Dzhumaev released from prison July 17, 2025 13:44 A native of Chechnya, Said-Muhammad Djumaev, served his full sentence in a case involving an attack on a security officer and was released from a penal colony in the Tambov region.
Krasnodar resident fined for comment on arson of military registration and enlistment office July 17, 2025 12:44 A military court found Krasnodar resident Viktor Morozov guilty of justifying terrorism for his comment under a post about the verdict of a St. Petersburg resident in the case of an attempted arson of military registration and enlistment offices. Morozov was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.
Mother voiced details of the fight for the truth about the fate of Said Murtazaliev July 17, 2025 10:45 The mother of a schoolboy from Dagestan, who was forced to sign a contract to be sent to a war zone, received unofficial information about her son’s death.
Azerbaijani political scientist Gasimli denies accusations of extortion and threats July 17, 2025 09:48 An indictment was announced at the trial of political scientist Azer Gasimli. The political scientist stated that he himself was in fact the victim.
Azerbaijani MMA fighter Javid Rzayev stripped of Russian citizenship July 17, 2025 07:52 The deprivation of citizenship occurred after the Azerbaijani athlete made ethnically-based insults to his Russian opponent.
Russians arrested in Baku allowed to meet with relatives July 17, 2025 05:55 Relatives of Russian citizens arrested in Baku were able to see them in prison, and the Russian consul called their conditions of detention good.
90 Ukrainians are waiting to cross the border at Verkhniy Lars July 17, 2025 04:56 The number of Ukrainian citizens awaiting entry into Georgia after being expelled from Russia has grown to 90. Human rights activists have called for assistance.
Eight Azerbaijani nationals remain in custody in Yekaterinburg July 17, 2025 03:53 A court in Yekaterinburg has extended the arrest of eight people from Azerbaijan in connection with murders committed in 2001-2011.
Adler residents demanded that the animal abuser be found after the brutal killing of a dog July 17, 2025 02:54 The murder of the Alabai in the village of Nizhnyaya Shilovka was committed with particular sadism; such animal abusers can also pose a danger to people, local residents are sure. The police reported the initiation of a criminal case.
Zumrud Rizvanova announced the closure of her business in Dagestan after pressure from security forces July 17, 2025 01:56 The sister of Abubakar Rizvanov, convicted of financing terrorism, is closing the production and sale of cosmetics under the Halal Cosmetics brand in Dagestan. The company's employees will also leave the republic, Zumrud Rizvanova said.
The cases of Ponomarev* and Sasitlinsky have been submitted to the Supreme Court of Dagestan July 17, 2025 00:57 The Supreme Court of Dagestan will hear in absentia criminal cases against former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev* and Islamic preacher Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, who are accused of organizing riots at the Makhachkala airport.
A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the combat zone July 17, 2025 00:00 Petro Bilokryly was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,254 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.
Beauty salon owners ignore Chechen authorities' call for registration July 16, 2025 22:31 Only owners of shops selling hijabs responded to the call to register, but those to whom the appeal was addressed ignored it, said an aide to the head of Chechnya, setting a deadline for sending data on representatives of the modeling industry, women's clothing stores and beauty salons.
The rally at the Georgian Parliament was preceded by a rally at the City Hall July 16, 2025 21:32 On the 231st day of protests, pro-European activists blocked traffic at the Georgian parliament. This afternoon, activists gathered at the city hall, demanding the resignation of the mayor of Tbilisi in connection with the deaths of people when part of a dilapidated building collapsed.
Son of head of Yekaterinburg's Azerbaijani diaspora denies guilt in attack on security officer July 16, 2025 19:33 Lawyer Mutvala Shykhlinski, son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, was arrested in connection with the case of violence against a security officer. Shykhlinski stated that he did not see the security officer and unintentionally hit him.
Part of Nalchik left without electricity and water July 16, 2025 18:36 Due to heavy rain, electricity and water are partially cut off in Nalchik and surrounding villages. Telegram channels are publishing videos of the city's flooded streets.
Police named motives for attack on Timur Khizriev July 16, 2025 17:35 The conflict between MMA fighter Timur Khizriev and his attackers in Makhachkala is related to the athlete's late payment for a car. A criminal investigation has been launched under the article on intentional infliction of harm to health.
A fighter from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in a military operation July 16, 2025 16:37 Ansar Totorkunov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 144 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.
Armenia applied to join SCO July 16, 2025 15:39 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his application to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and his intention to join the EU.
Seven participants in the riots at Makhachkala airport received long sentences July 16, 2025 14:40 The Stavropol Regional Court sentenced seven residents of Dagestan to 14 to 15 years in a maximum security prison. Their defense promised to appeal the verdict. The total number of people convicted for the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport in 2023 reached 129.