Movlaev's lawyers faced a ban on pickets in his support. February 12, 2026 17:45 Kazakh lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev twice filed notices to hold solo pickets against his extradition, but were denied.
An Azerbaijani activist has denied accusations of illegally receiving grants. February 12, 2026 16:57 The trial of Mehriban Rahimli, accused of illegally receiving grants, has begun in Baku. She denied the charges, stating that she had been receiving a salary from a foreign NGO for 17 years, paid in accordance with Azerbaijani law.
The government has allocated 5.8 billion rubles to clean up sunken tankers near Anapa. February 12, 2026 15:57 The head of the Russian government allocated up to 5.8 billion rubles from the reserve fund to Rosmorrechflot for work at sites where fuel oil tankers sank.
Karimli and Mehdiyev are accused of attempting a coup in Azerbaijan. February 12, 2026 14:57 Azerbaijan's State Security Service announced the uncovering of a plot against the country's authorities involving former high-ranking officials and members of the Azerbaijani opposition. Among those named in the case are former head of the presidential administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli.
The temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been torn down for the eleventh time. February 12, 2026 13:57 The eleventh temporary plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, installed last night on her home, has disappeared. A stenciled inscription, duplicating the text on the original plaque, remains on the wall of the building where the journalist lived and was murdered.
Residents of Makhachkala complained of constant power outages. February 12, 2026 12:57 Power outages in the Reduktorny settlement in Makhachkala are frequent and last for long periods. Residents say appeals to local officials regarding this issue have been fruitless.
A Rostov Region resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist attack on a railway. February 12, 2026 11:55 Nikolai Golubov was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
A jury found the head of the Azerbaijani community in the Urals guilty of murder. February 12, 2026 10:57 The jury found representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora, including its former head Shahin Shykhlinski, guilty of murder and attempted murder.
A combatant from North Ossetia died in the combat zone. February 12, 2026 09:59 Aslan Dzhioyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 542 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.
A drone attack was recorded in three districts of the Rostov region. February 12, 2026 09:01 Drones attacked the Millerovsky, Sholokhovsky and Tarasovsky districts.
A court in Kuban refused to take equity holder Soboleva into custody. February 12, 2026 08:02 The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the house arrest of Alla Soboleva, who is accused of extorting an apartment from a developer.
Authorities in the Volgograd region have announced an evacuation in the village of Kotluban. February 12, 2026 07:05 Authorities in the Volgograd region have announced an evacuation in the village of Kotluban.
Human rights activists have claimed that Russian authorities are concealing Baimuradova's alleged killers. February 12, 2026 06:04 The Chisinau Convention, to which both Russia and Armenia are parties, obliges states to assist each other in criminal investigations, but Yerevan's request regarding the case of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was ignored.
The contents of Ruben Vardanyan's final statement at the Baku Military Court have been published. February 12, 2026 05:05 At the final stage of his trial in the Baku Military Court, former Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan instructed his lawyer not to speak and delivered the closing speech himself, quoting classic Azerbaijani poetry.
Two residents of Buynaksk have been accused of promoting extremist symbols. February 12, 2026 04:07 The Buinaksk City Court will hear the cases of Magomedtagir Kambulatov and Kurban Arabkhanov, who are charged with repeatedly publicly displaying Nazi symbols.
Eleven soldiers from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine. February 12, 2026 03:08 Petr Galushka, David Avtushenko, Rodion Dubolazov, and eight other fellow countrymen from Novoshakhtinsk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 855 soldiers killed there.
The organizer of the ferry from Trabzon to Sochi is accused of multimillion-dollar fraud. February 12, 2026 02:09 The CEO of SVS Shipping, the company that organized the Seabridge ferry service from Trabzon, Turkey, to Sochi in late 2025, is in custody on charges of siphoning off funds.
A banner about vandals of memorial plaques has been reinstalled on Anna Politkovskaya's house. February 12, 2026 00:59 For the eleventh time, activists have installed a plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house in Moscow, commemorating the deliberate destruction of the murdered journalist's memorial plaque.
A Kazakh citizen spent more than two months under arrest in Dagestan. February 12, 2026 00:56 An LGBT* person from Kazakhstan was detained in Dagestan following a denunciation, held in pretrial detention for over two and a half months, and then deported. He was unable to appeal the decision. He believes police in Makhachkala are using informants to identify and persecute LGBT* people.
Speculation about the condition of Kadyrov's son after the accident was the result of the silence of the Chechen authorities. February 12, 2026 00:42 Social media users found a video of Adam Kadyrov, which appeared on the Chechen leader's account almost a month after reports of the accident, odd. Speculation about the health of the Chechen leader's third son arose amid prolonged government silence, despite residents of the republic expressing indifference to the health of the regional leader's son.