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17:44, 20 March 2026
More than 50 villages in Dagestan are blocked due to a rockfall.
52 settlements in the Charodinsky district of Dagestan were left without transport links as a result of a major rockfall on the Gunib-Tsurib highway.
16:51, 20 March 2026
A former employee of the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Situations was convicted of treason in Kuban.
The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry Lieutenant Colonel Igor Lominoga to a lengthy prison term, finding him guilty of treason.
15:54, 20 March 2026
Military action in Iran has affected Azerbaijani residents' plans for Novruz.
Azerbaijan has declared 11 days off in connection with the spring holiday of Nowruz and the end of the month of Ramadan. The war in the Middle East has impacted residents' weekend plans and the country's tourism sector.
14:52, 20 March 2026
A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.
Nikolai Ivanyuk was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,727 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
13:54, 20 March 2026
A Rostov-on-Don resident was fined for a picket with a slogan about mobilized soldiers.
Rostov-on-Don resident Yuri Bogachev was fined for holding a picket with a poster reading, "We are waiting for the mobilized to return home."
12:54, 20 March 2026
Social media users debated the role of Patriarch Ilia II.
Social media users noted that the figure of Patriarch Ilia II is perceived as a symbol of faith and national unity. Some users believe the patriarch's role is ambiguous, while others urged people to refrain from judgment and show respect for death.
11:54, 20 March 2026
Fire at an electrical substation in Kuban extinguished after a drone attack
An electrical substation caught fire in the village of Starotitarovskaya in the Temryuk District after drone debris fell. Authorities reported the fire had been extinguished and there were no injuries.
10:54, 20 March 2026
More than 2,800 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.
Since February 28, 470 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 16 Georgian citizens have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. A total of 2,853 people have been allowed to cross the border between Iran and Azerbaijan.
09:57, 20 March 2026
Krasnodar City Hall ignored the opinions of those opposed to the embankment development.
Ninety-nine percent of public discussion participants opposed religious ceremonies on Krasnodar's Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment. However, the commission deemed the opinions of those opposed to the church's construction irrelevant and recommended that the mayor grant permission for religious services to be held on the embankment.
Sergey Melikov (left) and Abdul Musayev. Screenshot from the Telegram channel of the Akhtynsky District Administration press service, March 20, 2026, https://t.me/pressa_akhty/23298
08:54, 20 March 2026
A colonel from Dagestan was killed in a military operation.
Abdul Musayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,868 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
07:52, 20 March 2026
The decision to recover 84 billion rubles from the owners of tankers that sank near Anapa was upheld.
The Arbitration Court of the North Caucasus District upheld court decisions to recover more than 84.9 billion rubles from the owners of tankers that sank near Anapa for damage to the sea.
Ilia II and Mikheil Saakashvili. Screenshot from Interpressnews photo from March 19, 2026, https://www.interpressnews.ge/ru/article/173886-mikhail-saakashvili-proshu-dostavit-menia-na-pokhorony-patriarcha-kak-ego-druga-tretego-prezidenta-gruzii
06:56, 20 March 2026
The Georgian Ministry of Justice refused to allow Saakashvili to attend the funeral of Ilia II.
The Georgian Ministry of Justice's Penitentiary Service found no grounds for the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, to participate in the funeral of Patriarch Ilia II.
05:59, 20 March 2026
Two brothers arrested in Stavropol for using slave labor
A court in the Kochubeevsky district of Stavropol has arrested two brothers accused of forcing a young man into slave labor for a year and a half. The victim's video statement was published by the "Russian Community" organization.
05:04, 20 March 2026
A native of the Kherson region was fined for discrediting the army in Temryuk.
A court in Krasnodar Krai fined Alexander Stepanyuk for discrediting the military for his remark about being "deprived of his home."
04:05, 20 March 2026
Lawyers have deemed the sentence for the death of a rehab patient in Kaspiysk lenient.
A rehab employee in Kaspiysk received a relatively lenient sentence for the death of a patient, while his status as a "volunteer" allowed the facility's management to avoid liability. Rehabilitation centers are businesses, often run by former drug addicts, and violence against patients is widespread.
03:06, 20 March 2026
Communication restrictions hit businesses in Makhachkala.
Mobile internet outages in Makhachkala are disrupting cashless payment systems, depriving shoppers of a convenient payment method and reducing businesses' revenue. Even market vendors are reporting losses.
02:07, 20 March 2026
A Russian National Guard soldier from Chechnya was killed in Ukraine.
Arbi Israilov from the Gudermes district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly released the names of at least 262 Chechen soldiers killed there.
01:08, 20 March 2026
Human rights activists from various countries have called for an end to the persecution of Georgia's former ombudsman.
Twenty human rights organizations from 13 countries, including Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, called on the Georgian Dream party to stop pressuring former ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili, who was summoned to the State Security Service after meeting with an expert from the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.
00:09, 20 March 2026
Pashinyan announced his readiness to send humanitarian aid to Iran.
Armenia is ready to provide humanitarian aid to Iran if needed, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated. No influx of refugees has been recorded at the Agarak border crossing.
23:10, 19 March 2026
A Tajik citizen was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for involvement in ISIS*.
While serving his sentence in a penal colony in Stavropol, Alimardon Karimov swore an oath of allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State* terrorist organization.
News
Two fighters from Stavropol were killed in Ukraine.

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.

Ingushetia's Deputy Minister of Property has been arrested in connection with a major theft case.

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.