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Residents of Kotovo are once again experiencing water and heating outages, and local residents believe the authorities are failing to address the problem of the deteriorating water supply system. A lawyer advised residents to contact Rospotrebnadzor and the prosecutor's office.

In Sochi, the interrogation of Alla Soboleva, a shareholder accused of extorting an apartment from a developer, has concluded. The court refused to accept an expert analysis of conversations between Soboleva and the developer's assistant, which stated that there were no signs of threats, extortion, or blackmail on the part of the shareholder.

The sentences handed down by the Baku court to the military-political leadership of Karabakh are fair, according to the majority of Azerbaijani commentators on the "Caucasian Knot" social media page. Some are convinced that the transfer of the convicted to the Armenian side is impossible, while others outlined the conditions under which Baku might agree to release the convicts.

One of Georgia's key propaganda television channels, Imedi, has been sold for $370. The new owner is government ally Ilia Mikelaishvili, who has already stated that the existing editorial policy will be upheld.

Jeep tour operators in Chechnya don't plan routes through forests, but private ATV and motorcycle rides in forested areas do cause significant damage to the soil and the environment, according to tourism industry representatives. They called the government's ban on driving in forests appropriate.

Air defense forces are repelling a drone attack in the Volgograd region. A roof was damaged in a building in Volzhsky, a drone crashed on the grounds of a kindergarten, and a fire broke out at a factory in Volgograd.

During the week of February 2–8, 2026, no casualties were recorded in armed or terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" investigation, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Mirzabeg Murtazaliev, a system administrator from the village of Botlikh, faces up to eight years in prison for confidential cooperation with foreigners. Murtazaliev's case has been submitted to the Supreme Court of Dagestan.

Punishment for the security forces responsible for the beating of Makhachkala lawyer Zaur Kaituev is possible. However, in practice, public cases of pressure on lawyers in Dagestan have never reached court, and law enforcement and regulatory agencies actively cover up the crimes committed by their employees.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced local resident Irina Gladchenko to a suspended sentence, recognizing her as a member of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'"*.

Participants of the daily meeting on Rustaveli Avenue held a mass picket outside the parliament on the 440th day of continuous protests, holding posters dedicated to the demonstrators arrested for protesting on the sidewalk.

Ramzan Kadyrov posted a short video of a "late dinner," showing off his third son, Adam, for the first time in more than three weeks. He was allegedly involved in a car accident in mid-January.

Alexey Agoshkov from the Oktyabrsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, officials have officially acknowledged at least 212 fighters from Kalmykia killed there.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Uzbek citizen Zhavokhir Utkirov to 20 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack on the Stavropol Krai government building.

The Tbilisi City Court has accepted for consideration the so-called sabotage case brought against Mikheil Saakashvili, Nika Melia, Nika Gvaramia, Zurab Japaridze, Giorgi Vashadze, Badri Japaridze, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Elene Khoshtaria. Three of the defendants face up to 15 years in prison.

A court in Kabardino-Balkaria will hear the case of a 24-year-old resident of the Zolsky district, charged with rehabilitating Nazism due to comments he made on social media.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Kuban resident Dmitry Khasyanov, finding him guilty of justifying terrorism and involvement in a terrorist organization.

Yevgeny Petrov and Roman Lyashenko were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,678 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Ramzan Kadyrov's eldest son, who became Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya in January, has been appointed to oversee the republic's education sector. Akhmat Kadyrov himself has not yet completed higher education.

A Baku court has declared the trial of former Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who is accused of war crimes, complete.