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20:27, 17 March 2026

Former Dagestan Construction Minister Detained

Artur Suleimanov, who headed Dagestan's Ministry of Construction until the end of 2023, has been detained by law enforcement on charges of abuse of office and fraud.

19:42, 17 March 2026

A Novocherkassk resident is suspected of insulting religious feelings.

The Novocherkassk Investigative Department has opened a criminal case against a local resident suspected of insulting the religious feelings of believers after an online post.

18:57, 17 March 2026

An Abkhazian resident was sentenced for glorifying Shamil Basayev.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Abkhazia resident Timur Agrba to a lengthy prison term after security forces discovered that his publications glorified Shamil Basayev.

Evgeny Filippov. Photo: evgeniiFilippov23 / Telegram

17:59, 17 March 2026

The head of the Kuban Ministry of Health has been detained in connection with illegal enrichment.

Krasnodar Krai Health Minister Yevgeny Filippov has been arrested in connection with a fraud case, and his home and office have been searched.

16:59, 17 March 2026

A Sochi native was convicted in absentia for supporting sabotage activities.

A Krasnodar court sentenced the leader of the Kuban independence movement in absentia to 11 years in prison for inciting a resident of the region to commit sabotage on a railway.

16:00, 17 March 2026

A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in combat.

Dmitry Yushkin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,722 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

15:01, 17 March 2026

A second teenager has been arrested in Adygea in connection with a sabotage case.

A court in Maykop has remanded in custody another teenager, whom investigators believe was involved in the arson of cellular communications equipment.

A still of flooded streets in the village of Novokuli, Novolaksky District. Video screenshot: People's Front / Telegram channel

14:03, 17 March 2026

Residents of a Dagestani village considered the problem of road flooding to be critical.

Roads in the village of Novokuli regularly flood after rainfall, creating serious problems for pedestrians, and authorities are taking no action, villagers complained. The Investigative Committee reported on a criminal investigation into violations of the rights of village residents.

A man in a hospital ward. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.

13:04, 17 March 2026

A man was injured in a drone attack in Slavyansk-on-Kuban.

A person injured in an airstrike in Slavyansk-on-Kuban has been hospitalized. Several residential buildings in the city were damaged, and authorities have begun investigating the damage.

12:06, 17 March 2026

A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of evading military service.

The court sentenced Aslan Kazharov, a resident of the Urvan district, to six years in prison for twice leaving his military unit without permission during mobilization.

11:08, 17 March 2026

38 drones were shot down in four regions of the Southern Federal District.

During the night, the military shot down 28 drones in the Krasnodar region, six in the Rostov region, three in the Astrakhan region, and one in Adygea.

Rufat Safarov. Photo: https://minval.az/news/124435620

10:12, 17 March 2026

Witness testimony strengthened the case of human rights activist Safarov's innocence.

Prosecution witnesses in the case of human rights activist Rufat Safarov did not confirm the investigation's version of events in court. The defendant himself insists that the case was fabricated at the behest of the Azerbaijani authorities.

Azerbaijani IDPs. March 17, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/ocherednaya-gruppa-byvshih-vynuzhdennyh-pereselencev-vyehala-v-sela-agdere-khodzhavenda-i-dzhebraila

09:13, 17 March 2026

82 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

Today, 368 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to seven villages in the Aghdere, Khojavend, and Jabrayil districts.

Alexander Sherchenkov. Photo: Lava Media https://www.lavamedia.am/2024/09/02/76572/

08:16, 17 March 2026

Activist Sherchenkov held a picket in Yerevan in support of Sidiki.

Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia demanding the release of Ruslan Sidiki, who was convicted in Russia and complained of torture after his arrest.

07:24, 17 March 2026

A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

Military personnel shot down drones in the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

06:50, 17 March 2026

More than 5 million rubles have been paid to residents of Slavyansk-on-Kuban who suffered as a result of drone attacks.

Slavyansk-on-Kuban authorities have paid over 5.3 million rubles to residents whose property was damaged as a result of drone attacks in November and December of last year.

05:50, 17 March 2026

A train carrying diesel fuel was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

A batch of diesel fuel totaling approximately 4,500 tons was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

04:51, 17 March 2026

A lawyer reported pressure on Igor Paskar in prison.

Volgograd resident Igor Paskar, convicted of setting fire to a rug outside the FSB building in Krasnodar, was sent to solitary confinement three times before being declared a repeat offender and placed in a cell-type facility, his lawyer reported.

03:52, 17 March 2026

Maksim Bondarenko's property has been confiscated.

A court, following a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office, confiscated the property of former Primorsko-Akhtarsk head Maksim Bondarenko. He intends to appeal the decision.

02:53, 17 March 2026

The Supreme Court found evidence of a crime in Kvarchia's actions.

The Supreme Court of Abkhazia has ruled that the actions of MP Kan Kvarchia during the incident at the Abkhaz Herald newspaper's offices last November contain elements of a crime under the article on threats of murder.

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