More than a dozen supporters of the Strong Armenia party were detained. April 16, 2026 18:46 More than a dozen supporters of the Strong Armenia party have been detained on charges of giving and receiving election bribes.
The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov. April 16, 2026 18:01 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.
A meteorologist from the Sulak station was evacuated on the second attempt. April 16, 2026 17:15 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.
Sochi residents are seeking to have the landfill closed. April 16, 2026 16:15 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.
178 people were evacuated due to landslides in a mountainous region of Dagestan. April 16, 2026 15:14 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.
Residents of Tuapse reported a nighttime attack on the city. April 16, 2026 14:15 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.
The editor-in-chief of Sapa did not admit guilt in bribery. April 16, 2026 13:15 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.
A fighter from the Rostov region was killed in a military operation. April 16, 2026 12:15 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.
Villagers in the mountains of Dagestan are counting the damage from the bad weather. April 16, 2026 06:22 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.
Residents of a village in Makhachkala have accused officials of inaction. April 16, 2026 05:22 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.
The sentence in the case of the deaths at a pumping station in Volgograd has been increased. April 16, 2026 04:23 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.
A resident of Adygea was convicted of financing extremists. April 16, 2026 03:24 A court in Adygea sentenced a local resident to a fine after investigators found him making money transfers to an extremist organization.
The regional state of emergency has been extended to the mountainous regions of Dagestan. April 16, 2026 02:26 In addition to the federal emergency regime in effect in Dagestan, Sergei Melikov declared a regional emergency regime due to severe weather in several areas of the republic, including mountainous ones.
Some prisoners in the Taganrog pretrial detention center have ended their hunger strike. April 16, 2026 01:29 In the Taganrog pretrial detention center, checks were conducted after the Muslim prisoners began their dry hunger strike, and their situation improved somewhat. Some prisoners are still refusing food, but intend to gradually end their hunger strike.
Russian analysts assessed the potential of the Trans-Caspian Corridor amid the war in Iran. April 16, 2026 00:30 Given economic factors, the Trans-Caspian Corridor is not capable of replacing the sea routes through the Straits of Hormuz or Bab el-Mandeb. However, against the backdrop of the war in Iran, its importance as an alternative route to Europe has temporarily increased, according to Russian analysts.
Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 504 consecutive days. April 15, 2026 23:31 On the 504th day of uninterrupted protests, protesters at the Georgian Parliament once again took to Rustaveli Avenue with banners and flags. The activists declared they would not pay the administrative fines, despite the freezing of their bank accounts.
Anton Chechin's detention regime has been tightened April 15, 2026 22:31 Russian citizen Anton Chechin, a participant in pro-European protests convicted in Georgia, has been transferred to a closed prison. Chechin and another convicted Russian, Artem Gribul, were fined for card playing.
The lack of a crossing over the Don River has worried residents of a village in the Volgograd region. April 15, 2026 22:02 The ferry crossing across the Don River near the village of Novogrigoryevskaya has been out of service for four days. The "state" ferry is undergoing repairs, while the "private" ferry has been closed by regulatory authorities. A district council member has reassured local residents that the private ferry will resume service on April 16, and the "state" ferry on June 1.
Food and fuel were delivered to the snow-blocked village of Bezhta in Dagestan. April 15, 2026 21:31 An EMERCOM Mi-8 helicopter delivered aid to the cut-off village of Bezhta in the Tsuntinsky District of Dagestan. The same aircraft was unable to evacuate a meteorologist from the Sulak-Vysokogornaya weather station.
Volunteers reported cleaning up oil spills on Anapa's central beach. April 15, 2026 20:42 A joint cleanup effort at Anapa's central beach was carried out by rescuers and volunteers. The volunteers reported that the oil spill was quickly removed. The number of birds contaminated with oil in recent days has exceeded 400.