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22:39, 18 May 2026
A fighter from Ingushetia was killed in the SVO zone.
Ruslan Akbulatov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 195 combatants from Ingushetia have been officially recognized as killed.
21:55, 18 May 2026
Sochi police officers face tougher penalties in evidence falsification case
The Central District Court of Sochi resentenced three former employees of the local police department's drug enforcement department. In addition to abuse of office and falsification of evidence, they were found guilty of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale.
21:01, 18 May 2026
Babala and Gasimov went on a hunger strike in prison.
Imprisoned Azerbaijani investigative journalist Hafiz Babali and economist Fazil Gasimov went on a hunger strike on the opening day of the World Urban Forum in Baku to draw attention to the issue of political prisoners.
Magomed Gadzhiev (recognized as a foreign agent) in 2017. Photo: press service of the State Duma deputy.
20:06, 18 May 2026
Former MP Gadzhiev* sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia
The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev* in absentia to life imprisonment. His brother, Akhmed Gadzhiev, was also sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison.
19:33, 18 May 2026
Pashinyan showed aggression towards Karabakh refugees twice in one day.
In response to questions from refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resorted to insults and threats during meetings with voters. Afterward, clinic employee Armine Soghoyan, who asked about casualties in the Karabakh wars, was asked to resign, and Artur Osipyan was detained on suspicion of hooliganism after an altercation with the prime minister.
19:16, 18 May 2026
A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine.
Narman Mutalimov from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,942 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
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.
News
Gelendzhik Airport. Photo: airport press service https://gelaero.ru/about/ Air traffic with cities in southern Russia has been fully restored.

The Ministry of Transport reported the resumption of some international flights through southern Russia.

Russian soldiers. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/57396 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,100.

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.