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03:43, 19 October 2025
A Costa Rican climber died on Mount Elbrus.
While climbing Elbrus, a climber from Costa Rica, who was part of an unregistered group, became ill and could not be saved.
02:44, 19 October 2025
Abakar Abakarov is buried in Istanbul.
Dagestani activist Abakar Abakarov was buried in Istanbul. According to his associates, at least 300 people attended the funeral service. Turkish police have launched an investigation.
01:45, 19 October 2025
A soldier from Stavropol Krai was killed in the SVO zone.
Guard Senior Sergeant Denis Klimov from the village of Derbetovka was killed in the special military operation zone in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special military operation, at least 829 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.
00:46, 19 October 2025
Irakli Shaishmelashvili has been arrested in absentia in Georgia.
A Tbilisi court has arrested in absentia one of the defendants in the case of the storming of the presidential palace, former security officer Irakli Shaishmelashvili, who currently lives abroad.
23:47, 18 October 2025
Volgograd Airport has suspended operations.
Restrictions on the departure and arrival of aircraft have been introduced in Volgograd due to security concerns.
22:47, 18 October 2025
Posthumous photos of Abakarov have appeared online.
Photos posted on Telegram channels show a large cut above the eye on the deceased's face. According to sources, there are no other visible injuries, and the body has been released to his family. Abakarov's death has not been officially confirmed.
21:47, 18 October 2025
Participants in a rally in Yerevan pointed to the need for change in the country.
Participants in a rally in Yerevan declared that a change of power is necessary to preserve Armenia's statehood. Representatives of the "Our Way" movement announced plans to participate in the elections and achieve a peaceful change of power.
20:47, 18 October 2025
Protesters in Georgia unblocked Rustaveli Avenue at the request of police.
Protesters in Tbilisi today, the 325th day of protests, blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue, but after a request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which emphasized stricter legislation for violations at mass protests, they reopened the road to vehicles.
19:47, 18 October 2025
Fourteen fighters from the Rostov region were killed in a military operation.
Oleg Orlov, Alesey Popov, Andrey Kizoglov, and 11 other fighters from the Zernograd district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 753 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.
18:47, 18 October 2025
Participants of the rally in Yerevan demanded the release of Karapetyan and the priests.
Participants in a rally in Yerevan organized by the "Po-Nashemu" movement demanded the release of businessman Samvel Karapetyan and the clergy.
17:47, 18 October 2025
Authorities reported on the use of the landfill in the village of Voskresensky.
Sand and fuel oil collected from the coast continue to arrive at the site in the Voskresensky village in Anapa, but after sorting, it is quickly taken away for disposal, authorities reported.
16:47, 18 October 2025
A fighter from Makhachkala was killed during the SVO.
Omar Aliyev was killed in combat in the Kursk region. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,599 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
15:47, 18 October 2025
Imran Aliyev's relatives reported that he was denied medical care.
Imran Aliyev, the head of the online platform Meclis.info, experienced severe pain, but the Baku pretrial detention center administration refused to respond to requests for a transfer to a prison hospital.
14:47, 18 October 2025
Kadyrov's son-in-law threatens to confiscate cars for littering.
Chechen Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Viskhan Matsuev announced that the republic's authorities will confiscate the vehicles of those who dump trash inappropriately. However, the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses only provides for the confiscation of vehicles from officials and legal entities for such violations.
The scene outside the Georgian Presidential Palace. Tbilisi, October 4, 2025. Photo: Sofiia Atamanova/Paper Kartuli https://t.me/paperkartuli/24090
13:46, 18 October 2025
The number of defendants in the Tbilisi riots case has risen to 62.
The prosecutor's office has charged 16 more people, whom security forces believe participated in the unrest in Tbilisi on the day of the municipal elections. The total number of defendants in the case of the storming of the presidential palace has reached 62.
Tatyana Pasynkova on the day of her sentencing. Photo from a website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia (396 Russian Jehovah's Witness organizations have been designated as extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court order).
12:47, 18 October 2025
A pensioner from Karachay-Cherkessia has been convicted of extremism.
A court in Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced Tatyana Pasynkova to a suspended sentence, finding her a member of an extremist organization. The pensioner denied the charges.
11:47, 18 October 2025
A serviceman from Khasavyurt was killed in combat.
Nukhbeg Omarov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,598 fighters from Dagestan have been confirmed killed.
09:48, 18 October 2025
The military counted seven drones shot down in southern Russia.
The Ministry of Defense reported one drone shot down overnight in the Volgograd region, and six more destroyed over the Black Sea. Sochi authorities cancelled the drone strike threat issued overnight.
Artemy Ostanin, video still from https://t.me/podslushano_yeysk/12686
08:49, 18 October 2025
The court extended the arrest of comedian Artemy Ostanin.
A Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of Yeysk stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin. His defense disagreed with the decision.
07:49, 18 October 2025
Two soldiers from the Astrakhan region were killed in a military operation.
Talgat Ismukhambetov and Pavel Korchunov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 628 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
News
Russian military. Still from a video by the Russian Ministry of Defense from December 18, 2025, https://t.me/mod_russia/59569. Official losses in the southern part of Russia in the North-Eastern Military District zone exceeded 8,300

Makhachkala. Screenshot from Yandex.Maps https://yandex.ru/maps/org/mechet_imeni_ali_khadzhi_akushinskogo/231878760168/panorama/?ll=47.554475%2C42.958692&panorama%5Bdirection%5D=-137.400000%2C10.000000&panorama%5Bfull%5D=true&panorama%5Bpoint%5D=47.554787%2C42.958910&panorama%5Bspan%5D=0.000000%2C0.000000&z=15 Residents of Dagestan criticized a report on energy sector improvements

Voltmeter readings. Still frame from a video sent by a Caucasian Knot reader to the feedback bot. Residents of a Dagestani village complained of regular power outages

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.