A drone was shot down over a children's camp in the Rostov region. May 17, 2026 14:01 Debris from the downed drone damaged the roof of a building housing people at a children's health complex, the governor of the Rostov region reported.
The suicide of a man arrested for damaging an election poster has raised questions about Armenian security forces. May 17, 2026 13:04 The defacing of an election poster should have been treated as an administrative offense, and the criminal prosecution and detention of Armenian resident Armen Hovhannisyan were illegal, human rights activists and a lawyer stated after the detainee committed suicide.
A temporary river crossing has been established in the village of Gerpegezh. May 17, 2026 11:59 Workers installed a temporary bridge for residents of a village in Kabardino-Balkaria who were left without transportation after a section of road collapsed.
Cable cars on Elbrus have resumed operation. May 17, 2026 11:00 Cable cars at a ski resort in Kabardino-Balkaria resumed operation today after being shut down for two days for unscheduled maintenance.
A university building in Azov was damaged after a drone attack. May 17, 2026 09:59 The military shot down drones in Azov and three districts of the Rostov region. The attack damaged a building belonging to a technical university branch.
The first group of Azerbaijani pilgrims set off for the Hajj. May 17, 2026 08:57 The first group of 180 pilgrims departed Baku for Saudi Arabia today. The number of those wishing to perform the Hajj exceeded Azerbaijan's allocated quota, despite the increased cost of the trip.
Access to a Dagestani village has been restored. May 17, 2026 07:59 Workers cleared the road to the village of Fite in the Agulsky district, which was blocked after a landslide.
More than 40 Azerbaijani families have returned to villages in the Khojaly region. May 17, 2026 07:01 One hundred and seventy-nine members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict have returned to six villages in the Khojaly district. They were given keys to their homes.
A contract soldier from Kotovo was killed in a military operation. May 17, 2026 05:59 Nineteen-year-old Konstantin Kharakhorkin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,783 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
A Muscovite was detained in the Rostov region for attempting to join a terrorist organization. May 17, 2026 04:56 In the Rostov region, security forces detained a Moscow resident who was planning to cross the border into Ukraine and join a terrorist organization there.
Two families returned to the Agdere region May 17, 2026 03:56 Two families of internally displaced persons returned to the village of Ashagy Oratag and were given keys to their private homes.
Accomplices of Safarbiy Napso convicted in Sochi May 17, 2026 02:56 A Sochi court sentenced former employees of the Dagomys Road Repair and Construction Department, accomplices of the former director of Safarbiya Napso, to prison terms ranging from two to six and a half years. They were found guilty of fraud and abuse of power.
An Armenian man committed suicide after being arrested for damaging an election poster. May 17, 2026 01:57 Armen Hovhannisyan was detained for tearing down an election poster and then sent to Nubarashen Psychiatric Hospital, where he committed suicide.
Drones were shot down over Kuban and Rostov Oblast. May 17, 2026 00:58 According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, drones were shot down over ten regions of the country, including Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast.
Chechnya reportedly expelled a participant in the beating of women from the Akhmat club. May 16, 2026 23:59 MMA fighter Jihad Yunusov, who assaulted two female neighbors over a domestic dispute, has been expelled from the Akhmat club. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the investigation. The Chechen authorities have responded much more harshly to incidents of insulting women from Kadyrov's families and those close to him, the blogger noted.
Participants in a march in Tbilisi called for the release of Paata Burchuladze. May 16, 2026 23:05 On the 535th day of daily protests, marchers in Tbilisi demanded the release of convicted protesters, including opera singer Paata Burchuladze.
Ten Strong Armenia supporters have been detained in connection with obstructing the ruling party's campaign. May 16, 2026 22:13 Strong Armenia supporters at a Civil Contract election rally began chanting Samvel Karapetyan's name. They were detained on suspicion of obstructing election campaigning.
442 residents of a village in Kabardino-Balkaria are trapped due to the destruction of a bridge. May 16, 2026 21:21 A temporary bridge washed out in the village of Gerpegezh in Kabardino-Balkaria, leaving 100 homes without transportation. Authorities attributed the bridge's destruction to precipitation.
Three soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in the SVO zone. May 16, 2026 20:20 Akhmed Teuvazhukov, Ruslan Nagoyev, and Islam Sizhazhev were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 395 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.
A change in wind speed allowed Anapa to avoid a second major beach pollution incident. May 16, 2026 19:24 The oil spill discovered in the Black Sea on April 11 was presumably the result of a drone attack on a tanker. It skirted the coastline near Anapa and only slightly affected the Russian coast.