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23:33, 5 December 2025
Lena Patyaeva has been released after being arrested for picketing Seda Suleimanova's fate.
Seda Suleimanova's friend, Lena Patyaeva, was released from a special detention center in St. Petersburg after serving ten days in jail for picketing outside the police station where the Chechen native was handed over to her relatives.
Damage to Grozny City. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
22:50, 5 December 2025
Kadyrov admitted to damaging the Grozny-City complex with drones.
Ramzan Kadyrov publicly acknowledged that the Grozny City high-rise complex was damaged by a Ukrainian drone, assuring that "no one was hurt" in the attack. However, Chechen authorities have so far not commented on the results of the attacks on security forces buildings in Gudermes and Achkhoy-Martan.
Ramadan Mkhtse. A still from a video message on YouTube
21:25, 5 December 2025
A Cherkessk lawyer was convicted in absentia for allegedly raising fake news about the army.
A court in Cherkessk sentenced lawyer and activist Ramazan Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of disseminating false information about the Russian military motivated by political hatred.
20:59, 5 December 2025
A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the SVO zone.
Alexey Peil was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,562 service members from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
19:21, 5 December 2025
Human rights activists have identified a propaganda element in the new arrests in connection with the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.
New accusations of involvement in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya have been routinely fabricated by security forces in recent years, but the appearance of a Ukrainian citizen and a Ukrainian serviceman among those arrested will be used for propaganda purposes.
18:22, 5 December 2025
A fighter from Makhachkala was killed in a military operation.
Magomedali Kurbanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,709 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
16:36, 5 December 2025
Kondratyev explained the decision to build a church in Krasnodar by the requests of SVO soldiers.
Participants in the military operation in Ukraine have requested the construction of a church in their honor. It will be built on the embankment of the Yubileiny neighborhood, the governor of Krasnodar Krai stated, noting that he is aware of the discontent expressed by residents of the neighborhood.
Ali Kerimli. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/oxuazru/posts belongs to Meta, a company banned in Russia.
15:29, 5 December 2025
Police stopped a rally by Karimli's supporters in Baku.
At least eight supporters of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli were detained after planning to gather outside the courthouse where the appeal against the politician's arrest was being heard. Some of them, including Karimli's relative Elnur Seyidov, whose home had been searched the previous day, were released. The court upheld Karimli's arrest.
14:36, 5 December 2025
Analysts have assessed the nature of the attack on security forces near Derbent.
The lack of video footage of the attack on security forces at the Dzhemikent checkpoint raises questions, but the nature of the incident can hardly be considered an intensification of the gang underground, analysts noted. The attack could have been motivated by a personal conflict or what the attacker considered unfair demands from security forces, they believe.
13:40, 5 December 2025
Flight delays occurred due to the suspension of operations at airports in southern Russia.
Several flights were delayed at Makhachkala and Krasnodar airports due to flight restrictions in effect overnight and this morning. Residents of Grozny reported mobile internet outages amid reports of a drone attack.
12:40, 5 December 2025
A Federal Penitentiary Service officer from Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of disclosing state secrets.
A criminal case is being investigated against an employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service from Kabardino-Balkaria under the article on disclosure of state secrets.
Arshak Khachatryan. Photo: https://www.pastinfo.am/ru
11:45, 5 December 2025
Archbishop Khachatryan arrested in drug trafficking case
The court placed Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church Arshak Khachatryan under arrest for two months on charges of drug trafficking.
10:54, 5 December 2025
A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.
Vadim Sadykov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,561 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
10:00, 5 December 2025
The Grozny City complex was damaged during a UAV attack threat.
A fire broke out in one of the towers of the Grozny City complex, damaging the building's cladding. The video went viral during the closure of Grozny Airport due to the threat of a drone attack.
Former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders in court. Screenshot from Azertac, December 4, 2025, https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/v_sude_nad_grazhdanami_armenii_zavershilos_zashchititelnoe_vystuplenie_advokatov_obvinyaemyh-3898143
09:27, 5 December 2025
The defense asked for the acquittal of the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh.
At a hearing in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, lawyers said the guilt of their clients, the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, was unproven and called on the court to acquit them.
08:29, 5 December 2025
A court in Sochi sentenced members of the "Citizens of the USSR"* movement.
A Sochi court sentenced local residents for participating in and inciting others to participate in the activities of an extremist organization. A mother and son, Yulia and Yaroslav Rybin, received five and three years in a general regime penal colony, respectively.
07:34, 5 December 2025
A serviceman from Mozdok was convicted of leaving his unit without permission.
A military court in Nalchik sentenced Mukharbek Levshev to one year in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
06:40, 5 December 2025
A soldier from the Rostov region was killed in the SVO zone.
Sergei Bespalov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 779 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.
05:47, 5 December 2025
The verdict against those involved in the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack has been appealed.
The defense appealed the life sentences handed down to eight defendants in the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack case.
04:34, 5 December 2025
The case of Karen Avanesyan came to court
The case of Khankendi resident Karen Avanesyan, accused of attacking Azerbaijani security forces, has been transferred to the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes.
News
Vladimir Zhilinsky (designated a foreign agent). Screenshot from the Telegram channel "Pskovskaya Gubernia" from February 22, 2024, https://t.me/guberniaband/8250 Former "Voice"* activist detained in Armenia

The Georgian State Security Service found no traces of the "kamit"

Luka Kurtanidze. Photo: Interpressnews https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/172128-sud-priznal-luku-kurtanidze-vinovnym-v-semeinom-nasilii-i-prigovoril-ego-k-7-mesiatsam-lisheniia-svobody A former MP has been convicted in Batumi in a domestic violence case.

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.