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17:00, 20 September 2026
Makhachkala residents reported low attendance at polling stations.
On the third day of the elections, there was also no significant voter activity at several polling stations in Makhachkala. Some residents said they did not go to the elections due to being busy and the lack of candidates they would like to vote for.
16:25, 20 September 2026
A fighter from Kuban was killed in the SVO zone.
Dmitry Bidenko was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 886 fighters from the Krasnodar region as killed.
15:24, 20 September 2026
Menyaylo has been re-elected as the head of North Ossetia.
The deputies of the parliament of North Ossetia elected Sergey Menyaylo as the head of the republic by a majority vote; he took the oath and assumed office.
Vitaly Cherkasov reports possible violations at polling station No. 2014. Krasnodar, September 20, 2026. Frame from Vitaly Cherkasov's video https://t.me/AZBUKA_GOROZHANINA/3298
14:24, 20 September 2026
The Krasnodar activist complained about the falsification of voters' signatures.
In the documentation at polling station No. 2014, identical signatures of different voters were found, and the arriving police showed no desire to investigate the violations, said Krasnodar activist Vitaly Cherkasov.
Polling station in Kalmykia. Photo: Kalmykia election commission https://vk.ru/ikrk08?w=wall-205355697_1929
13:24, 20 September 2026
Elistians gave polar assessments of the importance of participating in the vote.
Voters in Elista expressed opposing opinions on the significance of participating in the vote. According to the election commission, turnout in Kalmykia exceeded 39%.
Representatives of law enforcement at the polling station in Krasnodar. September 20, 2026. Frame from the video from the Telegram channel "TIK Zapadnaya voting 2026" https://t.me/tikzapad/94
12:26, 20 September 2026
Signs of the safe being opened were found at the polling station in Krasnodar.
Law enforcement officers have been called to polling station No. 2055 in Krasnodar due to suspicions that a safe containing ballots was opened at night.
11:29, 20 September 2026
Temrezov was re-elected as the head of Karachay-Cherkessia.
The deputies of the parliament of Karachay-Cherkessia unanimously voted for the candidacy of Rashid Temrezov, who has been leading the republic for 15 years.
The author of the video demonstrates the peeled corner of the paper that seals the safe. Frame from the video of the Telegram channel "TIK Western Voting 2026" https://t.me/tikzapad/91
10:30, 20 September 2026
The observer reported a violation at the polling station in Krasnodar.
At night, a safe containing filled ballots was opened at the polling station in the Jubilee microdistrict of Krasnodar, an observer reported today.
People at the polling station in Chechnya. Photo: Chechen election commission https://t.me/ikchr95/5091
09:28, 20 September 2026
Grozny residents shared their plans for the last day of voting.
Two residents of Grozny reported that they decided to go to the polling stations on the last day of the three-day voting for the elections. Another citizen said that he had already participated in the voting.
08:30, 20 September 2026
More than a hundred drones were shot down in the Rostov region.
Last night, the military shot down drones in 11 municipalities of the Rostov region.
Copies of the law on the presidential elections in South Ossetia. Frame from the video of GTRK "Ir" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcjc_EYDXs
07:32, 20 September 2026
The European Union and Georgia condemned the elections in South Ossetia.
The presidential elections in South Ossetia indicate Moscow's attempts to strengthen control in the region, stated the European Union. The elections held are illegal and have no legal consequences, noted the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
06:34, 20 September 2026
Restrictions on visiting beaches in Sochi have been lifted.
Access to beaches and embankments in Sochi has been allowed, which was restricted due to the threat of attack by unmanned boats.
05:35, 20 September 2026
The authorities of Georgia denied the information about granting international protection to Tatarintsev.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia called the information about granting international protection to Russian deserter Vladislav Tatarintsev a complete lie.
UAV. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.
04:35, 20 September 2026
Five private houses were damaged in a drone attack in Kuban.
Drone debris damaged the glazing, roof, and cladding of five private houses in the Slavyansky district.
03:36, 20 September 2026
Activists reported a scheme of election fraud in Lazarevskoye.
The elections for the State Duma deputies in the Lazarevskoye stanitsa are accompanied by abnormal discrepancies in turnout data and the active use of remote voting, local public figures reported.
02:37, 20 September 2026
The flood prevented residents of Khosta from participating in the voting.
Residents of the Khostinsky district of Sochi complained that due to the flow of water rushing down from Mount Bythha, they were unable to reach the polling station and vote in the elections.
01:37, 20 September 2026
"Yabloko" reported obstacles to the work of observers in Stavropol.
Observers at polling station No. 109 in the Stavropol region were prohibited from moving around the premises, and from their designated spot, part of the ballot boxes and booths are not visible, reported the "Yabloko" party.
00:38, 20 September 2026
Kambolov is elected president of South Ossetia.
The Central Election Commission of South Ossetia has summarized the final results of the presidential elections in the republic. 84.95% of voters cast their votes for Marat Kambolov, who is recognized as the elected president.
Polling station. Photo: press service of the election commission of Kuban, https://vk.ru/wall-154091417_2171
23:39, 19 September 2026
The observer reported a violation at the polling station in Krasnodar.
Observer Ekaterina Burdyukova called the police to polling station No. 2014 in Krasnodar after discovering a tenfold discrepancy between the number of records of early voters in the logs and the data submitted to the election commission.
Mourning march in Yerevan. Frame from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezc0ldEUaR4
22:42, 19 September 2026
Participants of the action in Yerevan demanded that the UN ensure the return of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Participants of the mourning "March of Memory" held in Yerevan sent a petition to the UN office calling for condemnation of the Azerbaijani authorities' policies and for measures to ensure the safe return of residents who left Nagorno-Karabakh after the hostilities in September 2023.
News
Makhachkala. Frame from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CESVUij95j8 The authorities' report on road works caused skepticism among the residents of Makhachkala.

Polling station in Dagestan. Photo: press service of the election commission of the republic, https://vk.ru/wall-206427809_1815 Makhachkala voters expressed doubt about the significance of their participation in the voting.

Power lines. A still from a video on the YouTube channel Energon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSpaL_0alGU The increase in the electricity tariff has caused dissatisfaction among the residents of Dagestan.

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.