Abkhaz opposition figure hospitalized after attack February 21, 2026 16:55 Eshou Kakaliya, a member of the Supreme Council of the opposition public organization "Aidgylara", received a gunshot wound and was hospitalized.
Five actors left a theater in Tbilisi in protest against the removal of a banner. February 21, 2026 15:15 Five leading actors from Tbilisi's Vaso Abashidze Music and Drama Theatre resigned from the company after a banner supporting their colleague Andro Chichinadze, who was sentenced to two years in prison for participating in protests, was removed from the building's facade.
The court rejected the appeal against Charlotte's sentence. February 21, 2026 14:55 The cassation court rejected the appeal against the sentence of singer Eduard Sharlot, who apologized to the head of Chechnya.
Defendants in the Meydan TV case accused judges of bias. February 21, 2026 13:56 Journalists arrested in Baku in the Meydan TV case accused the judges of bias, ignoring complaints of human rights violations against the defendants. Their lawyers challenged the court's composition, but their request was not considered.
A contract soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine. February 21, 2026 12:56 Viktor Zhuravlev from the Nekhaevsky District was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,689 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.
Volgograd residents' apartments damaged by drone attacks February 21, 2026 11:57 The Ministry of Defense reported 10 drones shot down this morning in four regions of the Southern Federal District. In Volgograd, the attacks damaged the windows of apartment buildings.
Dagenergo blamed the repairs for the problems with electricity supply to villagers. February 21, 2026 10:57 Residents of the Dagestani village of Tsovkra-1 complained of cold in their homes, noting that their electricity was supplied through an "old and weak" transformer. A second transformer was undergoing repairs and would soon be connected, according to Dagenergo.
34 drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District. February 21, 2026 09:58 Last night, the military shot down 24 drones in the Krasnodar region, nine in the Rostov region, and one in the Volgograd region.
Bishops called on Armenian authorities to stop persecution of clergy February 21, 2026 08:59 Participants in the bishops' meeting, in an appeal to the Armenian authorities, demanded an end to the persecution of Catholicos Garegin II and other clergy.
An airstrike was reported in the Rostov region. February 21, 2026 07:57 Drones and missiles were destroyed in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and five districts of the Rostov region. According to preliminary authorities, there are no injuries.
The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,700. February 21, 2026 06:58 At least 4,271 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,431 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.
Andrei Marchenko remains in custody February 21, 2026 05:58 The defense of Kuban businessman Andrei Marchenko, a former business partner of Judge Viktor Momotov, was unable to appeal his arrest.
A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone. February 21, 2026 04:59 Rashid Magomedkhanov from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,814 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.
A Sochi resident was convicted of participating in a terrorist organization. February 21, 2026 04:00 The court sentenced Sochi resident Frederic Du Bois to 11 years in prison, finding him guilty of participating in a terrorist organization.
A former Astrakhan official has been detained after 13 years of searching. February 21, 2026 03:01 Marianna Stupina, former First Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of the Astrakhan Region, was convicted in 2012 after faking her own death and going into hiding for over 13 years. After her arrest, she was sent to a penal colony to serve her sentence.
A resident of North Ossetia is suspected of calling for terrorism. February 21, 2026 02:02 A criminal case has been opened against a resident of North Ossetia who, on a social media site, called for violence against a public figure.
Four fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in Ukraine. February 21, 2026 01:03 Vladimir Zemskov, Vadim Zelenin, Igor Vysotsky, and Boris Beniaminov from Nalchik were killed in military operations in Ukraine. Since February 2022, at least 378 combatants from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed there.
Videos justifying terrorism led to a criminal case against a teenager from Dagestan. February 21, 2026 00:58 A minor resident of Dagestan will stand trial on charges of three counts of public justification of terrorism.
Another memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house has been destroyed again. February 21, 2026 00:46 The 19th memorial plaque installed by activists on the home of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow was once again torn down by unknown individuals.
The protest on Rustaveli continued amid new arrests of activists. February 20, 2026 23:47 On the 450th day of continuous pro-European protests outside the Georgian parliament, a Tbilisi court sentenced three activists who participated in the rallies on Rustaveli Avenue to administrative arrest.