Russia

March 19, 2026 05:45

• A Chechen gym teacher was killed in fighting in Ukraine.

  Vakhit Menziev from the Naursky District of Chechnya was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 261 Chechen servicemen killed there.

March 19, 2026 02:47

• The anniversary of the beginning of the Kalmyk rehabilitation went unnoticed in the republic.

  The 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Kalmyk people's rehabilitation passed without any commemorative events in Kalmykia. Residents of the region interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated that the national tragedy is being forgotten.

March 18, 2026 13:00

• The death of Ossetian combatants has attracted the attention of Georgian Facebook users*

  Georgian social media users joined the discussion of the report that six Ossetian fighters had been killed in combat in Ukraine. Participants recalled the armed conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia.

March 18, 2026 04:58

• One person died in a drone attack in Krasnodar.

  A drone attack in Krasnodar killed one person and damaged three houses in the city. Two more houses were damaged in Sochi.

March 18, 2026 03:26

• Lawyers assessed the severity of the sentence handed down to an Anapa resident for the pig's head at a mosque in Adygea.

  The fine given to the Anapa resident who threw a pig's head near the mosque in the village of Kozet is an extremely lenient sentence. The court took into account the lack of intent to incite hatred and the lack of serious consequences. The sentencing emphasized the religious aspect, omitting the political component.

March 18, 2026 02:47

• Residents of the North Caucasus reported problems accessing Telegram.

  Telegram's significant slowdown in recent days has caused significant inconvenience for users in the North Caucasus republics. People have lost an accessible way to communicate with family members, while businesses have lost reliable connections with clients and are suffering losses.

March 18, 2026 01:28

• A suspect in the preparation of a terrorist attack has been arrested in Adygea.

  A court in Maykop has remanded in custody a citizen of Ukraine and Russia accused of plotting to set fire to a volunteer group's building.

March 17, 2026 18:57

• An Abkhazian resident was sentenced for glorifying Shamil Basayev.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Abkhazia resident Timur Agrba to a lengthy prison term after security forces discovered that his publications glorified Shamil Basayev.

March 17, 2026 17:59

• The head of the Kuban Ministry of Health has been detained in connection with illegal enrichment.

  Krasnodar Krai Health Minister Yevgeny Filippov has been arrested in connection with a fraud case, and his home and office have been searched.

March 17, 2026 16:59

• A Sochi native was convicted in absentia for supporting sabotage activities.

  A Krasnodar court sentenced the leader of the Kuban independence movement in absentia to 11 years in prison for inciting a resident of the region to commit sabotage on a railway.

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