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22:48, 6 November 2026

A resident of Kalmykia has been convicted of financing terrorism.

A resident of Kalmykia has been sentenced to a long prison term, whom investigators called a "follower of radical ideology." The court found him guilty of transferring money to a member of a terrorist organization.

Participants of the meeting for the reconciliation of blood relatives in Grozny. Frame from the video "How the Caucasus Ends Long-Standing Feuds" / YouTube

21:52, 6 November 2026

Sevrynovsky's film* demonstrated the process of reconciliation among blood relatives in Ingushetia and Chechnya.

Journalist Vladimir Sevrynovsky* showed in his documentary film how the mechanism for resolving blood feuds works in Ingushetia and Chechnya. In one case, the families of the murdered and the murderer were able to reconcile, while in another, the relatives of the deceased have refused to forgive the culprit for 26 years.

21:01, 6 November 2026

An officer from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine

Major Abakar Saidov from the Charodinsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2208 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in it.

20:03, 6 November 2026

Narek Karapetyan's statements contradict the laws of Armenia.

Statements by the head of the "Strong Armenia" faction, Narek Karapetyan, that the property of the company "Electric Networks of Armenia" is the personal property of its owner, Samvel Karapetyan, who has been arrested in an economic crime case, contradict the requirements of the legislation.

20:00, 6 November 2026

A fire occurred at an enterprise in Krasnodar Krai after a UAV attack.

Drone fragments have been found in three locations in the Seversky District of Krasnodar Krai, three private houses have been damaged.

19:09, 6 November 2026

The former Minister of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of Kuban has been convicted of exceeding his powers.

The Primorsky District Court of Krasnodar found the former acting Minister of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region, Sergey Shtrikov, guilty of exceeding his official powers and sentenced him to 6.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

18:12, 6 November 2026

16 people have been detained in Kabardino-Balkaria in a terrorism case.

Investigators in Kabardino-Balkaria have initiated a criminal case against a local resident suspected of creating a terrorist cell and involving 15 people in it. All members of the cell have been detained.

17:13, 6 November 2026

Four Azerbaijanis were fined in Moscow for a rally against the hijab ban.

The court fined each of the four Azerbaijanis 10,000 rubles who participated in a rally against the hijab ban in schools near the Azerbaijani embassy in Moscow at the end of October.

15:58, 6 November 2026

Analysts spoke about the difficulties of combating labor slavery in southern Russia.

People who are vulnerable often fall into slavery, and helping them, freeing them from slavery, and returning them to a free life is often not easy - the problem lies both in the unwillingness of those around to spoil relationships with those who use slave labor and in the difficulty of proving the crime. At the same time, the freed individuals themselves are not interested in punishing those who exploited them.

14:57, 6 November 2026

Three convicts in the case of the attempted storming of the presidential palace in Georgia have been released.

Nana Sander, Irakli Chkhvirikia, and Zurab Chavchanidze, convicted in the case of the attempted storming of the presidential palace in Georgia, have been released under a procedural agreement.

13:57, 6 November 2026

Justifying the attack on police officers in Makhachkala formed the basis of the verdict in the terrorism case.

Resident of the Zaporizhzhia region Vyacheslav Nikiforenko was sentenced by a military court in Rostov-on-Don to 15 years in prison for publications on social media related to discrediting the army, as well as calls for terrorism and extremism and propaganda of a terrorist movement. One of the charges is justifying the attack on police officers on May 5, 2025, in Makhachkala.

Ali Kerimli. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/ru/article/ali-kerimli-arestujte-menya-osvobodite-chlenov-pnfa/

12:57, 6 November 2026

Kerimli received the Magnitsky Prize amid criminal prosecution.

The leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Kerimli, has been awarded the Magnitsky Prize. The human rights organization called for international monitoring of the trial against him, expressing concern over the closed nature of the proceedings and the conditions of Kerimli's detention.

11:58, 6 November 2026

A resident of Adygea was injured during a drone attack.

In the Takhtamukaysky district, a local resident was injured due to the fall of drone debris, three houses, a warehouse, and a power line were damaged.

10:58, 6 November 2026

Krasnodar residents considered the message about the cancellation of classes due to drone attacks to be delayed.

Authorities in Krasnodar reported a threat of drone attacks and recommended not bringing children to schools, as classes will not be held. Authorities should have sent out a message before children were taken to schools, residents were outraged.

09:58, 6 November 2026

The lack of contributions has been cited as the reason for depriving Armenia of its voting rights in the CSTO.

The Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization may decide to deprive Armenia of its voting rights in the organization, as the country has not paid its contributions for more than two years.

08:58, 6 November 2026

A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

Last night, the military shot down drones in Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, and seven districts of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there are no injuries.

Tatyana Pimenova. Photo provided to "Caucasian Knot" by Tatyana Pimenova.

08:02, 6 November 2026

The terms of the housing deal for the large family from Tuapse raised doubts among lawyers.

The large family couple from Tuapse received a purchase agreement for the apartment promised by the authorities. Lawyers noted that the property was donated by a benefactor under unknown conditions to the buyers, and the administration, which the court ordered to provide housing for the family, was not involved in the transaction.

Head of the Institute of Civil Rights Bashir Suleymanly. Photo Korrespondent.az

07:03, 6 November 2026

The prosecutor demanded that Bashir Suleymanly be sentenced to a lengthy term.

The prosecutor asked the court in Baku to sentence Bashir Suleymanly, the head of the Institute of Civil Rights, to nine years in prison, accused in the case of Western grants for NGOs.

Russian military. Frame from the Ministry of Defense video https://t.me/mod_russia/58670

06:05, 6 November 2026

The number of killed fighters from southern Russia in Ukraine has reached 10 thousand.

At least 4969 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 5031 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

05:06, 6 November 2026

Four fighters from Dagestan were killed in the military operation.

In the Tarumovsky district, awards were presented to the relatives of servicemen killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2207 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in it.

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