On January 16, live on the ya_pomoshnik_kra_95 platform on Instagram (this social network is recognized as extremist in Russia and is blocked), the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, answering questions from the head of the regional Ministry of Nationalities Akhmed Dudayev, spoke about the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine and called on the male population of the Caucasus and Russia to prepare for continuation of mobilization.

On January 3, in front of the Croatian Embassy in Vienna, a rally of representatives of the Chechen diaspora took place, protesting against the extradition of refugees who are fleeing to Europe from mobilization in Russia and encountering opposition on the borders of the Balkan countries.

On December 12, several hundred Azerbaijani citizens calling themselves environmental activists blocked traffic along the Lachin corridor, a highway connecting the Armenian city of Goris and the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Stepanakert. A humanitarian catastrophe is brewing in Artsakh (the Armenian name for Karabakh).

On December 18, an office of the regional branch of the Russian LDPR party was opened in Grozny. The ceremony was attended by party member Viktor Bout, who was released from an American prison and handed over to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange ten days earlier.

On December 13, at a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, the first vice-speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Alexander Kornienko, announced the creation of the inter-factional deputy association “Free Ichkeria”. Its members included 12 deputies from the political parties “Servant of the People”, “European Solidarity” and “Voice”.

On November 28, the mayor of Makhachkala, Salman Dadaev, announced at a session of the city meeting that he was leaving his post. He did not hide that the reason for his early resignation was a conflict with the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov.

On November 16, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine put the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on the wanted list. The orientation indicates that he is accused under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 110 “Encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine” (punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years) and Art. 437 “Planning, preparation, unleashing and waging an aggressive war” (up to 15 years).

On October 31, negotiations between the heads of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh took place in Sochi. First, Putin held bilateral meetings with Aliyev and Pashinyan, then everyone met in a trilateral format.
As experts note, the Sochi meetings did not add anything new to the negotiation process.

On October 29, Ukrainian politician, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, representative of Ukraine in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Alexey Goncharenko, announced the creation of a battalion of Dagestanis named after Imam Shamil as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The unit was headed by Magomet Seipulaev.