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The increase in official voter turnout in the Astrakhan region compared to the 2021 elections is associated with falsifications and administrative coercion, believe political scientists Mikhail Dolieyev* and Denis Leven. They also questioned the reliability of the official voting results.

Threats of dismissal and expulsion, coercion to participate in voting and other mass events, as well as pressure through a network of informants are constantly applied in Chechnya, not only during elections, human rights defenders interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" noted.

Basements used in Krasnodar as shelters from drones do not provide minimal conditions for long-term stay: there is no ventilation, seating, water, or restrooms. After an alarm is announced, it may take up to 15 minutes to access the shelter, and sometimes the entrance remains inaccessible, residents complained.

In honor of Ramzan Kadyrov's record result in the elections for the head of Chechnya, a flash mob took place in Grozny, in which several thousand students from the Akhmat Kadyrov State University participated. Analysts previously indicated that there was no real competition in the elections, and Kadyrov's opponents only provided a formal alternative.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced its non-recognition of the results of the presidential elections in South Ossetia, supporting the territorial integrity of Georgia.

In Baksan, there is a severe shortage of minibuses, which forces passengers to wait a long time for transport or use taxis, complained a local resident. Other residents of Baksan, commenting on her complaint on social media, pointed out that public transport issues in the city and surrounding areas have not been resolved for years, and criticized officials for the worsening transport situation.

In satellite images of the Kerch Strait taken in September, slick spots are visible, extending from the cofferdams installed over the sunken parts of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239," noted ecologist Georgy Kavanoyan.

Last night, drones attacked Taganrog, Bataisk, and six districts of the Rostov region.

Some observers from the CPRF were only listed in the party lists and were actually not present at the polling stations in Sochi, and the reports collected after the voting could be used for reporting on their work, noted Sochi activists.

The electoral record of Ramzan Kadyrov, who received 99.85% of the votes in the Chechen head elections, does not confuse anyone; analysts noted that the logic of such a victory is unclear.

A resident of Krasnodar has been sentenced to three years and three months in a settlement colony for reporting a bomb threat at a bank branch in Adygea and stating his willingness to disclose the location of the bomb after money was transferred to his account.

Former candidate from the "Apple" party, Vladimir Atamanchuk, was detained by law enforcement on September 20 at the exit of the district electoral commission; he was arrested for three days on charges of petty hooliganism and illegal campaigning. After three days, Atamanchuk was released from the detention center.

The Republic of Nauru, which decided this summer to sever diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, has established diplomatic relations with Georgia.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced four residents of Melitopol to terms ranging from 17 to 28 years, finding them guilty of preparing terrorist acts against local officials.

Andrey Lefterov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 976 fighters from the Stavropol region have been officially recognized as killed.

Residents of Rostov-on-Don submitted 306 applications for payments after the UAV attack on September 6. 16 apartment buildings were damaged, and four people were injured.

The voter turnout in the Volgograd region for the State Duma elections was a record 68.08%, which could not have been achieved without falsifications, even under conditions of mass coercion of budget workers and students, said a journalist and political scientist interviewed by "Caucasian Knot."

The military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a native of Kuban to a monetary fine and confiscated the phone from which the man wrote an angry comment about the political leadership of the Russian Federation.

Residents of Tbilisi took to the parliament on the 664th day of continuous protests, demanding a change in political course and the release of those arrested in connection with the protests.

Rescuers surveyed the mountainous area in the Cherek region of Kabardino-Balkaria from a helicopter, where two climbers went missing, but they could not be found.