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12:54, 24 February 2026
Five fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.
Derbent District authorities presented awards to the families of five soldiers killed in the military operation. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,823 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
11:55, 24 February 2026
Three police officers have been arrested in connection with the beating of a detainee in Nazran.
Police officers in Ingushetia unjustly detained a driver and beat him several times. The man required medical attention, investigators said. A court ordered three suspects to be remanded in custody.
Mansur Movlaev. Photo: Orda.kz https://orda.kz/chechenskogo-oppozicionera-otpravili-pod-arest-v-almaty-401794/
10:52, 24 February 2026
The UN Committee has requested a stay on Movlaev's extradition from Kazakhstan.
The UN Human Rights Committee received an appeal from Chechen native Mansur Movlaev and called on the Kazakh authorities to suspend Movlaev's extradition to Russia until the appeal is considered.
A banner on the facade of a theater in Tbilisi with a portrait of Andro Chichinadze and the inscription "Freedom for the prisoners of the system!" Photo: JAMnews https://t.me/jamnewsru/21548
09:53, 24 February 2026
Chichinadze announced his departure from the theater in solidarity with his colleagues.
Convicted actor Andro Chichinadze announced his resignation from the Tbilisi theater troupe, following his colleagues who were outraged by the removal of a banner bearing his portrait.
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
08:53, 24 February 2026
17 drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.
Military forces destroyed drones overnight in the Krasnodar Krai, Adygea, and Rostov Oblast. Drones were also shot down over the Black and Azov Seas.
Evgeny Batalov. Photo from the Rudnyansky District Administration's Telegram channel https://t.me/moya_rudnya/1867
07:54, 24 February 2026
A combatant from the Volgograd region was killed in combat.
Yevgeny Batalov from the Rudnyansky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,693 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
06:55, 24 February 2026
A drone attack was recorded in two districts of the Rostov region.
The military shot down drones in the Kamensky and Neklinovsky districts. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
05:50, 24 February 2026
Participants in the Abkhaz opposition rally called for the dismissal of the head of the presidential administration.
The Abkhaz opposition held a rally in front of the Supreme Court building, accusing the head of the presidential administration, Beslan Eshba, of exacerbating political tensions in the republic and calling on him to resign.
04:45, 24 February 2026
A drone crashed in the Gagra region of Abkhazia.
An explosion occurred in Mount Mamzyshkha in Abkhazia, and debris was found at the site, which, according to preliminary information, belonged to a UAV.
03:42, 24 February 2026
Commentators criticized the behavior of a blogger from Dagestan in a store.
A Dagestani blogger filmed himself stomping on chocolate bars in a store and urged people not to buy them, as the manufacturers directly or indirectly sponsor the Palestinian genocide. Commenters on Telegram found this behavior disgraceful.
02:43, 24 February 2026
Participants in a memorial rally in Ingushetia called for commemoration of the victims of deportation.
A delegation of Balkars attended the memorial events marking the 82nd anniversary of the forced deportation of the Vainakh people in Ingushetia. Only one regional head in the North Caucasus Federal District expressed public condolences to the Chechens and Ingush.
02:34, 24 February 2026
A housewife was arrested in Armenia for posting about Pashinyan.
A 55-year-old housewife from Akhuryan was arrested for one month after reporting a fake account created in her name to police and was charged with inciting violence for a post about Nikol Pashinyan.
01:35, 24 February 2026
Azerbaijani activist Rahimova fears arrest
Trade union activist Sara Rahimova was unable to clarify the reasons for the ban on her leaving Azerbaijan and the criminal case against her, even though the investigator himself promised to contact her on February 23.
00:43, 24 February 2026
A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban extended the arrest of Hieromonk Ilya Sigida.
The Slavyansk City Court extended the house arrest of Hieromonk Ilya Sigida, who is accused of desecrating symbols of military glory through online publications, until March 20.
00:03, 24 February 2026
The name of the Dagestani soldier killed in Ukraine has been released.
Ruslan Mikhraliev from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have officially recognized at least 1,818 fighters from Dagestan as killed.
Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue, February 23, 2026. Photo: Mindia Gabadze / Publika
23:09, 23 February 2026
Portraits of Ivanishvili and Putin were burned during a protest outside the Georgian parliament.
Participants in the protest on Rustaveli Avenue, now in its 453rd day, honored the memory of the Georgian cadets and volunteers who died in an unequal battle with the Red Army in February 1921. Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov burned photographs of Bidzina Ivanishvili, Vladimir Putin, and the Kremlin.
22:12, 23 February 2026
The memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the 22nd time.
A homemade memorial plaque installed by activists on the facade of Anna Politkovskaya's Moscow home was once again destroyed. A stenciled inscription about the journalist's murder was also painted over.
21:38, 23 February 2026
A soldier from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in Ukraine.
Muradin Konov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 183 soldiers from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed there.
Nika Gvaramia told reporters he doesn't understand the charges against him. Photo: TV Pirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/politika/121939-nika-gvaramias-agkvetis-gonisdziebis-sakhit-30-000-lariani-girao-sheeparda
20:40, 23 February 2026
A court in Tbilisi assigned bail to Nika Gvaramia in the “sabotage case”
Tbilisi City Court Judge Tamar Makharablidze ordered Nika Gvaramia, leader of the opposition coalition "For Change," to post bail of 30,000 lari (approximately $11,000) as a preventative measure in the "sabotage case." The politician himself stated that he was unclear of the charges against him.
A memorial event commemorating the deportation of Chechens. Grozny, February 23, 2026. Photo: Grozny-Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/
19:50, 23 February 2026
Residents of Cheni commemorated the victims of deportation amidst few pro-government events.
In Chechnya, an official memorial rally for the victims of deportation has been established, featuring officials and security forces, without the mass participation of ordinary Chechen residents, who observe the memorial day in a small family circle.
News
Future conscripts from the North Caucasus Federal District have not noticed any changes in the conscription rules.

Bulletproof vest. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program. Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

In February 2026, three people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and southern Russia.

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.