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17:55, 19 May 2026
Houses and roads flooded in Chechnya after heavy rainfall
At least five residential buildings were flooded in the Chechen village of Alkhan-Yurt after heavy rains. Damage to roads and buildings was also reported in the Sharoisky and Shali districts of the republic.
16:57, 19 May 2026
Georgian intelligence agencies announced the arrest of three ISIS members*
Three Georgian citizens involved in the terrorist organization Islamic State* have been detained in the Pankisi Gorge.
15:59, 19 May 2026
Residents of Adygea's homes and yards are flooded after heavy rains.
In the Maykop district, 20 yards and three houses were flooded after rains.
15:00, 19 May 2026
The ECHR has begun examining complaints from 10 victims in the Terter case.
The European Court of Human Rights has requested clarification from the Azerbaijani authorities regarding the complaints of 10 military personnel who were forced under torture to incriminate themselves in the "Tertar case."
14:03, 19 May 2026
A Kabardino-Balkarian resident was fined for his comments on Telegram.
A court in Nalchik sentenced Kirill Kotlyarov to a fine of 30,000 rubles, deeming his comments on Telegram discrediting the army.
13:05, 19 May 2026
A Kizlyar resident is suspected of rehabilitating Nazism.
Security officials found a Kizlyar resident's publications to be a distortion of historical information about the events of World War II.
12:07, 19 May 2026
The number of people arrested in the case of obstructing campaigning in Armenia has risen to 10.
Three more supporters of the "Strong Armenia" bloc, who were detained in the Lori region for obstructing the ruling party's campaign, have been placed under house arrest.
Mikhail Khripunov. May 19, 2026. Video screenshot: https://t.me/sovetsudey/940
11:09, 19 May 2026
Retired Stavropol judge Khripunov arrested in bribery case
The Supreme Court has remanded Mikhail Khripunov, former deputy chairman of the Stavropol Regional Court, in custody after he was arrested on bribery charges. Khripunov requested a more lenient pretrial detention.
A soldier in the Northeast Military District. This illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
10:11, 19 May 2026
A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.
Mikhail Azarenko from Kotelnikovo was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,784 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
Security forces in Chechnya. November 2018. Video still from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToyeRYr9UAQ
09:24, 19 May 2026
New cases of detention have resulted in forced military service for Chechen residents.
In early May, security forces carried out mass arrests of residents of several Chechen villages, and many of those detained were forced to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense, activists reported. A human rights activist attributed the raids and arrests to a shortage of volunteer contract soldiers.
08:25, 19 May 2026
Three days off have been declared in Chechnya in connection with Eid al-Adha.
The days from May 27 to 29 have been declared non-working days in Chechnya in honor of the Muslim holiday.
Robert Kocharyan, Gagik Tsarukyan, Samvel Karapetyan, Nikol Pashinyan. Illustration created by Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
07:41, 19 May 2026
Armenian analysts assessed the election promises of political forces
The four main political forces running in Armenia's parliamentary elections made promises to reduce poverty, create new jobs, and increase pensions and GDP. Analysts believe most of these promises are simply populist.
06:52, 19 May 2026
Drones shot down in Rostov Oblast
Last night, the military shot down drones in three districts of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
05:54, 19 May 2026
The seizure of houses in the DOSAAF microdistrict in Makhachkala has been lifted.
Restrictions on registration of buildings located in the DOSAAF microdistrict in Makhachkala have been lifted following a meeting between the mayor and residents.
04:55, 19 May 2026
Rostov plant's financial director convicted of billion-dollar embezzlement
The court sentenced Felix Zakhartsov, former financial director of the Tenth Bearing Plant in Rostov-on-Don, to four years and three months in prison, finding him guilty of embezzling property worth more than 2.2 billion rubles.
03:56, 19 May 2026
A Dagestani resident was sentenced for transferring cryptocurrency to militants.
A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani resident Khalid Asadulaev to a long prison term, finding him guilty of financing terrorism.
03:29, 19 May 2026
The court allowed activists to attend the hearing in the case of Kuban pensioners.
Activists were allowed to attend the Rostov-on-Don court hearing for Kuban pensioners Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group. They reported that the pensioners appeared ill and exhausted.
02:30, 19 May 2026
The rapid resettlement of flood victims in Chechnya has raised doubts about the quality of new homes.
Chechen authorities reported completing construction of houses for flood victims in less than a month and a half, although high-quality construction of brick cottages typically takes at least several months. Residents have many complaints about the quality of such housing, an activist reported.
01:31, 19 May 2026
A Sochi native was convicted of intending to join the RDC*
A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Sochi native Iosif Kritsin to seven years in a maximum-security prison, finding him guilty of attempting to join the Russian Volunteer Corps.
00:34, 19 May 2026
Alexander Nesterenko remains under house arrest
The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar denied the defense of former Kuban Vice-Governor Alexander Nesterenko's request to release him from house arrest on his own recognizance.
News
A fighter from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in Ukraine.

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for being absent from his unit.

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for being absent from his unit.

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.