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13:01, 29 April 2026

Roads to two villages in Dagestan are blocked after rockfalls.

As a result of rockfalls, residents of two villages in the Akhtynsky and Shamilsky districts were left without transport links.

A house damaged in a fire. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

12:05, 29 April 2026

An apartment building was caught in a fire at an oil refinery in Tuapse.

A fire from a burning oil refinery in Tuapse spread to an apartment building, where residents had already been evacuated. Classes in city schools and kindergartens were cancelled for the second day in a row.

11:07, 29 April 2026

The fire at the oil refinery in Tuapse has been localized

The fire at the Tuapse oil refinery, which started on April 28 after a drone attack, has been contained.

10:09, 29 April 2026

The Dagestani village of Saniorta has been declared a state of emergency.

A state of emergency has been declared in the village of Saniorta in the Tlyaratinsky District due to the threat of further landslides. Officials have not ruled out the possibility of relocating residents from the village.

09:18, 29 April 2026

A soldier from Kamyshin was killed in a military operation.

Alexander Mironov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,768 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

08:37, 29 April 2026

Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region.

Military personnel shot down drones in Bokovskoye, Kasharskoye, Millerovskoye, and Sholokhovskoye overnight. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

A still from Aishat Khizrieva's video message about leaving Russia: https://t.me/marem_group/1658

08:11, 29 April 2026

Khizrieva's escape sparked a social media debate about domestic violence in Chechnya.

Some Facebook* users have come out in support of Aishat Khizrieva, who was the subject of an attempted kidnapping in Novosibirsk after fleeing domestic violence. Their opponents cited the need to respect Chechen traditions.

Flooding in Makhachkala. Photo: Ministry of Emergency Situations

07:16, 29 April 2026

The emergency zone following the flood has been expanded in Makhachkala.

The updated list of areas where a state of emergency is in effect due to flooding includes 759 streets in Makhachkala.

06:22, 29 April 2026

Three candidates for the post of Catholicos of Georgia have been identified.

Metropolitan Shio received 20 votes at the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, where candidates for the patriarchal throne were elected. Metropolitans Job and Grigol each received seven votes.

05:30, 29 April 2026

A temporary accommodation center for residents of Tuapse has been opened at a hotel.

Fifty-eight people were evacuated from the area surrounding the Tuapse oil refinery. Of these, 26 remained at the evacuation center and were transferred to temporary accommodation in a hotel.

04:30, 29 April 2026

A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district due to landslides.

A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district of Dagestan due to the threat of landslides in three villages.

03:52, 29 April 2026

Environmentalists compared the scale of oil spills in Tuapse and Anapa.

Environmentalists believe the scale of oil pollution in the Black Sea near Tuapse following the attacks on the local oil refinery could be more significant than the impact of the oil tanker disaster in the Kerch Strait on Anapa. Evgeny Vitishko believes it is necessary to declare a federal state of emergency in Tuapse.

03:05, 29 April 2026

Activists commented on the cancellation of the election of the head of a settlement in Kuban.

In Krasnodar Krai, the election for the head of the Chernomorskoye urban settlement was cancelled due to a lack of candidates. The last head, who was convicted of abuse of power, faced pressure from the authorities, and the situation in the settlement is so dire that no one wants to take responsibility.

02:06, 29 April 2026

Residents of a building in Nalchik complained about emergency sewerage.

Several apartments in a building on Kadyrov Street in Nalchik were seriously damaged after another sewer break. The Nalchik administration has failed to transfer the building to the Vodokanal, and the management company is unable to resolve the ongoing breaks.

01:07, 29 April 2026

Rahimli told a Baku court that she was not involved in the distribution of grants.

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes heard testimony from activist Mehriban Rahimli, who was accused of financial crimes related to her work for an international organization. The defendant denied all charges, stating that she was not involved in grant distribution or financial decisions.

00:46, 29 April 2026

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for two counts of draft evasion.

The court sentenced Damir Gasanov to five and a half years in prison after he initially failed to report to his unit and then, two months later, left his post without permission.

23:56, 28 April 2026

Protesters in Tbilisi demanded that children with Duchenne syndrome receive medication.

On the 517th day of daily protests, protesters outside the Georgian parliament once again supported the demand for medications for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Parents of the affected children stayed outside the government office for the ninth night.

22:58, 28 April 2026

Two injured tourists were evacuated from Elbrus.

Rescuers in Kabardino-Balkaria evacuated an unregistered tourist and a female climber from Mongolia from Mount Elbrus.

22:16, 28 April 2026

A music festival in Sochi has been canceled following the Tuapse attack.

Following the drone attack in Tuapse and a new fire at a local oil refinery, the organizers of the VK Fest festival, which was scheduled to take place on June 21 in Sirius, announced its postponement until 2027.

Still of Abkhazian State Security Service officers handing over Russian citizens. Photo: Abkhazian State Security Service / https://www.sgb.apsny.land/news/item/133-sotrudnikami-sgb-ra-zaderzhany-grazhdane-rf-i-peredany-fsb-rossii

21:30, 28 April 2026

Those detained in Sukhumi in connection with the terrorism case have been handed over to Russia.

The State Security Service of Abkhazia, in a joint operation with the Russian Federal Security Service, detained Anastasia Kaushan, Anton Kaushan, and Yegor Grishin. The detainees, suspected of creating a terrorist organization to commit crimes in the Krasnodar Krai, were handed over to the Russian Federal Security Service.

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