The Southern District Military Court convicted Ibragim Nagoyev, a resident of Adygea. He was found guilty of involvement in an extremist group and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was charged with disseminating separatist ideas with the goal of establishing a sovereign state within the Russian Federation.
Magomed Guseinov, a distinguished coach of the USSR and Russia in freestyle wrestling from Dagestan, recorded a video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for order to be restored within the national wrestling federation, headed by Mikhail Mamiashvili.
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, headed by Sergei Naryshkin, expressed concern about the European Union's efforts to weaken the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Armenia. According to the agency, European structures have demanded that Armenia sever long-standing spiritual ties with Moscow as a condition for European integration.
In Armenia, Alik Aleksanyan, one of the closest associates of Russian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, was detained for two months. He is accused of laundering significant amounts of money and bribing voters.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated during Senate hearings that Russia is interested in the defeat of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party in the parliamentary elections, amid strengthening relations between Yerevan and Washington. He noted that Russian authorities are expressing dissatisfaction with the increasing American presence in Armenia.
The Gorny Benoy children's camp in the Nozhai-Yurtovsky District of Chechnya will be unable to accommodate its first campers due to ongoing landslides.
Reports of the kidnapping and violence against Zelimkhan Movlaev in Chechnya are circulating on social media. He is the brother of Mansur Movlaev, who is currently in Kazakhstan and whose extradition is being sought by Russian authorities.
Magomed-Amin Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, remains in custody in Croatia, despite the revocation of the decision to extradite him to Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. His total detention period exceeds eight months.
Azerbaijan has begun exporting plastic construction materials to Armenia, according to data from the country's State Statistical Committee.
The Armenian government has approved the start of the ratification process for the framework agreement with the US regarding the TRIPP project ("Trump’s Road to International Peace and Prosperity"). The document will now be submitted to the Constitutional Court and subsequently—provided it is deemed constitutional—to the National Assembly.
A court in Kazakhstan has extended the extradition detention of Chechnya native Mansur Movlaev until January 13, 2027. Human rights activist Maxim Rudnev reported the news, noting that the hearing took place without the participation of Movlaev himself or his lawyers.
Kabardino-Balkaria has taken first place among the regions of the North Caucasus in terms of meat production. In the first five months of 2026, the republic produced 46,900 tons of livestock and poultry for slaughter in live weight—a 1.2% increase compared to the previous year.