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The Supreme Court upheld the decision to transfer the case of former Sochi Mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky and his wife, who are accused of corruption, to a Moscow court.

Today, members of 30 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.

Ivan Glushchenko from the Kamyzyak district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 711 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

The Court of Appeal rejected the appeal by the CEO of SVS Shipping, which organized the Seabridge ferry voyage from Trabzon to Sochi late last year, to extend his detention.

Seven UAVs, which were discovered after a massive attack on the Volgograd region, were destroyed by bomb disposal experts; their total mass in TNT equivalent was approximately 200 kg.

The case of former Finance Minister of the Rostov Region, Lilia Fedotova, will be heard by the Kirovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Krasnodar Territory estimated the damage to wildlife following the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait at 34.22 billion rubles.

Shikhamat Magomedov from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Over the past four years, authorities have publicly named at least 1,826 Dagestani servicemen killed in Ukraine.

During the week of February 16–22, 2026, armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia resulted in four casualties—two killed and two wounded. These are the results of a "Caucasian Knot" tally based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

A group of convicted activists and journalists held in Baku's Penitentiary No. 2 in Azerbaijan have called on the European Commission to take concrete steps to implement European Parliament resolutions demanding the release of Azerbaijani political prisoners.

Gultekin Hajibeyli, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan's coordinating center, was released after a search of her apartment and questioning by the State Security Service.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration held a solidarity march with Ukraine on the 454th day of uninterrupted protests. The rally began at the Ukrainian Embassy and ended at the traditional protest site near the parliament building.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Anastasia Donova to 18 years in prison, finding her guilty of plotting a terrorist attack against Russian military personnel and a Luhansk official.

Magomed-Basir Albogachiyev from the Nazran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 181 Ingush soldiers have been officially recognized as killed.

Russian Denis Kulanin, sentenced to two years in prison after participating in protests in Tbilisi, complained about the conditions in the punishment cell and went on a hunger strike in protest.

The Fifth Cassation Court overturned the appellate decision of the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia, which upheld the 20-year sentence of Alexey Safonov, former head of the Stavropol Krai traffic police department. The case was remanded for a new appellate hearing.

The UK government announced sanctions against pro-government Georgian television channels Imedi and PosTV, labeling them as disseminators of Russian disinformation.

Akhmed Alikhanov and Karimudin Ulubiyev from the Kazbekovsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,825 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

The extradition of Chechen native Mansur Movlayev to Russian authorities has been suspended pending the final review of his asylum application. The UN representative in Kazakhstan attended the court hearing.

Security forces searched the apartment of Gultekin Hajibeyli, a representative of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan, and took her to the State Security Service for questioning.