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A schoolgirl in Azerbaijan. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
08:59, 23 October 2026
Prisoners in Azerbaijan called on diplomats to help the children of believers.
A group of Azerbaijani prisoners asked foreign embassies to provide asylum for their families or help with the education of schoolgirls facing pressure due to the ban on wearing hijabs.
08:00, 23 October 2026
A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.
The military shot down drones in four areas of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there are no injuries.
Gardening associations in Sochi. Frame from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U6t1a_K8ko
07:02, 23 October 2026
The court hearing of the land dispute among gardeners in Sochi raised complaints from both sides.
A resident of the Bryansk region, Nina Kuznetsova, expressed disagreement with the court's decision, which did not satisfy her claims for part of the neighbor's plot in the Sochi gardening association. The defendant, Alexander Batalin, pointed out violations during the two-year court proceedings.
06:03, 23 October 2026
The names of two fighters from Dagestan killed in the special military operation have been announced.
Ramazan Musaev and Ramazan Aliyev from the Derbent district were killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2176 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in it.
04:15, 23 October 2026
New data has been announced regarding the number of fighters sent to the front from Chechnya.
More than 78 thousand combatants have been sent from Chechnya to the combat zone in Ukraine, reported Ramzan Kadyrov following a meeting with representatives of the security forces.
03:44, 23 October 2026
A resident of Dagestan has been charged under the article for searching for extremist materials.
Journalists discovered the first administrative case in Dagestan regarding the search for "knowingly extremist materials" online. A protocol was drawn up against a resident of the Tabasaran district.
02:45, 23 October 2026
Armenian analysts doubt the quick opening of the border with Turkey.
Statements by the Armenian authorities about activating dialogue with Ankara do not guarantee the quick opening of the border: much depends on Azerbaijan's position, which links the normalization of relations to the signing of a peace treaty, experts surveyed by "Caucasian Knot" in Yerevan indicated.
01:46, 23 October 2026
For the first time in a year and a half, the authorities of Chechnya confirmed information about an armed incident in the republic.
The shootout, during which a suspected militant was killed, became the first armed incident in Chechnya since April 2025, information about which was officially confirmed by the republican authorities. At the same time, their message demonstrated that data on underground activity is being carefully suppressed.
00:47, 23 October 2026
The Krasnodar resident was sentenced to a long term for treason.
The military court in Rostov-on-Don found Krasnodar resident Evgeny Butko guilty of treason, sentencing him to 20 years in prison for transferring money to the RDK*.
Participants of the protest action in front of the Parliament of Georgia. Photo: Photo: Giorgi Mumladze / Facebook*
23:53, 22 October 2026
Protesters in Tbilisi defended multipartyism
Activists gathered in the center of Tbilisi on the 694th day of continuous protests dedicated their posters to the ongoing process in the Constitutional Court of Georgia, where the lawsuit of the "Georgian Dream" regarding the ban on opposition political forces is being considered.
23:30, 22 October 2026
A contractor from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in Ukraine
Albert Frolov from the Chereksky District was killed in the SVO zone. Since the beginning of the special operation, at least 486 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.
22:40, 22 October 2026
Kadyrov reported on the killing of a suspected militant in Chechnya.
Law enforcement officers in Chechnya killed one person suspected of involvement in sabotage in the Gudermes district, and another person was detained, said Ramzan Kadyrov at a meeting with law enforcement officials.
22:08, 22 October 2026
Participants in the attack on Publika journalists were convicted in Tbilisi.
The Tbilisi City Court found Levan Zardiashvili and Saba Mindiaashvili guilty of obstructing the professional activities of Publika journalists. They were fined, and Zardiashvili was also sentenced to five years probation.
Zeynudin Kaziev. Frame from the video dated 18.10.26, https://t.me/KhadulaevShamil/18149
21:19, 22 October 2026
The owner of the tourist base in Dagestan is seeking recognition of land rights.
Entrepreneur from the village of Furdag in the Khyva district of Dagestan, Zeynudin Kaziev, in a video address to the head of Dagestan, reported that the "Roshcha" tourist base, which he built together with his family, may close at the request of the district prosecutor's office. Lands in the tourist zones of the republic are often classified as "gray zones," journalists noted.
20:23, 22 October 2026
The fine for the second participant in the appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee regarding gasoline in Volgograd has been canceled.
The court canceled the fine of 20 thousand rubles imposed on Natalia Kuzmina, who was a participant in the recording of an appeal to Alexander Bastrykin regarding the situation with gasoline in Volgograd.
19:56, 22 October 2026
Analysts pointed out the ambiguity of the status of Adam Kadyrov's "unit".
The group formed around Adam Kadyrov, while not considered an official power structure, is essentially an armed formation operating outside the framework of Russian legislation. While the "unit" can be seen as a pastime for the children of Chechen officials, it has the potential to become a personnel reserve for maintaining power in the hands of local elites.
19:29, 22 October 2026
The second defendant in the case of the murder of artist Skrepetsky has been arrested in Poland.
Polish law enforcement detained Georgian citizen Mahmoud A, who is suspected of preparing the murder of artist Semyon Skrepetsky and illegal arms trafficking. He did not plead guilty, and the court, due to the risk of flight, arrested him for three months.
19:02, 22 October 2026
The orderly of the psychiatric hospital in Kotovo was convicted for the death of a patient.
The court in the Volgograd region sentenced former orderly of the Kotovo psychiatric hospital Sergey Lebedev to nine years in a strict regime correctional colony for beating a 61-year-old incapacitated patient to death.
18:02, 22 October 2026
The director of the broken cable car in Nalchik was sentenced to three years probation.
The court in Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced the head of the passenger cable car "Excursion Complex 'Pearl'" in Nalchik to a suspended sentence due to a cable break in which 13 tourists were injured in the summer of 2025.
17:06, 22 October 2026
Users doubted the actual increase in Armenian goods exports to Europe.
The export from Armenia to the European Union increased by 1.5 times in the first nine months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, while exports to France and Germany fell, reported the Minister of Economy. Authorities are manipulating the figures, taking as a reference point a period of extremely low exports to Europe, users pointed out.
News
A serviceman from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine

Abdulrashid Sadulaev. Photo from Sadulaev's Telegram channel https://t.me/sadulaev_097/687 Olympic champion Sadulaev called for the release of the participants in the fight in Abu Dhabi.

Dvalishvili, after his victory in Abu Dhabi, asked to free Nurmagomedov.

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.