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12:38, 18 June 2026
Two beaches in the Temryuk district have been given permission to open.
Two beaches in the village of Veselovka received expert approval from Rospotrebnadzor: the village's Central Beach and the beach at the Veselovka Experience Hotel.
11:38, 18 June 2026
A judge from Krasnodar is suspected of receiving compensation from a developer.
The basis was information about the subsequent purchase of real estate at a price below market value following the issuance of the ruling.
10:40, 18 June 2026
The court arrested David Ghazinyan, a member of the "Strong Armenia" party.
The defense called the court's decision on arrest illegal.
09:40, 18 June 2026
Authorities have released details of a large-scale drone strike in the Rostov region.
Two of the injured were employees of the freight station in Gukovo.
Valentina Shostak. Photo courtesy of Valentina Shostak.
08:42, 18 June 2026
The Supreme Court upheld the fine imposed on former parliamentary candidate Valentina Shostak.
Former candidate for the Goryachy Klyuch City Council, Valentina Shostak, called the verdict expected and announced she would continue her civic activism.
07:44, 18 June 2026
An activist of the opposition Azerbaijani party was arrested for 30 days.
Anar Huseynov, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been arrested for disobeying police. The party believes the charge is trumped-up and politically motivated.
A drone over the city. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.
06:46, 18 June 2026
One person died after a drone attack in Gukovo.
Two more people were injured in a drone strike in the Rostov region.
05:48, 18 June 2026
The whereabouts of Movlaev's parents remain unknown for about two weeks.
The fate of Mansur Movlaev's parents, abducted in Chechnya on June 5, remains unknown. Human rights activist Maxim Rudnev has filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office regarding their abduction.
04:48, 18 June 2026
Makhachkala residents reported problems with automobile fuel.
Drivers in Makhachkala aren't experiencing a fuel shortage, but they are forced to queue for it due to the closure of some gas stations. Meanwhile, the prices of both gasoline of all grades and gas have increased significantly.
03:49, 18 June 2026
Three soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.
Teymur Musayev and two of his fellow countrymen from the Suleiman-Stalsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,992 Dagestani servicemen killed there.
Asef Akhmedov. Photo: https://jam-news.net/
02:51, 18 June 2026
Azerbaijani activist Akhmedov sentenced to lengthy prison term
A court in Ganja sentenced Azerbaijani activist Asef Akhmedov to eight years in prison in a case involving Western grants to NGOs. In his final statement, Akhmedov denied the charges and claimed the case was falsified.
01:52, 18 June 2026
An Abkhaz court sentenced a Georgian citizen to prison on espionage charges.
The Supreme Court of Abkhazia found Shalva Khizanishvili guilty of espionage, sentencing him to six years and nine months in prison.
Elene Khoshtaria. Still from a TV Kavkasia video / YouTube
00:56, 18 June 2026
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of Elene Khoshtaria.
On the 567th day of continuous protests in Tbilisi, activists responded to a lawyer's report of the deteriorating health of Droa Party leader Elene Khoshtaria. Protesters demanded Khoshtaria's release from prison.
23:57, 17 June 2026
Commentators on Telegram questioned the authorities' readiness to continue cleaning Tuapse beaches.
Authorities have reported that Tuapse's beaches are ready for the season, but Telegram users believe they are unlikely to continue the cleanup.
23:49, 17 June 2026
Social media users were surprised by the amount of compensation paid after the drone attack in Krasnodar.
The Krasnodar administration announced a compensation amount of just over 15,000 rubles for residents of a building damaged by a drone attack. Social media users considered this amount to be a mockery.
22:46, 17 June 2026
The murder of Skrepetsky after a caricature of the Kadyrov family has prompted speculation about a Chechen connection.
The works of the artist Robert Kuzovkov (Semyon Skrepetsky), who was murdered in Poland, are virtually unknown in Chechnya, but the republic's authorities could have perceived them as offensive and used his murder as a message to other critics of Kadyrov in Europe.
21:54, 17 June 2026
Zarema Musayeva's daughter asked Aishat Kadyrova for help in freeing her mother.
Aliya Yangulbaeva published an open letter on Instagram* addressed to Aishat Kadyrova, the eldest daughter of the head of Chechnya. In her letter, Yangulbaeva asked Kadyrova to facilitate the release of her mother, Zarema Musayeva.
21:17, 17 June 2026
World boxing champion Israel Hakobyan ended his hunger strike.
Israel Hakobyan, who had been on a hunger strike demanding new parliamentary elections, has ended his hunger strike, declaring his disillusionment with the opposition.
20:54, 17 June 2026
Human rights activists have called for the search for Selima Ismailova.
The veracity of the information regarding the fate of Selima Ismailova, who was detained at a Moscow airport three years ago and forcibly taken to Chechnya, is questionable, and placing her on the wanted list could clarify her fate, human rights activists noted. However, it was only thanks to a widespread campaign that security forces took even formal action regarding Seda Suleimanova's disappearance.
20:00, 17 June 2026
The court ordered the former minister of Karachay-Cherkessia to pay more than three million rubles.
The Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ordered former Finance Minister of Karachay-Cherkessia Rustam Elkanov to pay 3.7 million rubles in damages to the region's budget.
News
A court in Nalchik will hear a case involving the preparation of terrorist attacks in Kizlyar.

A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in the SVO.

Thousands of people attended the funeral of a child who drowned in Ingushetia.

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.