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15:38, 19 March 2026
Anapa's pebble beaches are excluded from the emergency zone.
Eight pebble beaches in Anapa, from the village of Bolshoy Utrish to Vysoky Bereg, have been excluded from the emergency zone due to the fuel oil spill. Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) will decide whether to reopen them.
14:38, 19 March 2026
Residents of the North Caucasus Federal District spoke about the impact of mobile internet restrictions on everyday life.
Mobile internet restrictions forced people to carry cash and significantly slowed down business operations, according to respondents in the North Caucasus Federal District. They reported problems with in-store and online purchases, hailing taxis, and searching for information.
13:38, 19 March 2026
Volgatransneft failed to challenge the method for calculating damages for the fuel oil spill.
The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the calculation method used by the Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources to estimate damage to wildlife following the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait at 34.2 billion rubles.
12:38, 19 March 2026
Russia has again requested confirmation from Turkey of Abakar Abakarov's death.
The Supreme Court of Dagestan has sent a second request to Turkish authorities asking for confirmation of the death of Abakar Abakarov, who is being tried for organizing mass riots at Makhachkala Airport.
09:41, 19 March 2026
A woman was injured in a drone attack in Stavropol Krai.
In the village of Kochubeevskoye, a woman was injured when drone debris fell on a house.
05:45, 19 March 2026
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.
04:45, 19 March 2026
The verdict in the case of the plot to blow up a court in Pyatigorsk has been confirmed.
The court rejected the appeal of two Tajik citizens convicted in 2025 for plotting an explosion in the Pyatigorsk City Court building.
Artur Suleimanov. Photo: Press Service of the Ministry of Construction of Dagestan
03:46, 19 March 2026
Dagestan's former construction minister has been sent to pretrial detention.
A court in Makhachkala has sentenced former Dagestan Construction Minister Artur Suleimanov to two months in custody in connection with a bribery case.
02:47, 19 March 2026
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.
01:48, 19 March 2026
The court seized the property of a Krasnodar City Duma deputy.
The property of Krasnodar City Duma deputy Viktor Timofeev and his associates, valued at more than 10 billion rubles, has been transferred to the state.
00:51, 19 March 2026
A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine.
Islam Bammatov from Kizilyurt was killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 1,867 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
Fuel oil spills on the Bugayskaya Spit. Screenshot from the "SSL Volunteers" Telegram channel, March 18, 2026, https://t.me/setisitolopata/2726?single
23:56, 18 March 2026
Volunteers reported significant chunks of fuel oil on the Bugay Spit.
Volunteers reported that the sea has exposed chunks of fuel oil washed up during a storm on the Bugayskaya Spit.
Tofik Yagublu. Screenshot from https://media.az/society/oglashen-prigovor-tofigu-yagublu from March 10, 2025.
23:51, 18 March 2026
Yagublu's relatives claimed his rights were violated during his hunger strike.
Opposition figure Tofig Yagublu, who has been on a hunger strike in a pretrial detention center for 24 days, is not receiving effective medical care and his rights are being violated, his daughter Nigar Hazi stated.
Participants in the protest in Tbilisi. Screenshot from Interpressnews photo from March 18, 2026, https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/864949-organizatorebis-inpormaciit-21-marts-tbilisshi-xolo-22-marts-kutaisshi-dagegmili-saprotesto-marshebi-agar-chatardeba
23:04, 18 March 2026
Protesters canceled a march in Tbilisi in connection with the death of Ilia II.
On the 476th day of uninterrupted protests, protesters traditionally gathered outside the Georgian Parliament on Rustaveli Avenue. They cancelled their planned weekend marches in connection with the death of Patriarch Ilia II.
Egg prices in Makhachkala. Screenshot from the Dagestan government's Telegram channel, March 17, 2026, https://t.me/pravitelstvord/36072.
22:57, 18 March 2026
Makhachkala residents reported rising prices for meat and eggs ahead of Eid al-Fitr.
In the final days of Ramadan, prices for meat, eggs, dairy products, and vegetables continued to rise, Makhachkala residents reported.
One of the damaged apartments. Screenshot from Evgeny Naumov's Telegram channel, March 18, 2026, https://t.me/emnaumov/7148
22:21, 18 March 2026
Eleven apartments were damaged after a drone attack in Krasnodar overnight.
In Krasnodar, 11 apartments were damaged by drone attacks. Windows and balcony glazing were partially shattered, and roofs and facades were damaged.
21:30, 18 March 2026
March 19 will be Ramadan for Muslims in southern Russia.
The muftiate reported that the new moon was not observed this evening, so March 19, which was declared a non-working day in several republics of the North Caucasus Federal District, will be a day of Ramadan.
20:34, 18 March 2026
Remeslo's change of heart about the situation in the country has caused misunderstanding among Alaudinovs.
The head of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, called blogger Ilya Remeslo, who had published a series of posts criticizing the government earlier today. Remeslo confirmed he had not been hacked. Alaudinov suggested checking to see if the blogger was being held hostage.
20:05, 18 March 2026
A court in Volzhsky has declared the "Russian Security Committee"* extremist.
The Volzhsky City Court of the Volgograd Region has ruled to ban the "Committee for Security of Russia" (KOBR), an association of local residents who deny the collapse of the USSR.
19:25, 18 March 2026
Telegram restrictions have impacted the work of residents of the Southern Federal District.
Residents of the Rostov and Volgograd regions and Kalmykia reported that Telegram was often used for work-related communications, and existing restrictions created difficulties at work, while available workarounds weren't always effective. Some expressed a willingness to switch to domestic messaging apps, while others said they would continue using Telegram.
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A Chechen gym teacher was killed in fighting in Ukraine.

Residents of the North Caucasus reported problems accessing Telegram.

An Abkhazian resident was sentenced for glorifying Shamil Basayev.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.