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16:47, 18 October 2025

A fighter from Makhachkala was killed during the SVO.

Omar Aliyev was killed in combat in the Kursk region. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,599 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

15:47, 18 October 2025

Imran Aliyev's relatives reported that he was denied medical care.

Imran Aliyev, the head of the online platform Meclis.info, experienced severe pain, but the Baku pretrial detention center administration refused to respond to requests for a transfer to a prison hospital.

14:47, 18 October 2025

Kadyrov's son-in-law threatens to confiscate cars for littering.

Chechen Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Viskhan Matsuev announced that the republic's authorities will confiscate the vehicles of those who dump trash inappropriately. However, the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses only provides for the confiscation of vehicles from officials and legal entities for such violations.

The scene outside the Georgian Presidential Palace. Tbilisi, October 4, 2025. Photo: Sofiia Atamanova/Paper Kartuli https://t.me/paperkartuli/24090

13:46, 18 October 2025

The number of defendants in the Tbilisi riots case has risen to 62.

The prosecutor's office has charged 16 more people, whom security forces believe participated in the unrest in Tbilisi on the day of the municipal elections. The total number of defendants in the case of the storming of the presidential palace has reached 62.

Tatyana Pasynkova on the day of her sentencing. Photo from a website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia (396 Russian Jehovah's Witness organizations have been designated as extremist, and their activities in Russia are banned by court order).

12:47, 18 October 2025

A pensioner from Karachay-Cherkessia has been convicted of extremism.

A court in Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced Tatyana Pasynkova to a suspended sentence, finding her a member of an extremist organization. The pensioner denied the charges.

11:47, 18 October 2025

A serviceman from Khasavyurt was killed in combat.

Nukhbeg Omarov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,598 fighters from Dagestan have been confirmed killed.

09:48, 18 October 2025

The military counted seven drones shot down in southern Russia.

The Ministry of Defense reported one drone shot down overnight in the Volgograd region, and six more destroyed over the Black Sea. Sochi authorities cancelled the drone strike threat issued overnight.

Artemy Ostanin, video still from https://t.me/podslushano_yeysk/12686

08:49, 18 October 2025

The court extended the arrest of comedian Artemy Ostanin.

A Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of Yeysk stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin. His defense disagreed with the decision.

07:49, 18 October 2025

Two soldiers from the Astrakhan region were killed in a military operation.

Talgat Ismukhambetov and Pavel Korchunov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 628 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

06:50, 18 October 2025

A drone was shot down in the Rostov region.

Military personnel shot down a drone in the Bokovsky district; there were no injuries, the governor of the Rostov region reported.

05:50, 18 October 2025

A high-rise building in Rostov-on-Don damaged by a drone attack has been restored.

In Rostov-on-Don, restoration work has been completed on a high-rise building on Lermontovskaya Street, which was damaged during a drone attack in mid-August.

04:50, 18 October 2025

A Kuban security official accused of accepting bribes from Baza employees has been placed under house arrest.

A Moscow court has placed Alexander Ablaev, the head of the Krasnodar Department of Internal Affairs' duty unit, and two of his colleagues from Belgorod and Krasnoyarsk under house arrest for two months. They are accused of accepting bribes from journalists from the Telegram channel "Baza."

03:51, 18 October 2025

A participant in a protest against the law on foreign agents in Georgia has been sentenced.

Activist Giorgi Kuchuashvili was convicted in Georgia of assaulting a police officer during a protest against the "foreign agents" law. He was sentenced to four years in prison, but an appeals court reduced his sentence to two years.

02:52, 18 October 2025

15 Ukrainian military personnel were convicted in Rostov-on-Don.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 15 servicemen from the Ukrainian battalion to prison terms ranging from 15 to 21 years.

01:53, 18 October 2025

Volunteers reported new fuel oil spills on the beaches of the Taman Peninsula.

Volunteers discovered a huge layer of fuel oil on a beach on the Taman Peninsula. The Krasnodar Krai task force stated that there were no new emissions.

00:54, 18 October 2025

Sources reported the murder of Abakar Abakarov

Abakar Abakarov, whom Russian investigators believe to be the mastermind behind the unrest at Makhachkala airport, was killed in Turkey, according to his acquaintances. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

23:14, 17 October 2025

Portraits of Ivanishvili and Putin were burned during a protest in Tbilisi.

Protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue for the 324th day in a row, despite warnings from the Ministry of Internal Affairs about tougher penalties for demonstrators. Journalist Afgan Sadygov burned portraits of Bidzina Ivanishvili and Vladimir Putin during the protest.

22:23, 17 October 2025

Krasnodar authorities have again refused to allow residents to hold a rally in Yubileiny.

Krasnodar City Hall rejected a second consecutive request for a rally against green space development on the embankment in Yubileiny, suggesting that activists hold the event outside the city.

21:16, 17 October 2025

Students in Tbilisi announced a protest in front of the Ministry of Education building.

The student movement at Ilia State University announced a protest outside the Ministry of Education on October 20. The students responded to the education reforms announced by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze with a joint statement.

20:39, 17 October 2025

The criminal prosecution of Erziman Bayramov has been terminated.

The criminal case against Dagestani MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov, who was attacked by a supporter of the "Russian Community" in Murino for praying on the street, has been dropped.

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