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A judge's gavel against the backdrop of the village of Grpegezh in the Chereksky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. An AI-generated illustration by the "Caucasian Knot" program Copilot.
18:17, 18 December 2025
The court confiscated the property of a former deputy from Kabardino-Balkaria.
Land and a plot of land worth over 16 million rubles, acquired with unverified income, have been confiscated from a former deputy of the village of Gerpegezh in Kabardino-Balkaria.
Magomed Shamilov. Video screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/live/vcKHpfFF8X8
17:16, 18 December 2025
The court found no violation of the law in Shamilov's statements about the sale of Dagestan lands.
The Soviet Court of Makhachkala dismissed the administrative case against Magomed Shamilov, chairman of the independent trade union of employees of the internal affairs and prosecutor's offices. Experts found no evidence of incitement to hatred or hostility in his statements against the sale of Gunib's lands. Shamilov and Dagestani activists considered the court's decision fair.
Murad Sultanli. Screenshot of a photo from Natig Adilov's page, December 17, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238936297361641&set=a.2117380289798 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).
16:16, 18 December 2025
An Azerbaijani opposition party activist has been arrested for 30 days.
Murad Sultanli, Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been placed under administrative arrest for 30 days. His associates believe the charges against him are fabricated.
Родственники убитого и полиция возле школы. 16 декабря 2025 г. Скриншот видео https://www.instagram.com/reels/DSU0GUiCC_P/ принадлежит компании Meta деятельность которой запрещена в России
15:20, 18 December 2025
The murder of a schoolboy in Odintsovo has sparked discussions about Russia's national policy in North Caucasus Federal District public groups
The nationalist nature of the murder of a 10-year-old Tajik boy in a school near Moscow demonstrated the failure of nationalities policy in Russia. The "Russian Community" condemned the incident, but users of Dagestani and Chechen Telegram channels pointed out the contribution of such groups in perpetuating Islamophobia as a norm for years.
14:29, 18 December 2025
A Chechen fighter was killed in a military operation.
Mehdi Zuzayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 254 Chechen fighters have been officially recognized as killed.
Ruben Vardanyan. Photo: https://armlife.am/ru/ruben-vardanyan-otkazalsya-uchastvovat-v-sudebnom-farse-i-obyavil-golodovku/
13:30, 18 December 2025
The prosecution requested a life sentence for Vardanyan
At a hearing in the Baku Military Court, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Vardanyan stated that the trial did not meet the requirements of a fair trial.
Krasnodar residents' address to Putin. December 18, 2025. Video screenshot: https://t.me/tipichkras/73143
12:31, 18 December 2025
Krasnodar residents appealed to Putin over broken roads and garbage
Residents of the Muzykalny microdistrict in Krasnodar recorded a message for the Russian president's direct line, complaining about the state of the roads and the lack of garbage collection. They say their appeals to local authorities have been ineffective.
The Parliament of Georgia. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/
11:31, 18 December 2025
The Georgian parliament abolished the South Ossetian administration in exile
Parliament approved a decision to abolish the administration of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Region effective January 1, 2026.
An FSB officer steps away from a backpack before it was destroyed. December 17, 2025. Screenshot from a Russian FSB video.
09:44, 18 December 2025
The FSB has detained a student in connection with a terrorist plot in Volgodonsk
A college student intended to bring a backpack containing a homemade explosive device equivalent to 10 kg of TNT to the Volgodonsk administration building and hand it over to an official.
Bakhruz Samedov. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1052981443502606&set=a.454678036666286&type=3 belongs to Meta, a company banned in Russia.
08:49, 18 December 2025
Scientists and human rights activists have called for the release of Bakhruz Samedov
The international academic network Scholars at Risk has appealed to the Azerbaijani government to release researcher Bahruz Samedov. The petition was also supported by the human rights organization Amnesty International and the Norwegian Foundation for International Aid to Students and Scholars.
Security forces escort a pensioner. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
03:48, 18 December 2025
Kuban pensioners were brought to Rostov-on-Don for consideration of their case
