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February 09, 2026 19:57

• Human rights activists have recognized Kalmyk activist Baltykov as a political prisoner

  The criminal prosecution of Eduard Baltykov from Kalmykia is part of a security forces campaign against indigenous activists, according to the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial"*.

February 09, 2026 15:53

• A representative of the Russian Orthodox Church called Alaudinov's ideas heretical

  Priest Sergiy Fufayev stated that the ideas in the book by the head of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, lead to heresy.

February 09, 2026 14:55

• The former chairperson of the Rostov court received a 10-year prison sentence

  Elena Kobleva received a ten-year prison sentence for fraudulently returning boats and seine nets in exchange for overturning a magistrate's court ruling. Two other defendants in her case—the bribe-giver and the middleman—received ten-year and six-year prison sentences.

February 09, 2026 11:57

• The number of people pardoned in Azerbaijan has exceeded 15,000

  Over the past month and a half, 15,119 people have benefited from the large-scale amnesty announced by the Azerbaijani president, the Ministry of Justice reported.

February 09, 2026 09:59

• Alexander Lapshin complained about a series of detentions by Armenian security forces

  Blogger Alexander Lapshin claimed that Armenian security forces regularly detain him at the border because he is wanted in Belarus. An Armenian court dismissed Lapshin's lawsuit seeking an end to the detentions. 

December 19, 2025 01:00

• A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone

  Shakir Chubanov from the Magaramkent district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, officials have publicly named at least 1,727 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

December 19, 2025 00:03

• A teacher shortage in Chechnya has raised questions about the quality of education

  Chechen schools are short of primary school teachers and Chechen language teachers, and rural areas also face problems with subject teachers. School vacancies number in the hundreds. Parents are concerned about the quality of education their students are receiving.

December 18, 2025 23:12

• Security forces helped the former head of Khubar take over the office of the village head

  Citing a court ruling, security forces removed the seals from the office of the head of the village of Khubar and installed the former head, Kamilpasha Khaibulaev, whose term expired on December 3, in it. The newly elected head of the village, Rashid Isakov, considered their actions illegal; he, the deputies, and the villagers intend to complain to the Dagestani authorities.

December 18, 2025 22:13

• Protesters in Georgia called police demands absurd

  Protesters in Tbilisi decided not to hold a march today, instead gathering outside the Georgian Parliament. The security forces' demands to leave the sidewalk outside the building following the entry into force of amendments to the Law on Assemblies and Manifestations are absurd, protesters said. Protesters in Batumi also expressed their protest against the new law.

December 18, 2025 21:15

• Alaudinov threatened Wasserman and his assistant for a parliamentary inquiry

  State Duma Deputy Anatoly Wasserman called on Apti Alaudinov to "order him to stop the farce" surrounding his name, presumably referring to the conflicts involving Z-bloggers. The head of the Akhmat special forces responded by questioning Wasserman's right to question him, as he previously held Ukrainian citizenship, and threatened to prosecute his assistant.

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