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Tamara Mearakishvili, arrested in Tskhinvali, continues her hunger strike. Her lawyer has appealed the decision to arrest her. Alan Kulumbegov, who was detained at Mearakishvili's home, has been released without charge. Telegram users have deemed the espionage case against the activist fabricated.

A professional MMA fighter from Dagestan has been arrested in connection with the beating of a woman in the Tver region, leaving her with multiple injuries.

Two oil storage tanks are burning after a drone attack in the port of Temryuk. The fire has spread to 4,000 square meters. The emergency response team confirmed that no oil products have leaked into the Black Sea.

The court arrested Alibi Yaipkaev, a resident of Stavropol Krai, accused of attacking the Botlikh region of Dagestan in 1999.

Azerbaijani activists and journalists living abroad have criticized the Amnesty Act passed by the Azerbaijani Parliament, calling the current amnesty a manipulation.

A convoy traveling from Dagestan came under fire in a border area. Three people were killed, including the deputy head of the Shamil district.

Drone attacks were reported in the Krasnodar and Rostov regions. Officially, there were no casualties.

The Court of Appeal reduced the term of administrative arrest of the activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Murad Sultanli.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vladislav and Elena Zaitsev, finding them guilty of terrorism and sabotage on the territory of the DPR.

The court has arrested Krymsk resident Alexander Lukyanov, who, according to investigators, is the purchaser of the land plot for the sale of which Yanis Budagov was accused of abuse of office.

The court fined former National Assembly member Ruben Hakobyan, finding him guilty of calling for the seizure of power.

A Melitopol resident has been arrested in the Rostov region. Investigators believe he used blogging as a cover to gather information about Russian military deployments and pass it on to Ukrainian intelligence.

A Tbilisi court has remanded in custody former head of the Georgian Security Service Grigol Liluashvili, who was detained the day before on charges of accepting large bribes.

A Moscow court has seized the property of former Rostov Region Vice Governor Vladimir Okunev and his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova.

During the week of December 15–21, 2025, no casualties were recorded in armed or terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of a Caucasian Knot tally based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban deemed Ilya Sigida's publication about Putin to be disrespectful of the state, imposing a fine of 40,000 rubles. Three more administrative charges were filed against Viktor Pivovarov, assistant to the Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church – two under the same article and one for discrediting the army.

The state prosecution asked the Second Western District Military Court to sentence Ingushetia natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev to 26 and 24 years, respectively, and Baku native Robert Safaryan to 28 years. The prosecutor requested a life sentence for the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant.

On the eve of the anniversary of the AZAL plane crash in Kazakhstan, a monument to the victims was unveiled in Grozny. Vladimir Putin today congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on his birthday. A few days before the anniversary, Aliyev declined to attend the informal CIS summit.

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.

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.