Volunteers reported fuel oil deposits on the shore. January 28, 2026 17:03 Old fuel oil emissions and nets left over from washed-out protective embankments have been discovered on the shores of Anapa and the Temryuk district, volunteers reported.
The condition of the Meydan TV case suspect on hunger strike in pretrial detention has worsened. January 28, 2026 16:04 Journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, who is on a hunger strike, reported that his blood pressure had risen. Only after Gahramanli's lack of assistance became public did prison doctors come to him.
Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone. January 28, 2026 16:01 Mikhail Turobov and Sergei Timokhin have been killed in combat since the start of the military operation in Ukraine. At least 1,648 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
The attack on security forces in Dagestan was the third in nine months. January 28, 2026 15:01 Law enforcement sources reported a shootout in which two unidentified individuals were killed after allegedly opening fire on law enforcement officers. However, there are no visible signs of a shootout in the photos of the car the victims were traveling in.
Ingush authorities see the Sunzha landfill situation as a threat to their reputation. January 28, 2026 13:00 The Sunzha authorities' sluggish response to residents' complaints about an illegal dump has drawn federal attention to the problem and created an "uncontrollable reputational risk," the head of the regional control center complained to the Ingush government. This discussion came amid a statement by an Interior Ministry general that unresolved housing and utilities issues are fueling protest activity.
A new drone attack has been recorded in two regions of the Southern Federal District. January 28, 2026 12:04 This morning, the military shot down two drones in the Astrakhan region and one in the Krasnodar region.
The investigation found the prolonged lack of water in Gukovo residents' homes to be the result of negligence. January 28, 2026 11:09 Two criminal cases have been opened in connection with the prolonged water outage in homes of residents of Gukovo, Zverevo, and several villages in the Rostov region. Investigators stated that officials failed to promptly address the emergency and committed violations in water delivery.
Residents of houses in Novaya Adygeya submitted about 1,000 requests for assistance to the authorities. January 28, 2026 10:11 Authorities have received approximately 1,000 requests for financial assistance from residents of houses damaged in the airstrike in Novaya Adygeya. Twenty-five people are currently being held at a temporary shelter.
The military shot down 30 drones in four regions of the Southern Federal District. January 28, 2026 09:14 Last night, 24 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, four in the Astrakhan Region, and one each in the Rostov and Volgograd Regions. Another nine drones were destroyed over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
20 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu January 28, 2026 08:15 Today, members of 20 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.
Seven fighters from the Volgograd region have been declared killed in Ukraine. January 28, 2026 07:15 Authorities in the Sredneakhtubinsky District presented awards to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,646 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
Homes in Kuban damaged by drone attack January 28, 2026 06:16 As a result of the drone attack, two houses in the village of Svobodny and two in the village of Severskaya were damaged.
Mearakishvili spoke about the security forces' visit to her parents. January 28, 2026 05:20 Tamara Mearakishvili contacted Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, and reported that security forces had visited her parents in Leningor, confiscated their phones, and conducted a search.
Participants in a rally in Volgograd called for commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust. January 28, 2026 04:17 A Holocaust memorial rally in Volgograd attracted approximately 50 people. Participants emphasized the importance of preserving the memory of the victims and studying the causes of the tragedy, calling for "not forgetting the horrors of war."
Facebook* users debated responsibility for Baimuradova's funeral. January 28, 2026 04:12 Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was murdered in Yerevan, should be given a humane burial, even if her relatives refused to collect her body from the morgue, Facebook* commenters stated. Relatives have the right to ignore requests if the girl refuses them, some users noted.
Sochi police have declined to open a fraud case against the Savelyev family. January 28, 2026 03:54 The Savelyev family, who lost their home during the construction of the Olympic highway in Sochi, learned that the barracks from which they were evicted had been acquired by a local official before being demolished. Police declined to open a criminal case because they were able to locate the barracks' new owner.
Dagestan's Interior Ministry veterans have proposed police reform. January 28, 2026 02:55 A month ago, a group of public figures, including veterans of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs, sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin proposing strategic reform of the agency. They believe that only urgent reform can resolve the problem of corruption within the ministry. A month later, there has been no response to the letter.
The ECHR ruled that the case against Khadija Ismayilova constituted persecution for her journalistic activities. January 28, 2026 01:56 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the criminal prosecution of prominent Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova in 2014-2015 was unlawful and ordered her to be paid 16,000 euros in compensation.
Animal rights activists have secured an inspection of a dog shelter in Derbent. January 28, 2026 00:58 The regional control center in Dagestan reported on an inspection of a dog shelter in Derbent. The shelter's administration assured a city hall official that they have everything necessary for the animals.
Activists have restored the memorial plaque to Anna Politkovskaya for the eighth time. January 28, 2026 00:24 Another temporary plaque on the home of murdered Moscow journalist Anna Politkovskaya was destroyed on the morning of January 27. That afternoon, Yabloko activists installed a new memorial.