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02:57, 19 August 2026

Three servicemen from Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in Ukraine

Ruslan Abanokov and two of his fellow countrymen from the Tersky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 469 combatants from Kabardino-Balkaria as killed there.

02:54, 19 August 2026

Arashukov has ended his hunger strike.

Former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov, serving a life sentence in the "Black Dolphin," has ended his hunger strike, his lawyer reported.

00:56, 19 August 2026

A resident of Krasnodar is accused of treason and preparing a terrorist act.

The military court in Rostov-on-Don will consider the case of a resident of Krasnodar accused of preparing a terrorist act, treason, and participating in a terrorist organization. The man faces a sentence of up to life imprisonment.

23:58, 18 August 2026

Activists in Batumi and Tbilisi honored the memory of Georgy Antsukhledze.

On the 629th day of protests, demonstrators in Tbilisi and Batumi took to the streets with placards reading "Antsukhledze is immortal," honoring the memory of the National Hero of Georgia on his birthday.

23:30, 18 August 2026

A resident of Derbent was fined for a comment about a police officer

The Derbent City Court fined local resident Ibrahim Tajibov 30,000 rubles for a comment under a video with a police officer on Instagram**.

22:33, 18 August 2026

Pashinyan stated about the expansion of interaction with the USA

Armenia is interested in expanding and enhancing cooperation with the USA in various areas, including political ones, said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a meeting with American Congressman Abraham Hamade after discussing the implementation of the TRIPP project.

22:01, 18 August 2026

The court confirmed the guilt of the port captain of Caucasus in the tanker crash involving fuel oil.

The acting captain of the seaport of Caucasus, Evgeny Skorchenko, disputed the conclusions of the Federal Transport Oversight Agency regarding his involvement in the tanker crashes near the Kerch Strait in 2024, but the court supported the agency's position.

21:12, 18 August 2026

A resident of Stavropol faces a sentence for a comment about the attack on a Russian city

The military court in Rostov-on-Don will consider the case of a resident of the village of Kiyankiz in the Andropov district, accused of publicly justifying terrorism due to a comment in a messenger.

A police officer takes the rifle from the man. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

20:29, 18 August 2026

A resident of a village near Volgograd has been fined for attempting to shoot down a Ukrainian drone.

A pensioner from the village of Yelany, Nikolai Mukhin, has been fined for attempting to independently shoot down a Ukrainian drone flying at night near the Yelansky district. His hunting rifle has also been confiscated. The man does not consider himself guilty and calls the punishment unfair.

19:42, 18 August 2026

An employee of the Derbent dog shelter has been reinstated.

The Derbent City Court approved a settlement agreement between the veterinary sanitary officer of the municipal animal shelter and its management. The woman was fired after she published a video on social media about the severe and unsanitary conditions in which the dogs were kept.

18:58, 18 August 2026

Sources reported the death of the great-grandson of Batal-Khadji Belkhoroev.

The great-grandson of the founder of the Batalkhadzhintsy brotherhood, Ilyas Belkharoev, died in Poland, and his relatives are preparing to bury him in Ingushetia. In Russia, Belkharoev was charged with a number of terrorist offenses.

18:31, 18 August 2026

Rescuers evacuated two groups of tourists from Elbrus.

14 people have been evacuated from Mount Elbrus - two groups of tourists who could not descend on their own due to bad weather.

17:40, 18 August 2026

The court in Krasnodar sentenced Votanovsky* to a term in a penal colony in absentia.

The court in Krasnodar sentenced the author of the Telegram channel "Titushki in Krasnodar" Vitaly Votanovsky* to eight months in a penal colony. The case was considered in absentia, as the activist lives outside the Russian Federation.

16:42, 18 August 2026

A contractor from the Volgograd region was killed in the SVO zone.

Private Dmitry Goremykin from the Novoanninsky district was killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special operation, at least 1828 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

16:01, 18 August 2026

The FAS report on combating gasoline prices has caused skepticism among the residents of North Ossetia.

In North Ossetia, five cases of illegal price gouging on fuel have been identified, reported the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Residents of the republic, commenting on the agency's report on social media, considered the number of identified cases too small and pointed to the high cost of fuel at gas stations.

15:37, 18 August 2026

The serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for being absent from service.

The court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Arthur Ulbashov to five years and one month in prison, finding him guilty of desertion.

14:39, 18 August 2026

The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry due to threats in Russian media.

The Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mikhail Evdokimov, was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry due to statements and threats made in the Russian media against the country and its leadership. Baku expressed a strong protest to the Russian side and demanded immediate measures to stop the provocative rhetoric and calls for violence.

13:41, 18 August 2026

The fire occurred in the editorial office of the "Gal-Media" TV channel.

In the Gal district of Abkhazia, three rooms of the "Gal-Media" TV channel's editorial office burned down in a fire. The preliminary cause of the fire has been identified as a short circuit, and the TV channel has stopped broadcasting.

12:43, 18 August 2026

A resident of Krasnodar publicly apologized for the incident with the toy gun.

The police of Krasnodar published a video in which a local resident publicly apologized for displaying a toy gun from the window of a car.

11:46, 18 August 2026

A resident of Chechnya complained about the ban on seeing and communicating with her daughter.

A resident of Chechnya, Madina Makhamashova, appealed to Aishat Kadyrova with a complaint that her ex-husband has not allowed her to see and communicate with their daughter for two years, despite the court-established order for communication with the child.

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