×

Кавказский узел

Скачайте приложение — работает без VPN!
Скачать Скачать
RU EN
поиск
Menu
AbkhaziaAdjariaAdygeaArmeniaAstrakhan RegionAzerbaijanChechnyaDagestanGeorgiaIngushetiaKabardino-BalkariaKalmykiaKarachay-CherkessiaKrasnodar TerritoryNagorno-KarabakhNorth CaucasusNorth Ossetia-AlaniaNorth-Caucasian Federal DistrictRostov RegionRussiaSouth CaucasusSouth Federal DistrictSouth OssetiaStavropol RegionVolgograd Region
Homepage   /   All news
00:22, 6 March 2026
A North Ossetian soldier was killed in Ukraine.
Artur Mozgovoy from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 562 combatants from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.
23:29, 5 March 2026
A Romanian citizen was convicted in Kuban in an espionage case.
The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Romanian citizen Adrian-David Kercho to 15 years in prison for espionage on behalf of Ukraine. In December 2024, security forces detained him in Abkhazia, and in April 2025, the FSB announced his arrest in Sochi.
22:32, 5 March 2026
Protesters on Rustaveli reacted to the new tightening of laws
On the 463rd day of continuous protests outside the Georgian parliament building, amendments criminalizing non-recognition of government bodies and “extremism against the constitutional order” came into force.
21:54, 5 March 2026
Shoigu's former first deputy, Ruslan Tsalikov, has been detained.
A criminal case of embezzlement has been opened against former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, a native of Vladikavkaz. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
21:39, 5 March 2026
Saraliev reported on a prisoner exchange with Ukraine.
Two hundred Russian soldiers have been returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, and two hundred Ukrainian prisoners of war have been transferred in exchange, according to State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev.
Drone attack on Nakhchivan. Still from the "Caucasian Knot" video. https://www.youtube.com/short/1RYIAHwpFgc
21:29, 5 March 2026
Baku analysts assessed the consequences of the attack on Nakhchivan for relations with Iran.
The drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was likely deliberate, but Azerbaijan will initially limit itself to diplomatic and political measures, avoiding direct military escalation, according to analysts in Baku.
20:45, 5 March 2026
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been convicted of treason.
The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced a local resident to 13 years in prison, finding him guilty of treason and preparation for sabotage.
20:03, 5 March 2026
The Court of Appeal released Archbishop Khachatryan.
The court imposed territorial restrictions on Khachatryan, prohibiting him from leaving the Vagharshapat community. The cleric is also prohibited from communicating with witnesses in the case.
19:40, 5 March 2026
Uncertainty in drone data over Abkhazia has worried commentators.
The Secretary of the Abkhazian Security Council stated that more than half of the drones fell into the sea, with only 14 reaching land. He was unable to identify their origin. Social media users demanded answers about the source of the threat.
19:05, 5 March 2026
Shykhlinsky was sentenced to a long term.
The Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced Shahin Shykhlinski, the former head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, to 22 years in a maximum-security prison colony. Six other defendants in the case of the murder of local entrepreneurs will serve between ten and twenty years in a maximum-security prison colony.
Zarema Musaeva. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
18:20, 5 March 2026
Musaeva's defense considered the court's decision to be biased.
The court unconditionally accepted the prosecution's case, and Zarema Musayeva's right to a defense was violated during the two-day trial. The Shali Court ignored both the lawyers' motions and their request to postpone the trial due to Zarema's poor health, the defense claimed.
17:38, 5 March 2026
Rising prices during Ramadan in Dagestan also affected tourists.
Grocery prices increased during Ramadan at both markets and stores, according to Makhachkala residents. Amid the overall price hike, cafe and restaurant owners were also forced to raise prices.
16:40, 5 March 2026
The Azerbaijani army has been put on alert after the attack on Nakhchivan.
The drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic was a deliberate terrorist attack by Iran, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared today, demanding an apology and punishment for those responsible. He ordered the armed forces to be put on alert. The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case in connection with the strikes on civilian infrastructure.
15:40, 5 March 2026
Blogger Markaryan sentenced to prison in Nazi rehabilitation case
A Moscow court found blogger Arsen Markaryan guilty of rehabilitating Nazism and sentenced him to 4.5 years in prison. The case was heard under a special regime.
15:00, 5 March 2026
Zarema Musaeva appealed the verdict
The lawyer filed an appeal against the sentence handed down by the Shali Court following a review of the case against Zarema Musayeva for the attack on a security officer.
The Ninotsminda boarding school. Photo: https://newstbilisi.info/180547-phr-v-oon-obyazali-vlasti-gruzii-provesti-monitoring-detskogo-doma-v-ninocminda.html
14:52, 5 March 2026
Lawyers found the compensation for children from the Ninotsminda boarding school insufficient.
A Tbilisi court ordered 11 children at the Ninotsminda boarding school to pay 30,000 lari each in compensation for inhumane treatment. The children's defense team appealed the court's decision, and the Georgian Ministry of Finance also filed an appeal.
13:55, 5 March 2026
Azerbaijani politicians called on Iran to explain itself after the drone attack.
Four people were injured in a drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic; their condition is stable. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister demanded an explanation from Iran, and a member of parliament called on the neighboring country to apologize for the drone attack.
12:55, 5 March 2026
UAV wreckage found in 11 settlements in Abkhazia
On March 4, 30 drones were spotted over Abkhazia; they were shot down by Abkhazian and Russian air defense forces. Drone wreckage was found in 11 settlements, causing a power outage in one village.
12:09, 5 March 2026
Two Iranian drone crashes recorded in Azerbaijan
One drone crashed inside the airport terminal, and the other crashed near a school in the village of Shekerabad. The airport building was damaged, and two people were injured.
11:55, 5 March 2026
Zarema Musaeva was again found guilty of assaulting a prison officer.
Following a retrial of a criminal case for disrupting the activities of a correctional facility, the Shali City Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 10 months in a penal colony.
News
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Atomic Energy 2.0 https://www.atomic-energy.ru/news/2025/07/21/157741 Experts have ruled out any risks to Dagestan from strikes on the Iranian nuclear power plant.

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.

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.