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The Caspian Institute of Military Studies reported that 42 people died in non-combat situations, irreparable losses in Azerbaijan's security forces in the past year.

According to investigators, members of the Ingush Batalkhadzhin vird, detained in three regions of Russia, had been committing apartment fraud for a long time, kidnapping and murdering their owners.

Tuapse was hit by a drone strike today, damaging a gas pipeline in a residential area and a pier at the port.

The prosecutor's office successfully secured the dismissal of the chief physician of the Nazran District Hospital after he provided false information about his income.

The court sentenced the defendants in the case of torture of people from the North Caucasus Federal District and the South Caucasus at a tuberculosis hospital in Saratov. Former hospital director Gatsenko was sentenced to 21 years, former convict Ananyev, who worked as an orderly, received a life sentence, and the others received sentences ranging from 12 to 22 years.

The court remanded in custody until February 28, 2026, a man who was detained on suspicion of attempting a terrorist attack at a school in Adygea.

The pretrial detention of Tashir Group President Samvel Karapetyan has been changed to house arrest and bail. Supporters greeted him with applause in the courtyard of his building.

In Ingushetia, wages are being paid to education workers who complained about delays, said Bers Bankhaev, head of the Regional Control Center. Previously, Ingush school teachers complained to Kalimatov about salary delays ahead of the holidays.

The Krasnodar Regional Court found four residents of Kuban guilty of committing group acts of sabotage on the railway. They were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 13 to 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

In Baku, 106 people were detained during a police raid on the Labyrinth club, a gathering place for LGBT* people. According to eyewitnesses and those detained, police used violence, humiliated them, and threatened them.

The Kumtorkalinsky District Court of Dagestan has ordered pretrial detention for two residents of the republic suspected of grossly disturbing public order by resisting police officers.

A citizen of one of the Central Asian republics was detained in Adygea on suspicion of attempting to set fire to a New Year's tree at a school.

A Nalchik resident who was preparing to blow up a section of the gas distribution system was killed during an attempted arrest, security forces stated.

Activist Tamara Mearakishvili, arrested on espionage charges, has been hospitalized after going on a dry hunger strike.

The Kuban police department sent Fyodor Valko an official apology for the brutal beating he suffered at the hands of police officers. Human rights activists stated that the apology letter was sent only after a request from lawyers.

Opposition activist Lachin Veliev, after participating in the creation of the "Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners," was transferred to another prison colony, where he was beaten and insulted by security forces.

In Krasnodar today, two men were injured in a drone attack and were hospitalized. According to the military, four drones were shot down in Kuban.

The ban on vehicle traffic on the Transcaucasian Highway has been lifted after the roadway was cleared.

Members of the Ingush Batalkhadzhin vird have been detained in Moscow, Ingushetia, and Chechnya. A large quantity of ammunition was seized from them, the FSB announced.

The court has chosen a preventive measure for a Kuban resident suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in Stavropol.