During the week of February 9-15, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

During the week from February 9 to 15, 2026, 4 victims were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia: 1 killed, 3 wounded. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

As written "Caucasian Knot", during the week from February 2 to 8, no casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

Shooting at the technical school

On February 11, as a result of shooting near the Anapa Industrial Technical School, one person was killed and three were injured. A student, born in 2008, opened fire; he was detained. A security guard at the technical school, who did not allow the attacker to enter the building, was killed. Three people were injured. On February 12, the Anapa City Court concluded under Two minors have been detained in connection with the shooting at a technical college – the shooter and the young man who incited him to commit the crime.

Arrests and Sentences for Terrorism-Related Offenses

On February 9, a court in Makhachkala sentenced a Derbent resident to a suspended sentence of one and a half years, finding him guilty of publicly calling for extremism via the internet. The criminal case against Derbent resident Dzhafarov was opened by officers of the republic's FSB department.

The director of an educational institution in the Dinsky district of Kuban has been arrested in connection with the organization of an attack on an FSB officer. According to investigators, in January 2026, the acting director of the educational institution had a conflict with an operative of the Kuban FSB department. The accused planned an attack on a security service officer, but did not want to personally participate in the violence and hired a perpetrator. He was provided with a fabricated video of the allegedly injured operative and a report on the completion of the "job." When the man handed over money to the perpetrator, he was detained, the department reported.

Security forces detained a 43-year-old resident of the Ingush village of Kantyshevo for justifying the actions of militants killed in Chechnya during an attempt on the lives of law enforcement officers. A criminal case has been opened against him on the grounds of public justification of terrorism.

The Kuban Prosecutor's Office approved the charges in the case of Sochi native Yevgeny Bursanidi. According to investigators, he, while outside of Russia, persuaded a resident of the region to commit Sabotage on the railway.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don found a 19-year-old Krasnodar resident guilty of justifying terrorism via the internet and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison. The case was investigated by officers from the regional FSB department. According to the Investigative Committee of the Krasnodar Territory, the young man left "comments justifying terrorism" in a group chat.

On February 10, a military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dmitry Khasyanov, a resident of Kuban, to six years in a maximum-security prison, finding him guilty of justifying terrorism and involvement in a terrorist organization. According to the prosecution, the Kuban resident subscribed to a "public channel of a banned terrorist organization" in 2024. "The nationalist organization "Russian Volunteer Corps"*, left a comment there and intended to join the organization.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced a suspended sentence to local resident Irina Gladchenko, recognizing her as a member of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'"*.

On February 11, the Southern District Military Court found Nikolai Golubov, a resident of the Rostov Region, guilty of arson against railway infrastructure facilities and money laundering. He was sentenced to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony.

On February 12, the Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi made a decision to place the 13-year-old teenager in A temporary detention center for juvenile offenders for up to 30 days for preparing to commit a terrorist act on the grounds of his school.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vitaly Gaivoronsky, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, to 20 years in prison. He was found guilty of an attempted terrorist attack at the Nalchik train station.

The Khasavyurt District Court sentenced a resident of Stavropol Krai to 8 years in prison for attempting to kill military personnel and participating in the 1999 attack on Dagestan. According to the court, the man, convicted in August 1999, while still a minor, participated in the attack as part of Shamil Basayev's group. into the Botlikh District of Dagestan.

On February 13, security forces arrested a resident of Kaspiysk in connection with a case involving the collection of funds on a cryptocurrency wallet from October 2022 to October 2023 for the purchase of weapons for illegal armed groups. The detainee has been remanded in custody.

Police in Krasnodar Krai arrested a "malicious propagandist of extremism" in Novorossiysk. The 33-year-old man faces up to four years in prison. His home was searched. Video footage released by security forces shows Center "E" officers throwing the man to the floor and handcuffing him in his office. He had already been brought to administrative responsibility in May 2025 for Nazi propaganda. The department's official Telegram channel reported.

The Supreme Court of Ingushetia sentenced 30-year-old Ramazan Ekazhev and 26-year-old Alikhan Khidriev to 11 and five years in prison for plotting to sabotage a fuel and energy facility. Alikhan Khidriev denies knowing Ramazan Ekazhev. Ekazhev only partially admitted the charge in court.

On February 14, a resident of the Rostov Region was suspected of transferring money to an extremist organization in 2021 and 2022. She is under house arrest. If found guilty, she faces three to eight years in prison. freedom.

The "Caucasian Knot" publishes monthly, quarterly, and annual statistics on victims of the armed conflict in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in the section "North Caucasus - Victim Statistics".

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