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22:57, 24 December 2025
The amount of embezzlement during the execution of state defense orders in Dagestan exceeded 500 million.
The investigation into the embezzlement of over 500 million rubles during the execution of a state defense contract in Dagestan has been completed, and the defendants' property has been seized.
22:31, 24 December 2025
Protesters in Tbilisi reported being persecuted for "blocking the sidewalk."
Dozens of activists reported on social media that they had been summoned to Tbilisi City Court for "blocking the sidewalk" on Rustaveli Avenue. Despite the summonses, on the 392nd day of protests, supporters of European integration, as before, gathered outside the Georgian Parliament.
Anapa's central beach on December 21. Screenshot from the "Makovozovy" Telegram channel, https://t.me/makovozovy/50765.
21:34, 24 December 2025
Early bookings have shown the 2026 season in Anapa to be a failure.
The number of tours booked to Anapa for the 2026 season has fallen by 60% compared to sales figures at the end of 2024. Hotels and other accommodation facilities are in a crisis situation comparable to the coronavirus pandemic and require urgent government support.
20:47, 24 December 2025
The denial of asylum has led to the resumption of criminal proceedings against Russians in Georgia.
Russians Alina Savelyeva and Vladimir Dubovsky were denied asylum in Georgia and placed in pretrial detention on charges of illegal border crossing, which they cited as a threat of persecution in their home country. The Russians face deportation or imprisonment.
20:03, 24 December 2025
A Dagestani woman was sentenced to prison for aiding militants in Syria.
A court in Dagestan sentenced a resident of Dagestanskiye Ogni to eight years in prison for participating in a terrorist organization in Syria. According to investigators and the court, the woman was engaged in cooking and caring for the wounded.
19:15, 24 December 2025
A court in Tskhinvali has arrested Tamara Mearakishvili.
The Tskhinvali City Court has ordered a two-month pretrial detention for activist Tamara Mearakishvili. Georgian activists have called the case fabricated and called on the country's authorities to intervene on her behalf.
17:42, 24 December 2025
Divnich announced the termination of the criminal case
The criminal case against Maksym Divnich has been dismissed, and the case against Alikhan Bersayev, another participant in the Luhansk basin conflict, for unauthorized abandonment of his military unit, has reached court, Divnich himself announced today. Prior to this, following Apti Alaudinov's statements about the threat of criminal prosecution against the blogger, appeals in support of Divnich from members of the SVO and the "Russian Community" appeared online.
16:42, 24 December 2025
Three soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone.
Valery Tedeyev, Sergey Grigoryev, and Igor Ryzhov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,599 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
Yanis Budagov. Photo: https://anapamedia.ru/
15:44, 24 December 2025
The mayor of Krymsk has been arrested in connection with a land fraud case.
In Krasnodar, a court ordered pretrial detention for Krymsk mayor Yanis Budagov until February 18, 2026. Budagov pleaded not guilty.
14:53, 24 December 2025
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has reduced Teymur Kerimov's sentence.
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan partially upheld the appeal of Kanal-11 head Teymur Kerimov, reducing his prison sentence by two more years, to five. His defense maintains Kerimov's innocence and now plans to appeal to the ECHR.
Grozny. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
14:01, 24 December 2025
Moscow allocated 308 million rubles for public sector salaries in Chechnya.
The Russian government has ordered 308 million rubles to be allocated to Chechnya to increase public sector wages and 300 million rubles to develop the economy.
A teenager in a courtroom. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
13:02, 24 December 2025
A 13-year-old teenager was found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack in Dagestan.
An Astrakhan court has remanded a 13-year-old boy to a temporary detention center after he claimed after his arrest that he was planning a terrorist attack in Dagestan.
Dogs at a private shelter in Aksay. Photo: https://dontr.ru/novosti/v-aksayskom-rayone-zaderzhali-vladelitsu-priyuta-dlya-zhivotnykh-/
12:04, 24 December 2025
The death of animals at an Aksai shelter has resulted in a criminal case.
The owner of a private shelter in Aksay has become a suspect in a criminal case involving animal cruelty and death. Investigators have questioned volunteers, animal rights activists, and local residents.
A serviceman. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
11:15, 24 December 2025
A serviceman from the Astrakhan region was killed in Ukraine.
Asylbek Dosaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 663 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
09:31, 24 December 2025
A drone was shot down in the Volgograd region.
Military forces shot down a drone launched from Ukraine in the Volgograd region.
Azerbaijani displaced persons. December 24, 2025. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-sos-i-horovlu-vyehala-ocherednaya-gruppa-byvshih-vynuzhdennyh-pereselencev
08:50, 24 December 2025
43 Azerbaijani families have been returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.
Today, 169 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Sos and Khorovlu. In total, more than 24,000 Azerbaijanis from 6,206 families have returned to Karabakh's towns and villages.
07:35, 24 December 2025
A fighter from Khasavyurt was killed in a military operation.
Gasan Antayev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,742 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Monument to Sergei Molodov. Photo source: t.me/mkudsigx/12721
06:38, 24 December 2025
A Volgodonsk resident was arrested for desecrating a monument to the commander of the Pskov paratroopers.
In Volgodonsk, a monument to Hero of Russia Sergei Molodov, who commanded the 6th Company of Pskov Paratroopers, was doused with green paint and defaced with graffiti. A local resident was detained and charged with desecrating monuments.
Ganimat Zahid. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnFqFxjQn2/ belongs to the Meta company, whose activities are banned in Russia.
05:38, 24 December 2025
Journalist Ganimat Zahid sentenced in Baku
A Baku court found journalist Ganimat Zahid guilty of inciting violence against the state and sentenced him in absentia to seven years in prison.
04:39, 24 December 2025
The court rejected Valentina Shostak's complaint about the investigation's inaction.
Valentina Shostak, an activist from Goryachy Klyuch, filed a complaint against the investigator's inaction, who refused to consider her complaint about possible crimes committed during the September 12-14 elections and forwarded it to the regional electoral commission. The court dismissed the complaint.
News
Nikita Kozyr. Screenshot of a post by the head of the Apanasenkovsky Municipal District: https://t.me/KlimovApanasenkovie/7439 A fighter from Stavropol Krai was killed in Ukraine.

The names of the soldiers killed in the SVO zone from Stavropol have been announced.

Five fighters from Stavropol Krai were killed in Ukraine.

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.