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23:57, 23 January 2026
Protesters in Tbilisi are outraged by the arrests of activists for blocking a sidewalk.
Supporters of Georgia's European integration, who gathered outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue for the 422nd day in a row, called the arrests of demonstrators for standing on the sidewalk an unprecedented violation of human rights.
A still of the landfill in Sunzha, which residents complained about. January 24, 2026. Photo: Fortanga / Telegram channel
23:25, 23 January 2026
Residents of Sunzha have forced officials to close down the landfill.
The Sunzha administration and the Ingushetia Central Regional Center responded to complaints from Sunzha residents, who reminded the authorities of their unfulfilled promise to eliminate the landfill.
22:59, 23 January 2026
An Azerbaijani activist has been arrested for her social media comments.
The Khazar District Court in Baku sentenced activist Kenul Akhmedova to 20 days in jail for disseminating prohibited information on social media.
22:49, 23 January 2026
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.
Saidbeg Abdulmalikov from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,781 Dagestani servicemen killed there.
Migration prison in Ježevo, Croatia. Photo: https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/
22:02, 23 January 2026
North Caucasus nationals have gone on hunger strike in a Croatian immigration prison.
Fifty asylum seekers from Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia, held in the Ezevo immigration prison in Croatia, have gone on hunger strike to protest gross violations of their rights.
21:18, 23 January 2026
High-ranking former police officers were convicted in Kuban for accepting fertilizer bribes.
A court in Kuban has fined former police officers Andrei Kolontaevsky and Alexander Moiseenko for abuse of power and large-scale bribery. According to the court, the officers demanded ammonium nitrate as a bribe.
21:08, 23 January 2026
The number of homes damaged by drone attacks in Adygea has increased to 30.
Repairs to apartments damaged by a recent drone attack in the Takhtamukaysky District of Adygea are planned to be completed within five weeks, according to the head of the republic, Murat Kumpilov.
20:47, 23 January 2026
Adam Kadyrov responded to critics with a serial monologue set to music by Mutsuraev.
Amid the ongoing discussion of his car accident in Grozny, Ramzan Kadyrov's third son, Adam, posted a story on his Instagram account featuring a monologue from the series "Game of Thrones" and music by Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev.
20:25, 23 January 2026
A traffic accident in Grozny has raised questions about Ramzan Kadyrov's possible successor.
Ramzan Kadyrov would like to see his third son, Adam, as his successor, but in reality, neither Adam nor the other sons of the head of Chechnya have received guarantees from the Kremlin that would allow them to claim power in the republic.
20:20, 23 January 2026
A court has arrested an Ingush security officer in connection with a drug-planting case.
The Supreme Court of Ingushetia has changed the pretrial detention measure for former Deputy Chief of the 2nd Department of the Ingush Ministry of Internal Affairs Ibragim Chaniev from house arrest to pretrial detention in a case involving abuse of power and drug possession.
19:22, 23 January 2026
The fourth memorial plaque has been installed on Politkovskaya's house.
Activists have restored for the fourth time a memorial plaque on the Moscow building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.
Still of a mass picket in support of political prisoners in Tbilisi. January 23, 2026. Photo: Publika / https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1661209515278592&set=pcb.1661209571945253
18:27, 23 January 2026
A mass picket in support of political prisoners was held in Tbilisi.
A protest demanding the release of political prisoners took place in central Tbilisi. Protesters stood at the Rustaveli metro station with a banner reading "Freedom for the regime's prisoners!"
A serviceman. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
17:28, 23 January 2026
A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine.
Nazar Ramazanov from the Rutul district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,780 Dagestani servicemen killed there.
16:29, 23 January 2026
Human rights activists have called on the Council of Europe to respond to the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan.
Ahead of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the human rights campaign "End Repression in Azerbaijan" called on Council of Europe structures to launch a "Joint Response Procedure" against Baku, stating that Azerbaijan is failing to comply with its human rights obligations to the organization.
15:30, 23 January 2026
Nurlan Gakhramanli's family is concerned about his condition amid his hunger strike in pretrial detention.
The health of journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, arrested in the Meydan TV case, has seriously deteriorated on the seventh day of his hunger strike. Despite the entreaties of his family, Gahramanli refused to end his protest.
Yanis Budagov in the courtroom. Photo: tvkrasnodar.ru
14:31, 23 January 2026
The mayor of Krymsk remains in custody.
The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to soften the pretrial detention of Krymsk Mayor Yanis Budagov, who was arrested on charges of abuse of power.
13:32, 23 January 2026
11 people were transported from Karabakh to Armenia.
Ten ethnic Armenians and one Russian with Armenian citizenship, who remained in Karabakh after the exodus of the population, asked to be resettled in Armenia; they have already been transported.
Adam Kadyrov. Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel
12:40, 23 January 2026
Publications featuring Adam Kadyrov are intended to disguise his absence from the public sphere.
A week after the Grozny accident was reported, Adam Kadyrov has yet to appear in any recent videos. Posts featuring him on the accounts of Chechen officials and the Stories of the third son of the Chechen leader himself only highlight the lack of up-to-date information about his condition and whereabouts.
11:40, 23 January 2026
Two Tbilisi protesters have been sentenced to arrest for blocking a sidewalk.
A Tbilisi court sentenced Sandro Megrelishvili and Dmitry Dzhamburia to four days in jail for blocking sidewalks near the parliament building. The defense is appealing the verdict.
10:40, 23 January 2026
A large family from Tuapse was forced to agree to the administration's proposal.
The large family of Sergei Kartashov and Tatyana Pimenova agreed to sign a shared construction agreement for an apartment building in Krasnodar. Before the building's completion, the family of seven was offered a two-bedroom apartment in Tuapse. The proposed options did not meet the family's needs, but officials made it clear that no better offers would be forthcoming, the couple said. The criminal case against the former mayor of Tuapse, who overturned the ruling declaring the family's building unsafe, has been dismissed.
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Human rights activists have questioned the voluntary nature of contracts signed by prisoners in Chechnya.

Participants of the Special Military Operations Team. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,950.

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.