaglobeli-sredi-finalistov-premii-imeni-saxarova/
20:10, 25 December 2025
Mzia Amaglobeli's lawyers filed a cassation appeal against the verdict.
The defense appealed the decision of the Kutaisi Court of Appeal, which upheld the two-year prison sentence of Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, in the case of a slap in the face of the Batumi police chief.
Apti Alaudinov. Photo: "Grozny-Inform" https://www.grozny-inform.ru/
19:37, 25 December 2025
Alaudinov's reaction to the manifestation of the cult of force demonstrated the influence of the SVO on civilian life.
The use of their SVO membership in domestic conflicts is aimed at intimidating civilians and demonstrating a cult of force. Alaudinov's response to criticism of a former Akhmat fighter for traffic violations demonstrated the blurring of the lines between the front and the rear.
18:37, 25 December 2025
Vladimir Okunev has been declared wanted.
A criminal case has been opened against Vladimir Okunev, former deputy governor of the Rostov region and former director of a state-owned enterprise. He is suspected of abuse of office and restricting competition.
17:53, 25 December 2025
Karen Avanesyan was sentenced to a lengthy prison term in the terrorist attack case.
Karen Avanesyan, who remained in Khankendi after the exodus of Karabakh residents to Armenia, was sentenced by an Azerbaijani court to 16 years in prison on charges of attempting a terrorist attack.
News
Operations at three airports in the North Caucasus have been suspended.

One of the temporary memorial plaques. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. 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.

Ingush natives sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Moscow terror attack case

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.