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00:44, 17 April 2026

Compensation amounts for housing losses due to flooding in Dagestan have been announced.

Payments to people who lost their homes as a result of the flood in Dagestan will depend on family composition and the standard total area.

23:45, 16 April 2026

A protest outside the Georgian Ministry of Education preceded a rally on Rustaveli Avenue.

Participants in protests outside the Ministry of Education and the Parliament of Georgia on the 505th day of daily protests demanded fair elections and the release of political prisoners.

22:47, 16 April 2026

Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.

Alexander Momot and Alexander Taygunov from the Kamyshinsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,758 service members from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Alina Dzhikaeva in the courtroom. Photo: Moscow Courts of General Jurisdiction / Telegram

21:53, 16 April 2026

Sapa editor-in-chief Alina Dzhikaeva has been arrested for two months.

A Moscow court has remanded Sapa Media editor-in-chief Alina Dzhikaeva, accused of bribery, to pretrial detention.

20:59, 16 April 2026

A police officer from Novorossiysk was sentenced to a long prison term for treason.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced a 63-year-old resident of Novorossiysk to 13 years in prison for treason. According to investigators and the court, the ship's cook, wanting to move to the United States, informed her supervisors about the location of ships.

20:49, 16 April 2026

The brother of the head of the Dagestan Ministry of Health has been arrested in connection with an embezzlement case.

Former Dagestan People's Assembly deputy Kirill Glazov has been arrested in connection with the embezzlement of 137 million rubles during the purchase of rapid coronavirus tests.

20:11, 16 April 2026

The court sent a Stavropol resident who reported torture to a penal colony.

The Predgorny District Court of Stavropol Krai sentenced Eldar Kulbyakov, who accused security forces of torturing him with electric shocks, to four years in prison after finding him guilty of theft.

19:40, 16 April 2026

Over 650 birds covered in oil products were delivered to volunteers in Anapa.

Over the past week, more than 650 birds contaminated with oil products have been delivered from the beaches of Anapa to the rehabilitation center on Zhemchuzhnaya Street.

18:46, 16 April 2026

More than a dozen supporters of the Strong Armenia party were detained.

More than a dozen supporters of the Strong Armenia party have been detained on charges of giving and receiving election bribes.

18:01, 16 April 2026

The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

Moscow's Nikulinsky Court has seized the Khasavyurt power grid complex, illegally acquired by Magomed Kaitov, former head of the Interregional Grid Company of the North Caucasus, and turned it over to the state.

17:15, 16 April 2026

A meteorologist from the Sulak station was evacuated on the second attempt.

The helicopter was able to pick up a weather forecaster from the Sulak Vysokogornaya weather station; the station worker's health is not in danger.

A landfill on Novoselov Street in Sochi. Photo by a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

16:15, 16 April 2026

Sochi residents are seeking to have the landfill closed.

A container site beneath the windows of buildings on Novoselov Street in Sochi has effectively become an illegal dumpsite, infested with rats and rank with odors that prevent apartment windows from being opened. However, appeals to the authorities, including the presidential administration, have been fruitless.

15:14, 16 April 2026

178 people were evacuated due to landslides in a mountainous region of Dagestan.

A landslide in the Dakhadayevsky District continues to move, destroying 17 homes and damaging 87 more. 178 residents have been evacuated and are being housed with relatives. Roads and a water main were also damaged.

14:15, 16 April 2026

Residents of Tuapse reported a nighttime attack on the city.

The massive attack on Tuapse continued throughout the night, terrifying the city's residents. The smell of burning lingers in Tuapse this morning, but Rospotrebnadzor reported no air pollution.

13:15, 16 April 2026

The editor-in-chief of Sapa did not admit guilt in bribery.

Alina Dzhikaeva, charged with bribing a police officer, pleaded not guilty. The officer, a duty officer at the Makhachkala Department of Internal Affairs, admitted to abuse of power and accepting a bribe.

12:15, 16 April 2026

A fighter from the Rostov region was killed in a military operation.

Denis Orlov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 884 soldiers from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.

06:22, 16 April 2026

Villagers in the mountains of Dagestan are counting the damage from the bad weather.

In the high-mountain village of Khosrekh, blockaded by snow, dozens of homes were damaged and numerous livestock were lost. Landslides threaten transportation in the Kulinsky District of Dagestan.

05:22, 16 April 2026

Residents of a village in Makhachkala have accused officials of inaction.

Officials took no action to clear the flooded streets in the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala, and the prolonged power and water outages forced some residents to leave their apartments.

04:23, 16 April 2026

The sentence in the case of the deaths at a pumping station in Volgograd has been increased.

The Volgograd Regional Court has increased the sentence for Dmitry Lebedev, former chief engineer of Water Supply Concessions, sentencing him to five years in a penal colony.

03:24, 16 April 2026

A resident of Adygea was convicted of financing extremists.

A court in Adygea sentenced a local resident to a fine after investigators found him making money transfers to an extremist organization.

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