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16:58, 27 February 2026

Nikolai Belikov was encouraged by the ECHR decision

The European Court of Human Rights has banned Georgia from deporting refugee activist Nikolai Belikov to Russia pending a court ruling. According to the activist, "legal chaos" reigns in Georgia, but the ECHR's intervention in his case offers hope.

Malsag Uzhakhov (center) leaving the prison colony in Volzhsky. Screenshot from Hamarz Kostoy's Facebook post*

16:55, 27 February 2026

Malsag Uzhakhov was released from prison.

Ingush public figure and elder Malsag Uzhakhov, who served a nine-year sentence in the case of protest leaders, was released from a penal colony in the Volgograd region.

16:01, 27 February 2026

Security forces issued a warning to Yulia Melnichenko.

Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko was detained for the third time this week while picketing outside the Prosecutor General's Office, demanding that a security officer be punished for beating her brother and that the repression against her family cease. She spent two hours in police custody. Law enforcement officers issued her a warning about the unacceptability of violations and confiscated her poster.

Ulviya Ali. Photo: https://jam-news.net/ru

15:02, 27 February 2026

Journalist Ulviya Ali reported threats in pretrial detention.

Journalist Ulviya Ali, arrested in the Meydan TV case, faced threats against her family in Baku's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 after AI-generated audio recordings of pressure against her in the pretrial detention center and during her trial were distributed on social media.

14:43, 27 February 2026

The Minister of Civil Defense and Emergencies of Kuban remains under arrest.

The Krasnodar Regional Court dismissed the appeal against the arrest of Acting Minister of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Krasnodar Region Sergei Shtrikov.

13:43, 27 February 2026

Social media users have called the delay in restoring the Aukhovsky District a risk factor.

The unresolved land issue during the restoration of the Aukhovsky District, as well as the restoration of the district itself, remains a factor that could provoke tensions, according to social media users. They believe the delays in resettlement appear deliberate.

13:06, 27 February 2026

A soldier from Dagestan was killed in combat.

Shamil Rabadanov from Izberbash was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,834 Dagestani combatants killed there.

12:07, 27 February 2026

Three villages have been abolished in Kabardino-Balkaria.

The villages of Akveduk, Maly Terek, and the Urukh junction in the Tersky District of Kabardino-Balkaria have been abolished by decision of local council members, as they have no prospects for restoration.

11:10, 27 February 2026

The announcement of preparations for the opening of beaches has given hope to Anapa residents.

The mayor of Anapa announced efforts to remove pebble beaches from the emergency zone due to the fuel oil spill. Telegram users called for sandy beaches to be reopened as soon as possible.

10:11, 27 February 2026

The prosecutor's office has demanded an 11-year prison sentence for the defendant in Afrosin's death case.

The state prosecutor requested that police officer Dmitry Korchagin be sentenced to 11 years in prison for the death of Krasnodar resident Ilya Afrosin after a beating at the police station.

A memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Screenshot from RusNews photo from February 27, 2026, https://t.me/rusnews/81061?single.

09:11, 27 February 2026

The plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the 24th time.

The 24th temporary plaque has appeared on the wall of the house where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

08:23, 27 February 2026

A Makhachkala resident was convicted of participating in the activities of the "USSR"*.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced a local resident to a suspended sentence, recognizing him as a member of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'"*.

07:30, 27 February 2026

A soldier from the Rostov region was killed in Ukraine.

Andrei Zemtsov from the Rostov region was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 857 soldiers from the Rostov region killed there.

06:32, 27 February 2026

Krasnodar City Duma deputy Timofeev was stripped of his powers early.

The Krasnodar Prosecutor's Office secured the early termination of the powers of City Duma deputy Viktor Timofeev for violating anti-corruption laws.

A still of Korkmasova Street in Derbent, which hasn't been repaired for about 70 years. Photo: Pearl of the South / Telegram channel

05:34, 27 February 2026

Residents of Derbent complained about an unrepaired road.

Residents say Korkmasova Street in Derbent hasn't been repaired for about 70 years. They have to scoop up water from puddles to get their children to school.

03:37, 27 February 2026

The head of the European Commission has allowed for the abolition of the visa-free regime for Georgian citizens.

The suspension of the visa-free entry regime to EU countries will extend to the entire population of Georgia if the country's political leadership continues the "rollback of democracy" and human rights violations, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

A session of the UK Parliament dedicated to the destruction of monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: ANC UK / Facebook*

02:38, 27 February 2026

Historians and activists have called for international condemnation of the destruction of Armenian monuments in Karabakh.

The destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh has become the subject of a joint investigation by the UK Parliament and the International Bar Association. Karabakh public figures expressed hope that the international community will respond to Azerbaijan's actions.

01:39, 27 February 2026

A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine.

Makhach Mutalibov from the Khivsky District was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,833 Dagestani combatants killed there.

00:42, 27 February 2026

Those who ordered Nemtsov's murder remain unnamed for 11 years.

The murder of Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2015, could not have been the initiative of the perpetrators, and Chechen security forces were not involved in this crime at Ramzan Kadyrov's "own request," the former Russian Deputy Prime Minister is convinced. For 11 years, the investigation has not identified the masterminds behind the politician's murder.

23:43, 26 February 2026

The court sent the mother of a girl who died in Derbent to pretrial detention.

A Derbent resident, arrested in connection with the death of her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter from starvation, has been remanded in custody. In court, she pleaded not guilty and stated that she holds a higher education degree in teaching.

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