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22:07, 22 December 2025
Four soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Sultan Annatdaev, Ashurali Maldaev, Ramazan Khulatdaev, and Adylkhan Zubailov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,740 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
21:15, 22 December 2025
Security forces visited Tamara Mearakishvili's home after she announced her hunger strike.
Five security officers are stationed outside the apartment in Tskhinvali where civil activist Tamara Mearakishvili lives. Mearakishvili herself told a Caucasian Knot correspondent by telephone.
20:11, 22 December 2025
Alaudinov defended the "masqueraded Hero of Russia" to bloggers.
Ekaterina Kolotovkina, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, encountered three "masqueraded Heroes of Russia" at a gas station in the Rostov region. Apti Alaudinov, head of Akhmat, decided to stand up for one of them.
David Babayan (left) and Levon Mnatsakanyan. An AI-generated illustration of the "Caucasian Knot" program created using Copilot.
18:25, 22 December 2025
Babayan and Mnatsakanyan denied the charges in a Baku court.
Former Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Minister David Babayan and former Defense Army Commander Levon Mnatsakanyan delivered their closing statements at a Baku court hearing today. Before them, former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan delivered his closing statement, sparking a debate between Armenian and Azerbaijani Facebook users*.
17:33, 22 December 2025
A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving a military unit.
A court in Nalchik sentenced Khusen Bakhmurziev to four years in prison, finding him guilty of evading military service during mobilization.
Diana Tsipinova. Photo: https://www.advokatymoscow.ru/press/news/13832/
17:03, 22 December 2025
The prosecutor's office has requested a third hearing of Tsipinova's case.
The prosecutor's office challenged the second acquittal of Kabardino-Balkarian lawyer Diana Tsipinova, demanding that the case be remanded for a new trial. Tsipinova's defense team criticized the agency's position.
Ruslan Izzetli. Photo: VOA https://commons.wikimedia.org/
16:39, 22 December 2025
Izzetli's worsening condition has alarmed his loved ones.
Ruslan Izzetli, arrested in Baku, has suffered a deteriorating condition due to gallstones. His wife, who had been recommended surgery even before his arrest, expressed fear for his life.
Alexey Logvinenko. Photo: www.donnews.ru
15:55, 22 December 2025
Logvinenko's arrest has been extended for three months.
The court extended the pretrial detention of former Rostov city manager Alexei Logvinenko, who is accused of abuse of power.
The defendants in the courtroom. In the foreground is Elena Zolotareva. December 22, 2025. Photo: https://t.me/opskuban/1386
14:56, 22 December 2025
Rostov judges sentenced to prison terms and multi-million dollar fines
Former Rostov Regional Court Chair Elena Zolotareva was sentenced to 15 years in prison and a fine of 170 million rubles, while her deputy was sentenced to 13 years in prison and a fine of 120 million rubles. The court also found two other defendants to be intermediaries in the bribery scheme, and a fifth defendant escaped punishment by signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
Fire in the port of Taman. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
13:57, 22 December 2025
The fire in the port of Taman has shrunk to 1,500 square meters.
Fires on a pier and a tanker in the port of Taman, which started after a drone attack, have been extinguished, and firefighting efforts on a fuel oil pipeline are ongoing. Authorities have confirmed there is no oil spill.
12:57, 22 December 2025
A serviceman from Khasavyurt was killed in combat.
Bekkhan Yusupov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,736 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
11:58, 22 December 2025
The number of Azerbaijani families returning to Hasanriz has reached 255.
Ten Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to Hasanriz today. The total number of displaced persons who have returned to the village has reached 989.
Alexey Logvinenko. Photo: Rostov-on-Don Administration Press Service
10:58, 22 December 2025
Alexey Logvinenko has become a suspect in a second criminal case.
Law enforcement officials suspect the former head of the Rostov-on-Don administration, who was arrested on charges of abuse of office, of accepting a bribe. Investigators believe other city hall employees were involved in the businessman's bribe.
Police officers detain an activist in Baku. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot."
09:59, 22 December 2025
A large-scale amnesty has begun in Azerbaijan.
Today, Azerbaijan began implementing the amnesty law announced to mark the country's Constitution and sovereignty year. The amnesty, which will affect approximately 20,000 people, will take four months.
08:59, 22 December 2025
A fighter from Frolovo was killed in a military operation.
Andrei Nechayev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,592 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
07:45, 22 December 2025
Gelendzhik Airport has resumed operations after eight hours of restrictions.
The restrictions were introduced following a drone attack in the Krasnodar region.
Tatyana Makarova. Photo source: https://www.nvgazeta.ru/news/14488/624165/
06:54, 22 December 2025
The owner of the Forgotten Hearts shelter in Aksay commented on the deaths of her pets.
According to owner Tatyana Makarova, several animals at the "Forgotten Hearts" shelter in Aksai have died from infections, and several others have escaped, but we're not talking about dozens or hundreds.
05:55, 22 December 2025
Violations have been discovered in the operation of the former mayor of Volgograd's mining farm.
Residents of the village of Kremenskaya complained about environmental problems that arose after the commissioning of a mining farm owned by former Volgograd Mayor Yevgeny Ishchenko. Several regional agencies took an interest in the farm's operations and identified violations.
Fire on a ship. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
04:56, 22 December 2025
Two piers and two vessels were damaged in a drone strike in Kuban.
In the port of the village of Volna, two berths and two vessels were damaged and fires broke out due to a drone attack.
03:56, 22 December 2025
Adam Yahutl's case has returned to court.
For the fifth time, the Presnensky District Court in Moscow has heard the case of Adam Yakhutl, former deputy head of the transport police for the Southern Federal District, accused of fraud. He was acquitted four times, but each time the case was sent back for a new trial.
News
David Babayan (left) and Levon Mnatsakanyan. An AI-generated illustration of the "Caucasian Knot" program created using Copilot. Babayan and Mnatsakanyan denied the charges in a Baku court.

Ruslan Izzetli. Photo: VOA https://commons.wikimedia.org/ Izzetli's worsening condition has alarmed his loved ones.

The number of Azerbaijani families returning to Hasanriz has reached 255.

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.