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Researcher Bakhruz Samedov ended his hunger strike in a penal institution due to deteriorating health.

The decision to appoint Ramzan Kadyrov's son as curator of education in Chechnya has sparked ridicule among social media users. Ramzan Kadyrov's other children have also been entrusted with curating various agencies, despite the absence of such positions in the Russian government system.

A Baku court has concluded the investigation into the case of political scientist Azer Gasimli, who is accused of extortion. The prosecutor requested a 13-year prison sentence.

The case of former deputy head of the Kuban Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Simonenko, was submitted to the regional court, but the prosecutor's office requested a change in the territorial jurisdiction of the case.

Security forces in South Ossetia have released a Georgian citizen detained for crossing the border.

Last night, the military shot down drones in the Volgograd, Rostov, and Astrakhan regions, as well as in Kalmykia and North Ossetia. There were no injuries, but houses and buildings were damaged, authorities reported.

A complaint filed by residents of an apartment building in Sochi against the management company went through several levels of review, but ultimately, the supervisory authorities advised the homeowners to take legal action. The residents considered the authorities' response insufficient.

Kirill Gordeyev, Maxim Popovich, and Andrei Sakharov from the Georgievsky District were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 910 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

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.