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12:06, 17 March 2026

A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of evading military service.

The court sentenced Aslan Kazharov, a resident of the Urvan district, to six years in prison for twice leaving his military unit without permission during mobilization.

11:08, 17 March 2026

38 drones were shot down in four regions of the Southern Federal District.

During the night, the military shot down 28 drones in the Krasnodar region, six in the Rostov region, three in the Astrakhan region, and one in Adygea.

Rufat Safarov. Photo: https://minval.az/news/124435620

10:12, 17 March 2026

Witness testimony strengthened the case of human rights activist Safarov's innocence.

Prosecution witnesses in the case of human rights activist Rufat Safarov did not confirm the investigation's version of events in court. The defendant himself insists that the case was fabricated at the behest of the Azerbaijani authorities.

Azerbaijani IDPs. March 17, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/ocherednaya-gruppa-byvshih-vynuzhdennyh-pereselencev-vyehala-v-sela-agdere-khodzhavenda-i-dzhebraila

09:13, 17 March 2026

82 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

Today, 368 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to seven villages in the Aghdere, Khojavend, and Jabrayil districts.

Alexander Sherchenkov. Photo: Lava Media https://www.lavamedia.am/2024/09/02/76572/

08:16, 17 March 2026

Activist Sherchenkov held a picket in Yerevan in support of Sidiki.

Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia demanding the release of Ruslan Sidiki, who was convicted in Russia and complained of torture after his arrest.

07:24, 17 March 2026

A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

Military personnel shot down drones in the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

06:50, 17 March 2026

More than 5 million rubles have been paid to residents of Slavyansk-on-Kuban who suffered as a result of drone attacks.

Slavyansk-on-Kuban authorities have paid over 5.3 million rubles to residents whose property was damaged as a result of drone attacks in November and December of last year.

05:50, 17 March 2026

A train carrying diesel fuel was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

A batch of diesel fuel totaling approximately 4,500 tons was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

04:51, 17 March 2026

A lawyer reported pressure on Igor Paskar in prison.

Volgograd resident Igor Paskar, convicted of setting fire to a rug outside the FSB building in Krasnodar, was sent to solitary confinement three times before being declared a repeat offender and placed in a cell-type facility, his lawyer reported.

03:52, 17 March 2026

Maksim Bondarenko's property has been confiscated.

A court, following a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office, confiscated the property of former Primorsko-Akhtarsk head Maksim Bondarenko. He intends to appeal the decision.

02:53, 17 March 2026

The Supreme Court found evidence of a crime in Kvarchia's actions.

The Supreme Court of Abkhazia has ruled that the actions of MP Kan Kvarchia during the incident at the Abkhaz Herald newspaper's offices last November contain elements of a crime under the article on threats of murder.

01:54, 17 March 2026

A Dagestani resident has been convicted of inciting extremism.

A court in Dagestan sentenced a resident of the village of Urgula in the Tsumadinsky District to a suspended sentence after finding him guilty of inciting extremism for a Telegram post.

00:55, 17 March 2026

A Baku court announced the verdict in the case of Ryan and Mammadli.

French citizen Martin Ryan was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of espionage, and Azerbaijani Azad Mammadli received 12 years in prison on charges of treason.

23:59, 16 March 2026

A teenager was arrested in Adygea on charges of sabotage.

A court in Maykop has placed a minor accused of setting fire to an MTS mobile phone base station in pretrial detention.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue. Photo: Nino Kikvadze / Publika

23:01, 16 March 2026

Pro-European protests in Georgia have continued for 474 days.

Participants in a meeting on Rustaveli Avenue on the 474th day of protests reminded Georgian Dream representatives of the findings of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report.

22:24, 16 March 2026

A Kizilyurt resident complained about conditions at the city hospital.

A mother of young children criticized the work of the children's department at Kizilyurt Central Hospital and asked the competent authorities to inspect the department's sanitary conditions.

21:34, 16 March 2026

Authorities reported on the removal of nets from the protective embankment on the coast of Anapa.

On the Anapa coast, specialists are completing the removal of nets from the protective embankment. The work covered areas from the Central Beach to Tortuga Beach in the village of Vityazevo, along the spit, and in the village of Blagoveshchenskaya.

Rehabilitation patients face violence. Image created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

21:28, 16 March 2026

Marem responded to the verdict in the case of the death of a rehab patient in Dagestan.

Human rights activists commented on the verdict in the case of the beating to death of one of the patients placed in a rehabilitation center in Kaspiysk, commenting on the verdict of human rights activists in the case of patients held against their will and essentially being held captive, where they are at risk of torture.

20:43, 16 March 2026

A security officer from Armavir was sentenced to prison for violence.

The Armavir City Court found former police officer Anatoly Kostenko guilty of hooliganism with the use of violence and the destruction of another's property and sentenced him to one year and one month in prison.

20:21, 16 March 2026

A resident of Adygea was convicted for participating in the "United Circassia Council"*

The Southern District Military Court found Maykop resident Ibragim Nagoyev guilty of participating in a terrorist organization and sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony.

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