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07:58, 1 March 2026

Electricity supply has been restored to residents of a Dagestani village.

Specialists completed repairs to a failed transformer and restored power to residents of the Dagestani village of Tsovkra-1.

06:59, 1 March 2026

A drone attack occurred in the Rostov region.

Military personnel shot down a drone in the Kasharsky District of the Rostov Region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

06:00, 1 March 2026

A fighter from Tuapse was killed in a military operation.

Alexander Kravtsov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 833 soldiers from the Krasnodar Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

05:00, 1 March 2026

A Sochi resident filed a cassation appeal against the denial of his claim against a dental clinic.

Sochi resident Alexander Gorovoy, who accuses a private dental clinic of diagnosing him with a precancerous condition due to poor-quality dental implant placement, has filed a cassation appeal against the lower courts' refusal to consider his claim against the clinic.

04:01, 1 March 2026

Volunteers reported large palm oil spills in the Temryuk district.

Over the course of two days, volunteers from the Dolphins headquarters, who are cleaning up fuel oil along the coast of the Kerch Strait, collected 380 bags of palm oil and oily sand.

03:02, 1 March 2026

Another group of citizens has been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

A total of 12 Azerbaijani citizens and one Italian citizen were evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. They reported that there are few people willing to evacuate from the Iranian side of the border.

02:02, 1 March 2026

Rosprirodnadzor estimated the damage from the sewage spill in Volgograd at 11.2 million rubles.

Rosprirodnadzor has filed a claim for 11.2 million rubles against the company "Water Supply Concessions" for a wastewater spill near an arboretum in Volgograd.

01:02, 1 March 2026

Repair work has begun on buildings damaged in a drone attack in Krasnodar.

In Krasnodar, windows in high-rise buildings damaged during a drone attack on February 20 have begun to be restored. A total of 72 window structures are to be repaired.

00:03, 1 March 2026

Nine fighters from the Rostov region were killed in a military operation.

Andrei Sobolev, Yuri Zolotykh, Maxim Kuznetsov, and six other fighters were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 866 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.

Evacuation of Azerbaijani citizens. Screenshot from a photo from Report from February 28, 2026, https://report.az/ru/v-regione/iz-irana-evakuirovany-sem-grazhdan-azerbajdzhana#gallery_2ccea511d66872c3920270055b43d44a-8

23:26, 28 February 2026

Azerbaijan announced the start of the evacuation of citizens from Iran.

The first group of Azerbaijani citizens has been evacuated from Iran amid US and Israeli strikes on the country.

Protesters with a US flag. Screenshot of a photo by Mariam Qashbaia/Publika from February 28, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1694177608648449&set=pcb.1694177725315104

22:35, 28 February 2026

Protesters in Georgia protested against the actions of propaganda television channels.

The rally outside the Georgian parliament on the 458th day of daily protests was preceded by a march against the activities of propaganda television channels. Those gathered unfurled Georgian and American flags.

21:37, 28 February 2026

Meydan TV journalists complained of threats from pretrial detention center management.

The arrested Meydan TV journalists were restricted from visiting their loved ones. They were threatened with new criminal charges if they failed to "watch their speech, publications, and words."

20:37, 28 February 2026

Iranian citizens in Tbilisi thanked Trump

Iranians living in Georgia gathered in front of the country's embassy in Tbilisi. They thanked the US President and declared that the regime of Ayatollah Khamenei must be overthrown.

19:37, 28 February 2026

The plaque on Politkovskaya's house was destroyed less than a day after it was restored.

Unknown individuals destroyed a temporary plaque installed last night on the railing of the building where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

A schoolboy and a security officer. Image created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

18:37, 28 February 2026

A terrorism case against a teenager from Dagestan has raised doubts about the security forces' version of events.

The family of a schoolboy from the village of Khuchni does not believe he could have been involved in planning a terrorist attack. Since October, the young man has remained in pretrial detention and is preparing for his final exams. His family is receiving support from fellow villagers.

17:37, 28 February 2026

Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone.

Roman Sleta and Sergey Karabaev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,702 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

16:36, 28 February 2026

Authorities reported no fuel oil spills in the tanker flood zone near Kuban.

The Russian government reported that there are no oil spills near the tanker fragments that sank in the Kerch Strait. The Russian Ministry of Health proposed recognizing Anapa as a federal resort.

15:34, 28 February 2026

Azerbaijan has suspended flights to Nakhchivan amid military conflict in Iran.

Due to military conflict in Iran, bus routes through that country between Baku and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic have been suspended. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has advised citizens to refrain from visiting Iran and Israel.

Russian troops in a combat zone. Still from a Russian Defense Ministry video: https://mil.ru/news/1b9c3525-a768-4ce0-81c3-4b4a885d8335

14:37, 28 February 2026

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in the SVO has exceeded 8,750.

At least 4,297 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,454 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

13:37, 28 February 2026

It took just over a day to raise half the money for a fugitive from Dagestan.

Human rights activists managed to raise more than half the amount needed to help a Dagestani woman fleeing domestic violence within two days.

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