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Human rights activists have demanded that the Georgian Prosecutor's Office open an investigation into the forced removal of Aliya Ozdamirova from Georgia to Russia and her subsequent death in Chechnya. The agency has launched an investigation.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor's statement regarding Anapa's beaches has put an end to the 2026 season, some bloggers believe. First, they need to ensure there are no spills from sunken tankers; others argue that hotelier profits are less important than public health.

Former Nagorno-Karabakh presidents Arayik Harutyunyan and Bako Sahakyan, Foreign Minister David Babayan, former Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan and his deputy David Manukyan, and former parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan were sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court in Baku.

The investigation found no evidence linking Aina Mankieva to the theft previously reported by her family, and the case against her was dropped. Investigators in this case resolved the matter, unlike a similar situation involving Seda Suleimanova.

The Krasnodar Department of Internal Policy invited residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict who oppose the embankment development to attend a rally 10 kilometers from the planned church site.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, having separately reviewed the cassation appeals of trade union activist Afiyaddin Mammadov and human rights defender Ilhamiz Guliyev, dismissed them. The defense will seek to have the convictions of these activists declared unlawful in the European Court of Human Rights.

The former head of the Kuban Road Workers' Union, Daria Chubachuk, and entrepreneurs Igor Serdyuk and Yevgeny Nikogda were also sent to pretrial detention.

Rostov-on-Don resident Gennady Novitsky, convicted of confidential cooperation with foreigners, fell victim to a provocation by security forces.

A Sukhum resident picked up a 13-year-old schoolgirl from school in the village of Jgarda and brought her home, telling the girl's relatives he intended to marry her. The girl was returned to her father with the assistance of law enforcement.

The Rostov region was attacked by drones; a man was injured in Bataysk when debris from a drone fell.

The Southern District Military Court will hear the case of a 40-year-old resident of Rostov-on-Don accused of involvement in a terrorist organization and treason.

Ingush native Magomed-Amin Gatagazhev, who faces extradition to Russia from Croatia, required medical attention after his hunger strike. Gatagazhev's fellow countrymen ended their protest at his request.

Kizlyar authorities presented awards to the families of six soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,801 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

During the week of January 26 to February 1, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Georgian authorities ignored the position of authoritative international organizations regarding the case of Russian politician Mikhail Timofeev, refusing to consider his prosecution politically motivated. Timofeev was arrested in Georgia based on a revoked Interpol request.

Zaur Kaituev, a lawyer with the Makhachkala Bar Association who was beaten outside a law enforcement agency building in June 2025, complained to Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, about the delays in the investigation and the significant pressure being placed on him and his family.

A court has remanded in custody for two months a man suspected of murdering a mother of four in Dagestan. According to sources, he previously served as imam of the Tarumovskaya mosque and had a reputation as a righteous man.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration protested outside the parliament building in Tbilisi for the 434th day in a row. In addition to demanding new elections and the release of political prisoners, they also demanded the repeal of the education reform.

The Belorechensky District Court sentenced Ksenia Belova, a native of the Chelyabinsk region, to one year and six months in prison for financing the activities of an organization banned in Russia.

The President of Abkhazia called Ibragim Yaganov's* suggestion that the Russian helicopter carrying civilians shot down over the village of Lata could have been a military target blasphemous. The prosecutor's office reported on its investigation.