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22:57, 13 April 2026

An additional rescue team has been sent to Dagestan from Kabardino-Balkaria.

Members of the Elbrus High Mountain Rescue Team have been sent to Dagestan to work in flood-affected areas.

22:26, 13 April 2026

Protesters on Rustaveli welcomed the election results in Hungary.

Protesters outside the Georgian parliament celebrated the defeat of Viktor Orban's Georgian Dream party in the Hungarian elections on the 502nd day of continuous protests.

21:27, 13 April 2026

Otrakovsky called his arrest in Dagestan a provocation.

Captain Ivan Otrakovsky, who arrived in Dagestan to help flood victims, was released today after three days of administrative detention. He dismissed reports of his detention as lies.

20:28, 13 April 2026

The head of a blockaded mountain village in Dagestan has asked for food to be sent to its residents.

The village of Khosrekh in the Kulinsky District is trapped in a snow blockade at an altitude of over 2,000 meters. The villagers, cut off from the outside world by the inclement weather, are left without electricity or communication.

19:40, 13 April 2026

A Rostov Region resident has been arrested in connection with a terrorist financing case.

Security forces reported the arrest of a 46-year-old resident of Novocherkassk, suspected of financing a terrorist organization.

18:35, 13 April 2026

A factory director in Ingushetia has been arrested for using slave labor.

Investigators in Ingushetia have opened a criminal case against the director of a furniture factory, suspected of using illegal migrant labor and forcibly keeping them on the factory floor. He has been arrested by court order.

17:40, 13 April 2026

The head of a water utility has been arrested in connection with a mass poisoning in Dagestan.

The director of the water utility in Dagestan's Karabudakhkent district has been detained on suspicion of providing substandard water services, resulting in more than 50 people seeking medical attention for signs of acute intestinal infection.

16:45, 13 April 2026

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

Sheikhyusuf Kerimov from the Derbent district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,894 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

15:49, 13 April 2026

A woman and child trapped in an avalanche in Dagestan have been rescued.

The mother suffered multiple fractures, but the seven-year-old child was not injured.

14:55, 13 April 2026

Eleven people injured in the explosion in Vladikavkaz remain in hospitals.

Two of the wounded are in serious condition.

13:58, 13 April 2026

Azerbaijani activist Nazarov complained about the lack of medical care in the prison colony.

Imprisoned activist Elvin Nazarov has experienced a sharp increase in pain in recent days, but he is not receiving the necessary medical examination and treatment in the penitentiary institution.

13:00, 13 April 2026

The expulsion of Sochi residents from Abkhazia for filming with the Georgian flag sparked a debate on Facebook*.

Many social media users considered the photo shoot with a Georgian flag, for which a Sochi resident and her son were deported from Abkhazia, to be a provocation. Other participants in the discussion expressed support for the detained Sochi residents.

12:00, 13 April 2026

Analysts debate the causes of the devastating flood in Dagestan.

Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" cited ill-considered development, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures as among the causes of the devastating flood. They also unanimously praised the significant contribution of volunteers in the flood relief effort.

10:57, 13 April 2026

The number of people evacuated to temporary accommodation centers in Dagestan has risen to 541.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the number of people taken to temporary accommodation centers in Dagestan increased by 18 in the past 24 hours. 508 residential buildings in the republic remain flooded.

09:56, 13 April 2026

A woman and a child were trapped under snow after an avalanche in Dagestan.

An avalanche buried two houses in the mountain village of Shaitli. According to rescuers, a woman and child were trapped under the snow.

Participants in the fighting in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense Press Service

08:58, 13 April 2026

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

At least 4,435 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,565 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

People gather dead cattle in the village of Adilyotar, March 31, 2026. Still from a video by the Khasavyurt District Administration https://t.me/has_rayon05/25346

08:01, 13 April 2026

Dagestani villagers lost hundreds of heads of livestock as a result of a flood.

Residents of the Adilyotarsky village council lost 400 head of cattle, 360 head of sheep and goats, and nearly 30,000 poultry as a result of the flood. Most of the villagers' homes were damaged by the flood, and many remain submerged.

06:58, 13 April 2026

Five soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in combat.

In the Kalachevsky district, awards were presented to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,752 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

05:52, 13 April 2026

The suspects in the explosion of a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz have been arrested.

The court sentenced the owner of the warehouse that exploded in Vladikavkaz on April 10, and two organizers of pyrotechnics production, to two months' arrest.

04:52, 13 April 2026

Analysts comment on the death of a girl in Abkhazia.

The death of a three-year-old girl as a result of domestic violence is unique to Abkhazia, but human rights activists have documented similar cases. A law is needed that would protect victims of domestic violence, not just document its consequences.

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The court ruled that the ban on a contract soldier from Kaspiysk returning from the SVO zone was legal.

Residents of a residential area in Makhachkala complained about the seizure of their houses.

Memorial plaques to slain soldiers. Screenshot from the Tabasaran District Administration's Telegram channel, May 10, 2026, https://t.me/novostitabasaran/20793

Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

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