North Ossetia-Alania

December 04, 2025 21:37

• Being in the neutral zone affected Alan Gatsoev's health.

  Alan Gatsoev, who spent more than five months in the no-man's land between Georgia and Russia, is being transferred to another hospital due to heart problems and may require surgery. Gatsoev's family has sent a request to the North Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs not to deport him, and to South Ossetia to allow him entry.

December 04, 2025 09:59

• Airports in southern Russia have resumed operations after a drone attack.

  Airports in Grozny, Magas, and Vladikavkaz have resumed operations without flight delays. At Volgograd Airport, a flight to Dubai and an arrival from Moscow were delayed.

December 04, 2025 04:25

• Rosaviatsiya has closed three airports in the North Caucasus.

  Airports in Grozny, Vladikavkaz, and Magas have been grounded for the third night in a row. A no-fly alert has also been declared in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol.

December 03, 2025 08:31

• Flight restrictions at airports in the North Caucasus Federal District have been lifted.

  Airport restrictions imposed due to flight safety concerns have been lifted in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas. The military has not recorded any drone attacks in the North Caucasus Federal District republics, and regional authorities have announced the end of the drone threat.

December 03, 2025 01:38

• Three airports in the North Caucasus are closed to aircraft.

  Temporary restrictions on incoming and outgoing flights have been imposed at airports in Grozny, Magas, and Vladikavkaz. A drone strike threat has been issued in North Ossetia and Chechnya.

December 02, 2025 16:56

• A North Ossetian soldier was killed in Ukraine.

  Andrei Pominov from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly acknowledged the deaths of at least 526 combatants from North Ossetia.

December 02, 2025 09:01

• Chechnya found itself in the zone of drone attacks

  The military shot down four drones over Chechnya, the only region in the North Caucasus Federal District where a drone attack was recorded overnight. Drones were also shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, Volgograd Oblast, and Rostov Oblast.

December 02, 2025 04:40

• Airport operations have been suspended in five regions of southern Russia.

  The operations of the airports of Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Magas, Makhachkala and Nalchik have been temporarily suspended.

December 02, 2025 01:57

• A drone threat has been declared in five regions of the North Caucasus.

  A drone alert has been declared in Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and the Stavropol Krai. Rosaviatsiya has not announced any restrictions on airport operations in these regions.

December 01, 2025 23:26

• Religious scholars and human rights activists have identified ways to resolve conflicts over prayer at an Ossetian university.

  The university administration can provide students with a prayer room, but it is impossible to expel a student for public prayer, the lawyer stated. Prayer times in Islam are flexible, Islamic scholars noted, commenting on the uproar at the North Ossetian Medical Academy.

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