Karachay-Cherkessia

February 05, 2026 19:41

• Those convicted in the extremism case in Cherkessk considered the mitigation of their sentences insufficient.

  The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia reduced the sentence handed down by the Cherkessk City Court in the July 2025 extremist community case, but did not fully overturn the guilty verdict. Aslan Naptugov, convicted in the case, stated that he considers the ruling only a partial success and intends to seek a full acquittal in the cassation court.

February 05, 2026 01:57

• During the week from January 26 to February 1, two people were killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

  During the week of January 26 to February 1, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

February 03, 2026 03:32

• The prosecutor's office is demanding an increase in the fine for Rauf Arashukov in the bribery case.

  The prosecutor's office has appealed Rauf Arashukov's sentence for bribery of a prison colony employee, and is demanding an increase in the fine.

February 02, 2026 22:34

• A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was sentenced for the murder of a tourist.

  The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced a resident of the republic to 12 years in a maximum-security prison colony for the murder of a tourist from Moscow in 2022.

January 30, 2026 13:25

• Authorities have officially acknowledged that more than 8,550 fighters from southern Russia were killed in the military operation.

  At least 4,213 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,344 from the Southern Federal District have been acknowledged by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

January 27, 2026 10:55

• Holocaust Remembrance Week was marked in southern Russia with educational events.

  Library and educational institution staff, as well as representatives of Jewish communities in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts, held lectures, meetings, and other informational events to mark Holocaust Remembrance Week.

January 27, 2026 01:33

• During the week from January 19 to 25, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

  During the week of January 19–25, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia: one person was killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 26, 2026 22:39

• Two fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia were killed in a military operation.

  Oleg Balyasnikov and Temirlan Shungarov from Cherkessk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 180 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia as killed.

January 26, 2026 02:52

• The director of a management company has been convicted after two people died from gas poisoning in Cherkessk.

  The director of a management company in Cherkessk was sentenced to two years of forced labor for the deaths of two people in January 2024 from carbon monoxide poisoning.

January 24, 2026 03:19

• The arrest of those involved in the case against the brother of the head of Ingushetia has been extended.

  A court in Cherkessk extended the pretrial detention of 29 defendants in the case of embezzlement of funds from the Russian Pension Fund until April 30, including Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov.

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