No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts from January 5 to 18.

No casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia during the two weeks from January 5 to January 18, 2026. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia during the week from December 29, 2025 to January 4, 2026.

Arrests and Sentences for Terrorism-Related Articles

On January 12, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Zamir Saitov, a resident of Tobolsk (Tyumen Oblast), guilty of terrorism and extremism. He was sentenced to 19 years in a maximum-security penal colony for plotting an attack on police officers in Dagestan in 2022.

A Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of Yeysk stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring) for another six months. Ostanin is accused of extremism and insulting religious feelings. His bank accounts were frozen.

An Astrakhan resident was accused of ties to a terrorist organization banned in Russia. According to investigators, the Astrakhan resident joined a terrorist organization, contacted its members via a foreign messenger, received instructions for joining, and collected information for further illegal activities.

On January 13, the father of Khalit Mustafayev, who was killed by security forces during a chase in Stavropol in 2020, announced his intention to seek a reopening of the case against the security officer, who escaped prosecution by going to the front, in higher courts. Mustafayev is confident that the dismissal of the case is corrupt.

The Temryuk District Court sentenced Yuri Sysoyev to five years in prison for a social media post. According to the prosecution, in March 2022, the man posted on social media "addressed to the President of the Russian Federation." In the text of this publication, security forces found "incitement" to attack the lives of political and government figures" of the Russian Federation. The accused pleaded not guilty.

A court in Budyonnovsk sentenced Konstantin Bernatov, a resident of the village of Novaya Zhizn in Stavropol Krai, to three years in prison, finding him guilty of financing extremist activity, which is prohibited in Russia.

On January 17, a Military Court sentenced Khaskil Yaganov, a native of Dagestan, to 17 years in prison. He is accused of involvement in a terrorist organization, finding him guilty of preparing a terrorist attack against people who do not profess Islam, as well as of illegally trafficking explosive devices. Yaganov denied his guilt.

In Krasnodar, security forces brutally detained eight participants in the "Limonov Readings." The court sentenced them to two to 10 days in jail under administrative charges of displaying extremist symbols and organizing an unsanctioned event.

On January 18, unknown individuals smashed a memorial plaque on the building on Lesnaya Street in Moscow where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered. The journalist's children and the editorial board of Novaya Gazeta have demanded that a criminal case be opened.

The "Caucasian Knot" publishes monthly, quarterly, and annual statistics on victims of the armed conflict in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in the section "North Caucasus - Victim Statistics".

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