A Georgian citizen has been detained in Abkhazia in connection with an espionage case. March 13, 2026 14:31 Georgian citizen Emzar Bagishvili has been detained in Abkhazia on suspicion of espionage.
Azerbaijani activist Mukhtarova has denied allegations of income laundering. March 13, 2026 13:34 Nargiz Mukhtarova denied charges of money laundering in court.
Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh. March 13, 2026 12:25 Azerbaijani commentators pointed out that demining, housing construction, and infrastructure are necessary for the return of Azerbaijanis to Karabakh, explaining the slow pace of resettlement. At the same time, they called this a restoration of justice. Armenian users countered that many of the settlements in question were historically Armenian.
A soldier from the Krasnodar region was killed in a military operation. March 13, 2026 11:34 Sergei Oleynikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 834 soldiers from the Krasnodar Territory have been officially recognized as killed.
Authorities reported that the fire at the oil depot in Tikhoretsk had been extinguished. March 13, 2026 10:34 The fire at the Tikhoretsk oil depot, which erupted after a drone attack, has been extinguished.
The court reduced the sentences for those convicted in the case of the deaths of 10 people in the explosion in Baku. March 13, 2026 09:35 The Baku Court of Appeal has reduced by six months the prison sentences of Tagi Ibrahimov and Togrul Rzayev, who were found guilty in the case of the explosion at a furniture workshop in the Binagadi district of Baku, which killed 10 people and injured 23.
Georgia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE stated that the Moscow Mechanism report was being politicized. March 13, 2026 08:34 The OSCE report on human rights violations in Georgia, prepared under the Moscow Mechanism, contains factual inaccuracies and politically biased conclusions, calling into question its objectivity, stated Georgia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Alexander Maisuradze. The opposition believes there are sufficient legal grounds for the Hague International Court to initiate an investigation.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported major embezzlement during the construction of a gymnastics academy in Sochi. March 13, 2026 07:35 The Ministry of Internal Affairs suspects a group of 13 people of embezzling more than 8 billion rubles during the construction of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Center at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi, which was created at the initiative of Vladimir Putin.
A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria was fined for discrediting the army. March 13, 2026 06:50 The Elbrus District Court fined a local resident 30,000 rubles, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The verdict was based on a video she posted on WhatsApp*.
A Volzhsky resident was suspended from work after requesting a rally in defense of Telegram. March 13, 2026 06:05 The activist claims that security forces threatened her employer with problems and forced her to sign a "warning" refusing to participate in extremist activities, but did not provide a copy of the document.
Five soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine. March 13, 2026 05:20 Ruslan Akilov, Magomed-Rasul Aybazov, Rashid Magomedkaziev, Khadzhimurad Yusupov, and Murat Bekelyaev from Buynaksk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,861 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.
A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of leaving his unit without permission. March 13, 2026 04:31 A military court in Nalchik sentenced Atmir Tokhov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
Educational institutions in Sochi and Anapa have changed their hours due to drone attacks. March 13, 2026 03:41 Authorities in two Kuban resort towns have changed the operating hours of educational institutions due to increasing drone strike threats. For Sochi, the March 11 attack was unprecedented in its duration.
Lawyers explained the principles of administrative supervision using the Sautieva case as an example. March 13, 2026 02:42 The articles under which Zarifa Sautieva and other protest leaders in Ingushetia were convicted oblige the court to impose administrative supervision on those released from prison, with the defendants in the "Ingush Case" receiving the maximum possible terms of supervision.
Kardashov's mother expressed distrust of the Chechen court. March 13, 2026 01:43 The injured party disagrees with the charges brought against Chechen security officials Aziev and Yusupov in the case of Alexei Kardashov, the manager of a pharmacy in Khasavyurt. Kardashov's mother called the trial in Chechnya a "spectacle" and expressed confidence that it will not have an acceptable outcome.
Additional forces have been deployed to extinguish a fire at an oil depot in Tikhoretsk. March 13, 2026 00:44 Firefighters were unable to contain the fire at an oil depot in the suburbs of Tikhoretsk, and additional resources have been deployed to extinguish the blaze. Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has detected elevated levels of harmful substances in the air.
Sources reported searches at the Dagestan Ministry of Health. March 12, 2026 23:45 Law enforcement officials conducted investigative actions at the Dagestan Ministry of Health, seizing departmental documents, according to law enforcement sources.
Participants in the Rustaveli protest reported that their bags and backpacks would be checked. March 12, 2026 22:45 Police searched the bags and backpacks of people who had gathered outside the Georgian parliament building for the 470th day of continuous protests. According to the protesters, the officers were interested in the tents.
Kondratyev reported the deaths and injuries in the UAV attack. March 12, 2026 21:46 One employee of an agricultural enterprise in Kuban was killed in a drone attack, and two others were injured, the governor of Krasnodar Krai reported.
Journalist Sergei Reznik was convicted in absentia on five criminal charges. March 12, 2026 20:47 The Rostov Regional Court sentenced investigative journalist Sergei Reznik, who lives abroad, to ten years in prison on charges of extremism, rehabilitation of Nazism, and extortion.