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21:15, 19 February 2026
A storm destroyed protective embankments in Anapa.
A strong storm hit Anapa today, and waves and winds destroyed the protective barriers built to protect beaches from fuel oil and debris, a blogger reported.
20:37, 19 February 2026
More than 20 violations were identified at a gas station in Makhachkala before the fire.
Several weeks before the fire at a gas storage station in the village of Novy Khushet in Makhachkala, the fire department issued orders to correct 21 deficiencies, but the violations were not corrected.
19:56, 19 February 2026
The FSB reported the arrest of members of a terrorist cell in three regions of southern Russia.
FSB officers detained five individuals from Dagestan, the Krasnodar Territory, and the Volgograd Region who were serving time in a penal colony in the Transbaikal Territory. Law enforcement suspects them and two other inmates of creating a terrorist cell in the colony.
19:00, 19 February 2026
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan's arrest extended by two months
The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction extended the pretrial detention of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, leader of the "Sacred Struggle" movement, for another two months. The archbishop rejected alternative forms of pretrial detention.
18:53, 19 February 2026
A new group of fighters flew from Grozny airport to the SVO zone.
A new group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University has departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov reported.
Arsen Markaryan. Photo: https://t.me/moscowcourts/8242?single
18:36, 19 February 2026
Markaryan's arrest has been extended for six months.
The Moscow City Court extended the pretrial detention of blogger Arsen Markaryan until August 9 in the case of the rehabilitation of Nazism.
17:41, 19 February 2026
A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the SVO zone.
Denis Kostromitin from Kamyshin was killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 1,688 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
16:53, 19 February 2026
The Tsipinova case has become an example of the prosecutor's office abusing its right to appeal.
The prosecution, unlike the defense, can initiate repeated rounds of case review until a guilty verdict is reached or until procedural options are exhausted. The prosecutor's office is exploiting this bias in Tsipinova's case, the lawyers noted.
15:46, 19 February 2026
The 18th temporary plaque was destroyed on Anna Politkovskaya's house.
Unknown individuals tore down the 18th homemade memorial plaque on the house where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.
14:50, 19 February 2026
Baimuradova will be buried in Armenia at the state's expense.
More than 120 days after her death, the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova remains in the morgue; investigators have decided to bury her at state expense.
13:55, 19 February 2026
The rise in meat and egg prices in Makhachkala marked the beginning of a hike for Eid al-Fitr.
In Makhachkala, meat and egg prices rose sharply at the start of Ramadan, but residents believe the main increase is expected before Eid al-Fitr. Retailers have called the price hikes necessary.
12:53, 19 February 2026
Akhmat's war correspondent found himself at the center of a scandal over the illegal wearing of an award.
Mikhail Negmatov, known as "Akhmat's" war correspondent, has worn the Wagner PMC Platinum Star award at various events, although he is not one of its recipients. Yevgeny Golman, a member of the SVO, urged politicians to be more cautious about "masqueraders."
11:56, 19 February 2026
A man died during an arrest in the Rostov region.
A man detonated a live grenade while security forces were attempting to detain him in the village of Nikolaevka in the Rostov region. He died, and criminal investigation officers are in the hospital.
11:03, 19 February 2026
Georgia's former deputy prime minister left the country after being questioned.
Following questioning by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the State Security Service, former Minister of Economy and Deputy Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili left the country.
10:06, 19 February 2026
The ECHR found the former Azerbaijani minister to be in violation.
The European Court of Human Rights upheld the complaint of former Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Nijat Guliyev and ordered him to pay 4,000 euros in compensation.
09:08, 19 February 2026
Arrested Meydan TV employees complain of violence in pretrial detention.
Meydan TV journalists Aytaj Tapdyg, Aysel Umudova and Khayala Agayeva complained about the use of violence against them due to the publicity of the fact of the protocol about their violation of order in the courtroom and the refusal of the accused to testify.
A market in Makhachkala. Still from an NNT video.
06:14, 19 February 2026
Social media users are outraged by rising food prices in Dagestan.
Before the start of Ramadan, food prices in various cities of Dagestan rose sharply and unjustifiably, and authorities are not monitoring pricing, Instagram users* reported.
05:15, 19 February 2026
Seven people were killed in a shooting in Yerevan.
One person was killed and six were injured in a shooting in Yerevan's Ajapnyak district. Police are searching for those involved.
The Berkat Market in Grozny. Video still from Alenka Krasnodar / YouTube
04:16, 19 February 2026
Kadyrov's orders did not prevent traders from raising food prices during Ramadan.
Chechen authorities' reports on food price controls have had virtually no impact on the situation in stores and markets: retailers significantly raised prices on popular items even before the start of Ramadan, social media users reported.
03:19, 19 February 2026
Authorities reported the containment of the fire at the Ilsky Oil Refinery.
The fire at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the Seversky District of Kuban has been contained, but the area of ​​the fire has not decreased.
News
A Chechen gym teacher was killed in fighting in Ukraine.

Residents of the North Caucasus reported problems accessing Telegram.

An Abkhazian resident was sentenced for glorifying Shamil Basayev.

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.