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22:32, 21 October 2026
The Permanent Commission of the National Assembly on Foreign Relations gave a positive conclusion on the draft ratification of the framework agreement on strategic cooperation between Armenia and the USA on the project "Trump's Route for International Peace and Prosperity".
Fresh emissions. Screenshot from the "Dolphins" headquarters photo dated 20.10.26, https://t.me/shtab_delfin/3141.
21:38, 21 October 2026
Local spills of fuel oil have appeared on the beach in Vityazevo, and small droplets have also been recorded in the village of Volna, volunteers indicated. Collecting the pollution is only half the job, and the cleanliness of the coast should not rely solely on volunteers, they emphasized.
20:56, 21 October 2026
Alexander Karnaukhov from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 595 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.
19:59, 21 October 2026
Instagram users met the publication about the possible discovery of the capital of historical Alania in Chechnya with skepticism and mockery. Archaeologists believe that the ancient Magas may indeed be located in modern Chechnya.
19:39, 21 October 2026
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vitaly Ilyushin to 12 years in a penal colony for transferring more than 149 thousand rubles to an organization recognized as terrorist in Russia.
Vardan Hakobyan. Photo: https://www.aysor.am/
19:03, 21 October 2026
Opposition mayor of Gyumri Vardan Hakobyan, who is under house arrest on charges of bribery and calls for changing the constitutional order, is accused of abuse of power.
18:33, 21 October 2026
Law enforcement reported the detention of a 34-year-old local resident in the Kochubeyevsky district of the Stavropol region, who was throwing wreaths into the Eternal Flame.
18:05, 21 October 2026
Employees of "Razdan-Cement" demanded during a protest to resolve the issue of transferring the bankrupt enterprise to a new owner. This will allow the factory to resume operations and pay off debts to workers, they stated.
17:41, 21 October 2026
The Lenin District Court of Krasnodar found the "Yabloko" activist Kurban Magomedrasulov guilty of insulting the authorities and fined him 30,000 rubles for sending a notification to the Krasnodar city administration about holding a rally against election fraud at the end of September.
17:05, 21 October 2026
Roman Osipov was killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1857 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
16:06, 21 October 2026
The wife of a convicted activist in Azerbaijan received a demand from security forces to delete social media posts about the ban on wearing hijabs in schools and about her child's exclusion from classes.
15:30, 21 October 2026
Energy workers wrote off the unjustly accrued debt for electricity amounting to 172 thousand rubles for the residents of a high-rise building in Makhachkala after they filed a complaint with the State Housing Inspection.
15:14, 21 October 2026
Opposition representatives and their supporters gathered today at the Constitutional Court in Batumi, where a lawsuit to ban five opposition parties is being considered. The protesters stated that satisfying the demands of "Georgian Dream" would jeopardize the principles of democracy.
14:34, 21 October 2026
Captain Alexander Samoylenko was killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1040 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.
13:36, 21 October 2026
The administration of Makhachkala did not fulfill the prosecutor's requirement to provide residents of three apartment buildings on Shamil Avenue with uninterrupted hot water supply, after which the agency filed a lawsuit against the officials.
12:39, 21 October 2026
The idea of exchanging enclaves and exclaves between Baku and Yerevan sparked heated debates among Armenian and Azerbaijani social media users: both sides took categorical positions against the surrender of land. Azerbaijani analysts, however, allowed for a coordinated exchange considering legal grounds and security interests, but disagreed on the strategic value of the territories and the possibility of transferring Armenia's exclaves.
11:40, 21 October 2026
Searches were conducted in the homes of supporters of the "Strong Armenia" party in Stepanavan, 14 people were detained, reported the Anti-Corruption Committee. The party stated that among those detained is mayoral candidate Arsen Gevorgyan. Opposition members called the actions of the security forces political persecution.
10:42, 21 October 2026
The court in the Lak district of Dagestan recognized the family members of local residents as owners of a house destroyed during the spring floods after they provided receipts for utility payments and asked neighbors to give testimonies. This granted them the right to be included in the lists for receiving new housing.
Drones in the evening sky. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
09:44, 21 October 2026
During the drone attack, a health resort enterprise in the Tuapse district was damaged.
Imran Aliyev (left) and Elgiz Gahraman. Collage of "Caucasian Knot". Screenshot from video https://www.pastinfo.am/ru/news/2024/04/19/8eccrnkx6/1749624 Photo from the activist's Facebook page, facebook.com/elgiz.gahraman belongs to Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia.
08:47, 21 October 2026
The prosecutor requested 12 years of imprisonment for the head of the Azerbaijani website Meclis.info, Imran Aliyev, and 11 years for activist Elgiz Gahraman. The prosecutor's speech was interrupted after the third defendant, accountant Tamella Musaeva, felt unwell.
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.