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04:36, 14 April 2026

More than 13,000 claims for flood damages have been filed by Chechen residents.

The commission assessing the damage caused by the flood in Chechnya has received more than 13,000 applications from residents of the republic for compensation.

03:37, 14 April 2026

The trial of Dalgatov's death will begin anew due to the judge's resignation.

Since the powers of Judge Patimat Makhatilova of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala were terminated after the collapse of an illegally constructed structure during the flood, the trial of Kurban Dalgatov, who died in a police station, will begin anew and may be delayed.

02:38, 14 April 2026

A volunteer from Gejukh suffered fatal injuries in Mamedkala.

A young resident of Dagestan who was helping residents of the flooded village of Mamedkala died in a Makhachkala hospital. He suffered a severe head injury during his volunteer work.

01:58, 14 April 2026

The death toll from the explosion in Vladikavkaz has risen to three.

One of the victims of the explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz died in the hospital. The death toll from the incident has risen to three.

01:33, 14 April 2026

Chaotic development worsened flood damage in Makhachkala districts.

Pipes across the riverbed that floods homes in the Makhachkala villages of Gazoraspredelitel and Palmira were laid by local residents themselves during the haphazard development of these areas.

00:39, 14 April 2026

A Dagestani woman caught in an avalanche has died.

Doctors were unable to save a resident of the village of Shaitli, who suffered multiple injuries after being caught in an avalanche. She is survived by four children.

23:54, 13 April 2026

The weather forecast in Dagestan did not confirm fears of a third wave of floods.

The period during which the third wave of floods in Dagestan was predicted did not bring worsening weather conditions on the scale observed previously, stated the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov.

22:57, 13 April 2026

An additional rescue team has been sent to Dagestan from Kabardino-Balkaria.

Members of the Elbrus High Mountain Rescue Team have been sent to Dagestan to work in flood-affected areas.

22:26, 13 April 2026

Protesters on Rustaveli welcomed the election results in Hungary.

Protesters outside the Georgian parliament celebrated the defeat of Viktor Orban's Georgian Dream party in the Hungarian elections on the 502nd day of continuous protests.

21:27, 13 April 2026

Otrakovsky called his arrest in Dagestan a provocation.

Captain Ivan Otrakovsky, who arrived in Dagestan to help flood victims, was released today after three days of administrative detention. He dismissed reports of his detention as lies.

20:28, 13 April 2026

The head of a blockaded mountain village in Dagestan has asked for food to be sent to its residents.

The village of Khosrekh in the Kulinsky District is trapped in a snow blockade at an altitude of over 2,000 meters. The villagers, cut off from the outside world by the inclement weather, are left without electricity or communication.

19:40, 13 April 2026

A Rostov Region resident has been arrested in connection with a terrorist financing case.

Security forces reported the arrest of a 46-year-old resident of Novocherkassk, suspected of financing a terrorist organization.

18:35, 13 April 2026

A factory director in Ingushetia has been arrested for using slave labor.

Investigators in Ingushetia have opened a criminal case against the director of a furniture factory, suspected of using illegal migrant labor and forcibly keeping them on the factory floor. He has been arrested by court order.

17:40, 13 April 2026

The head of a water utility has been arrested in connection with a mass poisoning in Dagestan.

The director of the water utility in Dagestan's Karabudakhkent district has been detained on suspicion of providing substandard water services, resulting in more than 50 people seeking medical attention for signs of acute intestinal infection.

16:45, 13 April 2026

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

Sheikhyusuf Kerimov from the Derbent district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,894 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

15:49, 13 April 2026

A woman and child trapped in an avalanche in Dagestan have been rescued.

The mother suffered multiple fractures, but the seven-year-old child was not injured.

14:55, 13 April 2026

Eleven people injured in the explosion in Vladikavkaz remain in hospitals.

Two of the wounded are in serious condition.

13:58, 13 April 2026

Azerbaijani activist Nazarov complained about the lack of medical care in the prison colony.

Imprisoned activist Elvin Nazarov has experienced a sharp increase in pain in recent days, but he is not receiving the necessary medical examination and treatment in the penitentiary institution.

13:00, 13 April 2026

The expulsion of Sochi residents from Abkhazia for filming with the Georgian flag sparked a debate on Facebook*.

Many social media users considered the photo shoot with a Georgian flag, for which a Sochi resident and her son were deported from Abkhazia, to be a provocation. Other participants in the discussion expressed support for the detained Sochi residents.

12:00, 13 April 2026

Analysts debate the causes of the devastating flood in Dagestan.

Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" cited ill-considered development, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures as among the causes of the devastating flood. They also unanimously praised the significant contribution of volunteers in the flood relief effort.

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