All news

Homepage / All news

12:54, 29 December 2025

Facebook* users debated the fairness of Avanesyan's sentence.

Armenian social media users suggested that Karen Avanesyan, who remained in Khankendi, was convicted of a fabricated terrorist attack, while Azerbaijani users considered the verdict fair. Details of the case are known only from Azerbaijani sources, according to lawyer Ara Kazaryan.

11:54, 29 December 2025

Voronovsky's arrest has been extended for three months.

A Moscow court has extended the arrest of former Kuban vice-governor Anatoly Voronovsky, who is accused of accepting bribes.

10:54, 29 December 2025

Authorities have counted 13 damaged residential buildings in Krasnodar.

A drone attack caused a fire in Belorechensk, while 13 private homes and several cars were damaged in Krasnodar. Authorities have promised to help residents repair their broken windows by the New Year.

09:55, 29 December 2025

Nineteen drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.

The Ministry of Defense reported 11 drones shot down overnight in Adygea, seven in Kuban, and one in the Rostov Region. Another drone was shot down over the Sea of Azov.

08:56, 29 December 2025

Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

Feyzullakh Ramazanov and Rafael Alirzayev were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,754 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

07:47, 29 December 2025

Drone strikes were recorded in four districts of the Rostov region.

According to authorities, there were no casualties.

Ararat Mirzoyan. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.

06:52, 29 December 2025

Mirzoyan stated that there are no political prisoners in Armenia.

There are no political prisoners in Armenia, and no one is allowed to call for an armed coup, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated.

05:55, 29 December 2025

A Dagestani deputy resigned after an incident involving his son.

The son of a deputy from the Kumtorkalinsky district caused a drunken brawl at a liquor store. The incident was criticized by Dagestan Governor Sergei Melikov, who reported that the boy's father had submitted a resignation letter.

04:56, 29 December 2025

The number of South Ossetian citizens participating in the Special Military Operations has been announced.

According to South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev, approximately two thousand citizens of the republic are participating in the special operation in Ukraine.

03:56, 29 December 2025

Truck traffic through the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint is closed.

A ban on heavy-duty vehicles has been imposed on the Georgian Military Highway. Telegram users have complained about traffic jams near the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint on the Russian side.

02:57, 29 December 2025

Five houses damaged in Kuban after drone attack

Following a drone attack in the village of Kushchevskaya, two private homes and a gas pipeline were damaged, and three private homes were damaged in the village of Industrialny.

01:58, 29 December 2025

Human rights activists have pointed to the lack of progress in Baimuradova's case.

A petition demanding that Armenian authorities investigate the murder of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova has garnered 1,421 signatures, but no results have yet been released. Following Baimuradova's murder, human rights activists noted that the number of requests for evacuation from people facing domestic violence has decreased.

The village of Novokuli. Photo screenshot from https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Новокули#/media/

00:54, 29 December 2025

Displaced residents of the Novolaksky district are facing a challenge to their land rights.

Families of displaced persons who received land in Novokuli for perpetual use over 10 years ago are facing demands from the lessee to demolish their homes. They appealed to the head of the Russian Investigative Committee. A lawyer pointed out that leasing land is illegal, and the displaced persons are forced to defend their rights to the plots in court.

23:54, 28 December 2025

A contract soldier from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

Shalasu Balamirzoyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,752 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

22:56, 28 December 2025

Supporters of European integration took to the streets in Tbilisi for the 396th time in a row.

The protest in Tbilisi, where participants demand new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners, continued for the 396th day in a row.

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

21:56, 28 December 2025

Soltayev boasted of an award for affirming spiritual values

Chechnya's Human Rights Commissioner, Mansur Soltayev, who has repeatedly denied human rights problems in the republic, announced an award from the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus for promoting spiritual values.

20:56, 28 December 2025

Human rights activists have called the persecution of Mearakishvili politically motivated.

The Supreme Court of South Ossetia ignored defense arguments that the arrest of activist Tamara Mearakishvili was politically motivated and upheld her arrest. Mearakishvili is being persecuted for her civic stance, and this case damages the reputation of the South Ossetian authorities, human rights activists believe.

19:56, 28 December 2025

Scientists have announced a study of the impact of the fuel oil spill on the state of Utrish.

The Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted an expedition to the waters of the Utrish Nature Reserve. Scientists intend to study the impact of the fuel oil spill on the waters and coastline of the Utrish Nature Reserve and the coast of Anapa.

Participants of the appeal. Screenshot of the photo "Bloknot Volgograd" from December 28, 2025, https://bloknot-volgograd.ru/news/kontsert-lolity-trebuyut-otmenit-v-volgograde-vide-1934705

18:56, 28 December 2025

The prosecutor demanded that Lolita's concert in Volgograd be banned.

A video appeal demanding a ban on Lolita Milyavskaya's concert in Volgograd has been published online. Participants cited her participation in a "naked party" as the reason for her impossibility of performing.

17:56, 28 December 2025

The wife of a Kabardino-Balkarian resident complained about his six-month detention in a solitary confinement cell.

After being arrested for allegedly participating in an extremist organization, Kabardino-Balkaria resident Rustam Kurmanov is being held in solitary confinement. His wife believes this is a way to extract a confession from him.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 52 53 54 … 3274 3275

Next article ⟶

News

Kadyrov reported on the new dispatch of combatants to the front.

Participants in the conflict in the Luhansk basin. July 2025. Video screenshot: Maksym Divnich's Telegram channel.

Divnich reported on the verdict for Alikhan Bersayev

A memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: Civil Initiative Party

The memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house has been destroyed for the eighth time in three weeks.

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

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

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

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.