The court in Krasnodar found a resident of Crimea guilty of treason. October 31, 2026 05:53 The court in Krasnodar sentenced a resident of Crimea to 12 years and six months in prison for transferring money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
70 Azerbaijani families returned to Agdam October 31, 2026 04:55 238 members of the families of Azerbaijani refugees returned to Agdam, who left the city during the Karabakh conflict. Another 34 people returned to the village of Guzeykhyrman in the Khojavend district.
"Tbilisi Ingush Cultural Center" has been declared an undesirable organization. October 31, 2026 03:56 The Ministry of Justice of Russia has added the "Tbilisi Ingush Cultural Center," established in 2023, to the list of undesirable organizations.
The head of Novokubansk has been arrested. October 31, 2026 02:57 The court has arrested the head of Novokubansk, Alexander Minin, for two months, suspected of abuse of power and official forgery.
PACE and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly drew attention to political prisoners in the South and North Caucasus. October 31, 2026 01:58 Representatives of PACE and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly criticized the arrests of journalists and activists in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan on the International Day of Political Prisoners, mentioning Zarema Musaeva, Mziya Amaglobeli, Anar Mamedli, Ali Kerimli, Ulvi Hasanli, Farid Mehralizade, and Ulviya Ali.
Two residents of Dagestan were fined for disrespecting the anthem October 31, 2026 00:59 The judge in Kaspiysk imposed fines on two local residents who did not stand during the performance of the Russian anthem at the event on September 1.
The former head of the housing and communal services of Buynaksk was convicted for embezzlement during the improvement of the park. October 31, 2026 00:41 The court in Dagestan sentenced the head of the housing and communal services department of Buynaksk to four and a half years in prison for embezzling more than 13 million rubles from the city budget. Along with him, the head of the contracting organization was convicted.
Protesters in Tbilisi criticized the prolonged repairs of Rustaveli Avenue. October 31, 2026 00:27 Supporters of Georgia's Eurointegration demanded the release of political prisoners and opposed the political course of the "Georgian Dream" on the 702nd day of continuous protests.
Victims of repression in southern Russia were remembered locally. October 30, 2026 23:54 The Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression in most regions of southern Russia passed without mass events and wide coverage. In some regions, it was marked by actions involving officials at the municipal level and individual institutions.
The former head of "RostovAvtodor" has been detained on suspicion of corruption. October 30, 2026 23:21 Law enforcement officers in Rostov-on-Don detained former head of the road organization Stanislav Degtyarev on suspicion of fraud, official forgery, and abuse of office. Searches were conducted at the official's home.
The residents of Ingushetia honored the memory of the victims of deportation and the conflict in the Prigorodny district. October 30, 2026 22:55 Today, the victims of political repression in Ingushetia were remembered alongside the victims of the conflict in the Prigorodny district, which began on this day in 1992. The Ossetian-Ingush conflict, which became a distant consequence of Stalin's deportations, was also remembered in North Ossetia, but without reference to the repressions.
The court in Volgograd seized the assets of former deputy Alexey Zverev. October 30, 2026 22:12 The court satisfied the prosecutor's claim for the confiscation of the assets of former city council deputy Alexey Zverev and his relatives totaling about 500 million rubles. The supervisory authority proved that the assets were acquired from illegal income.
Karabakh activists accused the Armenian authorities of downplaying issues at COP17 October 30, 2026 21:25 During the UN biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenian authorities downplayed the issue of the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Karabakh and the problem of environmental threats in Syunik, activists stated on the last day of the event.
The man was detained in Tbilisi after attacking a tourist from Minsk. October 30, 2026 20:31 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported the detention of a man who attacked a tourist from Belarus at the capital's train station. The woman claims that the attack occurred due to the Russian language, while the detained man cites a rude refusal to get acquainted as the reason for the conflict.
Residents of Levokumka complained about the indifference of officials. October 30, 2026 19:32 The long-standing problem of flooding in Levokumka is ignored by the authorities, while officials' reports do not reflect the real situation, which hinders compensation for flooding, residents of the village pointed out. According to them, they are tired of promises and want to draw the attention of federal agencies to the situation with the dams and the state of the river.
Officials reported the normalization of the gasoline situation in the Volgograd region. October 30, 2026 18:34 The Committee on Industrial Policy, Trade and the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Volgograd Region announced the overcoming of the gasoline crisis and stabilization of the situation. However, officials did not inform about the lifting of limits and restrictions. Gasoline is available at most gas stations, users indicated.
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been sentenced to a long term for treason. October 30, 2026 18:21 The court in Kabardino-Balkaria found a local resident guilty of treason and sentenced him to 15 years in a strict regime.
In Azerbaijan, protests against the ban on wearing hijabs in schools have shifted to non-public resistance. October 30, 2026 17:50 In Azerbaijan, mass protests against the ban on attending schools in hijabs have ceased, but the restrictions remain in place, and discontent continues in the form of individual actions near school buildings. According to activists and human rights defenders, participants in the protests and their relatives face detentions, police summons, and other forms of pressure.
Four fighters from Dagestan were killed in the special military operation zone. October 30, 2026 17:41 Arsen Seidov, Gamzat Kazimagomedov, Tigran Aliyev, and Rashid Magomedkhanov from the Tabasaran district were killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2,190 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in it.
Representatives of the Greek community remembered those killed during the years of repression. October 30, 2026 16:56 In the village of Merchanskoye in the Crimea district, where the first memorial to the Greeks who were victims of Stalin's repressions is installed, those gathered held a mourning rally and laid flowers at the memorial, with representatives of the authorities participating in the event.