Karachay-Cherkessia

April 18, 2026 09:33

• Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

  Human rights organizations, including those assisting women in the North Caucasus republics, have recorded an increase in requests for assistance. They believe this is due both to the worsening situation in the country and to women's greater willingness to fight for their rights.

April 18, 2026 05:58

• The arrest of 29 defendants in the case against the brother of the head of Ingushetia has been extended.

  A court in Cherkessk has remanded three defendants in the case of embezzlement of funds from the Russian Pension Fund under house arrest and 26 in pretrial detention. One of these defendants is Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov, brother of the head of Ingushetia.

April 17, 2026 18:11

• The case against the deputy mayor of Karachayevsk, who had been in hiding for eight years, has reached court.

  Karachayevsk Deputy Mayor Alibek Karaketov, who had been on the international wanted list for eight years in connection with embezzlement, was arrested in March. His assets have been seized, and the case, charged under four articles of the Russian Criminal Code, has been sent to court.

April 16, 2026 18:01

• The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

  Moscow's Nikulinsky Court has seized the Khasavyurt power grid complex, illegally acquired by Magomed Kaitov, former head of the Interregional Grid Company of the North Caucasus, and turned it over to the state.

April 15, 2026 11:05

• Arashukov's relatives were denied their request to transfer him to another prison colony.

  Relatives of Rauf Arashukov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, were denied their request to transfer him from the Orenburg region to a penal colony in Mordovia. The former senator's defense team disagreed with the decision.

April 13, 2026 08:58

• The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,000.

  At least 4,435 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,565 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

April 11, 2026 19:21

• A fighter from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in the SVO zone.

  Alibek Shukurov, a father of seven, was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 194 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

April 10, 2026 04:49

• A former minister of Karachay-Cherkessia has been arrested for abuse of power.

  The Cherkessk City Court has arrested Dmitry Bugayev, former Minister of Property and Land Relations of Karachay-Cherkessia. Investigators accuse him of abuse of office, resulting in 16.7 million rubles in losses to the regional budget.

April 07, 2026 20:39

• Kabardino-Balkaria sent 150 tons of humanitarian aid to Dagestan.

  Kabardino-Balkaria sent several shipments of humanitarian aid to residents of Dagestan affected by flooding. Four Russian regions and Abkhazia also reported assistance to Dagestanis affected by the disaster.

April 07, 2026 19:47

• A Cherkessk resident has been accused of extremism and calls for terrorism.

  Security forces detained a man in Cherkessk whose comments containing "anti-Russian statements" attracted the attention of counter-extremism operatives.

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