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15:00, 14 March 2026
The fire at the Afipsky oil refinery has been extinguished
A fire caused by a drone attack has been extinguished at the Afipsky Oil Refinery. UAV wreckage has been found in Anapa and Krasnodar, authorities reported.
14:00, 14 March 2026
A resident of Dagestan is suspected of justifying terrorism.
Security forces saw a justification for terrorism in an audio recording that a Dagestani resident published online.
The Berkat market in Grozny. March 2024. Still from the YouTube channel "Alyonka Krasnodar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvEWgTwmdE
13:00, 14 March 2026
Grozny traders criticized the methods used to combat price increases during Ramadan.
Chechen authorities are pressuring retailers during raids against rising prices, even though food producers and wholesalers are the ones raising prices. Grozny entrepreneurs complained that the price hike ban is not accompanied by any compensation.
A soldier near his unit. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
12:01, 14 March 2026
A serviceman from Nartkala received a prison sentence for evading military service.
A military court in Nalchik sentenced Dmitry Kushch to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
11:02, 14 March 2026
A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in Ukraine.
Vladimir Gimos from the Mozdok district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 565 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.
A UAV in flight. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
10:02, 14 March 2026
23 drones were shot down in four regions of the Southern Federal District.
The military destroyed drones in the Astrakhan, Volgograd, and Rostov regions and in the Krasnodar Territory. Drones were also shot down over the Black and Azov Seas.
Ulvi Hasanli. Photo: https://abzas.info/
09:03, 14 March 2026
Ulvi Hasanli demanded that the Supreme Court overturn the verdict.
The director of the Azerbaijani publication Abzas Media pleaded not guilty at the cassation appeal hearing and demanded that the verdict be overturned. He stated that the publication's journalists were persecuted for their anti-corruption investigations.
Samvel Karapetyan. Photo: https://yerevan.today/ru/eti-vlasti-prevratili-politicheskoe-pole-v-czirk-samvel-karapetyan/
08:04, 14 March 2026
Karapetyan's house arrest has been extended by a month.
A Yerevan court extended the house arrest of Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan. The businessman's arrest is hindering the party's preparations for the June parliamentary elections, his lawyer stated.
07:05, 14 March 2026
A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.
The military shot down drones in two districts of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
06:06, 14 March 2026
A Gelendzhik resident has been accused of inciting terrorism.
A local resident has been detained in Gelendzhik. According to security services, he posted calls for terrorist activity against Russian military personnel on a messenger app.
05:15, 14 March 2026
A single ski pass has been launched at three ski resorts in the North Caucasus.
A single ski pass unites the Veduchi ski resort in Chechnya, Elbrus in Kabardino-Balkaria, and Mamison in North Ossetia.
04:50, 14 March 2026
The head of a village in Chechnya has been accused of land fraud.
A criminal case against the head of a village has been sent to the Gudermes District Court. He is accused of using a false deed to give a local resident a plot of land, which the resident subsequently registered as his own.
04:10, 14 March 2026
Armenian social media users debated the consequences of accepting refugees from Iran.
The influx of refugees from Iran into Armenia will negatively impact the country's economy and social sphere, social media commentators believe. Other users stated the need to help those in need. Some also believe the refugees will seriously impact relations between countries in the region.
03:30, 14 March 2026
Three people were injured in a drone attack in Kuban.
Three people were injured in a drone attack at the Kavkaz port and hospitalized. A crashed drone fragment caused a fire at the Afip Oil Refinery.
02:42, 14 March 2026
Human rights activists secured the provision of medication to disabled brothers from Dagestan.
Two disabled brothers from Dagestan, suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, were able to obtain an expensive medication only after contacting lawyers from the human rights project "Patient Monitor and Housing and Utilities."
01:43, 14 March 2026
Analysts assess the risks for Armenia due to the war in Iran.
The fighting in Iran threatens Armenia with an influx of refugees, the spread of war to the Caucasus, and renders the Zangezur transport corridor project obsolete.
00:44, 14 March 2026
Tofig Yagublu fainted while on hunger strike in pretrial detention center
Azerbaijani opposition leader Tofig Yagublu fainted on the 18th day of his hunger strike in pretrial detention. His condition is deteriorating daily, according to his daughter and lawyer.
00:27, 14 March 2026
A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in Ukraine.
Ivan Lvov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 385 servicemen from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.
23:58, 13 March 2026
Human rights activists organized a screening of Malika Musayeva's film in Berlin.
The film "The Cage Seeks a Bird" by Chechen director Malika Musayeva will be shown on March 14 in Berlin as part of the "Symbol of Freedom" exhibition organized by human rights activists. A meeting with the film's director is scheduled after the screening.
23:35, 13 March 2026
A mass picket near the metro preceded the protest on Rustaveli Avenue.
On the 471st day of protests in Georgia, protesters held a mass picket under the slogan "Freedom for the Prisoners of the Regime" at the Isani metro station. Near the parliament building, police again checked the bags and backpacks of those gathered.
News
The fire at the Afipsky oil refinery has been extinguished

A UAV in flight. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program. 23 drones were shot down in four regions of the Southern Federal District.

A Gelendzhik resident has been accused of inciting terrorism.

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.