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15:41, 18 September 2026

Sources reported on the torture of the Tsuroev brothers after their deportation from Turkey.

The natives of Ingushetia, Movlat and Yusup Tsuroev, were tortured after being handed over to the Russian side. They were allowed to meet with their relatives only after publications about their deportation, sources reported.

15:22, 18 September 2026

Commentators supported Bzhinava against the backdrop of the criminal case due to publications about Basayev.

The criminal case against the Abkhaz lawyer Irakli Bzhinava due to publications about Shamil Basayev is unfounded. Bzhinava is a decent person and a patriot of Abkhazia, stated some social media users. Other commentators reminded that Basayev organized terrorist attacks in Budyonnovsk, Moscow, and Beslan, and demanded not to justify him.

15:04, 18 September 2026

Kuban authorities reported no injuries after the drone attack on the polling station.

A drone attack on a school gym in the Gulkievsky district, where a polling station was located, occurred at night before its opening. There are no casualties or injuries, authorities reported today.

14:27, 18 September 2026

The court denied Mikhail Semenov's conditional early release.

The court denied the climber from Karachay-Cherkessia, Mikhail Semenov, conditional early release, considering that the necessary period for filing a petition has not yet expired. The defense believes the calculation of the term is erroneous and announced its intention to appeal the ruling.

13:27, 18 September 2026

The condition of the road infrastructure in Nalchik has given rise to criticism of officials.

On Atazhukina Street in Nalchik, children find it difficult to cross the road at night due to the lack of lighting and pedestrian crossings, complained a local resident. Other residents of Nalchik, commenting on her complaint on social media, pointed out the absence of sidewalks, the poor condition of the road, and criticized the city administration for the state of the street's infrastructure.

12:30, 18 September 2026

The drone attack disrupted the operations of polling stations in Sochi.

Polling stations in Sochi temporarily suspended operations due to a drone attack. Commission members, observers, and voters were moved to shelters, and after the threat was lifted, the stations resumed operations.

11:32, 18 September 2026

The polling station in Kuban has been relocated after a drone attack.

In the Krasnodar region, one polling station has been moved to a backup location after windows were shattered in the building during a drone attack.

10:59, 18 September 2026

The lawyer reported the abduction in Rostov-on-Don of the former actress from Donetsk.

The former puppet theater actress from Donetsk, Olga Shchekina, was placed in a car and taken away by unknown masked individuals after serving ten days of administrative arrest in Rostov-on-Don, her lawyer Ilya Slyusarev stated. According to him, the police did not investigate the identities of these people.

Drone. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

10:04, 18 September 2026

Residents' houses were damaged during drone attacks on the Rostov region and Kuban.

During the drone attack on the Rostov region, residential houses, cars, gas pipes, and power lines were damaged. In the Krasnodar region, drone fragments fell on two houses, a school gym, and an outbuilding.

The widow and son of a combat veteran. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

09:04, 18 September 2026

The bailiffs demanded that the Yeremeyev family in Gelendzhik demolish the house by October 1.

The bailiffs demanded that the Yeremeyev family demolish their house in the village of "Pushkinsky Dol" by October 1. In the house lives a first-group disabled person, Alexander Yeremeyev, who, according to his relatives, has no other housing, and officials suggested that he submit documents to be recognized as low-income and join the general housing queue.

08:46, 18 September 2026

A fighter of "Akhmat" from Kalmykia was killed in Ukraine

Alexander Burlutkin from Elista was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 261 fighters from Kalmykia as killed.

The appeal of the residents of the "German Village" microdistrict to Alexander Bastrykin. Frame from the video https://t.me/tipichkras/83194

07:47, 18 September 2026

Residents of the microdistrict in Krasnodar complained about claims from the Vodokanal.

Residents of the "German Village" microdistrict recorded a video appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee, Bastrykin, in which they complained that they received claims from "Krasnodar Vodokanal" for amounts exceeding 100,000 rubles per apartment for unauthorized use of the sewage system, although they tried to open personal accounts.

06:48, 18 September 2026

The name of the officer from Stavropol killed in the Kursk region has been revealed.

Ivan Kashirin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 975 fighters from the Stavropol region have been officially recognized as killed.

05:49, 18 September 2026

The court fined a previously detained observer from "Yabloko" in the Azov district.

The Soviet District Court of Rostov-on-Don fined Boris Miklyukov, a member of the regional council of the Rostov branch of "Yabloko," 100,000 rubles for petty hooliganism. He was previously detained at a polling station in the village of Yuzhny in the Azov district. The party intends to appeal the court's decision.

04:51, 18 September 2026

The serviceman was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for desertion.

The court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Pshukov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of being absent from service for more than one and a half years.

03:52, 18 September 2026

Three residents of Volgograd apologized on camera for filming the results of the attack.

Law enforcement officers detained two young men and a girl in Volgograd who filmed and published a video of the aftermath of an airstrike on one of the enterprises.

02:53, 18 September 2026

The name of the killed soldier from Dagestan in Ukraine has been revealed.

Adam Gadzhikerimov from the Khivsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 2116 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

01:54, 18 September 2026

The court extended the house arrest of Samvel Karapetyan

The anti-corruption court extended the house arrest of Samvel Karapetyan for another two months. Karapetyan himself stated that the court made this decision at the instruction of the authorities.

00:55, 18 September 2026

Father and daughter from Irkutsk convicted in Rostov-on-Don for treason

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a 19-year-old native of Irkutsk to seven years in prison for attempting to become involved in combat operations on the side of Ukraine. Earlier, the court sentenced her father to 18 years in a penal colony for treason.

23:57, 17 September 2026

Drone strikes and fuel shortages have angered Rostov voters.

Residents of the Rostov region surveyed by "Caucasian Knot" named drone strikes, gasoline shortages, rising prices, and internet restrictions as the main irritants ahead of the elections. Some of them intend to vote for opposition parties to reduce the results of "United Russia," while others will not go to the polls at all.

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