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Rustam Zharkanaliev from the Kamyzyak district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 208 servicemen from Kalmykia killed there.

Nalchik residents successfully secured a halt to the widening of Karashayev Street, which involved the felling of approximately 70 trees. Kabardino-Balkaria Governor Kazbek Kokov ordered the work halted, and investigators launched an investigation.

After the snowfall, no measures were taken to clear snow and ice, even on the main street, residents of the village of Kubanskaya stated.

Toplum TV journalists challenged the court's composition, citing the judges' bias and the unfair nature of their case. They also called the inclusion of information about their foreign travels in the list of evidence unfounded.

Igor Blinov from Kamyshin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,612 service members from the Volgograd region killed there.

After the Christmas service, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused the Catholicos of All Armenians of schism and sectarianism. Harassment of the Church undermines the authority of the state, Karekin II stated.

Khairat Zhangaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 675 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

In some towns and districts of Adygea, there has been no electricity or water for over a week, residents complained after the head of the republic announced the lifting of the state of emergency. They say the authorities have abandoned them to survive.

The nets left on the shore in Anapa after the storm destroyed the protective barriers are no longer serving their purpose and should be removed from the beaches before the next storm, bloggers noted.

Alexey Shchus was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,611 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized.

A standoff has erupted at a church in Talin: supporters of the Civil Contract party are preventing a serving priest from entering the church to conduct the Christmas liturgy, insisting on a defrocked priest conducting the service. The party's leader, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, announced his intention to lead a religious procession in Yerevan to express his support for the reform of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Following the lifting of flight restrictions imposed for safety reasons, the arrival of seven flights and the departure of three others were delayed at Volgograd Airport.

Ekpin Davletkaliyev and Muksi Aliyev were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 674 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

A new agreement for the supply of 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas was signed between Azerbaijan and Turkey.

A court in Krasnodar Krai fined tattoo artist Kirill Bortsov two thousand rubles for posting an example of his work on social media containing extremist symbols.

A Baksan resident complained to the prosecutor's office that two children and the elderly parents of her husband, who was killed during the Second Military Operation, had not received their survivor's pension for over a year. Following the prosecutor's office's appeal to the military registration and enlistment office, the deceased's family was awarded a pension and a recalculation was made.

The bulk of volunteers were initially focused on cleaning up fuel oil along the coast of Anapa; fewer people reached the Temryuk district, where oil products are still abundant. Furthermore, government support for volunteers has sharply decreased, explaining the decline in volunteers willing to participate.

In Makhachkala, energy workers discovered 76 mining machines during a raid in an apartment building that were slated for connection to the power grid.

A cargo ship ran aground near Cape Zhelezny Rog in the Krasnodar region; the crew evacuated themselves.

During the week from December 29, 2025, to January 4, 2026, one person was killed 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.