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10:13, 30 May 2026

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his unit.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Valery Tyshchenko to a prison term, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization. A month earlier, the soldier had already been convicted on a similar charge.

09:17, 30 May 2026

A fire in the port of Taganrog has been extinguished.

A fire caused by a drone attack at the port of Taganrog has been extinguished, and no fuel oil leak has been detected. The man and woman injured in the attack have been taken to the hospital.

08:30, 30 May 2026

Residents of 42 settlements in Dagestan were left without electricity.

Residents in four districts of Dagestan were left without power. A short circuit in the power grid has been blamed for the outage.

A UAV in flight. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.

07:37, 30 May 2026

Two people were injured in a drone attack in Taganrog.

In Taganrog, a drone attack injured two people, and a fire broke out at the port. Damage to homes was also reported in two villages in the Rostov region.

06:46, 30 May 2026

A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in combat.

Viktor Gorbachev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,795 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

05:55, 30 May 2026

Irina Polischuk has been sent to pretrial detention.

The court sent former head of the Zernograd administration, Irina Polischuk, who is accused of abuse of office and official forgery, to pretrial detention.

04:54, 30 May 2026

Taganrog authorities refused to repair a boiler room damaged during a missile attack.

Repairs to the boiler house, which was damaged during the missile attack on May 27, have been deemed impractical, and city authorities are considering the option of constructing a new modular boiler house.

02:55, 30 May 2026

Analysts have estimated the reserves of rare earth metals in the South Caucasus.

Armenia has significant rare earth element reserves, but US interest in this area is also driven by political reasons, which is why the memorandum was signed. Georgia has even larger reserves, but no similar agreements exist with the US. Azerbaijan, however, has no specific rare earth metal deposits.

02:55, 30 May 2026

The authenticity of Mintsayeva's video message has raised doubts among human rights activists and lawyers.

The video of Belkisa Mintsayeva, who, after a month and a half of detention by security forces, declared herself fine, raises questions, particularly about why she didn't inform the human rights activists who were assisting her that she didn't need help.

02:49, 30 May 2026

Osipyan called on Armenian citizens to seek justice for Karabakh refugees.

Nikol Pashinyan must apologize to all internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh for his remarks about "fleeing," as it was his policies that led to the mass exodus of Armenians from the region, said arrested activist Artur Osipyan. The opposition leader continues his hunger strike in prison.

02:10, 30 May 2026

Security forces in Makhachkala did not release Prisyazhnyuk after his arrest ended.

Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, after five days of administrative arrest in Makhachkala, was never released, and his wife, Sabikhat, was taken away for questioning after a search.

01:55, 30 May 2026

Villagers consider the interethnic conflict in Solodushino resolved.

The conflict between the indigenous population and the Roma in the Volgograd village of Solodushino has been resolved. It was exaggerated by security forces and the media, but has lost its intensity, according to local residents. Analysts also dismissed the incident as insignificant.

00:55, 30 May 2026

Igor Nikolaychuk has been stripped of his status as a retired judge.

The decision to terminate the resignation of former Deputy Chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Court Igor Nikolaychuk, from whom the court confiscated 13 billion rubles for state benefit, was made by the Qualification Collegium of Judges of Kuban.

23:56, 29 May 2026

Protesters in Tbilisi protested against police violence.

A mass picket calling for the release of all prisoners of conscience took place in Tbilisi on the 548th day of continuous pro-European protests. Activists marched outside parliament with posters against police violence.

23:33, 29 May 2026

Pashinyan and Kocharyan shared their versions of the past with voters

Civil Contract and Alliance Armenia appealed to the past in their May 29 campaign: Nikol Pashinyan's political force criticized its predecessors, while Robert Kocharyan recalled his own achievements. Strong Armenia and Prosperous Armenia tried to attract voters with promises of a prosperous future.

23:25, 29 May 2026

A soldier from Stavropol Krai was killed in Ukraine.

Stanislav Nemykin from the Novoaleksandrovsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially listed at least 947 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai as killed.

22:59, 29 May 2026

15 Anapa beaches have been excluded from the danger zone.

After being cleared of fuel oil and refilled with new sand, 15 beaches in Anapa have received all the necessary permits for operation. Another 29 beaches, prepared for opening at the start of the swimming season, are undergoing assessment.

22:24, 29 May 2026

Soltayev's appeal to European Chechens fell into the mainstream of Kremlin propaganda

The Russian authorities base their anti-Western propaganda on a ostentatious defense of "traditional values" against the influence of LGBT* and tend to speculatively categorize all their opponents as belonging to this camp. Mansur Soltayev's appeal to Chechens in Europe continued the ideological trend set by the federal center.

21:27, 29 May 2026

Press freedom advocates condemn pressure on Aytaj Tapdyg's family

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom has come to the defense of journalist Aytaj Tapdyg, arrested in Azerbaijan, and her family, calling for the lifting of her mother's travel ban. The organization called for the release of Tapdyg and other imprisoned Azerbaijani journalists.

20:45, 29 May 2026

Alexander Nesterenko denied accusations of abuse of power.

Former Krasnodar Krai Vice Governor Alexander Nesterenko, accused of abuse of office during major school renovations in the Kherson region, testified in court that he did not cause material damage.

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