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18:45, 13 March 2026
A participant in a land dispute in Kantyshevo received the minimum sentence for double murder.
The Nazran District Court of Ingushetia found pensioner Magomed Kodzoev guilty of murdering two people in a state of passion and sentenced him to three years in a penal colony.
17:35, 13 March 2026
A soldier from the Krasnodar region was killed in Ukraine.
Emil Zaripov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 835 soldiers from the Krasnodar Krai have been officially recognized as killed.
17:22, 13 March 2026
A court fined a Krasnodar resident in connection with a donation case to the FBK*.
Following a review of his case concerning donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation*, Krasnodar resident Dmitry Dyba was fined 300,000 rubles. His total donations amounted to 1,050 rubles.
16:29, 13 March 2026
Georgia has promised not to accept "shadow fleet" vessels.
Georgian authorities have pledged not to accept tankers linked to Russia.
15:30, 13 March 2026
The names of two Dagestan combatants killed in Ukraine have been released.
Radzhab Zainudinov and Saibodin Gazimagomedov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,863 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.
14:31, 13 March 2026
A Georgian citizen has been detained in Abkhazia in connection with an espionage case.
Georgian citizen Emzar Bagishvili has been detained in Abkhazia on suspicion of espionage.
13:34, 13 March 2026
Azerbaijani activist Mukhtarova has denied allegations of income laundering.
Nargiz Mukhtarova denied charges of money laundering in court.
The return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh. Photo: https://azertag.az/ru/?lang=netherlands%3Fdevice%3DDesktop&page=232?device=Desktop
12:25, 13 March 2026
Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh.
Azerbaijani commentators pointed out that demining, housing construction, and infrastructure are necessary for the return of Azerbaijanis to Karabakh, explaining the slow pace of resettlement. At the same time, they called this a restoration of justice. Armenian users countered that many of the settlements in question were historically Armenian.
A serviceman. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
11:34, 13 March 2026
A soldier from the Krasnodar region was killed in a military operation.
Sergei Oleynikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 834 soldiers from the Krasnodar Territory have been officially recognized as killed.
Firefighting. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
10:34, 13 March 2026
Authorities reported that the fire at the oil depot in Tikhoretsk had been extinguished.
The fire at the Tikhoretsk oil depot, which erupted after a drone attack, has been extinguished.
09:35, 13 March 2026
The court reduced the sentences for those convicted in the case of the deaths of 10 people in the explosion in Baku.
The Baku Court of Appeal has reduced by six months the prison sentences of Tagi Ibrahimov and Togrul Rzayev, who were found guilty in the case of the explosion at a furniture workshop in the Binagadi district of Baku, which killed 10 people and injured 23.
08:34, 13 March 2026
Georgia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE stated that the Moscow Mechanism report was being politicized.
The OSCE report on human rights violations in Georgia, prepared under the Moscow Mechanism, contains factual inaccuracies and politically biased conclusions, calling into question its objectivity, stated Georgia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Alexander Maisuradze. The opposition believes there are sufficient legal grounds for the Hague International Court to initiate an investigation.
07:35, 13 March 2026
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported major embezzlement during the construction of a gymnastics academy in Sochi.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs suspects a group of 13 people of embezzling more than 8 billion rubles during the construction of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Center at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi, which was created at the initiative of Vladimir Putin.
06:50, 13 March 2026
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria was fined for discrediting the army.
The Elbrus District Court fined a local resident 30,000 rubles, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The verdict was based on a video she posted on WhatsApp*.
06:05, 13 March 2026
A Volzhsky resident was suspended from work after requesting a rally in defense of Telegram.
The activist claims that security forces threatened her employer with problems and forced her to sign a "warning" refusing to participate in extremist activities, but did not provide a copy of the document.
05:20, 13 March 2026
Five soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Ruslan Akilov, Magomed-Rasul Aybazov, Rashid Magomedkaziev, Khadzhimurad Yusupov, and Murat Bekelyaev from Buynaksk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,861 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.
04:31, 13 March 2026
A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of leaving his unit without permission.
A military court in Nalchik sentenced Atmir Tokhov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
03:41, 13 March 2026
Educational institutions in Sochi and Anapa have changed their hours due to drone attacks.
Authorities in two Kuban resort towns have changed the operating hours of educational institutions due to increasing drone strike threats. For Sochi, the March 11 attack was unprecedented in its duration.
02:42, 13 March 2026
Lawyers explained the principles of administrative supervision using the Sautieva case as an example.
The articles under which Zarifa Sautieva and other protest leaders in Ingushetia were convicted oblige the court to impose administrative supervision on those released from prison, with the defendants in the "Ingush Case" receiving the maximum possible terms of supervision.
Gudermes City Court. Photo by a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
01:43, 13 March 2026
Kardashov's mother expressed distrust of the Chechen court.
The injured party disagrees with the charges brought against Chechen security officials Aziev and Yusupov in the case of Alexei Kardashov, the manager of a pharmacy in Khasavyurt. Kardashov's mother called the trial in Chechnya a "spectacle" and expressed confidence that it will not have an acceptable outcome.
News
Meat prices before Eid al-Fitr. Screenshot from the Dagestan government's Telegram channel, March 17, 2026, https://t.me/pravitelstvord/36072 Makhachkala residents did not notice a drop in prices after the end of Ramadan.

Russian troops in a combat zone. Still from a Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/58925 The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in the SVO has exceeded 8,900.

A fighter from Khasavyurt was killed in a military operation.

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.