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16:45, 24 September 2026

The prosecutor demanded to sentence the former mayor of Sochi to a long term.

The prosecutor demanded to sentence the former mayor of Sochi, Alexey Kopaygorodsky, to 21 years in a strict regime colony for receiving bribes totaling more than 300 million rubles.

15:45, 24 September 2026

The EU has suspended duties on approximately 80% of goods from Armenia.

About 80% of Armenian exports to the European Union will receive trade preferences: import duties will be suspended on a wide range of goods, including certain types of agricultural products, concluded the Council of the European Union.

14:46, 24 September 2026

The former head of the district in Dagestan received a conditional sentence in a fraud case.

The court sentenced the former head of the Kaytagsky district of Dagestan, Alim Temirbulatov, to 4.5 years of conditional imprisonment. The prosecution explained the leniency of the sentence in the fraud case involving 12 plots of land by the compensation for damages, the conclusion of a pre-trial agreement, and the state of health.

13:46, 24 September 2026

The court returned the case against the Rosgvardiya officers who detained Kardashov for reconsideration.

The Cassation Court returned the case against former Rosgvardiya employees Aslan Dukayev and Bekhan Abdurashidov to the Supreme Court of Chechnya. Court representatives in Chechnya ignore the arguments of the victim's side and the prosecutor's office, as well as the instructions of the higher court, emphasized the cassation instance.

12:58, 24 September 2026

A state of emergency has been introduced in Kuban due to problems with grain sales.

Due to attacks on logistics infrastructure and the shutdown of ports, farmers are unable to sell significant volumes of products. This has led to a buildup of grain and an oversaturation of the domestic market, which is why a state of emergency has been declared in the Krasnodar region.

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

11:58, 24 September 2026

The court sided with the large family from Tuapse in their dispute with officials.

The cassation court annulled the decisions of the courts that refused to oblige officials to provide the necessary nutrition for the daughter of a large family from Tuapse and sent the case for reconsideration. At the same time, the prosecutor's office refused to consider the couple's complaint.

10:56, 24 September 2026

Analysts considered the results of the elections for the head of Dagestan predetermined.

In the October elections for the head of Dagestan, the majority of parliamentarians will vote for the acting head of the republic, Fyodor Shchukin, analysts predicted.

09:54, 24 September 2026

The fire occurred at a Kuban enterprise after a UAV attack.

As a result of a drone attack, a fire broke out at an enterprise in the Dinsky district. According to authorities, there are no injuries.

08:54, 24 September 2026

The Rostov resident is accused of setting fire to a locomotive at the station.

The case of a 23-year-old resident of Rostov-on-Don, accused of a terrorist act on the railway, has been submitted to the court.

07:52, 24 September 2026

Human rights defenders called for an assessment of Azerbaijan's compliance with its obligations to the Council of Europe.

Five Azerbaijani human rights organizations in exile appealed to the Council of Europe to assess the human rights situation in the country and respond to Baku's statements about a possible exit from the organization. Human rights defenders noted that compromises made to maintain dialogue with Baku should not lead to the dilution of key standards of the Council of Europe.

06:52, 24 September 2026

The oil depot buildings were damaged after a drone strike in the Rostov region.

The authorities did not report on the victims of the incident.

05:53, 24 September 2026

Movlaev's defense has appealed to the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan

Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, is in a depressed state after two suicide attempts, but "will fight," his lawyer reported. The defense is seeking to have the case reviewed by the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, citing a threat to Movlaev's life.

04:54, 24 September 2026

The serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for being absent from service for more than a year.

The Nalchik garrison military court sentenced serviceman Timur Keligov to 5.5 years in a penal colony for failing to report for duty, which lasted almost a year and a half during the mobilization.

03:55, 24 September 2026

Aliyev pardoned the convicted Frenchman Martin Ryan

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, signed a decree pardoning French citizen Martin Ryan, who was convicted in Baku on charges of espionage. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed this decision.

02:56, 24 September 2026

The case of a Krasnodar resident regarding fakes about the army has gone to court.

A resident of Krasnodar faces up to ten years in prison, as employees of the Center "E" identified deliberately false information about the Russian armed forces in his posts.

01:58, 24 September 2026

A Crimean resident was convicted in Krasnodar in a case of treason.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced a resident of Crimea to a long term, finding him guilty of transferring intercepted radio communications of Russian security forces to Ukrainian intelligence.

00:59, 24 September 2026

Pashinyan's associates left the hearings on the problems of refugees from Karabakh

Deputies from the ruling party "Civil Contract" and members of the Armenian government left the parliamentary hearings on the problems of forcibly displaced Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. The reason was the mention of positions held by invited participants in the structures of the unrecognized republic.

00:00, 24 September 2026

Melnychenko faced refusal of treatment in the prison hospital.

In LIU-15, where lawyer and former lecturer at Volgograd State University Roman Melnychenko, accused under the article on discrediting the army, was transferred due to vision problems, he could not receive help due to lack of funding.

Participants of the continuous protests on Rustaveli in Tbilisi on the 665th day. Photo: MO SE / Facebook

23:50, 23 September 2026

Pro-European protests in the cities of Georgia have been ongoing for 665 days.

Residents of Tbilisi on the 665th day of continuous protests gathered at the parliament demanding a change in political course. Protests also continued in Batumi.

Exodus from Artsakh, Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for "Caucasian Knot"

23:02, 23 September 2026

The discussion about the reasons for the exodus of the Armenian population of Karabakh unfolded on social media.

The Armenian population of Karabakh was forced to leave their homes, a number of social media users indicated. Their opponents believe that the mass resettlement to Armenia was voluntary. Despite the measures ordered by the International Court of Justice in the case of "Armenia v. Azerbaijan" regarding protective measures and the right of refugees to return, similar rulings have not led to real results, and the court itself lacks a mechanism for enforcing its decisions.

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