Karachay-Cherkessia

September 03, 2026 21:51

• A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia has been arrested in absentia on charges of participating in ISIS*.

  The Ust-Djegutinsky District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia has arrested a resident of the region in absentia for two months. She is accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization in Syria.

September 03, 2026 01:57

• The law on the state of emergency has become a formal cover for the extermination of dogs in Karachay-Cherkessia.

  The removal of the bodies of euthanized dogs beyond Karachay-Cherkessia is an attempt to conceal mass killings of animals, animal rights activists believe. The introduction of a state of emergency effectively created a legal mechanism to bypass federal norms in the republic and formally legalized the killing of animals, activists and lawyers pointed out.

September 01, 2026 13:46

• The new school year has begun in southern Russia amid a shortage of places in schools.

  More than two million schoolchildren sat down at their desks on September 1 in schools in the southern regions of Russia, where the problem of a shortage of places and a second shift persists. Local officials used this date to report on the opening of new schools. In North Ossetia, the start of the school year has been postponed due to events commemorating the victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan.

August 31, 2026 23:31

• The court decided to consider Rauf Arashukov's claims against the "Black Dolphin" colony.

  The Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg Region has scheduled a hearing for October 1, 2026, regarding the administrative claims of former senator Rauf Arashukov, who is serving a life sentence in the "Black Dolphin" colony. Arashukov is contesting his placement in the punishment isolation cell.

August 31, 2026 21:00

• Temrezov's rivals in the elections are named formal candidates.

  Alexander Chayka and Krym Shkhakhov are not real competitors to the current head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov, believe journalists and political scientists interviewed by "Caucasian Knot." The absence of alternative power centers and the resolution of claims against Senator Akhmat Salpagarov allow the current power configuration in the republic to be maintained, they noted.

August 29, 2026 11:47

• The authorities have recognized at least 9650 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

  At least 4798 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4852 military personnel from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.

August 29, 2026 04:59

• A climber from Karachay-Cherkessia complained about the conditions of detention in the pre-trial detention center.

  Mikhail Semenov, arrested under the pretext of failing to report to the settlement colony, has repeatedly complained unsuccessfully about the conditions of his detention first in the pre-trial detention center in Cherkessk and then in the pre-trial detention center in the Moscow region, his wife reported.

August 27, 2026 23:58

• Putin named candidates for the position of head of Karachay-Cherkessia

  In addition to the current head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov, parliamentary deputies Alexander Chayka and Krym Shkhakhov are also vying for the position of head of the republic. The head of the republic will be elected by the parliamentary deputies on September 20.

August 26, 2026 18:33

• A fighter from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in the special military operation zone.

  Vladimir Zgonnikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 204 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

August 20, 2026 18:27

• The project "Caucasus Without a Mother" reported the restoration of the page on social media.

  The human rights project "Caucasus Without a Mother" reported the restoration of a blocked page on Instagram*, emphasizing that there was a targeted attack on the account.

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