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18:21, 18 May 2026

A Krasnodar resident has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term in a treason case.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced a local resident to 14 years in prison, finding him guilty of assisting the Ukrainian armed forces.

17:24, 18 May 2026

A Dagestani resident was arrested for recruiting for a terrorist organization.

The Investigative Committee of Dagestan has opened a criminal case against a local resident suspected of recruiting a minor into a terrorist organization and attempting to manufacture an improvised explosive device.

16:55, 18 May 2026

North Ossetian authorities have deemed children's vacation in Tuapse dangerous.

The head of North Ossetia ordered that children from the republic not be sent to camps in the Tuapse District and that alternative accommodations be found. The task force reported collecting over 30,000 cubic meters of water-oil mixture from the coast.

13:00, 18 May 2026

Social media users demanded that Yunusov be punished for beating women.

Expulsion from the Akhmat Fight Club is not enough to punish MMA fighter Jihad Yunusov, who used violence against his neighbors during a domestic dispute, social media users claimed. According to judicial practice, those charged with assault in Chechnya face only monetary fines.

11:58, 18 May 2026

Three days off have been declared in Dagestan to mark Eid al-Adha.

The days from May 27 to 29 have been declared additional days off in Dagestan in connection with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

The coastline in Sochi. May 17, 2026. Photo: https://t.me/officialsochi/61610

10:59, 18 May 2026

Sochi authorities reported on their search for oil spills on the coast.

Dozens of specialists inspect the Sochi seashore daily, but authorities report no oil contamination has been detected.

09:56, 18 May 2026

The suspension of traffic on the Crimean Bridge has led to train delays in Kuban.

Sixteen passenger trains have been delayed in the Krasnodar Krai due to a more than 10-hour suspension of traffic on the Crimean Bridge. The bridge restrictions were imposed following drone attacks in Crimea and the Kuban region.

A section of the Tsurib-Archib road. Photo: Dagestanavtodor https://t.me/dagavtodor/9400

08:57, 18 May 2026

Dagestanavtodor has announced a road collapse threat in a mountainous region.

Access to eight blocked villages in the Charodinsky District has been restored. Due to spring floods, a section of the highway there was at risk of collapse, and reconstruction is planned.

07:58, 18 May 2026

Three fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

Ruslan Yusupov, Shamil Rasulov, and Abas Gamzayev from the Kulinsky District were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,941 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

06:58, 18 May 2026

A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

Last night, the military shot down drones in Taganrog, as well as in the Kamensky and Azovsky districts. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

06:00, 18 May 2026

Five houses in the Kulinsky district were declared uninhabitable after the snowfall.

A commission inspected 59 houses in Dagestan's Kulinsky District that were damaged by heavy snowfall. Five houses were deemed uninhabitable, and 54 were in need of major repairs.

05:00, 18 May 2026

A man convicted of murdering a judge in Kamyshin has appealed his sentence.

Sergei Kibalnikov, sentenced to 22 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering Kamyshin City Court Federal Judge Vasily Vetlugin, has filed an appeal. His defense team has filed a similar appeal.

04:00, 18 May 2026

Environmentalists have described the spread of petroleum products off the coast of Sochi.

Sochi residents reported not seeing oil spills in the water or on beaches, as bloggers had previously reported. However, environmentalists noted that the oil film on the water can be so thin as to be invisible, but it can spread both along the coast and into deeper water.

03:01, 18 May 2026

The Court of Cassation refused to overturn the conviction of a Sochi teacher in the case of displaying a swastika.

Sochi resident Irina Kostrova was unable to appeal the sentence handed down to her for publishing a Nazi-era propaganda poster on social media.

02:01, 18 May 2026

Drones were shot down over three districts of the Rostov region.

Unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were shot down over Taganrog, Aksaysky and Myasnikovsky districts.

Poster for the film "The Letter." Photo screenshot: https://inki-kino.kz/movies/second-film.

01:02, 18 May 2026

A film about the consequences of the deportation of the Vainakhs has been made publicly available.

The Ingush National Film Studio has released the film "Letter," about the consequences of the deportation of the Vainakh people, to the public. Its screening in the republic was previously blocked.

00:23, 18 May 2026

Human rights activists called on Kokov to stop pressuring activists ahead of Adyghe Remembrance Day.

Security forces are handing out warnings to residents of Kabardino-Balkaria against participating in the march marking the end of the Caucasian War, human rights activists said, calling on the republic's head to intervene.

Participants in a march in Tbilisi. Screenshot from Publika photo from May 17, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1760588758674000&set=pcb.1760588888673987 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).

23:24, 17 May 2026

Participants in a march in Tbilisi demanded treatment for disabled children.

A march demanding modern treatment for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy took place in Tbilisi today.

22:25, 17 May 2026

Persecution of the church and the opposition have become themes of pre-election rhetoric in Armenia.

The government should apologize to the Armenian Apostolic Church for persecution after the elections, Bright Armenia stated. Around 300 Strong Armenia supporters have already been detained, but the persecution of party supporters and other opposition forces could have the opposite effect on the government's approval ratings, the party representative noted.

A beach wash at Primorsky Beach. Screenshot from the Telegram channel "My Tuapse" from May 17, 2026, https://t.me/my_tuapse/35344

21:25, 17 May 2026

A competition to conduct seawater sampling in Tuapse has been announced amid oil spills in the sea.

Oil slicks remain in the sea near Tuapse, according to a satellite image. Social media users reported today that oil products had washed up on a beach near the seaport, and authorities announced a tender to analyze seawater samples from 13 beaches throughout the summer.

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