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Entrance to the village of Shukyurbeyli (Shukyurbeyli). Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/ocherednaya-gruppa-pereselencev-otpravilas-v-selo-shukyurbejli-dzhebrailskogo-rajona
14:24, 16 May 2026
18 Azerbaijani families returned to the Jabrayil region.
Today, 77 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Jabrayil region during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Shukurbeyli.
Novomed Children Medical Center. Photo from the medical center's website https://новомеддети/
13:26, 16 May 2026
A doctor at a children's medical center in Novorossiysk faced threats over the death of a patient.
A medical center employee in Novorossiysk is receiving death threats from relatives of an eight-year-old boy who died of anaphylactic shock, doctors said, calling for the boy's death to be prevented. The patient's death is being investigated under a criminal charge of causing death by negligence.
12:27, 16 May 2026
Three soldiers from the Volgograd region were declared killed in action.
In the Kamyshinsky District, awards were presented to the families of three soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,782 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
An excavator clears a mountain road. Photo: Dagestanavtodor https://dagavtodor.ru/
11:30, 16 May 2026
The number of blockaded Dagestani villages has grown to nine.
Residents of the village of Fite were left without transportation after a landslide hit the highway. Eight villages in the Charodinsky District of Dagestan remain blocked.
10:32, 16 May 2026
An opposition figure demanded an investigation into the involvement of Armenian students in a pro-government protest.
College students in Armavir were forced to participate in a pre-election event for Armenia's ruling party, an opposition representative stated.
09:34, 16 May 2026
A drone attack was recorded in Kuban.
The Ministry of Defense reported downed drones in the Krasnodar Territory and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
08:36, 16 May 2026
A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.
Dmitry Zalevsky from the Kamyshinsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,779 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
A police officer in Armenia. Photo by "Caucasian Knot"
07:58, 16 May 2026
An Armenian woman was detained for writing on a ruling party poster.
Law enforcement officers in Yerevan detained a woman who had used a felt-tip pen to scribble a graffiti on an election poster of the ruling Civil Contract party. The woman has been unavailable for contact, her lawyer reported.
06:57, 16 May 2026
Drones shot down in Rostov Oblast
Last night, the military shot down drones in Taganrog, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Myasnikovsky, and Matveyevo-Kurgansky districts of the Rostov Region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
05:54, 16 May 2026
A teenager from Stavropol was arrested for attempting to set fire to a train car in Novosibirsk Oblast.
A 17-year-old boy from Stavropol Krai, under the influence of scammers, attempted to set fire to a train car at Inskaya station in Novosibirsk Oblast. The attempt failed, and the boy was arrested.
04:55, 16 May 2026
A Ukrainian citizen was sentenced to life in prison in Rostov-on-Don for terrorist activity.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Alexander Skrabunov to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of terrorist activity.
03:56, 16 May 2026
A resident of Ingushetia has been accused of participating in a terrorist organization.
The case of a resident of the village of Sagopshi, accused of participating in the activities of an illegal armed group, which is a cell of an international terrorist organization, has been referred to court.
02:57, 16 May 2026
A verdict has been handed down in the case of the death of Dagestani resident Dzhabrailov in a police station.
A court in Makhachkala sentenced three security officials to six years in prison, finding them guilty of the death of Akhmed Dzhabrailov in a police station.
01:57, 16 May 2026
The prescription of psychotropic medication to Nagavkin has worried his family.
Volgograd human rights activist Igor Nagavkin is being given psychotropic medication in solitary confinement, which has raised concerns among his family. A psychotherapist has described the medication Nagavkin is receiving as safe.
00:58, 16 May 2026
Top managers of Kuban's Gazprom were sentenced to long prison terms.
A Moscow court sentenced former executives of Gazprom Gas Distribution Krasnodar to lengthy prison terms. Former Kuban Legislative Assembly deputy Alexei Rudnev was sentenced to 22 years, his deputy Alexander Savostyanov to 21 years, and the remaining defendants to terms ranging from eight to 18 years.
23:59, 15 May 2026
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners.
On the 534th day of protests, activists held a picket outside a Tbilisi metro station demanding the release of political prisoners. Participants in a rally outside the Georgian Parliament supported the demand for medications for children with Duchenne syndrome.
23:30, 15 May 2026
An Ingushetia resident has been charged with assaulting police officers in 1999.
Investigators have linked a prisoner in a penal colony in Primorsky Krai to an attack on security forces that took place in Ingushetia in 1999. The prisoner faces a new sentence in the case of an attempt on the life of law enforcement officers.
22:35, 15 May 2026
A Kuban journalist was sentenced in absentia to forced labor.
A court in Ust-Labinsk sentenced journalist Alexander Savelyev* in absentia to forced labor, finding him guilty of failing to fulfill his duties as a foreign agent.
21:43, 15 May 2026
A serviceman from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine.
Rasul Mutavov from the Kumtorkalinsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,936 Dagestani soldiers killed there.
20:48, 15 May 2026
The Ministry of Justice has declared a Telegram channel about the Caucasus a foreign agent.
The information and analytical center "Tower"*, which publishes news and original programs about events in the world and the Caucasus, has been added to the Russian register of foreign agents.
News
Fighters at the Grozny airport. Still from a video from Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel, May 17, 2026, https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/6608. A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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

An Akhmat fighter beats a woman. Still from Sapa Kavkaz, May 16, 2026, https://t.me/sapakavkaz/7165. Chechnya reportedly expelled a participant in the beating of women from the Akhmat club.

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.