Georgian TV channel employee fired after critical remarks December 28, 2025 07:59 Kakha Melikidze, director of the pro-government Georgian Public Broadcaster, has been fired after making public statements criticizing the channel's editorial policy.
Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region. December 28, 2025 06:57 Last night, the military shot down drones in the Kasharsky, Bokovsky, Chertkovsky, and Sholokhov districts of the Rostov region.
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine. December 28, 2025 05:57 Murad Badirkhanov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,751 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
A court in Nalchik sentenced a serviceman for leaving his unit without permission. December 28, 2025 04:55 The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Ratmir Zakuev, who had been absent from his duty station for about a month, to five years in a maximum security penal colony.
A group of former internally displaced persons returned to the village of Vengli in Azerbaijan. December 28, 2025 03:56 Ten families of former internally displaced persons have returned to the village of Vengli in the Agdere district and have been given keys to new apartments.
Logvinenko refuses to admit guilt in accepting a bribe December 28, 2025 02:57 Former Rostov-on-Don mayor Alexei Logvinenko invoked Article 51 of the Russian Constitution and refused to testify against himself during interrogations.
Akhalaia accused security forces of pressuring December 28, 2025 01:58 Former Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia, arrested on charges of organizing violence at a protest, said he testified under pressure from security forces who threatened to arrest his wife.
21 drones were shot down over the Rostov and Volgograd regions. December 28, 2025 00:59 On the evening of December 27, air defense forces shot down 15 drones over the Rostov region and six drones over the Volgograd region.
A nurse at a sanatorium in Nalchik appealed her conviction for infecting patients. December 27, 2025 04:33 An appeal against the verdict was filed by a nurse at a private sanatorium in Nalchik, who was sentenced to four years in prison for infecting more than 70 people with hepatitis C and HIV.
Moldy Khabaev was convicted of assaulting a prison officer. December 27, 2025 03:35 Mould Khabaev, convicted of the 1995 attack on Budyonnovsk and serving his sentence, was sentenced to six years in prison for attacking a prison employee.
The former head of the village of Elbrus was convicted of land fraud. December 27, 2025 02:36 A court in Maykop found former Elbrus village head Uzeir Kurdanov and local resident Larisa Kadyrova guilty of fraud involving a plot of land in the Elbrus National Park and sentenced them to prison terms.
Elena Khoshtaria's arrest has been extended. December 27, 2025 01:37 A Tbilisi court has extended the pretrial detention of opposition politician Elene Khoshtaria, who is accused of defacing Kakha Kaladze's election poster.
A fighter from Akhtubinsk was killed in a special operation zone. December 27, 2025 00:38 Daniyar Kamendagaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 664 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
Activists reported 300 dead cormorants on the Sudzhuk Spit. December 26, 2025 23:39 On December 26, the Telegram channel "Sudzhuk Lagoon #battleforproran" published photos taken on the coast of Novorossiysk. The footage shows dead cormorants. According to the source, the bodies of approximately 300 birds were found in the area between the Gesha Kozodoev monument and the Ministry of Emergency Situations base.
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the right to public assembly. December 26, 2025 22:40 The Tbilisi City Court postponed hearings on cases involving "sidewalk blockades" outside the Georgian Parliament. On the 394th day of daily protests, as on other days, supporters of European integration gathered on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding freedom of peaceful assembly.
Ishkhanyan's final statement concludes the trial of former Karabakh leaders December 26, 2025 21:42 During a hearing at the Baku Military Court, former Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament Speaker David Ishkhanyan delivered his closing statement, denying the charges. The verdict will be announced at the next hearing.
Dagestani journalists have secured recognition of police inaction as illegal. December 26, 2025 20:53 The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala ruled unlawful police inaction regarding the complaints of journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov*, who were detained back in January 2023 during pickets in support of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. For nearly two years, security forces ignored the journalists' allegations of unlawful detention and failed to respond to their lawyers' requests.
Former Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Okunev has been arrested in absentia. December 26, 2025 20:19 The Leninsky District Court of the Rostov Region has sentenced Vladimir Okunev, the region's former deputy governor and former director of a state-owned enterprise, to in absentia. He is suspected of abuse of office and restricting competition.
Security forces escaped responsibility for torturing Anapa residents. December 26, 2025 19:53 The statute of limitations for holding police officers accountable for the torture of four Anapa residents has expired. No one has been punished for the torture in 10 years. The statute of limitations has also expired for the charges against the Anapa residents whose confessions were extracted by force.
The lack of a plan for dealing with drone attacks has alarmed residents of Chechnya. December 26, 2025 19:14 The warning systems, which were tested for the third time this month in Chechnya, are operational, but there is no information on what to do in the event of a drone attack or missile strike, nor is there information on shelters, residents said. Human rights activists emphasized that the authorities are showing indifference to the fate of the republic's residents.