Timur Yalkabov, a Crimean Tatar political prisoner serving a 17-year sentence in Murmansk Correctional Colony No. 17, has experienced a sharp deterioration in his health. According to his wife, Aliye Yalkabova, the 45-year-old man has been diagnosed with hepatitis.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Dagestan announced the arrest of the former head of the territorial office of Rosimushchestvo (unofficially identified as Umakhan Abakarov). A criminal case has been opened against him under the article on abuse of office committed for mercenary gain (Section "e" of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Russian Criminal Code).

On the 424th day of pro-European protests in Tbilisi, participants honored the memory of Mikheil Khelashvili, a poet and fighter for Georgia's independence from Soviet rule, by reciting his poems.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the first public performance of his musical group. The concert will take place on January 30 in Yerevan, where the group, called "Varchaband" (from the Armenian word "varcha," meaning "prime minister"), will take the stage.

Murtazali Murtazaliev, a 30-year-old resident of Dagestan, was killed in the war in Ukraine. He was convicted in 2025 for participating in an anti-Israeli pogrom at Makhachkala airport. According to his widow, he was released from prison to participate in military operations and died a month later.

В своем обращении азербайджанский оппозиционный деятель Гулу Мамедли подверг критике власти Азербайджана за пренебрежительное отношение к ветеранам 44-дневной Карабахской войны 2020 года. Он отметил отсутствие надлежащей медицинской и психологической помощи, а также недостаточный уровень социального обеспечения.

In Elektrostal, near Moscow, the funeral of 18-year-old Ilya Polezhaev, who died in a street fight with 19-year-old Tajik citizen Imomali Turdiev, was held under heavy police and Russian National Guard surveillance. The Elektrostal City Court that same day remanded Turdiev to two months' pretrial detention on murder charges. He will be held until March 18th, and faces up to 15 years in prison.

A Croatian court has ordered the extradition of Russian citizen Magomed-Amin Gatagazhev, previously detained by Interpol. The 19-year-old native of Ingushetia has been held in a deportation prison in Zagreb since October of last year, according to the Memorial Human Rights Center.

Asylum seekers have declared a hunger strike in the Croatian immigration prison of Ezevo. Around 50 people, primarily from Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia, took this decision in protest against alleged violations of their rights, according to human rights activist Roza Dunaeva, representing Ichkeria.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court convicted a serviceman listed on the court's website as Wilhelm (his full name is not provided).