North Caucasus

May 18, 2026 06:00

• Five houses in the Kulinsky district were declared uninhabitable after the snowfall.

  A commission inspected 59 houses in Dagestan's Kulinsky District that were damaged by heavy snowfall. Five houses were deemed uninhabitable, and 54 were in need of major repairs.

May 18, 2026 01:02

• A film about the consequences of the deportation of the Vainakhs has been made publicly available.

  The Ingush National Film Studio has released the film "Letter," about the consequences of the deportation of the Vainakh people, to the public. Its screening in the republic was previously blocked.

May 18, 2026 00:23

• Human rights activists called on Kokov to stop pressuring activists ahead of Adyghe Remembrance Day.

  Security forces are handing out warnings to residents of Kabardino-Balkaria against participating in the march marking the end of the Caucasian War, human rights activists said, calling on the republic's head to intervene.

May 17, 2026 20:25

• A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

  Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone.

May 17, 2026 17:01

• Just over a quarter of the required amount was raised for Zarema Musaeva's gifts.

  79,549 rubles were raised in five days to provide food and medicine for Zarema Musayeva, the imprisoned mother of Chechen opposition members. This is 26.5% of the 300,000 ruble goal.

May 17, 2026 15:00

• Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

  Magomed Murtuzaliev and Jafar Abdurakhmanov from the Kayakent district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,938 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

May 17, 2026 11:59

• A temporary river crossing has been established in the village of Gerpegezh.

  Workers installed a temporary bridge for residents of a village in Kabardino-Balkaria who were left without transportation after a section of road collapsed.

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