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12:14, 24 June 2026

Anapa residents called on authorities to address the problem of vandalism in parks.

Unidentified individuals smashed streetlights in Anapa's Orekhovaya Roshcha. Local residents, commenting on the incident on social media, called on authorities to find and punish those responsible and to establish nighttime security for the area.

Special Operation. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

11:16, 24 June 2026

Authorities have acknowledged that at least 9,300 soldiers from southern Russia were killed in Ukraine.

At least 4,628 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,672 soldiers from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.

10:16, 24 June 2026

Three fighters from Derbent were killed in a military operation.

Tehran Rustamov, Shikhaili Fuganov, and Ramin Ismailov were killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2,015 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

A gas station queue. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.

09:16, 24 June 2026

Shchukin's promise to solve the problem with gasoline prices has caused skepticism among residents of Dagestan.

Acting Governor of Dagestan Fyodor Shchukin promised to address the rapidly rising gasoline prices, including by involving the antimonopoly service. Residents of the republic, commenting on his words on social media, questioned why officials allowed fuel prices to rise. They called on Shchukin to back up his words with results.

08:17, 24 June 2026

A native of Chechnya was deported from Lithuania.

Lithuanian authorities deported a Chechen native after denying him an extension of his refugee status, despite him having lived legally in the country for more than 20 years.

07:17, 24 June 2026

The Central Election Commission denied the Kuban election commissioners' request to cancel multi-day voting.

In a collective letter, members of the Krasnodar Krai election commissions called on the Russian Central Election Commission to hold the State Duma elections within a single day due to the high risk of overnight fraud. In response, the Central Election Commission stated that their letter contained no evidence of fraud due to the multi-day voting.

06:19, 24 June 2026

Three residents of Dagestan have been accused of participating in an extremist group.

Three residents of the village of Gudben have been charged with organizing an extremist group. They are also accused of extortion committed by an organized group.

05:20, 24 June 2026

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

Arsen Alibekov from the Botlikh district was killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2,012 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

A still from a video message from Bataysk residents complaining about a polluted lake. Photo: Bloknot Rostov-on-Don / VKontakte

04:21, 24 June 2026

Residents of Bataysk have asked authorities to save Salt Lake from pollution.

Residents of Bataysk recorded a video message demanding urgent action to save Salt Lake, which they say is under threat due to severe pollution. Appeals to various authorities have been unsuccessful.

03:29, 24 June 2026

Dagestani authorities have left the family of an injured conscript without support.

The father of Magomedbek Khizbulaev, a conscript from Dagestan, is forced to borrow money to continue caring for his seriously injured son. The family has received no support from officials or lawmakers, and investigators insist on an accident, ignoring the soldier's claims of beatings.

03:10, 24 June 2026

A Sochi resident was given a suspended sentence for rehabilitating Nazism.

The Krasnodar Regional Court found 62-year-old Sochi resident Natalya Nikolaeva guilty of rehabilitating Nazism and sentenced her to two years' probation for a social media comment.

02:14, 24 June 2026

A soldier from the Astrakhan region was killed in Ukraine.

Roman Alshanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 748 combatants from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

01:55, 24 June 2026

Ali Kerimli's public defenders fear for his safety.

The Public Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Ali Kerimli, Chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, expressed concern for his safety in pretrial detention after he was transferred to a cell with a mentally ill inmate.

00:56, 24 June 2026

A second Chechen resident has been charged under the article on searching for extremist materials.

The Achkhoy-Martan Court in Chechnya received an administrative case against a local resident accused of searching for prohibited materials online. His case marks the fifth known instance of this statute being applied in Russia and the second in Chechnya.

23:58, 23 June 2026

Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 573 days.

Participants in a protest outside the Georgian parliament on the 573rd day of protests responded to the ECHR ruling in the joint case of Georgian servicemen who were tortured and killed in Russian captivity.

23:19, 23 June 2026

The ECHR found Russia responsible for the torture and death of Georgian prisoners of war.

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously found Russia responsible for the murder of three and the torture of eight Georgian prisoners of war captured during the August 2008 war. The court ordered Moscow to pay compensation to the surviving soldiers and the families of the deceased.

22:26, 23 June 2026

A Ukrainian living in Kuban has been accused of spying and directing drones to Tuapse.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case of an elderly Ukrainian citizen accused of espionage and financing terrorism. According to security forces, the man was involved in the attacks on "fuel and energy facilities" in Tuapse.

21:29, 23 June 2026

The court ordered the former head of the Rostov-on-Don Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay 15 million rubles.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don upheld the prosecutor's office's claim against former city police chief Sergei Shpak, who is accused of bribery and fraud.

20:38, 23 June 2026

An activist from Dagognei declared the road repairs a show for the primaries.

A week later, the new asphalt in Dagogni was dug up again to lay sewer pipes. This work is being done for the primary election report, said activist Ramis Agabekov.

19:58, 23 June 2026

Instagram users* expressed support for blogger Magomeddibirov and his family.

The father of Dagestani blogger Magomeddibir Magomeddibirov, who is on hunger strike in an Astrakhan pretrial detention center, asked Vladimir Putin to facilitate a fair investigation into his case. Instagram users* supported the father and wished the blogger his release, but questioned the intended recipient of the appeal.

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The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

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