The case materials against Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group, have been submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Nabiev is hospitalized with a third heart attack.
01:01, 18 December 2025
A resident of Adygea is suspected of preparing a terrorist attack
A criminal case for participation in a terrorist organization and preparation for a terrorist attack has been opened against a 19-year-old resident of the village of Novaya Adygeya.
Fight Club in Krasnodar. Still from Kuban 24 video: https://t.me/kuban24/117059
00:52, 18 December 2025
Krasnodar residents consider the hushing up of teenage violence unacceptable
Numerous children were beaten in street fights in Krasnodar, after which three teenage girls were detained, but not all parents agreed to file police reports. Psychologists emphasized that violence and the desire to assert oneself through such behavior indicate psychological problems.
Makhachkala. Screenshot from Yandex.Maps https://yandex.ru/maps/org/mechet_imeni_ali_khadzhi_akushinskogo/231878760168/panorama/?ll=47.554475%2C42.958692&panorama%5Bdirection%5D=-137.400000%2C10.000000&panorama%5Bfull%5D=true&panorama%5Bpoint%5D=47.554787%2C42.958910&panorama%5Bspan%5D=0.000000%2C0.000000&z=15
00:08, 18 December 2025
Residents of Dagestan criticized a report on energy sector improvements
The Dagestan Ministry of Energy reported positive trends in the republic's electricity supply. Telegram channel users called the situation catastrophic, while Makhachkala residents reported ongoing power outages.
A police officer records a deputy's testimony. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
00:01, 18 December 2025
A video message to Putin resulted in a Krasnodar deputy being summoned to the police
Krasnodar City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov was summoned to the police on December 17 following a video message recorded by over a thousand residents demanding that the embankment not be built with a church.
Novorossiysk residents asked Putin to resolve water supply issues. Still from the video "Nasha Gazeta Novorossiysk" from December 17, 2025, https://t.me/ng_nov/38356.
22:34, 17 December 2025
Novorossiysk residents complained about water supply not being delivered according to schedule
Novorossiysk residents complained about water supply not being delivered according to schedule
Zarema Musayeva in court. Screenshot of a photo from the Team Against Torture (designated a foreign agent) from March 21, 2025, https://t.me/no_torture/3558
21:40, 17 December 2025
Kadyrov's words underscored the political nature of Musayeva's persecution
Kadyrov's statement that Zarema Musayeva was detained because of the Yangulbayev family's work on social media confirms the political nature of her persecution, but in the current reality, the Chechen leader's confession will not lead to a review of Musayeva's sentences, human rights activists noted.
Road construction and the Kremlin. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
19:54, 17 December 2025
Armenia rejects Moscow and Tehran's claims regarding the "Trump Route"
There are no ongoing discussions regarding Russia's participation in the TRIPP project. Official Yerevan also stated that it is taking into account the interests of neighboring countries, such as Iran, in implementing the "Trump Route."
Gultekin Hajibeyli. Photo: APA https://ru.apa.az/
18:27, 17 December 2025
A Turkish court has rejected Hajibeyli's appeal against his detention in a deportation center
The Istanbul Magistrate's Court for Criminal Cases upheld the decision to place Azerbaijani opposition figure Gultekin Hajibeyli in a deportation center. She considers the court's ruling and the overall decision to deport her unlawful.
18:19, 17 December 2025
The leaders of a Kalmyk prison colony received lengthy sentences in the case of a terrorist cell
Pavel Bataev and his deputy Artur Tsamaev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the territory of a correctional facility, received 22 and 24 years in prison.
News
Krasnodar residents' address to Putin. December 18, 2025. Video screenshot: https://t.me/tipichkras/73143 Krasnodar residents appealed to Putin over broken roads and garbage

Security forces escort a pensioner. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. Kuban pensioners were brought to Rostov-on-Don for consideration of their case

Fight Club in Krasnodar. Still from Kuban 24 video: https://t.me/kuban24/117059 Krasnodar residents consider the hushing up of teenage violence unacceptable

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. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ 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. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o 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. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw 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.