A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for prolonged absence from his unit. May 06, 2026 07:27 A court in Nalchik sentenced Rustam Bariyev to a prison term after he was absent from his unit for nearly 10 months during mobilization.
A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in combat. May 06, 2026 06:37 Alexander Medvedko was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,772 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
Activists reported a lack of information about Belkisa Mintsayeva. May 06, 2026 05:40 For over 20 days, there has been no contact with Chechen native Belkisa Mintsayeva, who is under arrest at one of the republic's police departments. Lawyers are being denied access to her and are being intimidated.
A court denied a large family from Tuapse access to baby food for their daughter. May 06, 2026 04:40 Tatyana Pimenova and Sergey Kartashov from Tuapse received a court ruling by mail denying their claim to provide their newborn daughter with specialized nutrition, citing that the girl had already grown. The parents intend to appeal the decision, citing numerous violations.
Residents of Chechnya spoke about the consequences of the flood and the wait for compensation for damaged homes. May 06, 2026 03:41 According to local residents, the effects of the flooding in Chechnya are practically unnoticeable; new homes are being built to replace those destroyed. They also reported that they are awaiting compensation for damaged property.
The search group for missing tourists in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia has been expanded. May 06, 2026 02:42 During a day of searching, rescuers were unable to find any traces of two residents of the Astrakhan region who went missing in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia along their stated route.
Tuapse authorities reported the resettlement of five affected families. May 06, 2026 02:12 Five apartments from the temporary housing stock in Tuapse have been provided to families who lost their homes as a result of the drone attack in April.
A Kuban court has arrested in absentia a supplier of low-quality drones for the military. May 06, 2026 01:42 Entrepreneur Roman Lyubimenko is accused of fraud amounting to 90 million rubles for supplying low-quality UAVs to the Krasnodar Krai administration department for military use at inflated prices.
A resident of the Astrakhan region received a prison sentence for his comments. May 06, 2026 00:54 A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Valery Ledovsky to three years in prison, finding his comments to contain calls for violence against Russian military personnel and the president.
A fighter from Ingushetia was killed in Ukraine. May 06, 2026 00:00 Magomed Tutayev from Karabulak was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 193 fighters from Ingushetia have been officially recognized as killed.
Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of political prisoners. May 05, 2026 23:57 On the 524th day of protests, protesters outside the Georgian parliament continued to demand the release of political prisoners and supported parents' demands for medication for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The Armenian opposition and Russian propaganda shared their indignation at Armenia's rapprochement with the EU. May 05, 2026 23:33 The first Armenia-EU summit, which concluded in Yerevan, gave Armenian opposition political forces a pretext to accuse Nikol Pashinyan of election manipulation, and Moscow media outlets of "betrayal" and an anti-Russian stance.
A high-ranking government official has been detained in Georgia in connection with an espionage case. May 05, 2026 23:02 Giorgi Udzilauri, who until recently headed the public relations department of the Georgian Ministry of Finance's investigative service, has been arrested on espionage charges. He previously worked for Bidzina Ivanishvili's Cartu Group.
A Chechen native has been convicted of texting an ISIS member. May 05, 2026 22:33 A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a 21-year-old native of Gudermes to a lengthy prison term, finding him a member of the Islamic State* terrorist organization based on a text message.
A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine. May 05, 2026 22:01 Aidyn Khaibatov from Derbent was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,917 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
The killer of an elderly Nalchik woman avoided prison. May 05, 2026 21:19 Rustam Nogmov, a former participant in the military operations in Ukraine and convicted of the murder of pensioner Nina Selezneva in Nalchik, has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and returned to the front.
Alexei Safonov's 20-year sentence was upheld on appeal. May 05, 2026 20:37 After reconsidering the defense's appeal, the Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia upheld the prison sentence of Alexei Safonov, former head of the Stavropol Krai traffic police department. He was sentenced in May 2025 to 20 years in a maximum-security penal colony for creating a criminal organization and accepting bribes.
Oil spills near Tuapse did not affect plans for the holiday season. May 05, 2026 19:50 The consequences of the drone attacks on Tuapse, including oil pollution of the sea and beaches, have not affected resorts near the city, a tourism industry representative stated. Authorities reported cleaning up "localized emissions" on the coast.
A South Ossetian soldier was killed in Ukraine. May 05, 2026 19:20 The funeral of Roman Gigolaev, killed in the war zone, took place in Tskhinvali. More than 50 combatants from South Ossetia were killed in the fighting in Ukraine.
Rescuers in Karachay-Cherkessia are searching for missing tourists from Astrakhan. May 05, 2026 18:31 At least 15 rescuers are searching in Karachay-Cherkessia for two young women from Astrakhan who never returned from a mountain hiking trip. Their parents asked them to find them; contact with the hikers has been lost.