North-Caucasian Federal District

January 20, 2026 12:08

• The shootout involving security forces was the first in Stavropol in three years.

  The shootout in which security forces killed a Kislovodsk resident was preceded by a counterterrorism operation in early February 2023. At that time, security forces reported the killing of four suspects in the village of Petrovskoye, suspected of plotting a terrorist attack.

January 20, 2026 11:09

• A Kislovodsk resident was killed in a shootout with security forces.

  Law enforcement officials reported the murder of a Kislovodsk resident suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol. According to the FSB, the man offered armed resistance during an arrest attempt.

January 20, 2026 10:11

• The police general's comments on the situation in Dagestan have found support among Makhachkala residents.

  Unresolved housing and utilities issues are causing discontent among residents of Dagestan and fueling protests, according to the head of the North Caucasus Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Residents of Makhachkala agreed.

January 20, 2026 06:08

• Dagestanis complain about a toxic waste plant in a water protection zone.

  Villagers in the Dagestani village of Gulli claim that the plant has contaminated the rivers and left a white coating on the trees. The district administration confirmed that the permit for the plant's construction was legally issued.

January 20, 2026 05:09

• A school security guard in Derbent was detained for attacking a student.

  Students at a Derbent school were playing snowballs when they hit an elderly security guard, who responded by stabbing one of the teenagers in the neck. The guard has been detained, and investigators are conducting an investigation.

January 20, 2026 01:43

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

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

January 20, 2026 00:59

• A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.

  Rasim Ashurbekov from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,777 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

January 19, 2026 22:20

• On the 17th anniversary of the murder of Markelov and Baburova, cities across Russia honored their memory.

  Yabloko has appealed to the Moscow mayor to install a memorial plaque at the site of the murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. On the 17th anniversary of their murders, vigils were held in cities across Russia, including Rostov-on-Don and Baksan. Three participants in the memorial vigil were detained in Samara.

January 19, 2026 21:48

• Ullubiy Khanmurzaev went on hunger strike after his arrest.

  Former head of the Buinaksk district, Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, has declared a hunger strike after his arrest. He rejects fraud charges, according to the head of the Dagestan Public Monitoring Commission.

January 19, 2026 20:48

• A second memorial plaque was destroyed on Politkovskaya's house in one day.

  A temporary memorial plaque installed the day before to replace a broken one on the building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered was destroyed. Representatives of a far-right organization designated as terrorist claimed responsibility for the destruction of the original plaque. A plaque from the "Last Address" project on the same building was also destroyed.

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