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14:53, 18 November 2025

Gasanguseinov's picket was an attempt to speed up the long-running investigation into the murder of his sons.

The investigation into the murder of the Gasanguseinov brothers by security forces has yielded no results for many years, stated Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the father of the murdered brothers. His picketing attracted the attention of Makhachkala police.

14:10, 18 November 2025

Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev's sentence was upheld despite his defense's arguments.

The Baku Court of Cassation upheld Bakhtiyar Hajiyev's 10-year prison sentence. The decision was made despite arguments about the activist's innocence and violations in the case.

13:15, 18 November 2025

Samvel Karapetyan's arrest has been extended for two months.

An Armenian court has extended the pretrial detention of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who is accused of calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order and economic crimes.

Murtazali Gasanguseinov at a solo picket. Screenshot from the "Caucasian Knot"

12:18, 18 November 2025

Gasanguseinov demanded a report on the investigation into the murder of his sons at a picket

The father of Murtazali Gasanguseinov, the shepherd brothers killed by security forces, held a solitary picket in Makhachkala demanding that investigators provide information on the progress of the criminal investigation.

Beach in the Temryuk district. November 16, 2025. Photo: https://t.me/opershtab23/14441

12:02, 18 November 2025

Kuban authorities have allocated over 439 million rubles for beach restoration.

Over the next two years, Kuban authorities plan to transfer more than 439 million rubles to the budgets of Anapa and the Temryuk district to restore beaches after fuel oil spills.

11:04, 18 November 2025

A contract soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in combat.

Sergei Bakholdin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,503 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Former internally displaced persons return to Khorovlu. November 18, 2025. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-horovlu-vyehala-ocherednaya-gruppa-byvshih-vynuzhdennyh-pereselencev

10:06, 18 November 2025

37 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu

Today, members of 37 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.

09:10, 18 November 2025

Three drones were shot down in the Rostov region.

The Ministry of Defense reported three drones shot down in the Rostov Region. No drone attacks were recorded in other regions of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts last night.

A still from a video message from orphans from Petrov Val to Alexander Bastrykin: https://vk.com/wall-62316332_11939

08:33, 18 November 2025

A complaint about housing by orphans from Petrov Val resulted in a criminal case.

Orphans from Petrov Val recorded a video message complaining about the substandard housing provided to them by the authorities. Investigators have opened a criminal case for negligence.

07:35, 18 November 2025

A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

Last night, at least one drone attack occurred in the Chertkovsky district of the Rostov region.

05:49, 18 November 2025

Shostak was fined for interfering with the work of the electoral commission.

The court fined Goryachy Klyuch City Council candidate Valentina Shostak 2,000 rubles, finding her guilty of interfering with the work of the electoral commission during the September 12-14 elections. Shostak's case is typical of how pressure is exerted on independent candidates and observers, the lawyer believes.

04:50, 18 November 2025

Georgian authorities have ruled out handing Saakashvili over to Ukraine.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that there is no chance of former President Mikheil Saakashvili being handed over to Ukraine.

03:51, 18 November 2025

North Ossetia native Sergei Guriev* has been added to the list of terrorists and extremists.

Sergei Guriev*, a native of North Ossetia and an economist, has been added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists.

02:52, 18 November 2025

A man accused of bribing Rostov judges has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

A court in Krasnodar granted a motion filed by Albert Romanov, the representative of the Chechen leader in Kaliningrad, who is accused of bribing Rostov judges, to suspend proceedings due to the signing of a contract with the Ministry of Defense and his deployment to the SVO zone.

01:53, 18 November 2025

A new head of the Masis community has been elected

Following the arrest of David Ambartsumyan, who was sentenced to imprisonment for organizing mass riots, Norayr Hakobyan, a representative of his bloc, became the head of the Masis community.

01:50, 18 November 2025

Two soldiers from North Ossetia were killed in Ukraine.

Soslan Nigkolov and Timur Magkoev from the Digorsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 515 combatants from North Ossetia killed there.

A mosque in the village of Goyty. Photo: Takhirgeran Umar / Wikimedia.org

23:58, 17 November 2025

Residents of Goyta spoke about the funerals of fellow villagers killed at the front.

At least six residents of the village of Goyty in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya were killed in the war zone in Ukraine on the same day. Another native of the village is hospitalized with injuries.

23:36, 17 November 2025

The condition of those on a three-week hunger strike in Tbilisi has worsened.

Eight opposition members, who have been on hunger strike outside the Georgian parliament for three weeks, are barely able to move due to weakness, but they have no plans to end their protest.

22:48, 17 November 2025

Supporters of Georgia's European integration marched through Tbilisi.

On the 355th day of continuous protests, marchers in Tbilisi performed the national anthem at the Ilia Chavchavadze House Museum and placed Georgian and EU flags on the Saarbrücken Bridge.

21:55, 17 November 2025

A native of Karachay-Cherkessia was sentenced to prison for extremist comments.

A military court in St. Petersburg sentenced Eldar Kabardaev, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, to six years in prison for inciting extremism. Kabardaev claimed in court that he wrote the comments at the behest of security forces.

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