North Ossetia-Alania

February 03, 2026 20:43

• The court has arrested former Sochi judge Valery Sluka.

  The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar has arrested former Sochi judge Valery Sluka on charges of abuse of power. Investigators have conducted searches of the former judge's homes in the Krasnodar Krai and North Ossetia.

February 02, 2026 23:15

• A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in the SVO zone.

  Mikhail Indolov from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 541 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

February 02, 2026 09:56

• The Ministry of Emergency Situations has warned drivers against traveling on the Transkam highway.

  The South Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations has lifted the ban on heavy-duty vehicles on the Transcaucasian Highway, but urged drivers to refrain from traveling due to the forecast of heavy snowfall and the risk of avalanches.

February 02, 2026 01:55

• Operations at three airports in the North Caucasus have been suspended.

  Airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas have been suspended to ensure flight safety. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a drone was shot down over Chechen territory.

February 01, 2026 15:00

• Sources reported the detention of a former minister in North Ossetia.

  Security forces in North Ossetia have detained Alan Kusrayev, who resigned as Minister of Agriculture four days ago.

February 01, 2026 07:06

• The Transkam and Georgian Military Highway are closed to heavy vehicles.

  Exit from North Ossetia via the Transcaucasian Highway and the Georgian Military Highway is prohibited for heavy vehicles due to deteriorating weather conditions.

January 30, 2026 13:25

• Authorities have officially acknowledged that more than 8,550 fighters from southern Russia were killed in the military operation.

  At least 4,213 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,344 from the Southern Federal District have been acknowledged by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

January 27, 2026 01:33

• 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.

  During the week of January 19–25, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia: one person was killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 25, 2026 16:55

• The widows of Dzhabiev and Tsakaev are dissatisfied with the court rulings on their husbands' deaths after torture.

  Oksana Sotieva declined to appeal the security forces' sentence, which was mitigated by the Supreme Court of South Ossetia, despite believing the ruling in the case of her husband, Inal Dzhabiev, who died in a police station in Tskhinvali, to be unjust. Vladimir Tskaev's widow, Zemfira, has been seeking punishment for those involved in her husband's death for over a decade after his arrest in Vladikavkaz. The case is being heard again in court.

January 25, 2026 02:01

• A North Ossetian resident has become the subject of a criminal case over a land dispute.

  Security forces in North Ossetia have opened a criminal case against Bekkhan Tsurov, an Ingush man. According to his family, the case stemmed from a land dispute that escalated into a brawl, and they believe they are attempting to turn a domestic conflict into an interethnic one.

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