Economist Gasimov, imprisoned in Azerbaijan, has refused a lawyer August 21, 2025 08:46 Fazil Gasimov requested the provision of a court-appointed lawyer, since his family’s financial situation does not allow him to hire a defense attorney.
The Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 21 drones in the skies over southern Russia August 21, 2025 07:48 All drones were shot down over the Rostov region.
Rostov Region Plant Caught Fire After Drone Attack August 21, 2025 06:51 Fire recorded in Novoshakhtinsk after UAV attack. Industrial enterprise is burning.
Security forces in Ingushetia reported the destruction of a militant cache August 21, 2025 05:52 A cache of live ammunition found by security forces on the right bank of the Assa River in Ingushetia belonged to a militant killed in Chechnya, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.
More than 180 Salsk residents received payments after drone attack August 21, 2025 04:55 182 people received one-time assistance from the authorities in Salsk after the drone attack, and a resident of the destroyed house was provided with an apartment.
Karabakh oppositionist demands clarification of Pashinyan's words about refugees August 21, 2025 03:56 Nikol Pashinyan is obliged to give a public explanation of his words that refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are hindering peace and threatening the security of Armenia, said Artur Osipyan, announcing a two-day solo picket outside the government building in Yerevan.
Kadyrov presented Chimaev with a Maybach for the championship belt August 21, 2025 02:57 Ramzan Kadyrov, who met Khamzat Chimaev at the Grozny airport, posed for journalists with his championship belt and presented the athlete with a Maybach car.
Contract soldier from Karachay-Cherkessia killed in Ukraine August 21, 2025 01:58 Beslan Meremukov from the Karachayevsky district was killed in the fighting. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 148 servicemen from Karachay-Cherkessia killed there.
20 volunteers continue to work on cleaning the Kuban coast from fuel oil August 21, 2025 00:59 A few volunteers continue to work near the site of the tanker wreck in the Temryuk district of Kuban, removing fuel oil from places inaccessible to equipment. The authorities have stopped volunteer activity on official beaches and report that the liquidation of the consequences of the fuel oil spill is complete.
Three fighters from Adygea killed in military operation August 20, 2025 23:33 Aleksandr Perkun, Maksym Dudnik and Vladislav Veryutin were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 98 fighters from Adygea have been officially recognized as killed.
Laurent Vinatier* accused of espionage August 20, 2025 22:35 A Moscow court has received a petition to extend the arrest of French researcher Laurent Vinatier*, who was convicted in a case of collecting military information. The political scientist, who was involved in research into the North Caucasus, including Chechnya, is accused of espionage.
Makhachkala residents spoke about concerns regarding construction plans near Portovskaya Hospital August 20, 2025 21:58 In the Makhachkala area, where the housing cooperative "Parkhomenko" plans to build a multi-storey building, there is dense development and a lack of social infrastructure; in the event of the construction of a new facility, the existing problems will only worsen. Residents of the area decided to order an expert assessment to assess the risks of destruction of the existing houses in the area.
The decision of the Chechen Muftiate contradicted the norms of Sharia August 20, 2025 20:48 The deeply rooted custom in Chechnya of leaving young children with their father in the event of a divorce contradicts the norms of Sharia, Islamic scholars commented on the decision of the republic's muftiate on visiting hours for divorced women. At the same time, Russian courts more often leave children with their mothers.
A fighter from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation August 20, 2025 19:48 Sergei Solodovnikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 506 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.
Bastrykin was interested in teaching children in an unfinished school in Dagestan August 20, 2025 18:02 The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has ordered the initiation of a criminal case on the fact of violation of the rights of children forced to study in an unfinished school building in the village of Balakhani in Dagestan.
Nagavkin remains in solitary confinement until transfer to general regime penal colony August 20, 2025 15:44 Before transferring him to a general regime colony, the management of the Uryupinsk colony-settlement decided to keep Igor Nagavkin in a punishment cell. More than 700 reports on regime violations have already been filed against him. Nagavkin and his defense have failed to challenge them in court.
Investigative Committee responds to beating of Rostov club visitor by security forces August 20, 2025 14:45 Investigators have begun an investigation into the publication of a video of a person being beaten by law enforcement officers.
A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the combat zone August 20, 2025 13:45 Vasily Landyshev was killed during military operations. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 1,306 servicemen from the Volgograd region killed there.
South Ossetian security forces accuse Georgian citizen of violating border August 20, 2025 12:46 A Georgian resident was detained near the Artsev force. Official Tbilisi stated that the detention was illegal.
The operational headquarters reported no fuel oil emissions August 20, 2025 11:43 The Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters did not find any new fuel oil emissions over the past week, and Rospotrebnadzor stated that the water from Gelendzhik to Abkhazia is clean. Meanwhile, the Anapa sanatorium recommended that guests wear shoe covers to the beaches.