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20:53, 18 July 2025

Pension funds stolen from post office in Dagestanskiye Ogni

Payments to pensioners from the city of Dagestanskiye Ogni, who receive money at the post office, have been delayed due to the theft of 60 million rubles by the head of the department.

19:58, 18 July 2025

Activists announce collection to pay for lawyer for political prisoner from Yessentuki

After the arrest of Yessentuki resident Nikolai Murnev, accused of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office in Pyatigorsk, his wife was left alone with four children.

Detention of teenagers in North Ossetia. July 18, 2025. Screenshot of Russian FSB video

18:55, 18 July 2025

Security forces publish video of teenagers being detained in North Ossetia

The FSB and the Investigative Committee have published a video of the arrest of two teenagers in North Ossetia, suspected of preparing terrorist attacks.

17:50, 18 July 2025

Nalchik resident accused of terrorism calls correspondence on his phone falsified

In the trial of six Nalchik residents accused of creating a terrorist cell, expert examinations of the defendants' phones were examined. Kazbek Emkuzhev's phone was not among them, and the accused Aslan Makoyev stated that the examined text of the correspondence was falsified.

16:58, 18 July 2025

Residents of a Volgograd village were dissatisfied with the results of enrollment in primary classes of a new school

The authorities have not responded to appeals from parents of students whose homes were excluded from the territory of the new school No. 121 in the GES settlement of the Traktorozavodsky district of Volgograd. Enrollment in the first and third grades of the new school has been completed, and the parents intend to appeal to the prosecutor's office.

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15:42, 18 July 2025

Four airport rioters convicted in Dagestan

The court sentenced the defendants in the case of the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport to terms of 11 to 11 years and 6 months in prison. Among those convicted is the only woman among all the defendants, Patimat Sharudinova.

14:48, 18 July 2025

Professional soldier from Stavropol Krai killed in combat zone

Viktor Bogdanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 776 fighters from Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

13:50, 18 July 2025

Tbilisi protester sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

Anzor Kvaratskhelia, accused of attacking police officers, was found guilty by the court today. A rally in support of the activist was held outside the court building.

12:46, 18 July 2025

Arrest of son of head of Azerbaijani diaspora in Urals appealed

The defense of Mutvala Shykhlinski, the son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, Shahin Shykhlinski, has appealed his arrest.

Alesker Mammadli. Photo: https://jam-news.net/ru

11:54, 18 July 2025

Activists called on the President of Azerbaijan to facilitate Mammadli’s treatment in a civilian clinic

A group of civil society representatives and journalists from Azerbaijan have appealed to President Ilham Aliyev to help create conditions for the treatment of detained Toplum TV founder Alesker Mammadli in a civilian clinic.

10:56, 18 July 2025

Two teenagers from North Ossetia accused of preparing attack on security forces

Two 15-year-old residents of North Ossetia have been taken into custody, accused of undergoing terrorist training and preparing an attack on security forces using an explosive device.

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08:57, 18 July 2025

Military shot down three drones over the Sea of Azov

Three drones launched from Ukraine were shot down over the Sea of Azov at night. Another drone was destroyed over the Black Sea.

Traffic jam at the entrance to the bridge. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program

07:58, 18 July 2025

A queue of cars formed in front of the Crimean Bridge in Kuban

Drivers and passengers of 485 vehicles are waiting to cross the bridge across the Kerch Strait in Krasnodar Krai.

06:58, 18 July 2025

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine

Alexey Plaksin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,255 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.

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05:59, 18 July 2025

Residents of Stavropol complained about attempts to deprive them of land plots

Residents of the village of Yessentukskaya stated in a video message that they had received lawsuits demanding that the municipality return land plots privatized many years ago. The Investigative Committee reported on the beginning of an investigation into the residents' complaint.

Water park in Volzhsky. Photo from the water park website http://аквапарк-21век.рф/attractions/multiclad/

04:59, 18 July 2025

Sentence of Volzhsky water park director in teenager's death case reduced

The court granted the request of the director of the water park in Volzhsky, Grigory Gazaryan, convicted in the case of the death of a teenager, and replaced the remaining term of his imprisonment with correctional labor.

03:58, 18 July 2025

Child injured in attack by stray dogs in Derbent

Investigators in Dagestan have opened a criminal case of negligence after dogs attacked an eight-year-old child in Derbent. Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin has demanded a report on the investigation's findings.

02:54, 18 July 2025

Melikov reprimanded the head of Magaramkent district after mass poisoning

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, called on the head of the Magaramkent region, Farid Akhmedov, not to go into military service and "answer for what happened."

01:55, 18 July 2025

Karabakh refugees face eviction from rented housing

After the reduction of financial support, families of internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh are massively looking for cheaper housing, many are forced to move from cities to villages. Refugees expressed hope that the Council for the Protection of the Rights of Karabakh Residents will continue its work and achieve improvements in housing programs.

00:57, 18 July 2025

Putin Allows Issuance of Russian Passports in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with Russian citizenship will be able to apply for Russian passports on the territory of the republics within the next three years.

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