News

The opening of a EuroNews office in Baku, amid the persecution of independent media and journalists in Azerbaijan and the exclusion of foreign media, demonstrates the channel's pro-government policy.

The Tbilisi City Court found former Georgian Defense and Internal Affairs Minister Irakli Okruashvili guilty of the murder of Buta Robakidze by law enforcement officers and sentenced him to 5 years and 3 months in prison.

Following a drone attack in Kuban, homes and two stores in the village of Ilsky were damaged. Authorities reported no casualties.

The Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit against Dagestani parliament member Murtuzali Murtuzaliev, his common-law wife, and her family for the seizure of property worth 850 million rubles.

Dmitry Bobrov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 790 soldiers from the Krasnodar region have been officially recognized as killed.

Former Azerbaijani political prisoner Saleh Rustamov was prevented from leaving Azerbaijan. The reasons for the ban were not explained to him.

Commenters on Instagram* supported Murtazali Gasanguseinov, who, at a solo picket in Makhachkala, demanded that the security forces who killed his sons be found and punished.

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, suspected of treason and plotting sabotage in the republic, has been detained.

Security forces in the Krasnodar region have detained a priest suspected of recruiting parishioners and members of Cossack communities into a terrorist organization.

Alexey Chernykhovsky and Andrey Dubensky were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,505 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

In the village of Ilsky, a drone attack damaged the roof, ceiling, and windows of a private home. According to the Ministry of Defense, 14 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Territory overnight.

The defense stated that the existence of a previous conviction, which has not yet been overturned despite the ECHR ruling, was cited as an aggravating circumstance in the case of Azerbaijani human rights activist Anar Mammadli.

Parents of schoolchildren at a Baku special school have complained that state benefits for children with disabilities have not been paid for five months. The city's education department reported on the investigation.

The Kamensky District of the Rostov Region was hit by drone strikes. According to the governor, there are no injuries.

Thirty-six former internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict have returned to Seyidbeyli. They were given keys to their apartments.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced seven defendants to prison terms ranging from 6 to 17 years in a case involving the embezzlement of 170 million rubles from a state microfinance fund for small and medium-sized businesses.

The trial of Eldar Kulbyakov, who accused security forces of torturing him with electric shocks, continues in Pyatigorsk. According to Kulbyakov's father, who is accused of theft, the trial is being artificially delayed, and the prosecution is behaving in an abusive manner.

A criminal case has been opened against a schoolgirl from the Krasnodar Territory who posted calls for terrorist activity on a messenger app.

The defense team for three employees and one patient of a rehabilitation center in Pyatigorsk, convicted of torture, is appealing the verdict, demanding a lenient sentence for the defendants. The convicted rehab patient, even under threat of punishment, tried to help Artem Khomenko, who died after being tortured, the lawyer claims.

Activists in Tbilisi dedicated the 356th day of continuous protest to US-Georgian friendship, unfurling US flags in support of the MEGOBARI Act at an evening march.