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An ambulance and a victim of a drone attack. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
23:45, 4 May 2026
Social media users criticized the list of shelters published by Tuapse authorities.
The Tuapse District administration has published an official list of "underground spaces" that residents are encouraged to use as shelters during drone attacks. Telegram users reported that many of these spaces are closed or unsuitable for use as shelters.
22:41, 4 May 2026
A Stavropol official is suspected of fraudulent landfill liquidation.
The head of the Housing and Utilities Department of the Neftekumsk District Administration has been placed under house arrest for allegedly exceeding his authority while executing municipal contracts. The damages from his actions are estimated at over 14 million rubles.
21:58, 4 May 2026
Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Timur Baysultanov and Adam Nuraliyev from the Kazbekovsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,916 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
21:58, 4 May 2026
Graves of participants in the fighting in Ukraine were damaged near Krasnodar.
Investigators in Krasnodar reported searching for suspects in the desecration of military graves at a cemetery in the village of Kopansky. The damaged photographs on the graves belonged to participants in the fighting in Ukraine.
21:05, 4 May 2026
A Stavropol resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist organization.
A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Stavropol Krai to a lengthy prison term, finding him a member of a terrorist organization.
20:10, 4 May 2026
Karapetyan's associate Artur Avanesyan ended his hunger strike.
Arrested Strong Armenia party representative Artur Avanesyan ended his hunger strike following an appeal from party leader Samvel Karapetyan.
19:14, 4 May 2026
Analysts have assessed the consequences for Baku of breaking off relations with the European Parliament.
The severing of the Milli Majlis's cooperation with the European Parliament, which was largely symbolic, will not result in economic losses for Azerbaijan due to the EU's interest in energy and transport partnerships. However, Baku may suffer political and image costs, while Brussels will lose the opportunity to demand compliance with European human rights standards, Baku-based analysts noted.
18:43, 4 May 2026
Human rights activists appealed to the Prosecutor General regarding the Balkarov case.
The Kabardino-Balkaria Human Rights Center has appealed to the Russian Prosecutor General regarding numerous and systematic violations of the rights of convicted Akhmed Balkarov.
18:10, 4 May 2026
The beach in Blagoveshchenskaya is being prepared for opening without the need for imported sand.
Bloggers are installing shelters and preparing the beach for opening at the Blagoveshchenskaya village beach in Anapa, despite the fact that it has not been refilled with new sand, according to reports.
17:41, 4 May 2026
Damage to graves of SVO participants in Kuban led to a criminal case.
A criminal case has been opened in Krasnodar regarding the desecration of 14 graves belonging to participants in a special military operation.
16:46, 4 May 2026
The journalists' coalition has made the fight for Vagifgyzy's release a priority.
Sevinj Vagifgizi, editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani publication Abzas Media and currently serving a nine-year prison sentence, has been included in the annual "10 Most Urgent" list published by the international coalition One Free Press Coalition. Vagifgizi's case, like that of other journalists on the list, is related to the persecution of journalists for their professional activities, the coalition noted.
15:48, 4 May 2026
A soldier from Stavropol was killed in the SVO zone.
Sergei Bylinkin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 943 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.
Fyodor Shchukin. Photo: United Press Service of the Courts of General Jurisdiction of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
13:55, 4 May 2026
Elections for the head of Dagestan have been announced for September.
Today, the position of the head of the Supreme Court of Dagestan Shchukin was adopted, which is connected with the appointment of Fyodor Shchukin as acting head of Dagestan.
12:59, 4 May 2026
The arrest of gay community members in Karachay-Cherkessia has sparked a debate on social media.
Some social media users praised the actions of security forces who detained 16 people in Karachay-Cherkessia for subscribing to an online gay dating group. Others considered state interference in the private lives of citizens unacceptable.
12:26, 4 May 2026
A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in a military operation.
Valery Bogachev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 585 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.
11:50, 4 May 2026
Sergei Melikov resigned
Putin signed a decree dismissing Dagestan head Sergei Melikov, appointing Fyodor Shchukin as acting head of the republic.
10:55, 4 May 2026
The road to one village remains blocked in Dagestan.
Residents of the village of Zhazhada in the Tlyaratinsky district are without transportation today due to a rockfall on the road.
Protest in Yerevan. May 4, 2026. Still from News.am video https://news.am/ru/video/1032318
09:56, 4 May 2026
Protesters in Yerevan demanded the European Union's attention to the problems of Karabakh residents.
At a rally in Yerevan, Karabakh natives called on EU representatives to pay attention to the problems of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan and the preservation of Armenian cultural heritage.
Drone. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
08:57, 4 May 2026
Three regions of the Southern Federal District were hit by drone attacks.
The Ministry of Defense reported downed drones in the Astrakhan, Volgograd, and Rostov regions.
Hospital corridor. Photo by Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru
07:59, 4 May 2026
A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has awarded compensation to the mother of a deceased patient.
The court ordered three clinics to pay compensation to the mother of a Kabardino-Balkarian resident who died as a result of medical error.
News
Two North Caucasus republics are among the regions with the highest road traffic fatality rates.

Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Maria Smelaya. Still frame from a video from the YouTube channel "Ostorozhno Media" from April 10, 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjbgxxzYoY Maria Smelaya's case highlights mothers' vulnerability in custody disputes.

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.