The number of residents of Dagestan hospitalized with poisoning has increased. April 05, 2026 01:00 The number of residents of the village of Karabudakhkent hospitalized after poisoning has risen to 25.
Tour operators pinned their hopes for the Anapa season on the opening of the beaches. April 05, 2026 00:01 Bookings in Anapa are quite active at all-inclusive hotels, where beach vacations are not a key focus, but the decision to reopen the beaches will undoubtedly increase the flow of vacationers, according to tour operators.
The defense called Nagavkin's sentence for disrupting the work of a pretrial detention center unlawful. April 04, 2026 23:01 A lawyer has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation against human rights activist Igor Nagavkin's conviction for disrupting the operation of a pretrial detention facility. The defense claims that the trial, appellate, and cassation courts committed numerous violations.
Participants in the march in Tbilisi declared their readiness to defend independence. April 04, 2026 22:01 Saturday's march, marking the 493rd day of daily protests in Tbilisi, was held under the slogan "Defend Independence." Parents of political prisoners also attended the rally, demanding the release of their loved ones.
Following the attack on the nuclear power plant in Iran, 198 Russians were sent towards the border with Armenia. April 04, 2026 21:01 198 Russians were sent towards Armenia 20 minutes after the strike on the Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr. They are expected to arrive in Russia within a few days.
Water consumption has been identified as a likely cause of poisoning in Dagestan. April 04, 2026 20:01 More than two dozen patients have been hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning in the Karabudakhkent district. Investigators have identified drinking water as the likely cause. Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has urged people not to drink untreated water in areas affected by the flooding.
Protesters at the Russian Embassy in Armenia demanded the release of political prisoners. April 04, 2026 19:01 A rally demanding the release of political prisoners took place outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. Among those expressed support was former Khabarovsk Krai Governor Sergei Furgal.
Rospotrebnadzor has begun vaccinations in flood-affected areas of Dagestan. April 04, 2026 18:01 An emergency immunization campaign has been announced in Dagestan due to flooding and the risk of a hepatitis A outbreak.
Animal rights activists in Tbilisi have spoken out against the destruction of stray dogs. April 04, 2026 17:01 Animal rights activists outside the Tbilisi administration building demanded changes to the stray animal management program and the return of sterilized animals to their natural habitats. According to them, many animals taken to municipal shelters have simply disappeared.
Six villages in Chechnya are blocked after flooding. April 04, 2026 16:01 Access to six villages in Chechnya is blocked. In total, 421 road infrastructure facilities were damaged by flooding, according to the republic's Ministry of Roads, estimating the damage at 8 billion rubles.
Armenia names conditions for withdrawal from the CSTO and the EAEU April 04, 2026 15:01 If the price of Russian gas rises, Armenia will withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union, the speaker of the Armenian parliament stated.
A serviceman from Kamyshin was killed in combat. April 04, 2026 14:01 Andrei Martsinkevich was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,740 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
The case of an alleged member of Basayev's group has reached court. April 04, 2026 13:07 The case of Arsen Koldasov, whom investigators believe to be a participant in the attack by Shamil Basayev's militant group on Russian military personnel in Dagestan, has been submitted to court.
Power has been restored to residents of three villages in Chechnya. April 04, 2026 12:09 Specialists have addressed the aftermath of a power outage that occurred during the flood, leaving residents of three villages in the Nozhai-Yurtovsky district without power.
The court agreed to transfer the defendants in the Kalimatov case from the Armavir pretrial detention center. April 04, 2026 11:10 Fourteen defendants in the case of large-scale theft from the Pension Fund, including the brother of the head of Ingushetia, have been transferred to the Cherkessk pretrial detention center following complaints from those arrested about conditions in the Armavir detention center.
Azerbaijan's third batch of humanitarian aid has been sent to Iran. April 04, 2026 10:10 Today, Azerbaijan dispatched 200 tons of food, medicine, and medical supplies to Iran. This shipment marks Azerbaijan's third humanitarian aid shipment since the outbreak of hostilities in the neighboring country.
More than 1,000 homes remain flooded in Dagestan. April 04, 2026 09:13 In Dagestan, more than a thousand residential buildings and 1,100 household plots remain flooded as a result of the flood.
Five people were killed in an airstrike in Taganrog. April 04, 2026 08:19 An airstrike in Taganrog killed one person and seriously injured four others. A commercial vessel was damaged by a drone strike in the Sea of Azov.
A native of Chechnya disappeared after being detained at Verkhniy Lars. April 04, 2026 07:34 Shamil Artsuyev's family has been trying to find out his fate for over three months since his arrest at the Russian-Georgian border in November 2025. Several people have encountered Artsuyev in various detention centers, but security forces refuse to provide his family with any information about him.
Access to two Dagestani villages is closed after an avalanche. April 04, 2026 07:10 As a result of an avalanche in the Tlyaratinsky district, transport links with the villages of Gvedysh and Gendukh were disrupted.