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A household member near the radiator. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
06:55, 19 October 2026
In Nalchik, the authorities announced the start of the heating season on October 15, but several days have passed and the radiators remain cold. It is cold and damp in the apartments, which is causing people to get sick often, residents complained on social media.
05:55, 19 October 2026
The court sentenced a resident of Anapa to five days in jail for shouting slogans of a criminal movement banned in Russia.
04:55, 19 October 2026
In Makhachkala, the clearing of the Tarnairka Riverbed continues, and the demolition of an illegal capital construction has begun, preceded by an explanatory conversation with the owner.
03:55, 19 October 2026
A criminal case regarding illegal entrepreneurial activity is being investigated against a member of the Council of the National Bank of Georgia, Nana Keinishvili. She denies her guilt but has decided to resign from the council.
02:56, 19 October 2026
The cassation court, siding with the large family that challenged the refusal of Tuapse officials to provide their daughter with food, pointed out in its reasoned decision the formal approach of the lower courts and the violation of the family's rights to judicial protection.
01:56, 19 October 2026
A resident of Dagestan was unable to obtain a subsidized medication at the hospital and appealed to the prosecutor's office of the Babayurt district, after which the medication was issued to him.
00:57, 19 October 2026
In the vicinity of Mount Achishkho in Sochi, two tourists strayed from the hiking trail and got lost. The rescue operation to find them and lift them from the crevice took more than 27 hours.
23:58, 18 October 2026
Cossack Vladimir Galka from Sochi filed a cassation appeal against the decisions of the courts that denied him recognition of rights to a land plot in the Blinovo microdistrict. Galka refers to a court decision from 2009, which confirmed his right to receive the land. The court act from 2011, cited by the courts in denying the claim, could not be found in the public database and archive.
23:00, 18 October 2026
On the 690th day of continuous protests, citizens gathered for a rally against the ruling party's policies outside the Parliament building of Georgia and the Tbilisi City Council. They demand to return the country to the course of Eurointegration and to free political prisoners.
Gas station "Gazpromneft". Screenshot photo by Denis from the TG channel "Benzin Gelendzhik", dated 18.10.26, https://t.me/gelen_benzin/95611
22:00, 18 October 2026
AI-95 is available in Gelendzhik at only five gas stations, AI-92 can be purchased at six stations, and diesel fuel is available at another 10, the authorities reported.
21:00, 18 October 2026
Ibrahim "Nikarho" Islamov has been hospitalized with injuries after a fight in Vladikavkaz, one of the participants in the conflict shot at him several times with a traumatic pistol. Another victim is also in the hospital. The investigation reported the detention of one of the suspects.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov*. Screenshot photo from 18.10.26 from his Telegram channel, https://t.me/abusaddamshishani/7367
20:00, 18 October 2026
Critic of the Chechen authorities Tumso Abdurakhmanov* underwent surgery but was again hospitalized with pain attacks, according to a message on his Telegram channel.
19:00, 18 October 2026
Karabakh politicians and activists expressed outrage at the silence of UN Secretary-General António Guterres regarding the rights of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. They also urged participants of the COP17 conference to pay attention to the environmental consequences of the forced displacement of the Armenian population from their lands.
18:00, 18 October 2026
Rescuers, officials, and local residents are participating in the cleanup of the Abrau-Dyurso beach from oil products. The discharges along the coast are sporadic, but after the storm, new patches of oil products may form on the beaches of Kuban.
17:00, 18 October 2026
Evgeny Nikitin, Andrey Derevyanko, and five other fighters were killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 1037 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.
A girl by the heater. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
16:00, 18 October 2026
In North Ossetia, the main preparatory work for the heating season has been completed, but its start has been postponed to October 19, the authorities said. Residents of Vladikavkaz, commenting on this news on social media, expressed dissatisfaction that the heating season has not yet begun, despite the low air temperature. They complained that due to the cold in their homes, both adults and children often catch colds.
15:43, 18 October 2026
Vladislav Saveliev was killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1031 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.
Deportation. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
14:45, 18 October 2026
Descendants of deported peoples, including the Karachais, must preserve the historical memory of the repressions, study documents, restore forgotten pages of history, and pass on information about the struggle for the rights of their peoples to future generations, keeping the names of those who defended these rights, urged the Congress of the Karachai people on the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the law "On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repressions."
Participants of the action in Yerevan in support of Dmitry Bagrash. Screenshot of the publication https://t.me/rusnews/93187
13:49, 18 October 2026
Activists held actions today in Yerevan near the embassies of Russia and Germany in support of people they consider political prisoners.
Gas station in Makhachkala. Photo by the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".
12:51, 18 October 2026
In a week, gasoline in Dagestan has decreased by more than one percent, reported Rosstat. Local drivers, commenting on this report on social media, stated that at gas stations gasoline costs 125–130 rubles per liter, and it has risen much more than it has fallen. They also criticized the work of the antimonopoly service.
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.