The first flight since 2022 departed from Moscow to Krasnodar September 17, 2025 08:58 An Aeroflot flight departed today from Moscow to Krasnodar airport, the operation of which was suspended after the start of the military operation in Ukraine.
Drones shot down in three districts of Rostov region September 17, 2025 07:02 Last night, the military neutralized drones in the Chertkovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Dubovsky districts of the Rostov region.
Georgian citizen released in South Ossetia September 17, 2025 06:02 Hamlet Margvelashvili, detained by security forces in the Znaur district, has been released and handed over to the Georgian authorities. In August, 46 violators were detained at the border, the KGB of South Ossetia reported.
Demand to demolish burned-out house in Sochi discourages residents September 17, 2025 05:03 Residents of a house on Tsyurupa Street in Sochi that burned down nine years ago have received claims for its demolition. They believe that the demand is related to the activities of a developer who built a multi-story building dangerously close to their house.
Chechens of Aukh Outraged by Opening of Dagestani Mosque in Leninaul September 17, 2025 04:04 Despite assurances from the Muftiate of Dagestan about neutrality in the matter of demolition of the historical Chechen mosque in the village of Leninaul in the Aukhovsky district and promises to resolve the issue according to Sharia, the opening of the newly erected mosque still took place and was timed to coincide with the birthday of Mufti Akhmed Abdullaev.
Assets of former head of Supreme Court of Adygea confiscated September 17, 2025 03:05 The court, following a lawsuit by the Prosecutor General's Office, converted the assets of the former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, and his family, totaling more than 13 billion rubles, into state revenue.
Elections in Astrakhan were marked by a conflict with a candidate for deputy at a polling station September 17, 2025 02:06 A candidate for deputy of the Astrakhan City Duma, Andrei Smirnov, accused by a member of the precinct election commission of beating, recorded violations during voting in previous years, and the precinct where the incident with his participation occurred is known for falsifications, claims a local political scientist.
Anapa resident arrested for provocation near mosque in Adygea September 17, 2025 00:51 A court in Adygea has sent a resident of Krasnodar Krai to pretrial detention for throwing a pig's head into the mosque of the village of Kozet.
Predictability and formalism have become the main features of elections in the Volgograd region September 16, 2025 23:53 Voting in the Volgograd region, where no violations were officially recorded, was formal and ended with a predictable result. In the absence of political competition, independent observers and total control by the authorities, elections as such have ceased to have any real meaning, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated.
Tbilisi protesters block Rustaveli Avenue for 293rd day in a row September 16, 2025 22:56 Protesters in Tbilisi demanded that those involved in the attack on activists and security forces guilty of torturing detained demonstrators be held accountable. Oppositionists also announced a protest at the Supreme Court.
New People candidate becomes head of village in Dagestan September 16, 2025 21:54 In most of the villages of Dagestan, where elections for heads were held on September 14, candidates from United Russia won. Only in one of the villages was a representative of the New People party elected head, and in three more, independent candidates received the majority of votes.
Director and chief engineer of the Elbrus cable car sent to pretrial detention September 16, 2025 20:56 After the death of three people, a court in Nalchik ordered the director and chief engineer of the company that operated the emergency cable car on Elbrus to be remanded in custody.
Increase in fares hits Grozny residents' budgets September 16, 2025 19:57 The 10-ruble increase in the price of a minibus ride has become very noticeable for pensioners and low-income villagers who travel to Grozny. At the same time, public transport runs irregularly and is almost always overcrowded, local residents said.
The prosecution has requested long sentences for three former Volgograd City Duma deputies September 16, 2025 18:56 A representative of the prosecutor's office requested 16 to 17 years of strict regime imprisonment for former Volgograd City Duma deputies Yevgeny Shchur, Fyodor Litvinenko and Aleksey Zverev, accused of organizing a criminal community and fraud with fictitious traffic accidents.
Arrest period extended for journalists in Meydan TV case September 16, 2025 18:34 A Baku court has extended the pretrial detention of defendants in the Meydan TV case by three months.
The Georgian Prosecutor's Office has formally charged Elena Khoshtaria September 16, 2025 17:53 The charge of damaging someone else's property, brought against one of the leaders of the "Coalition for Change" Elena Khoshtaria, carries a prison sentence of up to five years. The oppositionist herself called the trial a "farce" and waived her right to defense, considering legal litigation with the authorities pointless.
A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in Ukraine September 16, 2025 16:58 Astemir Khashkulov from the Zolsky district was killed in combat. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 291 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been killed there.
The case of terrorist attacks in Adygea and Kuban has reached court September 16, 2025 16:02 The case of three young men suspected of setting fire to a cell tower in the village of Tlyustenkhabl and a railway locomotive in Krasnodar has been referred to court.
The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 7,400 September 16, 2025 15:04 At least 3,686 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,718 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.
Five fighters from Volgograd region killed in Ukraine September 16, 2025 14:05 Nikolay Baranov, Valeriy Zelensky, Aleksandr Aroyantz, Dmitry Kukuyev and Maksim Savosin were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,340 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.